Controls Collection (#2)

Two-Headed Boy
Two-headed boy, five years old, born in Turin, Italy in 1877 : each is a distinct individual, and controls his own arm and leg; both are friendly and intelligent Date: 1882

WW2 - Shortage of Potatoes in Britain during the War
Sorry No Potatoes - a British housewife has limited choice for her vegetable purchasing, as potato stocks dry up due to tight rationing control over supply - December, 1941. Date: 1941

Supermarine S5 N221 with Flt Lts M Kinkead at the controls
Supermarine S5, N221, with Flt Lt S.M. Kinkead at the controls

First prototype English Electric Canberra PR3 VX181
First prototype English Electric Canberra PR3, VX181, takes-off at Farnborough in 1952 with Roland Beamont at the controls. Date: 1952

Instrument panel, Brandenburg DI fighter plane, WW1
A close-up view of the instrument panel of the Hansa-Brandenburg DI (KD) 28.68 Phonix-built fighter plane in service during the First World War from 1917 onwards

Controls and instrument panel of a plane, WW1
A close-up view of the controls and instrument panel in the cockpit of a British plane in service during the First World War. 1914-1918

Hill Alien Abduction
Betty Hill abducted aboard an alien UFO is shown a star map by her abductors which is later shown to be accurate

Snake Charmer - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s

London Policemans First Day at Point Duty
With The Force - London Policemans First Day at Point Duty. Date: 1907

Helicopter search and rescue using thermal camera
Helicopter search and rescue, early use of a thermal infrared camera to find missing people. A woman sits to the left of the pilot, with the camera in front of her. Date: 1972

WW1 - Hindenburg in the saddle
WW1 - Depicting Paul Von Hindeburgs (1847 - 1934), Germanys Chief of the General Staff, commanding loyal co-operation from the Austrian armies on the Eastern Front

WW1 - Restive allies - The central powers not to happy
WW1 - A comedic scenerio depicting Austrias and Turkeys roles in the war as part of the central power. The illustration represents the German Kaiser as an Ancient Roman in his chariot

Leyland pumping unit on Bedford chassis
Leyland extra heavy pumping unit on a Bedford chassis -- view of the controls

Merryweather fire engine indicator scale for regulating the angle and extension of the ladder

LFB firefighter cleaning an enclosed pump vehicle

LFB firefighter with new motor pump
LFB firefighter at HQ with newly delivered motor pump fitted with a six-cylinder engine, pumping capacity about 930 gallons per minute, 11 April 1938. Date: 1938

Controls of a Leyland Metz fire engine, WW2
Controls of a Leyland Metz TLP (turntable ladder pump) fire engine, showing extension and elevation dials, 3 November 1944. Date: 1944

Naval display at Earls Court by G. H. Davis
The naval display at the Earls Court Exhibition -- the general engagement of the vessels and the forts. A cross-sectional drawing (centre top)

Advert for Burndept - Ethodyne wireless 1925
Ethodyne wireless reception, double doors open front, with slight adjustments of only two dials, the Ethodyne enables you to listen to station after station, both British and continental

Sir Hiram Maxim with his assistant Dr A. P. Thurston at t?
Sir Hiram Maxim with his assistant Dr A.P. Thurston at the controls of the completed Maxim 1910 biplane at Crayford, Kent

Great Wall of China - the longest building on Earth, with a length of 6350km (3945 miles). Date: circa 1910s

Flt Lt A D Piggott - chief instructor
Flt Lt A.D. Piggott, the chief instructor, with a class of schoolmasters, explains the controls of a glider at Detling, near Maidstone, Kent. In the cockpit is J.L

John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (1886-1961) at the controls of his Queen Aeroplane Co McCurdy biplane of 1911

Igor Sikorsky at the controls of the Sikorsky VS-300 (front) with the Sikorsky XR4

Igor Sikorsky at the controls of the Sikorsky VS-300

John R Duigan at the controls
John R. Duigan at the controls of the first Australian-built aircraft

The Maschinenzentrale in the Dornier DoX housed the flight engineers and the powerplant instrumentation as well as multifarious throttle controls

An engine jig for assembling engine and controls in the Handley page works at Cricklewood where assembly and equipment of the latest type of heavy bomber aeroplanes built for the Royal Air Force

Ryan monoplane Spirit of St Louis N-X-211
Ryan monoplane Spirit of St Louis, N-X-211, with Charles Lindbergh at the controls comes in to land at Le Bourget, Paris

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Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands at the controls of a five-seat Vickers VA-2 hovercraft in Amsterdam harbour. circa 1962. Date: 1962

Advert for the Radiation New World Gas Cooker 1938
Are you a slave to your cooker ? The new world 45/48 gas cookers with exclusive regulo control. Power burners to give more concentrated heat

Lindbergh in Plane
Charles Augustus Lindbergh leans out of the Spirit of St Louis. The second picture shows the controls. Date: 1927

NFS recruits training on control panel, WW2
National Fire Service recruits training on a control panel

Technical diagram of a flying machine, with measurements and annotations. The small red circle labelled C is the pilots seat. late 18th century

Technical diagram of a flying machine, with pilot
Technical diagram of a flying machine, with measurements and annotations, and a pilot seated at the controls. circa late 18th century

Start of the first flight of 1905, Orville Wright at controls of the machine, near the hangar at Huffman Prairie. The two figures in the center are probably Wilbur Wright and Charles E. Taylor

Flight 23: front view of the machine in flight to the right, Orville at the controls, making two complete circles of the field at Huffman Prairie in 2 minutes and 45 seconds; Dayton, Ohio

School teacher and pupils in filmmaking project, Walton
Walton-on-the-Naze Secondary School teacher Mr Lou Broom encouraged his pupils to learn various skills during the making of several award winning films

Metropolitan Police vehicle database, London
View of the Metropolitan Police vehicle database at New Scotland Yard, London, with officers working at computer terminals, checking the details of stolen vehicles. (2 of 3) Date: 1974

Two Metropolitan Police telegraph operators at work, New Scotland Yard, London. Date: late 1930s

Metropolitan Police Information Room, London
General view of the Metropolitan Police Information Room at New Scotland Yard, London, with officers busy taking calls. In the foreground are the Inspectors and Sergeants positions. Date: May 1974

Metropolitan Police telephone operator
A Metropolitan Police telephone operator at the controls, which link him with Police Boxes in the London area. He is wearing a combination microphone and headphones. Date: circa 1930s

Flightdeck of Concorde
The flight-deck of a British Airways Concorde, the iconic epitome of luxurious transatlantic flight Date: 2005

Training Tram Drivers
A tram driver receiving instruction in the handling of (dummy) controls at the Clapham Depot of the London County Council School for Tram Drivers. Date: 1930s

Princess Elizabeth drives the royal train, Canada, 1951
Princess Elizabeth taking over the controls of the royal train, while on the way to Edmonton, ALberta, with the Duke of Edinburgh acting as Fireman, during the Royal tour of Canada

Air Scouts taking off in glider
A Slingsby T.21 Glider taking off with Air Scouts at the controls at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

Scout glider in flight
Slingsby T.21 Glider flying with Air Scouts at the controls at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

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