Metropolitan Collection (#24)

Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, Hyde Park
Scene at the Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, showing police officers in their uniforms marching past the Wellington Arch into Hyde Park, Central London

Lt-Col Edmund Y. W. Henderson
Charles Robert Spencer, sixth Earl Spencer (1857 - 1922), before that Viscount Althorp until he succeeded to the title in 1910, British courtier and Liberal politician

James Lennox Hannay, Vanity Fair, Spy
JAMES LENNOX HANNAY (1826- ) Metropolitan Police Magistrate. Caption: Marlborough Street Date: 1826 -

Albert Grant, Vanity Fair, Ape
ALBERT GRANT (1831-1899) (born Abraham Gottheimer) Irish born British company promoter. Established many companies which were to fail at the expense of the shareholders leading to claims of fraud

A group of WPCs
A line of woman police constables, smile for the camera. Date: 1980s

Hanover Terrace
One of the Metropolitan Improvements in Regents Park Date: 1827

Finsbury Square
The Temple of the Muses, the publishing house which, inter alia, publishes Shepherds Metropolitan Improvements from which this print is taken. Date: 1828

The General Strike - demobilisation of volunteers 1926
Colonel St. John Fox, Commandant of the Headquarters Central Division of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary Reserve, addressing the division (including regulars)

Abbey Mills Pumping Station, London, 1868
Engraving showing the exterior of the Abbey Mills Pumping Station at West Ham, London, 1868. This pumping station was part of the Metropolitan Main Drainage. Date: 15 August 1868

Met Police centenary celebrations, Buckingham Palace
Scene at the Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, showing the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII) and senior police officers including Lord Byng (Commissioner of Police)

The Underground Reservoir at Crossness, 1865
Engraving showing the interior of the underground reservoir of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness in 1865. This image shows the reservoir illuminated for the officially opening by

Eyre Massey Shaw
EYRE MASSEY SHAW London firefighter, Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Date: 1830 - 1908

John Lee, Philanthropist
JOHN LEE Philanthropist, secretary of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Date: CIRCA 1880

James Macnaghten Hogg
Sir JAMES MACNAGHTEN McGAREL HOGG, first baron Magheramorne Scottish chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works. Date: 1823 - 1890

Ozora Ichigo (Number One of the Big Sky), a civil utilit?
Ozora Ichigo (Number One of the Big Sky), a civil utility variant of the EH101 operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police

Izmir, Turkey - Buca
Buca - a district of Izmir Province of Turkey. It is one of the main districts of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. Date: 1920s

Seoul, Korea - Old City Hall (Seoul Metropolitan Library). Date: 1930s

Thessaloniki - Orthodox Temple of St Gregory Palamas
Metropolitan Orthodox Temple of Saint Gregory Palamas at Thessaloniki. Date: circa 1910s

A well-known City of London Policeman Date: 1890

Winning Team of the Met. Fire Brigade Football Challenge Cup
Winning Team of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Football Challenge Cup (1903-4) -Central District. The MFB was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904 Date: 1904

Chudov Monastery, Kremlin complex, Moscow, Russia
View of the Chudov Monastery (also known as Alexius Archangel Michael Monastery) in the Kremlin complex, Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1358 by Metropolitan Alexius of Moscow

Valencia, Spain - Detail of the Cathedral Facade
Valencia, Spain - Detail of the Main Cathedral Facade (Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia - Iglesia Catedral-Basilica Metropolitana de la Asuncion de Nuestra)

Gloster F9 / 40M DG204 / G powered by two Metropolitan Vickers
Gloster F9/40M, DG204/G, powered by two Metropolitan Vickers F2 axial-flow turbojets

Gregory Of Nazianzus, Saint (330-c. 389). Father
" Gregory Of Nazianzus, Saint (330-c.389). Father of the eastern church, named the Theologian, metropolitan archbishop of Constantinople. Fol. 440 of the " Homilies

White Oak Schools, Swanley, Kent
Cottages and staff house at White Oak Schools, Swanley. The school was established in 1903 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for the treatment of ophthalmia

North Metropolitan Horse-drawn Tram
A horse-drawn tram used on route 270, Moorgate Street to Green Lanes, run by North Metropolitan Tramways. A number of men occupy the open upper deck

Music / Singers / Met Opera
a morning rehearsal of the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, with the added assistance of a cleaning lady Date: January 1913

MFB Athletic Association meeting poster
Metropolitan Fire Brigade Amateur Athletic Association Annual Athletic Meeting poster for 7 June 1902

MFB (London) station ladder drill
Metropolitan firefighters taking part in ladder drill. Both large ladders are wheel escapes and the ladder on the right has an extension to give it additional height

Shand Mason MFB steam pump and crew
A Shand Mason Metropolitan Fire Brigade horse-drawn steam pump and crew, taking part in a special drill display given for chief officers of provincial fire brigades on 13 October 1937

MFB St Johns Wood fire station
Built originally for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1871, St Johns Wood fire station was located in Adelaide Road, NW London

MFB Hampstead fire station, NW London
Built originally for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1868, Hampstead fire station was located at 49 Heath Street, NW London

Metropolitan Fire Brigade car
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade car. This 10-12hp car chassis was purchased in 1903 and converted in Brigade workshops to run as a first aid and firefighting tender

MFB Woolwich fire station SE18
Woolwich fire station was built for the MFB by the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1879 at a cost of £ 4, 460. It was altered in 1910 at a cost of £ 4, 515

LCC-MFB Battersea fire station, London SW8
Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council) and opened in 1874, Battersea fire station was located on the corner of Simpson Street and Battersea Road

LCC-LFB Vauxhall fire station, Lambeth SE1
Vauxhall fire station was built by the London County Council in the last year of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, before the name was changed to the London Fire Brigade

LCC-MFB West Norwood fire station SE27
Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council), West Norwood fire station opened in 1881, located in Norwood High Street, near Knights Hill

LCC-MFB Poplar fire station, E14
Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council), Poplar fire station was located at 75 West India Dock Road, East London

LCC-MFB Whitechapel fire station, E1
Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council) for the MFB, Whitechapel fire station was located at 27 Commercial Road East (later just Commercial Road)

LCC-LFB Camden fire station, NW London
Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council) for the MFB, Camden fire station was one of a number of London stations to incorporate the distinctive round

LCC-LFB Kilburn fire station, NW London
The elegant frontage of Kilburn fire station, at 138 Maida Vale, Kilburn. This was one of the first fire stations opened for the renamed London Fire Brigade, formerly the Metropolitan Fire Brigade

Fulham sub-station, North End Road, London SW6
Fulham sub-station, 233 North End Road, London SW6. It was built for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade by the Metropolitan Board of Works. It closed in 1896 and was later demolished

LCC-LFB Notting Hill fire station, West London
Notting Hill fire station (A10) was built in 1868 by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB), located at 83 Ladbroke Road. The year previous to this station opening (1867)

LCC-MFB Print of fire brigade rescues
A Victorian print giving an artists impression of the bravery of two firemen in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, rescuing those trapped by fire from the top floor of a house on fire

LCC-MFB Horse drawn steamer and fire crew
A horse drawn steamer, mainstay of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades fire engine fleet, seen here at Southwark headquarters. Only the steamer had the ability to pump and deliver water onto a fire

LCC-MFB Waterloo fire station
Located in the then Waterloo Bridge Road (No 142), Waterloo fire station was built in 1866. It was one of the first stations of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade

LCC-MFB Fire station appliance room
A typical scene in any Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire station appliance room as the escape cart and steamer stand in readiness

London Fire Brigade museum models - Winchester House
A steam pump horse drawn fire engine typical of those used by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (1866-1904) and during the early years of the London Fire Brigade (from 1904)

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