Images Dated 2nd August 2007

New church, Waterloo Road, London

New church, Waterloo Road, London. Designed by Francis Octavius Bedford, the Church of St John's Waterloo was one of the churches built to cater for the expanding population of London after the Napoleonic Wars. It was completed in 1824

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King Edward VII, 20th Century.Artist: Rotary Photo

King Edward VII (1841-1910), late 19th century. Edward VII was King of Great Britain between 1901 and 1910. Before his accession to the throne, Edward held the title of Prince of Wales, and has the distinction of having been heir apparent to the throne longer than anyone in English or British history. During the long widowhood of his mother, Queen Victoria, he was largely excluded from wielding any political power but came to represent the personification of the fashionable, leisured elite. Edward's reign saw the first official recognition of the office of the Prime Minister in 1905 and he was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which was renamed by his son, George V, as the House of Windsor

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John Gilbert (1895-1936), silent film star, early 20th century

John Gilbert (1895-1936), silent film star, early 20th century. Real hand-coloured photograph. Known as the great lover, Gilbert rivalled even the great Rudolph Valentino as a box office draw. Though he was often cited as one of the high profile examples of an actor who was unsuccessful in making the transition to talkies, his decline as a star in fact had as much to do with studio politics and money as did the sound of his screen voice

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