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Background imageStopping Collection: A Man Went a Hunting at Reigate - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

A Man Went a Hunting at Reigate - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration
A medieval man riding his horse and carrying a blunderbuss is attempting to pass through a gate which is being guarded by the land owner

Background imageStopping Collection: Ludgate Circus

Ludgate Circus
3rd January 1914: A policeman stops the traffic and helps pedestrians to cross the road at Ludgate Circus in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: Protesters Handing out Proclamation on Road Improvement Issues

Protesters Handing out Proclamation on Road Improvement Issues
(Original Caption) Leaders of a "secession" movement halt an automobile on the main highway here to put a "Proclamation of Independence" into the hands of the motorist

Background imageStopping Collection: Illustration of Policeman Halting Traffic for Children

Illustration of Policeman Halting Traffic for Children
TRAFFIC HALT, CORNER OF 4TH AVE. AND 15TH ST. POLICEMAN HOLDS BACK TRAFFIC SO THAT CHILDREN MAY CROSS THE STREET

Background imageStopping Collection: Illus.;Gold Seekers Halted By Mexicans

Illus.;Gold Seekers Halted By Mexicans
(Original Caption) The rush to the new California gold fields. Gold seekers halted at the border by Mexican troops- is it all a "fare" or a genuine find? Undated

Background imageStopping Collection: Referee Holds Archie Moore off James Parker During Boxing Match

Referee Holds Archie Moore off James Parker During Boxing Match
(Original Caption) 7/25/1956-Toronto, Ontario- The badly cut left eye of Canadian heavyweight James J

Background imageStopping Collection: Distiller Plugging Whiskey Barrel

Distiller Plugging Whiskey Barrel
Distiller Joseph Wathen plugs a bourbon whiskey barrel in the warehouse of a Louisville, Kentucky, distillery. September 14, 1962

Background imageStopping Collection: National Guardsman Stopping Demonstration

National Guardsman Stopping Demonstration
Mrs. Gloria Richardson (C), head of the Cambridge Non-violent Action Committee, and General George Gelston (LC) of the Maryland National Guard

Background imageStopping Collection: Civil Rights Marchers Kneeling in Prayer

Civil Rights Marchers Kneeling in Prayer
After being stopped by Alabama state troopers, civil rights marchers kneel in prayer in Selma, Alabama

Background imageStopping Collection: Ship Lays Floating Boom / Stop Oil Spill

Ship Lays Floating Boom / Stop Oil Spill
(Original Caption) 3/30/1967-St. Ives, Cornwall, England - A floating boom is laid across St. Ives Harbor in an attempt to halt the further infiltration of oil from the wrecked tanker Torrey Canyon

Background imageStopping Collection: Woman Reads Headline Bombing Is Halted

Woman Reads Headline Bombing Is Halted
(Original Caption) 11/1/1968-Saigon, South Vietnam- A pretty Vietnamese girl reads the details of President Johnson's announcement to halt the bombing of North Vietnam while in a park in Saigon

Background imageStopping Collection: Hector and Ajax separated by the Heralds

Hector and Ajax separated by the Heralds. From "Stories From Homer" by the Rev. Alfred J. Church, M.A.; illustrations from designs by John Flaxman

Background imageStopping Collection: Domino stepping out of line, thus preventing the other dominos from falling

Domino stepping out of line, thus preventing the other dominos from falling

Background imageStopping Collection: Handheld police signal, labelled Halt, Polizei, german for Stop! Police

Handheld police signal, labelled Halt, Polizei, german for Stop! Police

Background imageStopping Collection: Traffic sign, priority road, stop here at red light

Traffic sign, priority road, stop here at red light

Background imageStopping Collection: Stop sign

Stop sign
Red stop sign against blue sky with clouds

Background imageStopping Collection: Illustration of shut valve stopping backward flow of blood

Illustration of shut valve stopping backward flow of blood

Background imageStopping Collection: Tram

Tram in Bordeaux, France. The trams are the systems newest transportation network in the city, beginning service in 2003

Background imageStopping Collection: Tram

Tram
The tram is the way to get around Bordeaux if you re visiting as it is clean, cost effective and easy

Background imageStopping Collection: Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach
circa 1915: A few people venture into the sea, but most stay safely on the beach at Brighton in Sussex. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: Hiking Holiday

Hiking Holiday
circa 1925: Two hikers stop on a mountainside to enjoy the view. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: D Is For Donkey

D Is For Donkey
circa 1930: Two Turkish peasants and their donkey stop in a street to learn their ABC from a poster on a wall. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: Railway Block

Railway Block
1917: German soldiers blocking a railway line on the Russian front, to stop bands of pillaging irregular soldiers. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: Traffic Queue

Traffic Queue
1900: An orderly line of horse-drawn buses at a stop in Charing Cross. The open topped vehicles are covered with adverts. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: Police signalling disc stopping a car

Police signalling disc stopping a car

Background imageStopping Collection: Street lamps and a stop sign

Street lamps and a stop sign

Background imageStopping Collection: A railway signal of Deutsche Bundesbahn, the German Federal Railway

A railway signal of Deutsche Bundesbahn, the German Federal Railway

Background imageStopping Collection: Galapagos Lava Lizard -Microlophus albemarlensis- on a stop sign

Galapagos Lava Lizard -Microlophus albemarlensis- on a stop sign, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Background imageStopping Collection: Life ring and stop sign, Three Castle Head

Life ring and stop sign, Three Castle Head, Mizen Head Peninsula, West Cork, Republic of Ireland, British Isles, Europe

Background imageStopping Collection: Water Trough

Water Trough
1906: Working horses stop for a drink at a Metropolitan Association drinking fountain and cattle trough at the Strand in London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: Horse Tram

Horse Tram
circa 1890: Changing the horses at a tram stop in Liverpool. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: Sprung Load Bleriot

Sprung Load Bleriot
A Bleriot aeroplane, piloted by Adolphe Pegoud, which stops and starts in mid-air by using wire sprung between two posts at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: Breakfast Stop

Breakfast Stop
5th August 1911: A motorcyclist competing in the Herts County AC rally leaves the Aberford breakfast stop. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: Bus Stop

Bus Stop
12th August 1912: A Railways bus stops to allow passengers to alight at a stop in Trefriw. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: Ivatt Atlantic

Ivatt Atlantic
2nd June 1924: A Pullman train, Ivatt Atlantic No 4426, leaving Kings Cross station, London, on its inaugural run to Sheffield, first stop Nottingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: Bucking Bull

Bucking Bull
29th July 1927: A competitor in the Calgary Rodeo attempting to stay on a bull which is attempting to shake him off. (Photo by W. J. Oliver/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: Minehead Square

Minehead Square
1907: Trams stopping to pick up passengers at Minehead Square in Belfast. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageStopping Collection: House of Parliament

House of Parliament

Background imageStopping Collection: Hiking Onwards

Hiking Onwards
18th June 1949: Boys hiking along a village lane, during an expedition which will be the climax of one months stay for boys at the Outward Bound Sea School at Aberdovey

Background imageStopping Collection: Shipping In Belfast

Shipping In Belfast
A woman with two children stops to look at shipping in a harbour, Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 1955. Original publication: Picture Post - 7825 - Belfast - pub

Background imageStopping Collection: Suffragette Flag at Half Mast Over the Headquarters of the Womens Social and Political Union

Suffragette Flag at Half Mast Over the Headquarters of the Womens Social and Political Union
June 1913: The Suffragette flag at half mast over the headquarters of the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU) at Lincolns Inn House, Kingsway, London, after the death of Emily Davison


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