Sign Collection

Horse drawn vehicles and barrows in Borough High Street, London, 1904
Horse drawn vehicles, barrows and shop fronts, 309-317 Borough High Street, London, 1904. Men and boys wait with barrows and horse-drawn carts

A Chinese shop, Limehouse, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Masonic Sign, c. 1941. Creator: Edward F. Engel
Masonic Sign, c. 1941

Bridge St, Bungay, Suffolk, UK, 25 / 5 / 10. Creator: Ethel Davies
Bridge St, Bungay, Suffolk, UK, 25/5/10. Coloured houses lining Bridge Street, Bungay, Suffolk, England, UK

Old Blacksmiths Shop and Marriage Room, Gretna Green, Scotland, 1940s? Creator: Unknown
Old Blacksmiths Shop and Marriage Room, Gretna Green, Scotland, 1940s? Sign reading: This is the famous Old Blacksmiths Shop and Marriage Room, Gretna Green

Signs of Christ, 1924. Artist: Nicholas Roerich
Signs of Christ, 1924. From a private collection

Westgate, Canterbury, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Westgate, Canterbury, 1898. Grade I listed Westgate, a medieval gatehouse in the city walls of Canterbury were built from Kentish ragstone c1379. From " Our Own Country, Volume VI"

The Starting Point of Morris Motors, 1912, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Starting Point of Morris Motors, 1912, (1933). The Oxford Garage in Oxford where British motor manufacturer and philanthropist William Morris (later Lord Nuffield) started his business

"Pit and tools for rent--work on your own", U. S. 99, Fresno County, California, 1939
U.S. 99. Fresno County. " Pit and tools for rent--work on your own." California. [ Garage; Electric Welding ]

The national pop-shop in Threadneedle Street, 1826. Artist
The national pop-shop in Threadneedle Street, 1826. Two designs side by side. On the left is the exterior of a pawnshop (representing the Bank of England) and on the right is the interior

High Street, Fremantle, Australia, c1900s. Published by P. Falk & Co. Ltd

American Warehouse, Hankow, China, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
American Warehouse, Hankow, China, between c1910 and c1915. Shows the American Warehouse in Hankou (formerly Hankow or Hangkow), China.

Entrance to proving ground, Sandy Hook, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Entrance to proving ground, Sandy Hook, between c1910 and c1915.

Crowded street, possibly near a subway station, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Crowded street, possibly near a subway station, between c1910 and c1915.

Swiss in N.Y. 4th of July Parade, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Swiss in N.Y. 4th of July Parade, between c1910 and c1915.

Orphans going to Coney Island, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Orphans going to Coney Island, 1911.

Peckham, 1915. Creator: Francis Dodd
Peckham, 1915. Showing Peckham Hill Street and St Chrysostom Church which was demolished in 1963 due to severe dry rot.

Saratoga, 1912 Convention, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Saratoga, 1912 Convention, 1912.

Chicago - Coliseum (exterior), 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Chicago - Coliseum (exterior), 1912. 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22.

Chicago police at convention, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Chicago police at convention, 1912. 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22.

Ralph Rose, Pat McDonald, Matt Grath, Jones, Kaviatt [i.e., Kiviat], 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Ralph Rose, Pat McDonald, Matt Grath, Jones, Kaviatt [i.e., Kiviat], 1912. Shows members of the American track and field team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm including Ralph Waldo Rose

Steamship strike, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Steamship strike, between c1910 and c1915.

Kaiser's coffin, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiser's coffin, May 1918. Display of Kaiser's coffin with sign reading "The Kaiser's coffin come in and help bury the Beast of Berlin." Coffin is located in front of the New York World Building

Entertainment to four thousand school children at Dudley, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Entertainment to four thousand school children at Dudley, 1865. 'Mr. Frederick Smith, of The Priory, was unanimously elected first Mayor

"Infant Orphan Election at the London Tavern - Polling", by G.E. Hicks..., 1865. Creator: W Thomas
"Infant Orphan Election at the London Tavern - Polling", by G.E. Hicks, in the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1865. Engraving of a painting

Scene at the Kilkenny Election, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Scene at the Kilkenny Election, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Edmund Fitzpatrick. 'The Irish elections...are usually made the occasion, in almost every town

The Elections in the Metropolitan Boroughs: Lambeth...the nomination at Kennington Park, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Elections in the Metropolitan Boroughs: Lambeth election: the nomination at Kennington Park, [London], 1865. View in front of the main entrance to Kennington Park

Bazaar at St. James's Hall in aid of the French Protestant schools in Soho, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Bazaar at St. James's Hall in aid of the French Protestant schools in Soho, [London], 1864. 'The opening of the grand fancy bazaar...for the benefit of the French Protestant Free Schools situated in

Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. C. D

The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Scene at a recruiting-office at Mozart Hall, Broadway

Mrs. H.A.C. Van Der Flier, Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. H.A.C. Van Der Flier, Apr 1918. Mrs. Hendrika A. C. Van Der Flier of Holland, participating in a bazaar to raise funds for Belgian orphans during World War I, at the Waldorf Astoria

Mrs. N.E. Green & "Caesar", between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs. N.E
Mrs. N.E. Green & "Caesar", between c1915 and 1918. Mabel E. Harlow, the wife of Edward Howland Robinson "Ned" Green with dog Caesar and sign reading: "Belgian war dog

Berlin, goulash for 8 cents, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Berlin, goulash for 8 cents, 1916. Women serving food from a mobile lunch kitchen in Berlin in 1916 during World War I. Sign reads translated from German: "Warm lunch

Lerie Klein, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Lerie Klein, 1917. Lerie Klein, probably at the Hero Land Bazaar, held in November and December of 1917 in New York City during World War I

Mrs. Chas. Farnam, Mrs. F.H. Dike, Mrs. F.P. Adams, George Tolly, 16 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Chas. Farnam, Mrs. F.H. Dike, Mrs. F.P. Adams, George Tolly, 16 May 1917. Ruth Stanley Farnam, Millicent G. Hayes (Mrs. F.H)

A Pictorial: the Word, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A Pictorial: the Word, 1864. Christmas entertainment. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: Kensington Gate, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: Kensington Gate, 1864. This week has witnessed the abolition of turnpike toll obstructions upon fifty miles of road in

The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: entry of the Federal troops...through the Nobis Thor, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: entry of the Federal troops into Altona through the Nobis Thor, 1864. On the 24th December the Saxons entered, with their band playing "Schleswig- Holstein

The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty:..proclaiming Prince Frederick...Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, 1864 Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: the Burghers of Altona proclaiming Prince Frederick of Augustenburg Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from the balcony of the railway station, 1864

Machine pavilion R. Wolf, 1911. Creator: A. A. Antonov
Machine pavilion R. Wolf, 1911. From a collection of photographs documenting the First West Siberian Agricultural, Forestry, and Industrial Trade Exhibition, which took place in Omsk in 1911

Irkutsk. Ivanovskaia Street, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk. Ivanovskaia Street, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

The building of a shopping center on Novobazarnaya Square, 1909. Creator: Unknown
The building of a shopping center on Novobazarnaya Square, 1909. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

J.B. Wells, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
J.B. Wells, 1918. Tenor singer John Barnes Wells (1880-1935) with a milk can and a sign promoting the Committee for Free Milk for France which raised money to send powdered milk to France during

Sketches in Canton - Appearance of a Busy Street...after a Visit from "The Barbarians", 1858
Sketches in Canton - Appearance of a Busy Street in Canton after a Visit from "The Barbarians" on their burning and plundering raid, 1858. Destruction caused by British forces

Sketches in Philadelphia, by our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Philadelphia, by our special artists, 1876. The Office of the Servants in a large Hotel - Artistic Admiration for an Artist; Old Beggar Woman; "The best Dinner in the City for 25

The American Centennial Festival Exhibition: scene in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia'...1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Festival Exhibition: scene in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia - Negro Militia after Drill, 1876. African-Americans enjoying a cultural event

Risen Christ, c.1620. Creator: Unknown
Risen Christ, c.1620

The Last of the Jews, All That Was Left, 1828-1896. Creator: Augustus Hoppin
The Last of the Jews, All That Was Left, 1828-1896

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