Historical Preservation Gifts

"How I deplore this senseless destruction of our historic landmarks!"

Save Thy Soul - Save Our Historical Landmarks - Save Water

Nature versus commerce.

A tourist inadvertently destroying the place he is visiting

The Kitchen area of a Whitechapel Boarding House

'Now, think hard about it: Do you want to be known as the one who ate the last Dodo?'

Sign: 'Welcome to Fernbanks. Beneath our quaint Norman Rockwell-ish exterior beats a big-box chain store heart, ready to sell out at the drop of a hat.'

'I want to immortalise the area in a painting before it is changes for ever.' (Artist is scooped up by a digger.)

'Forget what?'

'Mary, I believe in historic preservation, too, but ... '

"Great for worship then! Great for retail now!"

'Anti-Graffito' worker about to erase hieroglyphics.

"Our hobby is finding old, run-down Victorian houses and levelling them."

"Someday, son, all this will be yours. It'll be under water, but still ..."

Inventor of the Tudor spirit-level

Title page from 'The Scouring of the White Horse'.

Architects and Engineers - Restoration of old Buildings.

Scot country dancing,

Alderman shocked at a proposal to pull down Temple Bar

A sardine can combined with a cornucopia.

"I still liked it better when it was the Colosseum."

Pasadena Playhouse War

'Daddy says, 'Better drowned than duffers if not duffers won't drown'. Well, let's just hope social services don't hear about this.'

"I remember when this was all forest..."

"Ever seen anything like it? No high rise condos to obstruct the view, no acres of parking lots, no traffic. What a waste."

You were warned about mixed marriages!

Archeological find in the Myanmar jungle.

James Russell Lowell

Notre Dame Fire

Soldier in medieval battle says: 'Oi, take it easy! This is an English Heritage site.'

oh no - here comes the national trust again...

'Nowadays kiddo, we just need to herd the sheep, but my grandfather had to protect them from wolves!'

"This year has been a disaster. But, my breaking point was when Apple TV+ hijacked 'It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,' away from network television."

"My pappy built this shell with his bare claws. I'll be damned if some freeloader moves in."

Save the forest.