Sign Collection (page 18)

The Hop Pole, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, 1936. Creator: Unknown
The Hop Pole, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, 1936. The Royal Hop Pole, Grade II listed landmark of Tewkesbury, a public house visited by Princes Mary of Teck in 1891

The Three Swans, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, 1939. Creator: Unknown
The Three Swans, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, 1939. The Three Swans Hotel, coaching inn on the the Manchester to London road, dates from late 18th century, rebuilt in Georgian era

Borough Market, Southwark, London, 3 / 9 / 10. Creator: Ethel Davies
Borough Market, Southwark, London, 3/9/10. Sign at the entrance to Borough Market, London, SE1, England, UK

Greenwich, London, England, UK, 2 / 3 / 10. Creator: Ethel Davies
Greenwich, London, England, UK, 2/3/10. Restaurant sign with a nautical motif, Greenwich, London, SE10, England, UK

Camden Lock, London, UK, 30 / 1 / 10. Creator: Ethel Davies
Camden Lock, London, UK, 30/1/10. Signs indicating the various conventional and ethnic food stalls of Camden Lock Market, Camden, London, NW1, England, UK

Totsuka (Branch of Main Street), 1831-1834, (1936). Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Posting Station No 5 of the Tokaido Series - Totsuka (Branch of Main Street), 1831-1834, (1936). Totsuka-juku in 1830s, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

View of Foundry, Southwark Street, 1909. Creator: Unknown
View of Foundry, Southwark Street, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

What are you at? What are you after?, c1820. Creator: George Cruikshank
What are you at? What are you after?, c1820. Satirical cartoon of the Prince Regent (future King George IV) dressed as a carpenter and self-destructively sawing through The Crown sign

Progress in Typefounding - The Blackfriars Type Foundry, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Progress in Typefounding - The Blackfriars Type Foundry, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

The Cock Tavern, 1902. Creator: Unknown
The Cock Tavern, 1902. Doorway of the Cock Tavern in Fleet Street in the City of London, (since demolished). From " The English Illustrated Magazine", Volume XXVII, April to September 1902

I be just com d to the Catastrophe, early 19th century? Creator: Unknown
I be just com d to the Catastrophe, early 19th century? An absent-minded man with his nose in a book and fishing rod over his shoulder, walks past a cart falling off a cliff

Cudgel Playing, 1799. Creator: Unknown
Cudgel Playing, 1799. Crowds outside a pub watching men fighting with long sticks. The competitors hold one hand behind their backs as they fight on a makeshift stage supported on beer barrels. [J

Man holding a sign, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Man holding a sign, 19th century. Figure in large spectacles and patched trousers, holding a blank sign which could be used for advertising text, invitations etc

In Devereux Court, Full of Eighteenth-Century Associations, c1935. Creator: Walter Benington
In Devereux Court, Full of Eighteenth-Century Associations, c1935. Devereux Court in Westminster, central London, with signs advertising Claymore and Dewars whisky

Aus Der Altstadt, (The Old Town), c1929. Creator: Unknown
Aus Der Altstadt, (The Old Town), c1929. From " Innsbruck - 12 Aquarelldrucke". 12 views of Innsbruck. Watercolor prints after original paintings by Demetz and Kramer

Herzog Friedrichstrasse, c1929. Creator: Unknown
Herzog Friedrichstrasse, c1929. From " Innsbruck - 12 Aquarelldrucke". 12 views of Innsbruck. Watercolor prints after original paintings by Demetz and Kramer

The Sign of the Bulls Head at Strand-On-the-Green, c1935. Creator: Field
The Sign of the Bulls Head at Strand-On-the-Green, c1935. 18th century tavern by the River Thames in Chiswick, west London, historically used by riverboat captains to arrange crews and cargoes

The Old Signs Have Come Back To Lombard Street, c1935. Creator: W Whiffin
The Old Signs Have Come Back To Lombard Street, c1935. Signs in Lombard Street in the City of London, erected for the coronation of Edward VII in 1902

A Favoured Inmate of the City: The Plane-Tree in Cheapside, c1935. Creator: SO Gorse
A Favoured Inmate of the City: The Plane-Tree in Cheapside, c1935. Street scene in the City of London, with Friday Street on the right, and a plaque comemmorating the Great Fire of London (1666)

The Green Man at Putney Heath, c1935. Creator: Unknown
The Green Man at Putney Heath, c1935. The Green Man public house in south west London, parts of which date back to c1700. The pub was supposedly frequented by highwaymen who preyed on the intoxicated

Melbourne, 1923. Creator: Unknown
Melbourne, 1923. From " Australia, New Zealand and Oceania in Pictures", by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. Blitt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1923]

Corner shop, 1952. Creator: Shirley Markham
Corner shop, 1952. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Neoclassical facade with Free Car Park sign, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Neoclassical facade with Free Car Park sign, c1935. Gates to a park in the Isle of Wight, possibly designed by architect John Nash

Chausee de Helmet / Rue du Foyer Schaerbeekois, Brussels, Belgium, (1902), c2014-2017
Chausee de Helmet/Rue du Foyer Schaerbeekois, Brussels, Belgium, c2014-2017. Henri Jabob: 1902

La pharmacie du Point-Central, Nancy, (1922), c2014-2017. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
La pharmacie du Point-Central, Nancy

Better to be buried... than to surrender, Verdun, northern France, c1914-c1918
Better to be buried beneath the ruins of the fort than to surrender, Verdun, northern France, c1914-c1918. Sign in French:s ensevelir sous les ruines du fort pluto t que de se rendre

Sign in memory of civilians who were shot by the Germans, Dinant, Belgium, c1914-c1918. Martyrs de la Liberte, 166 Dinantais Sont Morts Ici Fusilles le 23 Aout 1914, Par les Hordes Saxonnes

May God punish England, Bucy-le-Long, northern France, c1914-c1918. Sign in German: Gott strafe England! 1914/15, a slogan used by the German Army

Greyhound Bus Terminal, 1942. Artist: Caufield & Shook
Greyhound Bus Terminal, 1942. From Souvenir of Louisville Ky.. [Curt Teich & Co. Inc. Chicago, 1942]

Fourth Ave. Looking North, 1942. Artist: Caufield & Shook
Fourth Ave. Looking North, 1942. From Souvenir of Louisville Ky.. [Curt Teich & Co. Inc. Chicago, 1942]

Label of Arrival and Loss Book, 1774, (1928)
Label of Arrival and Loss Book, 1774, 1928. From A History of Lloyd s, by Charles Wright and C. Ernest Fayle. [Macmillan and Company Limited, London, 1928]

A leper approaches Jesus and asks him to cure the illness: Jesus agrees, miniature in the codex of Cristophore of Predis, a work of 1476

Facade of old cinema Windsor in Barcelona with neon signs advertising the film Scaromouche, 1952

Advertisement of the Avenida de la Luz in Barcelona, popular underground galleries of the 1950s

Signatures of Kings and famous people of the Spanish court, engraving, 1870

Trafalgar Square with Underground entrance and Admiralty Arch behind, London, 1913. Bowler-hatted office workers by the entrance to the tube at Trafalgar Square

Advertising hoardings on the wall of a building, Wandsworth, London, 1938
Advertising hoardings on the wall of a building, Nightingale Lane, Wandsworth, London, September 1938. The posters advertise Granada Clapham, Balham Picture House, Gordons Gin, Heinz

Crowd outside the Russian Vapour Baths, Brick Lane, Stepney, London, 1904. People stand in the street by the entrance to the baths; the porch

Pedestrians and tram sign outside Waterloo Station, Lambeth, London, 1929
Pedestrians and tram sign outside Waterloo Station, Sutton Walk, Lambeth, London, 1929. Men emerging from the station entrance onto York Road by the sign directing people to trams in Westminster

Railway bridge and advertising over the Brixton Road, Lambeth, London, 1938. The News of the World is advertised on the railway bridge

The Lion Brewery, Belvedere Road, Lambeth, London, 1928. View from Hungerford Bridge of the brewery, with a statue of a lion on the roof, and a To Let board

Weatherboard houses and shops on the Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, 1900
Weatherboard houses and shops on the corner of Albert Embankment and Upper kennington lane, Lambeth, London, 1900. Shops advertising Beechams Pills, Liptons Tea and other items

Chocolate King sweetshop, Upper Street, Islington, London, 1944. Man, woman and child standing in front of a sweet shop and tobacconists advertising Palm toffee

Shop windows, looking south from Cheapside, London, May 1912
Shop windows on Old Change looking south from Cheapside, London, May 1912. Narrow street with a Saxone shoe shop on the left. Horse-drawn carts and pedestrians are visible

Shops on Bishopsgate, London, October 1909. View from the south looking towards Norton Folgate. The blurs are caused by moving cars, due to the long exposure of the photograph

Man stencilling signs for tram cars at Charlton Central Repair Depot, London, 1932. A man wearing an apron makes signs advertising cheap fares to be put on the sides of trams

Double-decker electric tram with advertisement for the New Cross Empire, 1907. Side view of a London County Council class A2 electric tram, with advertisements for Oakeys polish, Nestles milk

Students from trade classes, Northern Polytechnic, London, 1911. At work in a Decorators Shop

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