Items matching street scenes

Leys Street.

An old (undated) photograph of Laystraat in Antwerp. I can see signs for the Norwich Union, and for a large hotel (Metropole?) and also for F. Dierckx.

Keywords: cities, buildings, street scenes, old photogrphs, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Antwerp; Belgium

Added: 2007-08-15

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High Street, Chelmsford

The high street [US: main street] in Chelmsford, Essex, around 1900. There are people riding bicycles, carts and carriages drawn by horses, and a sign visible reading “Barnard Cabinet Maker Upholster [...]

Keywords: street scenes, old photographs, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Chelmsford; Essex; England

Added: 2008-07-14

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Orange Court – Drury Lane

People sit in the streets in a narrow alley; a barefoot girl carries a child; washing hangs out to dry. On our way to the City on the tide of Labor we light upon places in which the day is never aired [...]

Keywords: poverty, people, street scenes, bare feet, children

Places shown: Drury Lane; London; England

Added: 2008-09-06

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Guildford Castle, Surrey

the entrance to Guildford castle, Surrey One of the features of the Surrey cottage, indeed of all those counties where tile was the principal roofing material, is the skill with which the tiling is ad [...]

Keywords: castles, street scenes, buildings, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Guildford; Surrey; England

Added: 2008-08-21

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5th November: Guy Fawkes

Boys carry a stuffed dummy, a straw-stuffed effigy of Guy Fawkes, through a town; the figure is arranged on a chair supported by two poles, a litter. In the background people watch, or raise their hat [...]

Keywords: people, children, street scenes, religion

Places shown: England

Added: 2007-08-31

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Ancient Half-Timbered Houses, Foregate Street

“Turning now from the outside of the walls to the inside, we must remember that the four Roman Streets, intersecting one another at right angles, have always been the features which determined the who [...]

Keywords: houses, street scenes, horses, carts

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2006-10-11

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The Easter Volunteer Review: The 1st Artillery on the March from London to Brighton

Soldiers on the march pause for a moment outside the local pub, which has a sign showing a lion; crowds have gathered to watch the troops pass, most on foot but some on horse-back, and with carts on w [...]

Keywords: soldiers, weapons, guns, cannons, street scenes, bare feet, people, children, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: England

Added: 2007-04-07

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View From City Walls (Widescreen Version)

A version of View from the City Walls cropped for use as a screen background. Choose the size nearest to your computer’s monitor resolution. There is also a 1600x1200 (4:3) version.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, cathedrals, cityscapes, buildings, people, views, street scenes

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2008-09-23

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The Shambles

The Shambles is the name of a famous narrow cobbled street in the city of York.

Keywords: cities, street scenes, cobbles, people

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2009-01-18

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The West Front, From the Minster-yard.

The Exchequer Gate [...] admits us into a small paved square—the Minster-yard—surrounded on three sides by low ecclesiastical dwellings. Filling the whole of the fourth side, just in front of us, ri [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, gothic architecture, street scenes, costumes, victoriana, crowds, drawings, buildings, arches, entrances

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-09-11

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The Exchequer Gate and the West Front of the Cathedral.

At Lincoln [Cathdral,] Lancet-Pointed work is again preponderant, but Decorated work is very conspicuous and singularly fine, Norman features still remain, and Perpendicular art completes the majestic [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, gothic architecture, street scenes, crowds, drawings

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-09-11

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