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London England Collection (#16)

Step into the vibrant world of London, England - a city that effortlessly blends history and modernity

Background imageLondon England Collection: Burnt Out Bus

Burnt Out Bus
May 1926: A burnt out bus in a London street during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: England, London, city skyline, sunset (Digital Enhancement)

England, London, city skyline, sunset (Digital Enhancement)
National Maritime Museum in foreground, March 2004

Background imageLondon England Collection: Emigration Advert

Emigration Advert
Emigration advertisement, encouraging people to Go to Australia, painted on the side of a building in Londons Strand. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree
Choirboys gathered around the Christmas tree in St Pauls Cathedral, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Houndsditch Outrage

Houndsditch Outrage
Hoses are sprayed at the besieged house during the Sidney Street Siege. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Handley Page Pullman

Handley Page Pullman
The Handley Page Pullman, a British built passenger plane designed to compete for London - Paris luxury services. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Fly Over

Fly Over
George Barness Bleriot-based Humber flies over Claude Grahame-Whites Farman at Brooklands, near London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Watching Pegoud

Watching Pegoud
Spectators watching Adolphe Pegoud flying a strengthened Bleriot plane upside-down at Brooklands near London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Cody In Flight

Cody In Flight
American aviator Colonel Samuel Franklin Cody (1862 - 1913), in flight for the Michelin trophy at Brooklands, near London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Captured Plane

Captured Plane
November 1915: A German aeroplane is displayed in the Horseguards Parade, London, during a military recruitment event. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Weapon Of War

Weapon Of War
November 1915: Civilians and soldiers inspect a captured German torpedo on display in the Horseguards Parade, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Canadian Airmen

Canadian Airmen
November 1915: Canadian Air Force men driving through London with one of their aircraft during the Lord Mayors Procession. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: The Big Guns

The Big Guns
October 1915: The British Army shows off captured German field guns in London. The signs in front state from which battle they were taken. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Trench Mortars

Trench Mortars
October 1915: The British Army show off captured German trench mortars in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Recruiting Day

Recruiting Day
October 1915: A military parade through the streets of London, part of an army recruitment drive during World War I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Loosing Guns

Loosing Guns
October 1915: German field guns captured at Loos on display in London during WW1. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: A Thames Brewery

A Thames Brewery
9th July 1924: The 300 year old Hour Glass Brewery beside the river in Upper Thames Street, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Pemberton Billing

Pemberton Billing
March 1914: The Pemberton Billing Super-Marine bi-plane at the Olympic Aero Show in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Transport Disruption

Transport Disruption
4th May 1926: Workers at Bank in London make their way to work by foot and by bicycle during the Great Strike. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Gamages Van

Gamages Van
February 1922: On a London street an electric delivery van belonging to Gamages department store. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Street Traders

Street Traders
December 1907: Street hawkers selling Christmas gifts on Ludgate Hill, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Royal Sweepings

Royal Sweepings
12th May 1914: Motorised roadsweepers clear away the gravel laid down for the Royal Procession at Holborn Circus in London, while crowds mill around the central statue of Prince Albert

Background imageLondon England Collection: Peace Before War

Peace Before War
30th September 1938: News placards at Londons Westminster Station announce the terms of peace in Czechoslovakia as set down in the Munich Pact, only months before the outbreak of World War II

Background imageLondon England Collection: Hawker

Hawker
November 1907: A street hawker with Christmas toys on Ludgate Hill, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Ad Infinitum

Ad Infinitum
1939: A wall of posters in Camberwell, London advertising various products such as Nestles Milk, Oxo, Camp Coffee and Marmite. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Travelling Cars

Travelling Cars
4th February 1948: A record shipment of 500 British cars of various makes, at Victoria Dock, London, waiting to be loaded into the SS Port Jackson, bound for Sydney and Melbourne. (Photo by J. A)

Background imageLondon England Collection: New Potatoes

New Potatoes
2nd July 1917: Jersey new potatoes at fourpence a pound in a London market. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: American Allies

American Allies
15th August 1917: American troops marching through the streets of London watched by a welcoming crowd. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: To General Gordon

To General Gordon
26th January 1918: Statue of General Gordon of Khartoum in Trafalgar Square is decorated with wreaths (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: London Welcome

London Welcome
15th August 1917: A crowd round Queen Victorias statue opposite Buckingham Palace watching American troops parade through London. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Welding Demonstration

Welding Demonstration
3rd February 1938: A railway enthusiast shelters under an umbrella to view a welding operation from a close-up position during a demonstration of a mobile rail welding plant at Brompton

Background imageLondon England Collection: Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus
12th March 1918: People line the pavement round Eros in Piccadilly Circus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Safe To Walk

Safe To Walk
August 1918: Trafalgar Square with no buses during the transport strike in the last few months of WW 1. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Here He Comes

Here He Comes
May 1918: Crowds outside the Houses of Commons wave at a car in which Coalition Prime Minister, David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945) is arriving. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Army Band

Army Band
25th September 1918: A crowd line the pavements to see an Italian military band march through the streets of London. (Photo by J. J. Lambe/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Parcel Delivery

Parcel Delivery
19th October 1918: Parcels piled high in a South Western Railways horse-drawn wagon, ready for delivery from Nine Elms goods yard, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Transport

Transport
19th October 1918: A motorboat on a railway wagon at Nine Elms goods yard, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Ready For Delivery

Ready For Delivery
19th October 1918: Crates and barrels tied on to a cart at Nine Elms goods yard, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: When Is It Due ?

When Is It Due ?
November 1918: Soldiers are among the travellers studying the time tables at Waterloo Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Timber Wagon

Timber Wagon
19th October 1918: Logs on a LSWR companys goods wagon at Nine Elms goodsyard, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Top Heavy

Top Heavy
19th October 1918: A driver is perched high up above his horses on a cart piled dangerously high with baskets at Nine Elms goods yard, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Beasts Of Burden

Beasts Of Burden
19th October 1918: Cart horses, their carts piled high with sacks, wait patiently at Nine Elms goods yard, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Victory Rally

Victory Rally
June 1919: The Peace and Joy Victory Loan is launched in Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by Roper/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Leaving London

Leaving London
August 1919: August Bank Holiday crowds at a London railway station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Hotchkiss Engine

Hotchkiss Engine
November 1919: An 18/22 horsepower Hotchkiss chassis on display at the Olympia Motor Show in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Rover Two-Seater

Rover Two-Seater
November 1919: A 2-seater air-cooled Rover on display at the Olympic Motor Show in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Duplex 10 HP

Duplex 10 HP
November 1919: Duplex 10 horsepower car on display at the Olympic Motor Show in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLondon England Collection: Railway Platforms

Railway Platforms
August 1919: Putney Bridge Railway Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)




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