Assistance Collection (page 2)

Watchroom at Fire Brigade HQ, Southwark
Watchroom 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

Brotherhood of the Misericordia of Florence, Italy, a charitable institution dating back to the Middle Ages. Seen here transporting a sick man. Masks are worn to preserve anonymity

GLC-LFB Breathing apparatus control van (BACV)
The 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

London Fire Brigade street fire alarm and telephone point
In 1904 the Metropolitan Fire Brigade changed its name to the London Fire Brigade. Less than one year later it was possible for crews to call in to Southwark Headquarters from a remote point

Crusoe & the Captain
Crusoe offers his assistance to the English captain and helps to recover his vessel

Female soldier Y Company, Princess of Waless Royal Regiment
Digital photograph: A female soldier serving with Y Company, The 1st Battalion, Princess of Waless Royal Regiment, is one of a platoon of soldiers to visit a local Iraqi Police Training facility as

National Health Insurance stamp - Forcible Feeding
Forcible Feeding - Lick! A double-meaning postcard, primarily relating to the introduction of the National Health Insurance stamp under the 1911 National Insurance Act

View of Uig, from bows of H. M. S. Assistance
View of Uig, from bows of H.M.S. Assistance, with boats conveying Marines ashore, and H.M.S. Forester. Isle of Skye Date: 1884

Caricature, Henry Irving and J L Toole, actor-managers
Caricature, Henry Irving (1838-1905) and John Lawrence Toole (1830-1906), actor-managers. You scratch my back and I ll scratch yours. (Don t overdo it, Johnny!) 1881

Dog Posting Letter
This dog performs the neat trick of posting a letter without human assistance. Date: 20th century

Emp. Austria at Pyramids
The Emperor of Austria climbs the Great Pyramid at Giza. Date: 1869

Zouaves helping British at Battle of Inkerman, Crimean War
The Zouaves advancing to the assistance of the British Date: 5 November 1854

BERRIO, Gaspar Miguel de (1706-1761). San Nicol᳅
BERRIO, Gaspar Miguel de (1706-1761). San Nicol᳠ de Bari at the Council of Nicea. Painting concerning the first Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (AD 325), with the assistance of 300 bishops

German boy scout on First Aid exercise
German boy scout on a First Aid exercise, pulling a stretcher made from skis

Firefighter using telephone point in street
Firefighter using a telephone point (marked Ambulance Call) in the street

Indian Muslim Soldiers Widows & Orphans Fund, WW1
Advertisement for the Indian Muslim Soldiers Widows and Orphans War Fund, raising money to provide aid and assistance to families of fallen Indian soldiers in the First World War. Date: 1916

Thessaloniki, Greece - Porters Loading up Date: circa 1904

USA Tea Car providing refreshment for bombed-out famillies
WW2 - The morning after - no homes, no gas, or water - but a USA Tea Car is there with hot tea and refreshment to care the children and families affected following the devastating raid

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A little bit behind
" A little bit behind!" - A kind young girl helps her boy chum who has torn his shorts and requires an urgent spot of patching-up! Date: circa 1942

John Bull coming to the aid of Victims of Messina Earthquake
John Bull coming to the aid of the personification of Italy (Italia Turrita) following the devastating earthquake and tsunami of 27-28th December 1908 at Messina, Sicily

Basel, Germany - The Strasbourg statue
The Strasbourg statue in Basel at the Centralbahnplatz. Created by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi in 1895, the statue was donated by the French Baron Herve de Gruyer

The Broken Necklace - smart Parisian dinner guests aid in the retrieval of the fallen pieces of a rather flustered young ladys necklace. Date: circa 1910s

Rapids on the Mekong River, Laos
Riding the Rapids on the Mekong River, Laos. Riverbank ropes aid the passage of a canoe across a treacherous rising stretch of water. Date: circa 1907

Hiram Maxims flying machine at Baldwyns Park Kent
From 1891-1894 Hiram Maxim constructed in the grounds of Baldwyns Park a huge steam-powered biplane machine. Powered with the assistance of a Thorneycroft marine boiler

Music / Singers / Met Opera
a morning rehearsal of the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, with the added assistance of a cleaning lady Date: January 1913

LCC-MFB Firemen in switchboard & control room
Watchroom 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

Caring for Evacuated Mothers and babies
Public Information poster issued by the Ministry of Health relating to the caring of evacuated babies during the bombing of Britain

Egypt - British Soldier escorting an old blind Arab man
British Soldier escorting an old blind Arab man off a Nile Steamer, possibly at Port Said? Date: circa 1910s

The French Red Cross
" The French Red Cross never forgets them..." A superb stylised postcard praising the efforts of the French Red Cross in World War Two - entering the warzone with supplies to aid

Preparing red carpet for Queens visit, Kielder Water
Police assistance in preparing the red carpet for a visit by Queen Elizabeth II to unveil a monument at Kielder Water, Northumberland. 26 May 1982

Kaiser Wilhelm appeals to Queen Alexandra
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany appeals to Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, who sits atop the vast wealth of the British Empire

French Students Demo
Paris students demonstrate periodically against this, that or the other. With these medical students its something to do with the Assistance Publique... Date: 1892

More Work For The Navy - postcard by Lawson Wood
More Work For The Navy - A young boy climbs up on the rail of the pier and tries to catch the attention of a submarine captain with the words: " I, Jellicoe, if you re goin down ag in

Families helped to emigrate by the Salvation Army
A group of families on the platform of a large railway station, about to emigrate to Canada with the assistance of the Salvation Army. An Army band accompanies their departure

Thomas Cook Interpreters
A poster advertising Thomas Cook Interpreters - available to aid travellers arriving on all the principal rail and boat arrival locations at the chief cities and ports across Europe

Speech of thanks to British Fleet from people of Ierossos
A fantastic piece of history - a speech from the grateful people of the Greek Island of Ierossos, thanking the British Fleet and the English Government for assistance

David Lloyd George - postcard
The Stamp that wants a lot of Licking. David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1916-22). This card comments on the National Health Insurance Act of 1911

Fish Sailing Couple 1939
A sailor, with his female companion, find a far more interesting way to sail the seas, on the back of a fish. The steering wheel must be of invaluable assistance

Antwerp Taken
The French come to the assistance of Belgium : they besiege Antwerp and will eventually take it from the Dutch

Christs Hospital
The building of Christs Hospital School at Newgate - the buildings rebuilt with the assistance of Sir Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor

Three Victorian Cyclists Mending a Puncture, 1901
Illustration of three Victorian cyclists, gathered around a bicycle with a puncture. It would appear that the man has stopped to offer his assistance with the puncture

A help yourself grocery - checkout
Photograph taken from a United States supermarket in 1948, where Britains queues and rations are unknown, showing a woman being served at the checkout

Household Shopping Without Tears
The coffee counter of an American supermarket, untroubled by rationing in 1948. The concept of the supermarket where all manner of goods could be bought in one place

A help yourself grocery
Photograph taken from a United States supermarket in 1948, where Britains queues and rations are unknown. The concept of the supermarket where all manner of goods could be bought in one place

Marriage of the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William
Engraving of the wedding cake made for the wedding of Queen Victorias eldest daughter, Victoria ( Vicky ), the Princess Royal to Prince Frederick William of Prussia

Battle of Mentano - 1
The battle of Mentana : the papal forces with French assistance defeat Garibaldi, and he himself is one of the prisoners, though he is soon released

1798 Rebel Leaders Held
The Capture of Colclough and Harvey - English troops offer gentlemanly assistance to woman during arrest of rebel leaders

Battle of Inkerman, Zouaves advancing
The Zouaves advancing to the assistance of the British in the Battle of Inkerman, during the Crimean War

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