Chelsea Collection (page 8)

Advertisement for Life cigarettes -- male and female models (Helen Connor and Christopher Powell) with Facel Vega car. 1959

Installing Fireproof slabs on the roof of Chelsea Town Hall
Installing Mack Fireproof slabs on iron purlins on the roof of Chelsea New Town Hall, London. Date: 1907

Greetings from Chelsea - London - Featuring the chelsea Embankment, Chelsea Old Church, Cheyne Walk and Dr Phenes House Of Mystery! Date: circa 1910s

The Quadrangle - Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London. Date: circa 1910

Irony of a sweet child wearing an HMS Furious cap
HMS Furious - somewhat ironic picture showing an old soldier and the least likely ilor of the HMS Furious, a sweet little child in a sailor suit. Date: circa 1890s

Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the Boer War
A Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the front (during the Second Anglo-Boer War). Date: 1900

Grand Aerostatic Balloon - Blanchard
Grand Aerostatic Balloon in which M. Blanchard ascended from the Royal Military Academy at Little Chelsea, 16 October 1784. [C.F.A. Pierce Collection]

Hibiscus syriacus, rose of althea and Ketmia syrorum, flore albo. Dried specimens taken from the museum herbarium. Plants from Chelsea Physick Garden

Nerine sarniensis, Guernsey lily
Drawing by Georg Dionysius Ehert. Image from The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, plate 1

Entrance to Kensington & Chelsea District School, Banstead
Entrance to the Kensington & Chelsea District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme). As well as cottage homes, each housing 40 children

Visit by HM The Queen Mother to Chelsea Fire Station on 4 July 1996, with Chief Fire Officer Robinson, ACO Gill and others

An overturned lorry spills its load, Cheyne Walk
Road traffic accident - an overturned lorry spills its load of water coolers across the road at 91 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea

Firefighters at Royal Hospital Chelsea
Firefighters during a pump exercise at Royal Hospital Chelsea, SW London

GLC-LFB Major fire, Chelsea Hospital, Pimlico
Twelve pumps and two turntable ladders were called to deal with the major blaze at the Chelsea Hospital that destroyed the roof of the building and seriously damaged the upper floor

Blitz in London -- fire at Chelsea Embankment, WW2
London AFS fire crew dealing with a serious fire caused by a bombing raid on Chelsea Embankment. A photographer, on the left of the picture, captures the moment

Blanchards balloon ascent, Little Chelsea

Blanchards balloon ascent, Chelsea, London
Grand Aerostatic Balloon, in which Mr Blanchard ascended from the Royal Military Academy at Little Chelsea, London. 16 October 1784

WPA. Federal Music Project offers the following courses for adults - piano, voice, violin, cello, ear training, theory, and ensemble appreciation at the Chelsea Community Music Center

Chelsea Piers in New York City
Chelsea Piers, a series of piers on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. They were the terminus for transatlantic liners such as Titanic and her sister ships, as well as Lucitania

Aerial voyages over London Ashburnham Park, Kings Road, Chelsea. Date between 1867 and 1877

Chelsea Arts Ball - group including artists Howard Elcock
A group of revellers in fancy dress costume at the Annual Chelsea Arts Ball. Numbered as 1. Mr E. Sturt, 2. Captain A. Mills, 3. Major Blackwell, 4 Mr H.C.B

Escort by Helen McKie - World War II
An old Chelsea Pensioner in his distinctive red uniform looks on aghast as a smart RAF airman escorts two pretty girls. Date: c.1940

Arrival of hearse of Duke of Wellington at Chelsea Hospital
Arrival of the hearse and remains of the Duke of Wellington at Chelsea Hospital. The body of the great statesman and soldier had been lying in state at Walmer Castle, his residence

Entrance to Chelsea football ground, c. 1920. Date: c. 1920

Duke of Wellington lying in state at Chelsea Hospital
The remains of the Duke of Wellington lying in state in the hall of Chelsea Hospital. Date: 1852

Chelsea versus Clapton Orient football match
Scott of Chelsea and Thompson of Clapton Orient compete for the ball in the air at the first league fixture of these two London clubs. The game was played on the Clapton Orient ground

Chelsea Hospital, lying-in-state of Duke of Wellington
The crowd going into Chelsea Hospital to see the lying in state of the Duke of Wellington who had died on 14th September 1852 at Walmer Castle. Date: 1852

Metropolitan Police B Division officers playing draughts
Officers of the Metropolitan Police B Division playing draughts during a rest break at the station. Two men are sitting at a table playing, with four men standing and watching. Date: circa 1930s

Just As it Used to Be by Fred Purvis
A lively scene of revelry in a Chelsea artists studio showing some Bright Young Things of the 1920s dancing, drinking and smoking at a party

Turners House, Chelsea, London Date: c. 1900s

House of Thomas Carlyle in Chelsea, London Date: c. 1900s

Pensioners Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London Date: circa 1907

Chelsea Polytechnic, Manresa Road, London
The Chelsea College of Art and Design was originally an integral school of the South-Western Polytechnic, which opened at Manresa Road, Chelsea

Richard Yates
RICHARD YATES churchman, rector of Ashen, Essex, and chaplain of Chelsea Hospital, historian of Bury St Edmunds. Date: 1769 - 1834

London / Cheyne Walk
Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. Famous former residents include David Lloyd George, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, George Eliot, James Whistler, Mrs Gaskell and J.M.W. Turner. Date: 18th century

King & Eight Bells Pub
The King and Eight Bells public house, Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London, once a popular haunt of Londons artistic Bohemian set. Date: 1930s

Chelsea Foreshore
Stretching along the foreshore to the west of Chelsea Bridge, London, is this long line of old sailing barges. This Barges Graveyard houses many bohemian artistic Londoners. Date: 1940s

Chelsea Physic Gardens
A corner of the water garden at Chelsea Physic Gardens, London, England. Date: 1960s

Georgian Windows
Oriel and bay windows on a Georgian town house, 102 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. Date: circa 1800

Botanic Garden, Chelsea, London
Colour drawing of the Botanic (Physic) Garden, Chelsea, London, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. The statue is of Sir (Dr) Hans Sloane. 1844

3 Cheyne Walk Chelsea
3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, left to right are Carry, Count, Josephine. Date: circa 1840s

Cadogan Street, Chelsea, London
A March along Cadogan Street, Chelsea - a banner for the St Simon Zelotes Church, 40 Milner Street, Upper Chelsea, London. " For God and Church". Date: 1916

Turner / Cheyne Walk
JMW TURNER House in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, where the artist died on 19 December 1851 Date: 1775 - 1851

Inmates of the Chelsea workhouse, London
Elderly male inmates relax in a garden of the Chelsea workhouse, London. Some are smoking pipes, some are reading newspapers, others are feeding birds

Lady Mary Pakenham in her studio
Lady Mary Pakenham (later Lady Mary Clive) in her Chelsea studio, painting

Kensington & Chelsea District School, infirmary
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

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