Suburbs Collection

MAP / LONDON 1878
Map of London and its suburbs

Spring-Heeled Jack winged monster
Winged man-monster who terrified residents of Blackheath and other London suburbs from 1837 for many years but was never caught Date: 1830s

The Bakers Arms Public House, Leyton, London
A wonderful colour postcard of the suburbs of London in the early 1900s - a tram approaches The Bakers Arms Public House in Leyton

The Bronx, New York
South West From Roof of Fieldston Garden Apartments. Looking south-west from the roof of the Fieldston Garden Apartments, 238th Street and Riverdale Avenue, Bronx; houses, trees and street visible

Dartford, Messrs. Burroughs, Wellcome & Co.s factory, London and suburbs, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Bedford Park / Bath Rd 4 / 9
Bedford Park, Chiswick, London, considered the prototype of later garden cities and suburbs: Bath Road, looking east (4 of 9)

LCC-MFB West Hampstead fire station, NW London
Built in the suburbs of a growing London, West Hampstead fire stations design reflected the semi-rural setting of the area. Located in West End Lane NW6, it still stands today

Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Fourah Bay College, Mount Aureol, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Founded in 1827 by the Church Missionary Society as an Anglican missionary school, it is the oldest university in West Africa

PARIS IN 1578
A fascinating plan of the city, showing the inner and outer walls, the suburbs, the islands; the Tuileries, so central today, are actually outside the city wall

Entrance hall corridor, Woolwich Town Hall, SE London. circa 1908

The Grand Waterfall ( La Grande Cascade ) - The Park, Saint-Cloud, western suburbs of Paris, France. Date: circa 1909

Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Twist Street Bridge, Hillbrow, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Richmond, the bridge, London and suburbs, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Aerial photograph of ruined suburbs, Arras, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (Canadian) of the ruined suburbs of Arras in northern France, taken from a kite balloon during the First World War. Date: November 1917

Traffic Accident Group
A Metropolitan Police Traffic Accident Group, consisting of two Triumph motorcycles and one Wolseley 6/110 motor car, fitted with radio transmitter and loudspeaker

Tranquil Vale, Blackheath Village, south-east London
View down Tranquil Vale, Blackheath Village, south-east London. Date: circa 1900s

Burnham Beeches, London and suburbs, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Kew Gardens, the museum, London and suburbs, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Hampton Court Park, London and suburbs, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Suburban semi-detached house of the 1930s. 1930s

Hither Green Lane, Hither Green, London - absolutely classic late Victorian suburban housing. Date: circa 1910s

Pasadena, California, USA - Palm Tree-lined Street
Pasadena, California, USA - A Palm Tree-lined Residential Street Date: 1946

Wardown Park Suspension Bridge, built in 1908, is situated within Wardown Park in the northern suburbs of Luton in the valley of the River Lea, Bedfordshire - Raphael Tuck postcard 1914 Date: 1908

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Pierre Joseph Rossier. Views in China issued by Negretti and Zambra in 1859 and 1861. First Series and second series. These important images were the first commercial views of China to be sold in

Emperor Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann
Napoleon III handing over the decree of annexation of the suburbs of Paris to Baron Haussmann, for urban development (16 February 1859)

Scenes of Stapleton, Bristol
Sights and scenes from Stapleton, an area in the northeastern suburbs of the city of Bristol, England. Date: 1905

Beauchief Abbey, Sheffield, South Yorkshire - a medieval monastic house now serving as a parish church in the southern suburbs of Sheffield Date: 1910

Young girl watches arrival of steam train
Young girl looks on as a steam train pulls into a station in the London suburbs. The engine is The Man of Kent. Date: circa 1930s

Little boy on a tricycle in a suburban street. Date: circa 1950s

People You See: The Porter. From Teddy Bear (4 January 1964). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1964

Scene in the environs of Calcutta 1857
Suburbs of Calcutta, where a native merchant returning from the city transported in a horse-drawn carriage passes-through at high speed

Prince Albert visits the Beardmore Works
Prince Albert (later King George VI - 1895-1952) spent eight hours inspecting Glasgow Factories in December 1919, including a visit to William Beardmore and Company - a Scottish engineering

Prince Albert drilling - Hyde Park Locomotive Works, Glasgow
December 1919 - Prince Albert (later King George VI - 1895-1952) visits the industrial suburbs of Glasgow, Scotland - pictured here drilling a boiler at the Hyde Park Locomotive Works. Date: 1919

Suburban Water-Carts, London, 1875
Two watercarts, delivering supplies in Londons suburbs in 1875. Several people bringing buckets out to the cart to purchase fresh water. Date: 1875

Lodgings for travellers 1856
London travellers could afford to rent lodgings in the poor districts in the out-of-the-way suburbs of London, neglected purlieus in dirty and diseased neighbourhoods. Date: 1856

SUBURBAN WATER CARTS 1875
Two water carts, one drawn by a horse and the other by a donkey, deliver water to houses in the suburbs of London. Date: 1875

Suburban Street London
A street in Londons inner suburbs - West End Lane, Hampstead. Date: circa 1905

BEDFORD PARK, TABARD INN
Bedford Park, Chiswick, London prototype of later garden cities and suburbs: School of Art and Tabard Inn, looking west (9 of 9) Date: 1882

Mother and her two boys in the garden
Mother (with fag in her mouth) and her two (rather glum-faced) boys, pose for a photograph in their neat garden. Date: 1938

On the outskirts of Adelaide, Australia. Date: circa 1910

Military prison, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, India
Military prison, Trimulgherry (Tirumalagiri), suburb of Secunderabad, India. Date: circa 1910

Roberts Heights, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Officers Club and cricket ground, Roberts Heights, a British garrison town near Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Fernwood Estate, Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa
Fernwood Estate (a farm estate), Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

Orange Grove, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Orange Grove, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Cinnamon Gardens and Eye Hospital, suburb of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Graham and Withers butchers shop, Bromley, Kent
Arthur Graham and Albert William Withers, butchers shop, 80 College Road, Bromley, Kent -- an amazing array of meat and poultry, with shop owners and assistants standing ready to serve

Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill, south-east London, with The Bird in Hand public house and shops. Date: circa 1930s

Vrededorp, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Vrededorp (Vrededorf), a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

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