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Greater London Council Collection (page 11)

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Limehouse Pier, Poplar, London, 1908

Limehouse Pier, Poplar, London, 1908. A bridge leads to the pier looking towards Dundee Wharf and Horn and Chequers Public House with barges resting on the mud

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Boats at Limehouse Pier, Poplar, London, 1908

Boats at Limehouse Pier, Poplar, London, 1908. A bridge leads to a floating pier with rowing boats moored on the river underneath. In the background a heavy mist hangs over the River Thames

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Steps down to the river, Dowgate Dock, Upper Thames Street, City of London, 1939

Steps down to the river, Dowgate Dock, Upper Thames Street, City of London, 1939. Men stand on some steps leading down to the river at Dowgate Dock with warehouses on either side

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Passengers on the London Steamboat Service, River Thames, London, 1907

Passengers on the London Steamboat Service, River Thames, London, 1907. The London County Council steamboat Thomas More with passengers on board, moored at a floating pier

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: London Steamboat Service, River Thames, London, 1907

London Steamboat Service, River Thames, London, 1907. The London County Council steamboat Thomas More with passengers on board viewed head on, moored against the pier next to a bridge being rebuilt

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Passengers boarding the London Steamboat Service, River Thames, London, 1905

Passengers boarding the London Steamboat Service, River Thames, London, 1905. Crowd of people at Westminster Pier waiting to board the London County Council steamboat

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Girls posed in tableaux, Sandhurst Road Evening Institute, London, 1914

Girls posed in tableaux, Sandhurst Road Evening Institute, London, 1914. Posed on and around a gynmastic horse

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Women and girls in a classroom, Surrey Square Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914

Women and girls in a classroom, Surrey Square Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914
Women and girls drinking tea in a classroom, Surrey Square Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914. Sitting at their desks drinking tea and chatting

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: First aid class for women, Montem Street Evening Institute, London, 1913

First aid class for women, Montem Street Evening Institute, London, 1913. Practicing their bandaging skills, and with a young boy on a stretcher in the foreground

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Singing class, Laxon Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914

Singing class, Laxon Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914. With a conductor and accompanied by a pianist

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Gymnastics lesson, Laxon Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914

Gymnastics lesson, Laxon Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914. Girls using the horse and ropes, with one girl in the foreground with a skipping rope

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Men and women attending a literature class, Hackney Downs Secondary School, London, 1908

Men and women attending a literature class, Hackney Downs Secondary School, London, 1908

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: The first meeting of the Greater London Council in the County Hall, London, 1964

The first meeting of the Greater London Council in the County Hall, London, 1964
Scene showing the first meeting of the Greater London Council in County Hall, London, 1964

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: The Gaiety Theatre, Aldwych, London, 1909

The Gaiety Theatre, Aldwych, London, 1909. View from Wellington Street towards the theatre and the Waldorf Hotel. Cars, horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians crowd the street

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Statue of a girl scholar beside the door, Hamlet of Ratcliff Schools, Stepney, London, 1945

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

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Broad tree-lined street with tramlines, Burdett Road, Stepney, London, 1912

Broad tree-lined street with tramlines, Burdett Road, Stepney, London, 1912. Horses and carts are the only traffic on this comparatively empty street of four-storey terraced houses

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Crowds in Deptford High Street shopping after dark, London, 1913

Crowds in Deptford High Street shopping after dark, London, 1913. Shop fronts, including Elstons Market can be seen

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Elderly couple in Victorian interior, Albury Street, Deptford, London, 1911

Elderly couple in Victorian interior, Albury Street, Deptford, London, 1911

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: People in the street, Albury Street, Deptford, London, 1911

People in the street, Albury Street, Deptford, London, 1911. Street of two-storey Georgian terraced houses with elaborate carvings above the doors. People stand and chat, children play in the road

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Shot Tower, gates with sphinxes, and milk cart, Belvedere Road, Lambeth, London, 1930

Shot Tower, gates with sphinxes, and milk cart, Belvedere Road, Lambeth, London, 1930
Shot Tower, gates with sphinxes, and milk cart, 63 Belvedere Road, Lambeth, London, 1930. A man with a hand-drawn milk cart waits in front of a gateway with sphinxes on the posts

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Pedestrians and traffic, Victoria Street, London, April 1912

Pedestrians and traffic, Victoria Street, London, April 1912. Busy street scene with cars, horse-drawn vehicles, an open-topped omnibus on the left, and people crossing the road

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Men standing in the cutting shield, Rotherhithe Tunnel, Stepney, London, August 1907

Men standing in the cutting shield, Rotherhithe Tunnel, Stepney, London, August 1907. Front view of the shield with workmen standing in compartments where the shield partly emerged into Shaft 4

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Cars parked outside London Bridge Station, 1931

Cars parked outside London Bridge Station, 1931. Cars, one with white-walled tyres, parked beside the railway bridge, with an advertisement for the National Building Society

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: WH Smiths bookstall at Waterloo Station, Lambeth, London, 1960

WH Smiths bookstall at Waterloo Station, Lambeth, London, 1960. Bookstall on the station concourse, selling newspapers and magazines. Men wait at the counter to be served

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Camberwell Car Shed and trams, London, 1914

Camberwell Car Shed and trams, London, 1914. Interior of the shed with pits for access to the under-side of the vehicles. Double-decker trams stand waiting behind

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Replacing an old gas main, Commercial Street, London, 1906

Replacing an old gas main, Commercial Street, London, 1906
Replacing an old gas main, Commercial Street, Stepney, London, 1906. Works during tramway electrification: replacing an old 48-inch gas main with a new one at the junction of Whitechapel High Street

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Spitalfields silk weaving industry, Alma Road, Bethnal Green, London, 1909

Spitalfields silk weaving industry, Alma Road, Bethnal Green, London, 1909. Interior of a textile works showing revolving drums and a spreading out machine. A man is seated in the background

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Girls in the gymnasium, Fulham County Secondary School, London, 1908

Girls in the gymnasium, Fulham County Secondary School, London, 1908

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Girls playing netball, Chelsea Secondary School (Hortensia Road School), London, 1911

Girls playing netball, Chelsea Secondary School (Hortensia Road School), London, 1911. A girl is poised ready to shoot a goal

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Typewriting class for women, Blackheath Road Evening Institute, London, 1914

Typewriting class for women, Blackheath Road Evening Institute, London, 1914

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Examination class for male and female students, Queens Road Evening Institute, London, 1908

Examination class for male and female students, Queens Road Evening Institute, London, 1908
Written examination in cvc class for male and female students, Queens Road Evening Institute, London, 1908. Seated in a hall in long rows, with teachers at the back

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Bobbin lace and embroidery class, Northern Polytechnic, London, 1907

Bobbin lace and embroidery class, Northern Polytechnic, London, 1907. Female students gathered round a table, with examples of their work on a board behind them and in the foreground

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Children aboard a steamer moored at Westminster Pier, London, 1937

Children aboard a steamer moored at Westminster Pier, London, 1937. A group of children and adults wave to the camera during their outing from Westminster Pier

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: X-ray room, Fulham School treatment centre, London, 1914

X-ray room, Fulham School treatment centre, London, 1914. With a patient being treated, and a nurse standing by the window

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Padded room, Saint Ebbas Hospital, Surrey, 1938

Padded room, Saint Ebbas Hospital, Surrey, 1938. Before 1935 the institution was known as Ewell Mental Hospital

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: A copy of a photograph of the ward deck of the Atlas Smallpox Hospital Ship, c1890-c1899

A copy of a photograph of the ward deck of the Atlas Smallpox Hospital Ship, c1890-c1899. Joyce Green Hospital was once the centrepiece of the Metropolitan Asylums Board complex of smallpox

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Technical instruction, Haselrigge Road School, Clapham, London, 1914

Technical instruction, Haselrigge Road School, Clapham, London, 1914. A class of boys receiving instruction in the technique of edging, used in optical industries

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Assembly in the playground, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908

Assembly in the playground, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908. Boys lined up for a mass assembly in the school playground



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