Temporary Collection (page 4)

Cherry Blossom Festival - Japan. Temporary tea-houses have been erected and the cakes and sweetmeats sold are shaped in the form of cherries. Date: 1908

Roman Bridge of Boats
Roman soldiers crossing a river using a temporary bridge of boats Date: 1st century

Slum Living Philippines
A makeshift home on the street at Jolo, Sulu Islands, Philippines. Date: 1985

Buiding the Houses of P
The Hoisting-scaffold in operation during the construction of the Victoria Tower of the new Houses of Parliament, designed by Pugin. Date: 1850

A Temporary Entenglement
Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman agrees to listen to the Suffragettes. Date: 1906

Drill shed in Burlington Gardens
The drill shed erected in Burlington Gardens, for the use of the South Middlesex Rifle Volunteers in 1862. Date: 1862

Encampment of sufferers by the Great Fire at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The fire began on 8th July 1852 and destroyed almost half of the citys housing

A Temporary Gentleman by H F Maltby
Promotional postcard for A Temporary Gentleman by H. F. Maltby. First produced at the Pier Theatre, Brighton, 17th March and Oxford Theatre, 9th June 1919

Temporary Accommodation Aden Date: 1959

Advertisement for Johnsons dry cleaners, Maidenhead
Advertisement for Johnsons dry cleaners, High Street, Maidenhead, with some amazing temporary reductions to three shillings and sixpence, and a four-day turnaround. Date: 20th century

Interior of police hut in County Mayo, Ireland
Interior of portable hut for Royal Irish Constabulary in County Mayo, Ireland, used for temporary lodging when the armed police are sent into a district where there has been unrest

Portable hut for police in County Mayo, Ireland. A Royal Irish Constabulary policeman stands outside a portable hut used for temporary lodging when the armed constabulary are sent into a district

Belgian refugees accommodated at Alexandra Palace, WW1
A huge bedroom in North London - the Central Hall of Alexandra Palace used to accommodate a number of Belgian refugees arriving in London in the early weeks of the First World War. Date: 1914

Home on a raft of logs - East Prussian Canal. Date: circa 1920s

Bureaucratic staff in ministries in 1919
A diagram showing the inflation in temporary and female personnel in various Ministries in Westminster and Whitehall necessitated by the First World War

WW2 Poster - KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON
Poster inscribed Keep Calm and Carry On under temporary ( ) King George VI crown. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945)

Aftermath of fire, London Hop Exchange
Aftermath of a fire at the London Hop Exchange in Southwark Street on 20 October 1920. A board leaning up on the right lists the temporary addresses of the tenants

The Temporary London Bridge on fire on the night of 11th April 1758. Intended improvements to the main medieval stone bridge didnt go down too well with the ferrymen who made their living

Financial situation in Paris at the beginning of World War I
To safeguard the stock of gold at the outbreak of war, payments were limited to 50 francs a fortnight for each depositor. The photograph shows the temporary accommodation provided by the Paris banks

A lion holding a shield - WWI
A lion holding a shield which is engraved with the following - Presented by the Staff of the Wisbech Red Cross Hospital to Dr. C. H. Gunson, Medical Officer, March 7th 1916

Taking her seat at the Abbey for the Coronation by Paul Reno
An early arrival. A fair spectator going to take her seat among the temporary seating constructed within Westminster Abbey for the coronation of King Edward VII. Date: 1902

Viewing stands erected near Westminster Abbey for 1937 Coron
The stands and decorations put up near Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of King George VI recalling the style of medieval tournaments. Date: 1937

Two hundred policemen test stands before Coronation
Two hundred policemen test the strength of the viewing stands along the processional route for the Coronation of King George V in 1911

Spectators watch coronation rehearsal on wooden stands
The temporary stands, constructed along the processional route, filled with people watching the Coronation rehearsal prior to the real event on 12 May 1937

Village Gathering - Dutch Treat
A getthering in a Dutch village after the " Horrors of the Spanish War" (part of the Dutch Revolt). Date: circa 1610s

Train Transporting Typhoid Sufferers
A Russian train being used as a temporary hospital specialising in treatment for patients suffering from Typhoid fever. Date: 1920

Soldiers constructing Bailey Bridge across river
Soldiers constructing a Bailey Bridge across a river

Temporary homes of Britain 1945
Government-approved homes, many houses were destroyed during the Second World War, so prefabricated houses (prefabs) were built, for homeless familes, these were erected quickly and cheaply

Blackfriars Bridge
The temporary bridge at Blackfriars during the rebuilding of the main bridge. Date: 1775

Mathieu Mole
MATHIEU MOLE French statesman who resisted royal authority on behalf of the Parlement, involving him in temporary unemployment. Date: 1584 - 1656

Jolly lady and her bouncy pet dog
A jolly lady and her bouncy pet dog having some laughs and quite a few japes outside what appears to be a temporary military building (a Nissen hut, barracks or mess hall)

Thessaloniki, Greece - Hirsch Hospital - Temporary Hospital
WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Hirsch Hospital - Temporary Hospital No.14 Date: circa 1916

Thessaloniki, Greece - The Refugee District
WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - The Refugee District. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 - Evacuation
Young Boys in temporary accommodation having been evacuated from a British city. Date: circa 1941

Temporary points maintenance - Army - French strike of 1912
Strike on the Northern French Railways in 1912. Bridge at Briche, a control switch being operated by temporary railwaymen - the French Army! Date: 1912

Hanoi - Vietnam - Theatre des Illusions Attraction
Hanoi - Vietnam - Theatre des Illusions Cinema Attraction at the Colonial Exposition - a temporary pop-up movie theatre, showcasing pioneering visual works produced by the Cinematographe Lumiere

A pavement artist - outside the National Portrait Gallery
London LIfe - a pavement artist outside the National Portrait Gallery. Date: circa 1940

HMS Hibernia with temporary launching ramp
HMS Hibernia with the temporary launching ramp and the Short S38, as used on 9 May 1912 for the first flight from a ship underway in Great Britain

Either HMS Hibernia or HMS Africa with a temporary launch ra
Either HMS Hibernia or HMS Africa with a temporary launching ramp for a Short S38

The Six Voyages of Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
English Translation, London. 1677-78. Jean-Baptiste Tvernier was a French writer, traveller and trade merchant. He amassed a small fortune through his expertise and trade in diamonds

Included diamond gemstone
A two-carat rectangular step-cut diamond with a large violet-red garnet inclusion visible in the table facet

Interior of the Tomb of Seti
The first photograph of the interior of the tomb of Seti II which shows the temporary laboratory with fragments of royal robes and Tutankhamuns throne. Date: 17th February 1923

Syria / Damascus / Straight
Damascus: Straight (or Strait) Street, where St Paul stayed after his temporary blinding Date: 1880

LCC-MFB mobile telephone / telegraph caravan
With the building of the new Streatham fire station, the caravan shown here was able to receive and transmit messages for the temporary station from Brigade HQ

Blitz in London -- emergency water mains for firefighting
Blitz in London -- frequently water mains were damaged or destroyed by enemy bombing. Emergency water mains were laid, over ground, to which fire hoses could be connected

Temporary brothel at San ya. Print shows two courtesans, full-length, standing, one leaning on a railing, facing right, the other holding a scroll, reading, facing left. Date 1794

Two children of a migrant fruit worker from Tennessee, standing before their temporary home. This family of eight is camped in a field near the packinghouse at Winter Haven, Florida. Date 1937 Jan

Annexe built on Westminster Abbey for William IV coronation
The first occasion on which a temporary annexe to Westminster Abbey was built, for the Coronation of King William IV in 1830

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