London England Collection (#27)

Chimney Smoke
26th February 1951: A row of rooftops above a street of terraced houses in London. (Photo by Fred Morley/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Rush Hour
December 1956: A young couple watch the world go by in Londons Piccadilly Circus. (Photo by Werner Rings/BIPs/Getty Images)

Regent St Lights
30th November 1955: Christmas decorations in Regent Street, London, consisting mainly of snow crystal stars made of aluminium to give the effect of a snowstorm. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Artistic Primate
London Zoo celebrity chimpanzee Congo, carefully loading his brush with more paint while at work on his latest masterpiece, August 1957. (Photo by John Pratt/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Big Ben From The South Bank
A woman looking across the Thames towards the Palace of Westminster, London, circa 1955. (Photo by Nat Norman/Frederic Lewis/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

All London; Suburban London Street
A suburban street in London, May 1951. Original publication: Picture Post - 5309 - All London - pub. 26th May 1951 (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Houses backing onto a London Canal
August 1953: Houses backing onto a London Canal. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6625 - London Canals - unpub. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Three children peer through the fence on a bridge over one of Londons many canals
August 1953: Three children peer through the fence on a bridge over one of Londons many canals. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6625 - London Canals - unpub

Gwynn Place; Dickens London
Gwynn Place in London, circa 1952. Original Publication : Picture Post - 5737 - Dickens London - unpub. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Rainy Night In London
An Indian woman shelters under an umbrella on a rainy night in London, October 1955. Original publication: Picture Post - 8572 - Indians In London - unpub

An LNER Pacific class locomotive pulling The Flying Scotsman, December 1929
December 1929: An LNER Pacific class locomotive pulling The Flying Scotsman express which travels 393 miles non-stop from Kings Cross station in London to Edinburgh in Scotland every day

The Flying Scotsman at Kings Cross, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). The 21.34m-long, 100-tonne machine was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley

Gresley Pacific locomotives at Kings Cross station, London, circa 1926.. Left to right; Class A1 No 2544 Lemberg ; unidentified; Class A1 No 2578 Bayardo ; Class A1 No 4476 Royal Lancer

Ava In Flight
1926: The new Ava bomber descending after its public maiden flight at the Royal Airforce display and pageant at Hendon Aerodrome, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Zeppelin Ascending
circa 1915: A German Zeppelin ascending from its base for a raid on London. During World War I the Germans carried out 12 airship raids on London and many aeroplane attacks, killing some 530 people

Electric Airship
A model of an airship, built by the Tissandier brothers in 1843, on display at the Science Museum, London, 23rd June 1950

The Royal Scot pulling out of Euston Station, London, on the way to Blisworth, Northamptonshire, amongst the passengers was the Minister of Transport, Leslie Burgin

Steam Engine
Steam locomotive Princess Anne at Camden, London, beside an array of LNWR (London North-Western Railway) lower quadrant signals. (Photo by Dean/Getty Images)

Flying Scotsman
July 1931: The Flying Scotsman train leaves Kings Cross station, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

La France 1913; The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway railway engine decorated
24th June 1913: The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway railway engine La France for the Royal train is decorated for use by the French President during his visit

The Steam Age
circa 1885: An East Coast Express train at Kings Cross Great Northern Railway, London. The Stirling 8ft Single No 221 is at the main arrival platform. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Flying Scotsman
1st May 1928: The 150 ton LNER Pacific class locomotive Flying Scotsman, pulling the train of the same name, leaving Kings Cross Station in London at 10am on its first non-stop run to Edinburgh

Paddington Station
circa 1910: Special trains, laid on for the Kings garden party, leaving Londons Paddington Station with guests. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

LMS Centenary
19th September 1938: The Coronation Class engine Duchess of Gloucester leaving Londons Euston railway station. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

World War 1 Centenary
London, England - 5th May 2014. Poppies painted on the rotunda next to the First World War memorial in Stockwell South London

The Royal Duchy train 6000, the King George V leaves Paddington Station in London for the first time, headed for Plymouth, 28th January 1957. (Photo by L. Blandford/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

South Bank Site
5th March 1957: The proposed site for a hotel on the south bank of the Thames near County Hall. (Photo by Monty Fresco Jnr/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hanover Terrace
29th November 1957: Hanover Terrace, part of the Nash Terraces in Londons Regents Park, which have been rescued by the Crown Estate Commissioners, who predict a further twenty years of life in them

London From The Air
An aerial view over the Thames in London, with the Palace of Westminster on the north bank (bottom) and County Hall on the opposite bank, August 1957. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

R-101 Over London
October 1929: Airship R101 passing over St Pauls Cathedral, London as seen from the new Telegraph building. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ludgate Circus
June 1928: Ludgate Circus, London, with St Pauls Cathedral in the background. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Suffragette Meeting in Hyde Park, London, 26th July 1913
26th July 1913: A large crowd at a suffragette meeting in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Suffragette Picket
circa 1908: Suffragettes picketing Holloway Prison, London, while Emmeline Pankhurst was imprisoned there. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hammer For Votes
circa 1913: A hammer used by suffragettes in a demonstration in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Suffragettes
circa 1900: Male and female members of the womens suffrage movement on a protest march through London. (Photo by F J Mortimer/Getty Images)

Suffragette Procession Through London, circa 1910
circa 1910: A suffragette procession through London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Suffragette Flag at Half Mast Over the Headquarters of the Womens Social and Political Union
June 1913: The Suffragette flag at half mast over the headquarters of the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU) at Lincolns Inn House, Kingsway, London, after the death of Emily Davison

Cleaning Up Number Ten Downing Street after a Suffragette Demonstration
circa 1914: Cleaning up Number Ten Downing Street after a suffragette demonstration. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Wellington Barracks
1944: The Royal Military Chapel at the Wellington Barracks, London, which was damaged in an air raid by flying bombs. The bombs fell during the Sunday morning service with substantial loss of life

Lit By Searchlight
circa 1940: A searchlight lights up St Pauls Cathedral in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

1940 Firemen signallers Clearing UP
1940: Firemen signallers at work amongst the rubble after a daylight bombing raid in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Sunlit Station
March 1945: A group of soldiers bathed in a shaft of light at a London railway station (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Eleven O Clock
3rd September 1939: Crowds looking up at Big Ben as it strikes the eleventh hour, the time of the expiration of Britains ultimatum to Germany. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Re-Built City
10th April 1956: St Pauls cathedral skyline and some of the reconstruction being carried out in London after the war. (Photo by Monty Fresco Jnr/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Air Raid Chimp
15th September 1939: Jack the chimp fixing up an air raid shelter sign at Londons Regents Park Zoo as it reopens to the public. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Waiting For The Train
3rd December 1939: Anxious watchers at the barrier of Ipswich railway station waiting for the LNER Evacuation Special train to arrive bringing evacuees to safety from London. (Photo by H. F)

London Burning after Fire Bombing
Rescue workers silhouetted against the light of burning buildings after a German fire-bombing raid on London, 25th February 1944. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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