Roofs Collection

Nipa Houses near Manila, Philippines
Nipa Stilt Houses (also known as bahay kubo, is an indigenous house used in the Philippines)

Father Christmas parachuting out of a plane
Father Christmas jumps out of an aeroplane using a parachute onto snowy rooftops. Who needs reindeer to deliver presents in the modern age? Date: 1932

Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, Virgin Islands, West Indies
View of Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, Virgin Islands, West Indies. Date: circa 1940

Soho, London - rooftop view, from Gerrard Place, looking across Gerrard Street towards Leicester Square. 1973

Kuwait - The Main Street of the Kuwait City Date: 1933

View of Lincoln Cathedral from the North West
View of magnificent West Front of Lincoln Cathedral from the North West Date: 1915

Brazil - Sao Paulo - panoramic view over the city, showing old and new buildings Date: circa late 1950s

Trulli houses in Alberobello, Italy. Very distinctive white cylindrical buildings with grey slate roofs. circa 1960s

Rooftops Stoke
Looking over rooftops and chimneys of hillside terraced houses towards The Sacred Heart Church, Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England. Holy Trinity Church, Hartshill in the distance

Street fighting in Stalingrad
Photograph: Street fighting in Stalingrad. A picture from Axis sources shows German soldiers, glad of the shelter of a crater in a Stalingrad street

Scotland - Orkney - Kirkwall - View from Cathedral Tower Date: circa 1908

Advert for Redcliffe Crown Galvanized Iron 1888
Advertisement in a trade book for 1888, Redcliffe Crown, galvanized corrugated iron sheets for roofs. 1888

Imperial Palace at Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
Part of the Imperial Palace at Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. Construction began in 1625 under Nurhachi, and was completed in 1636 by his son, Huang Taiji (Emperor Taizong)

General Panoramic view of rooftops of Tripoli, Lebanon Date: circa 1908

Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, East Africa
Mweya Safari Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, East Africa. Date: circa 1954

Winter scene with Tower of London on a Christmas card
Winter scene with the River Thames and the Tower of London on a Christmas card, with a decorative border of white lace and pink bells. Date: circa 1890s

Imperial Airlines Handley Page over London, Englad
G-aXE - named Hengist (brother of Horsa legendary conqueror of England), A Handley Page H.P.42, first flew on December 1931 - burned at Karachi in an airship hangar fire in May 1937

Monemore, Killin, Scotland
A row of old low cottages at Monemore, Killin, Striling, Scotland Date: circa 1907

Street scene with Drommedaris, Enkhuizen, Netherlands
Street scene with Drommedaris Tower (right), Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands. The Tower (a gate of the city) dates back to the 16th century. Date: 1913

Taxco, Mexico - Aerial view of Church of Santa Prisca Date: circa 1930s

Crofters Houses - Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Crofters Houses at Stornoway, a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Date: circa 1910s

Gustav Hamel arriving at Windsor with the airmail
The aviator Gustav Hamel arriving at Windsor from Hendon on the very first airmail flight

Stacking Reed for Thatch
Stacking reeds to dry at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire. Once they have dried, they will be used for thatching roofs

Two panoramas over the rooftops of Mexico City, Mexico. Date: 1863

Peshawar, Pakistan - Panorama
Peshawar, Pakistan - the capital of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - panoramic view over the rooftops, including view of the Clock Tower. Date: circa 1910s

Portugal, Odemira. Panoramic view of the town. Alentejo region

Portugal. Lisbon. Cathedral and Alfama neighborhood
Portugal, Lisbon. View of the two towers flanking the facade of the cathedral, built shortly after Alfonso I conquered the city from the Muslims in 1147. Alfama district

Portugal, Lisbon. Panorama of the city from St. George's Castle

Portugal, Lisbon. Panorama of the city from St. George's Castle

Spain, Aragon, Albarracin. Panoramic view of the village
Spain, Aragon, Teruel province, Albarracin. Panoramic view of the medieval village

Advert for H. W Johns, asbestos materials for roofing 1875
Company based in New York, advertising asbestos roofing, used in roof coating, cement, paint, boiling felt and steam packing. 1875

Thatched Cottages at Ashby St. Ledgers, Northamptonshire
Thatched Cottages at Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire. circa 1930s

Santiago de Compostela, Spain - General View with Basilica. Date: circa 1910s

Staithes, North Yorkshire, viewed from the cliffs - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Khartoum, Sudan - General panoramic view. Date: 1913

Malay Kampong, Singapore
Malay Kampong (Settlement, Village), Singapore - wooden houses with zinc-covered roofs. Date: circa 1950s

Chiddingstone High Street. One of the prettiest villages in Kent, and perhaps England, Chiddingstone is a beautiful example of a Tudor one-street village

History of Africa. Native Bondei people of Bonde
History of Africa. 19th century. Native Bondei people of Bonde. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Africa. The Congo. View of Leopoldville, April, 1882
History of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. View of Leopoldville, April, 1882. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Loo, Sept, 1916
A painting of some houses in disprepair, with damaged roofs and openings. Date: 1916

Snow Covered Houses
A watercolour painting of some brown houses with snow covered roofs, some figures are walking outside, leaving a trail of footprints behind them. Date: circa 1917

Boulogne
This oil painting shows a waterside scene of the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer, along the north coast of France

Entrance to Iizaka Onsen, Fukushima, Japan
Entrance to Iizaka Onsen, an onsen (hot spring resort) in the Iizaka district (within the city of Fukushima, Japan. Date: circa 1930

Illustration Cecil Aldin 1934 1930s 30s Thirties
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Funeral of George V, Park Lane
Three men climbing up a lamp post in Park Lane, Central London, to view the funeral procession of George V as it passes by

Elaborate woven reed huts in Sinoe County, Liberia, West Africa. Date: 1905

SE Asia, probably Malay peninsula, traditional houses
Vintage 19th century photograph: South East Asia, probably Malay peninsula, traditional houses with straw roofs, thatch and street scene

View across rooftops towards City of London with St Pauls Cathedral dome and Bankside Power Station. Date: circa 1950s

Outbreak of WWII Sandbagging flat roof of an office building
Loading sandbags on the skylight apertures of a flat roof of a modern office building in London as precautions after the outbreak of hostilities in September 1939. Date: 1939

People standing on car roofs to see a plane landing. Date: circa 1930s

Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
Picture of Cholula with the Great Pyramid in the background that looks like a natural hill. Only a very small part is uncovered and restored

Casablanca, Morocco - Panoramic View of the City
circa 1910s

Tangier, Morocco - Grand Mosque of Tangier
circa 1910s

Nazareth, Israel - Panoramic view over the rooftops of the town. circa 1920s

Native Village - Chagres, Panama. circa 1910s

Saint Sophia Quarter - Nicosia, Cyprus. circa 1930s

Orellana in the Loreto Region on the Ucayali River, Ucayali Province, Peru. Date: circa 1910s

Panoramic view over Sofia, Bulgaria with the 4th century Saint Sophia Church in the foreground. Date: circa 1910s

Panoramic View of the seven bridges over the River Seine in Paris. Date: 1934

Naples, Italy - view toward Mount Vesuvius Date: circa 1906

LONDON ROOFS & CHIMNEYS LONDON ROOFS & CHIMNEYS
Rooftops and chimney stacks of London; some aerials are also visible Date: 1902

FLOODS AT LEEUWEN 1861
Scene of flooding in Leeuwen, Holland; stranded villagers clamber up on to the thatched roofs of their houses, hoping to be rescued Date: 1861

FOLKLORE / BANSHEES
over the rooftops... Date: 1898

German walled town with gates and ramparts
A German walled town with gates and ramparts. Date: medieval

Smart young couple sat on the beach in deckchairs
Candid seaside photograph of a smart young couple sat on the beach in deckchairs before a row of delightful beach huts with conical roofs. circa 1920s

Suleymaniye Mosque (Mosque of Suleiman) - Rhodes, Greece - originally built after the Ottoman conquest of Rhodes in 1522 and reconstructed in 1808. Date: circa 1937

Panama City, Panama - view over the rooftops toward the Catedral Metropolitan de Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion (Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption). Date: circa 1920s

Izmir, Turkey - Panoramic view Date: 1950

Veules-les-Roses - Panorama with view of the Church
Veules-les-Roses, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France - Panorama with view of the Church. Date: circa 1906

Foot bridge, Hanley, Stoke
A boy sits beside his bicycle on a metal foot bridge in Hanley, Stoke of Trent. Below are roofs and smoking chimneys of South Street, an area of Hanley which is unrecognisable today

Boralesgamuwa, near Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Typical rural scene in Boralesgamuwa, near Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1930s

Panorama, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, East Africa
Panoramic view of the City Square, Praca Mouzinho de Albuquerque, Lourenco Marques (now Maputo), capital city of Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Date: circa 1905

Aerial view of Nicosia, Cyprus. Date: circa 1950

General view of Baghdad, Iraq, with domes and minarets. Date: circa 1918

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Panorama
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Panoramic view over the rooftops of the city Date: circa 1910s

View of Tehran, Iran
View out over the houses of Tehran, Iran, looking toward the mountains Date: circa 1920s

Armensko, Macedonia
The Village of Armensko (formerly Alonas) Macedonia Date: circa 1910s

Wee Willie Winkie " Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown, rapping at the window, crying through the lock

Bampton, Devon. Date: circa 1908

Ellen Terrys cottage, Winchelsea, East Sussex
Ellen Terrys cottage (Tower Cottage), Winchelsea, near Rye, East Sussex. The actress lived there from 1896 to 1906. The cottage dates back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1920s

Panoramic view of Aleppo, Syria - view toward the Citadel Date: circa 1907

American Mission in Quessua, Angola, Portuguese West Africa
Group photo, American Mission in Quessua, Angola, Portuguese West Africa. circa 1900s

The Queens Tomb, Garden Marengo. Algiers, Algeria
The Queens Tomb in Garden Marengo. Algiers, Algeria. A close-up view of a tomb built in 1848 for Queen Amelia, the wife of Louis-Philippe I

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

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