Poles Collection

A Garden Guide - Extracting a Weed from a Lawn
Illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a typically convoluted method of weeding a garden lawn. A man is hosted by ropes supported by a teepee configuration of poles worked by

Whole Earth at night, satellite image
Whole Earth map at night, satellite image. Here, Africa is seen at centre. City lights (yellow) of increasing intensity show areas of increasing population

Magnetic repulsion. The iron filings sprinkled between these two bar magnets reveal the shape of the repulsive magnetic field between them

Barbers shop, Warrenton, Virginia, United States of America, North America

Entrance to Cal-Neva Lodge, Nevada, USA
Entrance to Cal-Neva Lodge, spa resort on Stateline Road, Crystal Bay, Nevada, USA, near Lake Tahoe. circa 1930

Main Street, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. Date: circa 1905

Met Police cadets giving a display
A group of Metropolitan Police cadets in sports gear, giving a display of their athletic skills. Seven poles are held in place so that seven cadets can climb up and sit at the top

Venice, Italy - Grand Hotel Royal Danieli and Gondolas. Date: circa 1920s

Bank and shops, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Wyoming Valley Trust Company and Second National Bank (left) and Jonas Longs Sons department store, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1907

Spacecraft on the Moon, lunar map
Spacecraft on the Moon. Map showing coloured markers for 34 spacecraft that impacted or landed on the Moon from the 1960s onwards

Punting at Cambridge
A group of people punting on the River Cam at Cambridge, with Kings College Chapel in the background

Mary Henrietta Kingsley, traveller and writer, in her canoe on the Ogooue (Ogowe) River in Gabon, West Central Africa, in 1896

Manual Fire-Engine / 1885
Factory Pattern Manual Fire- engine constructed by Merryweathers for the use of factory fire brigade

Pulling the Hops - Hop Pickers - West Malling, Kent. Date: 1938

Aerial view, Bunder Road, Karachi, Pakistan
Aerial view, Bunder Road (now M. A. Jinnah Road), Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan, on a busy day. Date: circa 1950

Cutting Bananas down from their tree - Costa Rica
Cutting large bunches of Bananas down from their tree - Costa Rica Date: circa 1910s

LCC-LFB fire station appliance room with engines
London firefighters turning out on a fire call from Wandsworth fire station, SW London

Ford Thunderbird America

Child of Mundari tribe
Svetlin Yosifov

Calle Comercio (Commercial Road), Concepcion, Chile. Date: 1904

Main Street, Colebrook, New Hampshire, USA
Main Street (looking north), Colebrook, New Hampshire, USA. Date: circa 1925

Main Street, Natchez, Mississippi, USA
View of a busy Main Street in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. Date: circa 1904

An Ideal Landscape on Mars according to Professor Lowell (colour litho)
5210970 An Ideal Landscape on Mars according to Professor Lowell (colour litho) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

High Street and Sullivan School, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland Date: circa 1904

Raptor model birdscarer on pole, in arable field at dusk, Bacton, Suffolk, England, october

16th-century astronomy. Artwork of Atlas holding up the heavens. This artwork was published in Freiburg in 1503 in the encyclopedia Margarita Philosophica by the German author Gregor Reisch

Mars, optical image. This image was taken when Mars was 68 million kilometres from Earth. The Martian summer in the northern hemisphere results in a large south polar ice cap (white, bottom)

Aurora borealis. Fish-eye lens view of a tree silhouetted against a red aurora borealis or northern lights display in the night sky

Earths Core
Hollow Earth theories suggest that there could be entrances to our planet at the Poles, giving us potential access to Earths core : who knows what we might find ?

Aurora borealis or northern lights display over silhouetted conifer trees. Aurorae are caused by the interaction between energetic charged particles from the Sun

Pulsar, artwork. This stellar object is a rapidly- rotating neutron star. Neutron stars have powerful magnetic fields (shown by the purple lines)

Snow, Skis and Sunshine in Switzerland
Miss Joan Simon, Miss Peggy Peyton, Mr George Renwick, R.N. Mrs Renwick and The Hon. Olivia Harcourt skiing at St. Moritz, Switzerland

War with Russia - 5
The long-drawn out battle of the Vistula ends in a crushing defeat of the Red Army by the Poles, seen here posing later in the year with guns taken from the bolsheviks

A man circumambulating a stupa with prayer flags, Punakha, Bhutan, Asia

Japanese River Boats
Various types of boat on a river, some with sails, others propelled with poles

China, Hong Kong, Bamboo Scaffolding

Moored gondolas with San Giorgio Maggiore in the background at dawn, Venice, Veneto region, Italy

Paths of alpha, beta, and gamma rays from a radium sample placed between poles of electromagnet
536622 Paths of alpha, beta, and gamma rays from a radium sample placed between poles of electromagnet, as used in Curies' laboratory, Paris, 1904; (add.info.: Paths of alpha, beta)

A woodcut engraving depicting perpetual motion by magnetism. A is a spherical magnet with its poles on either side
5311359 A woodcut engraving depicting perpetual motion by magnetism. A is a spherical magnet with its poles on either side. A piece of iron lies at D and is attracted up the slide C B to E

An Indian village in the 19th century
5614299 An Indian village in the 19th century; (add.info.: An Indian village in the 19th century. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c.1900); Photo © Hilary Morgan.

Venice Blue I
Bartolome Lopez

Sognare a Venezia
Benjamine Hullot Scalvenzi

Sunrise
Bill Lu

Phelp's 'crown' telephone, 1882
3479290 Phelp's 'crown' telephone, 1882; (add.info.: Phelp's 'crown' telephone. This had one iron disc, opposite which the similar poles of six ring magnets were placed)

Formula 3 Euroseries Nuerburgring - 9th Round 2010 - Saturday RACE 1
Driver grid boards. Formula Three Euroseries, Rd5, Nurburgring, Germany. 7-8 August 2010.

Ubeinde keşiş
Gulsen Yilman

U Bein bridge (Myanmar)
Sarawut Intarob

Gondolas Away, Venice
Miary Andria

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"Poles: A Multifaceted Journey through Time and Space" Embark on a captivating exploration of the world, where poles reveal their intriguing significance in various contexts. From a tranquil garden guide meticulously extracting a weed from a pristine lawn to the mesmerizing satellite image capturing the ethereal beauty of our Whole Earth at night, these poles stand as silent witnesses to humanity's endeavors. In Main Street, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA, towering streetlights illuminate bustling streets while magnetic repulsion guides compasses on their path. Step into an old-fashioned barbershop where polished brass poles serve as both functional fixtures and nostalgic relics of bygone eras. Venturing further westward leads us to the grand entrance of Cal-Neva Lodge in Nevada, USA. Here, majestic flagpoles proudly display national emblems against azure skies while nearby bank and shops exude an air of prosperity in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Witnessing Met Police cadets giving an awe-inspiring display showcases how discipline and unity are upheld with unwavering resolve. Meanwhile, Venice beckons with its enchanting allure - gondolas gracefully glide beneath ornate bridges near the iconic Grand Hotel Royal Danieli; poles serving as steadfast markers amidst timeless waterways. Journey beyond earthly boundaries to discover spacecraft resting upon lunar landscapes depicted on lunar maps. These extraterrestrial poles symbolize mankind's relentless pursuit of knowledge and exploration beyond our home planet. Back on familiar grounds at Cambridge University, punting along serene rivers reveals yet another facet of pole utility - guiding boats gently through calm waters while preserving tradition and elegance. Finally, we encounter Mary Henrietta Kingsley - intrepid traveler and writer who fearlessly ventured into uncharted territories. Her tales intertwine with these diverse pole narratives as she navigated foreign lands guided by stars above or rudimentary wooden staffs below. From practicality to symbolism spanning continents and centuries alike – "Poles" encapsulates the essence of human ingenuity, resilience, and curiosity.