Archive Collection (#5)

LMS Train filling up at Tebay, the golden age of steam trains

The Maidenhead Bridge with steam train crossing

Chalk quarry for cement. Greenhithe, Kent - 1953

George the elephant, 1935
Two attendants brush down the African elephant George in the Central Hall in one of several shots of Museum staff taken by Weekly Illustrated photographers for an article that appeared in February

Augustus H. Bishop with elephant tusks, May 1912
Augustus Bishop arrived at the Museum in 1904, aged 23, after three years training as a taxidermist

African elephant in Central Hall, February 1910
Photographed in 1910 just three years after his arrival, the African elephant later nicknamed George, was obtained from the taxidermists Rowland Ward Ltd

Contract of sale. The clergyman Bruno sell to Sentefred several lands. Parchment with visigothic writing. 815. From Sant Pere de Codinet Monastery. Chapter Archive. Seu d Urgell. Catalonia. Spain

Two females handstands on beam

Advertisement for Barretts Fresh Fruit Lemonade undated

Trevithick Railroad at Euston Square 1809 Catchme who can By Rowlandson

Geologists at Piltdown
Geologists Association party visiting the pit at Piltdown on 12 July 1913

Mastodon in Geological Gallery, December 1919
The Guide Lecturer, John Henry Leonard, took this shot of two girls inspecting a primitive elephant or mastodon (Mammut americanus), in December 1919

Firemen, c. 1910 at the Natural History Museum
In 1906, telephonic fire alarms were installed that linked ten points around the Museum with the Firemens Room in the basement and the local Fire Brigade station

Beach on the Island of Tonga
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Scaffolding in Central Hall, 1925
This photograph, taken in February 1925, marked the cleaning and redecoration of the North and Central Halls by the Office of Works

Cape Verde (19th c. ). Portuguese rule. Litography
Cape Verde (19th c.). Portuguese rule. Litography. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Overseas Historical Archive

Trinity College Old Library built between 1712 and 1732, College Green, Dublin, Republic of Ireland (Eire), Europe

The Lords Library, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Earl of Pembroke statue, Bodleian Library, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Detail, Bodleian Library, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

George in the entrance, April 1927, the Natural History Mus
The removal of George the African elephant from the Central Hall in April 1927 for remounting

Worcester Cathedral CC66_00143
Worcester Cathedral. Looking west through the choir, showing the tomb of King John. Photographed 1920-1949

Woolworths, Edmonton FWW01_01_0367_002
F W Woolworth And Company Limited, 96-102 Fore Street, Upper Edmonton, Greater London. Exterior view of the front elevation, April 1940. Horticultural Department and Toy Dept

Woolworths, Blackpool FWW01_01_0066_002
F W Woolworth And Company Limited, Bank Hey Street, Blackpool. Exterior view from the south-west with shoppers on the streets, 1938

Mobile X-ray unit med01_01_0532
Staff lifting mobile radiography and X-ray apparatus from a van. Mobile X-ray units, designed by Marie Curie, were used during WWI

Anaesthetic room med01_01_0380
St Michaels Orthopaedic Hospital, Marine Parade East, Clacton On Sea, Tendring, Essex. A view of the anaesthetic room. Photographed for the Topical Press Agency Ltd in May1939

Iron lung at Lourdes med01_01_0369
Sanctuary Of Our Lady Of Lourdes, Basilica Of Our Lady Of The Rosary, Lourdes, France. View of clergy passing pilgrims, including a trailer housing a patient in an iron lung, at Lourdes

Making iron lungs med01_01_0323
Morris Motor Works, Hollow Way, Cowley, Oxford. A scene in a factory producing iron lungs for Australia. Lord Nuffield, the car magnate

Demonstrating an iron lung med01_01_0377
Charing Cross Underground Station, City Of Westminster, Greater London. Two nurses operating an iron lung at an exhibition in Charing Cross underground station

Prefabricated hospital med01_01_0643
Mount Vernon Hospital, Rickmansworth Road, Hillingdon, Greater London. Ministry of Health new hutted hospitals. A view of the ends of the new hutted hospital being built at Mount Vernon

Mobile first aid post MED01_01_0220
A bus which has been converted into an A.R.P. mobile first aid post. Converted buses were first used in September 1939. Some could still be used as ordinary buses

Contesse Fermo Murari della Corte Braei, nee Cilly Aussem, tennis player with Betty Nuthall (l) walking out onto court for the womens single final at the French Lawn Tennis Championships 1931

Pete Sampras (USA) during his victory over Scott Draper at the French Open 1996
Pete Sampras (USA) during his victory over Scott Draper.

Andre Agassi at the French Open 1995

Andre Agassi at the French Open 1994

Daniel Prenn of Germany in play at the 1933 French Championships (now known as the French Open) at Stade Roland Garros, France.

Martina Navratilova on her way to defeat in the Ladies Singles in the French Open against Steffi Graf

Mary Pierce in action at the French Open Tennis, Paris.

Tennis player Shirley Bloomer, 22, winning the French Open in Paris 1957

Tim Henman in action at French Open, 1997.

Monica Seles in action at the 1996 French Open.

Michael Stich, German tennis player, in action at the French Open, 1995

Monica Seles in action at the 1996 French Open.

American Tennis Player Donald Budge (Right) with Antoine Gentien at Roland Garros in Paris 1938

Stefan Edberg in action at the French Open 1995
Stefan Edberg in action at the French Open

Sidney Wood, US Tennis Player in action against Austin at the Stad Roland Garros Paris 1932

Jim Courier, tennis player in action at French Open

Andy Murray at the French Open 2016

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