Compact Collection

GLC-LFB Dennis diesel Compact Pump
Introduced into London in the mid-1970s, this narrow wheel base pump was not a dual purpose fire engine. It could only carry an extension ladder and not the 50 foot wheeled escape

Advert for Mappin & Webb Ermeto Movado pocket watch 1934
Ermeto Movado watches a new model at a new price. Built for a life-times service, they have strong outer cases ensuring double glass breakage. Date: 1934

Warpaint by David Wright
An attractive woman wearing a fur stole that has slipped to reveal a shapely back, glances behind her as she applies her make up using a compact mirror. c.1950

Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
The Pilgrim Monument and Bas Relief Tablet on Town Hill, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA. It commemorates the signing of the Compact and the first landing place of the Pilgrims on 11 November 1620

Computer 1960S
A compact modern computer with built in screen

Advert for Leica cameras
This advert for Leica cameras is emphasising their compact proportions. Date: 1939

Advert for Tyme, Ermeto Movado ladies pocket watch 1933
Tyme, the best pocket watch made. Small and compact, yet absolutely protected against all causes of trouble. Can be carried in any pocket or hand-bag with other articles. Date: 1933

Advert for Mappin & Webb Ermeto Movado pocket watch 1933
Ermeto Movado watches are the last word in efficiency. The movements are doubly protected against dust, damp, and breakage by an inner and outer case

Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1912
Ladys real pigskin dressing case, with solid silver fittings. Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Distinctions with a Difference at Gleneagles
Illustration showing a fashionable trio at famous Scottish golf course, Gleneagles. The chap in the middle wears wide plus fours and a lurid, patterned tank top

The Doggy Bag by Bert Wilson
Colour illustration by Bert Wilson showing a 1920s flapper girl powdering her nose. Her compact has come from a small bag in the shape of her dog, which appears to have alarmed her pet cat

Advert for John Pound & Co cases 1913
Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904. With less time to run his business, he gave contol of the company to his two sons

Cut diamond and crystals
A cut diamond surrounded by rough crystals. Diamond is comprised of compacted carbon and is the hardest natural substance known on Earth

Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897 Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897
Selection of travelling dressing bags and cases, available from W. Thornhill & Co, in New Bond Street. Date: 1897

Ocean Liners - clock, propeller ashtray and compact
Ocean Liners - RMS Queen Mary Smiths Empire clock, maiden voyage 1936 commemorative ashtray in the form of a propeller, and RMS Queen Mary Stratton compact. Date: 20th century

Helena Rubinstein Advertisement
Advertisement for Helena Rubinstein Ltd, a cosmetics company. Images show various make up products, including lipstick, powder or rouge compact

Scene in a fancy Paris restaurant, 1913
Scene in a fancy Paris restaurant with waiter in tails and women diners. From the menu to Restaurant Larue, 27 rue Royale

Portable darkroom - Instructions
Written instruction for creating a portable darkroom to develop photographic prints. Date: 1905

Breadcrumb sponge, Halichondria panicea (Compact tubular sponge; Spongia compacta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

French folding bicycle 1899
Illustration showing a bicycle designed to fold into a compact form, with two straps so it could easyly carried on your back, used by French army for infantry use. Date: 1899

American advert for a compact pocket Kodak camera. Date: 1916

Caught in the Act Date: 1950

Famous Golfers Caught In The Act. No. 18. Thomas Philip Perk
Who recently won the Amateur Championship. He has the true golf swing, compact, powerful, rhythmic and spontaneous, and is undoubtedly the best young amateur golfer who has appeared since Wethered

The Blood Compacts ceremony between Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi (1503-1572). Spanish admiral and governor. The Blood Compacts ceremony between Legazpi and Sikatuna, king of Philippines. Engraving. Colored

Engagement party of Margaret Whigham & Charles Sweeny
A group at the engagement party of socialite Miss Margaret Whigham and American golfer, Charles Sweeny at the Embassy Club in London

RMS Franconia - yellow metal compact
RMS Franconia, ocean liner - yellow metal compact

Shipboard souvenir - butterfly compact

Advert for Tangee make-up (1926) - CrÞ¡Ñ rouge, rouge compact, lipstick 1926

Russia - a compact woods kolok ( kolki for plural) consisting of birch only (Betula sp.). forest steppe near town of Chelyabinsk - Russian

Advert for Wilson & Gill, Ermeto ladies pocket - bag watch
The most practical and stylish watch ever introduced, commencing the third chapter in the history of the watch. Shock-proof, dust-proof and damp-proof; protected against glass breakage

Royal Gurkha Rifles, Helmand, Afghanistan
Photograph from a compact disc of multimedia. Associated with Royal Gurkha Rifles, Helmand, Afghanistan (2001-2014), 2006. Date: 2006

Advert for Asprey dressing case 1935
Lightweight cases by Asprey. Obtainable in a variety of coverings and with a wide range of high quailty fittings, made from chinese lacquer. Also supplied unfitted. Special design to order. Date: 1935

Advert for Asprey dressing case 1934
Asprey dressing cases Date: 1934

Solid Fuel Stove
A solid fuel burning stove, which provides heating and is also a cooker and is neatly built into a tiled recess in the corner of a compact cottage kitchen. Date: 1930s

Practical and compact wardrobes for men 1929
Mahogany or oak wardrobe, with sections for all of mens attire. Date: 1929

Compact with Open Fan
Compact & fan with diamante decoration & silk tassel. The open fan has pierced sticks of ivory or imitation ivory. The compact has lipstick, powder puff & a mirror. Date: circa 1915

Woman in 1911
Edwardian woman powders her chin with a powder puff, while holding a hat box in one arm and a handbag in the other. 1911

Powdering before taking plunge in swimming pool
A member of the cast of the Paramount film, The Garden of Weeds, powders her face before taking part in a bathing party scene

Carter advertisement 1965
Cartier advertisement from 1965 featuring (top) diamond pieces including earrings with a pearl centre, brooch and bracelet

Fashionable woman with hand mirror
A fashionable young woman checking her makeup in a hand mirror. Date: circa 1920s

Vickers FB 19 Mk II single seat fighter
Vickers FB19 Mk II, a compact single seat fighter introduced in June 1917. Date: circa 1917-1918

Advert for Kodak folding pocket cameras 1909
Take a Kodak with you. Try to recall the details of your holiday of five, even two years ago. You remember that you went to this place or that, enjoyed the change, and that is all

Firefighters with fire engine and appliances, WW2
Firefighters (LFB and AFS) with a fire engine at HQ, showing how the various appliances and equipment are stored compactly, 16 July 1940. Date: 1940

SOME wear in England! by Katie Mayer
A fashionable woman in a checked dress and flamboyant hat checks her face in a compact mirror - her short skirt and matching accessories quite the thing for 1918. Date: 1918

Gooch hat, WWI
A lady checks her reflection in a compact mirror and powders her nose while wearing a black panne hat embellished with an osprey feather by Gooch. Date: 1915

The everlasting fuel, atomic power, by G. H. Davis
The everlasting fuel: atomic power replacing the consumption of hundreds of thousands of tons of coal. The probable compact layout of an atom-powered municipal electricity generating station in

Making sea water drinkable by G. H. Davis
Making sea water drinkable: a simple system for castaway airmen during the Second World War. A life-saving apparatus, compact and very simple to use

Advert for Mappin & Webb dressing case 1935
Morocco dressing case, with sterling silver fittings. 1935

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