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Advertisement for Mazda electric lamps (made in Rugby) showing people in a rather opulent domestic interior seated on a sofa lit by a lamp which would fetch thousands on ebay today! Date: c.1924
Lancashire miners extinguishing their lamps after ceasing work: Men on strike at Audenshaw pits. Date: October 1920
Mourners in a Muslim cemeteryRites of passage in the Muslim cemetery of Eyup, Istanbul. Mourners in turban and robes praying before gravestones. Cimitero
Examples of 18th century street lamps: A 1735, B 1709, C/D late 18th century. 18th century
Aristocratic lamp extinguishers
Baker Street underground station, LondonA train arrives at Baker Street underground station, London, on the Metropolitan Line: the high roof is needed because the first trains are pulled by steam locomotives. Date: 1881
Fenchurch Street Railway Station - LondonFenchurch Street, Great Eastern Railway Station facing East, London Date: circa 1910s
Euston Station - London 1895Inside the Euston Railway Station, London, view from platform. Date: 1895
Terrific Apparition - Londons First Traffic Light 1869Terrific Apparition - Seen during the recent fog at Westminster. A satire on Londons First Traffic Light. Invented by J P Knight, a railway signalling engineer
Cheapside, London 1896Looking east, Bow Church on the right. 1896
Advert, Murray, McVinnie & Co, Ironmongers, GlasgowAdvert for Murray, McVinnie & Co, Chandlers and Ironmongers, Mavisbank, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905
Advert, James Gray & Son, Edinburgh, ScotlandAdvert for James Gray & Son, Stove and Grate Makers, Kitchen Ranges, Electric Light Fittings, George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905
Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Statuettes, including Harvesting, Mercury and Secession. Date: 1922
Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Bowl Fittings. Date: 1922
Concourse, Chicago & Northwestern Terminal, Illinois, USATrain concourse, Chicago & Northwestern Passenger Terminal, Chicago, Illinois, USA, looking towards the Clinton Street exit. Date: circa 1912
Victorian scrap, scene from Aladdin, the Princess exchanges the magic lamp for a new one. 19th century
Roanoid bakelite electric light fittings. Date: 1930s
Tea Room, King Edward Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1908
Michigan Avenue at night, Chicago, Illinois, USAMichigan Avenue at night (looking south), Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1915
Advert for The 20th Century Cycle Lamp 1897Advertisement for 19th century bicycle lamps. Date: 1897
Craftsmen overhauling lamps, South WalesThe Great Coal Strike - craftsmen busy overhauling lamps in South Wales. 1921
Victor G Ginn catalogue, Lights and Lanterns. 1939
View of the nave, St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, WalesView of the nave, St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, with the organ pipes visible above, and the pulpit on the left. Date: circa 1900s
North arcade, St Laurence Church, Pittington, DurhamView of the north arcade of St Laurence Church, Pittington, Durham, dating back to around 1100. Date: 1911
Dining Room, Grand Hotel de Madrid, Seville, SpainView of the Dining Room, Grand Hotel de Madrid, Seville, Spain. Date: circa 1910
Imperial Billiard Hall, Deansgate, Bolton, Lancashire, with eleven full-size tables by E J Riley Ltd, Accrington. Date: circa 1910s
American cruise ships lounge. Date: late 1920s
Advert for Maple & Co. lamps 1893Selection of wrought iron and polished brass extending floor lamps. Date: 1893
Advert for Elkingtons fireproof dish 1909Round and oval Limoges fireproof china. Date: 1909
Electric kettle connected to the ceiling light 1902Two victorian couples seated at the dining room table with a hot cup of tea, from a kettle connected to the ceiling light. 1902
Advertisement for Osram lamps - arm stretches down from the Heavens Date: 1919
WOMAN / EMBANKMENT / LANTERNA woman walking along the Embankment on a rainy night with a full moon 1910
Royal Ediswan, Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company 1919
Wellington Street, London 1912Traffic in Wellington Street, London. Date: 1912
New portable gas lamps for railways 1845General railway use patented by Mr. Johnstone. The lamp consists of small flat shaped retort of about six inches long, an inch broad and about a quarter of an inch in depth
LANTERN MERCHANT PEKINGA lantern merchant in Peking, China. His shop sells a wide range of lamps and lanterns which are decorated in the shop. Date: circa 1840
LamplighterLondon characters: London is lit by gas lamps now, and every evening the LAMPLIGHTER must switch on every lamp in the metropolis, and every morning switch them off again. Date: circa 1870
MYTTON LOSES WINNINGSEnglish eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) homeward bound one evening from Doncaster falls asleep while counting his winnings - thus many bank- notes were blown away & lost. Date: 1820s
WINDOW-SHOPPING 1850SWINDOW SHOPPING Date: early 1850s
The Christmas Waits 1848Town waits, playing their musical instruments while people are standing around listening. From medieval times up to the early 19th century
SAFETY LAMP IN MINESafety lamps, invented by Davy in England and modified by Mueseler, in use in a French coal-mine Date: 19th century
FOG, EMBANKMENTThe Thames Embankment, London, on a foggy evening - the lamplighter just lighting the gas lamps Date: circa 1896
BUCKINGHAM PALACE / LANTERAn exterior view of Buckingham Palace Date: 1910
St Toms Hospital - LanterSt Thomass Hospital at night Date: 1910
THAMES / LANTERN SLIDEThames wharves by night Date: 1910
VIC EMBANKMENT / LANTERNA night view of Victoria Embankment Date: 1910
LUDGATE HILL / LANTERNA view up Ludgate Hill by night Date: 1910
LAMBETH BRIDGE / LANTERNA view up the river towards Lambeth Bridge Date: 1910