Design Collection (#51)

Bridge of Peace in Tbilisi, Geaorgia, bow-shaped pedestrian bridge over the Kura River in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. One of the most important sites of Tbilisi

Modern building of Ministry of Justice and the Civil Registry Agency near the Kura River in the center of Tbilisi

Tbilisi (Georgia) with the Public Service Hall

Tricycle Design
An innovative tricycle, designed for the rider to stand while travelling, at a cycle and motor cycle exhibition, circa 1920. (Photo by Paul Thompson/Topical/FPG/Getty Images)

Maison Seignouret
A balcony guard at 520 Royal Street, New Orleans, circa 1930. Thes incorporated into the design signals the work of Francois Seignouret, the French wine merchant who built the house in 1816

Spiral staircase at dusk

Light in the end of a spiral staircase

Spiral straicase
Below view of spiral straicase

White spiral stairs

Spiral Staircase

Spiral Illusion
circa 1933: Angle shot of a spiral staircase in the Sprukenhof building, Hamburg designed by Fritz Hoger, making it look like a snail shell. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Colourful Nails
Colorful fingernails painted in holiday patterns for Christmas

In The Drink
At Brooklands, a Belgian built Hanriot monoplane has fallen into the River Wey and a passing punt has stopped to view the wreck. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Handley Page Pullman
The Handley Page Pullman, a British built passenger plane designed to compete for London - Paris luxury services. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Elephant Hotel
The Elephant Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, with an functional edifice built in the shape of an elephant. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bolshoi Theatre
1928: The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, an example of Russian neoclassic architectural design. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Whitehall Cenotaph
July 1919: War memorial designed by Edwin Lutyens is erected in Whitehall, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Historic Locomotive
1925: A locomotive built in 1899 rolls past a crowd of admirers during a Centenary Procession. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Goupy II
8th April 1910: A Goupy II biplane built by Ambroise Goupy in collaboration with Mario Calderara in Bleriots shop. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 68 (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Pottery Workers
1st October 1908: Painting designs on pottery at the Aller Vale Potteries. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Avro G Biplane
30th July 1912: The Avro G biplane sans propeller and wings and designed for rapid assembly, is pushed into a hangar at the 1912 Military Trials on Salisbury Plain. It spun in on 25 August

Flying Failure
19th September 1911: An armoured plane with cantilever wings and a Leon Levavasseur designed Antoinette engine which proved too heavy to fly more than a few yards

Sleeping Car
circa 1918: The sleeping car of an American train built by the Great Eastern Railway. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Rolls Last Flight
Air pioneer Charles Stewart Rolls (1877 - 1910) of Rolls Royce in his French built Wright biplane which broke up in the air and crashed during Bournemouth Aviation Week

Airship Mayfly
H M Airship No 1, built in Barrow as a response to German advances in airship technology, prior to its maiden test-flight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Canadian Memorial
The National Canadian War Memorial, designed by Vernon March to represent Victory and Liberty, on display at a temporary exhibition in Hyde Park before being shipped to Ottawa

Zeppelin Fire
Crowds survey the wreck of a Zeppelin airship LZ-4, the fourth design of Count von Zeppelin, which caught fire at Echterdingen. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Mayfly Disaster
H M Airship No 1, built in Barrow as a response to German advances in airship technology, lying twisted in half and beyond repair after a gust of wind tipped it over prior to its maiden test-flight

Reginalds Tower
September 1913: Reginalds Tower in Waterford city, County Waterford, is built on the site of a tower built in 1003. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Double-Decker
August 1919: The rear of a London motor bus with a staircase leading up to the top deck. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Burney
15th September 1930: The Burney, a new streamlined car designed by Sir Denniston Burney who was responsible for the design of the R 100 (R100) airship. The engine is in the rear

Selfridges Store
May 1914: The T Lloyd store on Oxford Street, London, foreground, before it was bought by Harry Selfridge to expand his store built in 1910 (building with flags)

Ladder Truck
June 1907: A combination auto chemical ladder truck and horse wagon by Chac Ponkins & Co, designed to fight fires. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Replica Of Rocket
21st April 1913: A replica of the steam locomotive Stephensons Rocket, designed by English railway engineer Robert Stephenson, on display at Crewe for a visit by King George V and Queen Mary

St Augustine By Wren
3rd June 1952: Beside St Pauls Cathedral, London, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, built from 1675 - 1710, is the fine pinnacled tower of the Church of St Augustine with St Faith, Watling Street

Reaping Machine
1926: The latest sugar cane reaping machine, built in Germany. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Plaza
1912: The Plaza Hotel, New York City, built in 1907 to the designs of architect Henry J Hardenbergh. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Municipal Building
February 1913: The newly-completed City Municipal Building, New York, designed by architects McKim, Mead and White. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Trocadero
circa 1912: The Palais de Trocadero, on the right bank of the River Seine, Paris, built as for the 1867 Paris exposition it remained a permanent structure until 1936, when it was demolished

Thunderbolt
12th September 1937: Captain George E T Eystons new twin engine car Thunderbolt, designed to travel at 350mph, at the Bean Works, Tipton

Housing Estate
18th September 1947: Ashburton Housing Estate built by Croydon Corporation on the site of the old Beckenham Golf course. Allotments can be seen in the foreground. (Photo by J. A)

Berliner Helicopter
The 1922 Berliner Helicopter, designed by Henry Berliner (1895 - 1970), USA, June 1922. The aircraft is built around a Nieuport 23 fighter fuselage

The Ritz
1st June 1924: The World famous Ritz Hotel, built in Londons Piccadilly in 1906. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Stone Guardian
circa 1930: Built earlier than 2500 BC, the great statue of the Sphinx guards the pyramids at Giza. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Revelling Pups
4th February 1926: Music lovers partner up for their favourite dance programme on the wireless. (Photo by M. Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Daily Express Office
circa 1935: The art-deco interior of the Daily Express office at Fleet Street, London, designed by architect Robert Atkinson. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

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