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John Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection (#2)

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Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Blacksmiths, Gloucestershire a054054

Blacksmiths, Gloucestershire a054054
The interior of a blacksmiths workshop in Gloucestershire. Photographed by John Gay in the 1950s at an uncertain location

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Hay Bales FF002978

Hay Bales FF002978
Ashendon, Buckinghamshire. Hay bales stacked in a field. Photographed by John Gay

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: A new baby a089549

A new baby a089549
Thaxted, Essex. Looking down at a group of women cooing at a baby in a pram as a man looks on. Photographed by John Gay in the late 1950s

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Out of the pram a086152

Out of the pram a086152
Blackpool, Lancashire. A young mother with baby and pram standing beside an ice cream cart. Photographed by John Gay 1946-55

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Dad with pram a066358

Dad with pram a066358
Golders Hill Park, Greater London. A man with a child in a pram stop outside an enclosure, withpeople behind looking at a stag on the other side of the fence. Photographed by John Gay 1960s

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: On the beach a082144

On the beach a082144
Suffolk. A couple walking along a beach, the man pulling a pram behind him. Photographed by John Gay in 1963

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Girls playing a091596

Girls playing a091596
Church Path, Queen Camel, Somerset. Looking along a cobbled street towards the tower of St Barnabas Church, with three young girls tending to a doll in a pram. Photographed by John Gay in April 1953

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Avebury Stone Circle a083102

Avebury Stone Circle a083102
Avebury, Wiltshire. Standing stones in the south-east sector of Avebury stone circle, showing the Devils Chair in the foreground. Photographed by John Gay (date uncertain)

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Pittville Park a092116

Pittville Park a092116
Pittville Pump Room, Pittville Park, Pittville, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The west face of the, Pittville Pump Room, located in the north-east part of, Pittville Park

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Gas light a066010

Gas light a066010
Kings Cross, London

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Festival Pleasure Gardens a054055

Festival Pleasure Gardens a054055
Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea Park, Wandsworth, London. Passengers riding the waterchute fairground ride at the Battersea Festival Gardens, Greater London, illuminated at night

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Speakers Corner a054025

Speakers Corner a054025
General view of a crowd at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, London, with a young black man on the platform with arm outstretched. Date range 1962-1964. Photographer, John Gay

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Kentish Town, 1960s FF003351

Kentish Town, 1960s FF003351
A man on stepladders re-painting the exterior of a business premises in Kentish Town, London. 1960s. Photographer, John Gay

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Cats drinking milk GAY01_08_01_01_001

Cats drinking milk GAY01_08_01_01_001
Two cats drinking milk from a pail. Part of a series of cats photographed by John Gay (active 1946-1980)

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Cats slippers a083181

Cats slippers a083181
Portrait of cats beside a pair of slippers on the window sill of a house in Lacock, Wiltshire. Photographed by John Gay, 1950s

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Cat snack a081620

Cat snack a081620
A cat eating off the ground at a farm in North Shropshire, in front of the snouts of three pigs with their heads under a gate. Photographed by John Gay, 1960s

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Cat on table a075838

Cat on table a075838
Looking down at a black and white cat sitting on a folding outside table next to a slatted wooden bench. Photographed by John Gay in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, 1977

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Cat perch a086641

Cat perch a086641
A tabby cat sitting on top of a wall beside a house, and staring down a sloping handrail towards the camera. Photographed in Cornwall by John Gay, 1950

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Cat perch a084435

Cat perch a084435
A black British longhair cat sat upon a white brick pier at Pond Square, Highgate, London. Photographed by John Gay in 1969

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Cats tongue a076241

Cats tongue a076241
A cat with a milky tongue beside a pail of milk. Photographed by John Gay in Hertfordshire, 1950s-60s

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Cat with bowl a067695

Cat with bowl a067695
A long haired tortoiseshell cat sitting on a mat beside a bowl of food. Photographed by John Gay in 1970

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Hillingdon a068672

Hillingdon a068672
Hillingdon, London. A newly built block of flats constructed in the brutalist style on an estate at Field End Road. Photographed by John Gay 1968-75

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: St Giles Cripplegate FF003274

St Giles Cripplegate FF003274
The Church of St Giles and the Barbican Estate, City of London, 1962-'4. John Gay (1909-'99), cellulose acetate negative

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Farmhouse kitchen a087028

Farmhouse kitchen a087028
GWENDREATH FARMHOUSE, Grade Ruan, Cornwall. Interior view. Cats warming themselves beside a coal-fired kitchen range. Photographed by John Gay between 1950 and 1965

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: St Ives, Cornwall a086596

St Ives, Cornwall a086596
ST IVES, Cornwall. A view looking across the harbour to St Ives from Smeatons Pier, taken during the photographers holiday to Cornwall. Photographed by John Gay, 1950

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Tomb of Karl Marx, Highgate Cemetery a074709

Tomb of Karl Marx, Highgate Cemetery a074709
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. A view towards the tomb of Karl Marx, the political philospher who died in London in 1883

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Flower bulbs FF003108

Flower bulbs FF003108
Flower bulbs growing amidst small stones. Including a snowdrop. Photographed by John Gay

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Tomb of Karl Marx, Highgate Cemetery a074718

Tomb of Karl Marx, Highgate Cemetery a074718
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. Chinese visitors studying the tomb of Karl Marx, the political philospher

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Highgate Cemetery MF001691_01

Highgate Cemetery MF001691_01
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. A Celtic cross tombstone, carved with a sundial, in the West Cemetery. Photographed by John Gay in March 1984

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Highgate Cemetery a073625

Highgate Cemetery a073625
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. Gravestones and tombs standing in the mist in the West Cemetery. Photographed by John Gay in 1981

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Highgate Cemetery a074572

Highgate Cemetery a074572
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. Graves in the fog of the West Cemetery. Photographed by John Gay in 1992

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Pedestrians on London Bridge FF003475

Pedestrians on London Bridge FF003475
Pedestrians walking across London Bridge, with Tower Bridge visible in the background. Photographed by John Gay during the 1960s

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: White Conduit Street, Islington FF003132

White Conduit Street, Islington FF003132
WHITE CONDUIT STREET, Islington, London. A line of children hold hands as they walk along the middle of White Conduit Street towards the junction with Chapel Market in Islington

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Cat FF003160

Cat FF003160
A white Chinchilla Persian cat on a Kosset carpet. We ve been expecting you... Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1955-1975

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Cremorne Wharf FF003276

Cremorne Wharf FF003276
CREMORNE WHARF, Chelsea, London. View south-west along the River Thames at dusk towards Cremorne Wharf and the Chelsea Flour Mills with the Lots Road Power Station behind

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: St Pauls Cathedral in bomb damaged surroundings a093716

St Pauls Cathedral in bomb damaged surroundings a093716
ST PAULs CATHEDRAL, London. The cathedral in mist with the snow-covered ruins of a bomb damaged building in the foreground. Photographed by John Gay in 1947

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Palace of Westminster and debris a093799

Palace of Westminster and debris a093799
SOUTHWARK, London. Bomb damage and demolition debris beside County Hall on Londons South Bank, with the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge in the background. Photographed by John Gay

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Covent Garden a093707

Covent Garden a093707
COVENT GARDEN, London. Looking up at the arched iron and glass facade of Covent Garden markets Floral Hall, with piles of fruit crates belonging to W. Bailey Ltd stacked in the foreground

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Old Royal Naval College a065183

Old Royal Naval College a065183
OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Greenwich, London. Misty view of the wrought iron gates and gatepiers to the Royal Naval College on Romsey Road, showing the college beyond. Photographed by John Gay

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance a075348

Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance a075348
A Georgian house with cows on the front lawn probably in Herefordshire, occupied by the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance. Photographed by John Gay between 1945 - 1955

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Dogs and cat a087369

Dogs and cat a087369
A close up of three Great Dane dogs and a cat, who is sitting on one of their backs, outside a door at Hele Farm in Devon. Photographed by John Gay in April 1958

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Pebbles a087193

Pebbles a087193
A close-up view of sea-worn rocks and pebbles on a Cornwall beach. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1950 - 1960

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Marazion and St Michaels Mount a086591

Marazion and St Michaels Mount a086591
MARAZION, Cornwall. A view over the rooftops of Marazion to St Michaels Mount, taken during the photographers holiday to Cornwall. Photographed by John Gay in 1950

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Kenwood House OP04508

Kenwood House OP04508
KENWOOD HOUSE, Hampstead, London. Exterior view. Looking across towards the south front of Kenwood House from the grounds, with a large oak and daffodills in the foreground

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Portscatho Harbour, Cornwall OP04507

Portscatho Harbour, Cornwall OP04507
PORTSCATHO HARBOUR, Gerrans, Cornwall. A young boy looking down towards tethered boats in the harbour at Portscatho. Photographed by John Gay during 1950s-1960s

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Austin van and aircraft propellers a087965

Austin van and aircraft propellers a087965
HEATHROW AIRPORT, B E A Aircraft Hangar, London

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Aldeburgh Beach, Suffolk a082550

Aldeburgh Beach, Suffolk a082550
ALDEBURGH BEACH, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Fisherman tipping a wicker basket at the seas edge with gulls wheeling overhead and a sea mark in the foreground. Photographed by John Gay in 1977

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Brill Windmill a081475

Brill Windmill a081475
BRILL WINDMILL, Windmill Street, Brill, Buckinghamshire. Brill Windmill overlooking a farmstead and Aylesbury Vale landscape

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Alnwick, Northumberland a081264

Alnwick, Northumberland a081264
MARKET STREET, Alnwick, Northumberland. Looking west along Market Street towards the Northumberland Hall and Town Hall beyond, showing cars parked on cobbles in the foreground

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Snowy street scene a080314

Snowy street scene a080314
FRENCH ROW, St Albans, Hertfordshire. A snowy evening in French Row, showing first floor jetties of buildings to the left and small shops to the right. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1955-1965

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Aldeburgh Beach a082551

Aldeburgh Beach a082551
ALDEBURGH BEACH, Suffolk. View along the beach showing a line of sea marks and a fisherman with a wicker basket walking up the beach with gulls wheeling overhead. Photographed by John Gay in 1977

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Gardnor House, Hampstead a071908

Gardnor House, Hampstead a071908
GARDNOR HOUSE, Hampstead, London. Looking over the ornate garden gateway and railings towards the front elevation of the house. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1960 - 1965

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Hop poles a079959

Hop poles a079959
Hop poles, stacked in tent shapes, arranged in lines. Taken in Kent. Photographed by John Gay during the 1950s

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Ploughing a076208

Ploughing a076208
A field in Hertfordshire, being ploughed by a man on a tractor. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1950-1959

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Highgate Cemetery a074640

Highgate Cemetery a074640
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, London. A tree covered path and grave stones. Photographed by John Gay in the early 1980s

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Cars in the snow a071902

Cars in the snow a071902
CHURCH ROW, Hampstead, London

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Highgate Cemetery a073599

Highgate Cemetery a073599
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Swains Lane, Highgate, Hampstead, London. The ivy covered face of a statue on a tomb in the West Cemetery. Photographed by John Gay during the early 1980s

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Misty evening a072866

Misty evening a072866
Looking along a tree-lined street towards the rear elevation of a row of terraced houses on a misty evening in winter, either in Islington or Shoreditch, London. Photographed by John Gay

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Hand cart a064786

Hand cart a064786
Diffused light filtering down onto an empty cart standing in front of silhouetted buildings, a lamp post and a mature tree. Photographed somewhere in London by John Gay

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Fallow deer a064455

Fallow deer a064455
A group of fallow deer bucks lying down in long grass in Bushy Park, London. Photographed by John Gay in 1964

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Iron spandrel with office block beyond a062695

Iron spandrel with office block beyond a062695
LONDON BRIDGE STATION, London. A close up of a cast iron spandrel at the station, with a modern office block visible beyond. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1960-1972

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: St. Pancras Station a062329

St. Pancras Station a062329
ST. PANCRAS STATION, London

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Waterloo Station a062151

Waterloo Station a062151
WATERLOO STATION, London. Looking along a bench with curved wrought iron arms on a platform at Waterloo Station with a train passing at speed in the background. Photographed by John Gay

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Circular window at Liverpool Street Station a061687

Circular window at Liverpool Street Station a061687
LIVERPOOL STREET STATION, London. Interior view through a small circular window towards ornate cast iron spandrels supporting the roof structure at Liverpool Street Station. Photographed by John Gay

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Liverpool Street Station a061617

Liverpool Street Station a061617
LIVERPOOL STREET STATION, London. Interior view of the station showing the piers of the double aisle and crowded platforms beneath. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1960-1972

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Blackpool Pleasure Beach a047934

Blackpool Pleasure Beach a047934
PLEASURE BEACH, Blackpool, Lancashire. Blackpool Pleasure Beach is one of the most popular holiday attractions in England, and offers rides such as the double ferris wheel seen here

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Hampton Court Palace a064609

Hampton Court Palace a064609
HAMPTON COURT PALACE, Greater London. People strolling outside the south front to Hampton Court Palace with a man crouched taking a photograph of a woman, a pollarded tree in the foreground

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Bridge Road, Wembley, London a071612

Bridge Road, Wembley, London a071612
BRIDGE ROAD, Wembley, London

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Eaton Place, London a064748

Eaton Place, London a064748
EATON PLACE, Belgravia, Westminster, London. A night time view of the chimney pots to Eaton Place, Belgravia looking over the rooftops and down onto houses on the street below

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Block of flats a063572

Block of flats a063572
KELSON HOUSE, Samuda Estate, Isle of Dogs, London. A view from ground level looking towards the top of the tower block. A mid 1960s development of Local Authority flats. Photographed by John Gay

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Regents Park snow a073209

Regents Park snow a073209
REGENTs PARK, London. Pigeons standing on a snowy path with two people behind walking away through an avenue of trees. John Gay. Date range: 1960-1965

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Statue with bra a071605

Statue with bra a071605
EDWARD ONSLOW FORD MEMORIAL, Abbey Road, St Johns Wood, London. The bronze seated female figure on the Edward Onslow Ford memorial, wearing a bra, with obelisk behind and a lamp standard to right

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: St Marys Church, Battersea a063976

St Marys Church, Battersea a063976
ST MARYS CHURCH, Battersea Church Road, Battersea, London. An exterior view of the church with a mast and rigging in the foreground. John Gay. Date range: Jan 1962 - May 1964

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Cutty Sark a065203

Cutty Sark a065203
CUTTY SARK, Greenwich, London. A detail view of the bow and rigging of the Cutty Sark in its dry docking at Greenwich, looking up from the ground towards the foremast. John Gay. Date range: 1955-1965

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Downshire Hill, Hampstead a072760

Downshire Hill, Hampstead a072760
ST JOHNS CHURCH, Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Art exhibition, Hampstead a072008

Art exhibition, Hampstead a072008
HEATH STREET, Hampstead, London. The rear view of a man in shirt sleeves and beret with a dog on a lead and a woman in an off-the-shoulder top looking at paintings at an open air art exhibition

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Woman playing harpsichord a071907

Woman playing harpsichord a071907
FENTON HOUSE, Hampstead, London. Interior view showing a woman in evening dress playing the harpsichord. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1960-1965

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Railway tracks, Kings Cross a073103

Railway tracks, Kings Cross a073103
KINGS CROSS, London. An elevated viewpoint of the railway track to the north of Kings Cross Station, a steam engine on the tracks to either side and St Pancras Station in the far distance. John Gay

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Marylebone Station a062991

Marylebone Station a062991
MARYLEBONE STATION, London. View along a deserted platform at Marylebone railway station with a train waiting at the platform edge and the canopy valance in the foreground. John Gay

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Friesian cows a079472

Friesian cows a079472
A view of a field and lane in a rural area, possibly near Bridgnorth, Shropshire. A herd of Friesian cows approaches the fence near the roadside, with farm and domestic buildings in the background

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Boxer dog a072878

Boxer dog a072878
A boxer dog looking out of an upper floor window of a brick-built house, possibly in Highbury Terrace, Islington, London. Photographed by John Gay in 1964

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Dogs a071614

Dogs a071614
A white poodle and a German Shepherd dog sitting looking out of the window of a cafe. The location is unidentified, possibly the Harrow or Kenton area. John Gay. Date range: Jan 1962 - May 1964

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Pony a069766

Pony a069766
The head of a white pony peers over a dry stone wall, probably near Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire, with a road sign and house in the background. Photographed by John Gay in 1959

Background imageJohn Gay Collection (1945-1990) Collection: Pig a067251

Pig a067251
Detail of a pigs snout visible through a ventilation opening on the side of an animal transporter, probably on the Holkham Estate, Norfolk. John Gay. Date range: 1978 - 1981




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