Knightsbridge Collection (page 2)

Advert for Margaret Marks of Knightsbridge 1933
Models wearing ready to wear two-piece dresses, suits and coats. 1933

Harrods advert world map, c. 1909
A world map, advertising Harrods department store, touted here as the supply centre of the British Empire. Land belonging to the British Empire is marked in red

LFB Knightsbridge fire station, SW London
Opened in 1907, Knightsbridge fire station stands in Basil Street, Knightsbridge, London SW3

Corduroy Suit
Soft corduroy suit bound with petersham from Harrods, Knightsbridge. 1940

Knightsbridge - view of busy street -people, hansoms, house with scaffolding. Part of Box 34 Boswell Collection - London Streets. Date: circa 1890s

Knightsbridge, London 1926
Knightsbridge in black and gold, 1926. Date: 1926

Cadogan Square, Knightsbridge, London. Date: circa 1905

Brompton Oratory, Knightsbridge, SW London
Brompton Oratory, Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Woollands of Knightsbridge womens hats 1937
Two models wearing smart straw hats tilted slightly to the one side. Date: 1937

Advert for Albert Gate Riding Academy 1900
Albert Gate Riding Academy, riding school. Date: 1900

Stationery, Peter Yapp, Knightsbridge, London
Stationery, Peter Yapp, Boot & Shoe Manufacturer, Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London, with handwritten details. 1917

Stationery, Harvey Nichols & Co Ltd, London
Stationery, Harvey Nichols & Co Ltd, Knightsbridge and Sloane Street, London, with handwritten details. 1918

London in Winter - Skating at Princes Skating Club in Knightsbridge. A couple skating, taking tea on the promenade and having ones skates put on under the Band Stand Date: 1914

Suffragette Womens Exhibition 1909. The interior of the Main Hall, Princes Skating Rink, Knightsbridge, venue for the Womens Exhibition, 13th-25th May 1909

W. S. P. U Fife and Drum Band 1909
W.S.P.U Fife and Drum Band 1909. The W.S.P.Us Fife and Drum band was formed in early 1909, and first appeared in public in May 1909 to advertise the Womens Exhibition at the Princes Skating Rink

Sir Richard Woodman Burbridge
Sir Richard Woodman Burbidge, 2nd Baronet (1872 - 1945), Chairman of Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, London. Pictured in The Sketch at the time he had been awarded the CBE

1937 Coronation, Royal Greys draw shrouded state coach
The 4 ton golden Coronation (state) coach is pulled by the famous Royal Greys through Knightsbridge shrouded in cloth, returning to Buckingham Palace after being renovated by a firm of Chelsea coach

The exterior of Harrods department store, from Brompton Road. London Date: C. 1905

Tatler front cover - Life in the lunch hour
Front cover of The Tatler in 1960 featuring a young woman under the dryer in a hairdressing salon, Simon of Knightsbridge, where they guaranteed a hairdo in under an hour

Knightsbridge Chapel
A crowded coach trundles past the Chapel, Knightsbridge. Date: 1789

Knightsbridge Barracks, London - designed by Thomas Henry Wyatt in the 1880s - replaced by new buildings by Sir Basil Spence in 1970. Date: circa 1910s

LCC-LFB Knightsbridge firemen competition winners
The winning crew of the annual horse drawn and motorised pump escape competition with their station superintendent. Knightsbridge fire station was opened in 1907, and still stands in Basil Street

LCC-LFB Knightsbridge fire station appliance room
Opened on 27 June 1907, Knightsbridge fire station was located at 16 Basil Street. Horses would remain in use in the London Fire Brigade until 1921

LCC-LFB Knightsbridge fire station stables
Opened on 27 June 1907, Knightsbridge fire station was located at 16 Basil Street. Horses would remain in use in the London Fire Brigade until 1921

Queen Elizabeth at Harrods meeting NFS firefighters, WW2
Harrods (Knightsbridge) hosted an exhibition on behalf of Nursing Schools Association (Learn to Live) which was attended by Queen Elizabeth

NFS (London Region) Fire Force 34 Emergency Tender, WW2
An example of an NFS emergency tender (ET), its crew and some of the specialist cutting equipment it carried. This ET was in Fire Force district 34

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