Bank Collection (page 19)

Listening to the Stars
The swivel type telescope at Jodrell Bank which can scan only a very limited area of the sky. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7624 - Listening to the Stars - pub

Factories On Canal
February 1955: Industrial plants on the banks of Manchesters Ship Canal. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7538 - Manchesters Lifeline - pub. 1955 (Photo by Frank Horvat/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Safe Deposit
8th October 1938: A man leaving a safe deposit bank, before the grille descends and the shutters are brought across. Original Publication: Picture Post - 16 - Safe Deposit - pub

Long-Woolled Sheep
Long-woolled sheep in field near Kielder, one of the many villages situated on the Tynes Bank, 21st October 1950. Original Publication

Guaranty Trust Company Building
View of the Guaranty Trust Company building and an adjacent construction site, New York, New York, circa 1900s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Soanes Bank Of England
The old Bank of England building on Threadneedle Street, London, circa 1870. Designed by Sir John Soane, it was largely demolished and rebuilt to a design by Sir Herbert Baker between 1925 and 1939

Old Bank Of England
An engraving by Roffe, from a drawing by architect Sir John Soane, showing the interior of the Three Per-Cent Office at the Old Bank Of England building in Threadneedle Street, London, circa 1805

Bank Of England Demolition
An aerial view of the Royal Exchange section of the City of London, showing the demolition work being carried out on the old Bank of England building, 1934

Battersea Park Road in southeast London, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Paris Exhibition Hall
An aerial view, from the official design, of the Paris Exhibition Hall on the bank of the Seine in Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bourse Du Commerce
Scene outside one of the leading French banks when it suspended payments and created great excitement in the Borse, Paris

Paddle Your Own Canoe
The Lady of the Lake, from the book by Sir Walter Scott, steadies her boat by resting an oar on the bank. Original Artwork: Engraving by Thomas Brown after Robert Herdman RSA

South Sea House
February 1810: The dividend hall of South Sea House, a banking establishment on Threadneedle Street, London. Original Artwork: Drawn and engraved by Rowlandson and Pugin, aquatinted by Sutherland

Antique illustration of house on river Tiber in Rome (Italy)
Antique illustration of house on the banks of river Tiber in Rome (Italy). Drawing by Mary LabbAš from a watercolor by Alfred Ghait. Many houses overlook the river

First Festival Lights
3rd May 1951: The River Thames is lit up as lights go on in full to mark the opening of the South Bank Festival of Britain Exhibition. (Photo by Ron Burton/Keystone/Getty Images)

Houses Of Parliament
30th May 1954: The Houses of Parliament on the north bank of the River Thames in London. The two visible towers are the Middle Tower (91m/300ft) and the Victoria Tower (102m/336ft)

South Bank Site
5th March 1957: The proposed site for a hotel on the south bank of the Thames near County Hall. (Photo by Monty Fresco Jnr/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

London Traffic
May 1910: Horse drawn and motorised traffic near the Bank, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Flamingoes
February 1907: A group of flamingoes on a river bank who have just awoken from sleeping on one leg. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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