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Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home - Hall
Assembly hall of the new Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home opened in 1899 on Fountainbridge. Date: circa 1899

Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home - Dormitory
A dormitory at the new Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home opened in 1899 on Fountainbridge. Date: circa 1899

Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home Dining Hall
Dining hall of the new Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home opened in 1899 on Fountainbridge. Date: circa 1899

St Gabriels Waifs and Strays Society Home, Brighton
St Gabriels Waifs and Strays Society Home for Girls, opened in 1926 on Wellington Road, Brighton, Date: 1926

West Ham Infirmary, Whipps Cross, Leytonstone
Entrance to the West Ham Union Infirmary, Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, Essex. The infirmary, better known as Whipps Cross Hospital

British Museum - glass and ceramic gallery 1888
Newly opened glass and ceramic gallery of the British Museum. 1888

Trial-trip on the Underground Railway 1862
Dignitaries 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

View of the port of Shanghai, China
Shanghai, China, one of the five ports opened to British trade by the Treaty of Nanking of 1842, after the First Opium War. 19th century

View of the port of Foo Choo Foo (Fuzhou), China
Foo Choo Foo (Fuzhou), one of the five ports opened to British trade by the Treaty of Nanking of 1842, after the First Opium War. 1847

Blue flowers on a Christmas card with an ornate blue, white and gold border, opened to reveal pink roses on either side, and a sailing boat on the water at the centre. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Santa Claus arriving with gifts on a Christmas postcard -- a little boy has opened the door. Date: circa 1890s

Botanical room, British Museum 1858
Newly opened Botanical room at the British Museum, exhibiting trunks of trees-ferns, palms and other monocotyledonous trees. Date: 1858

New Port of London Authority Building opened by Lloyd George
The New Port of London Authority Building, Trinity Square, Tower Hill, London - opened by Prime Minister David Lloyd George on 17th October 1922. Date: 1922

Exterior of the new Lambeth walk, Ragged School, erected by Mr. Beaufoy for poor and destitute children in the neighbourhood. Date: 1851

Newly opened room at the National Gallery, London. Date: 1861

Chadwell Spring, near Ware, Hertfordshire, England, one of the sources of the New River. Opened in 1608, sourced from an underground river, some 629 feet below ground level. Date: 1930s

The Pavilion, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales, opened in April 1951. Pop concerts by entertainers such as Cliff Richard have been held here, plus sporting events. Date: 1951

The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co Durham, England, is a French style chateau, housing a permanent collection of art, furniture and ceramics. Date: opened 1892

Ponte dei tre archio - Venice, Italy. Opened in 1580 and spanning the Cannaregio Canal - designed by Architect Andrea Tirali. circa 1908

Opened Presents Date: 1948

Asking For Directions Date: 1928

Duke and Duchess of York visiting Docklands - April 1924
The Duke and Duchess of York visiting Docklands in April 1924. This picture shows the Duchess (1900-2002) (later Queen Elizabeth)

Prince Albert opens the new Town Hall in Marylebone, London
Prince Albert (later King George VI - 1895-1952) opens the new Town Hall in Marylebone, London. Alderman and Mrs Duncan Watson, The Mayor and Mayoress, received the prince

Group on rear verandah, Quex Park
Group of patients and one nurse on the rear verandah, overlooking the gardens, Quex Park. This verandah ran along the back of the Museum buildings and was used as a sheltered outdoor space in summer

St Johns Childrens Home, Ipswich
Boys pose in the garden of the St Johns Childrens Home on Bloomfield Street in Ipswich. The home was opened in 1879 by the Ipswich Poor Law Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

London Zoo
A crowd of holidaymakers at the Zoological Gardens in Regents Park, with a pair of elephants. London Zoo was the worlds first scientific zoo

Opening of the Victorian Embankment 1870
Opening of the Victorian Embankment, London, by the Prince of Wales and Princess Louise, with crowds watching. Date: 13 July 1870

KINGS BENCH PRISON / 1812
This prison came under that authority of The Marshal of the Kings Bench. It opened in 1370 and closed in 1879, having moved once in 1758. Date: 1812

COALPORT WORKS
The Coalport China works in Shropshire, originally opened by John Rose in 1796 alongside the Shropshire Canal. Manufacture at the works ended in 1926. Date: 19th century

HARDING, HOWELL & CO HARDING, HOWELL & CO
The 1st department Store was opened in 1796 when Harding, Howell & Co converted a London townhouse into a departmented shop which even included a restaurant. Date: 1809

MENAI / HAWKINS / LITHOGRAPH
Ships passing under the Menai Suspension and Tubular Bridge built by Thomas Telford, opened in January 1826. Date: 1852

ODESSA-BALTA LINE BRIDGE 1866
ODESSA-BALTA RAILWAY The rail link is opened between these two towns, a distance of 180 km. The first train thunders across a wooden bridge Date: 1866

OWEN JONES EGYPTIAN 11
Various ornaments from Tombs in Thebes, Mummy-cases, Kings Robes and an ancient Tomb in Giza, which was opened by Dr Lepsius. Date: 1868

ENGLAND / NEWCASTLE 1848
The railway arch over Dean Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, connecting the York and Berwick railway. It was opened by George Hudson, M.P. on 29 August 1848. Date: 1848

STATES-GENERAL OPENED
The opening of the Etata- Generaux (States-General) at Versailles Date: 5 May 1789

Newly opened Charing Cross Station, London 1864
The newly opened railway terminus of Charing Cross Station, Central London, with the hotel adjoining -- the Eleanor monument is not yet installed in the station yard. Date: 1864

Coldbath House. From a view published in 1811. Now demolished, it was a privately run hydropathic establishment opened around 1700

The Fortune Theatre
The Fortune, opened around 1600 by Philip Henslowe and Edward Alleyn was one of the celebrated and earliest Elizabethan theatres and stood between Whitecross Street and Golding Lane

The new Post Office
The new general Post Office in St Martins-le-Grand opened in 1874

Waithmans shop
Robert Waithman (1764-1833) was a master draper and British politician. He opened a drapers shop of his own by Ludgate Circus, from which he made a considerable fortune

Second Royal Exchange
Designed by Edward Jarman and opened in 1669, it burned down in January 1838. It had been used by the Lloyds insurance market

Mercers chapel
Following the destruction of the first Mercers building by the Great Fire of London, a second building designed by Edward Jarman and John Oliver was opened in 1676. Date: 19th century

Tucks Great Postcard Competitions - Sandwich Man and Vendor
London Life - Raphael Tuck and Sons " Great" Postcard Prize Competitions - Sandwich Man and News Vendor. Prize pot of 6

Dr Guthries Boys Industrial School, Liberton, Edinburgh
Thomas Guthries Boys Industrial School opened in 1888 on Lasswade Road, Liberton, Edinburgh. Industrial Schools, often privately run

Liverpool Ragged Industrial Schools, Everton Terrace
The Ragged Industrial Schools at Everton Terrace, Liverpool, opened in 1864 to replace the original Soho Street premises. Date: circa 1877

Salvation Army Maternity Hospital, Ivy House, Hackney
A Salvation Army Maternity Hospital for single mothers was opened in around 1895 at Ivy House, 271 Mare Street, Hackney. Date: early 1900s

Akbar Nautical Training School, Heswall, Cheshire
The Akbar Nautical Training School for Boys, opened in 1909 at Heswall, on the Wirral, Cheshire. Date: circa 1910

London Underground Opened 1863
Dignitaries taking a ride on the first train on the Metropolitan Railway, including William Gladstone and his wife (at the front of the carriage on the left). Date: 1863

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