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Imperial Institute
circa 1890: The outside of the Imperial Institute in South Kensington, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Match Girls
Members of the Matchmakers Union who went on strike at the Bryant and Mays factory in London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Gaskell
English novelist and biographer of Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, nee Stevenson, (1810 - 1865). Original Artwork: Drawing by George Richmond. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Marylebone Station
June 1921: The interior of Marylebone station in London which belongs to the Great Central Railway. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hunstanton Beach
Holidaymakers at the beach at Hunstanton, Norfolk, with the pier in the background, 1923. (Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Claridges Hotel
24th March 1925: The front entrance of the famous Claridges Hotel in London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lords Match
1906: Spectators watching a match at Lords cricket ground, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cenotaph Ceremony
November 1920: King George V presses button unveiling the cenotaph in Whitehall a gun carriage holds body of The Unknown Soldier to be buried in Westminster Abbey

Deathly Diners
Six skeletons smoking around the dinner table, circa 1865. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Clacton Pier
Holidaymakers on the beach at Clacton, Essex, circa 1925. (Photo by A. H. Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ramsgate Sands
The Sands at Ramsgate, a seaside resort in East Kent, 1878. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Watching Cockfight
A crowd of men watching a cockfighting contest in the Cock-Pit Royal, circa 1735. Original Artwork: By William Hogarth. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Kaiser Hof Hotel
1920: Guests sitting outside the Kaiser Hof Hotel, Dar es-Salaam, Tanganyika, East Africa. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Battle Of Breitenfeld
The First Battle of Breitenfeld, one of the battles fought during the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648), fought 17th September 1631 near the village of Breitenfeld, Saxony, now a suburb of Leipzig

The Grange at North End in Fulham, circa 1900. It was here, in the mid-eighteenth century, that English novelist Samuel Richardson wrote his famous works, Pamela

Dundees Royal Arch
The late victorian Royal Arch in Dundee, Scotland, circa 1895. The arch was built in 1848 to celebrate a visit by Queen Victoria four years previously, and demolished in 1964

London Stereoscopic Company (1854-1922)
Fine Art Storehouse Vintage Photo Gallery: Vintage Collections: London Stereoscopic Company (1854-1922)

SS Mauretania
The Cunard liner Mauretania draws into the bay at Fishguard, Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Smallest Shop
The smallest shop in London, occupied by a cobbler, at 4 Bateman Street, Soho. The shop is six feet long, five feet high and two feet deep, the rent three pounds a week

Shaftesbury Theatre
March 1923: The exterior of Shaftesbury Theatre in London which is showing the play Stop Flirting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Robinsons Store
July 1923: Peter Robinsons department store in Oxford Circus, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Alhambra
circa 1919: The Alhambra Music Hall theatre on Charing Cross Road, central London. It was demolished in 1936 to build the Odeon cinema, Leicester Square. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Shopping Arcade
July 1910: Royal Opera Arcade, Covent Garden, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Kings College Hospital
The out-patients waiting hall of Kings College Hospital in Denmark Hill, London, April 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Strand Advertising
Sandwichboard men in the Strand advertise theatre seats, 1894. Savoy Street is on the right and the church of St Mary-le-Strand is in the background. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

St Pauls Cathedral
A view of St. Pauls Cathedral over the rooftops of the City of London, circa 1870. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Darley Arabian
The Darley Arabian, one of three horses from whom all modern thoroughbred racehorses are descended, circa 1720. From the painting by J N Sartorius. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dundee in Scotland, as seen from the Law (an extinct volcano rising above the city), circa 1920. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

HMS Invincible
The British Navy battlecruiser HMS Invincible, 1911. The first battlecruiser ever built, she was launched in 1907 and sunk at the Batlte of Jutland on 31st May 1916

Felixstowe Seafront
Holidaymakers at the beach, Felixstowe, Suffolk, 1923. (Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Merchant Of Venice
Salanio and Salarino encounter Shylock on a street in Venice, in Act III, Scene I of Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, circa 1596. A watercolour by Sir John Gilbert, RA

Victorian Maid
A Victorian maidservant carrying a tray with a decanter and two glasses on it, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Loss Of The Revenge
The remains of the British galleon HMS Revenge are surrendered to the Spanish after a savage battle off the Azores, September 1591. She sank shortly after, taking her Spanish captors with her

Ramsgate Sands
The Sands at Ramsgate, a seaside resort in East Kent, 1878. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Weymouth Esplanade
The esplanade at Weymouth, Dorset, circa 1900. Bathing machines can be seen on the beach in the background. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Singapore Street
Ox carts and rickshaws on a street in Singapore, circa 1900. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

James Street Station
Liverpool James Street railway station, Liverpool, circa 1893. The original terminus of the Mersey Railway Tunnel, the station was rebuilt in the 1970s

Godolphin Arabian
The Godolphin Arabian, property of The Earl of Godolphin, one of three horses from whom all modern thoroughbred racehorses are descended, circa 1740

Ramsgate Marina
A view east from Ramsgate Marina in East Kent, 1870. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Elephants Bathing
August 1913: A group of elephants bathing in a river in Mysore, India. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

South Sea Islanders
circa 1900: A group of South Sea Islanders. (Photo by Reinhold Thiele/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

More Beer
circa 1900: Fraulein Grauz carrying steins of beer. (Photo by Reinhold Thiele/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Army Bath
July 1907: A bathroom at St Georges Barracks, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

New Recruits
July 1907: New recruits at St Georges Barracks, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

St Ives
30th November 1908: St Ives harbour, Cornwall. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Church Gate
December 1908: The gateway to the church of St Bartholomnew the Great at Smithfield, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cross Lane PO
December 1908: A Great Western Railway Motor Van at Cross Lane Post Office, The Lizard, Cornwall. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Dining Room
July 1907: The dining room of the Union Jack Club. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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