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Fire alam post, Cooks Road, Vauxhall, WW2Fire alarm post (FA41) protected by sandbags outside the AFS station in Cooks Road, Vauxhall, with an LFB fire engine on the left, around the start of the Second World War. Date: 1939
Browns fire alarm head (open)
Browns fire alarm head (closed) with instructionsBrowns fire alarm head (closed), with instructions in English and Hebrew
Street telephone fire alarm with group of childrenStreet telephone fire alarm for emergency calls, with a group of children looking up at it
Street telephone fire alarm, out of orderStreet telephone fire alarm for emergency calls, with an out of order notice on it
Aftermath of high explosive bomb, Blackfriars Road, WW2Aftermath of a high explosive bomb at Blackfriars Road, London, on 24 October 1940. In the background is the train bridge between London Bridge and Waterloo stations
Firefighter using telephone point in streetFirefighter using a telephone point (marked Ambulance Call) in the street
Its coming! Gas attack 1917The alert has just been given, by means of a shell-going that a German gas wave has been let loose, and is approaching the trenches
Bring the Batman (patented by Germany), Heath RobinsonBring-The-Batman (Patented in Germany) by William Heath Robinson. Simplicity itself: A device adopted by hun officers for awakening their servants. Date: 1917
Keeping track of German raiders by G. H. DavisKeeping track of German raiders during the Second World War: the method pictorially explained, from the moment their approach is noted until the sounding of the alert in the threatened areas
ARP Warden - False Alarm - Pimlico, London(text taken from photo caption) False Alarm. Mrs Mary Bennet, ARP Warden in Pimlico, London (" river slum district" !)
Wake-up callAn early morning wake up call at a naval college. A trumpet sounds and two big drums are banged in order to get the recruits out of their sleeping hammocks. Date: 1885
Gas Alarm at Loos / WwiBritish troops don their gas masks in the face of a gas attack at the Battle of Loos in autumn of 1915. Date: 1915
That 16-inch sensation - Bairnsfather postcard" That 16-inch sensation" - Bairnsfather postcard. Bairnsfather was badly wounded by a shell burst in April 1915 and during his weeks of convalescence suffered recurring nightmares
Nursery Tale - Four and Twenty Blackbirds - the birds burst out of the pie. Date: 1880
Scotsman shocked by expensive of the Worlds Fair in ChicagoThe Chicago Exhibition McPherson - " Four Dollars for a bed! The extravangance. I canna sleep for thinking o t." Date: 1893
Cheeky young Puppy avoids bathtimeA cheeky young pup escapes the possibility of bathtime by making a run for it from his wooden tub. Brother and Sister are about to give chase! Date: circa 1950s
Waterskiing beauty wavingDaring - A one-handed approach to waterskiing taken by this risk-hunting brunette beauty wearing a small green swimsuit! Date: early 1940s
A ginger-haired young lady golfer, completing her swingWinsome - A ginger-haired young lady golfer, completing her swing having driven down the eighth hole. The tight short blue jumper and thin red and white stripe mini-skirt seem par for the course
Leggy beauty sunbathing on a floating wooden platformInspiration - A long-legged beauty reclines and relaxes on a floating wooden platform seeking sun, inspiring thoughts and a good view of the diving! Date: early 1940s
Cycling beauty wavingCare-Free. A sporting young brunette peddling through the countryside on he bicycle, waving to those who are lucky enough to witness her passing. Date: early 1940s
Twirling Tempest dancer in red and black gownTwirling Tempest - a striking brunette dancers with billowing skirt, red stappy high heeled shoes and short cropped red top strikes a pose on a wooden stage. Date: early 1940s
Saucy Sailorette ready for a dip in the seaA Saucy Sailorette in long white trousers and a (very) tight red top, accentuating her curves. Standing by a groyne on a beach and holding a beach towel as if a little sea dip is in the offing
A pin-up beauty providing a Package of OomphA scantily-clad striking ginger-haired beauty providing a Package of Oomph! Date: early 1940s
Statuesque blonde beauty teasingly pulls at her waistbandTeasin to Please! a statuesque blonde beauty teasingly pulls at the waistband string on her ever-so-skimpy undergarment. The flowers on her shoes are of the same colour. Date: early 1940s
No Peeking! A brunette lays down the law to a Peeping TomNo Peeking! A brunette lays down the law to an invisible onlooker, who is seemingly admiring her choice of tiny red (with black spots) beach wear and red high heeled shoes. Date: early 1940s
Angles and Curves - hourglass beauty in tiny yellow dressAngles and Curves - an hourglass beauty in a tiny yellow dress, suspenders and stockings, all curves displayed to their best advantage. Date: early 1940s
Una-veil-able - Brunette in tiny sheer pink nightdress" Una-veil-able" - a saucy pretty brunette in a tiny pink nightdress/lingerie holding an even smaller pink wrap. Date: early 1940s
Scorchers Progress - Trafalgar Square - Errant city cyclistThe Scorchers Progress III - " Twas in Trafalgar Square" - London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users
Uncle Podger playing cricketUncle Podger shows the children how to play cricket, with disasterous results! Date: circa 1907
General Alarm of the Inhabitants of Gonese, occasioned the Fall of the Air Balloon on M. Montgolfier (1783) [C.F.A. Pierce Collection]
South African gas alarm post trench sentry, 1917Soldier ready to ring the bell to give warning to a gas attack. In the Western Front they took gas attacks as " all in the days work"
Browns Fire Alarm: Break Glass, Pull Knob, Wait For Engine
LCC-MFB Firemen in switchboard & control roomWatchroom at Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road, with men manning the switchboard and monitoring the fire alarm control board where calls for assistance were received
Illustration of an 18th century Bellman and BillmanA London night-watchman who gave warning of fire and who was meant to take first-aid measures to stop small outbreaks of fire. (Original print in the London Guildhall Library)
Montgolfier balloon, Gonesse, near ParisGeneral alarm of the inhabitants of Gonesse, near Paris, resulting from the fall of Montgolfiers air balloon. 1783
Letter to Marquis of TweeddaleLetter to the Marquis of Tweeddale from Sir John Cope, 3 Aug 1745 Date: 3rd August 1745
The alarm. Illustration shows a scene after a painting by Henri-Paul Motte that depicts Rome being saved from an attack of the Goths by squawking geese; here Lobbyists are ascending the city wall
A false alarm on the fourth. Illustration shows Uncle Sam, holding a firecracker, trying to reassure a concerned-looking female figure with wings labeled Peace that all the noise she hears is for
The false alarm?. Illustration shows Uncle Sam inspecting a large alarm clock with the face of President Taft and a ringer labeled Roosevelt Policies; the hand on the clock shows it is nearing
The alarm clock by Avery Hopwood The alarm clock by Avery HoThe alarm clock by Avery Hopwood. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of The Alarm Clock at the Mason Opera House, showing foot wrapped in bandages. Date between 1936 and 1938
Mothers coming, or false alarm
Blue jeans will never wear out : by Joseph Arthur, author of The still alarm.. Date 1899
Blue jeans will never wear out : written by Joseph Arthur, author of The still alarm.. Date 1899
Pet dog waking woman in bedThe Morning Star. Pet dog waking woman in bed Date: ca. 1865
Business Notes Illustrated - Receiving an Unexpected Rise A Gentleman is accidently lifted aloft by a warehouse crane outside a warehouse. Date: circa 1909
War trophies -- German gas alarm bells, WW1War trophies captured by the Allies during the First World War -- five alarm bells used to warn of gas attacks, taken from captured or abandoned German trenches. Date: 1914-1918
Gramophone Alarm ClockA young inventor with his gramophone alarm clock ! Date: early 1930s