Signs And Symbols Collection (page 6)

Performing Dog
1921: Rex, the thought-reading dog, in action at Olympia Circus, in England. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Passenger Mail Van
1st May 1913: A passenger motor mail van, at Ashford in Kent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Traffic On Piccadilly
March 1912: A motor bus and taxi-cabs on Piccadilly, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Liverpool Street
June 1921: Liverpool Street Station in London which is run by Great Eastern Railway and connects passengers with the South East. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Charing Cross
July 1923: Looking across The Strand at Charing Cross station in London with a reproduction of the cross set up by Edward I in memory of his Queen Eleanor in front of the building

The YMCA
December 1911: The new YMCA building on the corner of Tottenham Court Road and Great Russell Street in central London (replaced by a new building in the 1960 s)

Piccadilly Circus
1928: Looking down Glasshouse Street to the junction with Sherwood Street and towards the lights of Piccadilly Circus in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

DKW Motorcycle
2nd November 1927: A DKW E250 motorcycle, on the German stand Zichopauer Motorenwerke JS Ramsmussen, at the Motor Cycle Show at Olympia in London. (Photo by H. F)

Coventry Eagle
3rd November 1927: The power unit for a Coventry Eagle motorbike, on display at the Motor Cycle Show at Olympia, London. (Photo by Davis Snr/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Exhibition Hall
12th November 1910: The exhibition hall, empty of visitors, following a day at the Motor Cycle Show at Olympia in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Football Crowds
26th January 1929: Crowds of hat-wearing football fans at a cup tie match between West Ham United and the Corinthians at Upton Park. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sweet Tooth
24th April 1949: Three children gazing longingly through the window of a sweetshop on the day that sweet rationing ended in Britain. (Photo by Monty Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Berlin Elections
May 1924: The scene at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin during elections, propaganda and election leaflets litter the ground. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Delivery Van
July 1927: A Thornycroft motor van belonging to the London and North Eastern Railway Express Parcels Service. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Family Hotel
August 1910: The Strand Palace Hotel in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Roof detail, Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China

Roman Aqueduct, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain

Bookmakers
18th April 1908: Bookmakers in the paddock at the Easter race meeting at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Race Crowd
April 1923: Crowds at Kempton Park race course. Jockeys names for the next race are in the frame. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hanging Up His Boots
5th May 1978: Racehorse Liam Brady has retired and is now more likely to be seen treading the turf at Windsor. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Fog Slows Traffic
2nd January 1973: Thick fog slowing commuters on their way to work through Highgate. (Photo by Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Colorado Hovercraft
14th June 1977: A hovercraft is seen from the side of a ferry. A warning sign about colorado beetles is in evidence. (Photo by Colin Davey/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Who Did You Vote For
2nd May 1979: Two dogs, Tashy and Lucky, parked outside the Kensington polling station whilst their owner exercises his or her constitutional right. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Dog At Battersea
1980: A mongrel in an enclosure at Battersea Dogs Home, south London. This image was used in a pre-Christmas appeal to find good homes for hundreds of stray dogs

Stand At Car Show
22nd October 1931: Cars on display at the Standard Motor Company stand at Olympia exhibition centre, London. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Capitol Cinema
1927: The Capitol cinema, London, showing Hills of Kentucky starring Rin Tin Tin the famous animal film star. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Church Haven
April 1952: An elderly man enters St Georges crypt in Leeds where he will be warm, can get a meal and maybe sleep the night. The cross above the door is illuminated all through the night

Hitler Undone
February 1945: An American GI removing a sign which reads Adolf Hitler Street from the side of a building in Duren, Germany. The street is to be renamed following the Second World War

Ideal For Rationing
A sign painted on the back window of a car stating: 1952 Ford. Ideal For Petrol Rationing. Buy Today - Any Trial ?170 or ?85 Deposit

Hollywood Homes
1st May 1951: Houses for ordinary families in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5298 - We Go To Hollywood - pub

Warners Cinema
1951: The exterior of Warners Cinema with its steel tower and neon signs in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5298 - We Go To Hollywood - pub

Which Way ?
1949: Two of the competitors in the Monte Carlo Road Race check their maps en route for Monte Carlo. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4708 - Monte Carlo Road Race - unpub

Fighter Pilot
28th June 1952: A US Airforce pilot stationed in Britain standing in a doorway with a sign above him reading Through These Portals Pass The Best Damn Fighter Pilots In The World

Public Nuisance
28th January 1939: An unusual sign in Londons Mayfair warns passers-by against making a public nuisance of themselves. Original Publication: Picture Post - 80 - Mayfair - pub

Plaza Cinema
1st October 1955: A neon sign lights up the Plaza cinema in the Scottish industrial town of Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock is home to a variety of industries

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)

Eiffel Balloons
Favourite sport in the early days of the Eiffel Tower was releasing toy balloons from its heights and watching them float over Paris. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Mormon Traders
circa 1869: Mormons at Salt Lake City, Utah. They are gathered under a sign advertising jewellery from London and Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bomb Damage
circa 1871: Buildings bombarded by the German occupation troops in the Paris Commune, during the Franco-Prussian War. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Paris Street Lamp
A street lamp outside the Louvre museum in Paris with a sign indicating the main entrance, circa 1960. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Parisian Grocery
A grocers shop in the Rue Bara, Paris, circa 1955. (Photo by H. Bowden/Frederic Lewis/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Street Urchins
circa 1895: A group of ragged boys, some barefoot, sit on the edge of a fountain; in the background is the pillared portico of the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. (Photo by J)

New York Bakery; View of a retail block, which is located between 641-59 East 180th Street
circa 1935: View of a retail block, which is located between 641-59 East 180th Street, Bronx, New York City. A bakery, a lumber and heating supply store, a shoe repair, a carpenter

Broadway
1926: Advertisements and signs for the Central and the Mark Strand theaters lit up at night on Broadway in New York City. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Abandoned Getaway Van
23rd January 1954: An abandoned getaway van used in a mailbag robbery at Walthamstow in east London. A police sign attached to the vehicle reads Not to be removed without authority

Young Gentlemen Dressed as a Future Diplomat
February 1958: Eleven year old Major Thompson, dressed as a future diplomat, explores Kensington Gardens in London with his nanny and two friends. (Photo by Russell Knight/BIPs/Getty Images)

Starting Point
13th October 1956: The house on the corner of Thistlewaite Road, Clapton, London where Harry Rael-Brook first started his crease-proof shirt business

Piccadilly Circus
26th June 1954: A crowd-free Piccadilly Circus in the centre of London, showing the tube station entrance, the statue of Eros and the Swan and Edgar building

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