Images Dated 4th April 2004

Choose a picture from our Images Dated 4th April 2004 Collection for your Wall Art and Photo Gifts

144 items

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

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

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

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

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

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

British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Companys Offices
The British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Companys Offices in Threadneedle Street, London, built in 1859. The Company was formed out of a merger between The Magnetic Telegraph Company

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

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. Raphael to Calais, averaging 38 miles per hour

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. The arrival of the train into Stockwell.The underground electric railway runs for three miles from a point in King William Street

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. It was thought that the weight of the train caused it to strike a girder at which point the bridge gave way

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. The impressive viaduct consists of 19 semicircular arches of 60 feet span

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 room she is sitting in has a typically ornate late-Victorian interior

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

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping