Roof Collection

A Studio in Montparnasse, c1926, (1935). Creator: CRW Nevinson
A Studio in Montparnasse, c1926, (1935). Nude model and cat by a tall window with a view of Paris rooftops. Painting in the Tate Gallery, London. From " Modern Masterpieces", Part 2

Galway Gossips, c1887, (c1930). Creator: Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow
Galway Gossips, c1887, (c1930). Rural scene in the west of Ireland: a woman on a horse stops to chat to a man leaning on a low wall

Edinburgh from Calton Hill, c1870. From " Picturesque Europe - The British Isles, Vol. I". [Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, c1870]

The Devils Acre - Westminster, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Devils Acre-Westminster, 1872. Devils Acre, a Victorian slum near Westminster Abbey had a high rate of mortality from diseases such as typhoid. From, " LONDON

By Jerusalem. Study, 1921. Creator: Anna Katarina Boberg
By Jerusalem. Study, 1921

Trial of Lord Lovat, Westminster Hall, London, 1747. Interior view of Westminster Hall, with both houses of Parliament assembled for the trial of the Jacobite, Simon, Lord Lovat

Map of the English city of Exeter by John Hooker, 1587. Artist: John Hooker
Birds eye view map by John Hooker, engraved by Remegius Hogenberg: 8000 inhabitants lived in 93 acres. The town was economically powerful and well known for its trade of wool

Das Goldene Dachl, (Golden Roof), c1929. Creator: Unknown
Das Goldene Dachl, c1929. Goldenes Dachl (Golden Roof) is a landmark structure located in the Old Town (Altstadt) section of Innsbruck

Merthyr Tydvil, c1896. Artist: Harris Bros & Co
Merthyr Tydvil, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

The Cottage Door, 1899. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899

View of London, c1650, (19th century). Panoramic view of London from the South Bank showing the old St Pauls Cathedral before the Great Fire of London in 1666

View of Shanghai, China, c1860. Artist: Jean Henri Zuber
View of Shanghai, China, c1860. View of buildings along a waterway or a canal with a semicircular arch of bridge reflected in the water

Sandvika, Norway, 1895. Creator: Claude Monet
Sandvika, Norway, 1895

Hatfield from the Railway Station, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Hatfield from the Railway Station, 1898. From " Our Own Country, Volume II". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1898]

Crystal Palace Station, Crystal Palace Parade, Bromley, London, 1955
Crystal Palace Station, Bromley, London, 1955. Empty platforms and canopy of the disused Crystal Palace (High Level) Station, viewed from the footbridge. Arched walls hold up the glass roof

West Stow Country Park and Anglo-Saxon Village, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
West Stow Country Park and Anglo-Saxon Village, Bury St Edmund s, Suffolk. A reconstruction of an early Anglo-Saxon village from c420-650 excavated on the site

Euston Station, London terminus of London and Birmingham Railway, 1840. A man greets a female passenger while luggage on the cariage roof is untied. Iron pillars and trusses support the station roof

Interior of John Bunyans meeting house in Zoar Street, Southwark, London, 1822. View showing the meeting house converted to use as a store for engineering components

The Nativity, 1325. Creator: Taddeo Gaddi
The Nativity, 1325.

The Massacre of the Innocents, 1586. Creator: Lucas van Valckenborch
The Massacre of the Innocents, 1586.

Italians taking possession of Tripoli, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Italians taking possession of Tripoli, 1911. Shows Italian troops entering Tripoli, Libya during the Turco-Italian War (Italo-Turkish War) which took place between September 1911 and October 1912.

Balloon at Wanamakers, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Balloon at Wanamakers, 1911. Shows the hydrogen balloon, "Wanamaker no. 1," lifting off from the roof of the John Wanamaker store at Broadway and Tenth Ave., New York City.

Lew G. Henderson; Vincent Genoves; E.K. Miller; and Duke P. Kahanamoku, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Lew G. Henderson; Vincent Genoves; E.K. Miller; and Duke P. Kahanamoku, 1912. Shows Hawaiian swimmer and surfer Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (1890-1968)

Lew G. Henderson; Vincent Genoves; E.K. Miller; and Duke P. Kahanamoku, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Lew G. Henderson; Vincent Genoves; E.K. Miller; and Duke P. Kahanamoku, 1912. Shows Hawaiian swimmer and surfer Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (1890-1968)

Putting out fire in Bain News Service Bldg. 1/6/12, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Putting out fire in Bain News Service Bldg. 1/6/12, 1912.

Living on a skyscraper, c1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Living on a skyscraper, c1919. Boys playing marbles on roof of skyscraper.

Signalling from cash register bldg. - Dayton (flood), 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Signalling from cash register bldg. - Dayton (flood), 1913. Shows the Great Dayton Flood of March, 1913.

Washington suffrage hikers, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Washington suffrage hikers, 1913. Shows suffrage hikers who took part in the suffrage hike from New York City to Washington, D.C

Children playing, 1879. Creator: Catherine Greenaway
Children playing, 1879.

Lake scene, 1844-1906. Creator: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
Lake scene, 1844-1906.

The Almonry, 1925. Creator: Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs
The Almonry, 1925.

School House, Benguet, P.I., between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
School House, Benguet, P.I., between c1915 and c1920. Shows a school house in Benguet, Philippines.

The Dutch Church, Austinfriars, recently restored, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Dutch Church, Austinfriars, recently restored, 1865. 'The church, or chapel, [in Austin Friars, London] formerly belonging to the monastery of Augustine Friars

Admiral King's visit to the King of Siam at Bangkok: procession of boats up the river..., 1865. Creator: Unknown
Admiral King's visit to the King of Siam at Bangkok: procession of boats up the river from the British Consulate, 1865. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. R

The Preston Exhibition of Works of Art and Industry, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Preston Exhibition of Works of Art and Industry, 1865. 'The Exhibition of Works of Art and Industry at Preston, Lancashire, which was...[held] in the Exchange Buildings, Lune-street

Opening of the new head-quarters of the 1st Surrey Rifle Volunteers, at Camberwell, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the new head-quarters of the 1st Surrey Rifle Volunteers, at Camberwell, [London], 1865. 'Our Illustration shows the interior of the drill-shed...when the place was formally opened by

The Punjaub Exhibition of Arts and Industry at Lahore: interior of the building, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Punjaub Exhibition of Arts and Industry at Lahore: interior of the building, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs

Interior of the Shakspeare Pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon - interior, 1864. Building celebrating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth,'...designed by Messrs

Albert Durer's house, Nuremberg, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Albert Durer's house, Nuremberg, 1864....we must hasten down the Durer Strasse, and make a reverent salaam before the house of Albrecht Durer

The Great Fire in the City: ruins of Haberdashers Hall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire in the City: ruins of Haberdashers Hall, [City of London], 1864. In a conflagration of a calamitous extent...one of the oldest of our civic halls - that of the Haberdashers Company

The entrance hall of the new Assize Courts at Manchester, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The entrance hall of the new Assize Courts at Manchester, 1864. View of the interior. [The architect, ] Mr. A. Waterhouse, of New-street, Spring-gardens...[has] produced what is

Fred Welsh, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Fred Welsh, between c1910 and c1915

British funeral, Cugny, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
British funeral, Cugny, between c1915 and c1920. Vehicle and soldiers passing a church during a funeral in Cugny, France, probably during World War I

The Great Schools of England: the dining-hall at Christ's Hospital...singing a hymn, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Great Schools of England: the dining-hall at Christ's Hospital...singing a hymn, 1862. Founded in the 16th century, Christ's Hospital is one of the oldest boarding schools in England

The Metropolitan Underground Railway, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Metropolitan Underground Railway, 1862. Stations of the world's first passenger-carrying designated underground railway. Paddington Junction; Chapel St

The Guard-house of Humaita, Paraguay, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Guard-house of Humaita, Paraguay, 1864. The people are little better than savages, and immense tracts of fertile land are still a wilderness; but there are signs of improvement

Verdun - Barracks, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Verdun - Barracks, between c1915 and 1918. The Caserne d'Anthouard (barracks) in Verdun, France, showing roofs that were damaged during World War I

German Army field Hdqrs. near Ostend, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Army field Hdqrs. near Ostend, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers seated and standing outside of a sod building near Ostend, Belgium, during World War I

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