Metropolitan Collection (page 6)

Europe, England, London, Richmond, Richmond Theatre

Europe, England, London, Hammersmith, Lyric Theatre

Europe, United Kingdom, England, Middlesex, London, citizenM Hotel Spiral Staircase

The Night Lights of Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia
Melbourne, located in Victoria, Australia, is the capital city of the state and the 2nd most populous city in Australia. This vibrant city is well known for its cultural heritage, creative art scene

Light through mist
Can Pu

The City
Juan Luis Seco

Paris Underground, Extension of Line 9, c.1932 (b/w photo)
XIR253004 Paris Underground, Extension of Line 9, c.1932 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Metro;)

View of New York City and Railway (Metro) Aerials, USA - (View of New York city subway (skytrain)) Engraving
ELD4839036 View of New York City and Railway (Metro) Aerials, USA - (View of New York city subway (skytrain)) Engraving, 1880 - Private collection; (add.info)

View of New York City and Railway (Metro) Aerials, USA - (View of New York city subway (skytrain)) Engraving
ELD4839027 View of New York City and Railway (Metro) Aerials, USA - (View of New York city subway (skytrain)) Engraving, 1880 - Private collection; (add.info)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Metropolitan enters a station, 1900
LUX4817357 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Metropolitan enters a station, 1900; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Metropolitan enters a station, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

The Park Street excavation site, for the metro station in Boston, Massachusetts, 1896. 19th century lithography
NWI4966315 The Park Street excavation site, for the metro station in Boston, Massachusetts, 1896. 19th century lithography.; (add.info.: The Park Street excavation site)

Large-flowered garden rocket, Hesperis grandiflora, showy rocket, Hesperis speciosa, fragrant rocket
FLO4670207 Large-flowered garden rocket, Hesperis grandiflora, showy rocket, Hesperis speciosa, fragrant rocket, Hesperis fragrans, seaside malcomia, Malcomia littorea, field moricandia

The metro and cafe station, Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria. Construction 1896, architect Otto Wagner (1841-1918)
TED4659301 The metro and cafe station, Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria. Construction 1896, architect Otto Wagner (1841-1918). Photography 16/09/00

The big escape of 26 prisoners from Sainte-Pelagie Prison 12 July 1835 in Paris
ELD4958402 The big escape of 26 prisoners from Sainte-Pelagie Prison 12 July 1835 in Paris, (Barbes and Cavaignac) through an underground tunnel)

Piece of elephant tusk found 5-feet underground in Europe, 18th century Believed to be from now extinct species of
FLO4576698 Piece of elephant tusk found 5-feet underground in Europe, 18th century Believed to be from now extinct species of elephant or mammoth

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): bombing of the city of Paris by the Gothas, of the curious, 1918
LUX4798748 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): bombing of the city of Paris by the Gothas, of the curious, 1918; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Passy bridge (then Bir-Hakeim bridge), with above metro, 1905
LUX4769975 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Passy bridge (then Bir-Hakeim bridge), with above metro, 1905; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Passy bridge (then Bir-Hakeim bridge)

South Metropolitan Gas Company's works, East Greenwich, London: The condensers
530385 South Metropolitan Gas Company's works, East Greenwich, London: The condensers. Wood engraving published Paris, 1891; Universal History Archive/UIG

South Metropolitan Gas Company's works, East Greenwich, London: Quenching coke
530384 South Metropolitan Gas Company's works, East Greenwich, London: Quenching coke. Wood engraving published Paris, 1891; Universal History Archive/UIG

The underground cave of the temple of Guarapuri Island or place of the caves, an island east of Mumbai (India)
FLO4634040 The underground cave of the temple of Guarapuri Island or place of the caves, an island east of Mumbai (India)

First tubular tramway project in Paris (underground electric railway between Vincennes and Bois de Boulogne)
PCT4293742 First tubular tramway project in Paris (underground electric railway between Vincennes and Bois de Boulogne) - map of the route - cut under the rue de Rivoli showing the tunnel

The milking shed of Laycock's Dairy Farm in Highbury
3732498 The milking shed of Laycock's Dairy Farm in Highbury; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the milking shed of Laycock's Dairy Farm in Highbury, London)

Ancient Egypt: mummy in a sarcophagus, sarcophagus, bird urn, ibis mummy and the map of the rooms of a pyramid
FLO4573343 Ancient Egypt: mummy in a sarcophagus, sarcophagus, bird urn, ibis mummy and the map of the rooms of a pyramid - Egyptian mummies: mummy in coffin 1, coffin cover 2, bird urn 3

Letter U: Underground railway (Metro), PUFF PUFF ABC. c.1905 (lithograph)
DUV4216899 Letter U: Underground railway (Metro), PUFF PUFF ABC. c.1905 (lithograph); 22x19 cm; (add.info.: British manufacturer)

John Townsend
5616174 John Townsend; (add.info.: Portrait of John Townsend, a policeman on the Metropolitan police force. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1843); Universal History Archive/UIG

The new Scotland Yard headquarters
5616164 The new Scotland Yard headquarters; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the new Scotland Yard headquarters of the Metropolitan Police. Dated 19th Century)

Cartoon depicting John Thwaites, Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, face to face with Father Thames
5308820 Cartoon depicting John Thwaites, Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, face to face with Father Thames; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting John Thwaites)

Red Laughter, Satirical in N & B, 1918_10_19: War of 14 -18, Trains, Dance, Metro
ICA4848711 Red Laughter, Satirical in N & B, 1918_10_19: War of 14 -18, Trains, Dance, Metro; (add.info.: Red Laughter, Satirical in N & B, 1918_10_19: War of 14 -18, Trains, Dance)

Electric lights connected from underground wiring, New York City, 1889
NWI4954207 Electric lights connected from underground wiring, New York City, 1889.; (add.info.: Electric lights connected from underground wiring, New York City)

Metropolitan telephone, 1890
3479273 Metropolitan telephone, 1890; (add.info.: Metropolitan telephone company's central station, Cartlant Street, New York: the switchboard)

Example of police records used for the identification of criminals, 1850
3478412 Example of police records used for the identification of criminals, 1850; (add.info.: Example of police records used for the identification of criminals used by the Metropolitan Police)

A London fireman in standard uniform
5310146 A London fireman in standard uniform; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a London fireman in standard uniform (right) and one equipped with smoke-proof dress and breathing pipe

View of a proposed metro station in Boston, Massachusetts, 1892. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4963091 View of a proposed metro station in Boston, Massachusetts, 1892. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: View of a proposed metro station in Boston, Massachusetts, 1892)

Interior of an underground Alut house in Unalaska, with women caring for children and weaving straw goods
FLO4620961 Interior of an underground Alut house in Unalaska, with women caring for children and weaving straw goods. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Exterior of an underground Alut house in Unalaska with children playing and men fishing in kayaks
FLO4620959 Exterior of an underground Alut house in Unalaska with children playing and men fishing in kayaks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Metropolitan tubular railway from Vincennes to the Bois de Boulogne (Parisian metro) - Elabore project by M
PCT4291518 Metropolitan tubular railway from Vincennes to the Bois de Boulogne (Parisian metro) - Elabore project by M. Berlier for the 1900 exhibition in Paris - map of the route

History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. An underground village doing business in a
NWI4888072 History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. An underground village doing business in a station served by the transcontinental railway, 1870's

Porte Dauphine metro station, Paris 75016. Detail of the decor. Architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942), realisation 1905
TED4653702 Porte Dauphine metro station, Paris 75016. Detail of the decor. Architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942), realisation 1905.; (add.info.: Porte Dauphine metro station, Paris 75016)

Porte Dauphine metro station, Paris 75016. Architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942), realisation 1905
TED4653648 Porte Dauphine metro station, Paris 75016. Architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942), realisation 1905.; (add.info.: Porte Dauphine metro station, Paris 75016)

The Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church prays during the coronation of Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1856
529055 The Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church prays during the coronation of Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1856.; Universal History Archive/UIG

A floating fire engine used on the River Thames
5310145 A floating fire engine used on the River Thames; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a floating fire engine used on the River Thames. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Test of a model of a metro wagon in a bourgeois courtyard, 1895
LUX4810970 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Test of a model of a metro wagon in a bourgeois courtyard, 1895; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): road works, metro works, 1914 - shops: raoul shoes, Somnol
LUX4799207 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): road works, metro works, 1914 - shops: raoul shoes, Somnol; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): road works, metro works

Telephone exchange, 1890
3479275 Telephone exchange, 1890; (add.info.: Switchman connecting a call at the Central Telephone Exchange, 198 Broadway, New York)

John Thwaites with Father Thames
3586071 John Thwaites with Father Thames; (add.info.: Satirical cartoon depicting John Thwaites (1815-1870) Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works

Porte Dauphine metro station, Paris 75016. Detail of the decor. Architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942), realisation 1905
TED4653688 Porte Dauphine metro station, Paris 75016. Detail of the decor. Architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942), realisation 1905.; (add.info.: Porte Dauphine metro station, Paris 75016)

Porte Dauphine metro station, Paris 75016. Architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942), realisation 1905
TED4653712 Porte Dauphine metro station, Paris 75016. Architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942), realisation 1905.; (add.info.: Porte Dauphine metro station, Paris 75016)

Scenes from the dairy show at the Agricultural Hall in Islington
3732507 Scenes from the dairy show at the Agricultural Hall in Islington; (add.info.: Illustration depicting scenes from the dairy show at the Agricultural Hall in Islington)

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"Embracing the Metropolis: A Glimpse into London's Vibrant Metropolitan Life" Amidst a snowy backdrop, a Police Public Call Box stands tall, reminding us of the iconic symbol that once graced the streets of London. Dedicated and vigilant, a London Police Officer patrols the bustling city streets, ensuring safety for all who call this metropolis home. The Metropolitan Police recruitment poster beckons ambitious individuals to join their ranks and protect this thriving urban landscape. Echoes of entertainment fill the air as we step inside the historic Metropolitan Music Hall on Edgware Road, where laughter and melodies intertwine with metropolitan charm. United in duty, members of B Division from the Metropolitan Police stand ready during a football match – guardians both on and off the field in this lively metropolis. With precision and speed, a Policeman maneuvers through traffic astride his trusty BSA motorcycle – an emblematic sight amidst London's metropolitan chaos. A bold sign calls out to those seeking purposeful careers as police officers in this vibrant metropolis – an invitation to serve and protect its diverse communities. In unity lies strength; together, these dedicated Police Officers exemplify resilience while patrolling every corner of our beloved metropolis. Standing firm at busy intersections or directing traffic flow with expert finesse, Metropolitan Police officers dutifully navigate their way through daily urban commotion. The distinctive sound of a Metropolitan Police whistle resonates through time alongside its chain – symbols representing authority within this ever-evolving metropolis. The sleek combination of a confident police officer atop his Triumph motorcycle embodies both style and efficiency - an embodiment policing excellence. A fingerprint sheet serves as evidence that no crime goes unnoticed in our bustling cityscape - each mark telling stories only deciphered by diligent detectives serving under the banner "Metropolitan.