Stops Collection (page 3)

Woman and Snowman 1926
A thoroughly modern young woman, concerned for the welfare of a snowman stops and wraps herself and her fur over his shoulders to stop him getting cold - he is pleased! Date: 1926

Traffic on the London to Epsom Road, 1889
Engraving showing the scene on the London to Epsom road as Joe Muggins donkey carriage halts the progress of the four horse carriage behind, 1889. This image was originally entitled On the Road

Merchant Ship Captured
A Spanish gunboat stops and takes a merchant vessel

Changing Horses
The Mail Change - at a posting inn, four fresh horses are brought out to replace those of the approaching mail coach

Sven Hedin to Tibet - 6
The Dalai Lama, forewarned of Hedins expedition, stops them and forces them to return to Ladak. Though he never reaches Lhasa, he makes very important discoveries

Buses at Trafalgar Sq
Boarding buses at Trafalgar Square in London

Coaching Inn Yard / 1812
An Inn yard after the arrival of a stagecoach. Luggage is adjusted, the horses refreshed and the passengers stretch their legs

Mariner Stops One Guest
The Ancient Mariner stops one of three young men on their way to a wedding to compel him to listen to his story

Londons Piccadilly
Horse-buses and cabs clatter along Londons Piccadilly, while a carriage stops outside the Yorkshire Grey public house

Robin Stops the Monks
Robin stops the monks as they ride through Sherwood Forest

Gregorius Stops Plague
Gregorius I, pope and saint, orders a day of public prayer against the prevailing plague, and miraculously the plague is driven away - apparently carried off by angels

Stagecoach / White Horse
The Cambridge Telegraph stagecoach outside the White Horse, Fetter Lane, London, preparing for departure

French Take Malta 1798
On his way to Egypt, Napoleon stops at the island of Malta and takes it : the British will take it away from him in 1800, though

Japan Tries to Hook
European intervention stops Japan from hooking Korea. Korea, then a Chinese fiefdom, had been invaded by Japan, but gained independence in the Treaty of Shimonoseki

Napoleon at Cairo
Napoleon, at Cairo during his Egyptian campaign, goes out riding all by himself, and stops on a hill to look at the city, while on a distant rooftop Egyptians pray

Nanny in Hyde Park
A fashionable young mother, pushing her baby in its splendid pram, stops to pass the time of day with some horse riders on Rotten Row, Hyde Park, central London

F-E Vidocq / Stops Music
FRANCOIS-EUGENE VIDOCQ French police officer and adventurer stops the music at a lively gathering

London Shoeblack / 1901
A well-dressed gentleman stops to have his shoes polished while strolling along the Embankment

Yellowstone Bear Attacks
In Yellowstone, a bear pats a woman in a car, but her friend gets angry, so the bear starts to drag her out of the car... until the park warden stops him

Renault Loses its Way
The owner of a Renault Sports Torpedo has lost his way, and stops to inquire directions of a lady out walking her dog, with a yoke over her shoulder bearing a bag at each end

Ford V8 Convertible
The Ford V-8 convertible stops by a flower stall, so amart, no wonder people - or at any rate the advertising agents - call it The Sunshine Machine

Feather-Sellers, Aden
When their ship, the steamship Peshawar, stops at Aden, passengers travelling to India are offered exotic feathers by Jewish traders

Coach Changing Horses
Changing horses at The Swan

Coach at the Woodman
The London to Coventry and Birmingham coach passes The Woodman inn in the Highgate road

Social / Dutch Postman
A Dutch postman on his rounds stops for a chat with a milkwoman with her dog-drawn delivery cart

Motor Bike at Pump
A motor cycle rider stops at a garage in Scotland for petrol, sitting on his Triumph bike as the attendant fills the tank

Pram in Rotten Row
A fashionable young mother, (or nanny) pushing her baby in a splendid pram, stops to pass the time of day with some horse riders on Rotten Row, Hyde Park, central London

Swimwear for 1915
A bather, in bathing costume and protective hat, stops to adjust her shoe

Stagecoach Inn
An inn at midnight - the company tired and retired

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