Camden Collection

The Camden Turkish Baths, 11a Kentish Town Road, London
Board-mounted promotional poster for The Camden Turkish Baths, 11a Kentish Town Road, London - designed and erected under the personal superintendence of Mr. H. H. Bridgeman ARIBA Arch

Camden Round House
A notable example of railway architecture, the Round House - the engine house of the North-Western Railway at Camden-Town depot. Today it is a theatre. Date: 1847

Bayham Street, Camden, London (Dickens)
16 (now 161) Bayham Street, Camden, London - home to John Dickens and his family, who moved here from Chatham in 1823. Also the residence of Mr Micawber

LCC-LFB Camden Town fire station, NW London
Camden Town fire station, one of the last stations built for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1885. Call sign A3, and then A22

Photograph of Falcon PH, Camden Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1939

Rowton House, Camden
The Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden. Rowton Houses provided cheap hostel-style accommodation for working men. Date: 1926

Portrait of Ethel Le Neve
Ethel Le Neve, Dr Crippens mistress. Dr Crippen, an American citizen, lived at 39 Hilldrop Cresent, Camden, London. He was accused of murdering his wife when she disappeared under suspicious

Photograph of Prince Albert PH, Camden Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Old Eagle PH, Camden Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934

Photograph of Laurel Tree PH, Camden Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Emperor Napoleon lying in state: crowds at Chislehurst
The exiled Emperor Napoleon lying in state: the crowd at the gate of his home in Chislehurst, England. Date: January 1873

Manchester Goods on horse cart, LNWR Goods Depot, Camden
A load of Manchester Goods transported by horse cart to the LNWR (London & North Western Railway Co.) Goods Depot at Camden, London. Date: circa 1907

Oakley Square, Camden, NW London. Date: circa 1910

View of Regent Street, London, with heavy traffic outside Liberty & Co. Date: circa late 1940s

Upholsterers at work, C V Smith factory, London
Upholsterers at work at Mr C V Smiths factory in Osnaburgh Street, Camden, London. Teams of men are assembling and stuffing long leather couches

Horses being X-Rayed
A horse being x-rayed at the Royal Veterinary College, Camden, London, using portable x-ray apparatus, which has proved invaluable in the treatment of animal ailments

Washing drying in the sun
Lines of washing drying in the sun with the outlines of roofs and chimney pots behind, in an unidentified location in either Islington or Camden, in London

Camden Roadhouse
A Midland Railway locomotive at the Camden Roundhouse, London (which still exists as a theatre)

Pratt - Lord Camden

Walks of London - Tottenham Court Road and Hampstead ?
Walks of London - Tottenham Court Road and Hampstead Road To Camden Town

The Emperor Napoleon lying in state
The late Emperor Napoleon III of France (1808-1873)lying in state at Camden Place, Chislehurst. January 1873

Dandy George presents The Limit in Original Animal Productions, Bedford Music Hall, Camden Town, London Date: 1915

Photograph of Stags Head PH, Camden Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of St Martins Tavern, Camden Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Princess Beatrice PH, Camden Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Photograph of Parrs Head PH, Camden Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Golden Lion PH, Camden Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Edinburgh Castle PH, Camden Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Chalk Farm Tavern, Camden Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Mother Red-Cap
The Worlds End is a pub and music venue at 174 Camden High Street in Camden Town, London, just south of Camden Town tube station

William Henry Betty
William Henry West Betty (1791-1874), popular child actor of 19th century, known as the Young Roscius of Ampthill Square, Camden. Date: 1875

St Georges Bloomsbury
St Georges church, Bloomsbury, is a parish church in Bloomsbury, London Borough of Camden. It was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and consecrated in 1730. The church crypt houses the Museum of Comedy

Unidentified locomotive no 11257, side elevation. By J Gabriel, possibly for EB Wilson. Inscribed similar to Jenny Lind (by EB Wilson, 1848) except fluting of dome omitted, whistle omitted

Railway construction accident, Camden Town, London 1849
Railway construction accident at Camden Town, NW London, when some newly constructed arches collapsed on the western side of Kentish Town Road

Camden Town Station, London
Street scene with a view at the Camden Town Station, London. Date: circa 1900

Camden Town fixed engine station, London -- the trains were lowered into and drawn out of Euston by means of ropes. Date: 1838

New stations on the North London railway 1870
Page showing the newly erected stations on the North London railway. Date: 1870

The Delaware River Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Depiction of the intended Delaware River Bridge (now The Benjamin Franklin Bridge) between Camden, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (circa 17141794) - English lawyer, judge and Whig politician - first to hold the title of Earl Camden. Date: circa 1780

Park Street, Camden Town, NW London
Park Street and Mother Redcap public house (left of centre in the distance), Camden Town, NW London. Date: circa 1905

High Street, Camden Town, NW London, with Bowman Brothers department store on the right. Date: circa 1905

Carreras Cigarette Factory - Arcadia Works, Camden, London
Exterior of the fine art deco styling of the Carreras Cigarette Factory - Arcadia Works, Camden, London. Illustration taken from an advertisement for Craven " A" cigarettes

Photograph of Apollo PH, Camden Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the Apollo

Great College Street, Camden Town, NW London, with the station bridge crossing above the road in the distance. Date: circa 1905

St Matthews Church, Oakley Square, Camden, NW London. Date: circa 1910

Mornington Crescent, Camden, NW London, on the corner with Hampstead Road. Date: circa 1910

Leamington Spa Spring
A Georgian building containing the The Original Spring Recorded by Camden, 1588, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1950s

Rowton House, Arlington Road, Camden, London
The Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden, north west London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built, low-cost hostels or doss-houses for working men

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