Side Collection (#53)

Homeless Berliners walking through Nollendorf Platz, 1945
Photograph showing a group of Berliners walking past the ruins of Nollendorf Platz looking for a place to live, after the end of the Second World War, Summer 1945

V-1 Flying Bomb Launch Site; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a German V-1 Flying Bomb launch site somewhere on the coast of France, June 1944. In the foreground of this image can be seen a small concrete control building

V-1 Flying Bomb Launch Site, France; Second World War, 194
Photograph showing a German V-1 Flying Bomb launch site near the coast of Normandy, France, June 1944. Two American soldiers can be seen inspecting the sloping launching-ramp

Women playing Diabolo, 1907
Photograph showing four women playing Diabolo at the side of the road, while waiting for their male companions to fix their broken-down motor-car, 1907

Allied truck watering Italian roads; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing an Allied truck employed in watering dusty Italian roads, 1944. The warning sign on the right-hand side gives the reason for the watering

British 17-Pounder Anti-Tank Gun; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing two views of the British 17-pounder anti-tank gun; one side view and a view showing two guns in action against German Tanks

Camballo, Winner of the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
Side view of animal standing, portrait of horse, winner of important race

The crater of an exploded mine
A photograph showing one side of a crater left by the detonation of a buried mine by the French army as part of the Somme offensive of 1916

Emigration. Departure of the Nimrod and Athlone Steamers
Emigrants set sail from Cork for Liverpool in the first stage of their transatlantic jouney. Dock side with exterior of two steam ships

Father Matthew Leaving Cork for America, 1849
Engraving showing a dock-side scene in Cork as a crowd bid farewell to a popular priest, leaving for America

A Romanian cavalryman
A photograph of a Romanian cavalryman and his horse taken from the front cover of the Illustrated London News, published shortly after Romania entered the war on the Allies side in August 1916

Greek troops gathered on the docks at Salonika
A photograph of soldiers loyal to the newly formed Committee of National defence on the docks at the Greek port of Salonika, September 1916

San Sebastian Riots
It takes some doing to tip a tram on its side, but rioters in San Sebastian manage it, though just what it proves is not altogether clear

Paris Streets
The streets of Paris were liable to flooding, and men picked up tips by picking up ladies and carting them from one side of the road to the other

The Inside of a School - or the first meeting - after the -
A satire on the return of Fox to Parliament, for a debate on the peace overtures from France, having left in 1797. He is in the centre of the classroom wearing a fools cap labelled Truant

The Struggle, for a Bengal Butcher and an Imp-pie
Another print about the impeachment of Warren Hastings. A tug-of-war is taking place, with Hastings in a jewelled turban and a large pie (Sir Elijah Impey) in the middle

Between two stools the Bottom goes to the Ground
George Tierney falls between two stools, a tattered Whig Stool and a smart Tory Stool. Amused and standing either side are Fox and Addington

Samuel Smiles Sambourne
SAMUEL SMILES Scottish author, best known for his book Self-Help of 1859, helping himself to a large glass of champagne

Premier of Bulgaria 1915
Photographic portrait of Dr. V. Radoslavoff, premier of Bulgaria in 1915. Bulgaria entered the war on the side of Germany and Austria-Hungary in the hope of regaining part of Macedonia

An avalanche in Piedmont, Northern Italy. Great destruction
An avalanche in Piedmont. Avalanches are common in the Piedmontese side of the Alps, much destruction is caused by the falling boulders and snow

Stone fragments in the bakery of an archaeological laborator

Stores arriving at Gallipoli
A war stores depot for an Australasian division, on the beach at Galllipoli. The Dardanelles campaign, the aim of which was to overpower Turkey, who had entered the war on Germanys side

Gold Mining in Nevada County, California, 1888
Engraving showing a gold mining operation using water cannon to destroy a mountain side, Nevada County, 1888

Statue of Tutankhamen on guard at his sepulchre for 3000 years. One of the life size statues standing either side of a sealed which was left sealed until Lord Carnarvon arrived to open it

Hydraulic Propellors of HMS Waterwitch, November 1866
Engraving of HMS Waterwitch and her hydraulic propellors, from the Illustrated London News, 17th November 1866. Built in 1866 at Thames Ironworks, Blackwall

Passengers on board the emigrant ship Artemisia, 1848
Engraving showing passengers on the deck of the Artemisia leaning over the side, as the boat leaves a British harbour bound for Australia, 1848

Austrian device for rolling rocks
Austrian troops shown loading rocks onto wooden levers with the intention of rolling them down the mountain-side towards advancing Italians during World War I

A Rudge-Whitworth Sociable Bicycle, 1896
Photograph of a Rudge-Whitworth Sociable Bicycle, capable of carrying two people side-by-side. It would appear that this machine best suited couples of comparable weight

The Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster
Illustration of the Clock Tower at the Tower of Westminster, with one side of the building cut away to show the rooms inside

Sudan Kassala
Western side of the town, occupied by the Italians

A Sailor Heaving the Lead, at sea, 1884
Engraving showing a seaman, on the side of an emigrant ship, heaving the lead to check the depth of the water with a plumb line, 1884

Safety saddle
Advertisement from 1888 for Champion & Wiltons Safety Side-saddle offering the advantage of a straight sitting position and comfort, in comparison to the old style of side-saddle (illustrated)

Floating railway bridge across the Forth River
A floating railway across the Forth between Granton and Burntisland. The route designed to carrying goods and live stock without the inconvience of unloading the trucks

Babys cot by the side of its mothers bed
Prison babies at play in the day nursery in Holloway, a women only prison where babies who were either born there or were under three months old when their mothers were jailed were cared for in

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
A photographic portrait of Ferdinand I, King of Bulgaria (1861-1948), often known as Foxy Ferdinand, or the Balkan Fox. Bulgaria entered World War I in 1915 on the side of the Central Alliance

The Melbourne Riots
A plain clothes policeman, in centre, using his revolver to keep strikers apart from a free labourer during the Melbourne Waterside Workers strike of 1928

Kashmir Srinagar
A lake-side home

Scottish girls making shells
Female munitions workers in Scotland depicted in an illustration by A. C. Michael. As it became clear there would be no decisive swift victory for either side in World War I

Camoflagued ambulance
A British soldier poses by his Red Cross ambulance in the Vosges. The ambulance is in camaflague with a landscape of trees painted across its side

Repavement of the Strand
Illustration showing work in progress on the West side of Temple Bar. Workers are using heavy rammers to level the surface

Sport / Cricket / Spofforth
F.R.SPOFFORTH The Demon or imp-etuous bowler, representing cricket on T other side of the Hearth

Sebastopol Harbour
The northern side of the harbour, looking out to sea

George H. Hirst (1871-1954)
Photograph of George Hirst, the Yorkshire and England cricketer, playing a strong leg-side shot. Hirst was one of Yorkshires best-ever all-rounders, scoring 36, 185 runs and taking 2, 719 wickets

Bicycle Obstacle Race for Girls, 1898
Photograph showing a bicycle obstacle race, known as The Innocents Race, for young ladies under the age of seventeen held at Esquimalt, British Columbia, 1898

The Fifth Test Match, England vs. Australia, 1899
Photograph showing the Fifth Test Match between England and Australia, summer of 1899, at the Oval Cricket Ground, London. K.S

Scene at a County Cricket Match, 1881
Engraving of a scene beside the pavilion at a county cricket match, circa 1881. On the left of the image are a number of spectators and the two scorers, sitting at their table; on the right

The civil war in America: attack on the Confederate batterie
Attack on the Confederate batteries at Bull Run by the 27th and 14th New York regiments. The battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the civil war, seen here from the Confederate side

Battle on the James River; American Civil War, 1864
Engraving showing the Texans of Longstreets Corps retaking the outer line of entrenchments, on the south side of the James River, from the Unionist army

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