Shutter Collection

View of the main street in Fiume, Free State of Fiume
View of the main street in the city of Fiume, a seaport in the Free State of Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia). Date: 1922

Western Garage and Engineering Works, Newton Abbot, Devon, fitted with two Kinnear rolling metal shutters. circa 1930s

Interior of invitation for one-woman exhibition
The (folded-open) interior of the invitation card to Nancy Sandys Walker's one-woman exhibition 'Feminine Eye View' at the Ilford Gallery, 106/7 High Holborn, London - December 1955

W D & H O Wills cigarette factory, Swindon, Wiltshire, showing an engine in a railway siding, and a Kinnear rolling metal shutter at the entrance to the factory

Skircoat Depot, Halifax Corporation Tramways, Halifax, West Yorkshire, fitted with a Kinnear patent steel rolling shutter. Date: circa 1930s

Advert for Dollond's new diaphragm shutter 1892
Advertisement for Dollond & Co. in Ludgate Hill, London, for a new comdined iris diaphragm shutter. Date: 1892

Stockton Co-operative Society Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton Co-operative Society Ltd, Stockton-On-Tees, Loading Dock at Dixon Street Bakery, fitted with four Kinnear rolling metal shutters. A delivery van can be seen on the left. Date: circa 1930s

Electricity Generating Station, Poplar, East London
Electricity Generating Station, Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, East London, fitted with Kinnear metal rolling shutters. Date: circa 1930s

W Griffin, High Street, Aston, Birmingham
Premises of W Griffin, High Street, Aston, Birmingham, potato merchant, fishmonger and fruit merchant, fitted with three Kinnear patent steel rolling shutters

Entrance to Loading Dock, Pilkington Ltd, North London
Entrance to Loading Dock, Pilkington Brothers Limited, Shepherdess Walk, North London, fitted with one Kinnear rolling metal shutter. Date: circa 1930s

Garage at Christ Church College, Oxford, fitted with 12 Kinnear rolling metal shutters. Date: circa 1930s

Kinnear Shutters, Dickins & Jones, London
Kinnear shutters, used for security and fire protection at Dickins & Jones department store, London, for the lift lobby openings. Date: circa 1930s

Kinnear Shutters, Harvey Nichols & Co, Knightsbridge, London
Kinnear patent steel rolling shutters, used for fire protection at Harvey Nichols & Co, Knightsbridge, London, and at various other premises in London and elsewhere. Date: circa 1930s

Port of London Authority, West India Docks, East London
Port of London Authority, West India Docks (Import Dock), East London, fitted with 70 Kinnear rolling metal shutters in total. Date: circa 1930s

Leith Dock Commission, Edinburgh Dock, Scotland
Leith Dock Commission, Edinburgh Dock (Sheds 4 and 5), Scotland, fitted with nearly 100 Kinnear rolling metal shutters in total. Date: circa 1930s

Retail Dairymens Mutual Ltd, Paddington, West London
Model Milk Depot, Retail Dairymens Mutual Ltd, Paddington, West London, fitted with a Kinnear rolling metal shutter. Date: circa 1930s

A Dutch Courtyard by Pieter de Hooch (1629-c.1683) - painting on canvas. Date: circa 1656

Sheep in Staffordshire
A flock of Suffolk sheep and lambs stare at the camera on a cold winter day. The image has been blurred with a time exposure to exaggerate the movement and mist in the farmers field Date: 1990

Catholic Mission, Abeokuta, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa. Date: circa 1904

Kokand, Uzbekistan - Seller of Traditional Uzbek Ceramics and a baker with a tray of bread rolls on his head. Date: circa 1908

Eadweard Muybridge with his animals in motion images
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), US photographer and inventor, showing his instananeous photographs of animals in motion at the Royal Society

Mexican dating - Lovers chat through a barred window
Mexican dating ( Novios Mexicanos ) - A pair of lovers chat through a barred window - it doesn t look as if she is going to shutter him out of her life any time soon.... Date: 1906

Italy. Rome. Trastevere district
Italy. Rome. Buildings at the Trastevere district

Baro de Quadras Palace. Facade. Detail. Barcelona. Spain
Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. Baro de Quadras Palace. 1904-1906. Modernist. Built by Josep Puig Cadafalch (1867-1957). Facade. Detail

An unfrequented canal - Venice, Italy
An unfrequented canal in Venice, Italy. Date: 1916

Engelbert Kob, jewellers shop, Bregenz, Austria. Date: circa 1920

Schwarzenadler guesthouse, Sillian, Tyrol, Austria
Schwarzenadler (Black Eagle) guesthouse, Sillian, Tyrol, Austria. Date: circa 1930

The Gymnasium, Yale University, New Haven, USA
The Gymnasium, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1905

Old South Middle, Yale University, New Haven, USA
Old South Middle, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1905

Sea front view, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sea front view at Zanzibar, Tanganyika, British East Africa (now Tanzania). circa 1950

Courtyard in Lisieux, Normandy, France. Date: circa 1890s

Clockwork mechanism.. Clockwork mechanism showing the striking part with one wheel and pinion, Huygheus endless cord, forcing spring, bolt and shutter

Six people and a dog, France
Six people (a woman, four men and a girl with a scooter) and a dog, France. Date: circa 1920s

Edwardian tennis tournament showing a man serving at a match inthe Stockport area - the shutter speed must have been excellent for the time as the ball is captured in flight Date: 1906

Feeding swans at Ellesmere, Shropshire in June 1908 - a quaint picture with a fast shutter speed, and showing contemporary fashions. Date: 1908

Timber Framed House, Riquewihr
A detail of the pink rendering over stone and timber framing of houses in Riquewihr

Wolf cubs with woman leader, Bermuda
Wolf cubs (Bishops Own, Pack B) with their woman leader, Bermuda. A new cub (Tenderpad) is making his promise. Date: circa 1920s

Family Hotel, Hastings, Barbados, West Indies Date: circa 1910s

LCC-LFB Lee Green hose laying lorry at Lambeth HQ
Lee Green fire stations hose laying lorry at Lambeth HQ. The side roller shutter doors are open, showing the stored hoses which can be easily layered out from the rear access door while the lorry is

A photographing camera and back of electro-shutter. Date c1881

Curious Window Shutter
A curious window shutter on a private house in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. Date: 19th century

Horse Head Shutters
Window shutters decorated with portraits of horses heads, on a house at Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. Date: 19th century

Tudor Window Shutters
One of the elaborately carved shutters on the house in Tombland, Norwich, Norfolk, England, built in 1526 for Augustine Steward, Sherriff, Mayor and M.P. for Norwich. Date: 16th century

India - Darjeeling - a Tibetan water seller Date: circa 1910s

Georgian Terrace
A delightful terrace of Georgian town houses, with shuttered windows, at Barnefield Crescent in the heart of the city of Exeter, Devon, England. Date: circa 1800

Dedham Grammar School, Essex, England, was founded in 1574 and rebuilt in the Georgian style in 1732. Date: 16th & 18th century

Shuttered windows in Amsterdam circa 2008

Two soldiers using a signalling shutter, WW1
Two soldiers using a signalling shutter during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

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