Rubble Collection (page 6)

'Les Combats Devant Soissons; La cour du Palais de Justice incendie, 1915. Creator: Unknown
'Les Combats Devant Soissons; La cour du Palais de Justice incendie, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Un chef-d'oeuvre de destruction; Une rue de la petite ville d'Albert (Somme), 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Un chef-d'oeuvre de destruction; Une rue de la petite ville d'Albert (Somme) bombardee depuis le 23 septembre, avant que la bataille l'eut encore atteinte, 1914

Premieres visions de Guerre; Au cours de son avance, l'ennemi s'exaspere de la resistance
'Premieres visions de Guerre; Au cours de son avance, l'ennemi s'exaspere de la resistance qu'il rencontre, 1914

La pris de Clery-sur-Somme (3 septembre); Clery et son eglise dans les brouillards de matin, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La pris de Clery-sur-Somme (3 septembre); Clery et son eglise dans les brouillards de matin, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

La pris de Clery-sur-Somme (3 septembre); Entrée principale et ruines de l'eglise, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La pris de Clery-sur-Somme (3 septembre); Entree principale et ruines de l'eglise, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

La pris de Clery-sur-Somme (3 septembre); Lisiere Sud de Clery: vue sur les marais, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La pris de Clery-sur-Somme (3 septembre); Lisiere Sud de Clery: vue sur les marais, vers Ommiecourt-les-Clery, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Contrastes sur le front de la Somme; Un fortin allemand pres du Bois de Hem, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Contrastes sur le front de la Somme; Un fortin allemand pres du Bois de Hem, demoli par notre artillerie, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Les destructions de monuments a Reims; Premier etage de l'Hotel-Dieu de Reims, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les destructions de monuments a Venise et a Reims; Premier etage de l'Hotel-Dieu vu de l'arrivee du grand escalier: au fond

Les destructions de monuments a Venise et a Reims; L'Hotel-Dieu de Reims, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les destructions de monuments a Venise et a Reims; L'Hotel-Dieu de Reims apres le bombardement et l'incendie du 11 aout: l'escalier Louis XVI a double revolution

Les destructions de monuments a Venise; Interieur de l'eglise Santa-Maria Formosa, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les destructions de monuments a Venise et a Reims; Interieur de l'eglise Santa-Maria Formosa, apres le bombardement de Venise par les avions autrichiens, le 9 aout, 1916

Vue prise d'une fenetre de la "Maisonnette"sur des batiments en ruines, ou les Allemands... 1916
Vue prise d'une fenetre de la "Maisonnette"sur des batiments en ruines, ou les Allemands etablirent leur premiere ligne quand le chateau fut occupe par nos troupes, 1916

La croix d'Avocourt: restee debout au milieu du village aneanti, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La croix d'Avocourt: restee debout au milieu du village aneanti, elle semble avoir protege la fontaine qui distribue l'eau fraiche a nos soldats, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

La Bataille de la Somme; Etat actuel du chateau de la Maisonnette, 1916. Creator: Unknown
'La Bataille de la Somme; Etat actuel du chateau de la Maisonnette, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

La Bataille de la Somme; Dans les ruines de Biaches, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La Bataille de la Somme; Dans les ruines de Biaches: au centre, derriere le poteau du telegraphe, une petite chapelle dont les Allemands avaient fait un reduit puissamment fortifie, 1916

Le Christ aux ruines; La nef, envahie deja par les plantes sauvages, d'une eglise, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Le Christ aux ruines; La nef, envahie deja par les plantes sauvages, d'une eglise de village derriere le front de bataille de la Somme, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Demolition of the Halle aux bles (wheat exchange), 1888. Creator: Henri Ferdinand Bellan
Demolition of the Halle aux bles (wheat exchange), 1888

Arkady, Frances Benjamin Johnston House, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1945. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Arkady, Frances Benjamin Johnston House, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1945. Patio court before renovation, 1132 Bourbon St. New Orleans, Louisiana

Ruins of Hill house, Scott's Hill, Falmouth, 1928. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Ruins of Hill house, Scott's Hill, Falmouth, 1928. Photograph shows stones and bits of lumber scattered on the ground, all that remains of Frank Hill's old house at Scott's Hill

Explosion on Board HMS "Cordelia", 1891. Creator: Unknown. Explosion on Board HMS "Cordelia", 1891
'Explosion on Board HMS "Cordelia"; the Bursting of a Gun, scene of the accident on Upper Deck, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

'Interieur de l'Hotel de Ville d'Ypres. c1915. Creator: Francois Flameng
Interieur de l'Hotel de Ville d'Ypres, c1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

Mort du député Alphonse Baudin le 3 décembre 1851, 1902. Creator: Jean-Paul Laurens
Mort du depute Alphonse Baudin le 3 decembre 1851, 1902

L'Eglise des Feuillants en démolition, c1804. Creator: Hubert Robert
L'Eglise des Feuillants en demolition, c1804

Ruins of Tuileries, after the fire of 1871. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of Tuileries, after the fire of 1871

La chapelle de la Sorbonne avecla voûte de la nef effondrée, c1800. Creator: Hubert Robert
La chapelle de la Sorbonne avecla voute de la nef effondree, c1800

La Démolition de l'église Saint-Jean-en-Grève, en 1800, c1800. Creator: Hubert Robert
La Demolition de l'eglise Saint-Jean-en-Greve, en 1800, c1800

Ruins at Varna, after the recent fire, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ruins at Varna, after the recent fire, 1854. Crimean War. Varna, which is one of the dirtiest labyrinths of modern times, was very nearly destroyed by the recent fire

Clearing the colonnade of the Louvre, 1764. Creator: Unknown
Clearing the colonnade of the Louvre, 1764

Demolition of the Palais de l'Industrie, in the Champs-elysees, 1899. Creator: Eugene Trigoulet
Demolition of the Palais de l'Industrie, in the Champs-elysees, 1899

Ruins of the former abbey of Montmartre, known as the lower abbey, c1840. Creator: Felicie Tiger
Ruins of the former abbey of Montmartre, known as the lower abbey, c1840

Interior view of ruins of the old Court of Auditors, Quai d'Orsay, 1888. Creator: Georges Rouard
Interior view of ruins of the old Court of Auditors, Quai d'Orsay, 1888

Interior of Saint-Gervais church, after the bombing of Good Friday, March 29, 1918. Creator: Alice Mallaivre
Interior of Saint-Gervais church, after the bombing of Good Friday, March 29, 1918

Plaster Kiln in Montmartre, 1834. Creator: Henri Arsene Macaire
Plaster Kiln in Montmartre, 1834

Episode of July 29, 1830, in the morning, 1831. Creator: Paul Claude-Michel Carpentier
Episode of July 29, 1830, in the morning, 1831

View of Quai de Gesvres during demolition of houses at the Pont au Change, c1788. Creator: Pierre-Antoine Demachy
View of Quai de Gesvres during demolition of houses at the Pont au Change, c1788

Saint-Germain fair after a fire of the night of March 16 to 17, 1762, c1762. Creator: Pierre-Antoine Demachy
Saint-Germain fair after a fire of the night of March 16 to 17, 1762, c1762

Clearance of the Louvre colonnade, c1755. Creator: Pierre-Antoine Demachy
Clearance of the Louvre colonnade, c1755

Clearance of the Louvre colonnade, 1764. Creator: Pierre-Antoine Demachy
Clearance of the Louvre colonnade, 1764

Clearance of the colonnade at the Louvre, c1756. Creator: Pierre-Antoine Demachy
Clearance of the colonnade at the Louvre, c1756

Ruins of the Great Fire in Mark-Lane - sketched from Seething-Lane, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Great Fire in Mark-Lane - sketched from Seething-Lane, [in the City of London], 1850. The three warehouses belonging to Mr. Joseph Barber...burned down, were insured by Mr

The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Cliff, after the Explosion, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Cliff, after the Explosion, 1850. Long shore drift at Seaford in Sussex was causing deposition of debris to such an extent that Seaford Bay

Ruins of the Great Fire at Bermondsey, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Great Fire at Bermondsey, [in London], 1850. Firemen at the scene...of a very extensive conflagration, probably the largest that has occurred in the district for years

King's Norton Church, Leicestershire, Struck by Lightning, 1850. Creator: Unknown
King's Norton Church, Leicestershire, Struck by Lightning, 1850. The tower, containing a peal of eight bells, with chimes, was surmounted by a spire

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Two men standing near a small pile of rubble, in a field, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Two men standing near a small pile of rubble, in a field, between c1900 and 1916

Devil's Tower From West side showing millions of tons of fallen rock Tower 800... 1890. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Devil's Tower From West side showing millions of tons of fallen rock Tower 800... 1890

Kirensk Holy-Trinity Monastery, 1856. Creator: Ivan Dem'ianovich Bulychev
Kirensk Holy-Trinity Monastery, 1856. From Puteshestviye po Vostochnoy Sibiri I. Bulychova. Chast 1-ya. Poyezdka v Kamchatku (A journey across eastern Siberia: Part 1, Trip to Kamchatka)

The Civil War in America: Hatteras Spit, with the wreck of the City of New York on the... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Civil War in America: Hatteras Spit, with the wreck of the City of New York on the bar in the distance - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862

Bomb damage to Bridlington in the North East of England after Germain airmen of the Luftwaffe bombed the town in an air raid in July 1940

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In the midst of destruction and chaos, a woman finds solace in a simple cup of tea. As she sits amidst the bomb damage at New Cross after air raids, her resilience shines through. The remnants of buildings serve as a reminder of the horrors endured during World War II. Brampton Road in Bexleyheath bears witness to the devastating impact of bombs. The once bustling street now lies in ruins, its structures reduced to rubble. But even amidst this desolation, hope flickers like a distant flame. Kilgour Road in SE London tells a similar tale - another casualty of war's wrath. Yet within these broken walls lie stories untold; stories of survival and strength that refuse to be silenced by destruction. Fulwell Mill stands tall against all odds, an emblematic symbol rising from the ashes. It serves as a testament to human resilience and determination - proof that even when everything seems lost, there is always room for rebirth. The Blitz ravages London relentlessly, leaving no stone unturned. Ambulance sirens wail through Ladywell in Lewisham as brave souls rush to aid those affected by the bombings. In times of darkness, heroes emerge from unexpected places. St Andrews Parish Church in Plymouth stands defiantly amid the wreckage caused by relentless bombing campaigns during World War II. Its shattered facade echoes tales of loss and despair but also whispers promises of rebuilding and renewal. Al Khazneh (The Treasury) in Petra, Jordan showcases how time can transform ruins into wonders. Carved into rock formations centuries ago, it remains an awe-inspiring testament to mankind's ability to create beauty even amidst chaos. Balham High Road bears scars inflicted by enemy attacks during WWII's Blitz on London. Yet life goes on; people continue their daily routines despite adversity looming overhead like dark clouds ready to burst with devastation. NFS (London Region) Pimlico V1 bombing attack reminds us of the constant threat faced by civilians during wartime.