Lamppost Collection

View Of West 42nd Street
View looking east along West 42nd Street from 6th Ave, New York, New York, circa 1930s. The New York Public Library is visible at right and the skyscraper with the spire (C) is the Chrysler Building

Budapest 1930s City Scene
circa 1930: Pedestrians make their way along the wooden sidewalks and trams cross a river bridge in the bustling city of Budapest, Hungary

City Life
circa 1930: Michigan Avenue in Chicago. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Borough Market
Crowds flock to Londons Borough Market on Christmas Eve, with Southwark Cathedral in the background, circa 1850. From a drawing by G Dodgson. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Piccadilly Street
circa 1890: Traffic on a street in London's Piccadilly. (Photo by Otto Herschan Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Pulteney Bridge, circa 1930
Pulteney Bridge over the River Avon in Bath, Somerset, with the weir on the right, circa 1930. The bridge was built in the latter half of the 18th century by Robert Adam

Stationers Hall, Stationers Ball Court, London
circa 1830: A drawing by Thomas H Shepherd and engraved by W Watkins, of Stationers Hall, Stationers Ball Court, London. The Stationers Company originated in 1403 when the Mayor of the City of London

Eros Statue
circa 1900: The famous statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus, London, erected in 1893. (Photo by Otto Herschan Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Chicago Construction
A building under construction on Van Buren Street, Chicago, 30th September 1894. It is being rendered fireproof by placing tiles around the steel frame. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Monkey Commuters
circa 1930: Monkeys watching commuters on a railway platform in India. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Heavy Going
8th February 1950: Traffic makes waves along the Horsham Road in Surrey through flood water from the River Mole. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Wet Whipps Cross
circa 1956: Whipps Cross, London, after torrential downpours caused widespread flooding. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Taking A Stroll
circa 1960: A grandfather taking a stroll with his grandson in the pedestrian lane of Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Busy Junction
Buses and trams crossing a busy junction on a street in Paris. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Lonely Copper
August 1929: A London policeman finds himself without any traffic to direct on a rainy night on the River Thames Embankment between Chelsea and Westminster. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Demolition Man
circa 1900: A man works on the demolition of the Adelphi in London, which had been designed by Robert Adam. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Orontes
Well-wishers wave goodbye to Douglas Jardine and the other members of the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) as they set sail from Tilbury to Australia on the Orient liner Orontes

Student Raid
December 1929: Students dressed like members of the Inquisition stand at the foot of the Town Hall in Portsmouth being addresed by an official during a rag-day raid. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Lamp Lighter
Joe Styles from Putney, London who has a been a lamp lighter for 40 years, cleaning a lantern in Hyde Park, London. He has 183 gas lamps in his care. (Photo by Cleland Rimmer/Getty Images)

Gamages
1914: Gamages department store in the City of London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Queen Victoria Street in London, looking east towards Mansion House, 1867. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bordeaux
The centre of Bordeaux in France. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Toll Gate
1864: The turnpike at Notting Hill Gate in London. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Connaught Place
1840: Traffic on Connaught Place at the corner of Edgware Road, London. Original Artist: By Whitlock (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Dancing Bear
A dancing bear in a London street. (Photo by Paul Martin/Getty Images)

Drink Seller
A man selling a refreshing drink of sherbert and water in Cheapside, London. (Photo by Paul Martin/Getty Images)

Rear view of a businessman walking on a sidewalk, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France

Cars on the road, Porte De Bourgogne, Pont De Pierre, Garonne River, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France

Traffic at sunrise, Zoobruecke, Zoo Bridge, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Park Lane
circa 1908: Traffic on Park Lane in central London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Walking Advertisement
1894: Sandwich-men walking up and down the Strand in London wearing sandwich-boards to advertise Theodora, a historical drama involving live lions. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Walsingham Hotel
circa 1900: The Walsingham House Hotel at Piccadilly, London, later the site of the Ritz Hotel. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Chrisp Street
1904: Chrisp Street market in Poplar, in the East End of London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Blackpool Town Hall
circa 1900: A child with a pram on the streets of Blackpool with the Town Hall in the background. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Tramway Entrance
1906: People heading for the LCC tramway station entrance in Kingsway, London (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Kingsway
1906: A view of Kingsway, London, in 1906, showing a motor bus and the tramway station exit, hansom cabs and some other light traffic on the main road

Office buildings, USA, (B&W), low angle view

People walking on street in blizzard, (B&W)

Seville
A square in Seville, with the cathedral and Giralda tower in the background, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Old Oil Lantern
One of the old RAOEb oil lanterns which stood on the Jannowitz BrAOEcke or Jannowitz Bridge in Berlin from 1815 to 1840, circa 1900. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Arch bridge across a river, Pont De Pierre, St. Michel Basilica, Garonne River, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France

Conductors Home
Appletree Farm House in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, the former country home of English conductor Sir Henry Wood, 26th May 1969. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

U. S. Custom House In New York
View of the U.S. Custom House Building on Bowling Green, New York, New York, 1920s. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Whitehall Building Complex In New York
View of the Whitehall Building and the Whitehall Building Annex at 17 Battery Place, New York, New York, 1920s. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Chrysler Building From First Avenue & 42nd Street
A view of the Chrysler Building as seen from First Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, New York, 1930s. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

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