Tower Collection (page 10)

MFB (later LCC / LFB) Hampstead fire station
Built originally for the MFB in 1868, Hampstead fire station was located at 49 Heath Street. It became the responsibility of the London County Council in 1889 upon the LCCs creation

Vintage 19th century photograph: Taj Mahal, Agra, India, c. 1870 s
Vintage 19th century photograph: Taj Mahal, Agra, India, c.1870 s

Brothels in the Yoshiwara pleasure district of Tokyo, Japan
Brothels in Yoshiwara pleasure district Tokyo, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Three Swords of State - Crown Jewels. The Sword of State, The Jewelled State Sword, Curtana - the sword of Mercy. Date: 1936

Three Sceptres - The Crown Jewels
Crown Jewels - The Queens Sceptre with the Dove - The Kings Sceptre with the Dove and The Head of the Kings Royal Sceptre, was redesigned in 1910 to incorporate Cullinan I

The Kings Orb and St Edwards Crown - The Crown Jewels Date: 1936

Gopuram - Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, India
Gopuram of the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple (Thiruvarangam) - a Hindu temple dedicated to Ranganatha, a form of the Supreme God, Maha Vishnu, located in Srirangam, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India

The Victory Clock Tower of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India - built to commemorate victory in WW1. Date: circa 1920

The Ceremony of the Keys, Tower of London Date: 1960s

Clock Tower on Quay and River Suir, Waterford City
The Clock Tower on the Quay and River Suir, Waterford City, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s

Roman Catholic Church, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Roman Catholic Church, Gordon Road, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1920

Rouen, France - The Cathedral
West Facade of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Rouen. The church was the tallest building in the world from 1876-1880 with a height of 151m. Date: circa 1904

Mahon Cathedral, Esglesia de Santa Maria, Menorca, Spain
Mahon Cathedral, Esglesia de Santa Maria in the centre of Mahon, Menorca, Spain. The church of Santa Maria. Seen from Placa d Espanya Date: 2012

The Warley Water Tower, Smethwick, West Midlands, England. Now unused apart from serving as a mast for mobile phone transmitters. The Times Date: 1987

Blankenberge, Belgium - The Casino, taken over by the NaFI (The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes) in July 1945 (at the end of WW2). Date: circa 1938

925 Exhibition of Decorative Arts - Paris
1925 Exhibition of Decorative Arts - Paris - The car manufacturer Citroen places one of the most famous advertisements in history on the sides of the Eiffel Tower! Nighttime view. Date: 1925

Tribute - The Watch Tower. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

The Uncut Koh-i-noor Diamond, c. 1851
Engraving of the Koh-i-noor ( mountain of light ) diamond, in its original state, circa 1851. Previously owned by the Mogul emperors, the Persian Shahs and Ranjit Singh, the Lion of the Punjab

Aerial view of Kansas City, Missouri, USA Date: circa 1930s

View of St David s, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Date: circa 1910s

Ewenny Priory Church, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Ewenny Priory Church (Priordy Ewenni) in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales - a monastery of the Benedictine order, founded in the 12th century. Date: circa 1910s

Cranbrook Castle, Ilford
Raymonds Folly (now gone). Charles Raymond (1713-88) made his fortune as a captain in the East India company. He retired to Essex, where he had a three-sided tower built in 1765

Vintage late 19th century photograph - ancient Roman ruins in the Forum in Rome, Italy

The old city of Damascus, Syria
19th century vintage photograph: view of the city centre of the old city of Damascus, Syria, by Francis Frith 1857

WW2 Beethoven statue, Bonn, Germany
Vintage WW2 World War Two photograph - statue of Beethoven in the centre of Bonn, Germany, stands amid the rubble following an Allied bombing raid

Excavation of the ruins of Herculaneum, Italy, 1869
19th century vintage photograph - archaeological excvation of the ruins of Herculaneum, Italy, 1869. Located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy

World War II Allied trrops march rue de Regence in Brussels
World War II vintage photograph - Allied trrops march along the rue de Regence in Brussels to mark one year since liberation

World War II captured German U boat Tower Bridge London
World War II vintage photograph - captured German U boat U776 passes under Tower Bridge London

1890s France Paris - Eiffel Tower and Champs de Mars

Tower on Tartar wall, Peking Beijing city walls c. 1900
Tower on Tartar wall, The Peking Beijing city walls

Lighting up the face of the Clock Tower, London 1900
Every night the caretaker climbs the spiral steps of the the Clock Tower (Elizabeth Tower) to ignite the gas lights behind the dials of the infamous clockface so that London can see the time

North or inside view of Traitors Gate, Tower of London
North or inside view of Traitors Gate, principal entrance to the Tower of London from the River Thames.Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of

Male costumes of the ancient Armenians of Babylon. Soldiers with bow and arrow, spear and whip. Armeni Babilonesi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios

The Grand Mosque of Mecca, showing the Kaaba, 1800s. Tempio della Mecca. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Architectural details of St. Marks Basilica Venice, 1823. Section through the church, plan, carved capitals, columns, etc. Spaccato della Chiesa di S. Marco in Venezia. Facade of St

The Lady of Shalott is a lyricalballadby the English poetAlfred Tennyson that tells the story ofElaine of Astolat a young noblewoman imprisoned in a tower on an island nearCamelot

Bradford Town Centre and Town Hall, West Yorkshire. 1930s

York Building Company water tower, The Strand, London
Water tower of the York Building Company, The Strand, London. early 18th century

St Peters Church, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
St Peters Church, Kirkgate, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Date: circa 1900s

The Ampulla and Annointing Spoon - Crown Jewels. Date: 1936

Bethany Reformed Church, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bethany Reformed Church and Parsonage, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: 1907

Las Cadenas bar, Seville, Spain
Street with Las Cadenas bar (right), and a partial view of the Giralda belltower in the distance (left), Seville, Spain. Date: circa 1940

The Chanin Building, New York City, USA
The Chanin Building (also known as 122 East 42nd Street), New York City, USA. The building is named for Irwin S. Chanin, its developer - designed by Sloan & Robertson in the Art Deco style

The Wonders of the World - some of the principal architectural gems of the world in 1913, including the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, The Washington Monument

King Edward IV, in armour on horseback
King Edward IV (1442 - 1483), King of England, in armour on horseback, in the Horse Armoury, Tower of London. Date: 15th century

Raising the Great Bell for Westminster Clock-Tower 1858
Officially known as the Great Bell but better known as Big Ben, the huge bell fifteen tons in weight was on its side with not a spare inch either end

The ornate and beautiful Tower in the grounds of the Chateau Mennechet at Chiry-Ourscamp, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France - destroyed by German forces in 1915 during WW1. Date: 1915

St Mary the Virgin - Burgh St. Peter, Norfolk, England. In 1793 Rev. Samuel Boycott, who was both lord of the manor and vicar of the parish

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