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Sheltering Collection

Background imageSheltering Collection: Church Sheep

Church Sheep
6th August 1955: Sheep huddle in the doorway of the Abbey on the tiny island of Iona, famous for its connection with St Columba who founded a community on Iona after he was expelled from Ireland

Background imageSheltering 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 imageSheltering Collection: Victorian London - Scripture Reader in a Night Refuge

Victorian London - Scripture Reader in a Night Refuge
" Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. A missionary reads from the bible to homeless people in a night refuge, circa 1870."

Background imageSheltering Collection: Three Women On Beach Two Are Under Canvas Sun Wind Screen With Fringe Other Is Standing

Three Women On Beach Two Are Under Canvas Sun Wind Screen With Fringe Other Is Standing
UNITED STATES - Circa 1940s: Three Women On Beach Two Are Under Canvas Sun Wind Screen With Fringe Other Is Standing Holding A Ball

Background imageSheltering Collection: Illustration, white adult and baby Arctic Lemmings (Dicrostonyx torquatus), side view

Illustration, white adult and baby Arctic Lemmings (Dicrostonyx torquatus), side view

Background imageSheltering Collection: Exhibition Rain

Exhibition Rain
Rain storms dampen spirits at the opening of the National Leather Week Exhibition at Earls Court. A horse guard rides past a boy sheltering under a raincoat

Background imageSheltering Collection: Illustration, American Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus sp. ) peeking out from burrow in the rain

Illustration, American Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus sp. ) peeking out from burrow in the rain, rear view
Illustration, American Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus sp.) peeking out from burrow in the rain, rear view

Background imageSheltering Collection: 4000 BC lake dwelling

4000 BC lake dwelling

Background imageSheltering Collection: Illustration of Antarctic explorers inside tent

Illustration of Antarctic explorers inside tent

Background imageSheltering Collection: Illustration of Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson heating food on cooker inside cave

Illustration of Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson heating food on cooker inside cave

Background imageSheltering Collection: A Tale Of Two Building

A Tale Of Two Building
A (more modern, up-kept) house is reflected in the window of an older building in need of a degree of repair

Background imageSheltering Collection: London Rain

London Rain
circa 1928: A group of women stand underneath umbrellas in the London rain. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSheltering Collection: Rainswept

Rainswept
June 1919: A window cleaner keeps the rain off his head by wearing his bucket as a hat. (Photo by Roper/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSheltering Collection: Peace Rally

Peace Rally
1st July 1919: Crowds at St. James Palace listening to the peace proclamation. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSheltering Collection: Celebrating Peace

Celebrating Peace
19th July 1919: Londoners celebrate the end of World War I at the London Peace Pageant in Hyde Park. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSheltering Collection: Crowds In Rain

Crowds In Rain
1st June 1912: Crowds at the Amateur Golf Championship at Westward Ho in Devon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSheltering Collection: Improvised Shelter

Improvised Shelter
30th April 1939: A child shelters from the rain under a womans coat during the ceremony at the Cavalry memorial at Stanhope Gate, Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSheltering Collection: Exhibition Crowds

Exhibition Crowds
circa 1908: Crowds walking under the protection of umbrellas, at the British Exhibition. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSheltering Collection: Broken Umbrella

Broken Umbrella
25th June 1935: Three little boys shelter from the sun under a battered umbrella during Londons summer heatwave. (Photo by E. Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSheltering Collection: Little hut in winter mountains, Pirin, Bulgaria

Little hut in winter mountains, Pirin, Bulgaria
Snowcapped Kamenitza peak 2822m and Tevno ezero shelter at winter, Pirin mountain national park, Europe, Bulgaria

Background imageSheltering Collection: Punchestown Downpour

Punchestown Downpour
13th April 1910: Racegoers take shelter in the stand and enclosure during the Punchestown Races, County Kildare. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images)

Background imageSheltering Collection: Summer Downpour

Summer Downpour
1st June 1938: Newspapers come in handy as protection against the rain as race goers at Epsom flee the downpour. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSheltering Collection: Rain Gear

Rain Gear
Two spectators at Ascot wearing a tent-like bag to protect them from the rain

Background imageSheltering Collection: Wet Ascot

Wet Ascot
20th June 1980: A couple stroll under brollies in rain at first day at Ascot. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageSheltering Collection: Wet Ascot

Wet Ascot
20th June 1980: A couple stroll under brollies in rain at first day at Ascot. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageSheltering Collection: Wet Ascot

Wet Ascot
A sea of umbrellas at a wet Ascot horse race meeting

Background imageSheltering Collection: Home Made Wigwam

Home Made Wigwam
Oppressed by the heat at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, 1851, Mr and Mrs John Brown shelter under an umbrella in imitation of the native American teepees on display

Background imageSheltering Collection: Baby Hippo

Baby Hippo
circa 1960: A baby hippopotamus shelters under his mother in their pen at a zoo. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)


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