Southampton Collection (page 12)

The Titanic leaving Belfast for Southampton, 1912
The ?Titanic? leaving Belfast for Southampton, 1912 Date: 1912

Reconversion of Queen Elizabeth
When the work of reconversion was over the Queen Elizabeth was virtually a new ship, ready to cast off her moorings at Southampton and begin her maiden voyage as a passenger liner

Southampton Row
Just a view of the street... Date: 1925

Westgate, Southampton, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The pier, Southampton, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

South Shore, Southampton, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Avenue, Southampton, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Old Walls - Southampton, Hampshire
13th century defensive city walls - Southampton, Hampshire Date: 1913

Southampton Union Workhouse, Hampshire
The main block of the former Southampton Union Workhouse, now forming part of Southampton City College. Date: 2000

Southampton West Gate
The Tower which formed the Old West Bar Gate of the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England and led to the Quay. Date: 13th century

American troops boarding USS Charles, Southampton, WW1
American troops of the 342nd Infantry Regiment boarding the USS Charles (formerly the USS Harvard) at Dock 20, Southampton, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 27 September 1918

Tudor House Museum
The Tudor House Museum, Southampton, England. Built in the 1530s. Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I are all reputed to have stayed here. Date: 15th century

Southampton Tower
The Tower which formed the south eastern defence of the city of Southampton, England, before the larger (right) tower was built. Date: 13th century

QUEEN ELIZABETH SHIP
The Queen Elizabeth steamship docked at Southampton, Hampshire, England. Date: March 1964

Faraday House, Southampton Row, London
Faraday House (now part of Syracuse University) - here the *new* premises of The Electrical Standardizing, Testing and Training Institution - 66, 68 and 70 Southampton Row, London. Date: circa 1910s

British torpedo boat destroyer launching, Southampton
A British torpedo boat destroyer launching at Southampton a few months before the start of the First World War. It is probably HMS Lance, a Laforey-class destroyer

Great Eastern steamship, 1857
The Great Eastern steamship, on her first voyage, leaving Southampton water for New York. Date: 1857

Queen Mary visiting a Red Cross hospital at Netley
Queen Mary visiting the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, near Southampton, expanded and used by the Red Cross during the First World War. With her were King George V and Princess Mary

George V and Queen Mary visiting a Red Cross hospital
King George V and Queen Mary with others, visiting the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, near Southampton, expanded and used by the Red Cross during the First World War

1st Cameron Highlanders leaving Southampton, WW1
Men of the 1st Cameron Highlanders leaving Southampton for the Western Front at the beginning of the First World War. Date: 15 August 1914

The old prison, Winkle Street, Southampton
The ivy-covered remains of the old prison, Southampton. A row of horses and carts stand alongside. A statue of Prince Albert stands in the grounds. The prison ceased operation in around 1855

Royal Victoria Hospital
ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL At Netley, near Southampton Date: C.1860

Town Crier / Contest
A contestant from St. Columb, Cornwall at the Town Criers Contest held in Southampton, Hampshire. Date: 1950s

Southampton, Long Island
Southampton L.I. Young men and women playing and swimming in the surf at the beach at Southampton, L.I

Adults and children on a London street, outside the gates of a large building, possibly a warehouse. One boy, carrying a toddler, has bare feet

Quiogue Causeway, Long Island
Quiogue Causeway, Southampton, Long Island, New York

Southampton Incorporation Infirmary, Shirley Warren
The Southampton Incorporation Infirmary. Nurses are sitting in front of the nurses home (right). The Incorporation (Southamptons poor relief authority)

The Floating Bridge, Southampton

Floating Dry-dock, Southampton. The largest floating dry-dock in the world

Holland America Line poster
Poster advertising the Holland America Line service from Southampton to New York, featuring a ship steaming ahead across the Atlantic ocean

Royal Pier, Southampton
Entrance to the Royal Pier, Southampton. The pier pavilion was extended in 1922 and the present gatehouse, described at the time as " wedding cake architecture"

Poster advertising Transatlantique cruises
Poster for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique French Line, advertising cruises on the Liberte between Le Havre, Southampton and New York

Poster advertising Red Star Line
Poster advertising the Red Star Line from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg

Red Star Line Poster, Southampton to Canada via Cherbourg showing a woman picking apples

Star Line to Canada Poster
Red Star Line and White Star Line shipping from Southampton to Canada Poster showing a man farming in Canada

Red Star Line to Canada poster
Poster produced by the Red Star Line shipping company promoting its service from Southampton in Britain to Canada via Cherbourg

Envelope from the Titanic
An envelope, postmarked Southampton, 10 April 1912, addressed to Irvine Aitchison Esq of Sherwood, Beckenham, Kent. It contained a letter from his fiancee on White Star Line RMS Titanic headed paper

Items belonging to George Moore, Titanic seaman
Assorted items belonging to George Alfred Moore, seaman on the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship which sank on 15 April 1912 -- a pocket watch with ornate fob, a cigarette lighter

William Nutbean, Certificate of Discharge
Certificate of Discharge of William Nutbean, a Fireman/Stoker on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic. Nutbean survived, and this is a replacement document

RMS Olympic, Queens Hotel Queenstown
Two items relating to the RMS Olympic luxury cruise liner. An information card for the Queens Hotel, Queenstown (on the southern coast of Ireland) boasts of redecoration

Southampton House in Bloomsbury

Southampton Row, London - the (now disused) tramway tunnel beneath the road

Interior of the Royal Southampton Railway state carriage
Carriage constructed by the South Western Railway Company for the conveyance of Queen Victoria and her family to their residence in the Isle of Wight

German prisoners in Southampton
Photograph showing around 300 German prisoners captured at the Battle of Loos in 1915, being marched through the streets of Southampton, UK. Date: October 9th 1915

Kossuth at Southampton
LAJOS KOSSUTH Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian patriot and statesman addressing crowds outside the Mayors House in Southampton after his arrival in Britain

German Emigrant Ship in Southampton Docks, Great Britain, 18
Engraving showing a German emigrant ship, en route to America, berthed in Southampton Docks, 1881. A number of emigrants are seen lining the sides of the ship, looking at the British dockside

RMS Forth, 1849
Engraving of the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Companys paddle-steamer Forth. Built in Leith in 1841, the Forth went missing between Southampton and the West Indies early in 1841

Departure of the Emigrant Ship Ballengeich, Southampton, 1
Engraving showing the departure of the emigrant ship, Ballengeich, from Southampton bound for Australia, 1852. This ship was one of those that sailed with emigrants taking advantage of Caroline

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