Sign Collection (page 37)

Russian trenches on the French Front
A Russian General making a tour of inspection of Russian trench in France. Date: 1916

Smoked Sugar Beet plantation at Precy-sur-Oise, France
Organic Smoked Sugar Beet plantation at Precy-sur-Oise, France owned by Monsieur Fauquert. Date: 1929

British soldiers love of tea 1917
How the fighting soldiers get their cuppa at the Front. Canteen on the troop-train with a number women workers waiting for the soldiers to return from the front

England / Crawley
A view of the High Street, Crawley, Sussex, England, showing the distinctive sign of the George Hotel, which - supported on stout timbers, extends across the road. Date: 1950s

French Sign-Painter
A French peintre d enseigne (sign painter) at work on a shop-front. Date: circa 1845

Paradise this Way
Someone has abandoned their motorbike, having seen the sign pointing to Paradise and legged it! Date: 1950s

Westcott Weathervane
The village of Westcott, Surrey, England, has a quaint a clever sign. Above the dovecote are the letters W, E and the North arm displays a T = West + (dove) cote! Date: 1940s

Beccles Sign
The attractive village sign of Beccles, Suffolk, England, which depicts Queen Elizabeth I presenting the original charter of Beccles to John Bease in 1584. Date: 1950s

Welsh Toll Notice
The Toll Board, with its list of charges, at Llanfair Gate, Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Date: 1950s

Painting a Road Sign
An important job for the safety of road users is the constant attention given to the upkeep of road signs. Here we see a Halt sign being repainted by a workman. Date: 1930s

PITY ME HAMLET SIGN
Pity Me, is the curious name of a hamlet near Durham, Co Durham, England. Date: 1930s

John Reeder
JOHN REEDER Bookseller, Sign Writer, Philosopher and Poet Ordinary and Extraordinary to the Towns of Lewes and Brighton. Date: CIRCA 1792

Shinto Kasuga Grand Shrine, Nara, Japan - Old Tree formed of seven interwoven different varieties. Date: circa 1904

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - A Buddhist Funeral - The Female relations Date: 1904

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Busy street scene Date: circa 1910s

Brook Street Hill, Brentwood, Essex Date: circa 1905

Gates to Alexandra Palace Park and Airship pilot Dr Barton
An absolutely fascinating postcard showing the gates to Alexandra Palace Park and Airship pilot Dr Francis Alexander Barton (1861-1939), who made a successful flight on 24th July, 1905

Porchester Terrace, Paddington, London. Date: circa 1905

Cherry Blossom and refreshments in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan
Cherry Blossom and a refreshment stall (with seating) in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Hotel Cecil and Embankment, London - at night. Date: circa 1910s

Kyoto, Japan - Kyogoku shopping street Date: circa 1908

Seoul, Korea - Bank of Korea Building (Museum)
Seoul, Korea - Bank of Korea Building (now a Museum) on Namdaemunno in the Jung-gu district. Date: 1930s

China - Shanghai - Nanjing Road - General View Date: circa 1907

China - Shanghai - Nanjing Road Date: circa 1905

China - Shanghai - Street scene - busy shops Date: circa 1910s

China - Shanghai - Porcelain Store. Date: circa 1907

Rickshaw on the Nanjing Road (The Maloo) - Shanghai, China. Date: circa 1920

Shanghai, China - Street Scene on old road Date: circa 1909

Shanghai, China - In Front of a Chinese Temple. Date: circa 1909

Mount Street Post Office - Grosvenor Square, London - incorporating Tait & Co. Bakers and Confectioners. Date: 1904

Thessaloniki, Greece - Entrance to White Tower, including signage mentioning a Restaurant in French, placing this at the time of French (and multi-national) occupation of Thessaloniki during WW1

Flower Street, Hong Kong, China Date: 1919

Blind Beggar on a London Street, with a sign explaining his situation around his neck and a small scrawny pet dog at his side

Turkey, Istanbul - disembarking from the Ferry at Yenikoy Date: circa 1930s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Inside Information
" This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm." - Winston Churchill, The Prime Minister. Inside Information - a little girl out shopping for fish is slightly disappointed to

Nurses from Great Ormond Street Hospital examine bomb
Nurses from The Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital examine fragments from the bomb which struck the building but (thankfully) caused no loss of life - September, 1940

Nightime in Tralgar Square, London
The Offices of the Sun Life Insurance Company and The Head European Offices of Canadian Pacific, 62-65 Charing Cross Road, Trafalgar Square, London - photographed at night. Date: circa 1930s

Taking the Waters - I hope no ones looking! A glamorous lady takes the Strong Sulphur waters and hopes nobody spots her... Date: circa 1905

Samuel Johnsons Grave at Gawsworth, Cheshire in the grounds of Gawsworth Hall in a spinney know as Maggoty Johnsons Wood. Date: 1924

Old Man with pair of wooden legs advertising corn plasters
Very black humour - An Old Man with a pair of prosthetic false legs advertising corn plasters! Date: 1895

Rural Russia - Village Scene. Women, men and children stand around a wooden house, with a horse wagon tethered alongside. Clearly a rural setting. Date: 1902

Boiling eggs at the Beppu Hot Springs, Japan
A sign advertising the option to boil an egg at the Beppu Hot Springs, Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred

Mark Twains boyhood home and Tom Sawyers Fence at Hannibal, Missouri, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Abbey Gatehouse, Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent
The 12th century (1130) Abbey Gatehouse, Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. The sign requests funds to aid the continued support to local builders employed to maintain and restore the Abbey Gatehouse

Comic Postcard - Advantageous vantage point
Comic Postcard - An advantageous vantage point! A workman adjusting a gas main keeps a score of the choice of underwear of the ladies passing above his vantage point pavement manhole cover)

Isbergues, Pas-de-Calais, France - The Red Cross Date: circa 1909

Kensington High Street, London - Note the lovely end-of-building advertising for Abbotts Phit-Eesi Shoe Company. Date: 1907

Spinet - this lovely example with its six-legged stand was made in London by Stephen Keene at the Sign of the Virginal on Threadneedle Street in the 17th century

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