Rush Collection (page 2)

Hurrying to the office, Knightsbridge, London
Workers hurry to get to their offices in Knightsbridge, London. Date: circa 1930s

Rush hour traffic, Hyde Park Corner, London
Rush hour traffic at Hyde Park Corner, London. Date: circa 1930s

Early morning on a Paris boulevard
A Paris boulevard during early morning rush hour. Date: circa 1930s

Buses queue in rush hour, Central London
London buses in a queue in Central London during the rush hour. Date: circa 1960s

Common bent, Agrostis capillaris
Common bent, colonial bent, or browntop, Agrostis capillaris. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Jointed rush, Juncus articulatus. Guinco articolato. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

British artillery covering the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2
British artillery (25-pounders) firing over open sights, while French and British infantry use their machine guns, to cover the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France

Bus conductor collecting fares from queuers, September 1939
London bus conductor collecting fares from passengers as they queue in the street in order to maximise efficiency. The reduction of bus services largely due to spirit rationing led to heavy queueing

Christabel Pankhurst defending herself in court 1908
Christabel Pankhurst shown defending the " rush" on the House of Commons and her role in it at Bow Street Magistrates Court, London

Poitiers, France - French Family Group Photograph. Date: circa 1909

View of Camp Bird Mills, Ouray, Colorado, USA
View of Camp Bird Mills, a gold mining area in Ouray, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1906

Lesser common carex, Carex acutiformis (Carex paludosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Common cudweed, Filago vulgaris, and rush, Juncus conglomeratus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Buprestis beetles, flowering rush and pill beetle
Buprestis beetles 1-5, flowering rush, Butomus umbellatus 6, and pill beetle, Byrrhus pilula 7. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire

Rushes, pipewort and rush daffodil
Jointed rush, Juncus articulatus 1, toad rush, Juncus bufonius 2, pipewort, Paepalanthus dendroides 3, and rush daffodil, Narcissus jonquilla 4. Jones, Joncinelle, Jonquille

Blue rush, Juncus inflexus (Hard rush, Juncus glaucus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany

Common rush, Juncus conglomeratus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London

Mezereon, Daphne mezereum, and flowering rush
Mezereon, Daphne mezereum, Octandria, 1, and flowering rush, Butomus umbellatus, Enneandria, 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

Gold bricks on display, Dawson City, Yukon, NW Canada
Gold bricks on display from the Klondike gold rush, Bank of British North America, Dawson City, Yukon, NW Canada. Date: late 1890s

Board game, Up to Klondyke - based on the Klondike Gold Rush, Yukon, Canada. 1896

Poster, The Klondyke Nugget bys F Cody
Theatre poster, The Klondyke Nugget, a play bys F Cody, showing John Bull surrounded by those who have found gold in the Klondike Gold Rush

View near Auburn, California, USA, known for its California Gold Rush history. Date: circa 1908

Public School, Auburn, California, USA. The city is known for its California Gold Rush history. Date: circa 1908

Reception of French Troops in Durango
The reception of French troops in the city of Durango. Mexican women and children rush forward to give the french soldiers on horseback flowers and garlands. Date: 1864

The French attack upon Fort San Guadalupe at Puebla
The french attack on Fort San Guadalupe at Puebla in 1862. Several soldiers rush up an incline to attack the enemy, with the fort itself in the distance

Gold Rush, 1932
Gold Rush - in 1932 Britain left the Gold Standard and the price of scrap gold soared. 1932

Bank of England and the Royal Exchange, London
Traffic outside the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange, London. Date: circa 1900s

Curtis British Entomology Plate 492
Hemiptera: Livia juncorum (Rush Jumping-louse) [Plant: Lathyrus palustris (Marsh Vetchling)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 405
Diptera: Scatophaga scybalaria (Largest Dung-fly) [Plant: Juncus effusus (Soft Rush)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 234
Hymenoptera: Ichneumon atropos = Callajoppa exaltatoria (Death?s Head Ichneumon) [Plant: Luzula multiflora (Juncus liniger Withering, or Luzula congesta, Flaxen Rush)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 214
Hymenoptera: Pimpla aethiops (Whittlesea Pimpla) [Plant: Butomus umbellatus (Flowering Rush)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 2
Hemiptera: Velia rivulorum Fab. (Winged Pond-skater), a mainland-european species [Plant: Juncus articulatus (Shining-fruited Jointed Rush)] Date: 1824-39

Monday morning rush hour with lots of people walking across London Bridge. Date: 1935

The 18th century Council Room of Trinity House, Hull, Yorkshire, England, where the ancient custom of strewing rushes on the floor is still done for the Elder Brethren. Date: 18th century

Prospectors camp at Pegleg and Sailors Gully, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Date: 1853

Panning for gold at Thompsons Point, on the River Turon in New South Wales, Australia. Date: 1853

Two fortune seekers, one man shovelling up washed up dirty water into a cradle, another man pouring water while rocking it all the time

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Comic Postcard - Don t try to enter by the Exit Door or you will get Squeezed! - A smart young Gent is trapped neither within or without this packed rush hour District Line London Underground

Caffeine Rush For Santa Date: 1948

Return to Home by Sea Date: 1948

COSTUME / SERVANT C17TH
An English kitchenmaid: a bodice with voluminous sleeves, pattens, a skirt with ornamented hem hitched up to reveal the petticoat & a close-fitting cap. Date: 1640

LONGCHAMP GARDENS C. 1805
Les ennuyees de Longchamp three bored ladies sit in the gardens at Longchamp, on the outskirts of Paris Date: circa 1805

VICTORIA STATION 1907
Evening commuters rush to get home via Victoria Station, London Date: 1907

KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH
Prospectors buying stores at Victoria, British Columbia, before setting out for the Klondike Date: 1898

Quartz crushing battery used during Australian gold rush
The first quartz crushing battery, used during the Australian gold rush, located at the base of Black Hill, Ballarat, Victoria. The quartz had to be crushed in order to extract the nuggets of gold

Inside a crowded horse bus, London
Passengers inside a crowded horse bus in London. Date: 1859

Speed blur horses, Petra, Jordan
Horses race through the Petra gorge, the narrow passage, or Siq, leading to Petra, Jordan. The movement of the horses creates blur Date: circa 1995

Young woman, Ericeria, Portugal
A young woman carries an umbrella in the rain and hurries through a cobbles street in the harbour of Ericeira, Portugal. Small white fishing boats are hauled up beside the harbour wall Date: 1989

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