Canisters Collection

Waitresses wearing gas masks, WWII
Waitresses in a popular London restaurant going about their duties during the early weeks of the Second World War, with gas masks in a tin container worn like a bustle at the back of their waistband

Fumigating Westminster Hall, 1971
Canisters of pesticide in smoke form being used by the Department of the Environment in 1971 to fumigate Westminster Hall in London

Kitchen Utensils Date: 1954

Watching Mom Bake Pie Date: 1940

WW1 drawing, soldier carrying water in a trench
WW1 drawing of a soldier in a relatively clean trench carrying water canisters. Date: 1914-1918

Two soldiers with gas canisters, eastern front, Russia, WW1
Two Moujik (peasant) soldiers with a pile of gas canisters on the eastern front near Dvinsk, Russia, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Diver on the seabed off the coast of Malta. Date: 1970s

Divers on the seabed off the coast of Malta, during exploration of a wrecked vessel. Date: 1974

Wreck diving off the coast of Malta. Date: 1974

NFS (London) breathing apparatus training, WW2
NFS firefighters, with instructor, demonstrating a compressed air breathing apparatus set and the Proto oxygen breathing apparatus sets

Cycling with gas masks in WWII
Two French women cycle to work in Paris with gas masks slung over their shoulders in canisters. Date: 1939

K2 Conquered
An Italian expedition finally succeeded in ascending to the Himalayan summit of K2, the worlds second highest mountain, on July 31, 1954

Hand-Drawn Engine / 1878
A hand-drawn chemical fire engine employed for fire extinction about 1878. The chemicals were held in copper cylinders mounted at the front of the vehicle

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