Stopping Collection

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

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)

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

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

Traffic sign, priority road, stop here at red light

Stop sign
Red stop sign against blue sky with clouds

Illustration of shut valve stopping backward flow of blood

Tram in Bordeaux, France. The trams are the systems newest transportation network in the city, beginning service in 2003. They are run with APS technology

Tram
The tram is the way to get around Bordeaux if you re visiting as it is clean, cost effective and easy! One thing that you ll notice when you arrive in Bordeaux is the efficient use of the tramway

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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

Police signalling disc stopping a car

Street lamps and a stop sign

A railway signal of Deutsche Bundesbahn, the German Federal Railway

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

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

House of Parliament

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

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

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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