Roof Collection (page 20)

Batllo House. Barcelona. Spain
Spain. Barcelona. Batllo House. 1904-1906. Built by Antoni Gaudi. Chimney

Guell Palace. Barcelona. Spain
Spain. Barcelona. Guell Palace. 1885-1889. Built by Antoni Gaudi. Chimneys

China - Bronze Pavilion, Summer Palace, Beijing Date: circa 1910s

Chion-in, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Chion-in in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan - the headquarters of the Jodo-shu (Pure Land Sect) founded by Honen (11331212). A vast Buddhist Temple complex. Date: circa 1906

Notre Dame Cathedral, Saigon, Cochinchina (Vietnam), completed circa 1880. Date: 1910s

Hacienda Panpania, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, South America, a ranch in a mining district of central Peru. Date: circa 1905

Myanmar - Mandalay - The Queens Golden Palace (Kyoung)
Myanmar - Mandalay - The Queens Golden Palace / Monastery (Kyoung) Date: circa 1910s

Typical street in Copacabana, near Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
Typical street in Copacabana, on the edge of Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, on the border with Peru. Date: circa 1910

Buildings after a fire on Guam, Western Pacific
Buildings after a fire on the American island of Guam, Western Pacific, with the Fire Chief in the foreground. Date: circa 1910

Japan - Atsuta Shinto Shrine, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Atsuta Shrine is a Shinto shrine traditionally believed to have been established during the reign of Emperor Keiko located in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan. Date: 1914

The Osaka Tenmangu Shinto shrine, Osaka, Japan
The Osaka Tenmangu Shrine is a Shinto shrine founded in AD 949 in Osaka. The Tenjin Festival is held here annually. Date: circa 1910s

Santa Claus with reindeer on a Christmas card
Santa Claus with reindeer on a roof on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Patients and nurses in front of Quex House
A group of patients, with five VAD nurses, in front of Quex House in about 1915. On the left can be seen the Winter Garden, a large conservatory joined to the drawing room of Quex House

Fairies in the rushes on a Christmas card
Two fairy ladies watching a fairy huntsman riding an insect in the rushes on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Wooden roof at Shinto Shrine at the Senso-Ji Temple, Tokyo
Traditional wooden roof and pagoda at the Shinto Shrine at Senso-Ji Buddhist Temple in Asakusa in Tokyo, Japan

Pagoda at the Shinto Shrine at the Senso-Ji Temple, Tokyo
Traditional wooden roof and pagoda at the Shinto Shrine at Senso-Ji Buddhist Temple in Asakusa in Tokyo, Japan

Builders Fall Off a Roof
Three builders fall off a roof Date: 1900

Motoring Coat 1923
Motoring coat featured on the cover of a catalogue of motoring accessories : it is designed to keep the driver warm even in a vehicle without roof or windscreen. Date: 1923

3 Men Tile a Roof
Three workers replace damaged tiles on a roof Date: 18th century

Workers Repair a Roof
Three men working on replacing damaged roof tiles Date: 18th century

Station at Napoli
The railway station at Napoli (Naples): evidently in sunny Italy they see no reason to roof the station ! No platforms, either. Date: 1863

The Shallows Cottage
Two ladies in the garden of an English country cottage in The Shallows, near St Peters, Thanet, Kent Date: circa 1820

Roof Pattern / Pompeii
An example of the beautiful and complicated ceiling art discovered perfectly preserved at Pompeii. Date: 1st century AD

Casa Dei Vettii / Pompeii
La casa dei Vettii, Pompeii. Date: 1904

Frozen Meat Market
Jolly traders at a frozen meat market in St Petersburg. A whole piglet hangs from the roof. Date: 1913

Tiling the Temple Roof
While lawyers are on holiday the Temple is re-tiled. The new tiles were made to resemble the old as closely as possible. The Law Courts can be seen in the background. Date: 1930s

Roof Tiler Lays Slates
Roof tilers at work laying on the slates. Date: 1930s

French Farm / Nivernais
A French farmhouse of the Haut Nivernais (Central France) region Date: 1856

Krupps Birthplace
ALFRED KRUPP Birthplace of the German manufacturer Date: 1886

Joan of Arc / Home / Taylor
JOAN OF ARC French heroines home at Domremy Date: 1412? - 1431

Joan of Arc / Cottage
JOAN OF ARC French heroines cottage at Domremy Date: 1412? - 1431

Hans Holbein / Augsburg
HANS HOLBEIN (the Younger) Birthplace in Augsburg, Germany, of the portrait painter to English Royalty and others: his father was also born in Augsburg Date: 1497? - 1543

George Stephenson - Wylam
George Stephenson (1781 - 1848) Engineers birthplace, High Street House, Wylam

Sir Walter Scott - Lasswade
Sir Walter Scott s(1771 - 1832) home, Lasswade

Victoria Opens Albert Hl
Queen Victoria opens the Royal Albert Hall of arts and sciences

Dismantling Cannon St station, winter of 1959
men working at night in the cold winter of January 1959 to dismantle the roof of Cannon Street train station in London, bomb damaged during the Second World War

Corner of roof garden, Selfridges, Oxford Street, London
Corner of the roof garden, Selfridges department store, Oxford Street, London Date: circa 1905

Platform scene at Marylebone Station, London
Platform scene at Marylebone Station, Great Central Railway, London, with trains and passengers. Date: circa 1910

Santa Fe Railroad Depot, Stockton, California, USA
Santa Fe Railroad Depot, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA. Date: circa 1920

Solvang, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
Solvang, Danish town in Santa Barbara County, California, USA. Date: circa 1940

San Luis Obispo de Tolosa Mission, California, USA, with a wooden New England style belfry. circa 1910

British international exhibition, possibly a pet or livestock show, with various national flags on display. Date: circa 1920

Everton football ground, Liverpool. Date: circa 1910

Advertisement for Sapolio Soap - Spotless Town. Date: circa 1930s

Cottages at Laren (Gooi), North Holland, Netherlands
Thatched cottages at Laren (Gooi), North Holland, Netherlands, with an old water pump in the centre. Date: circa 1910

Roof garden, Grand Hotel Gooiland, Hilversum, Netherlands
Roof garden, Grand Hotel Gooiland, Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands. Date: circa 1940

Sint Janstraat, Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands
View of Sint Janstraat (St John Street), Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands. Date: 1913

A Roof and Four Walls by E Temple Thurston
Reverse of one page flyer for A Roof and Four Walls by E. Temple Thurston. First produced at the Apollo Theatre, 15th January 1923. Shows the cast list. Date: 1923

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