Storey Collection

LCC-LFB Recruit fireman training at Brigade HQ, SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Here a fireman is undertaking a hook ladder drill on the stations nine-storey drill tower

LCC-LFB Recruit firefighters training at Brigade HQ SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters in Lambeth. Here they are undertaking hook ladder drills on the stations nine-storey drill tower

Birmingham Bull Ring
The old Bull Ring Centre, a notorious symbol of post World War Two modernism, now demolished. Completed in 1964; Britains first multi-storey fully enclosed shopping centre

Union Workhouse, Brighton, Sussex
Brighton Union workhouse on Race Hill, at Elm Grove in Brighton, Sussex, which opened in 1867. From 1915 to 1920 it was the Kitchener Indian Hospital and later became Brighton General Hospital

Rome / Colosseum 1827
The four-storey structure had a moveable canopy, a safety net to protect the audience, a network of underground tunnels, and floors that could flood for mock sea battles!

Ida Hospital, Cookridge, Leeds
The Ida Hospital for convalescent patients at Cookridge, near Leeds, opened in 1888 following a bequest by John North

Fireboat tackling fire at Colonial Wharf, East London
A fireboat tackles a fire at Colonial Wharf, Wapping High Street, East London, 27 September 1935

Queen Elizabeths Hunting Lodge, Epping Forest, Essex, England. This splendid timber- framed three-storey building was used by royalty when on hunting trips in the forest. Date: 16th century

Stables of Sidcup House - Black and white lantern slide, depicting empty two-storey building.. Part of Box 399 of the Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

Union Workhouse, Hertford
A view of Hertford Union workhouse, Hertfordshire, opened in around 1869 on Ware Road, Hertford. The imposing three-storey building has a clock tower at its centre

King St. C17Th
Timber-fronted buildings with protruding storey, common in London before the Great Fire. Tradition also allows this house to have been the residence of Oliver Cromwell

London Heathrow Car Park
The multi-storey car park and new Terminal 1 buildings, London Heathrow Airport. Date: opened 1968

Two connected buildings at Gyantse - the Kumbum, a multi-storied set of Buddhist chapels (L), and the Palcho Monastery (R)

Baillie Scott Holiday House
An architectural illustration of a single storey holiday house nestled in the countryside, known as the house with the purple shutters. Date: circa 1906

Residential Flats Architectural Competition Winner
A winning architectural design for a competition organised by the Cement Marketing Company Ltd

Modernist House, Sydenham Hill
A pair of photographs showing different angles of a modernist house at Sydenham Hill, designed in 1935 by architects Valentine Harding and Tecton

Modernist Bungalow, Whipsnade, Interior
A photograph of a hallway to a one storey modernist house in Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, designed in 1936 by architects Berthold Romanovich Lubetkin and Tecton. Built in pre-cast reinforced concrete

Modernist Bungalow, Whipsnade
A pair of photographs showing a general view and a bird eye view of a one storey modernist house in Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, designed in 1936 by architects Berthold Romanovich Lubetkin and Tecton

The King's House, Burhill, Surrey, architect Charles Beresford Marshall, built for King George V Date: 1936

Old House, Lyme Regis
An etching of an old, derelict three storey house in Lyme Regis, a town in west Dorset, England. Date: circa 1915

Christchurch Hall, Oxford
Etching of Christchurch Hall, Oxford. Date: circa 1929

Fruit Stall Traders
An Aquatint showing some fruit stall merchants at a market, plying their trade. Date: circa 1929

Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford
An Etching of Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford, displaying Romanesque and English Gothic styles of architecture. Date: circa 1929

Field Workers
An aquatint showing three workers, two women and one man on an expansive crop field. Date: circa 1929

The Pittsfield Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1910s

A fine townhouse on Angell Road, Brixton - Angell Town was an estate of houses for the wealthy laid out in the 1850's and 1860's with Wiltshire Road its main axis. Date: circa 1910s

Fred Storey, actor, in three different theatrical roles Date: 1890s

Fred Storey and Harry Grattan in The Vigilance Committee Date: 1890s

The Niagara, Niagara Falls, NY State, USA. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The hotel was built by Niagara Falls businessman Frank A

city wall and pagoda, Canton, Gunagzhou, China
c.1900 vintage photograph: city wall and five storey pagoda, Canton, Gunagzhou, China

Front cover of The Tatler featuring a portrait of Countess Poulett, formerly the actress Sylvia Storey, who married Lord Poulett in 1908

Narrow street, washing hanging upper windows, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Narrow street in a town in Italy with washing hanging from upper storey windows

Miss Sylvia Storey, Countess Poulett
Countess Poulett, formerly stage star Miss Sylvia Storey, photographed after the announcement of her engagement to Major Percy Hansen

Office building, Sidi Amor Ben Salem, Tunisia, North Africa
Office building at Sidi Amor Ben Salem, Tunisia, North Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Countess Poulett, formerly the actress Sylvia Storey (1889-1947) remembered as a Gibson Girl and for her role of Lady Hamilton in, The Gay Gordons. Married the 7th Earl Poulett in 1908

Allyn House, New Plymouth, Pilgrams house 1621
A 3 storey house, built by one of the pilgrim fathers in the construction of New Plymouth

Theatre in Silves, Algarve, southern Portugal
Teatro Mascarenhas Gregorio in Silves, Algarve, southern Portugal, founded in 1909. Date: circa 1909

Bob Wyatt - English Cricketer
Robert Bob Elliott Storey Wyatt (1901-1995) - English cricket player. He played for Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and the English cricket team. Date: 1935

The Fisher Building, Chicago, USA
The 20-storey Neo-Gothic Fisher Building, 343 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, USA. Date: 1906

APPLEBYS HOIST (LIFT)
Applebys direct-action hoist (hydraulic). Date: late 19th century

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India - The Telegraph Office Date: circa 1905

Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt - Finely Decorated Fountain
Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt - Finely Decorated Multi-storey Fountain. Abbassia contains the seat of Coptic Orthodox Church. Date: circa 1907

London Fire Brigade, Lacon ladders in use at house fire
Two 13.5 metre ladders being used to assist people to safety.at a fire involving a five storey terraced house in Clapham Common South Side, SW London

Coatbridge miners houses, Lanarkshire
A deserted street of single-storey miners cottages at Coatbridge, a mining and iron-producing area to the east of Glasgow. Date: circa 1936

The Harem - Topkapi Palace, Seraglio Point, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1819

Chicago Worlds Fair - Electrical Building - Single- storey, many windowed building. Part of Box 282 Boswell Collection - Chicago Exposition. Date: 1893

London, England - Foreign Office Quadrangle - View across courtyard - two sides of Three Storey Building. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection

Maseru Hospital, Basutoland, South Africa
Maseru Hospital, Basutoland (now Lesotho), South Africa. This two-storey sandstone building was constructed circa 1904 with approximately thirty beds. Date: circa 1904

Saint Marys Almshouses - Chichester, Sussex, St Marys Hospital in St Martins Square, Chichester is one of the oldest almshouses in the country and it is still in use today

Palmyra, Syria - The Tower of Elahbel
The Tower of Elahbel (also known as Tower 13, or Kubbet el Arus) a four-storey sandstone tower tomb near the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria

The Chilehaus (Chile House), Hamburg, Germany
The Chilehaus (Chile House), a ten-storey office building in Hamburg, Germany, an example of the 1920s Brick Expressionism style of architecture. Date: 1930s

Cabinet War Rooms by G. H. Davis
A drawing by G.H.Davis of the Cabinet War Rooms, the underground Headquarters of the Cabinet during World War II

Pinocchio -- snail at a window
Pinocchio -- A window in the lower storey opened, and the same snail appeared at it. Date: 1911

Townscape - Yemen - likely to be Sanaa Date: circa 1908

Mapparium - Stained Glass Globe - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The Mapparium - a three-storey tall glass globe of stained glass that is viewed from a 30-foot-long (9.1 m) bridge through its interior

Bulaq, Egypt - Old Houses with Jumbas
Bulaq (Boulaq, Boulaque, Boulac), now a district of Cairo, Egypt. A street scne with wonderful multi-level houses with jumbas. Date: circa 1905

Naples, Italy - Old Houses on Via della Marina Date: circa 1905

Yemen - Sanaa - Multi-storey decorated Houses
The old city of Sana a, Yemen

LFB fireboat Massey Shaw tackling a warehouse fire
The Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935

Two man hook ladders drills at Lambeth HQ
Four London firefighters performing two-man hook ladder drills on the Brigade headquarters nine-storey drill tower

1930s Poor housing at Blaina, Monmouthshire
A woman and her small child stand outside a single-storey cottage at Blaina in South Wales

Aerial View of Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton
Aerial view of the Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey

Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey
Administration block at the Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey

Hackney Union Cottage Homes, Ongar, Essex
The Hackney Union cottage homes at Ongar, Essex. The homes, opened in 1905, housed pauper children away from the workhouse. The children lived in three-storey cottages each holding 52 boys or girls

Chandu Lals Car, Bolarum, Hyderabad, India
Maharaja Chandu Lal (Chundoolal)s seven-storey car (juggernaut or jaganath cart), Bolarum, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Date: circa 1910

Holborn Union Workhouse - View over street and wall to 3-storey building. Men walking on pavement. Part of Box 318 Boswell Collection - Dickens. Date: circa 1900

Chicago Worlds Fair - Mining Building - View over lagoon to single- storey many windowed Building. Part of Box 282 Boswell Collection - Chicago Exposition. Date: 1893

East Africa - A Street View - Building with Portiicos and steps; two storey building on right. Part of Box 249 Boswell Collection - East Coast of Africa. Date: circa 1900

South Africa Cape Colony - King Williamstown Street - Wide, dusty street low buildings on one side, three storey on other side. Part of Box 169 Boswell Collection - South Africa Cape Colony

London - Viaduct Hotel - Large Five Storey colonnaded building. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London. Date: circa 1890s

India - Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh - The Seth Temple
India - Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh - The Rangaji Temple, built in 1851

East Africa - House in Quillimimane - Single Storey Residence with Porch and Steps. Part of Box 249 Boswell Collection - East Coast of Africa. Date: circa 1900

The Channel Islands - Rozel Bay Cottage - People looking at red -roofed single storey building. Part of Box 234 Boswell Collection - The Channel Islands

Pagoda in Ueno Park - Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Five-story pagoda at Nikko Tosho-gu Shinto Shrine, Nikko
Five-story pagoda at Nikko Tosho-gu, a Shinto shrine located in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Date: circa 1910

Typical Georgian terrace in Dorset Square, London
Typical five-storey Georgian terrace in Dorset Square in London, with cars parked in the roadway. circa 1930s

Building at Fort Ross, Sonoma County, California, USA
Russian officers building at Fort Ross, Sonoma County, California, USA. Date: 1900

Quex House with car
View of the front of Quex House. Possibly taken just before the Hospital opened in mid October 1914. A small car is parked at the front

Turks Head Building, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Night view from Weybosset Street of the Turks Head Building, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, a 16-story skyscraper completed in 1913. Date: 1916

India - Jain Temple
A black and white lantern slide of a two storey building with dome. Carved animals on balustrade. Slide number 23 of Box 221 Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

India - Raj Bodri Das Residence
A black and white lantern slide of a small temple in foreground and a single storey building to the left. Slide number 22 of Box 221 Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Former police station - Black and white lantern slide. Single storey building between taller ones now converted to shops.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

Old fire station - Black and white lantern slide. Long single storey building, posters on fence.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection Date: circa 1900

Old forge - Black and white lantern slide. Old house - large wooden gates. Timbering on upper storey, simple chimney.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

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