Metropolitan Collection (page 6)

Cattle Trough
A large drinking fountain in metropolitan district, erected by the Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association in 1868, providing water to horses, oxen, sheep, dogs and humans. Date: 1868

POLICE OFFICER AND DOG
A Metropolitan Police officer dog handler and his Weimaraner dog discover the dead body of a missing person Date: June 1974

Blackwall Extension Railway Bridge over the Commercial-Road East. The new link in the metropolitan system of railways was to bring the Eastern Counties and other lines terminating at Shoreditch

Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral, Uruguay
Vintage 19th century photograph: Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral, Uruguay

Canton, Guanzhou, China. Heavenly Peace Street
Vintage 19th century photograph - street scene Canton, Guanzhou, China. Heavenly Peace Street

Fiesole, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Fiesole, a town and commune of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, Italy. Date: circa 1920s

MABYS Dance Card, Highgate. London
Dace card from a fund-raising dance, at Gate House, Highgate organised by MABYS (Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants). Date: 1914

Section of the Thames Embankment
A section of the Thames Embankment, taken by the Charing Cross railway bridge, showing; (1) the subway, designed to hold the gas pipes, the water pipes, perhaps the telegraph wires

Photograph of Metropolitan PH, Westbourne Park, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Colour Corner on view of the pub

Whole page from The Illustrated London News, July 5, 1856. Notes of the Week, Obituaries of Eminent Persons and Metropolitan News. Date: 1856

Somers Town
A dreary and unsavoury locality of 18th and 19th century London called La Belle Isle, abandoned to mountains of refuse from the metropolitan dustbins

Basilica di Santa Maria, Impruneta, Tuscany, Italy
Impruneta - a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany. Basilica di Santa Maria. Date: 1901

Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral, Santiago, Chile. Construction of the neoclassical cathedral began in 1753 and ended in 1799. The architect was the Italian Gioacchino Toesca. Date: 1904

MS&LR locomotives, 1852-1886
Midland, Metropolitan and Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railways locomotives, 1852-1886. Each illustrated with key details/measurements for the engines

Underground Reservoir at Crossness 1865
Interior of the underground reservoir of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness in 1865, officially opened by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in that year

London Metropolitan Main Drainage at Crossness 1865
London Metropolitan Main Drainage: the southern outfall works (machine house) at Crossness (about 3km below Woolwich) - interior view. Date: 1865

Underground railway petrol locomotive, London
Underground railway petrol-fuelled locomotive, London. Date: 1908

Baker Street underground station, London
A 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

Metropolitan underground steam locomotive, London
Metropolitan District steam locomotive, as used on the London underground in the late 19th century. Date: circa 1880s

Cartoons, The Guide to the Metropolitan Railway, London
Cartoons in Fun, 1866. The Guide to the Metropolitan Railway. A humorous commentary on the popularity of the new London underground railway, showing people travelling for business and pleasure

Gower Street Station, Metropolitan underground, London
Platform scene at Gower Street Station, one of the first stations on the Metropolitan underground, London. It was later renamed Euston Square Station. Date: circa 1860s

Double tunnel near Farringdon Street Station, London
Double tunnel near Farringdon Street Station, Metropolitan underground railway, London. Date: 1860s

Dignitaries on Metropolitan underground railway, London
Dignitaries taking a ride on the first train of the Metropolitan underground railway, London. Date: 1863

Banquet at Metropolitan underground opening, London 1863
Banquet in Farringdon Street Station at the opening of the Metropolitan underground, London, on 9 January 1863. Date: 1863

Aldgate station, London underground 1876
The Metropolitan Line was extended eastwards : Aldgate Station is, for the time being, the terminus, showing the front. 1876

Portland Road Underground Station, London
Portland Road (now Great Portland Street) Underground Station, London, with street view above and underground section below. It opened in 1863. Holy Trinity Church is directly behind it. Date: 1865

Cartoon, Clapham Junction Station, SW London
Cartoon, Metropolitan Prize Puzzles No.6, underground passage at Clapham Junction Station, SW London - a passenger can t remember which stairs to take

Underground railway electrification, London -- one of the new electric trains. Date: circa 1904

Advert, Travel Metro to Watford, Metro Extension Line, underground to overground. Date: 1926

Willesden Green Underground Station, street view. Date: 1906

Extension of London Underground railway, 1906
Extension of the London Underground railway in 1906, showing the Booking Office at Piccadilly Station, the line running from Hammersmith in the west to Finsbury Park in the north

London Underground, double tunnel at Clerkenwell 1884
London Underground, double tunnel at Clerkenwell, with two steam trains passing through, one above the other. Date: 1884

Map of London Underground railway, 1906
Map of the London Underground railway in 1906, showing its expansion in all directions. Date: 1906

Underground railway electrification, London 1904
Underground railway electrification, Metropolitan Line, London -- showing the driver at his post, and passengers seated in a carriage. Date: 1904

Underground railway construction, London 1861
Underground railway construction in progress for the Metropolitan line, London, at Thames Embankment. 1861

Underground railway construction, Euston Road, London
Underground railway construction, earth-hoisting machine, drawn by horses, operating in Euston Road, London. 1861

Underground railway construction, Kings Cross, London
Underground railway construction for the Metropolitan line, Kings Cross, London. Date: 1860

Underground railway construction, Lord Mayor of London 1881
Underground railway construction, the Lord Mayor of London commencing works for the extension of the Inner Circle railway. Date: 1881

Underground railway, Aldgate Station interior, London. Date: 1876

Woman examining her hat in a mirror
Woman photographed as she examines her hat in the mirror in the Northern Polytechnic. The Northern Polytechnic offered classes to enable women to learn how to convert old clothing

Women working at a South London gas works 1918
Women working at the South Metropolitan Gas Works, London. The Sphere elaborates on the pioneering work of the engineer of these gas works in successfully replacing male workers with women

Hammersmith Station
Outside view of Hammersmith Station on the Great Western (GWR) & Metropolitan Railways. Date: circa 1900

Waterloo Railway Station, London 1883
Metropolitan Prize Puzzles, no.4, Waterloo Railway Station, London. Date: 1883

Thames Embankment Railway, construction 1870
Works on the Thames Embankment Railway, from Waterloo Bridge, looking westward. Date: January 1870

Downs Schools, Sutton, Surrey
The Downs Schools on Banstead Road, Sutton, acquired by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1902 for treating children with ringworm. The site later became the Downs Childrens Hospital

Banstead Cottage Homes - Sports Teams
Sports teams and staff and the Banstead Cottage Homes, run by the Kensington and Chelsea School District. At the centre is the Monro Cup

Metropolitan Underground Railway 1862
Series of illustrations depicting the Metropolitan Underground Railway. 1862

Murillo, Australian race horse, owned and trained by E A Connolly. Won the AJC Metropolitan in 1927. Date: circa late 1920s

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