Side Collection (#56)

Florence / Via Dei Servi
VIA DEI SERVI leading from the Piazza del Duomo to the Piazza dell Annunziata, with palazzi on either side

God Favours Whites
God is on the side of the White Man

Elizabeth, Empress of Austria
ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA Married her cousin, Franz Josef I of Austria and reigned with him from 1854 - 1898. Riding with Meath Hounds, Ireland

17th Century Pikeman
A pikeman with pike and sword by his side

Leningrad Warning Sign
The sign reads Citizens! During artillery fire, this is the most dangerous side of the street. Palace Square and the Winter Palace are in the background

Russian War Reporter
A Russian War reporter in a trench with soldiers gets their side of the story

Small Girl on Horse
A small girl rides side-saddle on a large horse

Shell Mex Building
View across the Thames from the outside the Royal Festival Hall, showing the South Bank Promenade in the foreground and Shell Mex House (with clock) on the other side. Date: 1951

Ingres / Paquier / Chapon
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French Artist

Irish Emigrant / Song
An Irish emigrant rests at the side of the road

Congreve / Gucht
WILLIAM CONGREVE Restoration playwright

Dame Marjories Chimney Corner, contents page
Contents page, based around an open china cabinet with blue and white tiles on either side

Triple Image Photo
Photograph by an unknown photographer, showing a sitter, perhaps with her parents on the Other Side

Sir Henry Vane / Fortem
SIR HENRY VANE statesman who joined the Parliamentary side during the Civil War

Ws Gilbert / Penrose 1911
WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT English playwright and collaborator with Sullivan, writing at his desk

Strike / Bus Protection
A bus gets police protection during the General Strike

Donizetti / Eichhorn
GAETANO DONIZETTI Italian opera composer

Costume / Men / Scottish 12C
A middle-class Englishman (or, more likely, Scotsman, judging by his kilt and tartan socks?) in travelling costume, with moneybag at his belt and another bag at his side

Wwi / Russian Plane / 1914
A Russian officer attaches a bomb to the side of his aircraft

Amsterdam / Jews Quarter
The Jewish quarter in Amsterdam, showing the typical tall canal-side apartments

Cabinet Maker 1827
Cabinet maker in the act of making a looking-glass frame; he is putting some glue on one of the side pieces to fix it to the hole prepared for it

Swimming at Santander
A couple swim side by side off the beach at Santander, Spain

Holy Lance Discovered
Crusaders on their way to the Holy Land, stopping off at Antioch (in todays Turkey) are thrilled to discover the lance that was used to pierce the side of crucified Jesus

St James Theatre 1895
The impressive building with its four Ionic columns, photographed from the opposite side of King Street

Moving Along Trenches
Making your way along a trench at night, ankle deep in water, with snow-covered mud on either side of you... a scene at Noulette in northern France

Zola / Trombinoscope 1882
EMILE ZOLA French novelist: a satirical comment on his portrayal of the seedier side of life in his novels

Leiden, 18th Century
The main street of the town, with shops on either side of the Canal of Strangers

Young Girl on the Line
A young girl on the line holding the ear-phones to the side of her head

Hadrians Wall - Brunton
A section of Hadrians Wall at Brunton, opposite the fort of Chesters, which is the other side of the North Tyne River. The site has evidence of the Roman bridge abutment

WOMAN CIRCA 1490 - 1
Puff shoulders and a slash down the side of her gown characterise the dress of this noble woman of Charles VIIIs reign as she reads a letter

Child Sleeping / Toys 1932
A child sleeps, with his favourite toys on either side of him; a decorative bauble and a candle on the Christmas tree sleep too

Glasgow Clothes Shop
A modest haberdashery, run by a nice-looking young couple in a Glasgow side street; the photographer evidently toured the city offering his services to residents and tradesmen

Bulgaria and Germany
Bulgaria enters the war on the side of Germany; but when she is faced with reality, she finds she is a tortoise, not an eagle (cartoon based on old fable of eagle and tortoise)

Crowd on Oxford St 1960S
Pedestrians fill the pavement on one side of a busy Oxford Street, London

Selling Hot Potatoes
A woman wearing a shawl cooks potatoes to sell them hot on the street; a man digs in his pocket for some coins while a boy warms his hands on the side of the portable stove

Watercress Seller
A woman with a basket of watercress over her arm and a small child, perhaps her son, at her side, cries Come buy my water cresses to attract custom; she has found a buyer

Atlantic Cable Coiled
At Greenwich the cable is carefully coiled in tanks before loading aboard the Great Eastern - enough to stretch from one side of the ocean to the other !

Atlantic Cable Loaded
The cable is brought to Greenwich and transferred into tanks before loading aboard the Great Eastern - enough to stretch from one side of the ocean to the other !

Manchester Square 1813
Manchester Square, north side: the building on the left now houses the Wallace Collection

Berkeley Square / East
Berkeley Square: east side

Mahler / Water Spaniel
Dog standing side on in a classic pose

East Indian Court / 1851
The East Indian Court - south side

Racial / German Warriors
Ancient German warriors: the horseman carries a victims head by his side, and holds another head aloft on his spear

B. C (Before Crinoline)
At a time prior to 1857 when the cage crinoline became available (patented December 1856) Adolphus and his beloved Kitty could walk intimately side by side

Voisin-Delagrange Biplan
The Voisin-Delagrange III is the third to be built by this company in spring 1908; two side-curtains have been added to provide improved stability

Real Tennis Game 1658
The ball is played against a side wall

Jerusalem / Temple West
Jerusalem: west side of the Temple area

US Football Player C1914
An American football player and a baseball player stand either side of the American eagle and flag

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