Booking Collection

Platform at Rugby railway station, Warwickshire, England
Down platform at Rugby railway station, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1894

Queen Victoria at the railway ticket office
Queen Victoria depicted at the railway ticket office with her luggage, about to travel to London to open Parliament. Date: 1886

Interior of ticket office at London Bridge railway station
The interior of the ticket booking office at London Bridge railway station. The clerks serve customers through windows at the right

Seating / Lycuem & Strand
Plans showing the layout of seating available for booking at the Lyceum and Strand Theatres with prices ranging from Boxes to the Gallery via stalls, circles & the pit

Comic postcard, Chauffeur and seaside landlady Date: 20th century

Main Booking Hall Croydon Aerodrome Airport - Rohan et Cie real photo postcard

Main Booking Hall, Croydon Aerodrome, Surrey
Main Booking Hall, Croydon Aerodrome Continental Airport, Surrey Date: 1922

Booking Hall, Croydon Aerodrome Continental Airport, Surrey
Entrance and Booking Hall, Croydon Aerodrome Continental Airport, Surrey Date: 1922

Illustration, The train is just coming in now, said the little porter. Date: 1938

Ordering rooms by wireless, The Savoy Hotel, London
Remote booking, ordering rooms by wireless, The Savoy Hotel, London Date: 1911

Comic postcard, Holidaymaker and landlady - Marina Boarding House Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman buying rail ticket with two children hiding under her skirts, WW1 Date: circa 1918

Buying travel tickets for Cooks tour to Egypt, 1908
Customers at Thomas Cook purchasing tickets and working out itinerary for a holiday to Egypt, in which they will no doubt partake of a Nile tour. Date: 1908

Cartoon, Another Juliet. Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre, for a matinee slot

London Underground station booking hall, with automatic ticket machines at different prices. Date: circa 1930

Waterloo Railway Station, London 1900
Waterloo Railway Station during the Ascot week, London. Date: 1900

Kings Cross, departure of the Scotch Express
Kings Cross Railway Station, departure of the Scotch Express. London. Date: 19th century

Scene outside Workington Railway Station, Cumbria, UK. Date: circa 1910s

General view inside Marylebone Station, London
General view inside Marylebone Station, Great Central Railway, London, with the Booking Office on the left and kiosks on the right. Date: circa 1910s

Railway workers in London 1900
A selection of photographs showing railway workers in London. Date: 1900

Poster, Man with telephone and aeroplanes
Poster, Man on the telephone, apparently booking to fly on an aeroplane, published in Rotterdam, Netherlands. 20th century

Canadian Pacific to Japan and China -- a Third Class Social Room (above), a Colonist Car (below). Save time and trouble by booking Canadian Pacific all the way. Date: circa 1930s

Caricature of JosephHurst, Lyceum Theatre box office manager
Caricature of Joseph Hurst, Lyceum Theatre box office manager. 1883

Cartoon, Matinees! Matinees!! Matinees!!! Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre

Au Pair Agency
The receptionist of an Au Pair agency answers a telephone enquiry and makes a booking in the office diary. Date: 1960s

Passengers at Oxford Circus tube station, Central London
Passengers queueing for twopenny tickets at Oxford Circus tube station booking office, Central London. Date: circa 1900s

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

British troops arrive from the trenches at Waterloo Station
Troops just arrived at Waterloo Station from the trenches buying tickets at the booking office for travel to their suburban homes. A typical scene at London train stations during the First World War

Leviathan luxury American ship 1924
Leviathan luxury ship sails April 22nd from Southampton - Cherbourg to New York. A trip on the Leviathan is a wonderful experience

Hillmans Airways Essex Airport Poster
Poster, Hillmans Airways, Essex Airport, offering flights from London to Paris (no passports required), Belfast, Liverpool and the Isle of Man, with prices and flight durations. 20th century

Automatic train ticket machine, 1904
A novel idea introduced in 1904 of an automatic booking clerk available at Homerton railway station in East London, enabling early morning workmen to buy a train ticket for 2d by putting money in

Booking theatre tickets 1953
A stylishly dressed woman books tickets for the theatre wearing a slim-fitting featherweight suit by Wetheralls made of snuff-colour pin check rayon

Railway Sleeper - Kings Cross Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing tramp at Kings Cross Station dreaming of wealth as he clutches a copy of the Financial Times. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Victoria Station, London

Booking clerk inside a ticket office
Inside the ticket office - the booking clerk serves a passenger, who is paying with a bank note

Rail Ticket Machine
A ticket machine for the automated booking of 3d tickets in a London underground station, probably Holloway Road

Seating / Lyceum & Strand
Plans showing the layout of seating available for booking at the Palace Theatre & London Pavilion. Prices range from Boxes, via Stalls, Circles & Amphitheatre to the Pits

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping