Lift Collection (page 3)

War Workers Alphabet
A poem of the alphabet showing wartime womens working jobs from A to Z, including things such ass for shepherdess. Every letter of the alphabet includes an illustration

Syria - Punishment of a servant (3 / 3)
A domestic situation unfolds in Syria - the Mistress of the house punishes her serving maid - she is tied up and flogged across her bare back. Date: circa 1910s

Scene of fire at Crowlands Primary School, Romford
Fire at Crowland Road School, in Crowland Road, Tottenham N15. A hydraulic lift in action

Firefighters in action at a fire, VDC House, Wembley
Firefighters rush to put out a fire at VDC House, South Way, Wembley. Showing a turntable ladder and hydraulic platform in operation

LFCDA-LFB Aerial ladder platform (ALP)
The Bronto-Skylift ALP being demonstrated at the Brigade headquarters, Lambeth SE1. This combination of a hydraulic platform

LFCDA-LFB Woolworths fire, Crystal Palace SE19
Fifteen pumps were called to deal with a major blaze in the Woolworths store in Westow Hill, Crystal Palace, that seriously damaged the store

Coal mining with a horse
Coal mine in Hoganas.South of Sweden. A horse is lowered down a coal mine shaft

The Empress Hall, Earls Court, 1948 London Olympic Games
The Empress Hall at Earls Court was the venue for Olympic wrestling and weight-lifting. Date: 1948

Chauffeuse, by Albert de Belleroche, WW1
Chauffeuse, by Albert de Belleroche, First World War. The artist used Selfridges employees as models during the war -- the uniform could be that of a lift attendant. 1914-1918

Katarina Elevator, Stockholm, Sweden
The Katarina Elevator (passenger lift, constructed in 1881) on the waterfront at Stockholm, Sweden. Date: circa 1910

South Africa - Nourse Deep Gold Mine at Witwatersrand. Date: 1906

Advertisement for Felco bearing block. 1949

Advertisement for Felco equalising and adjuster sling. 1947

Stationery design, Grand Hotel Pallanza, Italy
Stationery design, Grand Hotel Pallanza, Lake Maggiore, Italy. circa 1900

LFB firefighters receiving knots and lines training in the HQ drill yard, 9 December 1958. Date: 1958

Two Austrian boy scouts lifting a pole. Date: circa 1950s

Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine - Elevator for miners
Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine - An Elevator for the miners Date: circa 1910s

Reopening of the Southwark Training Centre
The Duchess of Kent reopening the Southwark Training Centre. She is standing in a hydraulic lift appliance

Firefighters dealing with a fire at St Silas Vicarage, SE15
Firefighters dealing with a fire at St Silas Vicarage, Inverton Road, Peckham, London SE15. Showing a hydraulic platform in action

Egyptian Shadoof - Irrigation system on the River Nile
Egyptian Shadoof at Cairo, raising water from the Nile to irrigate fields. The shadoof was originally developed in ancient Mesopotamia, and appears on a Sargonid seal of around 2000 BCE

Walkway of the Notre Dame de la Garde Lifts, Marseille
Marseille, France - The walkway leading from the Ascenseurs (lifts) leading up to the Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica. This ornate Neo-Byzantine church is situated at the highest natural point in

Ski Lift and Safety Net
The ski chair lift and safety net at Caingorm, Scotland. Date: 1960s

The Blessing Of Science. By Charles Robinson
The Pekingese arrives by private lift from his suite to partake of afternoon tea with his mistress. An illustration by Charles Robinson (brother of William Heath Robinson)

The Bridges over a side branch of the River Mause, Rotterdam
The Bridges (including the lift bridge) spanning a side branch of the River Mause (the Koningshaven), Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Photograph taken on Leliestraat. Date: circa 1930s

Wessex helicopter in rescue demonstration, Cornwall
Wessex Royal Navy helicopter and Penlee lifeboat in a rescue demonstration, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Turkish Soldiers scale a training climbing wall Date: 1909

Shadoof (Chadouf) at the Nile river, Egypt. The shadoof is a traditional irrigation tool to easily lift water by hand from a water source to a higher level

Lift & Shelter, Madeira Road, Brighton, Sussex. circa 1890

Electric Railway, Brighton, Sussex. circa 1890

Roger and Andre - Floor Acrobats Date: circa 1930s

Fork Lift truck drivers at a factory in Eccles. Date: circa 1982

Three frogs weightlifting on a German postcard
Three frogs weightlifting in the gym on a German postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Valletta, Malta - View of the Grand Harbour from the Barrakka lift (which links the Grand Harbour to the Upper Barrakka Gardens and Valletta city centre)

HMS Marlborough - Lowering a 13. 5 inch shell into shell room
HMS Marlborough - Carefully lowering a 13.5 inch shell into the shell room. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill

HMS Marlborough - 13. 5 inch shell being hoisted aboard
HMS Marlborough - 13.5 inch shell being hoisted aboard. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

HMS Marlborough - Admirals Barge on the Main Derrick
HMS Marlborough - Getting out the Admirals Barge on the Main Derrick (port side). HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill

Myanmar - Yangon - Elephants moving timber Date: 1906

Big Crane of Mitsubishi Dockyard, Nagasaki, Japan
An interesting wooden postcard featuring the Big Crane of the Mitsubishi Dockyard, Nagasaki, Japan Date: circa early 1910s

Passenger transfer in port of Mollendo, Peru, South America
Passenger transfer system via crane in the port of Mollendo, Peru, South America. This was necessary because the Pacific swell was too great for normal methods. Date: circa 1910

Irish Strongman Paddy Kelly
Paddy Kelly from Dundalk, Ireland - he frequently sat full-grown people in the palm of his hand. Date: 1795

Paris Apartments
This apartment house in Paris has an engine in the basement which provides power for electric light, doorbells, telephones and a lift. Date: 1885

Advert for A. Attwood & Co. lifts and hoists 1889
Patentees and manufactures of self-sustaining lifts and hoists. 1889

Offering a Lift
A kind lady invites two soldiers into Bath with her, but they may get into hot water if they accept... Date: 1916

Maillots Kite
French experimenter Maillot demonstrates that a kite can be made which will lift a man off the ground. Date: 1886

General Strrike 1926: Request for lift
The official request that drivers of cars in which there was a spare seat should pick up any pedestrian who needed a lift was well responded to. May 1926

Sacramento, California, USA - Tower Bridge - a Vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River, linking West Sacramento in Yolo County to the west. Date: circa mid 1930s

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - The 2nd Narrows Bridge
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - The Second Narrows Bridge - a vertical lift railway bridge that crosses the Burrard Inlet and connects Vancouver with the North Shore Date: 1929

Stationery design, Hotel Britannia, Venice, Italy. circa 1890s

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