London Collection (page 2)

Marlborough House, St. James Park, London, designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1709. Marlborough House was primarily used by members of the Royal Family

Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram - Bishop of London
Date: 1937

Newsagents - Corner Vauxhall Bridge Road and Gillingham St
Oswald King - Tobacconist, Newsagent and General Stores at 47 Gillingham Street (on the corner of Vauxhall Bridge Road), Pimlico, London SW1V. Date: 1908

Christmas Greetings - Australian War Contingent Association
Christmas Greetings from the Australian War Contingent Association - London, 1916. The group sent out gift boxes to Australian servicemen in action abroad, along with these cards. Date: 1916

Old Cheapside - City of London Date: circa 1600

Albert Bridge over the River Thames, West London Date: 1905

Strap-hangers - London Underground District line
Strap-hangers : So popular is Londons underground that often there are not enough seats : for the convenience of those standing, straps are thoughtfully provided. Date: 1911

Captain Tom Campbell Black - Aviator
Captain Tom Campbell Black (1899-1936) - British aviator - winner of the MacRobertson Air Race, London to Melbourne race, in 1934 with Charles William Anderson Scott. Date: 1935

May Day - Whitelands College, Kings Road, Chelsea, London
Date: 1919

St Mary Roman Catholic Church, Holly Place, Hampstead, London Date: circa 1930s

Changing the Guard at St. Jamess Palace, London
Changing the Guard and Trooping the Colour on the Friary Court at St. Jamess Palace, London Date: circa 1920

Big Ben and Houses of Parliament - Inset portrait of Balfour
Tower of Big Ben and Houses of Parliament - inset portrait of Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour and Conservative Prime Minister between 1902-1905. Date: circa 1904

Harrow School, North London - The Old School Building at the top of the Obadiah Slope. Date: 1939

St. Pauls Cathedral from Ludgate Hill, London - designed by Christopher Wren, begun in 1675. Date: circa 1910s

Convent of Our Lady of Sion, Chepstow Villas, London - Exterior, Interior and the Gradens. Now sold and turned into smart Notting Hill Gate apartments... Date: 1913

Westminster Abbey - viewed from the end of Whitehall
Westminster Abbey, London - viewed from the end of Whitehall across Parliament Square. Date: circa 1910

Dolphin Square Gardens, looking North - Pimlico, London. Date: 1956

The Wonders of the World - some of the principal architectural gems of the world in 1913, including the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, The Washington Monument

Two women walking down a London Street - Summer Date: 1939

The Roosevelt Memorial, London
Date: circa late 1940s

Gent in Raincoat and young schoolboy (his son?) - London
Gent in Raincoat and young schoolboy (his son?) - strolling down a London street. Date: 1936

Victoria Coach Station, London, built in a distinctive Art Deco style by architects Wallis, Gilbert and Partners, opening in 1932

Oatlands Court, Putney Heath - LCC 11-storey block of flats
Oatlands Court - LCC 11-storey point block of flats on the Ackroydon Estate on the Eastern fringe of Putney Heath. Date: 1953

Heavyweight Championship of Europe - Carpentier v Beckett
Heavyweight Championship of Europe - Georges Carpentier vs. Joe Beckett - The knockout - French fighter Carpentier watching his fallen rival - 4th December, 1919 Date: 1919

Nurses on maternity ward
Staff and patients in maternity ward of St Mary Abbots Hospital, Kensington, London Date: circa 1930

A Hospital Laundry
Women working in the laundry of Guys Hospital, London Date: circa 1940

Secretary carrying a typewriter
A matron?s secretary carrying a portable typewriter into the College of Nursing headquarters building, London. Date: 1926

Fashions for New Year 1870
New Year fashion for women. Date: January 1870

Student nurses in a classroom
Classroom with a doctor teaching anatomy to a group of student nurses accompanied by their ward sister, location unknown. The Metropolitan Asylums Board (London)

Woolly step-ins & dressy jumper 1940 Woolly step-ins & dressy jumper 1940
Womens clothing in wool with stitch pattern. Date: 1940

Smart bathing dress 1912
Woman wearing a smart swim dress in white with yoke collar, French buttons, cloak and also a (bicorne) Napoleon silk hat. Date: 1912

New Years Eve at the Savoy Hotel
Smart society celebrate the New Year of 1912 in the restaurant of the Savoy Hotel, London. Date: 1912

Advert for Frank Hyams Ltd, diamonds jewellery 1911
Selection of womens diamond jewellery. Date: 1911

Trinity House 1834
The new Trinity House, Tower Hill. Date: 1834

Heraldic Arms, Westminster Abbey, London - North Aisle, VII - William de Fors (or Fortibus), Earl of Albemarle

New methods with the deaf and dumb 1906
Interesting photographs of the method used in the early 1900s to help children learn to communicate. Date: 1906

Moulding room - Crystal Palace, Sydenham 1854
Moulding room. Date: 1854

National Temperance League 1858
Rev. Robert Maguire preaching the Gospel in front of the Clerkenwell Sessions House on Clerkenwell Green, London. Date: 1858

Debutante poses in a shop window, 1928
A novel window display in a store in Knightsbridge, London during the summer season, showing a young woman dressed in a court gown with bouquet

Prince of Wales - acceptance to the Masons 1875
EDWARD VII (Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841 - 1910). Eldest son of Queen Victoria, as a Freemason. Date: 1875

Masthead of The Sketch, October 1914
Masthead showing British Marine watching a distant German Cavalry Patrol on a Belgian Road. And also four adverts for; Ronuk Sanitary Polish, Shoolbreds bedsteads, bedding, and quilts

A study of Ruth French, the accomplished stage dancer, London, 1923. Making her third apearance at the London Hippodrome in Julian Wylies Brighter London. Date: 1923

Ivy Tresmand, popular artiste in The Lady and The Rose
A portrait of Ivy Tresmand, popular artiste in The Lady and The Rose at the Gaiety Theatre, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Mr & Mrs Caros Cruz, well-known dancing teachers Mr & Mrs Caros Cruz
A portrait of Mr & Mrs Caros Cruz, well-known dancing teachers and exponent of the tango, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Mary Leigh who was in Snap at the Vaudeville Theatre
A portrait of Mary Leigh who was in Snap at the Vaudeville Theatre and is now in the Cabaret Follies at the Queens Hall Roof - her number The Bamboo Babies is popular - London, 1923 Date: 1923

Vera Lennox, appearing in the Midnight Follies cabaret show
A portrait of Vera Lennox, appearing in the Midnight Follies cabaret show at the Hotel Metropole, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Advert for patent Maignens Inventions! 1886
Two new patented inventions by Maignens, and the dangers of not having a Filtre-Rapide (water filter), from cholera, typhoid, diphtheria and blood poisoning

Field Marshal Douglas Haig personally thanking troops 1918
Field Marshal Douglas Haig is photographed here, personally thanking Canadian troops who took part in the northern part of the Allied great offensive. Date: 1918

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