Ramshackle Collection

Jersey Airways Poster
Poster, I d prefer Jersey Airways. A cartoon of animals powering and piloting a flying machine above a rough sea, with a Jersey Airways biplane high above them

Old abandoned shack by Mersey
Collapsing shelter on pier by the side of the Mersey in Liverpool at sunset

Old Mill Cottages, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex. Date: circa 1908

Man in the Kitchen C1905
Letting your husband loose in the kitchen can be very risky; here, a pot boils over, eggshells litter the floor, and the cat laps spilt milk

Old Stuart houses from the reign of King James I at the south corner of Hosier Lane, Smithfield, 1795
FLO5000676 Old Stuart houses from the reign of King James I at the south corner of Hosier Lane, Smithfield, 1795. External specimen of the Plain Gable Style. Demolished 1809

North-east view of an old 15th-century Tudor house in Sweedon's Passage, Grub Street, 1791
FLO5000607 North-east view of an old 15th-century Tudor house in Sweedon's Passage, Grub Street, 1791. Formerly inhabited by Sir Richard Whittington and Sir Thomas Gresham. Rebuilt 1805

Unidentified buildings, possibly movie sets, associated with Famous Players Lasky, c1911-c1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Unidentified buildings, possibly movie sets, associated with Famous Players Lasky, between 1911 and 1942

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

The Walled City of Kowloon, Hong Kong. This illegally-built block was demolished in 1994 because of health fears, It was largely ungovernable

Old house thought to be in, or near, East Looe, Cornwall. Around 1880s
Unidentified house with a woman looking over the garden wall, and a barn in the background. Photographer: Surgeon Captain John Campbell

Near Dinas Mawddwy, 1800 (w/c & pencil on paper)
NGW388578 Near Dinas Mawddwy, 1800 (w/c & pencil on paper) by Munn, Paul Sandby (1773-1845); 21x18.7 cm; National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

The Pug Hole
This pencil drawing shows an area named The Pug Hole, in South Australia, featuring a low pit, with ladders leading to an elevated ramshackle group of buildings. Date: circa 1925

Alleged first residence of American General Sam Houston
The small wooden building is ramshackle. It was on Caroline Street, Houston, Texas. Date: 1904

Poster, Continental tyres - never mind about the make of car, it's the tyres that matter most! Date: circa 1908

California Usa America American Death Valley
california, usa, america, american, death, valley, abandoned, cabin, shed, wood, wooden, makeshift, building, buildings, ramshackle, animal, skulls, skull, bone, bones, sand, springs, north, end

Roman amphitheatre, on the right the cube-shaped Palazzo del Seggio, Lecce, Apulia, Italy
altertum, amphitheatre, ancient civilizations, ancient times, ancient world, antiquity, apulia, attraction, attractions, building, buildings, cities, cultural site, cultural sites, decayed, derelict

Landscape With A Cottage And A Barn, 1632 (oil on panel)
6036130 Landscape With A Cottage And A Barn, 1632 (oil on panel) by Goyen, Jan Josephsz van (1596-1656); 24.7x34.6 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

The Old House at St. Albans, c. 1806 (oil on millboard laid on panel)
MAN364955 The Old House at St. Albans, c.1806 (oil on millboard laid on panel) by Cotman, John Sell (1782-1842); 42x33.2 cm; Manchester Art Gallery

The Heart of the Oak Inn, c. 1794 (w/c on paper)
495766 The Heart of the Oak Inn, c.1794 (w/c on paper) by Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851); 26.1x21 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

Interior of a barn with an old woman at a distaff (oil on panel)
MAN443325 Interior of a barn with an old woman at a distaff (oil on panel) by Ostade, Isack van (1621-49); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

A Pasture in Normandy (oil on canvas)
MAN443321 A Pasture in Normandy (oil on canvas) by Troyon, Constant-Emile (1810-65); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

Alaskan gold rush, from One Man's Gold Rush: A Klondike Album by Murray Cromwell Morgan (b/w photo)
JHL358820 Alaskan gold rush, from One Man's Gold Rush: A Klondike Album by Murray Cromwell Morgan (b/w photo) by Hegg, Eric A

Alaskan gold rush, from One Man's Gold Rush: A Klondike Album by Murray Cromwell Morgan (b/w photo)
JHL358825 Alaskan gold rush, from One Man's Gold Rush: A Klondike Album by Murray Cromwell Morgan (b/w photo) by Hegg, Eric A

Settlers hut, Ural Mountains Region, Russia, 1912 (photo)
5320241 Settlers hut, Ural Mountains Region, Russia, 1912 (photo) by Prokudin Gorskii, Sergei Mikhailovich (1863-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: from separate colour glass negatives)

Summers day, 1881 (oil on canvas)
OVR390590 Summers day, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Thaulow, Fritz (1847-1906); 53x83 cm; Bergen Art Museum, Norway; Photo © O. Vaering

House of a public notary, Drobak (oil on canvas)
OVR394357 House of a public notary, Drobak (oil on canvas) by Diriks, Carl-Edvard (1855-1930); 80x114 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Dilapidated bard at sunrise in winter with a glowing yellow sky over the horizon seen through the abandoned barn; Rudyard, Michigan, United States of America

Rue Champlain, a group of huts, 1858-78 (b / w photo)
XIR182904 Rue Champlain, a group of huts, 1858-78 (b/w photo) by Marville, Charles (1816-79); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

A Italian Farmyard (pen & brown ink on paper)
449389 A Italian Farmyard (pen & brown ink on paper) by Callot, Jacques (1592-1635); eThe Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; French

Thatched dwellings, partly in ruins, on a mountainside (pen & ink with chalk on paper)
449346 Thatched dwellings, partly in ruins, on a mountainside (pen & ink with chalk on paper) by Savery, Roelandt Jacobsz

Mountain Hut, Province of Huzeh, c. 1867-72 (b / w photo)
473729 Mountain Hut, Province of Huzeh, c.1867-72 (b/w photo) by Thomson, John (1837-1921); Private Collection; Scottish, out of copyright

Young Mens Symphony Orchestra on stage, New York, c. 1901 (silver gelatin print)
MNY381025 Young Mens Symphony Orchestra on stage, New York, c.1901 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 27.9x35.6 cm; Museum of the City of New York

John Bunyans Meeting House, early 19th century (engraving)
661117 John Bunyans Meeting House, early 19th century (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: East South East View)

Le petit commerce. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1906 (colour litho)
3101440 Le petit commerce. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1906 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le petit commerce)

Lakenham, c. 1808 (soft-ground etching)
XYC291011 Lakenham, c.1808 (soft-ground etching) by Cotman, John Sell (1782-1842); 23.5x15.9 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; (add.info.: near Norwich; ); English

Interior of a Stable, with Two Horses Feeding (graphite, pen & ink with wash on paper)
XYC284011 Interior of a Stable, with Two Horses Feeding (graphite, pen & ink with wash on paper) by Burgess, William (1749-1812); 23.8x33.8 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Study of Old Barn, West Campton, New Hampshire, 1865 (oil on canvas)
FIN161459 Study of Old Barn, West Campton, New Hampshire, 1865 (oil on canvas) by Brown, George Loring (1814-89); 36.8x26 cm; Private Collection; David Findlay Jr Fine Art, NYC, USA; American

Capitol and Labor, 1881 (oil on canvas)
NYH188134 Capitol and Labor, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Henry, Edward Lamson (1841-1919); 31.8x38.7 cm; Collection of the New-York Historical Society, USA; eNew York Historical Society; American

A Neopolitan Village with Vesuvius in the Distance, 1889 (oil on canvas)
488296 A Neopolitan Village with Vesuvius in the Distance, 1889 (oil on canvas) by Alott, Robert (1850-1910); 50.2x81.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Austrian, out of copyright

A Welsh Cottage, 1884 (oil on canvas)
613912 A Welsh Cottage, 1884 (oil on canvas) by Ousey, Buckley (1851-1889); 45.5x61.8 cm; Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester; eAstely Cheetham Art Gallery; British

Easedale Cottage, 1882 (gouache and w / c on paper)
704580 Easedale Cottage, 1882 (gouache and w/c on paper) by Knowles, George Sheridan (1863-1931); Wordsworth Trust; (add.info.: Easedale near Grasmere, Ambleside)

The House Where I Live by the Bridge in Vianden, 28th July 1871
XIR169654 The House Where I Live by the Bridge in Vianden, 28th July 1871 (pen & ink and wash on paper) by Hugo, Victor (1802-85); Maison de Victor Hugo, Paris

Old Stuart houses at the south corner of Hosier
Old Stuart houses from the reign of King James I at the south corner of Hosier Lane, Smithfield, 1795. External specimen of the Plain Gable Style. Demolished 1809

Le Portique a la Lanterne, c. 1744 (etching)
UCL273910 Le Portique a la Lanterne, c.1744 (etching) by Canaletto, (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (1697-1768); 30.0x42.7 cm; UCL Art Museum, University College London, UK; eUCL Art Museum

The Chao-Chow-Fu Bridge, c. 1870 (b / w photo)
473744 The Chao-Chow-Fu Bridge, c.1870 (b/w photo) by Thomson, John (1837-1921); Private Collection; (add.info.: An old bridge in Chao-Chow-Fu, in Guangdong Province, Southern China.); Scottish

Continental farmstead, 1863 (oil on canvas)
3822255 Continental farmstead, 1863 (oil on canvas) by Brutty (fl.1863); 39.3x53.3 cm; Calderdale Museums Service, West Yorkshire, UK; eCalderdale Borough Council; out of copyright

Part of the Back Hall (pencil & w / c on paper)
2831725 Part of the Back Hall (pencil & w/c on paper) by O Neill, Hugh (1784-1824); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

52 Corn Street, 1823 (pencil on paper)
2832588 52 Corn Street, 1823 (pencil on paper) by O Neill, Hugh (1784-1824); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums, Galleries & Archives; Given by W. M

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"Ramshackle: A Journey through Time and Decay" Step into the past with a vintage Jersey Airways poster, showcasing the allure of air travel in days gone by. Explore an old abandoned shack by the Mersey, its weathered walls whispering tales of forgotten lives and lost dreams. Discover the charm of Old Mill Cottages in Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex - remnants of a simpler time when life moved at a slower pace. Witness a man in his kitchen circa 1905, capturing a moment frozen in time as he prepares meals for loved ones long gone. Marvel at an illustration from "Railway Ribaldry" by W Heath Robinson, where whimsical contraptions bring laughter to railway journeys. Venture into The Pug Hole, an intriguing mystery waiting to be unraveled - what secrets lie within this enigmatic place? Uncover history at the alleged first residence of American General Sam Houston; walk in his footsteps and imagine his journey towards greatness. Admire the boldness of Continental tyres through their captivating poster that promises reliability on every road traveled. Embark on an adventure to California's Death Valley - witness nature's resilience amidst harsh conditions that have shaped its rugged beauty. Stand before the Roman amphitheatre and Palazzo del Seggio in Lecce, Apulia; marvel at architectural wonders standing strong against time's relentless march. Enter The Walled City of Kowloon in Hong Kong; immerse yourself in its labyrinthine streets filled with stories echoing from every corner. Transport yourself back to East Looe, Cornwall around the 1880s as you gaze upon an old house shrouded in nostalgia and memories untold.