Downing Collection (page 2)

10 Downing Street, London - prior to restoration and the addition to the terrace (to the south toward Whitehall). Date: circa 1930s

WW2 poster, Warship Week, Winston Churchill
WW2 poster, Warship Week, A message from the Prime Minister, with a portrait of Winston Churchill and a letter from him in support of the National Savings Movement and the Warship Week Campaign

The Imperial War Cabinet, 1917
Photograph taken at 10 Downing Street of the Imperial War Cabinet in 1917. Front row, Henderson, Lord Milner, Lord Curzon, Mr Bonar Law, David Lloyd George, Sir Robert Borden, Mr Massey

Cabinet War Rooms by G. H. Davis
A drawing by G.H.Davis of the Cabinet War Rooms, the underground Headquarters of the Cabinet during World War II. These were situated 70 ft below Whitehall, London

Winston Churchill entertains the Queen
The Queen arrives at Downing Street and is greeted at No. 10 by Sir Winston and Lady Churchill on the night before his retirement from office

Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) British politician and Prime Minister celebrates his 30th anniversary in the House of Commons with his pet poodle at 10 Downing Street, London

De Valera & Lloydgeorge
Irish leader De Valera and British premier Lloyd George meet at Downing Street, London, leading to the treaty of London which brought peace for a few months

Britain and Sinn Fein at the conference table
Face to face with an age-long problem in a supreme effort to find a lasting solution: the British representatives (on the left) snd the Sinn Fein delegates at the Irish conference in Downing Street

George Downing, Lawyer
GEORGE DOWNING Barrister-at-law, freemason. Date: 1712 - 1800

Ball at Downing Street
PARTIES The Countessa of Clarendons Ball at Downing Street Date: 1853

Pair of French twins strolling downing a cobbled street in Northern France Date: circa late 1940s

Receipt, Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey
Receipt from the Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey, dated 6 June 1889, confirming one years subscription of one guinea from Mrs R Blake Byass, signed by James Downing, Secretary

Members of the Imperial Conference assembled at Downing Street, London, for the seventh such conference which brought together the Prime Ministers of the British Empire

Musical Chairs: A little party at Downing Street
Politicians swap their various roles in government as if playing a game of musical chairs. Date: 1916

First Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, with snow on the ground. circa 1905

Suffragette Trial Defence at Bow Street. The defence barrister, T.M Healy (1855-1931) in the prosecution of eight members of the Womens Freedom League charged with obstructing police in Downing

Suffragette Flying Machine Asquith no. 10. Suffragettes give Mr. Asquith a rude awakening as their flying machine reaches the upper floor of number 10. Downing Street

Suffragette Charlotte Despard Arrested 1909. Shows Mrs. Charlotte Despard (1844-1935) and Mrs. Cobden Sanderson (1853-1926) standing outside 10

London crowd in Downing Street
On Bank Holiday Monday, 3rd August 1914, a crowd gathers in Downing Street, official residence of the Prime Minister, to watch the comings

Policeman Outside No. 10
A policeman guards the entrance to No. 10, Downing Street, London, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Great Britain. Date: 1960s

Suffragettes at Downing Street, London
The scene at Downing Street, London, in 1911 when the Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, consented to receive a deputation of women to discuss womens suffrage. 1911

Churchill leaving Downing Street after 1945 election defeat
Front cover of the ILN featuring Winston Churchill leaving Downing Street for Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation to the King after his election defeat of 1945

A scene in Downing Street during the Abdication crisis
A cyclist sympathetic to the dilemma of King Edward VIII in December 1936, talks to a policeman in Downing Street, London

Winston Churchill surrounded by V-E Day crowds
On 8th May 1945 Winston Churchill left Downing Street for the House of Commons, he was immediately engulfed by happy crowds waiting to pay tribute to him

Alice Martha Bacon, Baroness Bacon (1909-1993) English politician, elected as MP for Leeds SE in the 1945 election. Here at 10 Downing Street to meet Harold Wilson on 19th October 1964

Agricultural Banquet
Banquet of the Royal Agricultural Society at Downing College, Cambridge

Tea for Queue
A kind tea lady hands out cups of hot tea to a crowd of people waiting outside No. 10 Downing Street, London, the official residence of the British Prime Minister of the day

NUMBER 10 / 1930S
The official residence of the Prime Minister, No 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, London. This building became the official residence in 1735

NO 10 DOORWAY / 1930S
The famous front door of No 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the Prime Minister. Many important world leaders have passed through this doorway

Police at 10 Downing St
Police officer wearing a flak jacket outside 10 Downing Street, London. Metropolitan Police

Police Officer at No. 10
Police officer outside 10 Downing Street, London Metropolitan Police

Gen Strike Settlement
The Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, on the steps of No.10, after the termination of the General Strike

Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London
A Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, during Gladstones ministry

DAILY GRAPHIC 1915
Front page of the DAILY GRAPHIC bringing readers news of the most brilliant air feat of the war - the downing of a dreaded Zeppelin

Unemployed Crowd / Downing
The police try to control a crowd of unemployed people in Downing Street

Downing Street 1930S
Number 10 is guarded by a policeman. It has been the offical residence of the British Prime Minister since 1735

Downing Street 1960S-70S
Number 10 is the residence of the British Prime Minister

10 Downing St / Postcard
NUMBER TEN, DOWNING STREET The official residence of the Prime Minister of Great Britain

Old Foreign Office
The Old Foreign Office, Downing Street

London / Downing Street
Government offices in Downing St, including first Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer

Downing Street

Gladstones illness, Downing Street, 1880
The scene at 10 Downing Street, Central London, as anxious enquirers wait for news of the condition of Prime Minister William Gladstone, recovering from a lung infection

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