Planning Collection (#2)

Colombia Market, Bethnal-Green, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Colombia Market, Bethnal-Green, [London], 1865. 'The new market [financed by Angela Burdett-Coutts]...will be quadrangular...The west side is nearly completed

Gordon Highlander officers mess, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404034 Gordon Highlander officers mess, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

The English traveller, in the shape of John Bull, looking on in horror at what the railway companies were planning for
527866 The English traveller, in the shape of John Bull, looking on in horror at what the railway companies were planning for him

Alfred the Great (849-899) Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex from 871. Alfred planning how to capture the Danish/Viking fleet
531898 Alfred the Great (849-899) Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex from 871. Alfred planning how to capture the Danish/Viking fleet - 885

Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: Kensington Gate, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: Kensington Gate, 1864. This week has witnessed the abolition of turnpike toll obstructions upon fifty miles of road in

Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: City-road Gate, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: City-road Gate, 1864. This week has witnessed the abolition of turnpike toll obstructions upon fifty miles of road in

Germans in S.W. Belgium, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans in S.W. Belgium, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers near large haystacks in Belgium during World War I

Le General Petain dans son Wagon-Salon, 1916 (1924) Creator: Unknown
Le General Petain dans son Wagon-Salon, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Relative position of the proposed India Museum and other public institutions, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Relative position of the proposed India Museum and other public institutions, 1876. 1. Proposed Site for the India and Colonial Museums; 2. Government Offices; 3. India Office; 4

L'offensive russe; Le general Sakharoff, 1916 (1924) Creator: Unknown
L'offensive russe; Le general Sakharoff, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Lake and Boulevard, Rockefeller Park, Cleveland, O[hio], between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Lake and Boulevard, Rockefeller Park, Cleveland, O[hio], between 1900 and 1920

Alexander the Great Plans World Conquest, n.d. Creator: Antoine Dieu
Alexander the Great Plans World Conquest, n.d

Henryk Sienkiewicz et les membres du Comite general de secours pour les victimes... 1916. Creator: Leon Kaufmann
Henryk Sienkiewicz et les membres du Comite general de secours pour les victimes de la guerre en Pologne, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Plan of the New Opening into St. James's-Park, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Plan of the New Opening into St. James's-Park, 1856. Planning controversy in London. The facilities granted to hired carriages a few years since having been suddenly stopped in the autumn of last

Juneau Park and Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, between 1890 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Juneau Park and Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, between 1890 and 1905

Les Premiers coups de canon; Le General Conrad de Hotzendorf, 1914. Creator:s Chernov
Les Premiers coups de canon; Le General Conrad de Hotzendorf, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

La general de Villaret dans la piece ou il travaille, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La general de Villaret dans la piece ou il travaille: au mur, un hors texte de L'Illustration, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Napoléon III remettant au baron Haussmann le décret d'annexion des communes...(16 février 1859)
Napoleon III remettant au baron Haussmann le decret d'annexion des communes limitrophes (16 fevrier 1859), 1865

Benson and Mayo, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Benson and Mayo, between 1910 and 1920
Benson and Mayo, between 1910 and 1920. US admirals William Shepherd Benson and Henry Thomas Mayo looking at a map of Mexico. Notepaper headed Office of Naval Operations'

Building of the McMillan Commission model, ca. 1902. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Building of the McMillan Commission model, ca. 1902. Photograph shows men working on a model depicting the McMillan Plan for the redesign of the Mall and other areas in Washington, D.C

Poster by Record Section, Suburban Resettlement Administration, 1935-12. Creator: Arthur Rothstein
Poster by Record Section, Suburban Resettlement Administration, 1935-12

Poster by Record Section, Suburban Resettlement Administration, 1935-12. Creator: Arthur Rothstein
Poster by Record Section, Suburban Resettlement Administration, 1935-12

Army War Game - Lt. Col. D.E. Aultman; Lt. Col. J.A. Shipton; Major L. Wahl; Col. George H... 1917
Army War Game. Lt. Col. D.E. Aultman; Lt. Col. J.A. Shipton; Major L. Wahl; Col. George H. Cameron; Lt. Col. E D. Anderson; Lt. Col. Henry Jervey, 1917

Army War Game - Lt. Col. D.E. Aultman; Lt. Col. J.A. Shipton; Major L. Wahl; Col. George H... 1917
Army War Game - Lt. Col. D.E. Aultman; Lt. Col. J.A. Shipton; Major L. [sic] Wahl; Col. George H. Cameron; Lt. Col. E D. Anderson; Lt. Col. Henry Jervey, 1917

The Quarries Field, Head-Quarters of Lord Raglan, off Sebastopol, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Quarries Field, Head-Quarters of Lord Raglan, off Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War: Fitzroy HJ Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Master-General of the Ordnance of British Troops in the Crimea

Lord Raglan and General Canrobert visiting the French Outposts opposite Sebastopol, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Lord Raglan and General Canrobert visiting the French Outposts opposite Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War. General Canrobert...is looking at Sebastopol through his telescope...In the distance...may be

Paris Plan, between 1632 and 1641. Creator: Giovanni Maria Tamburini
Paris Plan, between 1632 and 1641

Vice-Rector Greard presenting plans for the new Sorbonne to President Sadi Carnot, 1894. Creator: Alfred Philippe Roll
Vice-Rector Greard presenting plans for the new Sorbonne to President Sadi Carnot, 1894

Allegory of construction of the new Hotel de Ville, 1881. Creator: Paul Alexandre Alfred Leroy
Allegory of construction of the new Hotel de Ville, 1881

Portrait of Baron Haussmann (1809-1891), prefect of the Seine (1853-1870), c1860. Creator: Henri Lehmann
Portrait of Baron Haussmann (1809-1891), prefect of the Seine (1853-1870), c1860

Panoramic view of the Pantheon, 5th arrondissement, Paris, between 1862 and 1905. Creator: Pierre Emonds
Panoramic view of the Pantheon, 5th arrondissement, Paris, between 1862 and 1905

Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Kern County, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. The discussion this evening centers on the possibility of buying kerosene oil in large

Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Kern County, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. The discussion this evening centers on the possibility of buying kerosene oil in large

Meeting of the Ladies Committee...in Aid of the Great Exhibition... 1850. Creator: Smyth
Meeting of the Ladies Committee at Stafford House in Aid of the Great Exhibition of Industry of all Nations, in 1851, 1850

Secession Building, Vienna, Austria

EDITORIALGoering with, left, General Jeschonnek, and right, General Loerzer, studying a map while planning an attack on Britain, 1940. Hermann Wilhelm Gring or Goering, 1893-1946

Planning a raid, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Planning a raid, c1907. Photo shows Natives on horseback on a hill

The proposed road through Hyde Park to the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The proposed road through Hyde Park to the International Exhibition, [London], 1862. The vexed question of the approaches to the Exhibition building still seems to be far from a satisfactory

Konrad Smigielski
Leicester plans for her future, 1964. The City of Leicesters planning officer in the 1960s, Konrad Smigielski. Date: 1964

First design for the Chateau du Bouilh, Saint Andre de Cubzac, Aquitaine, c
XIR386094 First design for the Chateau du Bouilh, Saint Andre de Cubzac, Aquitaine, c.1787 (pen, ink & w/c) by Louis, Victor (1731-1800); Private Collection; (add.info.: Louis-Nicolas Louis)

One of the most momentous conferences of the war began in January 1943 near Casablanca, Morocco when American President Roosevelt

The best brains in the football business all got together with one common desire, to put a spark back into English soccer

The Rector of St Botolphs Church, Chevening, Rev Maurice Hewett seen here with Bob Tenton going over the plans for Denesfield Court. A development of 16 sheltered living flats. Circa July 1981

Old Bracknell regeneration. 8th April 1991

An aerial view of the Northfield Housing Estate in Aberdeen, Scotland showing a De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk flying overhead. Circa 1950

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