Stops Collection

Heflin UFO at Santa Anna, California, 1965
At Santa Ana, California, truck-driver Rex Heflin sees this UFO from his truck, stops and hurriedly photographs it. Date: 3 August 1965

Busy Brighton Bus-Stop
Men, women and children queue to board the open-top Sea Front Service bus in Brighton at a stop outside the Royal Albion Hotel Date: 1952

Castle Coaches Bus at a bus stop running between Lewisham and Marylebone in London c. 1940

Angel Islington 1930S
A cyclist stops and takes in the night-time scene as a policeman directs the traffic at the crossroads on Upper Street, the Angel Islington, London

Wonders of the cinema organ by G. H. Davis
Noises played for films: wonders of the cinema organ. Thunder, shots and tom-toms controlled by an organist: a film-theatre organ that creates sound effects. Date: 1929

Bus Stop Queue 1960S
A young pregnant woman waiting at a bus stop with another young woman and two old ladies

Ford Car Advertisement
A woman stops in her new Ford Cabriolet convertible by a small provincial theatre to show off her new costume to fellow co-stars

Wild Boar in Woods
A herd of wild boar wander through the woods. One stops to eat

Bee Hives Near Welwyn
A cyclist stops to admire the many rows of bee hives situated here along the Great North Road near Welwyn in Hertfordshire, England

Devils Balalaika
Wedding guests of Bessarabia, Russia, foolishly dance in a graveyard, find themselves dancing to the Devils balalaika; when he stops they turn into a circle of stones

Castle Mill, Dorking
A stylish woman, well wrapped up for a cold day, stops to admire Castle Mill, Dorking, Surrey, England

Titanic / Southampton 1912
A bad omen: as the Titanic leaves Southampton, the steamer New York accidentally breaks its moorings. Captain Smith stops Titanics engines and a collision is avoided

Fresh horses for a stagecoach
Bringing fresh horses out of the stable for a stagecoach at a posting inn

Strangford Harbour at Landing Stage - a view of where the ferry stops. There are boats and buildings. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Strangford). Date: circa early 1900s

Hackney Coach / 1807
A Hackney coach stops at a liquor store for the horse team to receive refreshment

Coach at Red Lion 1868
A coach laden with hampers and hares, geese and other game halts at the Red Lion pub at Christmas time - and a white Christmas, too !

French Horsewoman 1805
In Napoleonic Paris, a lady on horseback (side-saddle) stops to talk to a friend about the news from the war - or from the salons de couture

Chap Posts a Letter
A smart cyclist stops to pop a letter into a Royal Mail letterbox

Danish Postman
A Danish postman is glad to be offered refreshment as he stops for a moment on his rounds

Springtime in London
A young woman stops to admire a lovely magnolia tree in blossom during the spring, the Temple, London, England

Futuristic fast food stops on the Channel crossing
A futuristic scene showing fast food stops for aeroplane pilots on the Channel crossing

Girl lighting her cigarette - Continental Pneumatic Advert
Continental Pneumatic Tyre Company (of Hanover, Germany) advertising postcard, featuring a touching scene as a glamorous and confident lady cyclist stops to grab a light for her cigarette from a

RMS Titanic - letter, Mabel Francatelli, passenger
RMS Titanic - First Class passenger Mabel Francatelli. A fascinating letter from Mattison, Davey & Rader of New York to Miss Francatelli dated 17 April 1956

ORGANIST & CHOIRBOY 1904
A choirboy rushes in to Monsieur Achille, the organist, who is playing the wrong kind of music: "Stop, it's not a funeral, it's a wedding!" Date: 1904

Tupolev Tu-104A CCCP-L5445 (SSSR-L5445, msn 8350401), of Aeroflot, at Keflavik Naval Air Station in Iceland. This Tu-104A was the second of its kind to visit the USA in September 1959

A man in a suit stops to look at the impressive morning mist over Grasmere, Lake District, England. Date: 1950s

The Bell Sauvage Inn or (or La Belle Sauvage) was a former public house in Ludgate Hill, London

Elderly Gentlemen Date: 1880

GETTING ON A BUS 1981
A mad scramble to get onto a London Routemaster bus! Date: 1981

London Transport bus tickets -6
Original London Transport bus tickets - four tickets : the stops are numbered, not named as they are on some types of ticket. Date: unknown

ARRIVING AT AN INN
A stagecoach pulls into the yard of an inn - a waiter comes to welcome the passengers to his dining room, while additional travellers wait at the Coach Office. Date: circa 1830

Coach in Inn Yard
Passengers and their luggage are packed into a stage coach in a country inn yard. Date: 1747

COACH AT SUTTON
The London to Brighton coach pulls into the Cock at Sutton, Surrey. Date: circa 1790

FRENCH HORSEWOMAN 1805
A French woman riding sidesaddle in the park stops to talk to a friend Date: 1805

BRIGHTON TRADERS / 1899
A costermonger selling fruit in Brighton stops to have a cup of hot tea from the barrow of a fellow trader Date: 1899

HUNTLEY DELIVERY BOY
On his way to deliver a goose and a box of Huntley & Palmers Dessert biscuits, a delivery boy stops to have a snowball fight Date: circa 1910

DOG STOPS HORSE
When a bakers horse bolts in a Glasgow street, a retriever dog leaps at the reins and did all in its power to stop the frightened runaway Date: 1875

STAGECOACH / 100 YRS AGO
A stagecoach makes a quick stop to pick up an extra passenger. Date: late 18th century

Netherlands Postman
A Dutch postman on his rounds stops for a chat with a milkwoman with her dog-drawn delivery cart. Date: circa 1900

Bell Savage, outer yard 1828
The Bristol coach is loaded up in the outer yard of the Bell Savage (or La Belle Sauvage) coaching inn in Ludgate Hill, London. Date: 1828

Anton Brees playing the Sanctuary Bells at the Singing Tower - near Lake Wales, Florida, USA (Bok Mountain Lake Sanctuary). Date: circa 1930s

Bus Stop 1960S
The 505 bus at a bus stop, destination Waterloo Station & Marble Arch, via Charing Cross, central London. Date: 1960s

Interior of an English church organ.. Interior mechanism of an English church organ showing pipes, bellows, stops, keys, choir, swell and great organ

Anti-Suffragette Valentine. Anti-suffrage Valentine shows woman with toothache and swollen jaw that stops her tongue from wagging. Date: circa 1910

Lake District Rambler
A rambler stops to admire the view near the Innominate Tarn, from the Haystacks, a 1750 foot mountain near Buttermere in the English Lake District. Date: 1950s

Small dog alerts his mistress to her impending error
Where are you going my pretty maid? - A small dog alerts his mistress to her impending error of choosing the wrong entrance to the public lavatories... Date: circa 1910s

Susi - rain stops play. 1950s

At a Country Station
When a train stops at a country station, locals are there to sell the passengers tea from the samovar, and cakes from a basket. Date: 1913

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