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  • 1829 London's First Omnibus. George Shillibeer

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Record ID:
Album number:
  • 1
Pages:
  • 1 - 14
Route destinations:
  • Paddington (Yorkshire Stingo) - Bank via New Road (04-07-1829) ("OMN.") Highgate - City via Islington (1829) ("OMNIBUS") Paddington - Bank via Oxford Street (00-03-1830) ("SHILLIBEER") Greenwich - London (1838) ("SHILLIBEER") Unspecified route via Whitehall (1839) ("SHILLIBEER") Somerset House - Hammersmith (03-10-1829)
Cuttings:
  • Highgate (brief history) (Evening News - 16-01-34)
    History and topography of Hainault Forest including mention of George Shillibeer who lived at Chigwell Row (undated leaflet)
    Early French omnibuses (Daily Sketch - 18-03-26)
    First omnibus (Lloyds Sunday News - 22-05-21)
    First omnibuses (Daily Sketch - 01-08-39)
    Cartoon strip on Edgware Road by Peter Jackson including reference to Shillibeer's omnibus (Evening News - 14-11-51)
    See also Illus below.
Illustrations:
  • Shillibeer's Omnibus 1829 (various prints)
    Replica Shillibeer Omnibus constructed for the LGOC's centenary celebrations (News of the World - 30-06-29)
    Print of Whitehall in 1839 showing a Shillibeer omnibus (Daily Telegraph - 04-07-29)
    Outside the Red Lion at Greenwich on market day (Rowlandson print - Daily Herald - 07-12-33)
    Print of coach travellers taking the Highgate Oath - Evening News - 16-01-34)
    Coloured drawing by H.J.Reinohl of Shillibeer's First Bus 4 July 1829 (in blue livery) (26-10-21) and b/w photograph of same
    Highgate Archway in 1820 (coloured commercial postcard)
    Bank in 1730 - copy of print (Evening Standard - 27-07-36)
    Shillibeer's Omnibus 1829 - copy of print and suggestion it should be included in centenary procession (Daily Sketch 27-08-25)
    Coloured drawing by H.J.Reinohl of Holloway, Highgate, Islington and City Omnibus, 1829 (13-11-21)
    Coloured drawing by H.J.Reinohl of Shillibeer's third bus - Paddington, Oxford St., Holborn and City, 1829 (06-03-22) and b/w photograph of same
    Coloured drawing by H.J.Reinohl of OMNIBUS - Paddington and Regents Park to the Bank - 1829 (08-02-53) and b/w photograph of same
    The replica Shillibeer Omnibus with coachman and three horses (B/w photograph)
    Paddington and Regents Park to the Bank Omnibus (copy of print by W.Belch)
    Paddington to the City Omnibus (copy of print by William Darton & Son)
    Model of Shillibeer's Omnibus (B/w postcard - Science Museum)
    City of London Lying-In Hospital with Omnibus passing (copy of print by Thomas H.Shepherd)
    The Strand with Omnibus passing (copy of print - Daily Sketch - 22-09-30 also commercial postcard)
    Cato Street 1820 (Old and New London)
    Map of London Wall (Old and New London).
Other ephemera:
  • manuscript notes.
Tickets:
  • None
Operated by:
  • George Shillibeer ("OMNIBUS" "SHILLIBEER")