An Evening In Leicester Square

A time-lapsed photograph of a night scene in Leicester Square shows a wide variety of electrically lit billboards and signs advertising many different goods and services, London, 1925. Some things advertised include Gillette Safety Razors, Bass Ale, Yardely's Old English Lavender (soaps and perfumes), Scotland by LMS (a train service), Tivoli (by then a movie theater), the Hippodrome (a music hall), Osram's Gasfilled Lamps, and R.E. Jones, Ltd (an affordable eatery). Also visible are entrance signs for the City of Westminster gentlemen's lavatories. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)