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Background imagePublic Building Collection: St Louis Cathedral New Orleans 19th Century

St Louis Cathedral New Orleans 19th Century
Vintage engraving of St Louis Cathedral New Orleans 19th Century

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian church warden lighting fire on Christmas Eve

Victorian church warden lighting fire on Christmas Eve
Vintage engraving of from the childrens story of The Robins Christmas Eve, 19th Century

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Gargoyle of the Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

Gargoyle of the Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
The gargoyles are an essential part of the history of the cathedral, and a key aspect of the site. The gargoyles main purpose is very practical

Background imagePublic Building Collection: The Sleeping Congregation, William Hogarth

The Sleeping Congregation, William Hogarth
Vintage engraving of The Sleeping Congregation, William Hogarth

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Hallstatt, Austria

Hallstatt, Austria
The village of Hallstatt, Lake Hallstatt, UNESCO World Heritage Hallstatt-Dachstein is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the HallstAÔé¼tter See (a lake)

Background imagePublic Building Collection: The De La Warr Pavilion

The De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex. An Art Deco and International Style building, designed by the architects Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff. Constructed 1935

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Heckscher Building

Heckscher Building
circa 1925: Exterior view of the Heckscher building, located at 1230 Fifth Avenue and 104th Street, New York City. The building now houses El Museo del Barrio

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Myrtle Beach Boardwalk at dusk

Myrtle Beach Boardwalk at dusk

Background imagePublic Building Collection: William Hogarth The Rakes Progress - In Bedlam

William Hogarth The Rakes Progress - In Bedlam
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths The Rakes Progress

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Toilet signs, Masada, Israel

Toilet signs, Masada, Israel
Men, women and disabled toilet signs, Masada

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Get Ahead Get A Hat

Get Ahead Get A Hat
31st July 1950: Three bowler hats on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. (Photo by Ron Gerelli/Express/Getty Images)

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Reading Room

Reading Room
circa 1925: The Reading Room at the British Museum where Karl Marx was a frequent visitor. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Natural History

Natural History
circa 1910: The Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Hamburg Skyline From St. Nicholas Church

Hamburg Skyline From St. Nicholas Church
Formerly one of the five Lutheran Hauptkirchen (main churches) in the city of Hamburg

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Airship Balloon

Airship Balloon
circa 1920: An observation balloon in the War Museum at Crystal Palace. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Penance of King Henry II

Penance of King Henry II
Vintage engraving of the Penance of King Henry II before the shrine of Thomas a Becket

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Five Men Arraigned in Police Courts

Five Men Arraigned in Police Courts
Throng packed in the Hall of Justice waiting for a glimpse of the five gangsters who are in jail for attacking young girls in Howard Street House, California

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Strike Riot's Aftermath -- Bandaged Prisoners in Court

Strike Riot's Aftermath -- Bandaged Prisoners in Court
Chicago, Ill. - Surgical gause and adhesive tape were much in evidence in Judge Padden's Court Wednesday, because forty prisoners from Sunday's fierce steel striker battle were there

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Do Gunn and Carmen Del Rio

Do Gunn and Carmen Del Rio
Mrs. Dolores Gunn, 40 (right), operator of an escort service, and Miss Carmen Del Rio, member of the Bureau and defense witness, shown in municipal court, where Mrs

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Hears Accusations of Actress

Hears Accusations of Actress
A study in quiet concentration is actor Charlie Chaplin at his Mann Act trial as he intently watches his outstretched hand on the federal courtroom table at which he and the defense counsel sit

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Hedy Lamarr Acquitted

Hedy Lamarr Acquitted
Moments after being acquitted 4/26 of stealing $86 worth of merchandise from a department store, actress Hedy Lamarr, 52, is all smiles and gets a quick kiss on the cheek from friend, Robert Osborne

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian London - Newgate Prison Exercise Yard

Victorian London - Newgate Prison Exercise Yard
" Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Prisoners walk round the exercise yard at Newgate Prison, circa 1870."

Background imagePublic Building Collection: The Prisoner

The Prisoner
Vintage engraving from 1862 showing a man visiting a prisoner

Background imagePublic Building Collection: The Pied Piper of Hamelin To Town Hall came flocking

The Pied Piper of Hamelin To Town Hall came flocking
VIntage engraing of a scene from the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. At last the people in a body To the Town Hall came flocking. Kate Greenaway, 1888

Background imagePublic Building Collection: The Paris Royal Academy of Music

The Paris Royal Academy of Music
"Academie royale du Musique, Paris, France, 1849"

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Jesus Christ disputing in the Temple

Jesus Christ disputing in the Temple
Vintage colour lithograph from 1880 of Jesus Christ disputing with the elders in the temple

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian London - Houses of Parliament

Victorian London - Houses of Parliament
Vintage engraving of Houses of Parliament, London, England. 1893

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Don Quixote - Moorish Scholar

Don Quixote - Moorish Scholar
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Moorish Scholar

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Don Quixote - my most bitter sorrows

Don Quixote - my most bitter sorrows
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes

Background imagePublic Building Collection: La Fontaines Fables - The Drunkard and his Wife

La Fontaines Fables - The Drunkard and his Wife
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Drunkard and his Wife

Background imagePublic Building Collection: La Fontaines Fables - Earthen Pot and the Iron

La Fontaines Fables - Earthen Pot and the Iron
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot

Background imagePublic Building Collection: La Fontaines Fables - Partridge and the Fowls

La Fontaines Fables - Partridge and the Fowls
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Partridge and the Fowls. Men fighting over the attention of a pretty woman

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian London - The Choir

Victorian London - The Choir
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. The Choir of Westminster Abbey

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian London - Found in the Street

Victorian London - Found in the Street
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. A homeless orphan is cared for in a refuge after being found in the street circa 1870

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian London - Billingsgate Market

Victorian London - Billingsgate Market
" Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Billingsgate Fish Market in the morning, Billingsgate was the largest fish market in the world in the Victorian era."

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Our Ladys Chapel

Our Ladys Chapel
" Vintage engraving from 1870 showing a scene from a poem by Thomas Hood. Away she hurried to Our Ladys Chapel, Full handed with two tapers."

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian London - Wedding at the Abbey

Victorian London - Wedding at the Abbey
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. A wedding at Westminster Abbey

Background imagePublic Building Collection: La Fontaines Fables - Pig Goat and the Sheep

La Fontaines Fables - Pig Goat and the Sheep
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Pig the Goat and the Sheep

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian London - Westminster Confirmation

Victorian London - Westminster Confirmation
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Confirmation of the Westminster Boys at Westminster Abbey

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian Christmas Pantomime

Victorian Christmas Pantomime
Vintage engraving from 1882 showing a group of people performing a traditional christmas pantomime show

Background imagePublic Building Collection: High Level Road, Hatton Garden, London

High Level Road, Hatton Garden, London
Vintage engraving showing high level road from St Sepulchres Church to Hatton Garden, Holborn, London, 1861

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Spanish Pictures - The Great Mosque of Cordoba

Spanish Pictures - The Great Mosque of Cordoba
Vintage engraving of scene from 19th Century Spain. The Great Mosque of Cordoba

Background imagePublic Building Collection: The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales
Vintage engraving of an Illustration and passage from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian satirical cartoon, Drunk man in a bar, 19th Century

Victorian satirical cartoon, Drunk man in a bar, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of a Victorian satire on attractiveness of wealth, 19th Century. A wreck at the bar

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian satirical cartoon, doctines of the church

Victorian satirical cartoon, doctines of the church
Vintage engraving of a victorian satirical cartoon on doctines of the church. 19th Century

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Zacatecas City

Zacatecas City
Zacatecas is a city and municipality in Mexico, and the capital and largest city of the state of Zacatecas

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Tomb of Otto Magnus (Otto I) Imperator

Tomb of Otto Magnus (Otto I) Imperator
Otto I, also known as Otto the Great, was German king from 936 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 962 until his death in 973

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Guanajuato city

Guanajuato city
Guanajuato, the capital of Guanajuato state, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a charming colonial era city situated in a picturesque valley surrounded by the Sierra de Guanajuato mountains

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Cadillac

Cadillac
circa 1955: A 1906 Cadillac touring car at the Long Island Automotive Museum in New York State. (Photo by Carsten/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imagePublic Building Collection: William Hogarth The Rakes Progress - Gambling House

William Hogarth The Rakes Progress - Gambling House
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths The Rakes Progress

Background imagePublic Building Collection: The Bench, Judges hearing a case in court, by William Hogarth

The Bench, Judges hearing a case in court, by William Hogarth
Vintage engraving of The Bench, by William Hogarth. 1758, depicts four judges listening to a case in the Court of Common Pleas

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Hic tantum quies est, This is only retirement

Hic tantum quies est, This is only retirement
Vintage engraving of a victorian satirical cartoon hic tantum quies est (This is only retirement). 19th Century

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian London - Charles Blondin at Shoreditch

Victorian London - Charles Blondin at Shoreditch
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Charles Blondin The Great Blondin performs the tightrope walker act at Shoreditch circa 1870

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian satirical cartoon - Law Suit as a boxing match

Victorian satirical cartoon - Law Suit as a boxing match
Vintage engraving of a victorian satirical cartoon. A Law Suit as a boxing match

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian men drinking and smoking in their local pub

Victorian men drinking and smoking in their local pub
Vintage engraving of Victorian men drinking and smoking in their local pub. Strange Adventures of a Dog cart, by Randolph Caldecott

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian nurses caring for a dying man

Victorian nurses caring for a dying man
Vintage engraving of Victorian nurses caring for a dying man suffering from Tuberculosis

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Steam train, station of Pacific Railway at Omaha, 19th Century

Steam train, station of Pacific Railway at Omaha, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of a station of the Pacific Railway at Omaha, 19th Century

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Chinese workers doing laundry in the the Palace hotel

Chinese workers doing laundry in the the Palace hotel
Vintage engraving of chinese workers doing laundry in the the Palace hotel, San Francisco, 19th Century

Background imagePublic Building Collection: The Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace to Sydenham 1852

The Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace to Sydenham 1852
Illustration of the Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace to Sydenham 1852

Background imagePublic Building Collection: V&A

V&A
circa 1909: The Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, London. Popularly known as the V&A, it houses one of the worlds finest collections of art and design exhibits

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Church of a good shepherd with milkyway above

Church of a good shepherd with milkyway above

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Hallstatt Village

Hallstatt Village
Hallstatt in Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the HallstAÔé¼tter See

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Belfry of the City Hall of Lille, France

Belfry of the City Hall of Lille, France
Belfort (Belfry) of the City Hall of Lille, in France, a UNESCO Heritage site

Background imagePublic Building Collection: What A Neck

What A Neck
28th February 1953: A little boy is fascinated by the stuffed giraffes on show at the Natural History Museum, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6432 - Natures Back Room Boys - pub

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Bambridge on Trial for Murder

Bambridge on Trial for Murder
Vintage engraving of Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons, by William Hogarth

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Country Inn Yard at the Time of an Election, Hogarth

Country Inn Yard at the Time of an Election, Hogarth
Vintage engraving of A Country Inn Yard at the Time of an Election by William Hogarth. Inside inns courtyard, with the morning coach headed out through the gate, and an election parade in progress

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn, William Hogarth

Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn, William Hogarth
Vintage engraving of Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn, William Hogarth

Background imagePublic Building Collection: William Hogarth The Rakes Progress - Tavern Scene

William Hogarth The Rakes Progress - Tavern Scene
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths The Rakes Progress

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Choir, Glasgow Cathedral, Scotland, 19th Century

Choir, Glasgow Cathedral, Scotland, 19th Century
Vintage colour engraving of Glasgow Cathedral, Scotland, 19th Century

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Don Quixote, The Funeral of Chrysostom by William Hogarth

Don Quixote, The Funeral of Chrysostom by William Hogarth
Vintage engraving of The Funeral of Chrysostom from Don Quixote by William Hogarth

Background imagePublic Building Collection: William Hogarth Scholars at a Lecture

William Hogarth Scholars at a Lecture
Vintage engraving of William Hogarth Scholars at a Lecture

Background imagePublic Building Collection: The Laughing Audience, cheap seats at the theatre, by William Hogarth

The Laughing Audience, cheap seats at the theatre, by William Hogarth
Vintage engraving of The Laughing Audience, by William Hogarth. The caricatured audience in the cheap seats is watching an exaggeratedly funny play

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian satirical cartoon, Church and state

Victorian satirical cartoon, Church and state
Vintage engraving of a victorian satirical cartoon Church and state. 19th Century. The smallest contribution thanfully received

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Victorian actors in the play The Detective, 1875

Victorian actors in the play The Detective, 1875
Vintage engraving of Victorian actors in the play The Detective, at the Mirror Theatre. The Graphic, 1875

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Preparing for the Pantomine

Preparing for the Pantomine
Vintage engraving from 1881 showing actors rehearsing for the performance of a pantomine at the Covent Garden Theatre, London

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Detective Police. Are you from the country young man ?

Detective Police. Are you from the country young man ?
Vintage engraving of a scene from the Charles Dickens piece The Detective Police. Are you from the country young man ? Yes, I says, I am

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Saint Augustine and the Saxon

Saint Augustine and the Saxon
Vintage engraving of Saint Augustine and the Saxons

Background imagePublic Building Collection: View of Rievaulx Abbey, 19th Century

View of Rievaulx Abbey, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of a View of Rievaulx Abbey, 19th Century. Rievaulx Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Rievaulx, near Helmsley in, North Yorkshire, England

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Custom House at Yokohama

Custom House at Yokohama
Vintage engraving showing the Custom House at Yokohama, Japan, 1861

Background imagePublic Building Collection: William Hogarths England

William Hogarths England
Vintage engraving by William Hogarth, England

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Dickenss Dombey and Son - Breaking up party

Dickenss Dombey and Son - Breaking up party
Vintage engraving of a scene from Charles Dickens Dombey and Son. Your fathers regularly rich, ain t he ? inquired Mr Toots. Yes Sir, said Paul, Hes Dombey and Son

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Bouquet seller in the market, New Orleans 19th Century

Bouquet seller in the market, New Orleans 19th Century
Vintage engraving of a Bouquet seller in the market, New Orleans 19th Century

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Woman praying in church, New Orleans, 19th Century

Woman praying in church, New Orleans, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of a woman praying in church, New Orleans, 19th Century

Background imagePublic Building Collection: Southern Parliament, New Orleans 19th Century

Southern Parliament, New Orleans 19th Century
Vintage engraving of a Southern Parliament, New Orleans 19th Century



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