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Advertisement for Verreys restaurant on Regent Street, a popular West End haunt since it opened in 1825 - sadly no more. Date: 1952
King George VI in USA, ILN coverCover of the Illustrated London News, 17th June 1939, featuring King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the first king and queen of England to visit America
Front cover of a TSB Christmas Annual 1946, with a very modern Santa Claus choosing to deliver presents by car. Date: 1946
Young Edwardian woman and plantinsertcaption Date: circa 1920s
Krakatoa volanic eruption, 1883Cover of The Illustrated London News, 8th September 1883 with three pictures about the volcanic eruption of the island of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait which began on the afternoon of Sunday
Colour photograph of a girl guide in uniform. Date: c. 1930Colour photograph of a girl guide in uniform. Date: c.1930
Annotated illustration warning about the dangers of tight laced corsets on the female body. Date: 1906
Theatre programme front cover for the London Palladium in 1952, with glamorous theatre goers arriving for its autumn variety show, Wonderful Time, starring, among others
A group of working class men and boys, c. 1900. Date: c. 1900A group of working class men and boys, c.1900. Date: c.1900
Two mature women with a younger man pose for a snap on a bench along the sea front at an unidentified British resort. Date: c.1950
Art deco style illustration showing a lady wrapping a variety of colourful Christmas presents. Date: 1946
Dr. Wendell PhillipsWendell Phillips (1921 - 1975), American archaeologist and oil magnate who led some of the first archaeological expeditions in the areas that are part of modern-day Yemen and Oman
View of Wanstead House, the seat of the Earl of Tilney (Tylney), engraved for Harrison's History of London in 1775. The house was designed by the Scottish architect, Colen Campbell
Front cover of The Playgoer magazine, featuring an illustration of two female theatre goers by John Hassall. Date: 1902
Jewish traders in Petticoat Lane (Middlesex Street) in the East End of London. " Here ye are! Here ye are! Any price you like, I don t care!" Date: 1884
The labours of the XII months set out in new pictures and old proverbs. Illustration from the English Illustrated Magazine featuring a mummer arriving at a home on a cold December night while a
View of The Chop Room fireplace inside the atmospheric Old Cheshire Cheese pub just off Londons Fleet Street. Date: 1884
A cosy corner in the Old Cheshire Cheese, the famous old pub off Fleet Street in London. Date: 1884
The staircase inside the famous Old Cheshire Cheese pub just off Londons Fleet Street. Date: 1884
The Chop Room inside the Old Cheshire Cheese pub off Londons Fleet Street. Date: 1884
Entrance of the Old Cheshire Cheese, the famous old pub just off Londons Fleet Street. Date: 1884
Poem illustrated by Walter Crane. Date: 1884
Entrance to the historic pub, the Old Cheshire Cheese in Wine Office Court, just off Fleet Street. Date: 1884
Three children in fancy dress, one as Little Bo-Peep, another as a Native American.. Date: c.1925
O Susie, is you going for a bathe or to a fancy dress ball? A topical postcard commenting on the fashion for flamboyant beach pyjamas in the 1920s and 30s. Date: c.1930
Bonzo has a go at cocktail making. Date: c. 1930Bonzo has a go at cocktail making. Date: c.1930
Members of the Guild of the Poor Brave Things established to help crippled and otherwise handicapped youngsters learn crafts and trades, seen in their workshop at the training school of the guild
Helen Gladstone (1849 - 1925), youngest daughter of British Prime Minister, William Gladstone; British educationist and vice-principal at Newnham College in Cambridge. Date: 1906
Three ladies posing for a studio photograph in a fake car. Date: c. 1900Three ladies posing for a studio photograph in a fake car. Date: c.1900
A little boy beaming widely as he gets a push on a garden swing. Another boy, possibly his brother, waits his turn. Date: c.1950
A little boy being pushed on a swing. Date: c. 1950A little boy being pushed on a swing. Date: c.1950
Back view of two ladies walking along an unidentified sea front arm in arm. Date: c.1948-1952
A family, three adults and a little girl, sitting in a rustic, trellis garden room outside. They re drinking wine so are likely to be French! Date: 1890s
Multiple studio photographs of a young woman, 1940s. Date: 1940s
A group of children lined up for a photograph in a terraced street. Date: 1930s
Five table tennis players, three posing with their trophies. Date: c. 1935Five table tennis players, three posing with their trophies. Date: c.1935
Three children in a very impressive toy car. We can only hope the baby at the front isn t in charge of steering. Date: c.1910
A group of happy holidaymakers at the Rathcoole guest house, pose for a photograph outside the entrance. Date: c.1925
The worlds largest single oilfield: Kuwait and its fabulously rich ruler, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. The discovery of oil has brought immense wealth to Kuwait
Gathering it in: the camera in the far south. Page from The Illustrated London News, 26th August 1922, with a photograph by Herbert Ponting of the Castle Iceberg lit by artificial light in the depths
Wreck of HMS Wasp, British gun-boat, at Tory Island, Donegal, north coast of Ireland, 1884
Proclamation against Sinn Fein in Dublin. A group outside its headquarters in Harcourt Street
Rev. W. Carlile found of the Church Army, lantern slideWilliam Carlile, founder of the Church Army, shown giving a lantern slide lecture
If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields. The mother, widow and little daughter of a British soldier who died early in World War One visit his
Mosaic pavement at Bucklersbury, London 1869Discovery of a mosaic pavement in Bucklersbury. Date: 1869
Front cover of Illustrated magazine, special souvenir issue, featuring a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Date: 1952
WW1 - war in Galician - Russian troops bivouackingThe Fighting for the Carpathian passes - Russian infantry bivouacking in a forest at sunrise
Vienna Universal Exhibition: Principal entranceThe Vienna Universal Exhibition 1873: the principal entrance with many visitors gathered around