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MAP / LONDON 1878Map of London and its suburbs
Spring-Heeled Jack winged monsterWinged 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, LondonA 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 YorkSouth 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
LCC-MFB West Hampstead fire station, NW LondonBuilt 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
Dartford, Messrs. Burroughs, Wellcome & Co.s factory, London and suburbs, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Bedford Park / Bath Rd 4 / 9Bedford Park, Chiswick, London, considered the prototype of later garden cities and suburbs: Bath Road, looking east (4 of 9)
Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West AfricaFourah 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
Aerial photograph of ruined suburbs, Arras, France, WW1Aerial photograph (Canadian) of the ruined suburbs of Arras in northern France, taken from a kite balloon during the First World War. Date: November 1917
PARIS IN 1578A 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
Tranquil Vale, Blackheath Village, south-east LondonView down Tranquil Vale, Blackheath Village, south-east London. Date: circa 1900s
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 AfricaTwist 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
Traffic Accident GroupA Metropolitan Police Traffic Accident Group, consisting of two Triumph motorcycles and one Wolseley 6/110 motor car, fitted with radio transmitter and loudspeaker
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 StreetPasadena, 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
13790637Pierre 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 HaussmannNapoleon III handing over the decree of annexation of the suburbs of Paris to Baron Haussmann, for urban development (16 February 1859)
Scenes of Stapleton, BristolSights 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 trainYoung 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 1857Suburbs 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 WorksPrince 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, GlasgowDecember 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, 1875Two 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 1856London 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 1875Two 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 LondonA street in Londons inner suburbs - West End Lane, Hampstead. Date: circa 1905
BEDFORD PARK, TABARD INNBedford 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 gardenMother (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, IndiaMilitary prison, Trimulgherry (Tirumalagiri), suburb of Secunderabad, India. Date: circa 1910
Roberts Heights, Pretoria, Transvaal, South AfricaOfficers Club and cricket ground, Roberts Heights, a British garrison town near Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905
Fernwood Estate, Newlands, Cape Town, South AfricaFernwood Estate (a farm estate), Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1908
Orange Grove, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South AfricaOrange 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, KentArthur 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 AfricaVrededorp (Vrededorf), a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905
View of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South AfricaAerial view of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, looking towards the Wanderers Stadium with the suburb of Clifton in the distance. Date: circa 1905
Yeoville, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South AfricaNazareth House, a care home in Webb Street, Yeoville, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905
Jeppestown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South AfricaView of Marshall Street, Jeppestown, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905
Luipardsvlei, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South AfricaLuipaardsvlei (Luipardsvlei), a suburb of Krugersdorp, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1905
Fordsburg, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South AfricaMain Road, Fordsburg, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. circa 1905
Berea, Durban, Natal Province, South AfricaFlorida Road in the northern suburb of Berea, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: 1915
Victoria Cottage Hospital, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1908
Main Road, Wynberg, Cape Town, South AfricaMain Road, Wynberg, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1908
Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa, with shops and a windmill. Date: circa 1908
Department store, El Harrach, Algiers, AlgeriaDepartment store (Maison Carre, Les Grands Magasins) in El Harrach, a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1930
Celeste Hotel, Bouzareah, Algiers, AlgeriaCeleste Hotel in Bouzareah, a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1920
Severndroog Castle, Shooters Hill, SE LondonSeverndroog Castle, Oxleas Wood, Shooters Hill, SE London, a folly dating back to the 18th century. Date: circa 1910
Sydney, Australia - Grand Stand, Randwick Race CourseSlide showing a photograph of Royal Randwick Racecourse, a racecourse for horse-racing in the Eastern Suburbs in Sydney.. Boswell Collection. Slide number 34
Mosque, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Mosque, Cinnamon Gardens, suburb of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1930s
St Georges Church, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, IndiaSt Georges Church, Trimulgherry (Tirumalagiri), suburb of Secunderabad, India. Date: circa 1910
Clement-Ville mansion, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West AfricaClement-Ville mansion in the suburbs of Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1905
Fishing boats in harbour, Mutwal, Colombo, CeylonFishing boats in harbour, Mutwal (Modara), a coastal suburb of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1900
Tram track in suburbs, Valencia
Ruins of Weoley Castle, Birmingham, West MidlandsRuins of the south-west tower of Weoley Castle, a fortified manor house in the south-west suburbs of Birmingham, West Midlands. Date: circa 1930
France - The Railway Station at Noisy-le-Sec, a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris. Date: circa 1920s
Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South AfricaDe Korte Street, Braamfontein, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905
Troyeville, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South AfricaTroyeville, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, showing the Observatory, the Bertrams area and Judiths Paarl. Date: circa 1905
Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South AfricaSunny Side Mansion, residence of Lord Alfred Milner, British colonial administrator, in York Road, Parktown, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905
Doornfontein Park, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905
Craighall, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South AfricaCraighall, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, with the bridge on the right. Date: circa 1905
Railway junction outside Pretoria, Transvaal, South AfricaRailway junction in the suburbs outside Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905
Daspoort, Pretoria, Transvaal, South AfricaDaspoort, a suburb of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905
View of Arcadia, Pretoria, Transvaal, South AfricaView of Arcadia, a suburb of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1925
Cathedral, Berea, Durban, Natal Province, South AfricaCatholic Cathedral, Berea, a northern suburb of Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1908
Greyville, Durban, Natal Province, South AfricaFirst Avenue, Greyville, a suburb of Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1905
Devils Peak from Wynberg, Cape Town, South AfricaDevils Peak viewed in the misty distance from Waterloo Green, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1902
Avenue at Newlands, Cape Town, South AfricaTree-lined avenue at Newlands, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1930
Rondebosch, Cape Town, South AfricaRondebosch, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, viewed from the station. Date: 1907
Historic house in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa. It was here that a treaty was signed in 1806, ceding Cape Colony to the British. Date: circa 1908
Myanmar - Yangon - Boundary Road. Date: circa 1908
Gnome Water FeatureA novel fountain featuring a gnome under an umbrella, erected in one of the Paris suburbs. Date: 1930s
