Towns Collection (page 4)

Reconstruction by William Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoon
Afforestation - a good beginning in the provinces. A town rather over-compensates for all the felling of trees that took place during the First World War by placing planted flower pots in every

Smoking pipes of metallurgical complex in Norilsk, Russian Arctic.. Summer, August. Severely polluted town sits in the same landscape depression in arctic tundra

Russian village Garyi stretching along the river Sosva bank. North Ural Mountain region, Russia. traditional wooden houses and vegetable gardens, meadows and forest. September

Womens War Work WW1 Bus Conductress
Lithograph by A.S Hartrick (Archibald Standish Hartrick 1864-1950) entitled Womens Work: In the Towns - A Bus Conductress

Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain, - Entrance to Town
Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain. Porta de Moll, historical entrance to the town. Date: 2013

Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain - Old Town wall
Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain - town surrounded by medieval walls and towers. Date: 2013

Estellences, Mallorca, Spain - Mirador Des Ses Animes
Estellences, Mallorca, Spain. In the municipality of Banyalbufar is the splendid Viewpoint of Ses Animes, crowned by a defence tower, the Torre des Verger, de Ses Animes or sa Talaia

Map of the East Coast Bombardments, WW1
A map of the North East coast of Britain, showing Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough, the scene of shelling by German battle cruisers in December 1914

Advertisement for Harrogate Spa, 1918
A patriotic advertisement for the spa of Harrogate in North Yorkshire which became popular during the First World War, when the German spas usually visited by society fell out of favour. Date: 1918

Fortified costal towns, 1915
A few hints to the enemy: fortified costal towns which are likely next to be attacked. Bexhill, Blackpool, Bognor, Clacton

Air Raid over Southend, 1917, WW1
An air raid over Southend-on-Sea in Essex on 12 August 1917 in which 10 men, 13 women and 9 children were killed. The raid was destined for London but intercepted by British planes the German

The Tophane Palace and Arsenal, Istanbul, Turkey
View depicting the arsenal and other buildings in the background with various small sailing boats in the foreground. From: A journey through Albania and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia

Varna. The port of Varna Source: The British expedition to the Crimea. V.1 by Russell, William Howard, Sir, 1820-1907. Published by Dalziel, engraver. G. Routledge & Co. Date: 1858

Mantua Date: 1493

Map of the Crimean peninsula by G. H. Davis
Russias reconquest of the Crimea during the Second World War. A pictorial map of the Crimean peninsula, showing principal towns, heights and communications. Date: 1944

Custer County Horse Fair, Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, USA. circa 1910

Waardgelders Parade
Determined to preserve the alliance with Holland, Oldenbarnevelt raises waard- gelders (armed levies) in Utrecht - parading here - and other towns. Date: 1618

John Grubb Richardson
JOHN GRUBB RICHARDSON Irish linen manufacturer and philanthropist who loathed factory towns and pioneered the model village concept in their place. Date: circa 1845

John Reeder
JOHN REEDER Bookseller, Sign Writer, Philosopher and Poet Ordinary and Extraordinary to the Towns of Lewes and Brighton. Date: CIRCA 1792

England / Runcorn
A general view overlooking the two towns of Runcorn and Widnes, Cheshire, England. The impressive steel arched road bridge in the distance, was built in 1962. Date: 1960s

Chile (1837). Cogoti. Litography

United States (18th c. ). Philadelphias Declaration
United States (18th c.). Philadelphias Declaration of Independence (4th July 1776)

The city of Teheran from the Ispahan Road
A view of Teheran. From: Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c : during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820. Date: 1821

near Chamberlain - South Dakota
Near Chamberlain - South Dakota - Wide open grain and hay lands, past small, bleak towns Date: 1952

Haileybury, Ontario, Canada. Haileybury is now part of Temiskaming Shores after it was merged with the town of New Liskeard and the township of Dymond in 2004

The Cole Bros. Circus arriving in town. Showing Monday 22nd June, 1908. 1908

Young artist at the community kindergarten
Radburn, New Jersey, a privately financed model town which furnished some of the ideas for the United States Suburban Resettlement Administrations Greenbelt towns

Chatham - Railway Street
Chatham, Kent - Railway Street Date: circa 1910s

Whitby Yorkshire
A photograph purporting to be from the time of the devastating German naval attacks on the Yorkshire coast on 16th December 1914

Fight between Romulus and Mettius Curtius
Page of text with marginal drawing showing a horseman outside Rome, and a fight between the horseman and another figure. The horse has collapsed under its rider

Jaffa with an Ottoman encampment, Israel
Jaffa, seen from the sea with an Ottoman military encampment in the background. In the foreground is the sea and three ships

View of Rome
An imaginary view of Rome in a marginal drawing. In front of the city stand two men, one of whom is wearing armour. There are birds flying over their heads

Hercules strikes Cacus, and view of Rome
Page of text with marginal drawings. At the top in the left margin is a picture of Rome. In front of the city stand two men, one of whom is wearing armour. There are birds flying over their heads

Cairo, Egypt, with camels and driver
Grand Cairo with its Citadel under Mount Mokattam. The city is in the background with two camels and their driver in the foreground. 1803

Hungary / Budapest 1838
Before the unification (in 1872) of the former towns of Buda (on the right bank of the Danube) and Pest (on the left bank). Date: 1838

Main street Bridgeport, California, Early Frashers PC. car

Poster advertising Vichy, France -- the queen of spa towns

Saltaire, Yorkshire
The factory and model town of Saltaire, Yorkshire, built by the manufacturer Titus Salt to house the workers in his factory. Apparently there were no pubs!

Partition - burning towns and villages in East Punjab
Aerial view above the East Punjab showing towns and village inhabited by Muslims which have been burned by Sikh Jathas (warriors) seeking to rid the area of Muslims

The town of Sutah, Gold Coast, 1874
Sutah was one of the towns which the British took on their expedition to defeat the King of Ashanti during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

The town of Accroful, 1874
Accroful was one of the towns where the British and set up camp on their expedition to defeat the King of Ashanti during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

The Camp at Dunquah, Gold Coast, 1874
Dunquah was one of the towns where the British set up camp on their expedition to defeat the King of Ashanti during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

Town of Barracoe, Gold Coast, 1874
Barracoe was one of the towns which the British took on their expedition to defeat the King of Ashanti during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

The town of Yancomassie-Assin, 1874
Yancommassie-Assin was one of the towns where the British and set up camp on their expedition to defeat the King of Ashanti during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

Roofless cabin during evictions in Ireland
Rear view of a couple of gentlemen and two grieving women near the cabin of Pat MacNamara which has been tumbled by levellers

Vlissingen Battle
The port of Vlissingen (Flushing) is one of the first Dutch towns to assert its independence from Spain : in June 1572 a battle takes place between Dutch & Spanish ships

Deadwood USA
A south view of Deadwood, one of the goldrush towns of the 19th century

France / Fecamp
Opening of the new bathing establishment at Fecamp, Seine-Maritime, not far from Rouen : like all coastal towns, Fecamp is attracting growing numbers of visitors

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