Assistant Collection (page 3)

17th century Tailors
A pair of tailors at work : one, who wears a wig, stands at a table with shears to cut cloth, while his assistant sits stitching. Date: 17th century

Finishing Touches - Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Dressing Room
Finishing Touches - Madame Sarah Bernhardt in her Dressing Room Date: 1894

Z. A. Arapova, left, a senior laboratory assistant in a ?
Z.A. Arapova, left, a senior laboratory assistant in a Russian astronautical laboratory, fastens registration contacts on cosmonaut A

The Conference Department team, October 1997. From left?
The Conference Department team, October 1997. From left: Maria Aprilante, Deputy Conference Manager; Sue Leverton, Conference Officer, Gail Broadbent, Senior Conference Officer and Julia Goss

Launcher Control Assistant, Sgt W. Lewis, of the 32nd G?
Launcher Control Assistant, Sgt W. Lewis, of the 32nd Guided Weapons Regiment of the Royal Artillery at Ty Croes, North Wales

Adrian Brunel, film director, with Anne Firth, actress
Adrian Brunel (1892-1958), English film director and screenwriter, who began his career during the silent movie era. Seen here at a filming location for The First of The Few

Female contortionist Diana Gaye and car boot
The female contortionist Diana Gaye sitting half in and half out of an open car boot, helped by a young male assistant. (2 of 5) Date: 1971

Tomb of Amen Khopshef. Young servant. Valley of the Queens
Tomb of Amen Khopshef, son of Ramses III. Polychrome reliefs decorating the walls of the burial chamber. Young servant. Twentieth dynasty. New Kingdom. Valley of the Queens. Egypt

Statue of Ka-Aper... Egyptian art
Ka-aper lcalled Sheikh El-Beled. ca. 2465 BC. Work also known as The Headman of the Village, though his real activity was priest assistant. Sycamore wood. Egyptian art. Old Kingdom

Knife-Thrower Accident
In a London theatre, a cry from the audience causes the knife-throwers assistant to move her head; fortunately the wound is not fatal Date: 1939

Kuda Bux and one of his experiments
Undated photograph of Kuda Bux and one of his experiments with " eyeless sight" : with head bandaged, he is duplicating shorthand characters drawn on a blackboard by Lucie Kay

Comic postcard, Mother and son in department store Date: 20th century

A H Raney, Berea Scout Troop, Durban, South Africa
A H Raney, Assistant Scoutmaster, Berea Scout Troop, Durban, South Africa

A E Crook, Germiston Scout Troop, Johannesburg
A E Crook, Assistant Scoutmaster, Germiston Scout Troop, Johannesburg, South Africa

A A Waterman, Hillbrow Scout Troop, Johannesburg
A A Waterman, Assistant Scoutmaster, Hillbrow Scout Troop, Johannesburg, South Africa

Sir John Simon and Mayor of Pudsey talk to Commandant Coulon
Sir John Simon (John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon) (1873-1954) and the Mayor of Pudsey talk to Commandant Coulon (Assistant French Military attache)

Air raid on Oxford Street
The front cover of The Bystander features a shop assistant rescuing two mannequins after an Oxford Street department store is hit by a Luftwaffe bombing raid

Graham and Withers butchers shop, Bromley, Kent
Arthur Graham and Albert William Withers, butchers shop, 80 College Road, Bromley, Kent -- an amazing array of meat and poultry, with shop owners and assistants standing ready to serve

Adrian Brunel, film director
Adrian Brunel (1892-1958), English film director and screenwriter, who began his career during the silent movie era. Seen here on the set of The First of The Few

Tanzania, Dar es Salaam - Emperor Hotel (Kaiserhof), Waiter
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam - Emperor Hotel (Kaiserhof), A young waiter carrying a large glass of something interesting... Date: circa 1908

Admiral Sir Harold Burrough, Minden, Germany, WW2
Admiral Sir Harold Burrough (1889-1977), Assistant Chief of Naval Staff to the Royal Navy -- birthday party, Minden, Germany, July 1945. 1945

Tomb of Pope Julius II (1443-1513). 1505-1545. By Michelange
Tomb of Pope Julius II (1443-1513). 1505-1545. Built by Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) (1475-1564) and his assistants. Detail. San Pietro in Vincoli Church. Rome. Italy

Sir George Sinclair inspecting UK policewomen, Cyprus
Sir George Sinclair (1912-2005), Deputy Governor of Cyprus (1955-1960), during an inspection of 53 UK women police officers on their arrival at training school in Cyprus in April 1957

Barbara Denis de Vitre, Assistant HMI, visiting Germany
Assistant HMI (His/Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary) Barbara Denis de Vitre, on a postwar visit to Germany, where she was an expert consultant on the employment of women in the German police

Barbara Denis de Vitre, Assistant HMI, Stuttgart, Germany
Assistant HMI (His/Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary) Barbara Denis de Vitre, on a postwar visit to Germany, where she was an expert consultant on the employment of women in the German police

F Rush newsagent, Paradise Street, Marylebone, London
F Rush newsagent, tobacconist and confectioner, Paradise Street (now Moxon Street), off Marylebone High Street, London, with staff and customers posing outside. circa 1920

Cubs in the gift shop at Baden Powell House, London
Three cubs in the gift shop of Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London, chatting to two assistants. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Cartoon, Be Prepared! WW1
Cartoon, Be Prepared! Showing a member of the Womens Emergency Corps in a shop, asking the assistant for a gross of safety pins in the early days of the First World War. Date: September 1914

London Fire Brigade - Alfie Shawyer, Boxing Champion
During the 1930s and 1940s, Assistant Chief Officer Alfie S. Shawyer was a prominent figure in boxing, becoming British Amateur Champion and winning the Golden Gloves of America

Sea Scout training on T.S. Neptune on Ravens Ait island, on the River Thames at Surbiton, Surrey. Showing a demonstration by Assistant Chief Examiner Geoffrey Preshner. 25 October 1958

A barber sharpens his razors - Adana, Turkey
A barber sharpens his razors on a grindstone turned by his young assistant - Adana, Turkey

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), US inventor and telephone pioneer. Born in Edinburgh, Bell began his career in assisting his father teach elocution

Street Potter - London Date: circa 1900s

Interior of Bazaar, Fort William, Calcutta, India
Interior of Bazaar, Fort William, Calcutta (Kolkata), India, with sales counters and staff. Date: circa 1910s

Man on horseback outside a shop, USA
Man on horseback outside a shop, George A Remley, Groceries & Meats, possibly in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Shop interior with female assistant, USA
Shop interior with female assistant, with a rotating postcard rack on the counter, North America. Date: 1910s

M. Spadoni, juggler and balancer performing at the Alhambra pictured holding his assistant, who happens to be riding a bicycle, with one hand. Date: 1899

Adrian Brunel, film director and screenwriter
Adrian Brunel (1892-1958), English film director and screenwriter, who began his career during the silent movie era. Seen here on the set of The First of The Few

French Trade Show - Algerian Ceramics of E Soupireau on display. One wonders whether the fine gentleman on the left is Monsieur Soupireau himself

Woman trying on an array of hats in the Autumn sale 1909
Edwardian woman sitting at a dressing table while a sales assistant helps her choose hats from the Autumn sale. 1909

Letterhead design - Stephen Naylor, Tailor, Wisbech
Letterhead design - Stephen Naylor, Tailor, Clothier and Hatter, Church Gates, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. 19th century

First Floor of Our Boys Clothing Company, Oxford St, London
View of the First Floor, otherwise known as the Juvenile Clothing Room, in Our Boys Clothing Company. Image demonstrates shopping in the 19th century. Date: c.1895

Spain. Altar server singing. Essay. Engraving, 1886. Colored
Spain. Altar server singing. Essay. Engraving by Perez. Painting by Arcadio Mas y Fondevilla. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana. 1886. Colored

The Shop of the Bookdealer Pieter Meijer Warnars on the Vijg
Johannes Jelgerhuis (1770-1836). Dutch painter. The Shop of the Bookdealer Pieter Meijer Warnars on the Vijgendam in Amsterdam, 1820. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Mastaba of Nefer and Kahay. Relief. Two ranchers attending t
Mastaba of Nefer and Kahay. Two ranchers attending the birth of an ox. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Saqqara. Egypt

A mountain valley with Diana and her nymphs by Jan Tilens (1
Jan Tilens (1589-1630). Flemish painter. A mountain valley with Diana and her nymphs. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

Three Roman Catholic clergymen, Haiti, West Indies
Three Roman Catholic clergymen, including Archbishop (probably Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan) and Assistant Bishop (probably Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze), Archdiocese of Port au Prince, Haiti, West Indies

Assistant Superintendent Betty Barnes, Lagos, Nigeria
Assistant Superintendent Betty Barnes (front row, centre), at the time of her posting to Lagos, Nigeria. She served with the Met Police from 1950 to 1975

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