London Collection (#30)

WORKHOUSE XMAS
Christmas in workhouse, shows a frail elderly woman being helped as she receives a small Christmas gift from a charitable woman. On the wall is a sign saying God Bless our Master and Matron

Omnibus driver or cabman 1857
Joseph Powell, a well known six-day London cabman, driving a horse-drawn bus through the streets in Paddington, London. Date: 1857

WESTMINSTER / 1834 / BURNS
Parliament burning down. Date: 1834

AT THE CHANNEL
Contemplating England across the Straits of Dover, Napoleon thinks that with a superior navy - or a tunnel - he could be in London in four days ! Date: 1805

Vauxhall Gardens - 1820
Tom, Jerry and Logic making the most of an evening at Vauxhall Gardens. Date: 1820

VAUXHALL GARDENS / SMITH
People enjoying the delights of Vauxhall Gardens. Date: Circa 1750

VAUXHALL GARDENS / 1840
Vauxhall Gardens. Date: 1840

Goose Club at Christmas 1853
Goose Clubs in London, sixpence every Saturday evening after wages received for ten or twelve weeks before Christmas for a goose or turkey and a bottle of spirit, to be carried home on Christmas eve

REFORM CLUB KITCHEN
The kitchen staff at the Reform Club, London, where the kitchens were designed by Alexis Soyer Date: 1840

SERVANTS REGISTRY OFFICE
A servants registry office, London Date: circa 1835

Street trader - apple seller 1850s
Coster-girl, selling in the streets of London. Apples! An aypenny a lot, Apples! Date: circa 1850s

TOURISTS AT THE TOWER
Holiday time at the Tower - an influx of eager tourists Date: 1871

DICKENSIAN HOUSEMAID
A London housemaid of Dickens time - the Little Marchioness from his novel The Old Curiosity Shop Date: 1840

CARS IN LONDON STREET
Cars on Shaftesbury Avenue. Date: 1931

GOLD PROSPECTOR / COLORADO
Gold prospectors at Leadville, Colorado Date: 1881

GOLD MINING / COLORADO
Mules loaded with winter supplies in the mining districts of Colorado Date: 1880

AFTER LUSITANIA SANK
The scene after the Lusitania went down Date: 1915

LUSITANIA SINKS 1915
The Lusitania sinks after being hit by German torpedoes Date: 1915

Custom House, London
Payment of the customs, the Long Room, Custom House. Date: 1841

LONDON / CUSTOM HOUSE / 1800
Barrels unloaded near the entrance to the Custom House. Date: 1800

ST PAULS CATHEDRAL 1905
St. Pauls and Ludgate Hill. Date: 1905

LAW / COURT BUILDINGS
The Law courts, The Strand, London. Date: 1890

LONDON IN 1955
An artist in 1905 shows what the London of 1955 will be like - that is, provided there arent any wars to get in the way of peaceful progress... Date: 1905

LONDON / ROTHERHITHE / 1839
St. Helena tavern, Rotherhithe. Date: 7th June 1839

WATER SUPPLY / PUMPS
Pump at Aldgate, London. Date: 1927

Bishopsgate Workhouse 1819
The entrance to the workhouse, Bishopsgate, City of London. Date: 1819

The Serpentine in Hyde Park
The Serpentine. Date: 1911

COURTS OF JUSTICE 1882
The arrival of the Royal Cortege at the principal entrance of the Royal Courts of Justice for the opening ceremony of the new buildings. Date: 1882

HYDE PARK / SERPENTINE
Model boats on the Serpentine. Date: 1883

Old Blue Boar, Holborn
In the court yard of a Old Tavern in Holborn, London. Date: circa 1830s

ENGLAND / LONDON / OXFORD ST
Congestion in Oxford Street. Date: 1931

LONDON / CUSTOM HOUSE
Wrens Custom House, prior to the fire of 1718. Date: Circa 1710

Milkmaid selling milk in the streets of London. On the first of May and the five or six days following, all the pretty young country girls that serve the town with milk dress themselves up very

Westminster Hall by night: Waiting and departing 1910
The queue waiting in a thunderstorm to view the public lying-in-state of King Edward VII in Westminster Hall. Date: May 1910

HOLBORN, LONDON
High Holborn including Sparrows Tea Establishment. Date: 1838

ENGLAND / LONDON / HOLBORN
Middle Row, Holborn. Date: 1830

LONDON / CHARING CROSS
Charing Cross station and obelisk. Date: Circa 1845

LONDON / HOLBORN / STAPLES
Staples Inn Date: 1884

LONDON / COVENT GARDEN
Covent Garden theatre and surrounding area. Date: 1810

Oyster Day 1851
Oyster Day, 25th July (also St James Day) children sell oysters in the street to mark the beginning of the season Date: 1851

The Adelphi - Dry Arches 1850
Scene inside the dry arches Date: 1850

Great Exhibition - Glassware 1851
Engraved glassware at the Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London. Date: 1851

ENGLAND / LONDON / LIMEHOUSE
A view from the river. Date: 1900

LONDON / ROYAL EXCHANGE
A busy street scene by the Royal Exchange. Date: 1894

GIRL / NEW BONNET C. 1820
Girl trying on a new bonnet. Date: circa 1820

BOXING, 1821
A fight in the Fives Court, London Date: 1821

IRISH JIG 1848
Irish folk celebrate the New Year by dancing a jig in a cabin. Date: 1848

LONDON BASKET SELLER
A basket seller outside Whitfields tabernacle, Tottenham Court Road, London Date: circa 1805

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