b/w glass neg, first man through the passimeter at Hendon Central Underground station, by Topical Press, 1923

Hendon Central Underground station, Northern line on the Edgware extension. Interior view of the booking hall on day of opening. A man in a raincoat and felt hat is about to become the first passenger to purchase a ticket from one of two passimeter booking offices at the station. A large crowd of people have gathered to watch the event. Note non-slip floor tiling, laid in chequerboard pattern.