Description: Port Victoria harbour seen from Sans Souci.

Location: Victoria, Seychelles

Date: 1950-1959

Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/772

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Description: New Government House (in course of building. Jan. 1912.)

Location: Seychelles

Date: January 1912

Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/771

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Description: A view of Rangoon, Capital of Burma, which the Japanese, according to a Saigon broadcast, claim to have occupied.

Location: Rangoon, Burma

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/459.

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Description: Mooncakes for Apollo Astronauts. Huge picture signboards like this one link the Apollo astronauts' epic landing with the Moon Festival in Hong Kong.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1969

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/468.

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Description: Colour transparencies of one oil painting and two water colour drawings of The Pitch Lake by Cazabon.

Location: La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago

Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/393

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Description: Photograph of Burmese man and girl, holding hands girl in foreground, man behind wall.

Location: Rangoon, Burma

Date: 1906

Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/500/63

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Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1930-1940

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Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1930-1940

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Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1930-1940

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Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1930-1940

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Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1930-1940

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/474.

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Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1930-1940

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Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1930-1940

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Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1930-1940

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Description: Looking Eastward from the Peak.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1920-1930

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/476.

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Description: Mooncakes for Apollo Astronauts. A mooncake dinner.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1969

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/468.

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Description: "The Monument," Happy Valley.

Location: Happy Valley, Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/457.

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Description: Junks in Hong Kong Harbour. Lyemun Pass in the distance.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Description: Palms in Queen's Park.

Location: Trinidad and Tobago

Date: 1870-1939

Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/392

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Possible 'uniforms' for the library

Left to right, back row: Claire Meredith (half face), Fran Ward, Ken Gibbons, ?, Jonathan Guy, Dawn Thompson, Vicky Flack, Jill Cooley, ?, Irene Kiener, Anne Davidge, Ernest Stoddart. Front row: Helen Cuffley, Frances Shipsey, Janet Richardson, ?, Andy Ziegler, Iain Baxter, Howard Nicholson

IMAGELIBRARY/1180

Location: Hong Kong

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/473.

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Location: Seychelles

Date: 1959-1962

Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/773

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Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1930-1940

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Description: Queen's Road.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Description: Parliament buildings Regina. Prince of Wales' tour of Canada, 1919, a volume of photographs published by the Canadian Pacific Railway

Date: 1919

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Description: (Peak Development) View from Mt. Kellet.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1920-1930

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/476.

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Description: In front of Union Building.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Description: Pedder Street.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/454.

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Description: Queens Road - Near International Bank.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Description: Pedder Street.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Description: Hong Kong defeats the Summer Scourge. Mobile teams give free anti-cholera injections at major population centres all over the colony.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1969

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/463.

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Description: St. Joseph's College - Kennedy Road.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Description: House in Kennedy Road.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Description: Blake Pier during Typhoon.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1920-1930

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Description: Typhoon Shelter, Causeway Bay.

Location: Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Date: 1920-1930

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/476.

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Description: Race Course.

Location: Happy Valley, Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Description: West Point-(at bottom of Pokfulum Pumping Station)

Location: West Point, Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Description: Jamaica. 'Pupils leaving Trench Town Comprehensive School, Kingston'. Photograph No R 35508. Official Jamaican photograph compiled by Central Office of Information. Crown copyright reserved.

Location: Jamaica

Date: 1965 May

Our Catalogue Reference: INF 10/147/2

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Location: Hong Kong

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Description: "Entrance to the tomb of Yung Lo, Peking [China]". Photograph taken by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935).

Date: c.1907

Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/507/187

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Location: Seychelles

Date: 1959-1962

Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/773

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Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1930-1940

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Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1930-1940

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Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1930-1940

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Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1930-1940

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Description: Coolie (Female).

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/457.

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Description: Hong Kong. Panorama of the harbour.

Location: Hong Kong

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/416.

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Description: Repulse Bay.

Location: Repulse Bay, Hong Kong

Date: 1920-1930

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Description: Pokfulum Station & Boulder.

Location: Pokfulum, Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Description: Hong Kong harbour - Peak in background.

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1926

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Description: Hongkong's famous "Flower Street".

Location: Hong Kong

Date: 1920-1930

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Description: His Excellency Sir John Thorp at Praslin.

Location: Praslin, Seychelles

Date: 1959-1962

Location: Seychelles

Date: 1959-1962

Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/773

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Description: Corner of Collins and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne (Collins Street on right, looking West, Elizabeth Street on left, looking South).

Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Date: 1912

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/623.

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Description: Native woman. Juru, Gaura Country.

Photographs illustrating Mr T J Alldridge's journeys in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone.

Location: Sierra Leone

Date: 1890-1891

Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/90

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BT ArtBox project celebrating 25 years of Childline

ArtBox Title: Union Jack 2012

Artist: Sir Peter Blake for Swarovski

Location: New Bond Street (Churchill statue)

Drawing on Blake`s unmistakable bold and colourful style, Union Jack 2012 celebrates HRH Queen Elizabeth`s Diamond Jubilee with over 400,000 Swarovski crystals. Peter Blake is one of the UK`s greatest living artists, widely regarded as the preeminent figure in British Pop Art.

Open-air art exhibition across London - Summer 2012

• BT marked 25th anniversary of ChildLine with launch of open-air art exhibition in London

• BT ArtBox project saw leading artists, designers and creatives transform full-size replicas of iconic Gilbert Scott–designed red telephone box into stunning artworks

• Throughout June and July 2012, BT ArtBoxes were on display in high-profile locations across the capital

• The National Portrait Gallery hosted a gala auction on July 18 where the ArtBoxes were auctioned to raise money for ChildLine

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of ChildLine, BT announced the launch of the BT ArtBox project – a new public art exhibition set to take over the capital Summer 2012.

Leading artists, designers and creatives from around the world were invited to apply their individual talents to re-style that much-loved icon of British design, the traditional red telephone box.

Each artist or designer took delivery of a full-size, fibre-glass replica of the Sir Giles Gilbert Scott-designed original K6 telephone kiosk, which was introduced in 1936 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of the coronation of King George V.

Participating artists included 2002 Turner prize winner Keith Tyson, Romero Britto and Royal Academician Professor of Sculpture David Mach, along with fashion designers Giles Deacon and Zandra Rhodes.

The BT ArtBoxes were on display in high-profile locations around the capital between June 18 and July 16 before being auctioned off at a VIP Gala Auction at the National Portrait Gallery on July 18 to raise funds for BT’s long-time partner ChildLine.

Esther Rantzen OBE, founder of ChildLine and patron of the BT ArtBox project, said: “I’m thrilled that ChildLine’s 25th birthday is to be celebrated by such a unique and inspiring project as BT Artbox.

“The red phone box is a much loved symbol of British culture and I’m keen to see how the artists involved will create new masterpieces from such an iconic canvas. It’s fantastic that the proceeds from the sale of the boxes will raise vital funds to support the work of ChildLine, enabling us to help many more children and young people to get comfort, advice and protection when they need it most.”

Sandy Nairne, director of the National Portrait Gallery and patron of the BT ArtBox project, said: “The Gilbert Scott telephone box is a truly iconic British design, and I’m looking forwards to seeing how artists and designers transform the replica boxes into works of art on London’s streets.”

David Mach, said: “It’s great to be involved with the ArtBox Exhibition. I get to kill more than two birds with one stone...work with a great charity (hopefully make money for it) and a classic British design. I love all things Gilbert Scott. Anything that encourages us to get his design back on our streets does it for me”.

Suzi Williams, director of BT Group Marketing and Brand, said: “BT has a history of supporting British cultural initiatives and 2012 is no exception. What better way to celebrate ChildLine's 25th anniversary than transforming replicas of the classic red phone box into a public art exhibition that can be enjoyed by all in the build-up to the Games this summer."

Martine Ainsworth-Wells, London & Partners, Marketing and Communications director, said:

“London & Partners is excited to support BT ArtBox in the run up to London 2012. BT ArtBox will bring some of the UK’s finest artistic talents to London’s streets, adding a new creative dimension to the capital at such an important time in its history.”

Artists and creatives who were interested in designing an ArtBox visited btartbox.com for more information about how to get involved.

The BT ArtBox project was supported by the Mayor of London, Professor Malcolm Garrett RDI, London & Partners, The May Fair Hotel, Harvey Nichols, The Times and The Sunday Times and borough councils across the capital.

Images of Malcolm Garrett, Interaction Designer, Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, David Mach RA, Sculptor, Esther Rantzen, founder of ChildLine and Lauren O'Farrell, Artist at the launch of the BT ArtBox project at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, central London today are available at:

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Top 10 facts about the K6 red phone box

1. Kiosk number 6 or “Jubilee Kiosk” commemorates the Silver Jubilee of the coronation of King George V.

2. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott also designed Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral, Battersea Power Station and Bankside Power Station now Tate Modern.

3. More than 1,600 decommissioned red phone boxes, mostly K6s, have been sold to local communities for just a £1 under BT’s Adopt a Kiosk scheme. Uses include being fitted with lifesaving defibrillation machines, turned into art galleries and public libraries.

4. The K6 was the first kiosk installed nationwide and the standard kiosk across the UK until the introduction of the K8 in 1968.

5. The K6 kiosk is made from cast iron with a teak door. It is 8’3” tall (2.4 metres) and weighs three quarters of a ton (762 kilograms).

6. The K6 design was approved by the Post Office and the Royal Fine Arts Commission, which endorsed “Post Office red” as the standard colour.

7. Although Scott agreed to the use of “Post Office red” he was never a supporter of the colour and initially suggested the outside of the kiosk be painted silver and the inside greenish-blue. He strongly urged rural kiosks be painted dove-grey.

8. Two K6 kiosks were installed in France during 1995, for the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

9. Several red K6’s have been transformed into combined payphones and cash machines.

10.There are 11,000 red phone boxes in use in the UK.

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