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Corrugated Iron Collection

"From Bobsleds to Sunflowers: The Versatility of Corrugated Iron" In the bustling streets of Battersea

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Rusty, green-painted corrugated iron wall, Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Rusty, green-painted corrugated iron wall, Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Rusty Corrugated iron roof, Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Rusty Corrugated iron roof, Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: 'Pit and tools for rent--work on your own', U. S. 99, Fresno County, California, 1939

"Pit and tools for rent--work on your own", U. S. 99, Fresno County, California, 1939
U.S. 99. Fresno County. " Pit and tools for rent--work on your own." California. [ Garage; Electric Welding ]

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Children Battersea Playing on Bobsled; 10 April 1963

Children Battersea Playing on Bobsled; 10 April 1963

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Graphic on a commercial building

Graphic on a commercial building
Markus Auerbach

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Le champ de bataille; Un coin de Craonne: l'eglise, 1917. Creator: Unknown

Le champ de bataille; Un coin de Craonne: l'eglise, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Le champ de bataille; Un coin de Craonne: l'eglise, 1917. First World War: the battlefield; the church at Craonne. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Billingsgate New Market, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Billingsgate New Market, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Billingsgate New Market [in London], 1854. The New Market is covered with semicircular roofs of galvanised corrugated iron

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Sorting and stringing the 'golden leaf' at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938

Sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938
Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Sorting and stringing the 'golden leaf' at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938

Sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938
Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Octagon Villa, Antigua, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Octagon Villa, Antigua, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Octagon Villa, Antigua, 1850. This neat specimen of house-building in Antigua is the property and country residence of Andrew Coltart, Esq. It is situated one mile from St

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Cotton sharecropper family, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton sharecropper family, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Housing typical of that afforded Mexican field workers of the Imperial Valley, 1937

Housing typical of that afforded Mexican field workers of the Imperial Valley, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing typical of that afforded Mexican field workers of the Imperial Valley. These people are not migrants, but live on the edge of the ranches and work in peas and melons

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Resettled farm child from Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project, New Mexico, 1935

Resettled farm child from Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Resettled farm child from Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project. New Mexico

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Date picker's home. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Cotton pickers camp near Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton pickers camp near Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton pickers camp near Robstown, Texas

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: The home of a family in Oklahoma County, Elm Grove, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The home of a family in Oklahoma County, Elm Grove, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The home of a family in Oklahoma County. Elm Grove, Oklahoma

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Slums of Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Slums of Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Slums of Brawley, California. Imperial Valley

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma. Eight children in the family. Note the housing. Near Casa Grande project, Arizona

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Children of Mexican cotton laborers, Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Children of Mexican cotton laborers, Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of Mexican cotton laborers. Casa Grande, Arizona

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Ditch bank housing for Mexican field workers, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Ditch bank housing for Mexican field workers, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ditch bank housing for Mexican field workers. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Tobacco sharecropper's home near Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tobacco sharecropper's home near Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco sharecropper's home near Douglas, Georgia

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Housing for migratory cotton field laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing for migratory cotton field laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for migratory cotton field laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Housing for migratory cotton laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing for migratory cotton laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for migratory cotton laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: The Terminus, at Swansea, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Terminus, at Swansea, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Terminus, at Swansea, [Wales], 1850. Opening of the South Wales Railway. The...Railway is intended to effect a direct communication with the Great Western line at Gloucester...[it] communicates

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Horizontalis #2

Horizontalis #2
Linda Wride

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Twickenham PLA01_08_058

Twickenham PLA01_08_058
Twickenham Stadium, Whitton Road, Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, Greater London. The East Stand at Twickenham Stadium, seen from the South Stand on match day in 1985

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: corrugated roof detail DP236122

corrugated roof detail DP236122
Anchor Studio, Trewarveneth Street, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall. Detail of the corrugated-iron roof over the artists studios external stair, from the west

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: National Library, Athens, Greece

National Library, Athens, Greece

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: An old house almost hidden by sunflowers, Rodney, Miss. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott

An old house almost hidden by sunflowers, Rodney, Miss. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
An old house almost hidden by sunflowers, Rodney, Mississippi

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: A store with live fish for sale, vicinity of Natchitoches, La. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott

A store with live fish for sale, vicinity of Natchitoches, La. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
A store with live fish for sale, vicinity of Natchitoches, Louisiana. [Signs: Fish for Sale; Live Cat Fish; Live Fish for Sale ]

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: An old tenant house with a mud chimney and cotton growing up to its door... Melrose, La. 1940

An old tenant house with a mud chimney and cotton growing up to its door... Melrose, La. 1940
An old tenant house with a mud chimney and cotton growing up to its door, which is occupied by Mulattoes, Melrose, Louisiana

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: U. S. 99, Fresno County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

U. S. 99, Fresno County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
U.S. 99. Fresno County, California. " Pit and tools for rent--work on your own." California. [ Garage; Electric Welding; Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco - Treat Yourself to the Best ]

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Farmers come to town on Saturday afternoon for auction sale... back street in Nyssa, Oregon, 1939

Farmers come to town on Saturday afternoon for auction sale... back street in Nyssa, Oregon, 1939
Farmers come to town on Saturday afternoon for auction sale held on back street in Nyssa, Oregon

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Garbage disposal in new Yamhill farm family labor camp, near McMinnville, Oregon, 1939

Garbage disposal in new Yamhill farm family labor camp, near McMinnville, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Garbage disposal in new Yamhill farm family labor camp. Near McMinnville, Oregon. (FSA - Farm Security Administration)

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Looking down one street in newly completed FSA camp, near McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939

Looking down one street in newly completed FSA camp, near McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939
Looking down one street in newly completed camp (FSA - Farm Security Administration). Note garbage disposal, street lights, street curbing, water tank, and managers house at end of street

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Potato pickers camp, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato pickers camp, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato pickers camp. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Scene in a Farmyard (w / c)

Scene in a Farmyard (w / c)
2651225 Scene in a Farmyard (w/c) by Gash, Walter Bonner (1869-1928); Private Collection; eLiss Fine Art; English, out of copyright

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: In the background the stately Dock Board building. In the foreground a corner of

In the background the stately Dock Board building. In the foreground a corner of Liverpools show place - the Pier Head. Shanties, barbed wire, asbestos sheeting, broken-down fencing

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Colorful red green blue Houses Apartment Buildings Cars Bus Streets Ocean, Reykjavik

Colorful red green blue Houses Apartment Buildings Cars Bus Streets Ocean, Reykjavik, Iceland

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Colorful red green blue yellow Houses Cars Streets, Reykjavik, Iceland

Colorful red green blue yellow Houses Cars Streets, Reykjavik, Iceland. Most houses are made of corrugated metal

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Bright red orange Corrugated Lead, Metal abstract Patterns Background, Reykjavik, Iceland

Bright red orange Corrugated Lead, Metal abstract Patterns Background, Reykjavik, Iceland. Most houses in Iceland are made from corrugated lead metal because much of the heat is geothermal

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Pink Magenta Corrugated Lead, Metal abstract Patterns Background, Reykjavik, Iceland

Pink Magenta Corrugated Lead, Metal abstract Patterns Background, Reykjavik, Iceland. Most houses in Iceland are made from corrugated lead metal because much of the heat is geothermal

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Silver Light blue Corrugated Lead, Metal abstract Patterns Background, Reykjavik, Iceland

Silver Light blue Corrugated Lead, Metal abstract Patterns Background, Reykjavik, Iceland. Most houses in Iceland are made from corrugated lead metal because much of the heat is geothermal

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Small Tjornin Lake blue Ocean Sea Colorful blue red white green Houses Streets, Reykjavik

Small Tjornin Lake blue Ocean Sea Colorful blue red white green Houses Streets, Reykjavik, Iceland

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Iron church, for Jamaica, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Iron church, for Jamaica, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Iron church, for Jamaica, 1844. This Church has been sent out to Jamaica, as a specimen, as many of the kind are likely to be required

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Allied soldiers using periscopes, Flanders, First World War, 1915-1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

Allied soldiers using periscopes, Flanders, First World War, 1915-1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Allied soldiers using periscopes, Flanders, First World War, 1915-1916, (c1920). Ready to Repel an Attack: Canadian Infantry in the trenches wearing the new steel helmets

Background imageCorrugated Iron Collection: Ambulance delivering a cylinder of gas, Woolwich, London, 1946

Ambulance delivering a cylinder of gas, Woolwich, London, 1946
Ambulance delivering a gas and air cylinder, Woolwich, London, 1946. The ambulance driver is handing over the cylinder of gas to a midwife at a prefabricated bungalow




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"From Bobsleds to Sunflowers: The Versatility of Corrugated Iron" In the bustling streets of Battersea, children find joy in playing on a makeshift bobsled made entirely out of corrugated iron. Their laughter echoes through the air as they glide down the street, oblivious to the world around them. (Children Battersea Playing on Bobsled; 10 April 1963) On the picturesque Faroe Islands, a rusty, green-painted corrugated iron wall stands tall against the backdrop of Denmark's natural beauty. Its weathered appearance tells stories of resilience and endurance amidst harsh conditions. (Rusty, green-painted corrugated iron wall, Faroe Islands) As raindrops dance upon an old roof in the Faroe Islands, rusted corrugated iron panels create a symphony of sound that lulls its inhabitants into peaceful slumber. Each dent and imperfection adds character to this humble abode sheltering dreams beneath its protective embrace. (Rusty Corrugated iron roof, Faroe Islands) At Twickenham Stadium, spectators marvel at every detail - even those often overlooked like a meticulously crafted corrugated roof detail that blends seamlessly with its surroundings, and is a testament to human ingenuity and craftsmanship hidden in plain sight. (Twickenham PLA01_08_058) In Athens' National Library lies knowledge preserved within walls adorned with sturdy sheets - an unexpected juxtaposition between tradition and modernity that invites curiosity and exploration for all who enter its doors. (corrugated roof detail DP236122) A loyal companion finds solace sitting on a cement path beside an aging structure enveloped by nature's vibrant sunflowers in Rodney, Mississippi. The contrast between man-made materials and nature's beauty creates an enchanting harmony that captivates both heart and soul. (An old house almost hidden by sunflowers, Rodney, Miss.