Signs Collection (page 5)

New Road Sign
Illustration of a new type of road sign. This warning, or advance direction sign, was to be installed at Tadworth Corner on the Brighton Road. Date: 1933

Sign at Gleneagles
A sign at Gleneagles golf course, explaining the procedure of sounding a siren in the event of a dangerous thunderstorm. Date: 1933

W H Smith & Son, news stand, London Railway Terminus Date: 1911

Advertising signs Times quare New York

Undertakers regaling themselves at Death's Door, Battersea Rise, Surrey -- a satirical scene in the style of Hogarth, with lines from a serious long poem, The Grave

Daily Worker building, 75 Farringdon Road, London
The newly acquired Daily Worker building at 75 Farringdon Road, London, a former brushmakers warehouse. The newspaper's previous offices had been destroyed during the Blitz

Polling Station, Referendum Day, 5 June 1975
Scene outside a Polling Station in the London Borough of Wandsworth, 5 June 1975. A Referendum was being held on the UK's membership of the EEC (now the EU), which it had joined in 1973

Shell petrol boycott
A group of protesters stand outside a Shell garage holding placards calling for people to boycott Shell fuel due to the company's links with South Africa and apartheid. Date: c. 1988

Collection for South African rail strike
Two men brandish collection buckets for the South African rail strike to support Rail Against Apartheid. Signs show that the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR)

Departure Siddhartha Myth India Buddha Leaves
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TEMPLE VEIL RENT INTWAIN
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake... the death of Jesus is accompanied by awesome signs

A meteor over the Sinai Desert is interpreted by the Arabs as the herald of important events in the Red Sea area Date
A meteor over the Sinai Desert is interpreted by the Arabs as the herald of important events in the Red Sea area... Date: July 1935

London Life - A Shoeblack works outside a Station Entrance on The City and South London Railway (C&SLR), the tunnels and lines of which now form the Bank Branch of the Northern line, Date: circa 1910s

The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London - floral tributes
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London - some of the floral tributes lain beneath the monument on Remembrance Day. Designed by Edwin Lutyens

View of The Strand, London, with the church of St Mary le Strand in the middle distance. Date: circa 1900

Busy street in Hong kong, c. 1890
Busy street in Hong kong, c.1890

Busy shopfront, English town, c. 1880 s
Busy shopfront, English town, c.1880 s

Street in the Chinese Quarter, Hong Kong, 1870

Waste paper vehicle catches fire, East Ham, London
A vehicle collecting waste paper in East Ham, London, catches fire, and the fire brigade is called out, watched by crowds. Date: circa 1930s

Scene in Week Street, Maidstone, Kent
Busy street scene - Week Street, Maidstone, Kent. Date: circa 1940s

Undertakers, Southgate Road, Islington, North London
Gilderson & Sons Ltd, undertakers, in Southgate Road, Islington, North London, about to move to new premises in Cleveland Road. Date: circa 1930s

Street scene with chain stores Marks & Spencer, Boots, and a Vye & Sons delivery van. Date: circa 1930s

Street scene with Boots and ABC, North London
Street scene in North London, with Boots dispensing chemists, a travel bureau, an ABC cafeteria and a delivery van. Date: circa 1950s

Street scene in South London
South London street with pedestrians, parked cars and a Dolcis shoe shop. Date: circa 1930s

Second hand car lot, South London
A second hand car lot in South London. Date: circa 1950s

Photographer setting up shot, London
Photographer in Newburgh Street, Soho, Central London setting up a shot in a shop doorway. Date: circa 1960s

Passengers on platform, Peterborough North station
Passengers on a platform at Peterborough North station. Date: circa 1950s

Ironmongers shop, East London
Ironmongers shop in East London with pedestrians and policeman. Date: circa 1930s

Town centre of Dieppe, France
The town centre of Dieppe, Normandy, France, with pedestrians and cyclists, and the Cafe des Tribunaux in the background. Date: circa 1930s

Advertising signs on shops in Hartfield, East Sussex
Advertising signs outside shops in Hartfield, East Sussex. Date: circa 1930s

A family shopping in Whitechapel Market
A family out shopping in Whitechapel Market in Londons East End. Date: circa 1930s

St. Magnus the Martyr, Thames Street, City of London
circa 1910s

Wilton Crescent, Pimlico / Belgravia, London
circa 1910s

Front cover of Printers Pie, 1908, illustrated by John Hassall, featuring a shopkeeper in the doorway of Ye Pie Shop, the same that was featured on the cover of the previous years magazine

Woman in costume as a pansy for a masquerade ball
Woman in costume as a pansy (pensee) for a masquerade ball. Costume designed by M. Robin. Handcoloured lithograph by published by Martinet, Paris, 1880s

British Empire exhibition, Hong Kong sign writer
Sign writer from Hong Kong who had travelled especially to paint signs at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924

Typical Commonwealth War Grave CWGC signs, Potijze
The typical, ubiquitous CWGC green signs with white lettering, point to Potijze Chateau Grounds, Potijze Chateau Lawn and Potijze Chateau Wood Cemeteries. Date: 2016

Street scene in Plymouth, Devon, with shops and parked cars. Date: circa 1950s

Hall & Polley, Drapers and Haberdashers, Birmingham
Hall & Polley, Drapers and Haberdashers, Bull Street, Birmingham. circa 1900

Royal Palace Hotel, Kensington, SW London. Date: circa 1900

The Kidderminster Cycle Company Ltd, Worcestershire
The Kidderminster Cycle Company Ltd in Vicar Street, Worcestershire, with men, boys and bicycles outside on the pavement. 1897

Rue de Levis, off the Rue Legendre, Paris, France
Busy scene in the Rue de Levis, off the Rue Legendre, 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: 1900s

Scene in the Rue Cardinet, Paris, France
Scene in the Rue Cardinet, 17th arrondissement, Paris, France, with the Restaurant Clement on the right. Date: 1900s

Avenue de Clichy and Rue Balagny, Paris, France
Avenue de Clichy and Rue Balagny, 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: 1900s

Rue de la Jonquiere, Paris, France
Rue de la Jonquiere, 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: 1910s

Grands Magasins, Avenue de Clichy, Paris, France
Grands Magasins des Nouvelles Galeries, a large department store in the Avenue de Clichy, 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: circa 1910s

Rue Davy from Rue Balagny, Paris, France
Rue Davy from the Rue Balagny, 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: 1900s

Rue Marcadet, Avenue de St Ouen, Paris, France
Rue Marcadet, Avenue de St Ouen, 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: 1900s

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