Platform Collection (page 18)

The arrival of an Express train at Constantinople. The route depicted to Constantinople started at Palestine

Fourteen days leave during World War I
Soldiers on fourteen days leave changing French money into English at one of the change boxes in the platform during World War I

Suez Canal - The Railway Station at Suez

Ordnance Survey Observatory on St. Pauls Cathedral, London
Engraving showing the observatory built on the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral by the Ordnance Survey, for their charting of London and the environs in 1848

San Stefano Station - Constantinople, Turkey. Now known as Yesilkoy. Located on the Marmaris Sea, 11km west of Istanbuls city centre

Corradinis Descent on Horseback, 1898
Illustration showing (Frank) Corradinis horse-riding act, which he displayed in Berlin, Paris and Copenhagen in 1898. Corradini

Bovey Tracey Station
Bovey Tracey station Devon

Dinner on an Australian Emigrant Ship, 1849
Engraving showing dinner taking place in the forecastle of an Australian emigrant ship, 1849. The forecastle is an elevated platform in the bows of the ship and can be seen, in this engraving

American Indians. Indian Burial
Typical Indian burial site, with the body, wrapped, on a wooden platform, supported by poles about 6 feet high

The First Penny Post from England to America, 1908
Photographs and Illustrations showing the first mail service to operate between England and America for the price of a penny. At top left, photograph of the Royal Mail Van at Waterloo Station

Floating railway bridge across the Forth River
A floating railway across the Forth between Granton and Burntisland. The route designed to carrying goods and live stock without the inconvience of unloading the trucks

Battle of Platform 1520
BATTLE OF THE PLATFORM Spanish and Aztecs in hand to hand combat

Goodbye Kiss at Station
A romantic farewell kiss for one passenger on the platform. The rest of the passengers, mostly smartly dressed women with suitcases, are getting into the smoking carriage

Murderers pursued by police in Tottenham
A chase between police and Russian Anarchists. Charles Wyatt, the conductor, was forced at gun point to drive the tram. A second Russian fired at the pursuing police from the back platform during

REDRUTH - 1907
Redruth Station, Cornwall

REIGATE - 1909
Reigate Station, Surrey

Sandringham - 1922
Sandringham Royal Station, Norfolk

VENTNOR - 1908
Ventnor Station, Isle of Wight

Chilham Station - 1909
Chilham Station Kent

Earlswood Station - 1910
Earlswood Station Surrey

Goldaming Station - 1907
Goldaming Station Surrey

KINGSWOOD - 1926
Kingswood Station Surrey

Camberley Station - 1909
Camberley Station Surrey

Finchurst Station - 1908
Finchurst Station Kent

Dawlish Warren - 1902
Dawlish Warren Station Devon

Milford Station - 1908
Milford Station Surrey

Ashtead Station - 1913
Ashtead station

Bideford Station - 1906
Bideford station and River Torridge, North Devon Date: 1906

Ashtead Station - 1910
Ashtead Station

Electric Water
This young lady stands on an insulated platform, and is connected to an electric machine : when she pours water onto another persons hands, sparks are produced

King George V and Queen Mary at the Launch of the Queen Mary
Photograph of King George V and Queen Mary (in the tower on the right) at the launch of R.M.S. Queen Mary from John Browns shipyard, Clydebank, 26th September 1934

Husband & Wife Parting
A husband bids his tearful wife goodbye on a railway station platform. During World War Two, married couples were often apart for long periods

Waiting for the excursion train
On the departure platform of a suburban branch of the Great West-Eastern Railway. Five hundred Londoners scrambling to board the second and third class carriages for Bank Holiday excursions

Beachwear 1939
Lucien Lelong beachwear: printed linen frock with a red sash & bolero jacket. The skirt is abbreviated & socks are worn with strappy wedge heel sandals

Evacuees / Station 1940
Children enter Catford station, southeast London, prior to boarding the train which will take them to where they will be safe from German bombs

Inventive Shoes for Rain
A young woman strides through the muddy London streets in foul weather but her feet are kept clean & dry as she is wearing pattens with iron rings over her shoes

Tube Station Shelter
A group of ladies chat on the platform at Aldwych underground station, sheltering from the danger of German bombs

Lincoln Inaugurated / 1861
US President Abraham Lincoln delivers his inaugural address in front of the Capitol in Washington. Lincoln defeated two Democrat challengers, with 40% of the popular vote

Airport Tantrum
A young mother wearing a fur coat and patent leather platform boots does her best to control her naughty child as it has a tantrum at London Gatwick Airport, England

Paddington Passengers
Passengers boarding and alighting from a train at Platform 1 of Paddington Station, London

Loading Washing Machine
A young housewife loading up her " Miele" washing machine (with matching dishwasher) in her mini skirt and platform shoes

Well-Dressing, Buxton
Well-dressing at Buxton (with an early example of a platform roundabout)

Exhibition at Madame Tussauds, London
An exhibition of waxwork models at Madame Tussauds in Marylebone Road, London

Meeting at Trafalgar
An election meeting at Trafalgar Square

Interior, Victoria Station, London
The new Victoria Station at Pimlico - an interior view of the terminus when it had just opened in Central London

People Boarding a Train
People boarding a train

Thomas Edison / Ilz / Train
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor in 1929 at Dearborn, Michigan with Henry Ford, Mr Black (engineer), Mrs Edison and President Hoover

Danton / Duplessi-Bertaux
GEORGES JACQUES DANTON French Revolutionary leader, with a scene from The Terror below

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