Room Collection (#89)

Refugee waiting room WWII
Officials of the Fulham Borough Council in London take down particulars from refugees in the waiting room of the distributing centre. Note pile of gasmasks in the foreground

The Monotype Caster Room at a Printing Works
The Monotype Caster Room at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. The Gentleman holding the clipboard is recording the results of a production time study. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: late 1950s

The Jameson Raid: A Courtroom scene
A court room scene in the trial of Doctor Jameson and his officers at Bow Street, February 25th 1896. The prisoners from left to right are as follows: H.N Grenfell, K.J.F Smith, C.H Villiers, J

Wedding Presents
A bride and her maid-of-honour admire a piece of jewellery, a wedding present from her prospective husband perhaps?

Industrial Exhibition - Stockholm, Sweden 1909
The Restaurant Bispen at the Konstindustriutstallningen Exhibition at Stockholm, Sweden. A precursor of Swedish Moden Design

War Effort WWII
A bomb making factory showing the production of bombs in the machine room during World War II

Moorish Woman reclining in her sitting room
A Moorish Woman reclining in a very Moorish Sitting Room, filled with elaborately patterned drapes and cushions. Fans and lanterns hang on the wall

Barrack Room - Dijon, France
The interior of a Police barrack room, with a group of French soldiers (some seated) in the foreground, all bearing swords, engaged in police duty

The opening of the Russian Assembly (Duma). Tsar Nicolas II reads his speech from the throne room in St. Georges hall, the Winter Palace

Aix-les-Bains - Source de St Simon
Refreshment Bar (Tap Room) of the Source de St. Simon - Aix-Les-Bains (Savoie), France

Woods Hotel, Grahamstown, South Africa

Family wearing gas masks
A family wearing gas masks on a quiet night in at home during World War II

Adjusting a valve in a submarine
A sailor adjusts a valve in the engine room of a British submarine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s

Refueling a British Road Services truck
A promotional photograph for British Road Services. Here a truck of the fleet is refueled at a trade pump. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Throne of England, St Jamess Palace, London
The throne of England in the Throne Room at St Jamess Palace, Central London. St. Jamess Throne Room is used for official occasions

Dolmabahce Palace - view from the Bosphorus
Dolmabahce Palace - Late Imperial Palace on the Bosphorus. Commisioned by Abdul Mecit (1839-61) - architect Nikogos Balyn who in collaboration with his Father completed construction in 1853

Scene in a Turkish School
Scene in a Turkish school classroom. The boys and girls are separated onto different sides of the room

Throwing an Ink-bottle
In a fit of rage, a boy throws an ink bottle at another boys head; it misses and hits the door instead

The Dolmabahce Palace, Constantinople. Commisioned by Abdul Mecit (1839-61) - architect Nikogos Balyn who in collaboration with his Father completed construction in 1853

Gentleman smoking a cigarette while deep in contemplation
A middle-aged man sits facing a fireplace with his legs stretched forwards, resting infront of the open fire; he smokes a cigarette whilst staring ahead

A Minuet
A dance scene showing a minuet. The couple in the foreground take each other by the hand and parade in a circle using short steps known as pas menus

Invention - Carrons Cone
Mr. Carron, an engineer from Grenoble, France, invented a contraption that allowed humans to experience the sensation of a free fall of 300m

Man puzzling over a game of draughts
A man puzzling over a game of draughts, which he appears to be playing solo. He holds a long churchwarden pipe in his mouth. Date: early 20th century

Esson Maude at Edinburgh seance venue
Photograph of Esson Maude recreating where she sat during sitting with the Scottish medium Helen Duncan at the sance venue in Edinburgh, January 1933

Observer asleep on a bed in Base Room
Photograph of an observer asleep on a bed in " Base Room", during investigations at Borley Rectory, 21 November 1937. HPG/1/3/7 ()"

Porch entrance to Borley Rectory
Undated photograph of front and porch entrance to Borley Rectory from the drive. The bricked up window of the dining room can be seen on left

James Hallett, the Sussex Charlata
Illustration of James Hallett, " the Sussex Charlatan" in his consulting room with ladies waiting outside the door, circa 1795, by Clifford Thompson, circa 1822. HPG/8/2/1 (xxii)"

Model of a computer room layout
A planned layout of a computer room, including terminals and long banks of tape storage devices.Photograph by Heinz Zinram

In the Ward Room of the Terra Nova
The Scott expedition on board the Terra Nova in 1911 before the tragic failure and death of Captain Scott (seen at the head of the table)

Commons Refreshments
The Refreshment Room in the new House of Commons

Secret Admirer 1918
A showgirl, dressed as a bottle of Champagne - and why not? - is intrigued to find that a secret admirer had left flowers in her dressing room

Commons Smoking Room
The smoking room for addicted members of the House of Commons

Commons Tea Room
The Tea Room

Titanic Third Class Smoke Room
The Third Class Smoke Room on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912

White Star Line, SS Olympic window sketches
A White Star Line handwritten booklet entitled Particulars of Oceanic Steam Navigation Co, SS Olympic, May 1911. The vessel returned to the shipyard in Belfast in October 1911 for alterations

Titanic Reading and Writing Room
The Reading and Writing Room on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912

Titanic blueprint (part)
Part of the blueprint of the SS Titanic, showing first, second and third class passenger areas, crew rooms and boiler rooms

Toynbee Hall
The Drawing-Room of this philanthropic-educational institution in the Commercial Road in Londons East End, , scene of many a fierce political discussion

NEWGATE
Newgate Prison in the mid-19th century : it will be demolished in 1902 to make room for the new Old Bailey

Montagu House, Bloomsbury, will be demolished to make room for the British Museum

Tower Jewel Room
A Beefeater points out the glories of the Crown Jewels to a party of sightseers

Leaving the room with finesse
Illustration showing an elegant and slightly haughty woman leaving a room through the door, putting on her hat and grabbing her coat as she sweeps away, casting a glance backwards

Chart Room key of Titanic lamp trimmer
The Chart Room key and brass identity tag of Samuel Hemming, a lamp trimmer on the RMS Titanic. Hemming was saved from the sea by Lifeboat no.4 and had this key and others in his pocket

Californian style living room
A before and after illustration showing how the 1950s lady can transform her boring old orthodox British living room into a modern, relaxed and light-filled Californian style lounge

Wallpaper, 1954
A selection of wallpaper designs from 1954 by Crown and Sanderson, with an inset picture showing creative ways to use wallpaper in the modern home

Television, 1954
A group of people huddle together in a sitting room to watch the latest gadget in 1954, a television

The private apartment of Emperor Nicholas II
The bedroom of Emperor Nicholas II and the Empress at the Alexandra Palace, Tsarskoe Selo

Victorian interior - Hubert Congreve
The room in which Hubert Congreve shot himself. A young Edward Lear was infatuated with the young Congreve. A fine example of a Victorian interior, with heavily-stocked mantlepiece and fine fireplace

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