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Captain Wells, Chief Officer of London Fire BrigadeCaptain Wells, Chief Officer of London Metropolitan Fire Brigade. 1902
Electricity Generating Station, Poplar, East LondonElectricity Generating Station, Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, East London, fitted with Kinnear metal rolling shutters. Date: circa 1930s
Metropolitan Hotel, New York City, USA. 1857
Caterham Asylum, Surrey - Male TrainingA male training workshop at Caterham Imbeciles Asylum. Like its twin at Leavesden, the asylum was established in 1870 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for Londons sick poor with mental conditions
Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, GreeceThe Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, Greece, with the much smaller Church of St Eleutherius on the right. Date: circa 1910s
Metropolitan L over Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois, USAMetropolitan L (elevated railroad) over Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA. circa 1915
U. S. Troops in Mexico CityGeneral Scotts grand entrance into Mexico City. Soldiers on horseback and on foot fill up the Plaza de la Constituticion, with the Metropolitan Cathedral in the background. The U.S
Kings Cross underground station 1868Junction of the Midland, Great Northern, and Metropolitan railways at Kings Cross. Part of new work being carried out between Kings Cross and Farringdon Road in 1868. 1868
Metropolitan Extension under construction 1864Metropolitan Extension Railway under construction at Smithfield, London. 1864
Entrance to the Clerkenwell tunnel from Farringdon Street, London, on the Metropolitan line, Great Northern Railway. 1860s
Trial-trip on the Underground Railway 1862Dignitaries taking a ride on the first underground train on the Metropolitan Railway line, waving their hats in the air as they ride on a wooden steam locomotive between Paddington and Farrinton
The new tunnel under the SeinePlans for the extension to the Paris Metro beneath the River Seine 1905
Gala Performance at the Met, New York - Josef HofmannGolden Jubilee Gala Performance at the Met, New York by Josef Hofmann (1876-1957) - Polish American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor
Metropolitan railway and Fleet Ditch 1862Engraving from the foot of Frederick Street, Grays Inn Road, at its junction with Bagnigge Wells Road. of a portion of the works in progress for this vast undertaking. 1862
General Strike - volunteer driving electric tube trainThe General Strike - a volunteer driving an electric tube train on the Metropolitan underground railway. 1926
Leslie Thornton in the dock at a trial in Moscow, USSRLeslie Thornton in the dock, at a trial in Moscow of employees of the Metropolitan Vickers Company, April 1933. They were charged with sabotage, espionage
Certificate to schoolchildren from Mayor of Woolwich, WW2Certificate presented to the schoolchildren of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich by the Mayor, Edwin Thomas Lamerton, on the occasion of the Cease Fire in Europe (8 May 1945)
Truncheon with comic verse on a Christmas cardPolicemans truncheon with comic verse on a Christmas card -- probably a reference to the Trafalgar Square Riots of November 1887, also known as Bloody Sunday. Date: circa 1887
London policemen in daytime uniform. 19th century
Map, Metropolitan Underground Railway, serving Aldgate, City, Kew Gardens, Richmond and other London locations. 1880
A nurse carrying out Balneotherapy - Millfield HomeA nurse carrying out Balneotherapy - spraying with sea water - at the the Millfield Home for children with tuberculosis at Rustington, near Littlehampton, Sussex
Chicago Tribune Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 1907
The Workmans Train. Interior of a third class carriage running workers from the suburbs of London into the city centre. The illustration related to a feature in the same issue of The Illustrated
Cartoon, Metropolitan Prize Puzzles No. 2 -- dismay on the faces of the market stall sellers as a horse and cart trample all over the baskets of veg. 1883
Charles Tyson Yerkes, Metropolitan District RailwayCharles Tyson Yerkes, owner of the Metropolitan District Railway. circa 1900s
LCC-LFB engines and crews, Shoreditch fire stationLocated at 140 Tabernacle Street, City of London EC2, Shoreditch fire station was built in 1896 for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade
MFB firemen practising rescue techniques, with a man about to jump from an upper window. Date: circa 1890s
Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw (1828-1908), Superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (now London Fire Brigade) and its predecessor, the London Fire Engine Establishment, from 1861 to 1891
Portrait of a late Victorian MFB fireman with enginePortrait of a late Victorian MFB fireman, number 134, with engine. Date: circa 1890s
Captain Lionel de Latour Wells, MFB Chief OfficerCaptain Lionel de Latour Wells RN, Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade from 1896 to 1903. Date: circa 1900
LFB Fulham Fire Station firemen, SW LondonGroup photo, LFB Fulham Fire Station firemen, SW London. Date: circa 1900s
Kings Cross underground station, London 1868Junction of the Midland, Great Northern, and Metropolitan railways at Kings Cross. Part of new work being carried out between Kings Cross and Farringdon Road in 1868. 1868
Severe low-lying fog crisis over the capital of London, which afflicted London between the 1870s and the mid-1890s. Date: 1882
Poll Tax demonstrators in the roadway, Central LondonPoll Tax demonstrators in the roadway in Central London. One man stands in fighting pose, with his fists clenched. Another man holds a placard with the words: Bog Off Thatcher
Poll Tax demonstrator and Met Police van, Central LondonA Poll Tax demonstrator aims a metal barrier at the back of a Police van, during a violent demonstration in Central London. Date: 31 March 1990
Metropolitan Police officers, training on horsebackA group of Metropolitan Police officers on horseback, taking part in a training exercise with rioters. Date: circa 1990s
Policeman on horseback with an unruly crowdA policeman on horseback, trying to control an unruly crowd. Date: 20th century
POLICE RIOT TRAININGFour area TSG Metropolitan Police Officers shield training at the Hounslow public order training course, in full riot gear
MOUNTED POLICE OFFICERMounted police officer watching children at a street party celebrating the end of world war two on victory day Metropolitan police 1945
Metropolitan drinking Fountain and cattle trough association, set up in London by Samuel Gurney, a Member of Parliament, and philanthropist to supported by voluntary contributions
Local businesses were on protest against the increase charges of the Metropolitan Water Board on their registered meter. Photograph showing London City workers drawing water from the free Aldgate
Student nurses in a classroomClassroom with a doctor teaching anatomy to a group of student nurses accompanied by their ward sister, location unknown. The Metropolitan Asylums Board (London)
Northern railway at Kings Cross junction 1861Junction of the Great Northern railway at Kings Cross with the Metropolitan railway. Date: 1861
Proposed Metropolitan subway under London streets 1853Proposed Metropolitan subway for sewage, gas and water supply. Date: 1853
Cartoon, Metropolitan Prize Puzzles No. 1 -- traffic at Marble Arch, Central London, before the introduction of the Congestion Charge. Date: 1883
Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness 1865Exterior of the Southern Outfall Works of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness. This pumping station was built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, as part of Londons drainage scheme. Date: 1865
Engine House at the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works 1865Visit of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) to open the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness. Number of visitors in the engine room of the works
Aldersgate Station 1866Aldersgate Street station, one of the original stations of the first Metropolitan Railway. Date: 1866