Kensington Underground Station, West LondonView inside Kensington (now High Street Kensington) Station on the London Underground. Date: 1868
Underground Tube TrainA Northern Line train on its way to Kennington, via Charing Cross emerges overground from a tunnel
Diagram of the lungs and bronchial tubesA diagram of the lungs and bronchial tubes, with a section of the windpipe
London UndergroundA Northern Line train in the standard red colour, on its way to Morden, southwest London
Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Locomotive No. 10, 000 leaving Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Scotland - designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley
A tube a train at a london underground platform at Euston. Northern line. The train is for Tooting via Bank. Date: c. 1930s
The River Westbourne running through Sloane Square tube statA conduit containing the overflow from the Serpentine running above the platforms at Sloane Square underground station. Date: 1909
The tube railway form Charing Cross to Hampsted. Platform atA view of the platform at Highgate during the running of experimental trains. The new tube railway from Charing Cross to Hampstead
Rush hour at a London tube station, by A. W. WilsonA busy London underground station contasting two platforms, one side has happy holiday makers and the other sober looking business men
Leaving the UndergroundWay Out - commuters walking up the steep steps leading out of Westminster underground station, central London, England
Aldwych Tube StationThe exterior of ALDWYCH STATION, on the Piccadilly Line, faced with the distinctive red ceramic tiles employed at the time
Platform of Notting Hill Gate Underground StationCentral Line series. A variety of passengers awaiting their train on the platform at Bank - Two jolly gents (with round faces and round bellies)
Cornet on its OwnThe CORNET-A-PISTONS - usually known simply as the Cornet, has a tube half the length of the trumpet, and consequently plays an octave higher
Glymiel Jelly - Nobody in OUR family suffers from chapped hands. Glymiel Jelly stops all that. Date: c.1924
Lots Road Power Station, Chelsea, LondonThe Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR) Power House (Lots Road Power Station), Chelsea, London. Built to power the newly created Piccadilly underground line
Standing on Platform of Chancery Lane Underground StationCentral Line Series. A Solicitor, a grieving widow, a barrister and an officer clerk standing on the platform at Chancery Lane Underground Station, London. Date: 1904
Two women police officers in gas masks, London, WW2Two women police officers in gas masks in London during the Second World War. One of them is Florence Bragg (joined November 1936). Date: 1940s
Amazing Stories Scifi magazine cover - Futuristic Human CloningTHE 4-SIDED TRIANGLE, by William F Temple. A scientist clones the body of a young woman in his laboratory in this futuristic science fiction magazine cover 1939
A London Underground platform at Bank stationAn empty London Underground platform at Bank station, on the Northern Line. early 1930s
The Man Who Broke The Tube by H M Bateman, a man who does not heed the instructions on the glue. He brakes the tube, glues himself to the table, then his wife
Red Hell of Jupiter, Astounding Stories Scifi magazine coverTHE RED HELL OF JUPITER - The Planetary Explorers disintegrate the Rogans with the death tube Date: 1931
Coughs & Sneezes PosterHumorous poster from the Ministry of Health showing a man sneezing without a handkerchief on a London Underground train during WWII
Scene on a London Underground Station. Date: 1966
Firefighters at work in London UndergroundFirefighters at work in the carriage of a London Underground train following an incident on 28 February 1975. The train had failed to stop at Moorgate station
Growth of the submarine by G. H. DavisThe growth of the submarine from 1901 to 1912. In chronological order, they are: 1901-2 Holland Class, 1903-5 A Class, 1904-6 B Class, 1906-9 C Class, 1911 D Class and 1912 E Class
Tube stations transformed by G. H. DavisA Piccadilly Circus underground: tube stations transformed. The maze of London tubes: wonderful new junctions completed or in progress of construction. Date: 1927
Great Northern and City (Electric) Railway - Finsbury ParkGreat Northern and City (Electric) Railway (London Underground) - Finsbury Park - Platform Number 1. This line opened on 14th February 1904
Completion of the new Earls Court station, LondonCompletion of the new Earls Court underground station, London. Top: an illuminated train indicator which shows trains in motion. Middle: the new flyover junction
A Perfect Picture by Muriel DawsonA small toddler looks in dismay at a large blotch of paint on the front of his outfit
Gloucester Road, London, with Gloucester Road tube Station (right) and Baileys Hotel (now the home to an excellent Indian Restaurant!)
Moscow UndergroundA business man commuter, about to board an underground train, which has just arrived on the platform of a Rococo style tube station, Moscow, Russia. Date: late 1960s
Metropolitan Police gas mask, bag, rattle and tin helmetA Metropolitan Police gas mask, bag, rattle and tin helmet, as used in wartime
Aldgate High Street 1906A busy Aldgate High Street, crowded with pedestrians, horse buses and other vehicles
Kolynos Trade CardTrade card for KOLYNOS dental cream, in the shape of a tube of toothpaste. It is described as cleansing - antiseptic - delicious
Sloane Square StationA street scene outside Sloane Square Underground station in Chelsea, London, with frequent trains to the City on the District Railway
Steam Boilers / 1885 AdAdvertisement for patent water-tube steam boilers from the Babcock and Wilcox Company of New York and Glasgow
Escalator TrialsA couple misunderstand the instructions for stepping off a new fangled moving staircase and land in an undignified heap on the floor of the underground station
Cut and cover, building the London Underground, Victorian period
Building the London Underground, Victorian period
An above ground London underground station, early 1900s
Women working on a condenser tube during the First World War
WW1 Women working on a condenser tube in a factory
The Engine Room of HMS Mauritius. Date: 1945
A London tram passing over cut and cover works during the construction of the London Underground, early 1900s Date: circa 1900s
Kolynos Dental Cream, advertising bookmark in the shape of toothpaste tubes
Finished electronic valves, Ernest Turner Electrical Instruments factory, High Wycombe in 1951
Ernest Turner Electrical Instruments factory, High Wycombe in 1951
Doctor syringing a patient's ear Date: 1888