Historica Graphica Collection (#68)

Inspecting a telephone cable between Conduit and Maddox Streets, 20th century. Artist
Inspecting a telephone cable between Conduit and Maddox Streets, London, 20th century. The cables are fastened to the wires by rawhide suspenders

Upper part of Regents Street, London, c1910s-c1920s(?)

Coloured football favours and match programmes for sale, Walham Green, London, 20th century. Near Stamford Bridge, the ground of the Chelsea Football Club

Children buying ice-cream from an Italian trader, 20th century. The trader has painted his barrow like a Palermitan cart

Petticoat Lane Market on Middlesex Street, London, c1920s-c1930s(?). The market, which mainly sells clothing, has its origins in the early 17th century

Buying live poultry at a Pedlars Market at the Caledonian Market, London, 20th century. The market was located between Caledonian Road and York Road

Rebuilding and modernising roads, 20th century. An old road surface being broken up with the help of pneumatic hammers, operated by a petrol driven air-compressor

Spire of St Martins Ludgate and St Pauls Cathedral, London, 20th century. Artist
Spire of St. Martins Ludgate and St. Pauls Cathedral, 20th century. Street scene with a view across Ludgate Circus and up Ludgate Hill

Anti-war meeting at Speakers Corner, near Marble Arch, Hyde Park, London, c1920s-c1930s(?)

Monument to Boadicea, Westminster Bridge, London, c1926-1927
Monument to Boadicea, Westminster Bridge, London, 20th century. After the death of Boudiccas (c25-61) husband Prasutagus, leader of the Iceni, the Romans confiscated his lands

Londoners rushing for a bus on Ludgate Hill, c1920s(?). The first motorised London buses began operating in 1902

Making coloured glass eyeballs, c1914-c1918. Master craftsmen use cut glass and enamel to make glass eyes for soldiers who lost their eyes in the First World War

Dr Barnardos Institute for Destitute Children, Barkingside, London, 19th century. In 1866 Thomas John Barnardo (1845-1905), a medical missionary

Staff sorting letters at the Post Office, Mount Pleasant, London, 20th century. Artist
Staff sorting letters at the Post Office, Mount Pleasant, London, 20th century. The largest sorting office operated by the Royal Mail, Mount Pleasant Sorting Office in Clerkenwell opened in 1889

Sorting parcels at the Post Office, Mount Pleasant, London, 20th century. The largest sorting office operated by the Royal Mail, Mount Pleasant Sorting Office in Clerkenwell opened in 1889

In Throgmorton Street beside the north wall of the London Stock Exchange, 20th century. Photograph taken looking east down Throgmorton Street towards Old Broad Street

Thames Police on the night patrol, London, 20th century

A blacksmiths shop at Beckton Gas Works, London, 20th century. Opened in 1870, Beckton Gas Works manufactured coal gas and coke, and has been described as the largest such plant in the world

Making leather in the lime yard at Neckinger Mills, London, 20th century. Goatskins being soaked in water in pits of about seven feet deep before being placed in limewater to remove the hair

London omnibus, early 20th century. The London Omnibus Company was founded in 1855 to run horse-drawn bus services in the city

Scots Guards keeping guard on Sydney Street, London, 1911. The Sidney Street siege occurred after a gang of heavily armed Latvian burglars shot five police officers who attempted to arrest them as

Saturday football crowd, 20th century

Early morning, Covent Garden Market, London, 20th century
Early morning, Covent Garden Market, 20th century. Inigo Jones (1573-1652), regarded as the first significant British architect, and the first to bring Renaissance architecture to England

King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on their way to the State Opening of Parliament, 1900s
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on their way to the State Opening of Parliament, London, 1900s. Edward VII (1841-1910) and Alexandra (1844-1925) riding in the Royal coach

A crossing in Oxford Street, London, early 20th century

Romeo and Juliet - Balcony scene at Shepheards Hotel, Cairo, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Stern Reality, or Last but not Least, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Stern Reality, or Last but not Least, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Should Women Ride Astride?, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Should Women Ride Astride?, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

O wad some power the giftie gie us, to see oursels as ithers see us, 1908. Artist
O wad some power the giftie gie us, to see oursels as ithers see us, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

To Philae in a Felucca, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
To Philae in a Felucca, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

A Side Light, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
A Side Light, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Big Game Hunters, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Big Game Hunters, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Beauty and the Beasts, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Beauty and the Beasts, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

The Peacemaker, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
The Peacemaker, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

On the Dam Road, Assouan, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
On the Dam Road, Assouan, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Gollywogs of the Desert, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Gollywogs of the Desert, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

The Silly Ass, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
The Silly Ass, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Ouah! Riglak!, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Ouah! Riglak!, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

The Dandy Tourist, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
The Dandy Tourist, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

A Nile Sky Line, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
A Nile Sky Line, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

The Antique Pest, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
The Antique Pest, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

A Stopping-Place on the Nile, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
A Stopping-Place on the Nile, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Bargain Hunting, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Bargain Hunting, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

The After-dinner Speech, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
The After-dinner Speech, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Fed Up!, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Fed Up!, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Tow Rows in the Temple, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Tow Rows in the Temple, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

The Transit of Venus, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
The Transit of Venus, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

The Battle of the Nile, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
The Battle of the Nile, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

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