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Description: | Photographic postcard of Leytonstone station (GER, now Central line). A large crowd, almost entirely male, has gathered at 9.18 am, presumably to catch a train to Liverpool Street. Handwritten address (but no message) on reverse. Halfpenny stamp and postmark dated Jy 12 04.
Underground stations; mainline stations
Leytonstone station. 9.18 A.M.
Photo by C.E. Webber. Published by Edwin .T. Walker Stationer Leytonstone
Copyright unknown - London Transport Museum Collection
Leytonstone station
Crowd of commuters on a station platform
Transport
This photographic postcard shows Leytonstone station in 1904. A large crowd of commuters, mostly men, has gathered on the platform. At the time, Great Eastern Railway provided the service to Liverpool Street. It became part of the Central line in 1947.
On the back of the card is a handwritten address, a halfpenny stamp and a postmark dated 12 July 1904.
Waltham Forest
1900s
Commuting
Underground Lines
1 | Publisher: | http://www.ltmcollection.org/ | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Edwin T Walker, Publisher | Identifier: | ltmcollection.org/2005/4607 | Go to resource |
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