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Background imageCouncil Collection: Melchor Rafael Macanas (or Macanaz) (1670-1760), Secretary of Philip V, politician and writer

Melchor Rafael Macanas (or Macanaz) (1670-1760), Secretary of Philip V, politician and writer, district attorney of the Council of Castile, engraving 1870

Background imageCouncil Collection: Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Pope Pius II) going to the Council of Basel

Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Pope Pius II) going to the Council of Basel

Background imageCouncil Collection: The Council of Ministers headed by Elizabeth II declares war on Morocco in 1859, engraving

The Council of Ministers headed by Elizabeth II declares war on Morocco in 1859, engraving

Background imageCouncil Collection: Kitchen at Admiralty House, Westminster, London, 1934

Kitchen at Admiralty House, Westminster, London, 1934
Kitchen at Admiralty House, Whitehall, Westminster, London, 1934. The kitchen at the residence of the First Lord of the Admiralty

Background imageCouncil Collection: Entrance to the tram tunnel by Waterloo Bridge, London, 1908

Entrance to the tram tunnel by Waterloo Bridge, London, 1908
Entrance to the tram tunnel by Waterloo Bridge, Victoria Embankment, London, 1908. A single-decker tram by the entrance to the tunnel: double-deckers pass under the bridge. A policeman directs traffic

Background imageCouncil Collection: Nelsons Column with National Service recruitment poster, London, 1939

Nelsons Column with National Service recruitment poster, London, 1939. The poster on the base of the column claims National Service - its up to YOU. St Martin-in-the-Fields is in the background, left

Background imageCouncil Collection: Trafalgar Square with Underground entrance and Admiralty Arch behind, London, 1913

Trafalgar Square with Underground entrance and Admiralty Arch behind, London, 1913. Bowler-hatted office workers by the entrance to the tube at Trafalgar Square

Background imageCouncil Collection: Traffic at Piccadilly Circus, London, 1912

Traffic at Piccadilly Circus, London, 1912. Cars, vans, and an open-topped omnibus in the foreground; pedestrians cross between the traffic, with the statue of Eros in the centre

Background imageCouncil Collection: Huge figureheads at Castles Ship Breaking Yard, Westminster, London, 1909

Huge figureheads at Castles Ship Breaking Yard, Westminster, London, 1909
Huge figureheads at Castles Ship Breaking Yard, 106 Millbank, Westminster, London, March 1909. Male and female figureheads from ships decorate the gate into the breakers yard

Background imageCouncil Collection: Empty streets at Lancaster Place, seen from Waterloo Bridge, London, 1896

Empty streets at Lancaster Place, seen from Waterloo Bridge, London, 1896. Stone balustrades with lampposts leading to wide street of Georgian buildings

Background imageCouncil Collection: Animal skeletons at the Royal College of Surgeons, Westminster, London, 1911

Animal skeletons at the Royal College of Surgeons, Westminster, London, 1911
Animal skeletons at museum room 4, Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, Lincolns Inn Fields, Westminster, London, 1911

Background imageCouncil Collection: Ironmongers shop on Carnaby Street, London, 1944

Ironmongers shop on Carnaby Street, London, 1944
Ironmongers shop on 37 Carnaby Street, London, 1944. A man looks at the window display in an ironmongers shop with buckets, lengths of hose and other items on the pavement and hung from hooks

Background imageCouncil Collection: Advertisements at Cambridge Circus, Westminster, London, 1945

Advertisements at Cambridge Circus, Westminster, London, 1945
Advertisements at Midland Bank, Cambridge Circus, Westminster, London, 1945. Building on the south east corner covered with advertisements for Black and White whisky

Background imageCouncil Collection: Rear entrance to the Royal Society of Arts, Westminster, London, 1936

Rear entrance to the Royal Society of Arts, Westminster, London, 1936
Rear entrance to the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi Terrace, Westminster, London, 1936. Rear elevation with the entrance to Adelphi Arches underneath

Background imageCouncil Collection: Hachettes book shop on the corner of King William Street, London, 1930

Hachettes book shop on the corner of King William Street, London, 1930
Hachettes book shop on the corner of Adelaide Street and William IV Street, London, 1930. Georgian building with cylindrical corner section and Classical columns

Background imageCouncil Collection: Busy street scene, St Johns Road, Clapham Junction, London, 1912

Busy street scene, St Johns Road, Clapham Junction, London, 1912. People crowding the pavements outside shop windows

Background imageCouncil Collection: Pedestrians outside DH Evans, Oxford Street, London, 1903

Pedestrians outside DH Evans, Oxford Street, London, 1903
Pedestrians outside DH Evans, 292-320 Oxford Street, London, 1903. People walking in front of the shop under sun blinds, with a horse-drawn double-decker bus and carriages passing in the road

Background imageCouncil Collection: Traffic at Oxford Circus, London, 1910

Traffic at Oxford Circus, London, 1910. Open-topped double-decker horse-drawn buses, motor cabs, cars, horse-drawn carriages and a protruding flag at the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street

Background imageCouncil Collection: Brickworks, Nine Elms Lane, Battersea, London, August 1906

Brickworks, Nine Elms Lane, Battersea, London, August 1906. Rear of the works with workmen standing amongst piles of bricks and tiles. Ships masts on the Thames can be seen behind the buildings

Background imageCouncil Collection: People rushing to get on a trolley bus at 7. 05 am, Tooting Broadway, London, April 1912

People rushing to get on a trolley bus at 7. 05 am, Tooting Broadway, London, April 1912
People rushing to get on a trolley bus at 7.05 am, Tooting Broadway, London, April 1912. Early-morning commuters catch a trolley bus to Charing Cross

Background imageCouncil Collection: Shops and sign to Putney Roller Skating Rink, Putney Bridge Road, London, 1911

Shops and sign to Putney Roller Skating Rink, Putney Bridge Road, London, 1911. Corner of Putney High Street and Putney Bridge Road looking towards a greengrocers shop

Background imageCouncil Collection: Hay wagons, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1903

Hay wagons, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1903. Wagons loaded with hay and covered with tarpaulins, parked in front of a bank, houses, warehouses and a vacant site

Background imageCouncil Collection: Advertising hoardings on the wall of a building, Wandsworth, London, 1938

Advertising hoardings on the wall of a building, Wandsworth, London, 1938
Advertising hoardings on the wall of a building, Nightingale Lane, Wandsworth, London, September 1938. The posters advertise Granada Clapham, Balham Picture House, Gordons Gin, Heinz

Background imageCouncil Collection: Crowd of East End children, Red Lion Street, Wapping, London, 1904

Crowd of East End children, Red Lion Street, Wapping, London, 1904. A group of children standing by a horse and cart at the entrance from Tench Street to a narrow lane

Background imageCouncil Collection: Statue of a boy scholar beside the door, Hamlet of Ratcliff Schools, Stepney, London, 1945

Statue of a boy scholar beside the door, Hamlet of Ratcliff Schools, Stepney, London, 1945
Statue of a boy scholar beside the door, Hamlet of Ratcliff Schools, 51 White Horse Road, Stepney, London, 1945. Small sculpture in a Gothic-style niche of a boy in frock coat

Background imageCouncil Collection: Cart laden with sacks, Mansell Street, Stepney, London, 1914

Cart laden with sacks, Mansell Street, Stepney, London, 1914. A horse-drawn cart passing Charles Pearson and Son Limited, printers and stationers

Background imageCouncil Collection: Georgian terraced houses and Christ Church, Spitalfields, Stepney, London, 1909

Georgian terraced houses and Christ Church, Spitalfields, Stepney, London, 1909
Georgian terraced houses and Christ Church, Fournier Street, Spitalfields, Stepney, London, 1909. Street of three-storey Georgian terraced houses

Background imageCouncil Collection: Pedestrians and trams in Commercial Street, Stepney, London, 1907

Pedestrians and trams in Commercial Street, Stepney, London, 1907. People stand in the road outside Spitalfields Market, with two trams going in opposite directions

Background imageCouncil Collection: Crowd outside the Russian Vapour Baths, Brick Lane, Stepney, London, 1904

Crowd outside the Russian Vapour Baths, Brick Lane, Stepney, London, 1904. People stand in the street by the entrance to the baths; the porch

Background imageCouncil Collection: Bombed houses, Trigo Road, Poplar, London, WWII, 1943

Bombed houses, Trigo Road, Poplar, London, WWII, 1943
Bombed houses, 32-40 Trigo Road, Poplar, London, WWII, 1943. Street of two-storey terraced houses with bay windows. The house on the left has lost its entire front wall

Background imageCouncil Collection: Horse and cart with sacks of vegetables, Bow, London, 1900

Horse and cart with sacks of vegetables, Bow, London, 1900
Horse and cart with sacks of vegetables, 91-93 Devons Road, Bow, London, 1900. Cart belonging to A.G. Hassell, Pea & Potato salesman with horses waiting outside T Damery confectioner and tobacconist s

Background imageCouncil Collection: Man mooring a barge by a river bank, Poplar, London, 1905

Man mooring a barge by a river bank, Poplar, London, 1905. Barge on still water; a single-decker tram passes over the bridge

Background imageCouncil Collection: Traffic on the New Kent Road, Southwark, London, 1947

Traffic on the New Kent Road, Southwark, London, 1947. A tram, buses and cars are caught in traffic congestion near Elephant and Castle looking west from New Kent Road. On the left is a bus stop

Background imageCouncil Collection: Queue of people at a bus stop in the Blackfriars Road, London, 1906

Queue of people at a bus stop in the Blackfriars Road, London, 1906. People waiting to get on buses, with a railway bridge and I Cohens warehouse behind at the corner of Southward Road

Background imageCouncil Collection: Barn and farmhouse at Homestall Farm, Peckham Rye, London, 1908

Barn and farmhouse at Homestall Farm, Peckham Rye, London, 1908. Back of the farmhouse and end of the barn viewed from the south

Background imageCouncil Collection: Crowds of shoppers in Rye Lane at night, Peckham, London, 1913

Crowds of shoppers in Rye Lane at night, Peckham, London, 1913. Shoppers throng the street at 10 o clock at night. On the right is a double-decker bus

Background imageCouncil Collection: Dustmen and dust cart in Beckett Street, Camberwell, London, 1903

Dustmen and dust cart in Beckett Street, Camberwell, London, 1903. A horse waits with a cart while men with baskets collect refuse from three-storey terraced houses

Background imageCouncil Collection: Butchers and other shops on the Tower Bridge Road, Bermondsey, London, 1900

Butchers and other shops on the Tower Bridge Road, Bermondsey, London, 1900
Butchers and other shops at 25-31 Tower Bridge Road, Bermondsey, London, 1900. A foot is visible in the middle of the road where a pedestrian was crossing

Background imageCouncil Collection: London Bridge Station, Tooley Street, London, 1910

London Bridge Station, Tooley Street, London, 1910. End of the station on the embankment seen from the street lined with horse-drawn wagons and carts. Above is a signal box

Background imageCouncil Collection: People outside boarded-up houses in Ainstey Street, Bermondsey, London, 1903

People outside boarded-up houses in Ainstey Street, Bermondsey, London, 1903
People outside boarded-up houses in Ainstey Street, Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1903. Men, women and children standing in a street of two-storey terraced houses which have been partly

Background imageCouncil Collection: A&A Motor Spares, Brixton Hill, Lambeth, London, 1937

A&A Motor Spares, Brixton Hill, Lambeth, London, 1937
A&A Motor Spares, 175 Brixton Hill, Lambeth, London, 1937. Large house with cars parked in the front garden, and signs for car repair firm

Background imageCouncil Collection: Pedestrians and tram sign outside Waterloo Station, Lambeth, London, 1929

Pedestrians and tram sign outside Waterloo Station, Lambeth, London, 1929
Pedestrians and tram sign outside Waterloo Station, Sutton Walk, Lambeth, London, 1929. Men emerging from the station entrance onto York Road by the sign directing people to trams in Westminster

Background imageCouncil Collection: Double-decker electric trams on Westminster Bridge, London, 1906

Double-decker electric trams on Westminster Bridge, London, 1906. Trams superimposed on a photograph looking across the bridge towards Big Ben on the left

Background imageCouncil Collection: Cabs waiting outside Waterloo Station, Lambeth, London, 1930

Cabs waiting outside Waterloo Station, Lambeth, London, 1930
Cabs waiting outside Waterloo Station, Waterloo Road, Lambeth, London, 1930. View of the railway bridges in front of the station looking north towards Waterloo Bridge

Background imageCouncil Collection: Babies Care building, Kennington Road, Lambeth, London, 1950

Babies Care building, Kennington Road, Lambeth, London, 1950
Babies Care building, 121 Kennington Road, Lambeth, London, 1950. Large Georgian detached house set back from the road

Background imageCouncil Collection: Railway bridge and advertising over the Brixton Road, Lambeth, London, 1938

Railway bridge and advertising over the Brixton Road, Lambeth, London, 1938. The News of the World is advertised on the railway bridge

Background imageCouncil Collection: The Lion Brewery, Belvedere Road, Lambeth, London, 1928

The Lion Brewery, Belvedere Road, Lambeth, London, 1928. View from Hungerford Bridge of the brewery, with a statue of a lion on the roof, and a To Let board

Background imageCouncil Collection: Boats and warehouses on the River Thames, Lambeth, London, 1906

Boats and warehouses on the River Thames, Lambeth, London, 1906. View from Westminster Bridge towards riverside factories and ship-building yard, with barges on the River Thames



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