Residents Collection (page 6)

London / Cheyne Walk
Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. Famous former residents include David Lloyd George, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, George Eliot, James Whistler, Mrs Gaskell and J.M.W. Turner. Date: 18th century

Fighter plane with crew, WW1
A British fighter FE2B biplane with crew during the First World War. The inscription on the side reads: Presented by Residents in the Punjab. Date: 1914-1918

Dr Syntax mistakes a private house for an inn
To the amusement of the residents, Dr Syntax mistakes the hospitality of the private house for a common inn. Date: 1813

Shepheards Hotel, Cairo, Egypt Date: 1906

American Scouts on parade
Troops of scouts holding Amerian flags march down a street in a parade at Albuquerque, New Mexico. Residents lines the street to watch. 29 September 1951

Social Scenes / France / C12
The residents of a medieval chateau walk on the castle ramparts

Inmates of the Chelsea workhouse, London
Elderly male inmates relax in a garden of the Chelsea workhouse, London. Some are smoking pipes, some are reading newspapers, others are feeding birds

Salvation Army Food Depot, Whitechapel Road, East London
A religious meeting at the Salvation Army Food Depot on Whitechapel Road in the East End of London. The depot provided basic food and shelter for as little as a penny a night

Poor street in Londons East End
A poor street, location unknown, in the East End of London. Local residents, mostly children, look suspiciously towards the camera. Washing is hanging up to dry in each back yard

South Shields Union Cottage Homes, Cleadon, County Durham
Some of the residents at the South Shields Union Cottage Homes, erected in 1909 at Cleadon, County Durham, to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Kitchen of a Common Lodging House
Residents eating and socialising in the kitchen of a common lodging house, location unknown. Such establishments provided cheap accommodation by the night for those of limited means

Living Room of a Rowton House, London
The living room of one of Londons Rowton Houses where the residents can be seen relaxing, reading, and playing draughts. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large

Salvation Army Industrial Home, London
Inmates of a Salvation Army Industrial Home. Residents of the home were expected to work in return for their board and lodging

Queen Elizabeth meeting bombed London residents
Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother giving one of her gracious and charming smiles as she meets and sympathises with London residents in bomb damaged areas during the Blitz

Boys Club members with horses 1934
Five members of a Boys Club get to grips with the countryside and meet some of its local residents

Milford Lane
Residents and traders

Greenwich Baths Etc
Baths and laundries are erected in Greenwich to keep both the residents and their clothing nice and clean in Exhibition Year

A military tank parked in a residential street
A photograph of a tank lookin out of place parked between rows of terrace houses. Residents of the street are posed along side it

Arriving in Hell
Charon brings a boatload of new residents to the infernal shores, accompanied by barking from Charon : Mercury and other deities contemplate the scene

Sailboat on Mercury
The insectoid residents of the planet Mercury will develop their own technology to navigate their chemically polluted waters : mica will be the material of choice

France Quimper
Street scene, with residents in Breton dress

Escaping by Water
Some residents flee from Paris to Versailles by boat on the river Seine

Troops Expected
Paris residents watching for the arrival of government troops

Government Forces
Residents hail the government troops as they advance through the streets of Paris

Greeted with Wine
Government troops are welcomed by Paris residents with glasses of wine. Date: May 1871

Non-Smokers Attacked
When Austria imposes a tax on tobacco at Milano, Italy, many residents give up smoking in protest : the Austrians then attack those who refuse to smoke !

Food Queues in Tomsk
War and revolution combine to bring food shortages throughout Russia : residents of Tomsk, Siberia, queue for meat in the rain

Demo at Turkmenia
The residents of Turkmenia demonstrate in favour of the Bolshevik revolution

Earthquake Calabria
King Vittorio Emanuele III descends from his car to commiserate with the residents of a Calabrian town, devastated by earthquake

News from the War 2
Due to press censorship, residents of St Petersburg learn how the war with Japan is progressing from notices posted on walls

Glasgow Clothes Shop
A modest haberdashery, run by a nice-looking young couple in a Glasgow side street; the photographer evidently toured the city offering his services to residents and tradesmen

Mary Goes to Heaven
She is taken to Heaven, body and soul, watched by the apostles below and welcomed by the residents of Paradise

Natural Sundial, Settle
At Settle, Yorkshire, Castleberg Rock provides a natural sun-dial; its passing shadow, until the 18th century, was used by the residents to measure time

Earthquake Calabria 07
In pouring rain, police and residents rescue victims when the town of Ferruzzano, Calbria (southern Italy) is devastated by earthquake

Thames Floods at Putney
The river Thames rises above its banks at Putney, west London, and residents have to escape from the top floors of their houses into a horse- drawn cart

Irish Emigrants Leaving
Departure of the Viceroy steamer from the dock quay, Galway; Irish residents wave farewell to their loved ones

Bear Performs Fight
A bear and its trainer engage in a mock combat to entertain the residents of a Russian village

Demolition / Paris
Demolition work prior to the building of the Rue des Ecoles with half demolished tenements propped up with wooden buttresses. Residents continue to dry their washing

Arthurs Seat Hotel, Sea Point, is a favourite rendezvous for residents of Cape Town and visitors - so long as your skin is white, of course

The Albany, London
The former Albany House, off Piccadilly, is converted into 69 chambers originally meant for bachelors : residents have included Aldous Huxley, Edith Evans and Graham Greene

Thames Frozen 1881
The river frozen over at Twickenham : the residents take the opportunity to come skating

Negombo, Sri Lanka, 1671
The Dutch fort at Negombo; like all Dutch establishments on the island, it is heavily fortified in readiness for attack from those residents who resent their presence

Edinburgh, Cowgate
A row of slightly run-down houses in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh with residents chatting and doing business on the street

After the Commune
After the recapture of Paris by the government, firemen extinguish the fires while a photographer seeks to record the scene for posterity. The residents can only grieve

Portuguese St Music
Two guitarists entertain residents and passers-by in the streets of a Portuguese town

Fighters Refreshedts
Street figters are refreshed by sympathetic residents

Romans & Parthians
Roman troops threaten to use their battering ram against a Parthian town : the residents come out to parley with the besiegers

Christmas in India
British residents in India bring in a bar of ice instead of the traditional Yule Log

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