Covering Collection (page 6)

GPO engineer at work, London
GPO engineer working on underground telephone cables on a street in Central London. Date: circa 1960s

Comic postcard, your young mans gone at last Date: 20th century

British army in India - NC officers 77th Regiment, 1860s
Vintage 19th century photograph - British army in India - NC officers of the 77th Regiment, 1860s

British army in India NCOs of the 77th Regiment 1870
Vintage 19th century photograph - British army in India - NCOs of the 77th Regiment 1870

British army in India - 5th Lancers 1865
Vintage 19th century photograph - British army in India - officers of the 5th Lancers 1865

WW II - paper covering pavements London VJ Day
Vintage World War II photograph - paper covering the pavements of central London following VJ Day celebrations, Jaapanese surrender

World War II searchlights illuminate German positions
Vintage World War II photograph - searchlights being used to illuminate German positions

Shinto priests (actors) playing board game Go Japan
Shinto priests (actors) playing the board game Go (chequers draughts) Japan, late 19th century

A woman from Bethlehem, Palestine, Holy Land, c. 1930
A woman from Bethlehem, Palestine, Holy Land, photographed by the American Colony, c.1930

Steps at Negishi, Yokohama, Japan
Steps at Negishi, Yokohama, . Vintage 19th century photograph

Village scene - Nunnington in Yorkshire, wooden bridge
Village scene - Nunnington in Yorkshire with wooden pedestrian bridge over the river. Vintage 19th century photograph

British army in India - NCOs of the 79th Highlanders
1860s vintage photograph - British army in India - NCOs of the 79th Highlanders

Older girls / young children in gardens Mukojima Tokyo
Older girls and young children in gardens at Mukojima Tokyo. Vintage 19th century photograph

Display of different Japanese shoe types.. Vintage 19th century photograph

View of the cathedral, Antwerp Anvers, Belgium. Vintage 19th century photograph

Fellahin or Fellah women, agrcultural workers children, Egyp
Fellahin or Fellah women, agrcultural workers with children, Egypt. Vintage 19th century photograph

WW II 1945 St Pauls Cathedral, London, lit up on VE night
World War II 1945. St Pauls Cathedral, London, lit up on VE night - May 8th - the first time it had been illuminated in nearly 6 years

WW II - German officers surrender to General Montgomery
End of World War II - German officers surrender to Field Marshall Montgomery, Luneberg Heath, May 5th. Major Friedal, Admiral Wagner, Admiral von Friedeburg, General Kinzel, Colonel Poleck

Officers in a British army regiment, India, 19th century probably the 1st or Royal Regiment of Foot

Officers of a native Indian regiment, British army, India
officers of a native Indian regiment, British army, India, photographed by Shepherd and Robertson. Vintage 19th century photograph

Farm workers picking tea, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow, Russia
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Russian Orthodox catholic church, Moscow, Russia. Vintage 19th century photograph

British army officers India 19thc. possibly 11th regiment o
British army officers in India in the 19th century - these appear to be members of the 11th regiment of Foot. Vintage 19th century photograph

Three young Japanese women. Vintage 19th century photograph

Miyanoshita Road, Hakone. Vintage 19th century photograph

Two young women reading and staying warm, Japan
Two young women reading and staying warm under blankets around a stove beneath a kotatsu table, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Young woman or nurse / nanny carrying a baby, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Musume / young woman, winter dress with umbrella, Japan
Musume or young woman in winter dress with an umbrella, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Display of wooden clogs shoes, studio scene of shop. Vintage 19th century photograph

Row of Buddhist priests, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Young Japanese woman in winter costume with umbrella. Vintage 19th century photograph

Blacksmith / farriers smithy Kinlochchewe Ross-shire Scotland
Vintage 19th century photograph: The blacksmith or farriers smithy at Kinlochchewe Ross-shire Scotland thatched roof

Adelaide Australia, c. 1900-1910 city centre King William St
Adelaide Australia, c.1900-1910 city centre King William St with trams

Japanese geisha in an ornate kimono writing a letter. Vintage 19th century photograph

Japanese woman in an ornate kimono. Vintage 19th century photograph

Miyagino Village, now probably Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Japan
Miyagino Village, now probably Miyagino-ku in the city of Sendai, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Great bell in the Chion-in Temple, Kyoto Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Two young women and a mosquito net. Vintage 19th century photograph

HMS Investigator, one of the ships in the Ross Arctic expedition, snow-walled for the winter. Date: 1850

The Indian Frontier Rising, Attack on Tangi Pass by the First and Second Brigades, Malakand Field Force
1615419 The Indian Frontier Rising, Attack on Tangi Pass by the First and Second Brigades, Malakand Field Force, 7 January (engraving) by Loye

The Volunteer Sham Fight in Camden Park, Skirmishers covering the Retreat (engraving)
1612299 The Volunteer Sham Fight in Camden Park, Skirmishers covering the Retreat (engraving) by Skill, Frederick John (1824-81); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Orientalism of the European Woman, 1913
The Orientalism of the European Woman: Ladies of the West Adopt the Yashmak-Veil just as the Ladies of the East are abandoning it

Ypres battlefields Entry Point South, Palingbeek
Three Entry Points (North, East and South) to walking tours covering many points of interest in the Salient were created for the 100th Anniversaries, each with an unmanned Information Centre

Tin and Lead (engraving)
5221752 Tin and Lead (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tin and Lead. From Illustrations of Useful Arts and Manufactures by Charles Tomlinson (SPCK)

Study for Adele Bloch-Bauer II, 1911 (pencil on paper)
CH429898 Study for Adele Bloch-Bauer II, 1911 (pencil on paper) by Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918); 56.7x37.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Otahitiano, illustration from The Voyages of Captain Cook (w / c on paper)
CH426404 Otahitiano, illustration from The Voyages of Captain Cook (w/c on paper) by Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Pleasant Dining-Room in the Queens Head, Theobalds Road, London (b / w photo)
5990130 A Pleasant Dining-Room in the Queens Head, Theobalds Road, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Rolling up the floor covering at the London Hippodrome
Illustration showing stage hands quickly rolling up the floor covering of the arena at the London Hippodrome. The Hippodromes fulsome programme of variety required numerous quick changes between

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