Buses Collection (page 11)

London bus strike 1891
Front cover of The Penny Illustration Paper showing the first strike by London transport workers in 1891, over working conditions and pay. Date: 1891

View of Bayswater Road, West London. Date: circa 1900s

Open-topped buses at the Epsom Derby, 1933, with an advertisement for Dewars whisky. Date: 1933

Bus passing, Tozeur to Biskra, Tunisia, North Africa
Bus passing on the road from Tozeur to Biskra, Tunisia, North Africa. Date: circa 1920s

Aerial view of Boulevard de la Gare, Casablanca, Morocco
Aerial view of Boulevard de la Gare and Central Market, Casablanca, Morocco. circa 1930

Avenue du General d Amade, Casablanca, Morocco, with modern buildings. Date: circa 1930s

Avenue Aristide-Briand, Constantine, Algeria, with the Citroen building in the middle distance. Date: circa 1930

New Square and Town Hall, Constantine, Algeria, with a trolley bus passing by. Date: circa 1930

State Opera House and street scene, Vienna, Austria
State Opera House and street scene with horse-drawn buses, Vienna, Austria. Date: circa 1900

Waring & Gillow, Oxford Street, Central London
Waring & Gillow (left), Oxford Street, Central London. Date: circa 1900

Aerial view, busy scene at Oxford Circus, Central London, with Peter Robinson department store on the left. Date: circa 1920s

Marshall & Snelgrove, Oxford Street, London. circa 1910s

Busy day in Oxford Street, Central London, with traffic and pedestrians. Date: circa 1910

Busy scene at Oxford Circus, Central London. Date: circa 1910

Hotel Tudor, Oxford Street, Central London. Date: circa 1900

Oxford Circus, Central London, on a busy day. circa 1900

The Strand London - looking west. Date: circa 1908

Hyde Park Corner - Piccadilly and Wellington Arch, London Date: circa 1908

Aerial view, entrance to Victoria Station, London, with cars and buses. circa 1920s

View of Regent Street, London, on a busy day. Date: circa 1930

The Buses were not affected by the Strike by H. M. Bateman
A fabulous cartoon by H. M. Bateman showing a multitude of people trying to chaotically squeeze onto a bus - a comment on the bus strikes affecting Britain in 1919. Date: 1919

Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York State, USA
Niagara Street (viewed from Main Street), Buffalo, New York State, USA, with the McKinley Monument in the distance. Date: circa 1904-1908

Woman with two children on a bus, Manchester
A woman looks out of a window as she travels on a Manchester bus with her two children. Date: circa 1982

Three young men on the top deck of a bus, Eccles
Three young men on the top deck of a bus, as it stops at a bus stop opposite the Talk of The North Club in Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1981

Women chatting on the bus through Eccles, Manchester
Women chatting on the bus as they travel through Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1982

Young couple sleep on last bus home, Manchester
A young couple sleep on the last bus home from the centre of Manchester. Date: circa 1981

Old women on a bus ride through Manchester, with a poster advertising the Cut Cost Store. Date: circa 1977

Two children on a bus ride through Eccles, Manchester
Two little children, dressed against the cold, huddle together on a bus ride through Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1979

Communal Kitchens, WWI by Will Owen
Cartoon by Will Owen, a humorous comment on the rise of the communal kitchen, introduced during the First World War as a way of providing war workers and the poor with nourishing meals

Care of the Bus Conductress, WW1
A female bus conductor working for the London General Omnibus Company during the First World War, pictured seated on a special platform installed to allow for a rest on long journeys about the city

Gas bag omnibus in Edinburgh, WW1
An example of a coal gas powered vehicle in Edinburgh - in this case a bus which holds a voluminous rubber bag for the gas on its roof

Outside the Ritz, 1920 by Cecil King
Looking Eastwards in Piccadilly - an evening scene by Green Park by Cecil King. The Ritz Hotel can be seen on the right, the Berkeley Hotel on the left

Scene outside Graphic office, Paris, WW1
Scene outside The Graphic office in Rue Lafayette, Paris, on the outbreak of the First World War, showing people waving to troops destined for the Front

London Bridge, London
London Bridge, County of London, England. Showing Early Double-Decker Buses Date: 1934

Woman with terrier on a lead at the seaside, photo by Sunny Snaps (south coast). Date: 1936

Hackney carriage travelling between Liverpool Street and Hyde Park Corner Date: c. 1910

Female bus conductor during World War I
A female bus conductor provides tickets for two soldiers during World War I Date: 1914-18

Loading motor buses with ammunition, WW1
Soldiers loading motor buses with ammunition from the Powder Magazine in Hyde Park in August 1914. Date: 1914

The London Motor Bus at the Front, WW1
London buses in use at the Front to transport British infantry soldiers who are pictured hurrying to fill the gaps in the Armentieres-Ypres line in November 1914

Us Grant Hotel bus, San Diego, California, USA
Us Grant Hotel bus, with passengers, San Diego, California, USA. Date: circa 1915

Woman bus conductor, WW1
A girl bus conductor in her blue uniform, with gaiters and turned up hat, rings the bell on the no 25 route which travels from Marble Arch in central London to Ilford on the outskirts of East London

Bus crash in Cannon Street, City of London
LFB Special Services attending a bus crash in Cannon Street, City of London, on 21 April 1959. The bus, which was travelling eastwards (right to left)

NFS personnel unloading luggage, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping to unload luggage from buses onto trolleys outside St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

Women tram conductor and officer, WW1
Illustration showing a women tram conductor speaking to an army officer during WW1. Date: 1916

Chancing It, WW1 London bus with woman conductor
Illustration by Edmund Blampied showing a British soldier, possibly home on leave managing to just catch a moving bus presided over by a female bus conductor. Date: 1916

Woman bus conductor during WWI
Woman bus conductor wearing uniform standing at the open rear platform, in World War One. Date: 1916

Oxford Street, c. 1950
Oxford Street, Londons major shopping thoroughfare - an aerial view showing buses and shoppers thronging the pavement. The temple of commerce, Selfridge s, with flags flying

Crowds of Christmas shoppers, Oxford St, 1944
Dense crowds thronging Oxford Street looking for Christmas presents in December 1944. The entrance to Selfridges department store can be seen in the background. Date: 1944

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