Urban Collection

Christmas Eve, c1915. Artist: Stanhope A Forbes
Christmas Eve, c1915. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Advert for Barkers of Kensington, 1951. From a guide to the Festival of Britain, 1951

Union Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, c1960s. Artist: CM Dixon
Union Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, c1960s. Union Street is a major street and shopping thoroughfare in Aberdeen, named after the Acts of Union 1800

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

Union Street, built with Aberdeen Granite, Aberdeen Scotland, c1960s. Artist: CM Dixon
Union Street, built with Aberdeen Granite, Aberdeen Scotland, c1960s. Union Street is a major street and shopping thoroughfare in Aberdeen, named after the Acts of Union 1800

The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning, 1897. Creator: Camille Pissarro
The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning, 1897

Guildford Grammar School Chapel, c1947. Creator: Unknown
Guildford Grammar School Chapel, c1947. Usually known as the Chapel of St. Mary and St. George. A Heritage-listed building on Terrace Road, East Guildford

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 Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, 1648, (c1915). Artist: Claude Lorrain
The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, 1648, (c1915). The painting is held by the National Gallery, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney

Mentone, from Garavan, c1910, (1912). Artist: Walter Frederick Roofe Tyndale
Mentone, from Garavan, c1910, (1912). From An Artist in the Riviera by Walter Tyndale, R.I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1912]

Approach to Christmas, c19th century. Artist: George Hunt
Approach to Christmas, c19th century. After James Pollard (1792-1867). From Connoisseur Extra No. 5 - Old Sporting Prints by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur Magazine, London, 1908]

A New Piccadilly Circus Below The Old As The Gateway to the Tubes, c1935. Artist: D Macpherson
A New Piccadilly Circus Below The Old As The Gateway to the Tubes, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Sir Stuart (Steuart) Baileys Statue, Dalhousie Square, Calcutta, c1910. Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley (1836-1925) was a British civil servant and Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal from 1887-1890

London, Evening, 1897. Creator: Frederick Childe Hassam
London, Evening, 1897

The Chelsea Bun-House, 1810, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
The Chelsea Bun-House, 1810, (c1876). The Chelsea Bun House sold Chelsea buns and hot cross buns at Easter, with patronage of Kings George II, George III and their families

Trial Trip on the Underground Railway, 1863, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
Trial Trip on the Underground Railway, 1863, (c1876). Work on the worlds first underground railway started in 1860, by the Metropolitan Railway under chief engineer John Fowler

Fremantle Harbour from the Air, c1947. Creator: Unknown
Fremantle Harbour from the Air, c1947. From " Perth - City of Sunshine". [Australia House Bookshop, London, c1947]

Naval Militia guarding a N.Y. bridge, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Naval Militia guarding a N.Y. bridge, 1917. Shows members of the New York Naval Militia guarding bridge from German sabotage during World War I.

American Trucks, Kylburg [i.e. Kyllburg], Germany, 4 Dec 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
American Trucks, Kylburg [i.e. Kyllburg], Germany, 4 Dec 1919. American soldiers with trucks in Kyllburg Germany after World War I.

French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. French women on the deck of the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square

French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. A military band playing next to the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square

A "Block" in Park-lane, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson. A "Block" in Park-lane, 1864
A "Block" in Park-lane, [London], 1864. Traffic congestion: 'Just about the corner of Brick-street, which is close to Holdernesse House, may be witnessed, at certain hours daily

British tank on 5th Ave., 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British tank on 5th Ave., 25 Oct 1917. The British Mark IV Tank "Britannia" which was brought to New York City where it was renamed the Liberty and put on exhibit to help sell war bonds

Boy Scout, Paris, Selling "Journee Francaise" Medals, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Boy Scout, Paris, Selling "Journee Francaise" Medals, between 1914 and c1915. A French boy scout selling medals during World War I.

German Hussars in Antwerp, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Hussars in Antwerp, between c1914 and c1915. German Hussars on horses in the street in Antwerp, Belgium during World War I.

Uniform of German Snowshoe Battalion, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Uniform of German Snowshoe Battalion, between c1915 and c1920. German soldiers in snow shoes during World War I.

Old chapel on the street of the town of Ostashkov, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Old chapel on the street of the town of Ostashkov, 1910. Chapel at corner of Orlovskii Street and Liuba Bogomolova lane; not near embankment.

Edinburgh: the Castle, from the Greyfriars' Cemetery, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Edinburgh: the Castle, from the Greyfriars' Cemetery, 1864. 'The first object which every one visits in the Old Town is the renowned Castle of Edinburgh

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

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

A stampede of jackals through the environs of Calcutta, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A stampede of jackals through the environs of Calcutta, 1864. 'A walk through Calcutta about midnight reveals to the European stranger many curious sights

French chasseurs, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French chasseurs, 1918. French soldiers in a parade during a visit to New York City during World War I.

Tank in New York Court House excavation, 1 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Tank in New York Court House excavation, 1 Mar 1918 (date created or published later). The British tank Britannia which served on the Flanders front in World War I

Mercedes car captured by French, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mercedes car captured by French, between c1914 and c1915. A Mercedes captured by French forces during World War I.

German Kitchen taken by French, 29 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German Kitchen taken by French, 29 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). A horse-drawn German field kitchen at Compie`gne, France

Welcome to British, Boulogne, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Welcome to British, Boulogne, between c1914 and c1915. French people in street with an automobile with banner "Honour to the English Army" hung above them, during World War I

Monternier & Pegoud, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Monternier & Pegoud, between c1914 and c1915
Monternier & Pegoud, between c1914 and c1915. Monternier with French aviator Adolphe Ce´lestin Pe´goud (1889-1915) during World War I.

Naval recruits police, Paris, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Naval recruits police, Paris, between c1914 and c1915. French naval recruits with a police officer, Paris, France, at the beginning of World War I.

British in Boulogne, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British in Boulogne, between c1914 and c1915. British soldiers with horses in Boulogne, France during World War I.

French Cyclists in Chanconin [i.e., Chauconin-Neufmontiers], 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
French Cyclists in Chanconin [i.e., Chauconin-Neufmontiers], 1914. French soldiers on bicyles in Chauconin-Neufmontiers, France during World War I.

Autos requisitioned, Paris, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Autos requisitioned, Paris, between c1914 and c1915. Automobiles requisitioned to move troops to the front during World War I, Paris, France.

French soldiers resting after a march, 14 Sept? 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
French soldiers resting after a march, 14 Sept? 1914 (date created or published later). French soldiers resting on the ground in a plaza in front of a pharmacy in France during World War I.

View over the Oude Schans on the Montelbaanstoren, 1870-1923. Creator: Willem Witsen
View over the Oude Schans on the Montelbaanstoren, 1870-1923

Embankment and view to the sea from Livorno, 1755-1779. Creator: Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt
Embankment and view to the sea from Livorno, 1755-1779

View of the Horse Guards Parade in London showing the departure of George II Augustus, King of Great Britain, to the House of Lords, 1753

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