This collection mostly comprises photographs of London and rural Britain from the period 1860-1912. There are also colonial images (see the Colonial and empire section), such as the India series photographed by Cecil Beaton, and images of China and newly-founded Australia.
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View of Chesterfield in the 1930s
GPO Building and monument of the Black Prince, Leeds, 1949
Cross Street, Manchester, 1949
Trafalgar Square, London, 1876
Hatton Garden, London, 1899
Oxford Street, London, 1899
Photographing New York City above Fifth Avenue, 1908 
Bengali village scene, India, photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1940s
The Ta-Tong river and wall of Pyöng-Yang, North Korea, 1889
Boat people of Chu Kiang, Canton, China, 1902
Part of Sydney Harbour, Australia, 1876 
Pleasant Creek, Victoria, Australia, 1876
View of Chesterfield in the 1930s
GPO Building and monument of the Black Prince, Leeds, 1949
Cross Street, Manchester, 1949
Trafalgar Square, London, 1876
Hatton Garden, London, 1899
Oxford Street, London, 1899
Photographing New York City above Fifth Avenue, 1908 
Bengali village scene, India, photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1940s
The Ta-Tong river and wall of Pyöng-Yang, North Korea, 1889
Boat people of Chu Kiang, Canton, China, 1902
Part of Sydney Harbour, Australia, 1876 
Pleasant Creek, Victoria, Australia, 1876 