Images Dated 4th April 2004

The tube railway form Charing Cross to Hampsted. Platform at
A view of the platform at Highgate during the running of experimental trains. The new tube railway from Charing Cross to Hampstead

Sea trip by rail, Brighton electric railway
A sea trip by rail, the electric railway between Brighton and Rottingdean. The line was constructed along the seashore eastwards of Brighton from the Paston Jetty, for a distance of four miles

Advertisement for the Flying Standard Twenty car
Full page photographic advertisement for the Flying Standard Twenty car, showing two photos of the car in front of large houses, a typically aspirational car advert of the 1930s period

The Flying Scotsman, pulling out of Kings Cross
The Flying Scotsman pulling out of Kings Cross station at the start of its 392 mile non-stop to Edinburgh. The journey took just under eight hours in 1933

The Great Western Railway service from Penzance
The inaugural trip of the Great Western Railway service from Penzance. The new express service, which shortens the journey by forty minutes

The Great Central Railway Station at Newcastle
The Great Railway Station at Newcastle-Upon Tyne, forming part of the northern route connecting railway travel from Scotland to London

Opening of the Alexandra Dock at Kings Lynn, Norfolk by the Prince and Princess of Wales, showing the Mary entering the dock

Marriage proposal
Engraving showing a young man on his knees kissing a young womans hand, possibly during a marriage proposal. The image originally accompanied a story called Blind Love in the ILN, by Wilkie Collins

Interior of new Pullman Mors car
Photograph showing the plush interior of the Marquis of Angleseys new Pullman Mors car, which included polished mohogany, revolving leather arm chairs and heating

The Czar of Russia as a shot
Photograph of Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918) and the Tsarina Alexandra, shooting game. The photograph was taken by the official photographer to the Russian court

Steljes type-printing telegraph recorder
A photograph of Steljes type-printing telegraph recorder, able to automatically transmit and print messages through a phone line, while callers were still conversing

Advertisement for Rolls Royce cars the best car in the world. Photograph of a Rolls Royce being driven by a chauffeur through a pretty rural scene

Finishing of the manufacture of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable
Completion of the Atlantic Telegraph cable as the last inch of cable passes through the machinery of Messrs Glass and Elliott at Morden Whard, East Greenwich

Gloria Swanson as Sunya
Close-up of Gloria Swanson (1897-1983), screen actress, in the United Artists film, The Love of Sunya

Railway bridge across the river Severn
The new bridge across the Severn. The view as it will appear from Gatcomb, with the docks in the distance

Josephine Baker (1906-75), dancing in the screen production, Tondeleyo

Agatha Christie and Max Mallowan
Photograph of Agatha Christie (1890-1976), thriller writer and her husband, Max Mallowan (1904-1978), archaeologist

Lancashire cotton mill worker
A Lancashire cotton worker wrapped in shawls and wearing clogs walking along a cobbled street in Oldham

Queen Victoria driving donkey-carriage
Queen Victoria, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, leaving Windsor Castle, for a drive in her donkey-carriage in 1895

Margaret Morris dancers
The Margaret Morris dancers giving a selection from their repertoire at Foots Cray Place, the Kent seat of Lord and Lady Waring

British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Companys Offices
The British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Companys Offices in Threadneedle Street, London, built in 1859

Hughie Green & his Rolls Royce
Hughie Green with his Rolls Royce. Born 2/2/1920 in Kent, Green was one of the first great British TV stars, well-known as the host of popular show, Opportunity Knocks

Telegraph apparatus in the Eiffel Tower
Wireless telegraph apparatus in the Eiffel Tower, Paris for transmitting the time to vessels up to 3000 miles away at sea

Fitting shop at the Grand junction railway works
The fitting shop at the Grand Junction railway engine works at Crewe

Cutting the first turf of the Bristol and North Somerset Rai
Mrs Milward, wife of the Rev. Prebendary Milward (an active advocate for the railway), seen cutting the first turf at Clutton of the Bristol and North Somerset Railway

Advertisement for Castrol oil with illustration of a Rover car beating the Blue Train over the distance between St

Advertisment for Castrol oil
Advertisement for Castrol oil, boasting 250mph as achieved by Captain Malcolm Campbell in his Castrol lubricated Napier engine of his Bluebird

Prince of Wales opening the new electric railway
The Prince of Wales opening the new electrical railway

Frame work of the viaduct
Frame work of Coopers Bridge, near Greenwich. The designers, Mr Grissell and Mr Petolent lent inspiration from similar American structures

Interior carriage of the Thames Subway
The interior carriage of the Thames Subway at Tower Hill. The underground railway ran from Tower Hill to Tooley Street

Waiting room at TowerHill underground station
Tower Hill undergroud station waiting room. Passengers waiting for a train to Tooley Station

The wreck of the Flying Welshman near Llanelly. Debris of th
The wrecked Flying Welshman, railway accident near Llanelly that occurred on the 3rd October 1904. Debris of the diaster, destroyed and derailed coaches

Railway accident at Chester showing a dilapidated span of the Dee Bridge

American oli powered diesel electric locomotive
The Streamline Union Pacific Train for high speed passenger service. This oil powered diesel electric locomotive is fitted with a 900 H.P twelve cylinder diesel engine

Metropolitan Railway western extension. Interior of Kensingt
Metropolitan Railway western extension, a view of the interior of the Kensington Station

The wreck of the Flying Welshman near Llanelly. Cranes emplo
The wrecked Flying Welshman, railway accident near Llanelly that occurred on the 3rd October 1904. Clearing the line of the debris in the aftermath of the accident

Floating railway bridge across the Forth River
A floating railway across the Forth between Granton and Burntisland. The route designed to carrying goods and live stock without the inconvience of unloading the trucks

Hospital saloon on the London and North Western Railways
A hospital on wheels, the invalid saloons on the London and North Western Railway. Special thick flooring was used to deaden the vibrations and noise from the patient

The Great Westerns new giant, the Caerphilly Castle
The most power passenger engine in Great Britain in 1923, The Great Westerns New Giant, Caerphilly Castle. An engine designed by C. B Collett and constructed at Swindon

The Great Dee viaduct in the Vale of Llangollen
The Great Dee Viaduct on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. The viaduct crosses the river Dee in the Vale of Llangollen

New Edinburgh Dock at Leith
The steamer, Berlin, with the Duke of Edinburgh on board, cutting the blue ribbon at the opening of the new Edinburgh dock at Leith in 1881

Dock being constructed at Chatham
The Naval Docks at Chatham, Kent, under construction. The dockyard dated from the 16th century but was extended in the 1860s to cover an area of 380 acres

Eloping
Engraving showing a young woman escaping a house by step ladder in order to elope, during a snowstorm

New docks at Millwall
View of the new docks at Millwall, constructed by the Millwall Freehold Land and Docks Company in 1868

Well Above Pa
Humorous illustration by Stan Terry showing two sea-bathers, one of whom admits to standing on her father which allows her to be in deep water

H. M Screw Caesar
Engraving of the fitting out of a war steamer, H. M. Screw Caesar at Portsmouth

Trinity Buoy Wharf, Blackwall showing buoys and dock workers

Louis Philippe landing at Newhaven
Louis Philippe (1773-1850), King of France, arriving at Newhaven after the French revolution of 1848 forced him to abdicate. He escaped to England as Mr Smith and died at Claremont in Surrey

Shipping material at Woolwich for the Souakim railway in eastern Sudan

The Sneeze
Illustration by Will Owen showing a group of acrobats performing a balancing act, only to tumble to the ground when the strong man holding them all sneezes

The Engagement Ring
Engraving from 1895 showing a young woman sat in a chair by the fire admiring the engagement ring on her left hand

The New Gladstone Dock
The Galatea cutting the ribbons across the mouth of the new Gladstone Dock at Liverpool in 1913

Opening of the Empress Dock, Southampton
The Alberta, with Queen Victoria on board, breaking the ribbons and entering the newly opened Empress Dock at Southampton in 1890

H. M.s Agamemnon
Launch of H.M.S Agamemnon, the first steam ship to attempt to lay the Trans-atlantic telegraph cable

Steam navvy used to make the new dock at Swansea. By the late nineteenth century, chores traditionally done by workmen were being performed by steam engines

Shooting cotton bales into a river-steamer
Cotton bales leaving the exit of a 350 foot downhill shoot and landing on the front of the paddle boat steamer, the Magnolia

New Alexandra Graving Dock at Belfast
Prince Albert Victor, opening the new Alexandra graving-dock at Belfast. A graving or dry dock was a dock which could be sealed off with gates, enabling work to be carried out on the hull

Naval manouvres on the Thames
Men of the Red Fleet of the British Navy preparing mines to protect the Thames and Medway area during naval manoeuvres in 1906

Women workers at a naval ship-building yard
Female workers at a naval ship-building yard in 1916

Divorce Court 1870
Divorce court scene from 1870 showing the plaintiff wife in the witness box being questioned by counsel

Cotton shoot on the Alabama
Cotton shoot of around 350 feet in length used to send bales of cotton from high up on a steep river-bank down to a passing paddle steam-ship, Magnolia

The public in a divorce court
Illustration by Steven Spurrier showing young women in the public gallery of a divorce court

Divorce Court 1921
Illustration showing a scene in a divorce court of 1921 with a junior counsel examining a witness

Polishing a war-ships propellor
A woman ship-yard worker polishing a war-ships propellor in 1916

Divorce Court 1910
Divorce court scene from 1910, showing the plaintiff in the dock

New landing stage at Liverpool
A new landing stage, being towed to her moorings by seven steamers. The landing stage enabled passengers to embark easily at St. Georges Pier, Liverpool

Meat vans leaving the docks during strike
Laden meat vans, under police escort, leaving the Royal Albert Dock for Smithfield during the London Dock Strike of 1912

Launch of H. M. S. Nankin
An engraving of a noble and beautiful specimen of naval architecture, H.M 50-gun Frigate Nankin, designed by Oliver Lang and built at Woolwich

First attempt to launch the Bermuda floating dock
Engraving from the front cover of the ILN, showing the first attempt to launch the Bermuda floating dock at North Woolwich, built by Messrs. Campbell, Johnson and Co. of Silvertown

Ivory floor at London Docks
The entire floor of one warehouse at the London Docks devoted to ivory with elephant and other tusks laid out in rows

The Buoy Store, Trinity Wharf
The Buoy store at Trinity Wharf, Blackwall showing wooden buoys and signage

Testing chain cables at Chatham dockyard in Kent

Women at work in a naval ship-building yard
Women workers handling long steel bars in a naval ship-building yard in 1916

Northumberland Dock
Engraving showing the opening of the Northumberland dock at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1857

Dock no. 2 at Chatham
Dock no.2, at Chatham in Kent, recently opened in 1858. The dockyard dated from the 16th century but was extended in the 1850s and 60s to cover an area of 380 acres

Prince of Wales visiting the Great Eastern steam-ship
Engraving showing the Edward, Prince of Wales, visiting Isambard Kingdom Brunels Great Eastern steam-ship in 1865, prior to its voyage to lay the transatlantic cable

Advertisment for Sunbeam Cars
Advert for Sunbeam Cars

Game of chess by telegraph
A game of chess played between London and Portsmouth, through the electric telegraph of the South Western Railway on April 10th, 1845. Suggested by Mr

Famous six cylinder Siddeley-Deasy motor car
A photograph showing a Siddeley-Deasy with Connaught coach work

Landing cable at Porthcurnew Bay
Engraving of the landing of cable for the Falmouth, Gibralter and Mediterranean Telegraph at Porthcurnew Bay, Cornwall

Advertisement for Cadillac cars
Advertisment for Cadillac cars showing an illustration of the car with a war scene in background

Helen Wills
Cartoon by Matt of Helen Wills, American tennis player

The Central Post Office Telegraph Establishment
Series of sketches showing different departments of the Central Telegraph Establishment at the General Post Office in London

A bonnet view of 30h. p. Sheffield-Simplex with Pytchley Li
A photograph showing Countess Fitzwilliams new 30h.p. Sheffield-Simplex with Pytchely Limousine body by Van Den Plas

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