Square Collection (#86)

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

Greek Caique
Greek caique, combining a lateen sail with a small square sail set high on the one mast

Women, Girl & Hoop 1877
Cuirasse bodice & tunic with underskirt in pink & grey; gold dress with square neckline & plastron composed of horizontal bands of lace. The girl wears heeled boots

Policeman on Duty
Policeman on duty outside the old American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London Metropolitan Police

Buses at Trafalgar Sq
Boarding buses at Trafalgar Square in London

London Societys Latest Playground
Restaurant of the new Mayfair Hotel in Berkeley Square, London, London societys latest playground, inspected by their majesties

The Bude Lights in Trafalgar Square
Bude lights in Trafalgar Square, London. Patented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney in 1839, the Bude light introduced oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame

Fashions January 1867
Princess style short dress trimmed with daisies. Red paletot with sailor collar. Green dress: train, square cut bodice & divided over-skirt caught up with cord & tassels

Yellow / Black Dress 1868
Pink corselet & tunic over a white dress. Blue open dress fastened with bows & sleeves open from the shoulder. Yellow dress: square bodice, open sided tunic & trained skirt

Bude light
A large Bude light in Trafalgar Square. Invented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney and patented in 1839, the light worked by introducing oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame

Electric light in Trafalgar Square
Experimental exhibition of the electric light on the steps up to the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London in 1848

Staites patent electric light apparatus
Engraving of Edward Staites patent electric light apparatus, exhibited at the Hanover Square Rooms, London in 1848. The light used a weight-driven mechanism

Trafalgar Sq. Demo 1892
Wot! Allowed to meet in Trafalgar Square on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank olidays, are we! Then we just won t go!

Police Officer and Boy
Police officer telling off little boy for fishing in Trafalgar Square fountain making him upset and sad. Metropolitan police London

Bloemfontein / S. Africa
The market square

Nepal / Patan / King Statue
Patan: statue of King Yoganarendra Malla in Durbar Square

England / Rye 1950S
The quaint Church Square, Rye, Sussex, which has the architectural features of an old Flemish town

Victorian Clothing Exhib
A poster advertising an exhibition of 19th century womens clothing at Portman Square, London in 1934 in aid of the Pioneer Health Centre

St Enochs Square, railway station
The new railway station in Glasgow, St Enochs Square. The station was visited by the Prince of Wales as part of his tour of Glasgow on his return journey to Renfrew

Concert Hanover Square
A concert by the Philharmonic Society at the Hanover Square Concert Rooms, London

1918 / Lenin in Red Square
VLADIMIR LENIN Lenin in Red Square, Moscow

Checked Evening Gown 34
A gown by Jeanne Lanvin using a diaphanous striped fabric overlaid to produce a diagonal check effect. It has a square neckline & a gored skirt & is worn with a broad silver belt

Moscow / Red Square 1913
Moscow: Red Square

Moscow / Suhareva Square
Moscow: Suhareva Square

Moscow / Red Square C1908
Moscow: Red Square

Moscow / Red Square C1880
Moscow: Red Square, with the Church of St Vasili and the Group of Minin

If you Don t Go
If you don t go, we must... In Londons Trafalgar Square patriotic British girls parade as soldiers, to shame any cowardly men who shrink from enlisting in WW1

Massenet / Cid / Ballet
Somewhat incongruously, Massenet manages to introduce a ballet scene into his second act - a Spanish dance performed in the main square of Burgos

Fifties Summer Frock
Outdoors girl wears a tailored summer frock with tie shoulder straps, square neckline, self- coloured belt & a full skirt with narrow pleats attached to a yoke

Victorias Slippers
Queen Victorias Coronation slippers when purchased by Lady Cory in the 1930s: narrow & square-toed in plum velvet with the Royal Coat of Arms embroidered in gold

Victory Parade / Koniev
A victory parade led by Marshall Koniev

Tarxien Temples / Paola
The Tarxien Temples - dated to circa 2500 BC - at Paola. This photograph shows a side altar and square-cut doorways

France / Abbeville C1905
Abbeville: market day in Admiral Courbet Square

Square-Flowered Plant
Gertrud, from Dresden, improves on nature by squaring-up her flowers - to stunning effect !

Dress & Silver Sash
Actress Margaret Bannerman in a sleeveless, tubular shaped, slash-neck dress which uses a concentric square motif in various shades. worn with a silver sash & court shoes

Royal Academy 1810
The hall of the Royal Academy, at this time housed in Somerset House; in 1837 it will move to Trafalgar Square, and finally in 1868 to Burlington House, Piccadilly

Shape of the Earth
A diagram demonstrating how the Earth is definitely round due to the shadow cast across the moon and not triangular square or hexagonal in shape

Moscow / Great Bell
The Queen of Bells - a favourite tourist sight in Red Square

Moscow Meeting
Meeting in Strasnaya square, Moscow : the Bolsheviks seem to have won control, but the people still need to be persuaded that they are the answer to all their troubles

Moscow May Day Parade
The May Day parade in Red Square, Moscow, attracts big crowds despite the dismal weather

Patriotic Demo Moscow
Patriotic demo in Red Square, Moscow : but who are the true patriots - Kerenskys provis- -ional government who staged this demo, or the bolsheviks waiting in the wings ?

Moscow Junkers March
The Junkers support the provisional government against the Bolsheviks : they march past barricades in Moscows Arbat Square

Moscow Demo
Though small by Russian standards, a demonstration attracts sympathisers in Moscows Strastnaya Square

Moscow Barricades
Barricades in Arbat Square, Moscow, testify that there is continued resistance to the Bolshevik take-over

Amsterdam Dam Square
Horse-drawn tramways cross the Dam Square (The Dam)

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