Platform Collection (page 4)

Queen Victoria's coffin at Paddington station
Queen Victoria's funeral: King Edward VII, (left) chief mourner, German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, (middle) and the Duke of Connaught (right)

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Orient Explorer oil drilling platform
The Orient Explorer, the first British-built oil drilling platform, constructed in Southampton Docks, pictured shortly before it was towed 9, 200 miles to Labuan in Borneo Date: February 1959

Photograph showing the signalman in the act of pulling a signal lever to allow a train to enter one of the platforms. Date: 1907

Children bearing tags on their luggage standing on the platform station. Being evacuated from London to the countryside. Date: June 1940

Suggestion by William Heath Robinson for defence of London, a spinning platform land with camouflaged anti-aircraft guns. Date: 1941

Keir Hardie, socialist politician, giving a speech, London
James Keir Hardie (1856-1915), Scottish socialist politician and labour leader, a founder of the Independent Labour Party and of the British Labour Party

American Indians. Salute to a dead chief in the far North We
North America Indians in passing a burial place never omit to pay respect to the memory of a Chief who has gone to the happy hunting ground

Interior of St. Pancras Railway Station, showing the magnificent canopy dwarfing the trains beneath. Date: 1896

EXPOSED CORPSE
Coyotes gather excitedly at the foot of a Native American funeral platform, on which the corpse is exposed to the elements Date: 1850

Bombardier E-11A Global Express 11-9001
United States Air Force - Bombardier E-11A Global Express 11-9001 (MSN 9001) BD-700-1A10 Global Express used as a platform for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node. Date: circa 2015

Bombardier E-11A Global Express 11-9355
United States Air Force - Bombardier E-11A Global Express 11-9355 (MSN 9355. BD-700-1A10 Global Express), used as platform for Battlefield Airborne Communications Node. Date: circa 2015

Grumman RV-1D Mohawk 62-5897
United States Army - Grumman RV-1D Mohawk 62-5897 (msn 157C), of 2 73 CICo, at RAF Mildenhall for the Mildenhall Air Fete on 26 May 1985

United States Air Force - Boeing OC-135W 61-2670 (MSN 18346), on approach to RAF Mildenhall circa February 1999. Built as a C-135B-BN Stratolifter and converted to WC-135B weather aircraft

Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester and the Garter Mission in Japan to bestow upon Emperor Showa (Hirohito) (1901-1989) the Stranger Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG); conferred in 1929

Comic postcard, Two men and woman on station platform Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Railway passenger and station porter Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Singer on stage - The Soldiers Farewell Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman, baby and station porter Date: 20th century

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter D-8127
Koninklijke Luchtmacht - Lockheed F-104G Starfighter D-8127, of 306 Squadron, on the compass swinging platform, having a compass swing. Date: circa 1972

Comic postcard, Woman and porter on station platform Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two men and dog on railway platform Date: 20th century

Victoria Railway Station, London Date: circa 1890s

Suburban railway station under snow
Commuters waiting on a snowy suburban station platform. Date: circa 1950s

Suburban station under snow, South London
A South London railway station, with passengers waiting on a snowy platform. Date: circa 1960s

Steam locomotive Apollo, crew change, London
Steam locomotive Apollo (Britannia class) at a London station. Driver and fireman are relieved by fresh crew. Date: circa 1950s

South London railway station under snow
Commuters wait for their train on a snowy South London railway platform. Date: circa 1960s

Shadows on a station platform
A woman walks along a station platform, where heavy decorative shadows are cast on the ground. Date: circa 1950s

Passengers on platform, Peterborough North station
Passengers on a platform at Peterborough North station. Date: circa 1950s

Merstone Station, Isle of Wight
Merstone Station (now defunct), Isle of Wight. Station staff converse, while train with third class carriages waits at platform. Date: circa 1930s

Bournemouth Station with two sailors, a languishing station porter and goods trolley. Date: circa 1940s

Birmingham New Street Station
Passengers await the arrival of their train on a platform at Birmingham New Street Station. Date: circa 1950s

Comic postcard, Singer with large repertoire Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man racing for the train, pursued by his creditors Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and porter on railway platform Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Pretty young woman seeks YWCA, station porter misunderstands Date: 20th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Longing to see you
On the back of the card Churchills message is Stand together and hold firm. The little girl is in her Sunday best and presumably believes that her journey is Really Necessary.Cute Kids WW2 Wartime

Complaints from a irate passenger as the train starts to depart the platform, realising that his luggage is not with him, and gets a quick reply " your on the wrang train!" Date: 1917

Housewives Conference, 1947
Page from The Sphere, 20 September 1947 reporting on the Housewives League Meeting at Central Hall

Man at work in an oil rig control room
Man at work in the control room of an oil rig drilling platform off the coast of Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Off to the Continent? - British Railways Cross-Channel Services Date: 1956

Celebrating end of Boer War, Hereford
Aerial view, people celebrating the end of the Boer War with a parade through the streets of Hereford, Herefordshire. 1902

Lee and Harpers theatre booth, Bartholomew Fair, London. 1720s

Prince of Wales, first visit to Blanefield, Scotland
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) on his first visit to Blanefield, Scotland. 1900

Chester Mystery Plays, performance in the street

Baker Street underground station, London
A train arrives at Baker Street underground station, London, on the Metropolitan Line: the high roof is needed because the first trains are pulled by steam locomotives. Date: 1881

Gower Street Station, Metropolitan underground, London
Platform scene at Gower Street Station, one of the first stations on the Metropolitan underground, London. It was later renamed Euston Square Station. Date: circa 1860s

London Underground railway, High Street Kensington
London Underground railway, aerial view of platforms, passengers and train at High Street Kensington. Date: 1894

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