North Wales Lunatic Asylum, Denbigh, North WalesAdministration block of the North Wales Lunatic Asylum at Denbigh, opened in 1848 and designed by Thomas Fulljames
Exminster Asylum, DevonThe administrative building of the Exminster Asylum, opened in 1845 as the Devon County Lunatic Asylum. It was later known as the Devon County Mental Hospital, then as Exminster Hospital
St Giles Hospital, Camberwell, LondonThe administrative offices of Camberwell St Giles Hospital, formerly part of the Camberwell workhouse on Havil Street, now St Giles Road, south east London
Napsbury Asylum Administration Block, HertfordshireThe administration block of the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum, also known as Napsbury Asylum, originally opened in 1905 on Shenley Lane, London Colney, near St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Producer. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease
Workhouse Infirmary, Havil Street, Camberwell, LondonThe administrative offices of Camberwell St Giles poor law infirmary on Havil Street (now St Giles Road) in south east London
Grove Hospital, Tooting Grove, south west LondonAdministration block of the Grove Hospital, Tooting Grove, south west London (originally in Surrey), one of five new hospitals opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1890s for the treatment
Statement of Poor Relief in St Lukes Parish, 1854A printed summary statement of the poor relief statistics for the London parish of St Luke for the week ending 5 August 1854
John K M Rothenstein, art historian and administratorJohn K M Rothenstein (1901-1992), British art historian and administrator, Director of the Tate Gallery, London, from 1938 to 1964. Date: circa 1940s
Lady Olein Wyndham-Quin (1892-1969) working as an administrator for the Red Cross. Date: 1940
Red Cross records roomWorkers in the Red Cross records room. Date: 1940
Life on a North Sea trawler - three men on deck in ordinary clothes, one of them writing on a piece of paper. Date: 1960s
Entrance to Pullman Works, Chicago, Illinois, USAEntrance to the Pullman Works, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the Pullman railway carriages were manufactured. The building is now the Pullman National Monument Visitor Centre
Queen Elizabeth II at her desk, 1959Queen Elizabeth II at work at her desk at Buckingham Palace. The Queen opens her dispatch box of State papers. Behind the box on the desk are a number of family photographs
La France Maritime - Naval Prefect (a civil servant). 19th century
British troops collecting air-dropped supplies into the AdmiPhotograph of British troops collecting air-dropped supplies into the Admin Box in Feb 1944; from collection covering Middle and Far East, World War Two. Date: 1944
Soldier in an office, British Army of the Rhine, GermanySoldier in an office with charts and maps on the wall behind him, British Army of the Rhine, near Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony, in postwar Germany. Date: circa 1946
Soldier in an office, British Army of the RhineSoldier in an office with charts and maps on the wall behind him, British Army of the Rhine, near Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony, in postwar Germany. Date: circa 1946
Officers desk, BAOR, Braunschweig, GermanyOfficers desk in an office with charts and maps on the wall, British Army of the Rhine, near Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony, in postwar Germany. Date: circa 1946
Women recruits for police jobs lined upWomen recruits for jobs with the Metropolitan Police in London lined up in uniform wearing armbands with the initial WPSR (probably standing for Women Police Service Recruit). Date: circa late 1910s
Sub-Inspector Barnett with women applicantsSub-Inspector Barnett at Metropolitan Police headquarters, receiving applications from women to work for the London police force. Date: circa late 1910s
UFO investigation group at work in an officeAn American UFO investigation group at work in an office. Files are consulted, locations plotted, and a field investigator writes up his notes. Date: 1950s
Administrative building for lighthouses, Veracruz, MexicoAdministrative building for lighthouses (Direccion General de Faros), Veracruz, Mexico. Date: circa 1905
Former Chelmsford Workhouse admin block, 2000Former Chelmsford Workhouse admin block, seen from the northeast, part of the Chelmsford Union Workhouse, Essex. The original buildings date from 1837 but were largely rebuilt after a fire in 1886
Group photo, Accra Scout Week, Ghana, West AfricaGroup photo of the committee members who organised a successful Accra Scout Week, Ghana, West Africa. Date: 1951
Foyer, H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, PA, USAFoyer of the H.J. Heinz Company administration building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1910
Plans for the City of Canberra, AustraliaThe City of Canberra: the newly-christened capital of the Australian Commonwealth. The central feature of the new federal capital as it will appear
Cover design, Telephone Numbers bookCover design for a Telephone Numbers book, depicting a woman writing at a desk with a telephone next to her
Group photo, 2nd Rawalpindi Division, IndiaGroup photo, men of the 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division, Murree, India. A board behind them shows who belongs upstairs and who belongs downstairs. Date: 1913
Board of Guardians, Lexden and Winstree Union, EssexA group portrait of the Board of Guardians of the Lexden and Winstree Poor Law Union in Essex. The Board oversaw the operation of the union and its workhouse
London County Council welfare staffStaff in an office at a London County Council welfare establishment interview a homeless man
Manchester Board of Guardians, Officers and Ex-ChairmenThe Chairman (Hugh Fay, centre), Vice Chairman (William Reid, left of centre) and Clerk (F.W. Greenhalgh) of the 1930-31 Manchester Board of Guardians
Manchester Board of Guardians OfficesThe Manchester Board of Guardians Offices at All Saints, Manchester
Menu from Halifax Union Board of Guardians dinnerThe cover of the commemorative menu at the Halifax Union Board of Guardians final dinner. The abolition of all the countrys Boards of Guardians after April 1930 marked the end of the workhouse system
Banks of Filing - Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyThe Metropolitan Life Insurance Companys Home Office Building in New York City. A view of the filing section - then, the largest outfit of steel filing cases in the world!
MAB Headquarters, Carmelite Street, LondonHeadquarters of the Metropolitan Asylums Board at the corner of Carmelite Street on the Victoria Embankment, Central London
Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton, SurreyAdministration block at the Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey. The hospital was opened in 1908 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board
Local Government Board Offices, Whitehall, LondonA view of the Local Government Boards headquarters, at the junction of Great George Street and Parliament Street, Central London
Administration Building, Horton War Hospital, EpsomThe administration block of the Horton War Hospital, Epsom, opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum - Londons seventh county asylum
