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Gum-coated gelatin bromide print of soldiers departing for war entitled 'The Gate of Goodbye', by Francis James Mortimer, c 1916.

The Gate of Goodbye

circa 1916

Handbill relating cheap tickets, 'Saturday to Monday at the sea-side', issued by London, Chatham & Dover Railway. 1 Feb 1881.

Handbill relating cheap tickets

1881

London, Chatham & Dover Railway handbill entitled Saturday to Monday at the seaside. The document advertises cheap tickets from Victoria, Holdborn Viaduct, Ludgate Hill and Herne Hill to 12 different locations, including Margate, Broadstairs, Ramsgate, Canterbury & Dover. The tickets can be obtained from Cook & Son's tourist office at Ludgate Circus. Printed by the railway company at their works at Victoria Station, Pimlico. Dated February 1881.

London, Chatham & Dover Railway handbill entitled Saturday to Monday at the seaside

1881

London, Chatham & Dover Railway handbill advertising cheap Saturday to Monday tickets to the seaside. The tickets are issued from Victoria, Holburn Viaduct, Ludgate Hill (City) and Herne Hill. Trains depart to Margate, Broadstairs, Ramsgate, Canterbury & Dover. Dated February 1st, 1881.

LC& DR handbill

1881

Photograph, allegorical carbon print, 'The Gate of Goodbye' by Francis James Mortimer, 1918 (signed and dated); view of troops and their families outside London Victoria Station. Image: 340 mm x 480 mm; overall: 512 mm x 643 mm.

The Gate of Goodbye

1918

Vintage silver gelatin print entitled 'Victoria Station, London' by Tony Ray-Jones, 1967. This was reproduced as plate 111 in Ray-Jones' posthumous book 'A Day Off - An English Journal' published in 1974.

Victoria Station, London

1967