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Shelter Collection (page 3)

Background imageShelter Collection: View of the cathedral, Antwerp Anvers, Belgium

View of the cathedral, Antwerp Anvers, Belgium. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageShelter Collection: Farm workers picking tea, Japan

Farm workers picking tea, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageShelter Collection: Ming tombs, Nanjing, China

Ming tombs, Nanjing, China - The Ming Xiaoling ( Filial mausoleum of Ming ) is the mausoleum of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty

Background imageShelter Collection: Farm workers stripping grains of rice from straw, Japan

Farm workers stripping grains of rice from straw, Japan
Farm workers stripping grains of rice from the straw, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageShelter Collection: Miyagino Village, now probably Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Japan

Miyagino Village, now probably Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Japan
Miyagino Village, now probably Miyagino-ku in the city of Sendai, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageShelter Collection: With the distressed hop pickers in Kent

With the distressed hop pickers in Kent - a series of drawings by ILN Special Artist Mr H. C. Seppings Wright showing the poor conditions for hop pickers in Kent during bad wet weather

Background imageShelter Collection: A Shelter Concert if the Crypt of a Church

A Shelter Concert if the Crypt of a Church. Date: circa 1941

Background imageShelter Collection: The shelter on the Longchamps Race Course, 1868

The shelter on the Longchamps Race Course, 1868. Woman in tunic over a white crinoline, and woman in pink crinoline dress with train. The Hippodrome de Longchamp racetrack opened in 1857

Background imageShelter Collection: Gentleman smoking in the Cafe de la Rotonde, 1868

Gentleman smoking in the Cafe de la Rotonde, 1868
The palmy days of the Cafe de la Rotonde in the Palais Royal, Paris, 1868. Man with moustache and muttonchops, top hat and check trousers, smoking in a cafe. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Background imageShelter Collection: 44th Regiment at Gundamuck

44th Regiment at Gundamuck
In 1841 the 44th was in Kabul where uprising endangered the garrison. Constantly attacked, without shelter or food, the force waded in deep snow through narrow passes for four days trying to reach

Background imageShelter Collection: Hetton Coal Company locomotive

Hetton Coal Company locomotive with cab addition or shelter of driver built by George Stephenson for the Hetton, Durham, 1822. Date: 1905

Background imageShelter Collection: A cabmens shelter, London

A cabmens shelter, London. 1884

Background imageShelter Collection: Civilians filling sandbags for air raid shelters 1939

Civilians filling sandbags for air raid shelters 1939
Civilians, including females in bikini tops and a man in a suit, working together to fill sandbags for use in the construction of public air raid shelters. September 1939

Background imageShelter Collection: Construction of sandbag air raid shelter, September 1939

Construction of sandbag air raid shelter, September 1939
Construction of a large public air raid shelter from sandbags in North London, shortly after the outbreak of war. September 1939

Background imageShelter Collection: Two men building an Anderson shelter, September 1939

Two men building an Anderson shelter, September 1939
Two men building an Anderson shelter outside a lodge-keepers house in St. James s, London, just after the outbreak of the war. Date: 1939

Background imageShelter Collection: April, by Minnie Asprey

April, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

Background imageShelter Collection: Costume of a Singhalese woman in Sri Lanka

Costume of a Singhalese woman in Sri Lanka. A man sheltering from the rain under a talipot palm leaf and a seated man drinking from a vase

Background imageShelter Collection: Roman siege engines

Roman siege engines: shelter for sappers digging a tunnel, Vineae 1, semi-circular shelter Pluteus 2, shelter Testudo with battering ram Aries 3, shelter on rolling cylinders Musculus 4

Background imageShelter Collection: Chinese chop boat

Chinese chop boat. 1842

Background imageShelter Collection: Chinese boat (sampan)

Chinese boat (sampan). Date: 1842

Background imageShelter Collection: Synthaprufe air raid shelters, WW2

Synthaprufe air raid shelters, WW2
Synthaprufe air raid shelters -- operating pedal-driven air filtration plant, 125 cubic feet per minute capacity for 50 persons (top), first stages of construction of a shelter (bottom). 1939

Background imageShelter Collection: The Afternoon Drive, Queen Victoria with Beatrice

The Afternoon Drive, Queen Victoria with Beatrice
The Afternoon Drive. In the afternoon, Her Majesty Queen Victoria, in a carriage and pair with outriders, drives with the Princess Beatrice

Background imageShelter Collection: Comic postcard, Scots soldier, Any Port in a Storm

Comic postcard, Scots soldier, Any Port in a Storm. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageShelter Collection: Travelling in China: Paddy Stacks

Travelling in China: Paddy Stacks raised off the ground for drying, and also as shelter for the cattle. 1859

Background imageShelter Collection: Metropolitan L over Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Metropolitan L over Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Metropolitan L (elevated railroad) over Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA. circa 1915

Background imageShelter Collection: Poster design for French orphanage, WW1

Poster design for French orphanage, WW1
Poster design by Frank Brangwyn for a French Army orphanage, First World War. 1916

Background imageShelter Collection: Sheltering from the rain

Sheltering from the rain - Group of children out for a walk in the country, shelter under trees from the rain. (German). Artist: WF Date: circa 1900

Background imageShelter Collection: A temporary sanctuary for Delhis hard pressed Muslims

A temporary sanctuary for Delhis hard pressed Muslims
A scene at the Jami Masjid Mosque where several hundreds of refugees, after fleeing from their burning homes, were accommodated until refugee camps were ready to receive them

Background imageShelter Collection: Meridionali Ro. 37

Meridionali Ro. 37
(ex Regia Aeronautica) - Meridionali Ro.37, providing shelter for British servicemen after capture in the Libyan campaign, circa 1942. Date: circa 1942

Background imageShelter Collection: Hurel-Dubois HD. 34 F-AZNH

Hurel-Dubois HD. 34 F-AZNH
Hurel-Dubois HD.34 F-AZNH (msn 01, formerly F-BHOO) providing shelter at an air display. Previously one of eight operated by the Institut Geographique Nationale (IGN) from Creil. Date: circa 2003

Background imageShelter Collection: USN - Richmond Naval Air Station after Hurricane Nine - 1945

USN - Richmond Naval Air Station after Hurricane Nine - 1945
United States Navy - Richmond Naval Air Station (Richmond NAS), just west of Miami, showing the destroyed, huge, airship hangars which burnt down during Hurricane Nine on 15 September 1945

Background imageShelter Collection: WW2 pop-up greetings card (inside), soldier in khaki -- If its OK by you

WW2 pop-up greetings card (inside), soldier in khaki -- If its OK by you, its OK by me. Date: circa 1942

Background imageShelter Collection: Weston-super-Mare, Avon: Rozel bandstand and shelter Date: 1930s

Weston-super-Mare, Avon: Rozel bandstand and shelter Date: 1930s

Background imageShelter Collection: Madagascar - Toamasina (Tamatave) - Cemetery

Madagascar - Toamasina (Tamatave) - Cemetery for the local indigenous people. Date: circa 1906

Background imageShelter Collection: Sailors relax on the deck of a British destroyer 1916

Sailors relax on the deck of a British destroyer 1916
Stokers, Sailors and Gunners, have a cigarette break - and shelter from the sun - lying on the wooden decks of a British destroyer

Background imageShelter Collection: CABMENS SHELTER

CABMENS SHELTER
A cabmens shelter, London Date: 1875

Background imageShelter Collection: Rain on Yorkshire Coast 1856

Rain on Yorkshire Coast 1856
Oh! My Goodness! Its Beginning To Rain! - A sketch on the Yorkshire Coast. People run for shelter or put up their umbrellas as the rain begins to fall. Date: 1856

Background imageShelter Collection: An old woman on a junk in a typhoon shelter, Hong Kong

An old woman on a junk in a typhoon shelter, Hong Kong
An old woman tidies up a rope in the stern of a junk sampan boat in a typhoon shelter in Kowloon, Hong Kong Date: 1982

Background imageShelter Collection: Lindisfarne tide haven offering shelter to people cut off

Lindisfarne tide haven offering shelter to people cut off
Lindisfarne - a tide haven offering shelter to people cut off by the tide while crossing the Holy Island Causeway, Northumberland, Seen at low water Date: 2014

Background imageShelter Collection: Bansin, Germany, Three British women on holiday on the beach

Bansin, Germany, Three British women on holiday on the beach
Usedom Isle Ostseebad, Baltic Sea Coast - Bansin, Germany, Three British women (Ethel, Ca and Fiona) on holiday on the beach in a variety of elegant swimwear with parasols

Background imageShelter Collection: Sierra Leone, West Africa - Raised Shelters - Boy Scarecrows

Sierra Leone, West Africa - Raised Shelters - Boy Scarecrows warding off birds in the rice fields. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageShelter Collection: Arab hut, Iraq

Arab hut, Iraq. circa 1930s

Background imageShelter Collection: Providence Row Night Shelter, London

Providence Row Night Shelter, London
Providence Row Night Shelter, Crispin Street, London, founded in 1860 as a hostel for Deserving Men, Women and Children and run by the Sisters of Mercy. Date: circa 1902

Background imageShelter Collection: Wooden tray. C. 48000 BC. fromr ockshelter of Abric Romani

Wooden tray. C. 48000 BC. fromr ockshelter of Abric Romani
Wooden tray. C. 48000 BC. from rockshelter of Abric Romani. Middle Paleolithic. Capellades. Catalonia. Spain

Background imageShelter Collection: Two cats in the rain on a Christmas card

Two cats in the rain on a Christmas card
Two cats under an umbrella in the rain on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageShelter Collection: Entrance to public dug out bomb shelter in Margate, WW1

Entrance to public dug out bomb shelter in Margate, WW1
The entrance to a public dug-out in Trinity Square, Margate, Kent, designed to offer underground safety to members of the public during air raids during the First World War

Background imageShelter Collection: Two men constructing an Anderson shelter

Two men constructing an Anderson shelter in a back garden at the start of the Second World War. Date: circa 1939

Background imageShelter Collection: Old Bill and Co by Bruce Bairnsfather

Old Bill and Co by Bruce Bairnsfather
An ARP warden stands on a rooftop during a very lively air raid and looks down a chimney pot with his binoculars telling those hiding inside, I said, I reckon its time you went to the shelter. 1940



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