Venues Collection

Booths Dry Gin advertisement at Gargoyle club
Advertisement for Booths Dry Gin showing George, the barman mixing some delicious cocktails. The Gargoyle Club on Meard Street was a regular haunt for many artists

Coronation 1937 - cutaway of Westminster Abbey
Magnificent, highly detailed cutaway illustration of Westminster Abbey, with the Northern walls removed to show the interior seating arrangements and the positions occupied by King George VI

Aerial plan of the Festival of Britain site, London
Aerial plan of the Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London, showing all the main buildings and other venues of interest. Date: May 1951

The outdoor Bismark Gardens - Chicago cabaret venue
A view of the outdoor Bismark Gardens - one of the major cabaret venues in Chicago, 1920s Date: 1920s

The Marigold Rooms in the Bismark Gardens, Chicago
A view of the interior of the Marigold Rooms in the Bismark Gardens - one of the major cabaret venues in Chicago, 1920s Date: 1920s

Martin 2-0-2A N93204 (msn 14074), as used by Herman's Hermits and The Animals for their 1966 US tour, playing at 36 venues. (This aircraft is now the sole remaining Martin 2-0-2A). Date: 1966

The Fishery club in Maidenhead, one of a number of fashionable riverside venues in the town that attracted society during the first half of the twentieth century. See picture no

The Marble Skating Rink, Clapham 1876
The new Marble Skating Rink in Clapham Road, London, near Kennington Gate. Consisting of inner covered and outer rinks and a raised balcony with wicker chairs spectators

Skating rink, the Glaciarium at Chelsea 1876
The Glaciarium, situated in Chelsea, London, showing victorians enjoying the live band playing while they skate. Date: 1876

Manchester Real Ice Rink 1877
On 13th January 1877 the company opened what was considered the first skatable ice rink in the country at Moor Street in Rusholme, Manchester. Date: 1877

Real ice skating-rink, Niagara Hall, Westminster 1895
Adults enjoying skating on a skating-rink, Niagara Hall, Westminster, London Date: 1895

The Debutante by H. M. Bateman (Tennis at Wimbledon)
Humorous illustration by the master of social satire, H. M. Bateman showing a new tennis player on the famous centre court at Wimbledon, feeling very much as if all eyes are upon her. Date: 1926

Inside the annexe at Westminster Abbey - George VI Coronatio
A view inside the Great Hall, a temporary annexe designed by Sir James West and built onto Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937

Trocadero advertisement during London Season, 1958
Advertisement placed by the Trocadero at Piccadilly Circus highlighting the dates where it still had the Empire Suite available to be hired for debutante dances. Date: 1958

Advertisement for the Palais de Danse, Hammersmith, 1919
1919 advert for the Palais de Danse, a vast and hugely popular dance venue in West London where American jazz bands played the tunes

London, The New Supper Clubs, The Four Hundred, 1914
A page of photographs in The Sketch magazine in 1914, part of a series visually documenting the growth of late opening supper clubs in the capital on the eve of the First World War

The New Supper Clubs - Murray s
The dance floor (top) and members and guests (bottom) at Murray s, in Beak Street, one of the new late opening supper clubs springing up around London on the eve of the First World War

Suffragette Votes for Women W. S. P. U
Suffragette Votes for Women W.S.P.U. Advertising Public At Homes, organised by the National Womens Social & Political Union at two London venues. Date: circa 1909

Drinks during an interval at the Olympia Music Hall in Paris
L abreuvoir de L Olympia pendant un entr acte (Drinks during an interval at the Olympia Music Hall in Paris) - c. 1918.Recognisable by its giant red glowing letters above the establishment

Earls Court takes shape - architects model
An architects model of Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London at the time of its construction in 1937 showing its art deco facade. Date: 1937

Entrance to the Hotel Hollenden, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Entrance to the Hotel Hollenden at Superior Avenue and East 6th Street in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Annexe built on Westminster Abbey for William IV coronation
The first occasion on which a temporary annexe to Westminster Abbey was built, for the Coronation of King William IV in 1830

Annexe built on Westminster Abbey for George VI coronation
The large annexe built onto Westminster Abbey in order to provide extra space for marshalling the coronation procession of King George VI

Chapel Royal, St. Jamess Palace
The Chapel Royal at St. Jamess Palace, scene of numerous royal weddings including that of Queen Victoria, George V and Queen Mary and, in this instance, Princess Alexandra

Royal Wedding 1947 - Westminster Abbey
Drawing showing the magnificent interior of Westminster Abbey during the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on 20 November 1947

Cinema, Bombay
The Novelty Theatre Cinematograoh, Bombay : in India as elsewhere, the first cinemas are converted premises in existing buildings, rather than purpose-built venues

Fancy Dress Blackpool
A fancy dress ball in the Baronial Hall, Blackpool - just one of several splendid dance venues in this popular holiday resort

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