Gravesend Collection (page 2)

Photograph of Crown PH, Gravesend, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1929

Photograph of Clarence Arms, Gravesend, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1913

Photograph of Bull PH, Gravesend, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1937

Gravesend Sea School and Olivebank Barge
A view of the Gravesend Sea School. Behind is the Olivebank Barge from Eriksons grain fleet. Date: early 1900s

Sailing of the Hudsons Bay Company ships from Gravesend
Article and engraving from The Illustrated London News reporting on the Hudsons Bay Company. Date: 1845

Advert, Thames & Channel Passenger Service, London Steamboat Company Limited, for steamboats calling at various points along the River Thames in London and places further afield in Essex

Photograph of Albion PH, Gravesend, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934

HOLIDAY AT GRAVESEND
August Bank Holiday at Windmill Hill, Gravesend, Kent. Date: 1855

NORTHFLEET / KENT 1830
Northfleet, Kent (near Gravesend) Date: circa 1830

August Bank Holiday 1855
August bank holiday at Windmill Hill, Gravesend. Date: 1855

Gravesend Barrage
Proposal for a barrage near Gravesend, England. Date: 1904

Percival Gull Six
Jean Batten Standing by Percival Gull Six G-Adpr

Photograph of Admiral Beatty PH, Gravesend, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Temp Building Corner on view

Aerial view of Gravesend and Tilbury with River Thames
Aerial view from an aeroplane of Gravesend, Kent, and Tilbury, Essex, with the River Thames in between. Date: circa 1910s

Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle at Gravesend
Cleopatras Needle reaches Gravesend, England. Date: 1878

National Childrens Home (NCH) Industrial School, Gravesend. Uniformed boys stand in front of a table bearing a large number of bells of different sizes. Date: 1890s

Leather Bottle Inn, Cobham, Kent
Leather Bottle Inn, Cobham, Gravesend, Kent, England. Date: 1910

WW1 - Ad for repirators - threat of gas attack by Zeppelins
WW1 - Advertisement for Freers Repirators from Cooper & Son of King Street, Gravesend, to counter the threat of attack by poison gas bombs, dropped from Zeppelins during an air raid. Date: circa 1915

Embarkation of troops at Gravesend
The Parting. Embarkation of British troops at Gravesend, for foreign service. A soldier takes leave of his girl. Date: 1846

Rail in Greenwich Park
GREENWICH PARK Messrs Landman & Smith propose to construct a viaduct across the Park to carry the railway on its way to Gravesend Date: 1835

View of Prospect Park fair grounds, at Gravesend, L. I
View of Prospect Park fair grounds, at Gravesend, L.I. Date 1877

The ports of Plymouth and Gravesend
Views of the ports of Plymouth, Devon (top) and Gravesend, Kent (below), showing the coastline and shipping. circa 1883

Northfleet, Kent
The River Thames at Northfleet, near Gravesend, Kent Date: circa 1860

Immigration to Britain
Immigrants baggage is checked for contraband goods and other things of interest as they arrive at Gravesend

The Obelisk Ship Cleopatra off Gravesend, 1878
Engraving showing the obelisk ship Cleopatra off Gravesend, Kent, nearing the end of its voyage from Egypt in 1878. The Cleopatra was a cylinder ship built around Cleopatras Needle

The River Thames in London, 1890
Engraving showing a number of scenes along the River Thames from Gravesend to Rotherhithe, London, 1890. The images show (clockwise from top right): The Angel Inn

Proposal for a Thames Barrage, Gravesend, 1905
Illustration showing a barrage of barrier and locks across the River Thames at Gravesend proposed by James Casey in 1905. The object of this proposal was to protect London against serious flooding

Emigrant Ship off Gravesend; English Channel, 1875
Engraving showing the deck of an emigrant ship, bound for America, off the coast of Kent, 1875. All classes of passenger are evident here with well dressed middle class ladies and gentlemen

Emigrants queuing for Berth Numbers on their ship, Gravesend
Engraving showing emigrant passengers being allocated berth numbers at the beginning of a voyage to Australia, 1887. In the background of the image

British Emigrants at Gravesend, Kent, 1850
Engraving showing the British emigrants and their ships who set out to settle in Canterbury, New Zealand, in September 1850

The Barque Berean off Tilbury, 1910
Photograph showing the Swedish barque Berean aground off Tilbury, Thames estuary, 1910. The Berean had collided with a German steamer off Gravesend and had begun to take on water

GRAVESEND SEASIDE
A Thameside paddling pool for children as they play on the banks of the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent, England

England / Gravesend
The Thames at Gravesend, with river steamers and other vessels

Thames / Northfleet / Kent
The Thames at Northfleet, Kent (near Gravesend)

Alexandra Arrives 1863
Princess Alexandra arrives at Gravesend from Denmark, for her marriage to Edward Prince of Wales : rose petals are profusely scattered to welcome her

Thames Steamer 1835
Steamboats on the Thames at Gravesend, Kent

Gravesend from River
River steamers arriving and departing back to London from Gravesend, Kent, at the mouth of the Thames

James Thompson Bain
JAMES THOMPSON BAIN The leader of the deported Labour Leaders on board the Umgeni at Gravesend

Labour Leaders Deported
Nine Labour Leaders deported from South Africa arrive at Gravesend on board the Umgeni. Their leader, James Bain receives a heros welcome from British Trade Unionists

Troops at Gravesend
British troops cross the Thames from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort, on flat- boats drawn on ropes : besides men, guns, horses and wagons are carried, spectators watch

Gravesend / Thames 18C
The Thames at Gravesend, with a number of sailing vessels

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