Columbia's Sewing-Machine Size:M: 60 x 45cm An old London Horse Bus

An old London Horse Bus which used to operate in Brixton is given a new lease of life transporting passengers from Chessington South Station to the zoo

from the north wall of St Alfege's Church

but by 1924 the vehicles were being constructed from 94 % British parts

Lieutenant Henry Frederick Cookes for the coronation of King George IV

There is no deputy now

Columbia's Sewing-Machine Size:M: 60 x 45cm An old London Horse Bus'Columbia's Sewing Machine', 1864. Britannia says: Ah, my dear Columbia, it's all very well; But you'll find it difficult to join that neatly. The American Civil War was nowhere near a conclusion and the two sides were as bitterly opposed as ever. Here, a matronly Mrs Britannia looks at a girlish Columbia who sits holding a map representing the torn and divided States of America. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 1, 1864.