Opened Collection (page 18)

Gymnastics display, Market Weighton Reformatory, Yorkshire
A gymnastics display by inmates of the Yorkshire Roman Catholic Reformatory for Boys at Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, opened in 1856

Ward at Carshalton Childrens Infirmary, Surrey
Interior view of ward D8 at Carshalton Childrens Infirmary, Surrey. The hospital was opened in 1908 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board and became a general hospital for up to 1000 children

Union Workhouse, South Molton, Devon
The rear of the main building of the union workhouse, opened in 1838 at South Molton, Devon

Entrance to Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
The entrance and receiving block at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. A woman in uniform and a boy stand on either side of the archway

Childrens Choir, National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton
The so-called Cripples Choir at the National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, opened in 1903 for what were described as delicate and affected children

Boiler Room, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
The boiler room at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. The schools engineer and four young helpers stand alongside massive lumps of coal

Middlesex House of Correction, Clerkenwell, London
The Middlesex House of Correction, opened in 1794, was later known as Cold Bath Prison, then Clerkenwell Gaol. It became a debtors prison before closing in 1885

Boys Band, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
The Boys Band at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. They are in uniform, holding their instruments on the steps of the building

Four young inmates, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
Four young inmates (two boys and two girls) at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. The boys are in band uniform and hold a trumpet or cornet

Group of girls at Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
A large group of girls at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. They are sitting on a grassy bank wearing identical smock dresses, pinafores and straw hats

Royal College of Music opened
Philanthropist Samson Fox (1838-1903) giving a cheque for 45, 000(the amount the building cost) to the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII(1841-1910), at the opening of the Royal College of Music

Men at Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A group of men at Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. They are standing near the aerial ropeway connected to the Margaret shaft, which opened in 1911

Aston Park opened
Aston park opened by Queen Victoria

Yawning Man - waking up
How long can you look at this face without yawning? A young man awakes and sits up in his bed in his pyjamas and yawns loudly (one assumes!)

Aston Union Cottage Homes, Erdington, Birmingham
Aerial view of Aston Unions cottage homes which were opened in 1899 at Erdington, Birmingham. They housed pauper children away from the main workhouse which occupied an adjacent site

Westminster Town Hall, newly opened by the duke of Buccleuch

Pantheon Oxford St
Interior view : considered one of the finest show places in the world, impressing Horace Walpole, Gibbon and others, it became a theatre before being destroyed by fire in 1792

Guildhall Library
The City Corporation Library, newly opened in the Guildhall

Alex Palace Opened
The palace is opened to a fanfare of trumpets

Paris Exhib Opens 1900
The exhibition is opened by the President

Lear / Nonsense / Eyes
There was a Young Lady whose eyes, were unique as to colour size; When she opened them wide, people all turned aside, And started away in surprise

Polo At Biarritz by Edmund Blampied
Our Artists impression of the new polo ground at Beyris, half-way between Biarritz and Bayonne, which was opened last year by the King of Spain

Billingsgate Fish Market, London, 1852
Engraving showing the, then recently opened, Billingsgate Fish Market on the north bank of the River Thames, in London, 1852

The Opening of the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1871
Engraving showing the exterior of the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences on the day that it was opened by Queen Victoria, March 1871

Queen Victoria at the Royal Exchange, London, 1844
Engraving showing Queen Victoria and Prince Albert crossing the Great West Portico of the, then new, Royal Exchange, London, 1844. Queen Victoria officially opened this building in October that year

The Queens Hall, Peoples Palace, London, 1887
Engraving showing the interior of the Queens Hall at the Peoples Palace in East London, which was opened in May 1887

Liptons Tea-Room, Kingsway, London, 1908
Photograph showing the interior of the very first Liptons Tea-Room, which opened in the Kingsway, London, in 1908

Southwark Park Opened
The opening of the Park

Holborn Townhall, London, 1880
Engraving showing Holborn Townhall in 1880, shortly after it was officially opened. This building was designed to accomodate the public offices of the Holborn District Board of Works

Pier of Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1869
Engraving showing one of the piers of the-then newly opened Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1869

Cardiff Docks, Wales, 1907
Aerial view of Cardiff Docks, South Wales, with the then-newly opened Queen Alexandra Dock (centre right), 1907

British Overseas Airways Stewardesses, 1943
Photograph showing two stewardesses (on right) of the British Overseas Airways, in the stern of a motor-launch, heading out to join a waiting flying-boat, 1943

Tower Bridge Opens
The bridge is opened by the Prince of Wales. Date: July 1894

The Prado, Madrid
The Prado, built in the 1780s, opened as a museum in 1819 and houses a definitive collection of Spanish art as well as much from the Netherlands, formerly governed by Spain

Heriots Hospital
A view of the front of Heriots Hospital - now George Heriots School - was established in 1628 by bequest of royal goldsmith George Heriot and opened in 1659

Sleeping Beauty / (Crane)
-At last he came to the tower and opened the door of the little room where Rosamond lay

Frame work of the viaduct
Frame work of Coopers Bridge, near Greenwich. The designers, Mr Grissell and Mr Petolent lent inspiration from similar American structures

Construction of Blackfriars Bridge, 1868
Engraving of the construction of Blackfriars Bridge, London, viewed from the south bank of the river looking towards St. Pauls Cathedral

Charing Cross Railway Bridge, March 1860
Engraving of the Charing Cross railway bridge over the Thames, with Westminster in the distance, from the Illustrated London News, 31st March 1860

The Great Dee viaduct in the Vale of Llangollen
The Great Dee Viaduct on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. The viaduct crosses the river Dee in the Vale of Llangollen. The impressive viaduct consists of 19 semicircular arches of 60 feet span

Sandwich-Board Women in Berlin, 1920
Photograph showing some sandwich-board women, with advertising on the back of their cloaks, walking the streets of Berlin in 1920. The advertising was for a newly opened variety theatre, the Scala

St Thomass Hospital
View of the newly opened buildings on the Southern Thames Embankment at Lambeth. St Thomass was relocated so the London Bridge terminus could be enlarged

Broadmoor - view of the terrace where male prisoners were ab
Broadmoor opened as an asylum in 1863 to female patients and to male patients the following year. The building was designed by military engineer, Major General Joshua Jebb

The Hanwell Asylum
A exterior view of the Hanwell asylum in north-west London. The asylum opened in 1831, on the outskirts of London. Patients were encouraged to become self-sufficient

Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942)
Photographic portrait of Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, the British explorer, who discovered the Murtagh Pass, opened up Tibet to the Western world and was founder of the World Congress of Faiths

Sir Francis Younghusband and the American Ambassador, 1922
Photograph showing the American Ambassador to Great Britain, Mr. Harvey (on left), presenting an American Geographical Society Medal to Sir Francis Younghusband; London, 1922

Joss-House at Ning-Bo
Chinese joss-house, a place of worship where joss-sticks (incense) are burnt, at Ning- bo (previously Ning-po, aka Ning-hsien), Treaty Port opened to European trade 1842

China / Ning-Bo
(previously Ning-po, also known as Ning-hsien) One of the first Treaty Ports, opened to European trade in 1842

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