Pedestrian Collection

Train crossing Stockport viaduct on London & North Western Railway. Note pollution of river banks, smoking chimneys and complete domination of scene by railway viaduct

HASSAM: AVENUE IN THE RAIN. The Avenue in the Rain. Oil on canvas by Childe Hassam, 1917

Flatiron building, Manhattan, New York, USA
Flatiron building and Midtown Manhattan at daytime, New York, USA

Busy Brooklyn Bridge the year it opened, 1883
Traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge, seen from the Manhattan side, 1883. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Church of St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, West Midlands, 1887. The church was originally built in the 13th century

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877. Artist: Gustave Caillebotte
Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877. Found in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

Union Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, c1960s. Artist: CM Dixon
Union Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, c1960s. Union Street is a major street and shopping thoroughfare in Aberdeen, named after the Acts of Union 1800

Coventry Shopping Centre
The rather stark modern shopping centre in Coventry with shoppers going about their business at British Home Stores or Marks and Spencer; Coventry Cathedral can be seen Date: 1960s

Chicagos State Street, 1890s
Marshall Field & Co. retail store on State Street, downtown Chicago, 1890s. Albertype reproduction of a photograph

Hull Shops 1970S
A typical late 20th century pedestrian shopping area. This one is in Hull, Yorkshire, England, on the corner of Parliament Street

Buenos Aires, Argentina - Avenida Alvear Date: 1906

Europe, Ireland, Ennis. Early morning on a street in the center of town. Credit as
Ireland, Ennis. Early morning on a street in the center of town. Credit as: Wendy Kaveney / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Cloth Hall, Market Square, (Rynek Glowny) Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Krakow, Poland, Europe

Cafe in the evening, Piazza Duomo, Ortygia, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, Europe

City Hall on Marienplatz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Elephant and Castle
The Elephant and Castle shopping centre. Later deemed by many to be yet another ugly example of post World War Two architectural modernism

George Wilson / Pedestrian
GEORGE WILSON The " Blackheath Pedestrian", born in Newcastle 24 June 1766. Long distance walker and walking match champion

Flower market, the Clock Tower, the Pont au Change and the Pont-Neuf, 1832. Creator: Giuseppe Canella
Flower market, the Clock Tower, the Pont au Change and the Pont-Neuf, 1832

Sherif Pasha Street in Alexandria, Egypt
Bustling street life at Sherif Pasha Street in Alexandria, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Midhat Pasha Souq at Damascus Straight Street, Syria
Midhat Pasha Souq inside an arcade at Damascus Straight Street (Street Called Straight; today Midhat Pasha Street) in the historic district of the city, Syria. Date: circa 1940

Madison Wisconsin Capital State Street View
View of the Wisconsin State Capital in Fall. State street pedestrian mall with trees in peak fall color. Madison

COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, 1893. The Grand Basin at the Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph, 1893, digitally colored by Granger, NYC -- All rights reserved

Budapest 1930s City Scene
circa 1930: Pedestrians make their way along the wooden sidewalks and trams cross a river bridge in the bustling city of Budapest, Hungary

DUBLIN: NASSAU STREET. Yeates and Son glasses store on Nassau Street in Dublin, Ireland. Photograph, early 20th century

View of the (proposed) western archway of the Thames Tunnel, London, c1831. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world

Union Street, built with Aberdeen Granite, Aberdeen Scotland, c1960s. Artist: CM Dixon
Union Street, built with Aberdeen Granite, Aberdeen Scotland, c1960s. Union Street is a major street and shopping thoroughfare in Aberdeen, named after the Acts of Union 1800

Avenue des Francais in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon, with the Orient Hotel on the left and the New Royal Hotel, the Kit Kat club and the St. Georges Hotel in the background on the right

JERUSALEM: JAFFA GATE. Jaffa Gate, one of the eight gates to the Old City in Jerusalem. Photograph, mid 20th century

People enjoying passeggiata in Piazza Duomo on the tiny island of Ortygia, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Times Square In The Rain
High-angle view looking north of rainy Times Square from the top of the Times Tower (now One Times Square) at the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, New York

NEW YORK: FLATIRON, 1919. Madison Square (Flatiron Building). Oil painting by Guy Wiggins, 1919

London street in the 1880s
Piccadilly busy with traffic on a spring day in London, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

St. James Street Montreal, Canada
19th century vintage photograph: St. James Street Montreal, Canada, pedestrian and horse drawn traffic

Entrance to the Regents Canal, Limehouse, from London and it
931585 Entrance to the Regents Canal, Limehouse, from London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century pub. Jones & Co. 1827-1829 (engraving) by Shepherd

Construction of Bells Bridge across River Clyde, Glasgow
A man working on Bells Bridge spanning the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. The pedestrian bridge was constructed in 1988 to coincide with the Glasgow Garden Festival

Nashville, Tennessee, Skyline, Cumberland River, John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, Previously Called The Shelby Street Bridge

Historic street in Damascus, Syria
View along a historic street in Damascus, Syria. Date: 1930s

Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. Las Ramblas and the Liceu opera
Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. View of Las Ramblas and the Liceu opera house (left). 19th century. Copying a colored engraving by Chapuy

INDIA: CALCUTTA, c1786. The Old Court House and Writers Building, a home for young employees of the East India Company, in Calcutta, India. Watercolor by Thomas Daniell, c1786

INDIA: CALCUTTA, 1786. Old Fort William (left), a playhouse and obelisk memorial to those who died in the Black Hole prison, in Calcutta, India. Watercolor by Thomas Daniell, 1786

The High Street, Shoreham - by - Sea, West Sussex. 1931

Vesterbro Passage in Copenhagen in winter, by Paul Fischer, 1919
Paul Fischer (1860-1935). Vesterbro Passage in Copenhagen in the winter, 1919

BOSTON COMMON: GREAT ELM. The Great Elm tree at Boston Common, which was destroyed in a storm in 1876. Line engraving, mid 19th century

Piccadilly and Hatchetts Hotel, London, c. 1887 (albumen print)
1769880 Piccadilly and Hatchetts Hotel, London, c.1887 (albumen print) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Piccadilly and Hatchetts Hotel, London)

Grays Inn Hall, Chapel and Library, from London and it
931519 Grays Inn Hall, Chapel and Library, from London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century pub. Jones & Co. 1827-1829 (engraving) by Shepherd

The Swing Bridge, Newcastle. Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. 14th October 1920

Guildford Grammar School Chapel, c1947. Creator: Unknown
Guildford Grammar School Chapel, c1947. Usually known as the Chapel of St. Mary and St. George. A Heritage-listed building on Terrace Road, East Guildford

A New Piccadilly Circus Below The Old As The Gateway to the Tubes, c1935. Artist: D Macpherson
A New Piccadilly Circus Below The Old As The Gateway to the Tubes, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

The Road to the Pyramids at Giza, c1873. Artist: Edward Lear
The Road to the Pyramids at Giza, c1873. The road passes through an avenue of trees forming a tunnel and giving shade to the travellers upon it

SHANGHAI: BUND, 1883. A view of the English settlement along the Bund in Shanghai, China, looking toward the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and showing the English Club (extreme left)

The Embankment, London on wet night with Policeman and Trams
A truly superb postcard photograph of The Embankment, London on wet night. The lights cast a strange eerie glow on the scene, magnified through the windows of a row of parked trams

Cartagena, Region of Murcia, Spain, Europe

First Avenue, Seattle, Wash. Postcard. 1904, First Avenue, Seattle, Wash. Postcard

CENTENNIAL FAIR, 1876. Memorial Hall at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1876. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

LONDON: FINANCIAL DISTRICT. Aerial view of the financial district of London, England, with Mansion House (left) and the Bank of England (right). Photographed c1910

LONDON: LUDGATE CIRCUS. View of Ludgate Circus, London, England, with St. Pauls Cathedral visible in the rear. Photographed c1900

GATL2A-00027
Jamaicans bringing their produce to market, circa 1890. Hand-colored halftone illustration of a 19th-century illustration

Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, California, United States of America, North America

The Cross, Kilmarnock (hand-coloured photo)
908008 The Cross, Kilmarnock (hand-coloured photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Great Pultney Street, Bath, c. 1883 (litho)
468867 Great Pultney Street, Bath, c.1883 (litho) by Woodroffe, R. (fl.1835-54) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: From Views of Bath, published by C. Duffield)

A view of Pennyfields, Chinatown, London, 20th century. A Chinese community began to become established in Limehouse on the banks of the Thames in East London in the late 18th century

Middlesex Street (Late Petticoat Lane) on a Sunday Morning, 1891. Artist: William Luker
Middlesex Street (Late Petticoat Lane) on a Sunday Morning, 1891. Petticoat Lane Market, a fashion and clothing market in the East End of London, consists of two adjacent street markets

Two forms of transport on a London bridge -- a double decker bus on the left, a horse and cart on the right. The bus is on Route 33A, serving Sheen, Hammersmith, Kensington, Piccadilly Circus

Second Bank Of The United States
Engraving by William Henry Bartlett shows pedestrians on the street outside the imposing facade of the Second Bank of the United States on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, 1820s

CHICAGO: STREET, 1941. Street in the African American section of Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Russell Lee, 1941

SIR ROWLAND HILL (1795-1879). English postal authority and educator. Birthplace of Hill at Kidderminster, England. Engraving, English, 1890

Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclist causing havoc aid his fellow road-users, knocking over a man and his dog. An old take on a current issue! Date: 1904

BOSTON: BOWDOIN SQUARE. Bowdoin Square, Boston, Massachusetts. Colored photograph, c1919

Inside the Venetian Hotel complete with gondaliers and a recreated Venice, mainly a shopping mall and restaurant area, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, North America

The Chelsea Bun-House, 1810, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
The Chelsea Bun-House, 1810, (c1876). The Chelsea Bun House sold Chelsea buns and hot cross buns at Easter, with patronage of Kings George II, George III and their families

Pedestrians Walking On A Walkway Over A River At Dusk With Durham Cathedral And Castle On A Hilltop; Durham, England

St. Basils Cathedral and the Kremlin in Red Square, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Moscow, Russia, Europe

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)

Neon lights on a rainy evening, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, Asia

NEW YORK: GASLIGHT, 1856. Broadway, New York, by Gaslight. Wood engraving, American, 1856

BEARDSLEY: POSTER DESIGN. A fashionably dressed young woman approaching a book store. Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley for an advertising poster for a London book publisher, c1895

Traffic lights in Oxford Street
The new traffic light system in operation in Oxford Street, London in 1931 with uncertain pedestrians still warily looking for oncoming traffic

Historic tram, busy street, Istikla Caddesi, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Morris / Kelmscott House
WILLIAM MORRIS English writers home, Kelmscott House in Hammersmith

View to the Royal Palace, Norwegian National Day (17th May) Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Moi Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Victoria Railway Station (Victoria Terminus), Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India, Asia

Pedestrians make their way along a snow covered street during a winter snow storm in Cambridge, Massachusetts February 9, 2015

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"Capturing the Essence of Urban Life: A Glimpse into Pedestrian Scenes" Immerse yourself in the vibrant city streets as captured by renowned artists throughout history. From Hassam's "Avenue in the Rain" to Caillebotte's "Paris Street; Rainy Day, " these masterpieces transport us to bustling metropolises, where pedestrians navigate through rain-soaked pavements. Travel back in time with CM Dixon's depiction of Union Street, Aberdeen, Scotland in the 1960s. The artist skillfully portrays a snapshot of daily life, showcasing individuals going about their routines amidst a backdrop of charming architecture. Experience the enchanting twilight over Londonderry's Peace Bridge and skyline – a serene moment frozen in time. The bridge stands as a testament to human connection and progress, while pedestrians traverse its path, creating an atmosphere filled with anticipation and possibility. The iconic Flatiron building in Manhattan serves as both a landmark and gathering point for pedestrians from all walks of life. Its triangular shape dominates the New York City skyline, symbolizing resilience and urban dynamism. Step into Birmingham's Church of St Martin in the Bull Ring – an architectural marvel that has witnessed centuries activity. This historic site continues to be a hub for locals and visitors alike, offering solace amidst busy city life. Journey back to Chicago's State Street during the 1890s when horse-drawn carriages shared space with bustling crowds on foot. This lively scene captures the essence of urban energy that pulses through every street corner. Witness Coventry Shopping Centre come alive with shoppers weaving through its corridors – each step revealing stories untold. Here lies evidence that pedestrian culture thrives within modern retail spaces, fostering connections between people and places. Transport yourself to Brooklyn Bridge during its inaugural year in 1883 - an engineering marvel connecting two boroughs while pedestrians marveled at this feat above turbulent waters below.