Square Collection (#85)

The Pumping Engine for Trafalgar Square Fountains, London, 1
Engraving showing one of the pumping engines used to draw water, from deep underneath Trafalgar Square, to supply the fountains and nearby Government offices, 1845

War Loan Campaign in Trafalgar Square, London, 1918
Photograph showing the War Loan Campaign exhibition in Trafalgar Square, London, in March 1918. Inset, top right, is a picture of the British airship from which the Countess of Drogheda dropped

Armistice Night in Trafalgar Square, London
Celebrating crowd in Trafalgar Square, London, on Armistice night, 1922. This was, reportedly, the biggest celebration of Armistice night since that, at the end of the First World War

London Children in the Trafalgar Square Fountains, 1919
Illustration showing London children bathing in the Trafalgar Square fountains during the summer of 1919

Celebrations in London following the Relief of Mafeking, 190
Illustration showing the crowd, dancing in Trafalgar Square, celebrating the news of the Relief of Mafeking during the Boer War, 1900

The Royal Panopticon, Leicester Square, London, 1852
Engraving showing the Royal Panopticon of Science and Art, which was being built in Leicester Square during 1852. When constructed the Panopticons dome was somewhat smaller in size than this image

Wylds Great Globe, Leicester Square, London, 1851
Engraving showing the building built for Wylds Great Globe in the early 1850 s. This building housed a 10, 000 sq. foot painting of planet Earth

Leicester Square, London, 1753
Engraving showing a view of Leicester Square in London, 1753

Leicester Square, London, c. 1880
Photograph showing the gardens and surrounding buildings of Leicester Square, London, c.1880

Birthplace of Lord Byron, 1888
Engraving showing the house in Holles Street, Cavendish Square, London, where George Gordon, Lord Byron, was born in 1788

V-2 Rocket in Trafalgar Square, 1945
Photograph showing a German V-2 rocket exhibited in Trafalgar Square as a feature of Londons Thanksgiving Week celebrations at the end of the Second World War, September 1945

The American Circus at the Alhambra Palace, London, 1858
Engraving showing the American Circus performing at the Alhambra Palace, Leicester Square, London, 1858. The circus was probably Howes and Cushings Great United States Circus

Black Eagle at the Great United States Circus, London, 185
Engraving showing the American trick-horse Black Eagle performing at Howes and Cushings Great United States Circus at the Alhambra, Leicester Square, London, 1858

Toledo, Royal Palace
View of Toledo, with the royal palace on the right and the town square below

Poland Warsaw
One of the main squares of the city

Lenin and Colleagues
Bolshevik leaders in Red Square, Moscow, during the civil war : Sklianski, Muralov, Krylenko and Lenin can be identified

The Charter House School
Charterhouse School was founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian Monastery in Charterhouse Square, Smithfield

Boer / Peace Demo / London
Demonstration against the Boer War in Trafalgar Square, London - but alas, the public and the government are not convinced

Gent in Sloane Sq. Pub
A well-dressed old businessman in a suit having a pint at the Sloane Square underground station pub. The barmaid holds the pub cat in her arms

1896 / Russia / Coronation
The coronation procession of Tsar Nicolas II arrives in Red Square, Moscow

Fashions for 1878
Girl: lace edged tunic with a pleated insert set into the back. Women: purple floral dress with train & square neckline; 2 colour costume with simulated waistcoat

Moscow / Kremlin / Bell
Kremlin: Imperial Square and the Tsar of Bells

Croatia Pula
(aka Pola or Pulj) The square of the forum

The Battle of Ulundi. Inside the square
Scene of battle from the British position, inside the square repulsing the Zulus. British casualities were light, but the Zulus were decimated by the use of Gatling guns and the Martini-Henry

Dr Slade: spirit writing trial
Sketches of the trial of Henry Slade, showing Slade in the centre. Slade first practised his spirit communication in America before travelling to England where he gave seances from his lodgings in

Dr Slades spirit writing trail
A message from the spirits: a sketch of a slate showing a message from Dr Slades deceased wife. Slade first practised his spirit communication in America before travelling to England where he gave

SOUTHPORT - 1900
London Square, Southport, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton

Italy Rome Collegio
The college of the Propaganda, sketched from the piazza di Spagna : a crocodile of seminarists crosses the square

Bournemouth - 1923
The Square, Bournemouth

Bournemouth - 1924
The Square, Bournemouth

Bournemouth - 1925
The Square, Bournemouth

Bournemouth - 1904
The Square, Bournemouth

Carmarthen - 1925
Guildhall Square Carmarthen County of Dyfed

Chinese Percussion
A variety of Chinese percussive instruments, including a hanging rack of square bells, a tensioned drum and a percussion instrument in the shape of a tiger

Saint Johns Fire
In Bretagne (Brittany) fires are lit in the public square at the summer solstice, on St Johns eve (21 June), couples leap through them, acquiring certain benefits

French Harvest Festival
In the Touraine, the end of the harvest is the occasion for celebration - a feast for the farmworkers and a ball in the village square

Canada House 1930S
The exterior of Canada House, Trafalgar Square, central London, which is now a cultural centre promoting Canadian music, films and visual arts etc

Fashion for hair, 1927
A perfectly groomed hairstyle by Francis, of Hanover Square. The hair was permanently waved into a style complementary to the face shape

Montmartre Girls 1908
Two French girls in Montmartre lean against a statue for a rest from their skipping game; an inquisitive man in a bowler hat looks at the photographer

England / Bakewell
The Square, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, an enchanting old town, overlooked by the Church of All Saints and the Rutland Arms Hotel

A Regency Terrace
Palmeira Square, Hove, Sussex, which shares the Regency atmosphere of Brighton

England / Lincoln 1940S
A fine overview of the city of Lincoln, England, with its majestic cathedral, first founded by the Norman Bishop Remigius in 1086

Regency Buildings, Hove
A view of Brunswick Square at Hove, Sussex. Famous for its lovely Regency buildings

Costume Photo 1889
Square corsage that looks like a halterneck, sleeves & chest infilled with an open net, skirt ornamented with jet tassels. White ostrich plume fan, velvet ribbon choker

Social / Russia / Drink 19C
Buying and selling sbiten (a hot drink) in Dvorstovaya Square, St Petersburg

Social / Union Square NY
People at the corner of Union Square and 16th Street, New York, showing Brentanos book shop

Social / Ny Brentano s
Brentanos book store on the corner of Union Square and 16th Street, New York

Seaside Costumes 1896
The year that signalled the demise of big sleeves? Puffed & gigot sleeves, wide square revers, epaulettes, high collars, pleated blouse, open bodice fastened with bands

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