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Diry Collection (#11)

Background imageDiry Collection: Harlem Panther HQ

Harlem Panther HQ
The headquarters of the African-American revolutionary organization, the Black Panther Party at 2026 Seventh Avenue, Harlem, New York City, circa 1970

Background imageDiry Collection: New York Hotels

New York Hotels
A view from Central Park of the Pierre (left) and Sherry Netherland hotels on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, circa 1950. Both buildings were designed by Schultze and Weaver

Background imageDiry Collection: Church In The Bowery

Church In The Bowery
St Marks Church in-the-Bowery on Second Avenue, East Village, New York City, circa 1895. (Photo by P. L. Sperr/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Jefferson Market Courthouse

Jefferson Market Courthouse
The Jefferson Market Courthouse on 6th Avenue and West 10th Street in Greenwich Village, New York City, circa 1910. Built in the 1870s by architects Frederick Clarke Withers and Calvert Vaux

Background imageDiry Collection: The Dakota

The Dakota apartment building on Central Park West in Manhattan, New York City, circa 1955. (Photo by Authenticated News/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Columbus Circle

Columbus Circle
The Columbus Circle intersection in Manhattan, New York City, with the statue of Christopher Columbus at bottom, centre, circa 1925. (Photo by Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Columbus Circle Parade

Columbus Circle Parade
Crowds watching a parade |(upper left) as it approaches the Columbus Circle intersection in Manhattan, New York City, circa 1920. (Photo by Pictorial News Co/FPG//Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: View From Scotts Bluff

View From Scotts Bluff
A view of countryside from Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska, USA, circa 1970. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Dresden Academy Of Fine Arts

Dresden Academy Of Fine Arts
The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden, Germany, 1905. (Photo by FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Telegraph Hill

Telegraph Hill
A view of Telegraph Hill, with Coit Tower at top right, San Francisco, California, circa 1975. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama
A view over Birmingham, Alabama, circa 1955. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Vestavia Hills

Vestavia Hills
The domed gazebo in Vestavia Hills Park, Birmingham, Alabama, November 1958. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Birmingham City Hall

Birmingham City Hall
A view of City Hall, Birmingham, Alabama, October 1958. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama
A view over the city of Birmingham, Alabama, November 1958. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Palisades Park Funfair

Palisades Park Funfair
A ferris wheel at a funfair at Palisades Park, New Jersey, circa 1970. (Photo by Harvey Meston/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: H G Wells

H G Wells
English novelist Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946), whose most famous works include The Time Machine and The Invisible Man, 4th May 1940. Picture Post - 282 - Unite Or Perish - pub.1940

Background imageDiry Collection: Greek Vase

Greek Vase
Olympic runners depicted on an ancient Greek vase given as a prize in the Panathenaea, circa 525 BC. Original Publication : Picture Post - 5953 - Where the Olympic Games Started - pub

Background imageDiry Collection: Puck Fair

Puck Fair
Even the animals join in the fun at Puck Fair in Killorglin, County Kerry, August 1952. Original Publication : Picture Post - 6076 - Puck Fair - unpub

Background imageDiry Collection: Long-Woolled Sheep

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

Background imageDiry Collection: Bradford

Bradford
A marked contrast between Bradfords industrial centre and the beauty of the surrounding countryside, 1880. Original Publication : Picture Post - 5228 - Why Your Clothes Will Cost You More - pub

Background imageDiry Collection: Trapped Convoy

Trapped Convoy
A convoy trapped on the Suez Canal near Cantara during the Suez Crisis, 24th December 1956. Original Publication : Picture Post - 8760 - Suez: The Troops We Left Behind - Pub

Background imageDiry Collection: Dounreay

Dounreay
The bottom half of the worlds first electricity-producing fast breeder reactor at Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment in Scotland, 14th July 1956

Background imageDiry Collection: Bulls Head Hotel

Bulls Head Hotel
The Bulls Head Hotel in Manchester, 19th November 1938. Original Publication : Picture Post - 41 - Manchester - pub. 1938 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Midget Submarine

Midget Submarine
A midget submarine (background), which has been transported from Gosport in Hampshire to Londons Olympia for the Boys and Girls Exhibition, August 1956

Background imageDiry Collection: Tryweryn Valley

Tryweryn Valley
A view of the Tryweryn Valley near Bala, Merionethshire, Wales, 27th February 1957. In 1957, a private bill was passed by Parliament to flood the valley in order to create the Llyn Celyn reservoir

Background imageDiry Collection: Tryweryn Valley

Tryweryn Valley
A man and a boy look out over the Tryweryn Valley near Bala, Merionethshire, Wales, 27th February 1957. In 1957, a private bill was passed by Parliament to flood the valley in order to create

Background imageDiry Collection: Thames By Night

Thames By Night
A view over the River Thames at night, towards Shell Mex House (centre, right) and the Savoy Hotel (right), during the Festival of Britain, London, 1951

Background imageDiry Collection: Flowers At Nymans

Flowers At Nymans
A summer flower bed at Nymans Garden, West Sussex, August 1969. (Photo by Kenneth Rittener/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Consultation

Consultation
Two people consulting with an oracle in ancient Greece, circa 600 BC. The priestess (right) is predicting the future while in a state of trance. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Prediction By Chicken

Prediction By Chicken
A cage containing two chickens, circa 600 BC. In ancient Greece, the birds were thought to predict the future according to the manner of their feeding

Background imageDiry Collection: Drunken Brawl

Drunken Brawl
A group of men fighting in an English tavern, circa 1675. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Saint Teresa Intercedes

Saint Teresa Intercedes
Saint Teresa of Avila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory, an engraving by Schelte Adams Bolswert after a painting from the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens, circa 1600

Background imageDiry Collection: Savoy Palace

Savoy Palace
A view across the Thames to the Savoy Palace, circa 1380. One of the finest noblemans houses in the capital, it was completely destroyed in the Peasants Revolt of 1381

Background imageDiry Collection: Arch Druid

Arch Druid
An Arch Druid in his judicial habit, circa 100 BCE. The druids were a class of ancient priests in western Europe, who were suppressed by the Romans in the first century CE. Aquatinted by R. Havell

Background imageDiry Collection: The Physician

The Physician
A 16th Century physician with an elderly woman. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Venetian Fashion

Venetian Fashion
Venetian fashion of the 16th Century, showing how a dress (left) can also be worn folded open to reveal the breeches and elevated shoes worn underneath (left). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Syphilis Treatment

Syphilis Treatment
Physicians treating a man and a woman suffering with syphilis, circa 1450. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: 16th Century Brewing

16th Century Brewing
Men at work in a brewery, circa 1550. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Washing Ground

Washing Ground
A 19th century engraving of a group of women doing their laundry at a public washing ground, 1582. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: The Wounded Man

The Wounded Man
An illustration from a medieval medical textbook, showing a man pierced by a number of swords, knives and arrows, circa 1300. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Hotel De Ville

Hotel De Ville
The Hotel de Ville or City Hall in Paris, on the bank of the River Seine, circa 1760. From an engraving by Rigaud. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Battle Of Chesma

Battle Of Chesma
The Russian Baltic fleet defeats the Turkish fleet at the Battle of Chesma off Anatolia, during the Russo-Turkish Wars, 7th July 1770. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Islands Of Paris

Islands Of Paris
The Pont de la Tournelle over the River Seine in Paris, with the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris behind it, 1780. Also pictured are the Ile Saint-Louis, the Isle Louvier and the Quai St Bernard

Background imageDiry Collection: Wentworth Castle

Wentworth Castle in Yorkshire, circa 1780. It was the seat of the Earls of Strafford until 1799. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Alnwick Castle

Alnwick Castle, seat of the Duke of Northumberland, circa 1783. Engraving by W Watts after Lord Duncannon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Scottish Cockfight

Scottish Cockfight
A cockfight between Lanark and Haddington in Scotland, 1785. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Burning The Guardhouse

Burning The Guardhouse
The burning of the guardhouse on the Pont Neuf in Paris, the year before the start of the French Revolution, 29th August 1788. Drawn and engraved by Girardet and finished by Niquet

Background imageDiry Collection: Carib Family

Carib Family
A family of Carib, or Kalinago, people on the island of Saint Vincents in the Windward Islands of the Caribbean, 1794. Engraving by Milton after a painting by Agostino Brunias



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