Underground Collection

Coal Miner
A miner pushing a coal truck, 1878. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Iron Miner
5th June 1948: A miner pauses in a tunnel before starting a shift in Britains most modern iron ore mine, at Irthlinborough in Northamptonshire

Under Tilmanstone
A miner working underground in Tilmanstone Colliery, in Kent. Photograph taken using Sashalite lighting equipment

Illustration of Rabbit in the Burrow, representing Chinese Year Of The Rabbit

Hammersmith Broadway
Circa 1910: Hammersmith broadway with the underground station on the right and elaborate railings at the entrance to public conveniences in the centre. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cross section illustration of oval house made from animal skins with fire below ground and smoke rising above, Nabta Playa, Egypt

The Resurrection Of Henry Box Brown
Henry Box Brown emerges from a three-foot box after mailing himself to the Anti-Slavery office in Philadelphia to escape from slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 24th March 1849

Tomb of Cappucin Monks
Tomb of Cappucin monks in the Rome catacombs

Miners in Consolidated Virginia Silver Mine
Image of silver mine scene in Virginia City, Nevada

Interior of London Subway
(Original Caption) Interior of London subway in the 1890's

Subway At 42Nd And 3Rd Ave
(Original Caption) New York:Subway station at 42 Street and Third Avenue

Miners Work Underground
(Original Caption) Klondike Goldrush. Miners working underground. Gold Hill Y.T. Undated photograph. BPA#2 2209

Western Union Undergound Systems
(Original Caption) Western Union Underground systems. Undated engraving

New York Officials Riding Subway
Financiers, city officials, and policemen ride New York City's first subway on October 27, 1904 at City Hall station

First Passengers Riding in Subway
(Original Caption) The first official riders in New York City's first subway were this group of financiers and city officials

View of Cave from Carlsbad Caverns
(Original Caption) The famous Carlsbad Caverns is a series of connecting caverns of huge dimensions, and is the largest known cave in existence

Feds Drinking Raided Contraband Liquor
(Original Caption) 3/24/1924 Chicago, IL:Cleanup of the wet spots in Chicago and vicinity. After pre-organization work sixty U.S

George Washington Bridge Under Construction
(Original Caption) 10/19/1931-New York- THE ROAD'S CLEAR...That will be the signal when the new Washington Memorial Bridge over the Hudson River is opened with appropriate ceremony

Workers Playing Cards in Subway Tunnel
(Original Caption) If you think that this isn't an exciting game of bridge, just remember that the players are under a heavy pressure - 35 pounds of it

People Reviewing Wreckage
(Original Caption) Twenty Five Injured in Subway Crash

Interior of New Moscow Subway Station
(Original Caption) 6/3/1935-Moscow, Russia- Moscow's new subway was opened to the public on May 15, with much publicity heralding the line as the most beautiful underground railway in the world

Paris Subway Station Lit
(Original Caption) Paris: The best lighted underground station in the world, was inaugurated this evening as a pattern which will be adopted throughout Paris

Lunch Counter in New York City Subway Station
(Original Caption) 1937- Eating underground. A lunch counter in a New York Subway Station. A sign overhead reads "Cleanliness At All Times."

Miners Going Underground At Totz Mine
(Original Caption) 5/18/1939-Harlan, Kentucky- No followers of John L

Londoners Sleeping in Tube Station
(Original Caption) London, England: Weary London are shown catching up on sleep in the comparative safety of a tube station, taken out of service and converted into an air raid shelter

Children Sleeping in Hammocks
(Original Caption) 10/11/1940-London, England: As raiding German Airmen drone overhead these children sleep in hammocks slung between the rails of the underground railway between Aldwych and Holborn

London Tube Station Doubling as Bomb Shelter
Residents of London sleep on the platform and tracks at a subway station. The tunnel was converted to an air raid shelter after German attacks on the city

Subway Train Inside Tunnel
(Original Caption) Chicago: Chicago's New Subway Ready

German Underground Factory Entrance
(Original Caption) 5/10/45-Lengerich, Germany- A German underground factory for the making of aircraft parts was captured at Lengerich

Miner In Mineshaft With Mule Cart
(Original Caption) Miner in shaft with mule-drawn cart. Undated photograph. See note

Sign Hanging On The Front Of A Store
(Original Caption) Nicosia, Cyprus: The unrest that is currently gripping the island of Cyprus is shown in this picture

Cross Section Of City Street Electrical
(Original Caption) Cross section illustration of a street, a depiction of the electric linkage and wiring to lights underground and above ground. Undated

Feeding Electric Light Cable Into Subway
(Original Caption) Two figure illustration of workmen putting electric lights into the subway. Figure 2 (l) shows electric light cables being fed into the ducts of the subway from the street level

Illust.; Trading Post In Depression Vill
(Original Caption) "Sketches in the Far West- An Underground Village." Illustration shows a trading area in a village in a depression in the land

Air Raid Drill in Rockefeller Center
Occupants of the Eastern Airlines Building in Rockefeller Center make their way to the basement shelter during an air raid drill

New Subway Tunnel in Moscow
(Original Caption) 12/14/1951-Moscow, U.S.S.R.-Preparations are being completed for the launching of a new eight-kilometer (about 5 miles) stretch of the Moscow underground

Family Escaping in a Tunnel
John C. Leger, a New York advertising executive who lives in Bronxville, New York, has made elaborate preparations for the preservation of himself and his family in the event of an atomic war

Youth Check Supplies in Fallout Shelter
(Original Caption) 5/29/1952-Bronxville, NY: John C. Legler is a man who likes to be prepared

Children Testing Bomb Shelter Escape Hatch
Ten-year-old Mitchell Legler (left), his sister Sandra (right), and her friend, Nancy Walker (in white blouse), test the escape hatch of the Legler family's bomb shelter in Bronxville, New York

Lavish Interior of Moscow Subway Station
(Original Caption) 5/19/1953-Moscow, Russia- Chandeliers and decorative arches lend a ballroom air to the Central Hall of the new Arbat Subway Station in Moscow

Illustration of a Man in a Foxhole Fallout Shelter
(Original Caption) 2/16/1955-Chicago, IL- The safest place for persons caught in H-bomb blast is below the earth's surface, advises atomic scientist Ralph E. Lapp

Family In Fall Out Shelter
(Original Caption) 5/19/1955-New York

General Smoking Cigarette; Press Confere
(Original Caption) 7/5/1956-Chicago, IL: Gen. Thaddeus Bor Komorowski, leader of Poland's wartime underground, is shown as he met with reporters during a news conference here today

Child Crouching on Escalator
A youngster pretends to be a ski jumper on one of the seven escalators in the new deluxe underground beneath one of Vienna's busiest intersections

Powner Family on a Bunkbed
"Project Hideway" ends for Thomas A. Powner (age 31), his wife Madge (age 31), sons Scott (age 6) and Torry (age 3 1/2), and daughter Hilary (age 2)

Military Volunteers Relaxing in Bomb Shelter
A group of volunteers from the United States armed forces relax on bunk beds in a nuclear bomb shelter for visiting reporters at Parks Air Force Base in California

Observers Of Atomic Blast
(Original Caption) 12/10/1961- Carlsbad, NM: Newsmen and offical observers line up at the observers site to witness an underground atomic explosion known as Pro-Gnome, The blast

Air Force Control Center
(Original Caption

Passengers Being Lead Through Subway
(Original Caption) 11/9/1965-New York, NY: Passenges stranded in subway train caught between stations are led along tracks by policemen

Policemen Leading Subway Passengers to Safety
(Original Caption) Policemen lead commuters through a subway tunnel where they were trapped late November 9th when power failure stopped all trains. The black out affected United States and Canada

Policemen Leading Subway Passengers to Safety
(Original Caption) Policemen lead commuters through a subway tunnel where they were trapped late November 9th when power failure stopped all trains. The black out affected United States and Canada

Candy Darling, Andy Warhol and Sylvia Miles
(Original Caption) 11/3/1971-New York, New York-Underground filmmakers surface for "Fiddler on the Roof" premier in New York City at the Rivoli Theater

South Korean Soldiers Patrol Tunnel
(Original Caption) 1/27/1976-Chorwon

Victorian coal miner pushing a minecart
Victorian vintage engraving of a 19th century coal miner pushing coal in a minecart

Coal miners, wood engraving, published in 1877
Workers in the coal mine. Wood engraving, published in 1877

Illustration of formation of a fossil

Bottom of tree trunk and, underneath, cross section of soil and Tuber aestivum, Summer Truffles, fruiting inbetween tree roots

Cave structure, cross-section

Cave, cross-section

Cross section illustration of pit mine showing elevators moving up and down in mine shaft, and train of coal below

Cross-section illustration of tunnel system inside nest of Black garden ant (Lasius niger)

Illustration of snakes hibernating in underground dens

Illustration of cross-section through a coal mine

Illustration of Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) covering its eggs with sand

Aquifer, Arrow Sign, Carbon Dioxide, Close-Up, Coal, Connection, Cross Section, Day, Digitally Generated, Direction, Environment, Fossil Fuel, Fuel and Power Generation, Geology, Global Warming

Hercules with Cerberus in front of king Eurystheus
Illustration of a Hercules with Cerberus in front of king Eurystheus

Middle caicos conch bar caves
A rare glimpse inside the very remote Conch Bar Caves, located in Conch Bar, a village on Middle Caicos

Middle Caicos Conch Bar Caves Turks and Caicos
Conch Bar Caves is located in Conch Bar, a village on Middle Caicos. This park protects 15mi of underground caverns, one of the largest cave systems in the Caribbean region

Leafless tree showing underground roots

Illustration of earthworm, mushrooms and tree root underground

Illustration of Peanut, or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea), plant, showing peanut pods under the ground

Illustration of the burrowing technique of a Razor clam (Ensis sp. )
Illustration of the burrowing technique of a Razor clam (Ensis sp.)

Cross section illustration of Prairie Dog burrow with tunnels and family in chamber and adult sitting near entrance

Cross section illustration of Tuber aestivum (Summer Truffle) growing near underground tree root

Church inside the Derinkuyu Underground City
Cave church inside the Derinkuyu Underground City, Derinkuyu District, Nevsehir Province, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

7th Ave. Subway Train Covered In Graffiti
View of a New York City subway train car covered in graffiti and park, with all its doors open, in an unidentified station, New York, 1980s. The train is a 7th Avenue Express

Sewers Of Paris
Inside the Paris sewers with a central channel and railway trucks parked along the side. (Photo by Nadar/Getty Images)

Engraving of The Ancient Crypt at Guilford, England
The Antient Crypt at Guildford, The Modern Universal British Traveller; or A New Complete, and Accurate Tour through England, Wales, Scotland, and the Neighbouring Islands

Dark Indian cave entrance on middle Caicos
The entrance to a bat filled Indian cave located on the remote island of Middle Caicos, Turks and Caicos

Illustration of formation of a fossil, from preservation to discovery

Basilica Cistern, Istanbul, Turkey
The Basilica Cistern is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (that is formerly Constantinople), Turkey

Underground at Moscow
Tonnaja Travel Photography, 592841991

Veins in limestone on Monte Calvi
Illustration of a Veins in limestone on

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