Streets Gallery

Women Communards of Montmartre; Paris Commune, 1871

Women of Montmartre pledging to fight the government troops to the death, with the slogan The Commune or Death, as Paris burns in the background, 1871. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war, Parisian socialists refused to surrender Paris to the rightwing French government, which led to bitter fighting on the streets of the city and large-scale executions of Communards

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Waldorf Theatre, London

Promotional postcard for the Waldorf Theatre, London. Designed by the well known theatre architect W. G. R. Sprague it originally opened in 1905 as the Waldorf Theatre. But the theatre has also been known variously as the Whitney Theatre, the Strand Theatre (twice), and in 2005, it was renamed the Novello Theatre. The theatre was built as part of the Aldwych reconstruction which began at the turn of the Twentieth Century. The Waldorf Theatre was constructed at the bottom corner of Catherine Street - which was part of a vast new building consisting of the Waldorf Theatre itself, the new Waldorf Hotel in the centre, and at the far end, the Aldwych Theatre. Both Theatres were designed by the well known Theatre Architect W. G. R. Sprague and given identical exteriors. The Waldorf Theatre had a change of name in October 1909 when it was taken over by J. A. Harrison and became the Strand Theatre, but this was only temporary as in 1911 it was changed again, this time to the Whitney Theatre when it was bought by the American Manager F. C. Whitney. However, Whitney was not successful in this venture and the name reverted back to the Strand Theatre again in 1913 when Louis Meyer took up the reins, and this name would remain until 2005. Date: circa 1905

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

LCC-MFB funeral of Fireman Martin Sprague

View of the funeral procession of Fireman Martin Sprague, who was killed in a fire. Showing the start of the procession from MFB headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road to Highgate Cemetery in North London. The Brigade, established in 1866, was maintained at an annual cost of £130, 000 per annum; and the area it protected extended over 118 square miles, with nearly 50 fire stations and four river stations

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library