Londons Collection (page 4)

Programme cover for Paris Fantaisie, 1933
Programme cover for Paris Fantaisie, staged at the Prince of Wales Theatre (described as Londons Folies Bergere), London, 1933. Art work probably by Louis Curti. Date: 1933

Birds eye view of the West End of London
The Graphics panorama of Londons West End from 1889. Date: 21st September 1889

Claridges Hotel 1970S
The front entrance of Claridges, one of Londons premier hotels. Date: 1970s

George Peabody
GEORGE PEABODY American tradesman who made a good thing from dry goods and did an even better thing by his benefactions to Londons homeless. Date: 1795 - 1869

Middlesex Snow Scene
A winter landscape, on Londons northern edge, near Enfield, Middlesex, England. Date: 1950s

Boundary House, Wellington Terrace (opposite Kensington Gardens), London. One of Londons smallest houses, on the boundary between Kensington and Paddington. Date: 19th century

Ship in George V Dock
A large ship moored in Londons busy Docklands, King George V dock, North Woolwich, before the World War Two Blitz and the Docklands development. Date: February 1939

Socialism in Hyde Park
A Socialist orator at Speakers Corner in Londons Hyde Park, near the Marble Arch, attracts an audience of working men, while a gentleman in a top hat passes by Date: 1892

Programme cover for La Revue D Amour, 1934
Programme cover for La Revue D Amour, staged at the Prince of Wales Theatre (described as Londons Folies Bergere), London, 1934. Art work probably by Louis Curti. Date: 1934

Toynbee Hall
The Drawing-Room of this philanthropic-educational institution in the Commercial Road in Londons East End, , scene of many a fierce political discussion

Guildhall Aldermen
The Court of Aldermen, part of Londons municipal infrastructure that you probably never knew about

East India Road
Market stalls and other traders in the East India Road, in Londons East End

Main Entrance, Kensington Palace
A watercolour and pen painting of the main entrance at Kensington Palace, London. The Illustrated London News featured a long running series of paintings of Londons architecture by Sir Hugh Maxwell

Dulwich Art Gallery, by Hugh Casson
A watercolour and pen painting of Dulwich Art Gallery, London. The Illustrated London News featured a long running series of paintings of Londons architecture by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson during

The Lord Mayors Show, London, 1746
Lord Mayor of Londons Show moving through the city in 1746

Construction of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works, Crossn
Engraving showing the construction of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness, Kent, in 1864. This facility, now better known as Crossness Pumping Station

Cross-Section of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Cro
Engraving showing a cross-section of the machinery at the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness, 1864. The machinery shown was used to pump away Londons sewage

Penstock Chamber in Londons Sewers, 1879
Engraving showing the large metal door of a Penstock Chamber, somewhere in the sewers underneath London, 1879

Lord Mayors Ball, Mansion House, 1909
Illustration showing the Lord Mayor of Londons Ball for all the lord mayors, mayors, lord provosts and provosts in the United Kingdom at Mansion House, London, 1909

Perspective Conspectus of the principal buildings of Sir Chr
Illustration showing a perspective conspectus of the principal works of Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723). The buildings featured include St

London. As it is, 1861
Decorative engraving showing a number of Londons attractions merged into the same skyline. The tops of St Stephens Tower, St Pauls Cathedral

V-2 Rocket in Trafalgar Square, 1945
Photograph showing a German V-2 rocket exhibited in Trafalgar Square as a feature of Londons Thanksgiving Week celebrations at the end of the Second World War, September 1945

The Gun Control Room, Britain; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing the interior of the Gun Control Room, the headquarters of Londons anti-aircraft defences during the Second World War, 1944

Map of Londons Docks, 1908
Illustration showing the River Thames and Londons docks in 1908, viewed with Tower of London at the bottom of the image and the East of London at the top of the image

Lombard Street
Two Morris Minors drive down Lombard Street in the heart of Londons financial district

Exiles Squabble
Even in exile, French political activists nurse their grievances : a scuffle between Rochefort and Pilotell in Londons Regent St, takes them to Marlborough St police court

The Engine Room of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyanc
Engraving showing the engine room of the of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyance, Battersea, London. This was part of an experimental setup to test the design of a pneumatic conveyance tube

The Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyance Tube, Battersea
Engraving showing the Despatch-tube of the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Battersea, London. This was an experimental setup to test the design of the tube

The Mouth and Carriage of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Co
Engraving showing the mouth of the despatch-tube and a carriage, carrying mail, of the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Battersea, London

Buses on Oxford Street
Man with newspapers walks along Londons busy Oxford Street. Behind him three no. 73 buses are queuing. A businessman walks towards him

Televising a unit of Londons Land Defence Force against ene
In December 1936 the B.B.C carried out its first transmission from outside at night. A mock air-raid was staged so that Londoners could see how the Territorial Army had prepared itself for the onset

To solve Londons car-garaging problem? A skyscraper Park
Illustration of a cross section of a proposed multi storey garage/ car park, designed by Eugene G. Higgins. It was designed in the style of a tower and could hold seven hundred cars

Gas Retort House
The retort house at the Westminster Gas Works, London - at this time much of Londons streets, as well as private homes, are lit by gas

Boxing Satire C18
Londons gentry enjoys nothing more than seeing a good fight: Polite amusement or an exhibition of beasts

Miss Mary Anderson
MARY ANDERSON Actress born in California who always played leading roles in Londons West End. Dubbed " Our Mary" by American audiences

Proposed station at Baker Street
The proposed plan for the underground station at Baker Street, the underground solution for convenient travel, in densely populated areas

If you Don t Go
If you don t go, we must... In Londons Trafalgar Square patriotic British girls parade as soldiers, to shame any cowardly men who shrink from enlisting in WW1

Italian Immigrant Man
A smartly-dressed Italian man, wearing a hat and overcoat with a fur collar, part of Londons Italian immigrant community, Saffron Hill, near Farringdon

Grosvenor Square 1746
The United States don t yet exist, so theres no American Embassy to dominate this imposing square, part of Londons inexorable expansion westwards

Not a Drop to Drink
A comment on Londons polluted water supply - water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink !

Sewing Machine Girl
A gentleman walking down Londons Regent Street is struck by the sight of a pretty girl operating a sewing machine in a shop window

Hyde Park Review 1838
At a review in Londons Hyde Park, the duke of Wellington is accompanied by marshal Soult and the Ottoman ambassador who is doubtless duly impressed

Hyde Park Steamed Up
HYDE PARK AS IT WILL BE Londons Park is invaded by steam-powered vehicles

Londons Piccadilly
Horse-buses and cabs clatter along Londons Piccadilly, while a carriage stops outside the Yorkshire Grey public house

Advert / Waring & Gillow
Sofa by Waring abd Gillow, one of Londons prestige furnishing stores, depicted in a setting with curtains and other items

Children in East End Street
Three little girls from Londons East End wear aprons or pinafores over their plain frocks. One girl wears a hat another wears black wool stockings & stout boots

London Wall Newgate 1903
A 20-metre length of Londons Roman Wall, discovered when Newgate Prison was demolished, and subsequently demolished in its turn

Demos in Hyde Park / 1931
Police arrest a man during demonstrations in Londons Hyde Park

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