Beds Collection (page 5)

Patients in A Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital
Two patients in bed near the garden window in A Ward in the Drawing Room of Quex House. Alongside them stand two members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment

C Ward. Quex Park Vad Hospital
C Ward, Quex Park VAD Hospital. This ward was located in the second gallery of the Powell-Cotton Museum. B Ward, in the first gallery, was through the archway on the left of the photograph

B Ward, Quex Park VAD Hospital. This ward was located in one of the galleries of the Powell-Cotton Museum (currently Gallery 2 (2014)

Bedmaking race, Quex House garden
Three nurses are taking part in a bedmaking race, watched by Hannah Powell-Cotton (VAD Commandant) and a male civilian. The beds are positioned against the line of a tennis court marked out

Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, C Ward, Quex Park.This ward was situated in the second of the two Museum galleries, built in the early 1900s and unfinished in 1914

Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, B Ward, Quex Park.This ward was situated in the first gallery of the Museum, built in 1896, The Gallery housed a diorama (right hand side of photograph)

Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, A Ward, Quex Park
Belgian Patients and VAD Staff in A Ward at the Quex Park VAD Hospital. This ward was situated in the drawing room of Quex House. Fifteen beds were used in this room

Bristol Diocesan Home, Blyth, Bristol - Dormitory
Bristol Diocesan Home, Blyth, Bristol - girls asleep in a dormitory. The beds carry brass plaques commemorating those giving financial support to the establishment. Date: circa 1908

War at Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hampshire
Ward interior with children in beds, nurses, rocking-horse etc. at the Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hampshire. Date: early 1900s

Spinal cases, Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hamp
Children with various spinal conditions in wheelchairs, beds etc. at the Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hampshire. Date: early 1900s

Little boy in large bed on a greetings card -- A Little Study in Black and White. Date: circa 1890s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, A Dog Day. After rolling in the mud, the dog goes upstairs and rolls over and over on Aunt Browns bed. Date: 1904

Japan - Children in day beds at a nursery
Children in day beds at a nursery, while their Mothers are at work. The bed consists of thick quilts laid on a floor of tatami straw mats. Date: 1932

The Prince and Princess of Wales at the Evelina hospital
Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra visiting the Evelina Hospital for Sick Children in Southwark Bridge Road, London. Date: 1890

Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - Dormitory
Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner. Rows of beds in a dormitory. Date: circa 1906

Northcourt Hospital, Hampstead, London
Children seated and in beds on a covered balcony in the Connaught Ward of the Northcourt Hospital, Hampstead, London

Derby Railway Servants Orphanage Boys Dormitory
Derby Railway Servants Orphanage - beds lined up in a boys dormitory. A basket for stowing clothes is under each bed. Date: circa 1908

Four soldiers playing darts in an army hut. Date: circa 1940s

Oyster shucker of Le Havre in a low bonnet decorated with lace only to the ears.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Belgian refugees accommodated at Alexandra Palace, WW1
A huge bedroom in North London - the Central Hall of Alexandra Palace used to accommodate a number of Belgian refugees arriving in London in the early weeks of the First World War. Date: 1914

Portable bed and stretcher tent, WW1
Portable bed and stretcher tent for use at the Dardanelles (left). On the right is the tent with the mosquito net removed. Date: 1915

Central Promenade, Morecambe, Lancashire
Central Promenade, Morecambe, near Heysham, Lancashire, England. Showing the flower beds Date: 1920s

The Park, Clitheroe, Lancashire
The Park, Clitheroe, near Whalley, Lancashire, England. Showing flower beds Date: 1900s

Flower Beds, The Park, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. Date: 1900s

Auxiliary Red Cross hospital, Ghent, Belgium, WW1
Scene inside the Auxiliary Red Cross hospital (Kerchove Institute), Ghent, Belgium, during the First World War. 1914-1918

Early days at Twin Falls, Idaho, USA -- a wooden shack advertising Beds. Date: circa 1910

Spain - Biarritz - The Oyster Beds
Black and white slide showing a series of pools with hills in the background.. Slide number 3 in Box 148 entitled Spain Bull Fighting & Spanish Life. Date: circa 1890s

Turmen - a family sleeps outside on plank-beds - sunrise. Karahoudan village - in foothills of Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan. Spring - April

River Taz with sand-shelves, old river beds & islands. Taiga-forest and marshes. Aerial, North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Advert for Waring & Gillow twin beds
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New Year at the East London Hospital
The New Year is celebrated at the East London Hospital for Children, which had been founded in January 1868 by Dr Nathaniel Heckford and his wife

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1934
How wonderfully soft ! The Vi-Spring overlay mattress is made by hand throughout. Unlike the cheap mattress the Vi-Spring will last and last

The Little Theatre as a soldiers clubhouse, WW1
A page from The Sphere, reporting on how the Little Theatre, in the Haymarket, London (now the Theatre Royal, Haymarket) temporarily converted to become a soldiers clubhouse during the First World

Interior of a YMCA hut in London
The interior of a YMCA hut in London, full to the brim with sleeping soldiers. Some of the lucky ones have beds, others have secured a chair while many sleep on the floor

AFS women, Southwark Fire Station, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women in their bunk room at Southwark Fire Station (Station 60), Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940

Advert for Waring furniture suite in walnut 1930
Warings fine furniture suite made from walnut wood. 1930

Growing vegetables for victory, WW1
A page from The Graphic demonstrating the wide variety of ways the British population was growing vegetables during the First World War

1st Bellevue Scout Troop Hospital
Scene in 1st Bellevue Scout Troop Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

Ward at Leeds Infirmary, West Yorkshire
A an interior view of No.8 Ward at the Leeds Infirmary. Patients lie in their beds along both side. Two jugs and basins for washing are in the foreground. Date: Early 1900s

Dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
Communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Checking a dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
Man checking a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Boys in dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
Two boys in a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Girl Guides in dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
Girl Guides in a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Man in dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
A man adjusting his tie in the mirror of a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961

Home Gardening magazine, November 1932
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring an illustration demonstrating a magnificent display of roses trained across trellises, pergolas, arches and in beds. Date: 1932

The Albergo Popolare in Milan
Milans Albergo Popolare, opened in 1901, was modelled on Londons Rowton Houses and provided cheap accommodation for working men

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1939
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