Vaults Collection

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren
King Arthur welcomes the Green Knight into the Banqueting Hall and invites him to dismount and eat with the company. Everyone is amazed to see the unexpected visitor

Bank Vault
The Diebold Safe & Lock Co. Vault at The New Britain Trust Co. Bank Vault

Bank Vault
The Diebold Safe & Lock Co. Vault in The Bank of Montreal, New York. Bank Vault

Northern Trust Company Bank, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Northern Trust Company Bank, La Salle and Monroe Streets, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1900s

Anthony Armstrong Jones
Anthony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl Snowdon, born 1930, English photographer, pictured visiting the London Silver Vaults in Chancery Lane the week before his wedding to Princess

Poe / Cask of Amontillado
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO Fortunato, dressed as a clown, is duped into a trip to the vaults

The Crypt, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire Date: circa 1920s

Interior of the Temple Church, London, viewed from the entrance doorway. Date: 1843

Spain - Matador pole vaulting
A Matador pole vaults over the on-rushing bull during a Spanish Bullfight. Date: circa 1910s

Safety Deposit Vault
Merchantile Safe Deposit Co. 120 Broadway, c. 1904. Safety deposit vault with mosaic tile floor flanked by banks of safe deposit boxes

Bank door transportation
Safes, Bankers Trust Co. Vaults. Team of horses pulling a vault door on Broad Street at Pearl Street, presumably on its way to the Bankers Trust Co. for installation; sign of rig reads: EMERGENCY DOOR

Waterloo Underground Station - cross-section 1926
Cross section of Waterloo Overground and Underground Stations - showing the big triple escalator descending to the lower platforms. 1926

Promenade and sea front, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset
Promenade and sea front, Birnbeck Road, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, with holidaymakers. Date: circa 1920s

Orange Party meeting in vaults, Ladye Place, Berkshire
Orange Party (Orange Order) meeting in the Vaults under the Hall, Ladye Place, Hurley, Berkshire Date: 1688

Turkey. Constantinople - Cistern of Philoxenos
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Cistern of Philoxenos or Binbirdirek Cistern, The 1001 columns. It was constructed under a palace in the 5th century

Brother Sheares Vault, St. Michan's Church, Dublin, Ireland
Brother Sheares Vault - St. Michan's Church - Dublin, Ireland. Date: circa 1910s

St. Michan's Mummies - St. Michan's Church - Dublin, Ireland. Date: circa 1910s

Choir of Ely Cathedral, looking west, Cambridgeshire Date: circa 1870

Central Nave, Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon Date: circa 1870

Spain, Palencia. Cathedral of San Antolin (14th-16th centuries). Interior view of the temple. Illustration by Letre. Engraving by Capuz, 19th century

Underground vaults in Gerards Hall Inn, Cheapside, 1795
Underground vaults in Gerards Hall Inn in Basing Lane, Bread Street, Cheapside, 1795. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of Antiquaries

View inside St Marys Church, Iffley, Oxfordshire, dating back to the 12th century. Date: circa 1845

St. Martins Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London

Room in Eastnor Castle, near Ledbury, Herefordshire. circa 1900

Vaults under London docks 1870
Under the London Docks covering eighteen acres, were the finest vaults in the world, vast catacombs of the precious vintages garnered from every famous vineyard in the globe

University of Glasgow - Cloisters under Bute Hall. late 19th century

DRESDNER BANK VAULTS
Safe-deposit boxes at the Dresdner Bank, Berlin Date: 1890s

Dirty Dicks, West End, London
Dirty Dick s, West End, County of London, England. Showing the Vaults Bar Date: 1930s

Gotham National Bank, New York
Gotham National Bank, 59th Street & Columbus Circle, Interior, Safe Deposit Vaults, Inside of Vault. -ninth Street (New York, N.Y.)

The Vaults, Shanes Castle - a view of the basements of the Castle. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

Wine vaults, Italian Swiss winery, Asti, California, USA
Oak vats in the wine vaults, Italian Swiss colony winery, Asti, Sonoma County, California, USA. Date: circa 1950

People at the Italian Swiss winery, Asti, California, USA
People on a guided tour of the Italian Swiss colony winery, Asti, Sonoma County, California, USA, looking at huge Redwood storage tanks in the million gallon wine cellar. Date: circa 1950

Paris, France - La Sainte Chapelle, The Crypt. Date: 19th century

Paris, France - Eglise Sainte-Genevieve. Date: 1829

Paris, France - Eglise Saint-Etienne du Mont. Date: circa 1900

Paris, France - Eglise de Saint Jean de Lateran. Date: 1881

Paris, France - Invalides. Date: 1830

Paris, France - Hotel des Invalides, facade principale. Date: 1831

Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank, California, USA
Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank, Sixth and Spring Streets, Los Angeles, California, USA, with armour-plated safe deposit vaults. Date: 20th century

Cathedral of Porto. 12th-18th c. PORTUGAL. Porto. Cathedral. Cloister gallery with groin vaults and decorated with glazed tiles. Gothic art

NFS fitness demonstration, Regional HQ. Lambeth, WW2
Firefighters of the newly formed National Fire Service (London Region) put on a physical fitness demonstration at a review of the fire service in Lambeths drill yard at the Headquarters of the London

Dirty Dicks Bar in London
The World Renowned Wine House, Vaults Bar at Dirty Dicks in Bishopsgate, London, established in 1745 c. 1920

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