England Black Collection (#29)

To A Better Life
circa 1850: Passengers waiting to embark on a sailing ship at Waterloo docks, Liverpool. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

St Pancras Station
1868: Railway coaches in St Pancras station, London with its arched roof of iron and glass. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Her Majestys Fleet
Circa 1780: HM ships Agamemnon, Captain, Vanguard, Elephant and Victory grouped at anchor at Spithead, near Portsmouth, with their sails loose to dry

Brighton Sands
1872: Brighton shore with bathing machines at the waters edge and houses lining the promenade. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Thames Subway
1870: Workmen using the Tooley Street station on the Thames Subway, part of the London underground. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Railway Passengers
1870: Waterloo main line platform. In the background is a Beattie locomotive on the London and South Western Railway (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

British Museum
circa 1860: The courtyard and front of the British Museum, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Waterloo
July 1848: Extending Waterloo station, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Commemorative Rally
1892: A public meeting in Londons Trafalgar Square to commemorate Bloody Sunday. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Manchester
2nd January 1797: People walking down a street in Manchester. Original Artwork: Engraved by J Walker after an original drawing by W Orme. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dockers Strike
7th September 1889: A mass of coal-heavers parade through Londons East End during the London Dockers Strike of 1889. The strike was a success for the labourers, ensuring a minimum wage

Nebraska
1856: Settlers entering the state of Nebraska at Pappea Creek. (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

Remembering Crimea
circa 1870: Monument to the fallen in the Crimean War, Sheffield. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Victorian London
circa 1875: On the left, Scotland Yard, in the centre with horse drawn cabs outside is the Public Carriage Office. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cathedral Orchestra
1784: Orchestra and performers in Westminster Abbey during a commemoration of Handel, who died in 1759. Original Artwork: Engraving by Edward Francis Burney. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Westminster Abbey
circa 1900: The interior of Westminster Abbey, London with its intricate fan vaulting. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Winchester Cathedral
circa 1787: Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire with a low, Norman tower. Original Artwork: Engraved by James Newton. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Abbey Interior
circa 1800: The old interior of Westminster Abbey in London. Built in Gothic style it has a magnificent fan vaulted ceiling. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hanover Square
circa 1790: The concert rooms in Hanover Square where Joseph Haydn gave his first series of concerts in 1791. Original Artwork: Painting by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd

Move On
1870: An English policeman wielding a truncheon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Flood Sufferers
circa 1877: Impoverished people in front of a rag shop in Lambeth, London, where the Thames annual tidal overflow causes hardship to the locals

Westminster
circa 1865: The Palace of Westminster, London. (Photo by Negretti & Zambra/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Street Lights
January 1879: A group of people viewing some electric street lights on the Thames Embankment, London. Original Publication: From The Graphic

Parliament Design
circa 1885: The design by Charles Barry and Pugin of the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dynamite Attack
December 1884: An attempt to blow up London bridge with dynamite. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1884 (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

Shopping Street
circa 1900: Shops on New Cut Street at Lambeth, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

St Leger Race
1842: The horses pass the Doncaster Grand Stand on a stretch of the St Leger Race, the oldest of the classics - Britains five major flat races for three-year-olds

Birmingham Centre
September 1886: A birds eye view of the centre of Birmingham with its classical buildings. In the distance factory chimneys belch out smoke. Graphic - pub. 1886 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Petticoat Lane
circa 1900: A Sunday morning in Petticoat Lane market the centre of Londons Jewish quarter. The nearest lamppost has the words post office round the glass casing, so visible at night

Street Bookstall
circa 1870: A cheap bookstall set up on a Liverpool street. (Photo by J. Burke/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Milkman
9th February 1889: Milkman with his float, dog and boy. a caption reads, On the milk round with Harry Hanford. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Warwickshire City
circa 1900: Shoppers on Corporation Street, Birmingham, West Midlands. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Town Hall
18th July 1885: The Town Hall at Leeds, Yorkshire. Original Publication: The Graphic (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Visiting Day
1887: Visiting day in the accident ward at Guys Hospital. One bed has a screen round it at others families are gathered. Original Publication: The Graphic - Guys Hospital - pub

Anti-Liberal Demo
January 1910: Suffragettes campaigning in London against the Liberal Party during the first election of 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Vauxhall Gardens
1754: The vast expanse of Vauxhall Gardens in London. Original Artwork: Engraving by A Carse after Wale. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The House
1808: The House of Commons. Original Publication: From the Microcosm of London by Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827) and Augustus Pugin (1812 - 1852). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dinner Party
26th April 1890: A dinner party. Original Publication: From The Graphic. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Old Parliament
1821: The Old Houses of Parliament before the fire of 1834. Original Artist: By Havell. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

An Omnibus
8th March 1856: A London omnibus. Original Publication: From The Illustrated London News. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Epsom Grand Stand
May 1846: The crowds at the Epsom Derby with the new entrance to the grandstand. Original Publication: Illustrated LondonNews - The Grand Stand-New Entrance - pub

Ladies Gallery
22nd July 1893: Women watching proceedings in parliament from behind a brass grille at the back of the Reporters Gallery. This was allowed from 1852 until the 1890s when because of over zealous

Canal Pub
circa 1900: The Prospect of Whitby public house on the canal at Wapping. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Water Polo
August 1890: A water polo match at Kennington, London, with a large audience. Original Publication: The Graphic - A Water-Polo Match At The Crown Baths, Kennington

Road Construction
4th February 1865: The construction of the Thames Embankment at the Temple Gardens, London. Original Publication: Illustrated London News Engraving by R L C Hulme

Central Newcastle
circa 1900: The entrance to Central Station and in the background, St Marys church and spire, Newcastle-on-Tyne. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Reporters Gallery
March 1867: Illustrated London News - The Reporters Gallery, House of Commons - pub. 1867 (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

Steam Engine
1851: Barrett and Cos four-horsepower portable steam engine on show at the Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace, Hyde Park in London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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