Landmarks Collection

Building of Sydney Harbour Bridge by G. H. Davis
Series of diagrams depicting the construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge by ILN special artist, G. H. Davis

Islington Angel
The Angel at Islington is one of North Londons best- known landmarks at the site of one of its busiest crossroads. Date: 1895

Post Office Tower
Post Office (British Telecom) Tower, one of Londons most famous landmarks, building started in 1961 and the tower was completed in July 1964. View from Percy Street, W1. Date: built 1961 - 1964

Map of the St. Jamess & Bond Street areas of London
A map of the St. Jamess and Bond Street areas of London, with a number of key landmarks annotated including the famous gentlemens clubs of St

Peter Pan statue arrives in Kensington Gardens
Photograph from the ILN announcing the arrival of the statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by Sir George Frampton, which appeared magically one morning (1 May 1912) with no formal unveiling

Pateley Bridge
A aerial view of Pateley Bridge in North Yorkshire, viewed from the west

A map of the Colne Valley Cloth District
Pictorial map of the Colne Valley Cloth District in Yorkshire, drawn by the poster artist and designer Leslie MacDonald Gill the year before his death, in 1946

The Tatler travel number front cover, 1953
Charming illustrated front cover of The Tatlers Travel number showing a number of well-known global landmarks with various intrepid travellers using a multitude of transport methods. Date: 1953

London / Westminster / C1700
A view of the bridge and the surrounding area, including several landmarks such as the Cathedral and Lambeth Palace

Poster, Fly BEA from Manchester to Paris, by Leonard Ripley. Date: 1958

Post Office Tower
Post Office (British Telecom) Tower, one of Londons most famous landmarks, building started in 1961 and the tower was completed in July 1964. Date: 1960s

Brooklyn Bridge over East River, New York City, USA
Brooklyn Bridge over the East River, New York City, USA, as seen from Manhattan Bridge. Date: circa 1935

Birds-eye view of the Social London, 1914
An aerial view of the two prestigious, social areas of London - Mayfair and Belgravia

Tatler front cover, Horse Guards, 1958
Front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a picture of the Queens horses on their daily march past Wellington Arch and down the Mall for the Changing of the Guard ceremony

The Tatler front cover, 9 May 1962
Front cover of The Tatler for May 1962 celebrating London Fashion Week and featuring three models (Jean Shrimpton at the back)

Ranch in Alberta, Canada owned by the Prince of Wales, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Symonds Yat Hotel probably in the 1930s Date: 1930s

Hall Well, Well Dressing, Tissington, in 1904 Date: 1904

Hall Well, Well Dressing, Tissington, in 1903 Date: 1903

Coffin Well, Well Dressing, Tissington, in 1904 Date: 1904

Steam tram, Aston, Birmingham, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

The Tatler presents map of Piccadilly Circus & its environs
A fabulous map illustration of Londons West End focusing on the area radiating from Piccadilly Circus pin pointing main streets, hotels, night spots, theatres and landmarks. Date: 1950

Postcard: Greetings from London Date: 1960s

Large Letter Postcard - Greetings from Atlanta, Georgia, USA Date: circa 1930

First Court of the London Season at Buckingham Palace, 1922
A cut-away diagram of Buckingham Palace showing where the first court of the London Season, 1922

Mrs. Macquarie
Portrait from a miniature which now belongs in the Hobart Museum. The subject lady is Elizabeth Macquarie, second wife of Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales between 1810 and 1821

Quartier Latin
An etching of Quarter Latin, a French area known for its plentiful bookshops, home to landmarks including Sorbonne University and Shakespeare and Company. Date: circa 1930

Landing Stage and Quayside - Liverpool, Merseyside, England, with the distinctive Royal Liver Building (left) and the Port of Liverpool Building (right). Date: circa 1910s

Entrance to the historic pub, the Old Cheshire Cheese in Wine Office Court, just off Fleet Street. Date: 1884

Landmarks Around Greenwich Park
Views of landmarks around Greenwich Park - Rangers House, Woodlands, Lady Hamiltons House, Old tree in Greenwich Park. Date: 1875

South London Views
Important landmarks in south London - Subtropical garden in Battersea Park, St Thomas Hospital, St Saviours Church, Southwark, Lambeth Palace. Date: 1875

Kingsland Landmarks
Views of Kingsland, London - Kingsland Chapel 1780, Lock Hospital 1780, Shacklewell House 1700. Date: 1875

Chelsea Views
Views of Chelsea landmarks from 1750 - the Clock House, the Moravian Chapel and the White Horse Inn. Date: 1875

London Views
Montage of London landmarks, 1870. Albert Memorial, Chelsea Embankment, Holland House and Kensington Palace. Date: 1875

London landmarks
Montage of London landmarks, 1870. Westminster Abbey, Temple Bar and Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Date: 1875

London - Tower Bridge, Guildhall and the Tower of London
Early pictorial postcard - court card sizing - Scenes and sights of London - The Tower of London, Tower Bridge (opened three years earlier in 1894) and the Guildhall. Date: 1897

View of the Richest Spot in the Whole World 1906
Skyline of London, at the time the richest city in the the World. Date: 1906

TRAFALGAR SQUARE 1950S
Two of Londons most famous landmarks, the National Gallery and St. Martin-in-the- Fields church, both in Trafalgar Square. Date: 1950s

St Pauls Cathedral in silhouette
One of the most recognisable of London landmarks, St. Pauls Cathedral, pictured in silhouette. Date: 1926

The Cenotaph in silhouette
View of the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, erected after the World War One in remembrance of soldiers who fell during the conflict and the central focus for all remembrance events since. Date: 1926

Royal Wedding 1947 - Processional Route
A decorative chart of the route taken by the Royal wedding procession from Buckingham Palace via the Mall, the Admiralty Arch, and Whitehall, to Westminster Abbey

Admiralty Arch decorated for the Coronation, 1953
Admiralty Arch linking the Mall, Trafalgar Square and Whitehal

The King at Biarritz
A page depicting various landmarks and scenes around Biarritz on Frances west coast, a favourite resort of royalty popularised by the Empress Eugenie

French rail poster - Dover
French rail poster for the Chemin de Fer du Nord route to Dover with six fast services per day

Frankfurt, Germany - The Romer
The Romer (German for " Roman" ) is a medieval building in Frankfurt am Main and one of the citys most important landmarks. It has been the city hall (Rathaus) for 600 years

Crystal Palace Tower
One of Brunels two water towers at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham (1854), being cleaned. Sadly demolished in 1940 - 41 to avoid being landmarks for enemy bombers

American Tourists / London
OUR AMERICAN VISITORS Three tourists from the United States take pictures of London landmarks to show the folks back home

Florence, Tuscany, Italy - Panorama of the City Date: circa 1920

Panorama of the east Hudson riverfont and docks, New York
Panorama, showing the East River riverfront and docks of New York 1911

Venice, Italy - Doges Palace - Doges Palace. Part of Box 186 Boswell Collection - Venice

Poster, Fly BEA to Greece, in conjunction with Olympic Airways, showing the Acropolis in Athens in a scene from the film, Boy on a Dolphin. Date: 1958

His Majestys Theatre, London
Promotional postcard for His Majestys Theatre, London. The present building was designed by Charles J

Pan American poster, To Paris, designed by Jean Carlu. Showing a stylised image of a woman with a basket of flowers, with Parisian landmarks in the background. Date: 1958

Chatsworth Bridge, one of the iconic landmarks of the famous Derbshire estate Date: circa 1907

Admiring view from second platform of the Eiffel Tower
People looking at the view through telescopes and binoculars from the second platform of the Eiffel Tower (a height of 380 feet)

Letting loose balloons from the Eiffel Tower
A small girl in the arms of her father, lets loose a small balloon with a postcard attached from the third platform of the newly completed Eiffel Tower

Eros in Piccadilly Circus with flags on his head, WW1
The head of the Piccadilly Circus statue, Eros, decorated with the Union Jack and Tricouleur flags in the early weeks of the First World War. Date: 1914

Directing the Way at the Front by B Bairnsfather
A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, commenting on the somehat unusual landmarks used to mark routes around the First World Wars front lines. Date: 1915

Peace Celebrations by William Heath Robinson. Another suggestion for the celebrations of peace in London in 1919 - decorating Tower Bridge and making the bascules into clapping hands

1937 Coronation - spectators climbing on Victoria memorial
In order to gain a better vantage point from which to see King George VI and Queen Elizabeth appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following their Coronation on 12 May 1937

Cleopatras Needle in silhouette
Cleopatras Needle situated on the Victoria Embankment, London, watched over by the sphinx. The artist describes it rather poignantly as That Sad Stone. Date: 1926

London Pool in silhouette
The Pool of London in silhouette, showing cranes at the docks lifting cargo and Tower Bridge in the distance with its crossing lifted up to let passing ships through. Date: 1926

The Royal Air Force Memorial in silhouette
The Royal Air Force memorial, on the Embankment, London, captured in silhouette

Nelsons Column silhouette from St Martins-in-the-Field
A view of Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square from between the columns of St. Martin s-in-the-Field church. Date: 1926

The Woolworth Building, New York. It was built in 1913, and was the tallest building in the world between 1913 and 1930 at 241 meters tall. Date: C. 1913

Brooklyn Bridge over Lower New York City, USA
Brooklyn Bridge over Lower New York City. Skyline view. 1908

Dunlop advert featuring cars queueing up the Mall for the Co
Advertisement for Dunlop tyres, featuring one of the spectacles of the London Season, with a long queue of smart cars (sporting Dunlop tyres obviously), on the Mall in St

Queens Palace (Buckingham Palace) in 1809
Queens Palace in St. Jamess Park, now Buckingham Palace, in 1809. Date: 1809

Buckingham Palace floodlit
Buckingham Palace, official royal residence of the monarch in London, floodlit during the Silver Jubilee of King George V. Date: 1935

South end of St. Jamess St, The New Club House and St James
A view of St. Jamess Palace from the top of St. Jamess Street with The New Club House pictured on the right. Date: c.1840

Buckingham Palace, c. 1820s
Buckingham Palace as it looked in the early 19th century before the front fascia was added. Date: c.1820s

Westminster Abbey, West Front
The West Front of Westminster Abbey, London, around 1828. Date: 1828

View from the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral, 1911
Visitors to St. Pauls Cathedral in the City of London look across London from its roof towards the River Thames and Westminster Abbey. Date: 1911

Christmas morning service at the Tower of London
A Christmas Morning service at St. Peters Church in the Tower of London in 1911, attended by well-dressed ladies, Yeoman of the Guard (beefeaters) and guards officers in bearskin helmets. Date: 1911

Cow & Calf Rocks, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England. These rocks are well known landmarks, the size being indicated by the climbers at the top. Date: 1950s

Queen Victoria Coronation Dunlop advertisement
Advertisement for Dunlop tyres featuring a painting by John Berry of Queen Victorias Coronation

Piccadilly Circus under snow, 1948
Piccadilly Circus and its famous advertising hoardings pictured under a blanket of snow on 20 February 1948. 1948

Workers by Tower Bridge, c. 1948
Workmen in flat caps gather under the pillars of Tower Bridge, London. c.1948

Westminster Abbey / Dunlop advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Dunlop Tyres in 1953, featuring a painting of Westminster Abbey by Felix Kelly, the setting for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Date: 1953

Criticism of the Queen Victoria Memorial in The Sphere
A page in The Sphere magazine from 1911, which gives a no-holds-barred critique of the newly unveiled Queen Victoria Memorial monument in the Mall, London in front of Buckingham Palace

Artists impression of the Queen Victoria Memorial
The Queen Victoria Memorial monument, sculpted by Sir Thomas Brock and unveiled in a ceremony on 16th May 1911

Huntley and Palmers Christmas advertisement
Advertisement for Huntley and Palmers, the first name you think of in biscuits showing a snowy Trafalgar Square in central London

The Kings Holiday Retreat at Biarrtiz
A page of photographs depicting various scenes around Biarritz, favourite holiday destination of King Edward VII and other European royalties

Tours and Excursions in the Emerald Isle, with Cooks
Cover illustration for Tours and Excursions in the Emerald Isle (Ireland), with Thomas Cook & Son of Dublin, Belfast and London

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