Streets Collection (page 42)

Old Match-Seller / 1904
An old woman sells boxes of matches in the London streets

London Streets C. 1700
Cornhill, the Exchange and Lombard Street

LA Reynies Candle Lamps
La Reynies candle-lamps in the city streets amaze the Parisians

Paris Street / Buses C1830
The first omnibuses to ply the streets of Paris - in the foreground, an Ecossaise, in the background, a Dame Blanche

St Wilfred Custom Ripon
St. Wilfred rides again! The ancient custom of Sir Wilfred, riding through the streets of Ripon, Yorkshire, is performed each year on August Bank Holiday Saturday

Seemingly Driverless Car
A seemingly driverless car causes surprise in the streets of Paris (a hidden driver operating the car from the bonnet)

Monster Organ 1846
Barefoot street children and a girl with her hoop admire the Monster Organ paraded in the streets of London by Lodovico di Modena (Italy), while other buskers can t compete

Crowds Celebrating / 1900
RELIEF OF MAFEKING Celebrating crowds throng the streets of London: flags, banners, whistles, trumpets, confetti & false noses pressed into service of high spirits

Street Disinfecting
Public disinfectors with their cart : this is the authorities response to cholera and other plagues

Native Canadians, C17
Native Canadians meet French settlers with mutual astonishment in the streets of Montreal

London Shoppers 1928
Shoppers on the crowded streets of central London

WAGNER / LIEBIG / 4 / 1861
RICHARD WAGNER German composer in 1861, as his opera Tannhauser causes riots in the streets of Paris

Shakespeare in London
SHAKESPEARE at the height of his career, he looks out on the streets of London

Westminster / 1929
Early traffic congestion at Westminster

Dealing with Jaywalkers
Device for picking-up jay- walkers in the street; after being sucked in, they find themselves inside a treadmill condemned to keep running

French Street Music
Musicians in the streets of Paris - one plays a viol, one a corne-muse (bagpipes), the third a flute

Sarajevo, Street Fight
Bitter fighting in the streets of Sarajevo between Bosnian rebels and the Turkish government forces

Children with their Guy
Children parade their guy through the streets : note its hat - an attempt to mimic the papal tiara, a sign of the surviving anti-papal significance of the tradition

Shah in his Car
The Shah of Persia - present- day Iran - drives through the streets of Tehran and scares the wits out of his subjects

An Arrest in New York
A man is arrested in New York and led through the streets by a policeman to the station

Singapore Street Food
Mobile street vendors hawk their goods on the streets of Singapore

Crowd / New York Peace
New Yorkers celebrate in the streets when the war with Japan ends

Social / Bargain Sales 20C
Always merry and bright - Hurrah for the Bargain Sales !

Social / Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus at night, full of people and traffic

Social / Holland Street
Scene in Holland Street, Kensington, London

Social / Crying News 1819
Two newsboys crying the latest news through the streets

Social / 14 July Dancing
Parisians and Parisiennes dance in the streets to celebrate the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution

Floods in Cheshire
When Northwich, Cheshire, is inundated, the streets are full of boats - even a sailing boat ! - rescuing people from their homes, while others are evacuated on piggy-back

London Snow Sweepers
Snow sweepers in the streets of London are watched by the children of the house, and by an unhappy-looking dog

Earthquake California
In the streets of downtown Los Angeles, terrified pedestrians flee as debris falls on them from the rooftops

Dogs Pulling Milk Cart
Three strong dogs pull the milk cart through the streets of Belgium with the milk lady walking beside them

USA / Washington / Birds-Eye
A bird s-eye view of Washington, with the Capitol building dominating the city

Gordon Rioters in Street
Gordon rioters are pressed back in the London streets by government soldiers

A C17 CITY
Features of a 17th century city with church, school, guildhall and exchange; market-place and stone-paved streets

Italian Autostrada
Italian motorists crowd onto the first autostrada in a grand automobolist cortege, closely resembling a traffic jam

Roman Paving
How paved Roman roads were made from paving stones cut to fit together

Signposts of Future
Tomorrows roads will be well signposted with illuminated overhead signs and loud- speakers so that even when travelling at speed you won t miss your way

Navvy (Petherick)
London characters : if the streets of London were paved with gold, the navigator ( NAVVY ) would find it, for he spends his life digging them up and filling them in again

Laying Wood Paving, Paris
Laying wooden paving blocks in the avenue de l Opera, Paris, France

Laying Pave, Paris
Laying pave en gres (sandstone) near the Trocadero, Paris, France

Laying Tarmac, Paris
Laying tarmac in the place de l Etoile, near the arc de Triomphe, Paris, France

Paving Stones, Paris
Laying paving stones near the cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris, France

Bitumen in Paris Street
Laying bitumen near the Grand Palais, Paris, France

Asphalt in Paris Street
Laying asphalt near the Hotel de ville, Paris, France

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