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Wandsworth High StreetWandsworth: the High Street Date: circa 1905
Cycas revoluta, sago palmA watercolour illustration of a sago palm (Cycas revoluta). Original artwork part of the James Yates (1789-1871) collection presented by the Linnean Society, 1914
Indian elephant, c. 1898Jung Pasha or Jung Pershad was one of four Asian elephants brought back to London Zoo by Bertie, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) following his tour of India during 1875-76
LCC-MFB Kentish Town fire station, NW LondonBuilt in 1885, Kentish Town fire station was located at Fortress Walk NW5. It remained operational until 1972 when it was closed and subsequently demolished
LCC-LFB Pageants Wharf fire station, RotherhitheBuilt by the London County Council and opened in 1903, Pageants Wharf fire station still stands at 241 Rotherhithe Street, SE16
LCC-LFB Plumstead fire station, SE LondonSituated in Plumstead High Street and opened in 1906, Plumstead fire station was one of the LCC boundary fire stations bordering onto the Kent Fire Brigade until 1965
LFDCA-LFB Vintage fire engine at Clapham fire stationA former Middlesex Fire Brigade pump escape at Clapham fire station. Middlesex was absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade in 1965 with the creation of the Greater London Council
GLC-LFB - Dual purpose pump fire engineThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
Photograph of Crown & Anchor PH, Bethnal Green, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub
DORCHESTER BALLROOMTHE DORCHESTER The Ballroom Date: 1931
A study of the dancer Lena King, London, 1922. Has succeeded Phyllis Bedells at the Empire Theatre Date: 1922
Art deco cover of The Dancing World Magazine, June 1922. Sketch by G. Peres showing a young women in a simple white gown perfect for the summer Date: 1922
Soho, London - Shaftesbury Avenue - Queens Theatre with neon sign for Private Lives by Noel Coward, directed by John Gielgud. 1973
Soho, London - Beak Street W1, viewed from Great Pulteney Street. 1973
Art deco sketch by G. Peres entitled At the Ballet, of a fashionable couple in a box watching a ballet, London, 1922 Date: 1922
Soho, London - Old Compton Street W1 - Cinerama and London Casino (now the Prince Edward Theatre). Photographed at night. 1973
Soho, London - NCP car park, Brewer Street W1Soho, London - NCP car park, list of charges, Brewer Street W1. 1973
London - St. Magnus the Martyr from Fish Street HillLondon - The Church of St. Magnus the Martyr as seen from Fish Street Hill. Date: circa 1910s
Westminster Cathedral / PcA general view looking up towards Westminster Cathedral
Poster, River Thames at Westminster, London. Date: 1954
Platform of Notting Hill Gate Underground StationCentral Line series. A variety of passengers awaiting their train on the platform at Bank - Two jolly gents (with round faces and round bellies)
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Jack and Jill. Within four miles of London, the friends see the sun rising over St Pauls Cathedral. Date: 1914
The Bandstand, Peckham Rye, LondonThe Bandstand, Peckham Rye, Peckham, near Nunhead, County of London, England. Date: 1905
Home of a Spitalfields weaverInterior of a Huguenot silk weavers home in Spitalfields, London, showing the weaver hard at work at his loom, while other members of the family work on frames and spools
Barclays London Lager advertisement with tennisAdvertisement for Barclays London Lager, showing two refreshing looking glasses ready and waiting for some tennis players who can be seen on a grass court in the distance. Date: 1928
Salvador DaliThe surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989), was photographed with a statuette of the Madonna and Child during a visit to London in 1959. At the time Fleur Cowles was writing a book about him
WW2 - Recycling cans to aid war effort in East Ham, LondonWW2 - Recycling tin cans to aid the war effort in East Ham, London - April, 1940. Date: 1940
London - Billingsgate Fish Market - Standing amid the catchOh My Cod! London - Billingsgate Fish Market - Standing amid the catch. Date: circa 1908
London Bridge over the River Thames, London, now situated at Lake Havasu City, Arizona. It was purchased in 1968 by Robert McCulloch and re-opened in America in 1971. Date: 1903
Exterior of Liverpool Street Station, London, England Date: circa 1910s
Franco-British Exhibition - London Underground planAdvertising postcard for the Liverpool Street Hotel, bearing a map of the London Underground at the time of the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908. Date: 1908
Three Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2s from 120, 201 and 206 Squadrons, RAF Kinloss, preparing for the following days flypast over London at the conclusion of the Falklands parade on 12 October 1982
An aerial view of Horse Guards Parade St James Park - LondoAn aerial view of Horse Guards Parade, St James Park and Buckingham Palace, London
Encephalartos horridus, Eastern Cape blue cycadA watercolour illustration of the Eastern Cape blue cycad (Encephalartos horridus), native to South Africa. Original artwork part of the James Yates (1789-1871)
LCC-MFB Euston fire station, NW LondonEuston fire station, located in Euston Road NW1, still operational today
LCC-MFB New Cross fire station, Hatcham, SE LondonBuilt by the London County Council, New Cross fire station is located at 266 Queens Road SE14. Opened in 1893, it remains operational today
LCC-MFB Peckham fire station, CamberwellBuilt by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council) and opened in 1867, Peckham fire station was located in Peckham Road opposite Southampton Way SE5
LCC-MFB Cherry Garden river fire station, SE LondonBuilt by the London County Council, Cherry Garden river fire station was located at Cherry Garden Street in Bermondsey. It was one of four Metropolitan Fire Brigade river stations and, from 1904
LCC- MFB Stoke Newington fire stationStoke Newington fire station was one of the last to be built by the MFB in 1886 prior to the creation of the London County Council in 1889
LCC-LFB Highbury fire station, N5Built by the London County Council, Highbury fire station was located at 215 Blackstock Road, N5. The widespread adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number of fire
LCC-MFB Rotherhithe fire station, SE LondonRotherhithe fire station was built for the MFB by the London County Council in 1887, located at Gomm Road, Lower Road. It was closed in 1928 with the opening of Dockhead fire station in Bermondsey
GLC-LFB Road traffic accident (RTA)A collision between a bus and car resulted in the bus careering into a terraced house and a response by all the emergency services
GLC-LFB Lambeths pump escape on the roadLambeth fire stations pump-escape pictured on Lambeth Palace Road, SE1, in September 1966, with the Houses of Parliament in the background
LCC-LFB general purpose lorryA general purpose lorry, manufactured by Dennis of Guildford
LCC-MFB funeral of Fireman Martin SpragueView of the funeral procession of Fireman Martin Sprague, who was killed in a fire. Showing the start of the procession from MFB headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road to Highgate Cemetery in North
LCC-LFB Holloway fire station appliance roomStation 76 was Holloway fire station, North London, located in Mayton Street, opened in 1907. Here its self propelled pump and pump-escape stand ready in the appliance room
NFS training / instructional photo, use of hose, WW2How not to make a length of rolled up hose flat -- dont jump on it!