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Historic Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection (#8)

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Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Graf Zeppelin AFL03_aerofilms_f290

Graf Zeppelin AFL03_aerofilms_f290
LZ127 Graf Zeppelin in flight above dark clouds. The Graf Zeppelin was in commercial operation as a transcontinental airship between 1928 and 1937. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Visiting dignitary AFL03_aerofilms_b730

Visiting dignitary AFL03_aerofilms_b730
Dignitary and airmen at Heston Aerodrome. The plane in the background is a Spartan Cruiser passenger aircraft operated by Spartan Air Lines Limited on the London-Cowes (Isle of Wight)

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Crash EPW000213

Crash EPW000213
Crashed aircraft. People in rowing boat investigating the wreckage. AVRO504K in Southwark boating lake, March 1920. From a copy negative. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Parachutist AFL03_aerofilms_c11965

Parachutist AFL03_aerofilms_c11965
Parachutist descending 1930s. Jumping off the trailing edge of the lower wing of a biplane. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Castle for the movies EPW025494

Castle for the movies EPW025494
ELSTREE FILM STUDIO, Borehamwood. Aerial view. Photographed here in November 1928, is this film set of a castle facade. Can you tell us which film this was built for? Damaged negative

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: St Albans Abbey EPW001253

St Albans Abbey EPW001253
ST ALBANs ABBEY, Hertfordshire. Aerial view. This photograph of 1920 shows the abbey standing on the crest of the hill with the medieval and later town of St Albans beyond

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Piccadilly Drawing Room, Apsley House DD54_00088

Piccadilly Drawing Room, Apsley House DD54_00088
APSLEY HOUSE, London. Interior view. The Piccadilly Drawing Room. Photographed by Newton and Co. Date range: 1890-1914

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Piccadilly Drawing Room, Apsley House DD54_00087

Piccadilly Drawing Room, Apsley House DD54_00087
APSLEY HOUSE, London. Interior view. The Piccadilly Drawing Room. Photographed by Newton and Co. Date range: 1890-1914

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Palace of Westminster and debris a093799

Palace of Westminster and debris a093799
SOUTHWARK, London. Bomb damage and demolition debris beside County Hall on Londons South Bank, with the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge in the background. Photographed by John Gay

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Stonehenge aerial view, 1922 CCC_8561_73

Stonehenge aerial view, 1922 CCC_8561_73
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view from 3000ft. Photographed 10th February 1922. From collection by O. G. S. Crawford. Some damage on original negative. SU1242_14

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: The Silk Room, Leighton House CC53_00187

The Silk Room, Leighton House CC53_00187
LEIGHTON HOUSE, 12 Holland Park Road, London. Home of the artist Lord Frederic Leighton (1830 - 1896) which is now a museum. Interior view of the Silk Room with a number of artworks on display

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: The Arab Hall, Leighton House CC53_00182

The Arab Hall, Leighton House CC53_00182
LEIGHTON HOUSE, 12 Holland Park Road, London. Home of the artist Lord Frederic Leighton (1830 - 1896) which is now a museum. Interior view of the Arab Room decorated with polychrome tiles

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Salters Bros. boatyard in 1900 CC74_00380

Salters Bros. boatyard in 1900 CC74_00380
SALTERS YARD, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Looking across the Thames at Folly Bridge toward the Salter Brothers boatyard, established in 1858

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Mappin and Webb jewellers BL20231_001

Mappin and Webb jewellers BL20231_001
MAPPIN AND WEBB, Oxford Street, London. View of street corner shop front of this famous jewellery store, designed by architect John Belcher. Photographed by Bedford Lemere in May 1908

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Pumping Station BL16280_013

Pumping Station BL16280_013
Riverdale Pumphouse, Upper Sunbury Road, Hampton, Middlesex. Interior view showing the newly installed engines in a pumping station belonging to the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Elizabeth Darwin K970211

Elizabeth Darwin K970211
DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Photograph of Elizabeth Darwin (1847-1926). Charles Darwins daughter

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Sir Francis Darwin K970209

Sir Francis Darwin K970209
DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Photograph of Sir Francis Darwin (1848-1925). Charles Darwins son

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Major Leonard Darwin K970208

Major Leonard Darwin K970208
DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Photograph of Major Leonard Darwin (1850-1943). Charles Darwins son

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Sir George Howard Darwin K970206

Sir George Howard Darwin K970206
DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Photograph of Sir George Howard Darwin (1845-1912). Charles Darwins son

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Hampton Court Palace BB85_03133

Hampton Court Palace BB85_03133
GREAT HALL, Hampton Court Palace, Richmond-upon-Thames, London. Begun for Cardinal Wolsey in 1514, but following his disgrace the palace was seized by Henry VIII

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Ship in drydock BL22201_012

Ship in drydock BL22201_012
CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPYARD, Birkenhead, Merseyside. General view showing a ship in drydock. The ship may be called Audacious. Photographed in June 1913 by Bedford Lemere

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Henrietta and William Darwin K970212

Henrietta and William Darwin K970212
DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Photograph of Henrietta (Mrs Lichfield) (1843-1930) and William Darwin (1839-1914)

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Aerofilms van AFL03_aerofilms_b5794

Aerofilms van AFL03_aerofilms_b5794
THE AEROFILMS VAN advertising Aerofilms services at a National Aviation Day Display event. National Aviation Day Displays, founded by Sir Alan Cobham

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Dirigible and aircraft AFL03_aerofilms_b2308

Dirigible and aircraft AFL03_aerofilms_b2308
Dirigible and BE2 aircraft, pre-war, no date or location. This small unidentified airship is probably a Royal Navy submarine spotter

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Coastguard BB98_10715

Coastguard BB98_10715
A coastguard, with telescope, keeping watch near Hartland Point lighthouse, Devon. Alfred Newton and Son 1896-1920

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: The Blenheim Palace Fire Engine CC54_00392

The Blenheim Palace Fire Engine CC54_00392
BLENHEIM, Oxfordshire. Blenheim Palaces own fire engine. General view of the fire engine with two firemen in the foreground (date range 1866-1922). Henry Taunt

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Glastonbury CC70_00374

Glastonbury CC70_00374
GLASTONBURY, Somerset. Distant view of the tower of St Michaels Church on Glastonbury Tor

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Butlers Wharf c. 1910 BB87_09668

Butlers Wharf c. 1910 BB87_09668
BUTLERs WHARF, Shad Thames, London. View of the gantries c. 1910. Unknown photographer

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Grimsby Docks EPW012666

Grimsby Docks EPW012666
The Dock Tower, Royal and No 1 Fish Docks, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1925

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead BL22201_011A

Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead BL22201_011A
Cammell Laird & Co shipyard, Birkenhead. Exterior view across the outer basin looking towards a ferry moored outside the Cammell Laird buildings

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Kings Cross Station BB72_01476

Kings Cross Station BB72_01476
Kings Cross Station, Euston Road, London. Steam trains departing the station. Photographed circa 1925

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Comptometer Room, Stratford Cooperative Society 1914 BL22762

Comptometer Room, Stratford Cooperative Society 1914 BL22762
STRATFORD CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, Maryland Street, Stratford, Greater London. Interior view of the Comptometer Room at Stratford Co-operative Society

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Children labelling tins of tea c. 1910, Butlers Wharf BB87_09690

Children labelling tins of tea c. 1910, Butlers Wharf BB87_09690
BUTLERs WHARF, Shad Thames, London. From 1921 children had to be at least 12 years old before they could work full-time, though some of these boys look younger

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Three Graces EPW003065

Three Graces EPW003065
A number of vessels plying their trade on the River Mersey. Georges Stage and the Three Graces, Liverpool. The " Three Graces" shown here in 1920

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Granada Cinema, Tooting BB87_02905

Granada Cinema, Tooting BB87_02905
Granada Cinema, 50 - 60 Mitcham Road, Tooting Graveney, London. Exterior view at night. Photographed by John Maltby in the 1930s

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames BB87_09745

Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames BB87_09745
BUTLERs WHARF, Shad Thames, London. A cargo of bananas in specially ventilated crates is unloaded and transferred into the warehouse via a conveyor belt while two foremen in bowler hats look

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Station Master BB98_05551

Station Master BB98_05551
STATION MASTER, Finmere Station, Oxfordshire. In 1898-99 the Great Central Railway Company (formed 1897) created a main railway route from Sheffield through Nottingham and Leicester to London

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Mill Green, Broxted, Essex a81_00922

Mill Green, Broxted, Essex a81_00922
MILL GREEN, Broxted, Essex. A cyclist rests his tandem against the finger post / sign post at Mill Green in Broxted. A windmill stands in the background

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: The Grenadier, Belgravia CXP01_01_045

The Grenadier, Belgravia CXP01_01_045
The Grenadier, Wilton Row, Belgravia, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view from the south-east showing the front of The Grenadier and a man walking up the steps to the entrance of the pub

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Didcot Junction in 1904 CC97_02192

Didcot Junction in 1904 CC97_02192
DIDCOT, Oxfordshire. Looking from the east at a signal box towards the junction station, with an engine approaching and a line of carriages to the right

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Selfridges Department Store 1909 BL20507

Selfridges Department Store 1909 BL20507
SELFRIDGES DEPARTMENT STORE, Oxford Street, London. Selfridges Department Store in Oxford Street is photographed here soon after it opened in 1909. Photographed by Harry Bedford Lemere in May 1909

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Leighton Buzzard EPW056941

Leighton Buzzard EPW056941
The Market Square, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfrodshire. Photographed in 1938 by Aerofilms Ltd

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Morpeth Station EPW019776

Morpeth Station EPW019776
The station, Morpeth, Northumberland. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1927

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Kingsholm Gloucester EPW024160

Kingsholm Gloucester EPW024160
Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester. First built in 1891, it has been home for the Gloucester Rugby Union club ever since. Photographed in 1928

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: St Giles Fair, Oxford CC49_00539

St Giles Fair, Oxford CC49_00539
St Giles Fair, Oxford, Oxfordshire, September 1905. Photographed by Henry William Taunt (1842-1922) on silver gelatin glass plate negative

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Hedon EPW012691

Hedon EPW012691
St Augustines Church and the Town Centre, Hedon, East Yorkshire. Aerial photograph taken by Aerofilms in May 1925

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: Palace of Westminster, London 1909 EGP_22657_85

Palace of Westminster, London 1909 EGP_22657_85
PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, London. Aerial view of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and River Thames taken from the balloon Corona on 22nd May 1909 at 4:30pm

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Rights Managed Collection: White City Estate, 1939 EPW062152

White City Estate, 1939 EPW062152
The London County Council White City Estate, Olympic Stadium and Loftus Road football ground, Shepherds Bush, London, from the south-west, 9th July 1939. Queens Park Rangers FC. QPR




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