Embankment Collection (page 7)

Tower Bridge, London
Young/teenage couple at Tower Bridge, London, mid-1960s/Sixties. 1960s

Tower Bridge, 1960s
Teenage girl/young woman, Tower Bridge, London, mid-1960s/Sixties. 1960s

Thames embankment, London, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The embankment, Rotterdam, Holland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The embankment and Kursaal, (i. e. Cursaal), Ostend, Belgium
The embankment and Kursaal, (i.e. Cursaal), Ostend, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The embankment, west part, Ostend, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The embankment, Ostend, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The embankment and entrance to the Kursaal, (i. e. Cursaal)
The embankment and entrance to the Kursaal, (i.e. Cursaal), Ostend, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

English Quay on the River Neva, St Petersburg, Russia
View of the English Quay (or Embankment) on the River Neva, St Petersburg, Russia. The embankment was built during the 1760s. Date: circa 1910s

Chile - Valparaiso - View of Malecon
The Malecon (the stone-built embankment or esplanade along a waterfront) at Valparaiso, Chile. Date: circa 1910s

Lambeth Bridge
Looking down on Lambeth Bridge and the River Thames from Thames House, Millbank, London, with the Albert Embankment and St. Thomas Hospital beyond. Date: 1930s

Disabled tank near Premont, Battle of Cambrai, France, WW1
Men of the 20th Manchesters resting by a tank which has been disabled by side-slipping down a railway embankment, near Premont, during the Battle of Cambrai, France, First World War

Oriental Hotel - Kobe, Japan on the Bund. The word " bund" means an embankment or an embanked quay, and comes from the Urdu word band, meaning an embankment, levee or dam. Date: circa 1910s

Londons South Bank
Looking upstream from Westminster Bridge, London, at eventide. Photograph shows the South Bank of the River Thames - the Albert Embankment, part of St. Thomass Hospital, etc. Date: 1930s

Shoot, Aim, Fire
Rifle shooting was once a popular lunchtime relaxation. City men are seen here practising at a range beneath the embankment, London. Date: 1932

Victoria Embankment Gdns
The Victoria Embankment Gardens, central London, with the famous Shell Mex House and other modern buildings behind. Date: 1950s

Albert Embankment Lamps
Lovely Victorian lamp posts and benches on the terrace of County Hall, Albert Embankment, London. The Embankment was built 1866 - 1869 by Sir Joseph Bazalgette Date: early 1950s

Embankment Water Gate
This fine old Water Gate in the Embankment Gardens, London, was designed by Inigo Jones, c. 1619, as the river entrance for York House, home of the 1st Duke of Buckingham. Date: early 17th century

The Embankment at Night
London, the City of Light - a night scene of the Victoria Embankment and the River Thames, taken from Westminster Bridge. Date: 1930s

Victoria Embankment
The Victoria Embankment, central London, with boats moored along the River Thames and the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral on the horizon. Date: 1950s

Khartoum, Sudan - Embankment Street Date: circa 1910s

Tramp on Embankment
A tramp rests on the Thames Embankment in London. Date: circa 1926

Tramp on Embankment in dressing gown
A tramp asleep on a bench on the Thames Embankment in London. He is wearing an old dressing-gown as an overcoat and his shoes are held together with string. Date: circa 1926

Embankment and Houses of Parliament, London
A deserted Embankment in London, with the Houses of Parliament in the distance. Date: 1960s

Thames / Embankment C1910
EMBANKMENT A view along the Embankment at night Date: circa 1910

Unidentified coastal town
An unidentified European coastal town with a bridge crossing the water

Double page spread in a diary for 22-27 November
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 22-27 November. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Metropolitan Police motor cyclists
A group of Metropolitan Police motor cyclists, with the River Thames and Tower Bridge in the background

GWR embankment at Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of the Great Western Railway embankment at Treffgarne, Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

GWR locomotive, Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Four railway workers with a Great Western Railway locomotive, Amesbury, at Treffgarne, Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Salvation Army, Thames Embankment, London
Salvation Army officers in conversation with a group of vagrants spending the night on a bench on the Thames Embankment in Central London

Men sleeping on the Embankment, Central London
A group of men try to make themselves comfortable enough to sleep on a bench on the Embankment in Central London

Vagrants asleep on bench on Thames Embankment, London
Two tramps in shabby overcoats, flat caps and muddy shoes, spend the night on a bench on Londons Thames Embankment

Chelsea Old Church and the Embankment, London

Tank attack WWI
French tank attacking behind the embankment near Courcelles, France, during World War I

The Loudoun Hotel - London
The Loudoun Hotel Ltd, Victoria Embankment, Surrey Street, Strand, London

The Grill Room - Crosby Hall, London. Crosby Hall, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea originally stood in Bishopsgate, where it was the Great Hall of the 15th century Crosby Place

Summit of Hex River Pass - South African Railways
A classic feat of railway construction in South Africa - the summit of the Hex River Pass on the South African Railways

Suffragettes Coronation Procession, London
A large suffragette procession passing along the Embankment in Central London. The Coronation of George V in 1911 inspired the WSPU (Womens Social and Political Union)

Sports car parked off the road
Sports car parked at the roadside below a tree-clad embankment - the lady driver looks across the road toward the cameraman

Two Monuments of London
Illustration showing the obelisk, Cleopatras Needle on the Thames Embankment in Central London with the Hotel Cecil in the background

St. Quentin-Busigny Line 1918
Soldiers working on the embankment of the St. Quentin-Busigny Line crater on the Western Front in France during World War I in October 1918

MAB Headquarters, Carmelite Street, London
Headquarters of the Metropolitan Asylums Board at the corner of Carmelite Street on the Victoria Embankment, Central London

Schoolchildren at Cleopatras Needle, London
A class of London County Council schoolchildren on a trip to Cleopatras Needle on the Thames Embankment, Central London. Their teacher points with her umbrella and tells them all about it

Shackletons Nimrod on display in London

Chelsea Embankment Open
Opening of the Chelsea Embankment by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh

Embankment Gardens
The Embankment Gardens at Charing Cross

Thames Embankment Starts
Laying the foundation stone of the Thames Embankment at Whitehall Stairs

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