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A London Fire Brigade pump escape
Fireboat Fire-Dart, River ThamesFireboat Fire-Dart on the River Thames
LCC-LFB Dual purpose appliances (pump escape)Introduced into the London Fire Brigade in 1934, dual purpose appliances meant that the ladders the fire engines carried were interchangeable
GLC-LFB appliance fleet - foam tenderThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
GLC-LFB - Turntable Ladder at Brigade HQThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
LCC-LFB vehicle repair workshops, Lambeth HQThe London Fire Brigade vehicle repair and maintenance workshops located within the extensive headquarters complex in Lambeth, SE1
Barnet Voluntary Fire Brigade with manual horse pumpThe officers and firemen of the Barnet voluntary fire brigade with the manual horse drawn pump fire engine
Barnet Fire Brigade fire crews with appliances outside the fire station
LCC- MFB motorised senior officers carAt the turn of the century motorised transport was making its presence felt in Londons fire brigade, Seen here is Superintendent Cs Egerton
Merryweather horsed steam pump and firewomenA Merryweather horsed steam pump and firewomen
LCC-MFB horse drawn steamer at GreenwichA horse drawn steamer and crew at Greenwich fire station, Bisset Street, SE London, during the latter years of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (it was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904)
LCC-LFB Vehicle and equipment workshops complexThe Headquarters complex at Lambeth SE1 had extensive vehicle and equipment workshops. Maintenance, repair and restoration work could be undertaken by highly skilled mechanics and craftsmen
Wheeled escape ladder vehicle of the London Fire Brigade
London Fire Brigade turntable ladderA London Fire Brigade turntable ladder
Triplex Grate 1929The TRIPLEX grate, with heated compartments on either side of the open fireplace
Advertisement for poultry farm, Mickleover, DerbyAdvertisement for CR Salt, Chestnuts Poultry Farm, Mickleover, Derby, offering eggs for hatching, day old chicks, three month old pullets, stock birds, ducklings, ducks, poultry houses
Advert / Mander Bros InksMander Brothers Printing Ink Makers - an advertisement featuring Queen Victoria in the year of her Diamond Jubilee
Chemistry AppliancesAlembics and distillation appliances for processes such as subliming Volatile Sal Ammoniac (bottom left) : at bottom right is a Sand Bath at Work Date: circa 1790
Steam engine with crew, Southgate, North LondonSteam-driven fire engine with crew -- SDFB, Southgate District Council fire service. The date on the vehicle is 1894. The driver standing on the appliance is D Gibbons. Third from right is G Walton
LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at SouthwarkAn early electric wheeled escape ladder vehicle, Cedes battery-driven pump/50ft escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard at Southwark Headquarters
LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark HQAn early electric wheeled ladder escape vehicle, a Cedes battery-driven pump/50 foot escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard of Southwark Headquarters
LFDCA-LFB Vintage fire engine in a Clapham streetA former Middlesex Fire Brigade pump escape which was visiting Clapham fire station. Middlesex was absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade in 1965 with the creation of the Greater London
Advert / Onoto Pen 1920SOnoto - the Pen with Self-Filling Safety
Motorised appliance with crew
LCC-MFB Dulwich fire station and horse steamerA seven man crew from Dulwich fire station pose on the forecourt with their Merryweather steam pump. One member of a firemans family peers through the lace curtains of the accommodation at first
Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates pumpingMoored at its Blackfriars river station on the Victoria Embankment, the newly commissioned Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates its massive pumping capacity by discharging a vast amount of water
LCC-LFB in Lord Mayors Show, City of LondonLondon firefighters and Auxiliary firefighters with appliances taking part in the annual Lord Mayors Show through the City of London. A Bedford heavy pump unit with crew leads the LFB contingent
Hands-Free Telephone SetA telephone receptionist (possibly working for the emergency services) uses a rather cumbersome hands-free telephone, worn around the neck
Surgical Instruments / C18Variety of surgical instruments
Electrolux AppliancesA housewife demonstrates some Electrolux products: a fridge, a water softener and a vacuum cleaner
Forceps and BandagesA selection of medical appliances, including forceps and a hook to extract bullets (fig 8). Also bandage application diagrams
FOULIS GAS FIRE / 1889Foulis Patent Regenerative Gas fire, supplied by the Carron Company. Universally admitted to be the most efficient gas fires by the trade both at home and abroad
German pole axe and halberd from the late 15th century. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889
Wife kissing a young man behind her husbands back. German fashions of the late 15th century. From a color illustration by a German master in Berlin Print Room, Kupferstichkabinet
1970S Chest FreezerA trendy chest freezer. Date: 1970s
Italian male fashion, late 15th century. Costume of Italian noblemen A-C, and costume of Italian soldiers, archer, pikeman and axe man in small metal helmet
German fashions of the 15th century, including mi-partiGerman costumes of the 15th century. Man and woman in mi-parti clothes, and others in characteristic fashion of the era. From the Duke of Saxonys lineage book in Dresden State Archive
Italian heraldic shield or targe from the mid-15th century. With escutcheon and coat of arms, great helm crested with a swans head, the crest of the Chigi family of Sienna
German knight in armour of the late 14th century. In bascinet with vizor and camail, surcoat and cape, chainmail and plate armour, holding a lance and mace. St
A siren seducing a merman knight, 14th centuryA mermaid or siren in German womens costume from the 14th century seducing a merman knight. Scenes below show knights and ladies holding family crests
Gottfried Count of Arensberg, 14th century armourGottfried, Count of Arensberg, Graf von Arensberg, 1370. In suit of armour, leather surcoat with coat of arms, iron arm harness. From a grave effigy in Frankfurt Cathedral
Earl von Orlamunde and Otto VI von Weimar-OrlamundeUnknown Earl von Orlamunde (left) and Otto VI or Otto VII von Weimar-Orlamunde (right), died 1340. From grave effigies in Kloster Himmelkron and a Cistercian monastery
Grave effigy of Berthold VI von Henneberg, died 1330Grave effigy of Berthold VI von Henneberg, Prior of the Order of Saint John or Johanniter-Ordens, died 1330. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes
Portrait of a German maiden in late 16th century garb. She wears a lace ruff, a painted glass brooch with her own likeness, and holds a prayer book bound in painted parchment
Ceremonial dress of orders of chivalry, 16th centuryCeremonial robes of knights of the Golden Fleece A, Order of the Garter B, Teutonic Knights C, D, and sword and wreath of Georg Hund von Wenkheim E
Women of Venice dying their hair using a solana (a wide brim hat with a hole in the centre), one with a sponge A, and one with comb in front of a mirror after Cesare Vecellio B, and wooden comb C
Antoine, King of Navarre, and Jeanne III, Queen of Navarre. From a miniature painting. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes
Contrasting Bathroom