Tube Collection (page 3)

Woman Indulging a Vapour Face-Bath 1928
Strangely masked by metal: A client indulging in a vapour face-bath, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway - Car interior. Date: circa 1906

Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway - Interior of the Signal cabin. Now the Piccadilly Line on the London Underground network. Date: circa 1906

Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway Motor Car. (running on what is the modern Piccadilly Line as part of the London Undergrond network). Date: circa 1906

Mother Red-Cap
The Worlds End is a pub and music venue at 174 Camden High Street in Camden Town, London, just south of Camden Town tube station

Scenes of the exploration of Patagonia
Penguins in South America 28, Patagonian giants in animal skins 29, and Patagonians delighted by the sight of a mirror on Captain Samuel Wallis ship 30. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Speaking tube, c. 1870
Gentleman in his study using a speaking tube to communicate with another room. Date: C.1870

London Underground station booking hall, with automatic ticket machines at different prices. Date: circa 1930

Section of underground railway tunnel, City Line, London
Section of the underground railway tunnel on the City Line, London, between City and Elephant & Castle stations. Now part of the Northern Line

Interior of electric underground train, City Line, London
Interior of an electric underground train on the City Line, London. Now part of the Northern Line, the City Line originally ran from City (now Bank) to Stockwell, via Borough, Elephant & Castle

Map of underground and overground stations, South London
Map of underground and overground stations connecting the City to South London. The overground lines are the London & South Western Railway and the London Chatham & Dover Railway

Baker Street underground station, London
A train arrives at Baker Street underground station, London, on the Metropolitan Line: the high roof is needed because the first trains are pulled by steam locomotives. Date: 1881

Cartoons, The Guide to the Metropolitan Railway, London
Cartoons in Fun, 1866. The Guide to the Metropolitan Railway. A humorous commentary on the popularity of the new London underground railway, showing people travelling for business and pleasure

Gower Street Station, Metropolitan underground, London
Platform scene at Gower Street Station, one of the first stations on the Metropolitan underground, London. It was later renamed Euston Square Station. Date: circa 1860s

Double tunnel near Farringdon Street Station, London
Double tunnel near Farringdon Street Station, Metropolitan underground railway, London. Date: 1860s

Dignitaries on Metropolitan underground railway, London
Dignitaries taking a ride on the first train of the Metropolitan underground railway, London. Date: 1863

Cartoon, A Suggestion, London Underground escalator
Cartoon, A Suggestion, a comment on the escalator (moving staircase) at Earls Court Station on the London Underground. Showing people sliding down the parcel chute in the middle

Portland Road Underground Station, London
Portland Road (now Great Portland Street) Underground Station, London, with street view above and underground section below. It opened in 1863. Holy Trinity Church is directly behind it. Date: 1865

Notting Hill Gate Underground Station, street view. Date: 1900s

Shepherds Bush Underground Station, platform scene. Date: 1900s

Willesden Green Underground Station, street view. Date: 1906

Hammersmith Underground Station, street view. Date: circa 1905

South Kensington Underground Station, street view. Date: 1907

Underground station, Stockwell, South London, showing the street view, the lift, and the platform and carriages, with passengers. 1892

Thames Embankment Railway, construction 1870
Works on the Thames Embankment Railway, from Waterloo Bridge, looking westward. Date: January 1870

A Sohere suggestion for meeting increasing congestion
Illustration suggesting the need for specially constructed motor-ways to help ease increasing traffic congestion in 1924. The drawing accompanies an article by R. P

Advert, John Marshall & Sons, Glasgow Tube Works
Advert for John Marshall & Sons, Glasgow Tube Works, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Gold jewerlry including match box, cigarette
Gold jewerlry including match box, sovereign purse, bonbonniere, cigarette case, pencil and tube case. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Gold mounted amber jewelry including cigarette tube, cigarette cutter, cigarette case and pocket knife. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Chinese distiller making Cho-Chou or brandy in a vat on a furnace. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Tube flowered spine cactus, Echinocactus tubiflorus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hookers Botanical Magazine, London, 1838

Synthaprufe air raid shelters, WW2
Synthaprufe air raid shelters -- operating pedal-driven air filtration plant, 125 cubic feet per minute capacity for 50 persons (top), first stages of construction of a shelter (bottom). 1939

Adverts, John Marshall & Sons, James Wotherspoon & Sons
Adverts for John Marshall & Sons, Glasgow, and James Wotherspoon & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Aerial view of Kingsway, London (looking south), with the underground station on the left, and Bush House at the far end. Date: circa 1920s

Cailletets apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen
Louis Paul Cailletets apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen. Date: 1885

Construction of underground railway King William Street 1888
Driving the tunnels of the London and Southwark sub-railway passing under the River Thames. 1888

Pictures on the wireless! New wonder for B. B. C audience 1928
Diagram showing the new way in which the B.B.C will broadcast photographs and drawings. 1928

The new tunnel under the Seine
Plans for the extension to the Paris Metro beneath the River Seine 1905

General Strike - volunteer driving electric tube train
The General Strike - a volunteer driving an electric tube train on the Metropolitan underground railway. 1926

Submarine divers 1869
Divers wearing diving armour with flexible arms and helmet with eye-plates of strong glass, with a fresh supply of oxygen been pumped in through a long hose to allow the operator to say under

Map, Metropolitan Underground Railway, serving Aldgate, City, Kew Gardens, Richmond and other London locations. 1880

Firing a torpedo out of a tube
German sailors firing a torpedo out of a tube using compressed air. circa 1898

Advert for Homocea 1897
Homocea brand, with toilet soap, embrocation and nursery powder, to help with the cure of oyclists, athletes, pedestrians, soreness, cures tired, swollen feet and rheumatism. Date: 1897

Golders Green tube station, NW London, and an earlier view from 1904. Date: circa 1920s

Watercolour Paint Tube. circa 1880s

Walnut Wood Box of Oil Colours. circa 1880s

Excavating tube railway 1903
Under construction, workers in the shield, Great Northern and City Railway. 1903

Poster, For comforts sake stagger office hours, WW2
Wartime poster, For comforts sake stagger office hours -- how to avoid congestion on the London Underground. Designed by Misha Black and David Langdon. 1942

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