Checking Collection

Smugglers Unload Goods
A band of smugglers unload their cargo of contraband into a secluded coastal cave, constantly checking for any nearby customs men

Australian soldier with motorcycle and sidecar, WW1
An Australian soldier examining a motorcycle and sidecar, possibly to repair a puncture, on a muddy road during the First World War. Date: 1916

French lady getting ready to go out in her boudoir - she check the powder on her nose - " Yes, that is just perfect!" Date: circa 1910s

Lti 20-20 Speed Gun
Metropolitan police officer with LTI 20-20 speed gun checking the speed of cars in the traffic

Locomotive Maintenance
A maintenance man checking over The White Knight steam locomotive at Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Nightingale / Scutari / Ward
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE At Scutari in the Crimea, checking on patients during the night

East African Reconnaissance Regiment in Burma
Photograph of a soldier from the East African Reconnaissance Regiment, checking a machine-gun, Burma, 1945. The East African Reconnaissance Regiment, part of 11th East African Division

Man checking car engine in a field
A man in shorts, checking his car engine while parked in a field

All Tickets Please - Conductor interrupts a Romantic Moment
" All Tickets Please!" A British Rail Ticket Conductor interrupts a Romantic Moment in First Class. We will never know if they did have a Ticket to Ride, but she don t care

Client: Monsanto Textiles - Knitwear Shoot - Men's white cardigan - Shoot date: July 24, 1969 (2/2) Date: 1969

WW2 - R. A. F. Preparing For Training Flight
A photograph which portrays a British WW2 Royal Air Force instructor checking over a map with young pilots before leading them on a training flight. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Preparing For A Night Raid
This photograph shows a group of young British WW2 Royal Air Force crewmen checking over the route of their operations before setting off for a night raid. Date: circa 1940s

Dressing Table Reflection
A painting which shows a young, red haired woman, checking her reflection at a dressing table mirror as she plays with her red necklace. Date: circa 1916

Examine all Rail Vehicles
British Railway's staff information poster, designed by Frank Newbould, c.1950. This poster refers to the significance of checking trains to ensure the conveyance of traffic. Date: circa 1950

Appropriate Frowarding Documents
British Railway's staff information poster, designed by Frank Newbould, c.1950. This poster highlights the importance of checking forwarding documents to keep goods management in order

RAF recruit checking the kit list, WW2
RAF recruit checking the kit list Date: circa 1941

RMS Queen Mary, hull and propellers
RMS Queen Mary's hull and propellers were subjected to minute inspection before her official trials Date: 1930s

The front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine from June 1954. Date: 1954

Lockheed C-140A JetStar 59-5959
United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed C-140A-LM JetStar 59-5959 (msn 1329-5026), of the 1867th Flight Checking Squadron, Clark Air Base, Philippines. Date: circa 1974

Comic Postcard - Surprise at return of sober husband
Comic Postcard - A housewife explaining her surprise to a Policeman that her husband has returned home sober - there MUST be something suspicious...!!! Date: circa 1910

Female BBC engineer checking equipment, WW2
Female BBC engineer checking and operating equipment during WW2. Date: 1941

Original Artwork - Budget for Lewiss Summer Sale
Original Artwork - Design for a Lewiss Summer Sale promotional item or advertisement - Woman in a wide-brimmed spotty hat checking the money in her purse. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, drunkard on wrong train - speak to the driver! Date: 20th century

Testing aeroplanes - The National Physical Laboratory
The British Air-Office: A Place of wind-towers, whirling-tables and gales made to order. The testing of aeroplanes at the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington

Checking film proofs
Illustration of man checking film proofs. Artist: Erich Hasse Date: 1940

William Caxton checking a proof
The printer William Caxton checking a proof. Printed the first English illustrated book, the encyclopaedia The Myrrour of the worlde in 1481. Date: circa 1481

CAXTON AND HIS PRESS
The printer William Caxton checking a proof. Printed the first English illustrated book, the encyclopaedia The Myrrour of the worlde in 1481. Date: circa 1475

Grocery Delivery Date: 1950

BALANCING THE BOOKS
An accountant checks his ledger and balances his books before rubber stamping them. Date: 1930s

Checking the Route
Smartly and sensibly dressed in his big heavy motor coat, an American motorist checks his route which he probably pronounces rout. Date: 1907

Husband Leaves Home
The stay-at-home-wife clings tearfully to her man as he sets out on a journey, checking the time on his watch to make sure he wont miss his train. Date: 1907

CHECKING PERSIAN CARPETS
Persian carpets are checked and examined in the workshop of an importer, before being offered for sale. Date: circa 1930

La Sante prison, Paris
La Sante, Paris: guards checking the cells on the upper gallery. Date: 1870

Mrs Grundy anywhere about? - A young girl checks before emerging from a beach tent... Mrs Grundy is a figurative name for an extremely conventional or priggish person

Salcombe to Portlemouth ferry pier
Summer tourists in the waiting room for the Salcombe to Portlemouth ferry, South Devon. One man sits to pack his rucksack while a couple check the ferry timetables and ticket prices

Wee Willie Winkie " Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown, rapping at the window, crying through the lock

Fairy checking her blonde hair amid the flowers
A glamourous fairy sat atop a daisy, checks her flowing blonde tresses in a golden hand mirror. Watercolour painting (set in an attractive decorative border) by Malcom Greensmith

The War of the Worlds - Quietly observing a martian
" I began to closely observe this fighting machine, making sure, first, that the hood (cap) contained a species which was actually Martian." Date: First published: 1898

WW1 - Russian Officer using a Periscope to get a (safer) view of the enemy above the trench Date: circa 1916

Firefighters in breathing apparatus, Everett Street, SW8
Firefighters in breathing apparatus at a fire at The Steam Packet public house in Everett Street, Battersea, London SW8, on 26 April 1959

RAIN GAUGE
Checking a rain gauge machine at Kew, near London, England. Date: early 1930s

Czechoslovakia. Prague Spring (August 1968). Officers of the Soviet army checking the logistics for the invasion of Czechoslovakia (20th August 1968)

Chairman of the UK Bentley Club
Arthur Cocks, the Chairman of the UK Bentley Club with his pride and joy, a spotless 1926 vintage Speed 6 Bentley

Incubators, at the Maternity Hospital, Port Royal, Paris
A sketch of Mr Tarniers incubators for babies. The incubator is made of a wooden box with padded sides, for insulation. The box containing the child sits on a compartment of hot water bottles

Woman in Nylon Nightie
A young woman in a nylon nightie sits at her bedroom dressing table and brushes her hair, checking how alluring she looks in a mirror, before going to bed

Yes, no - Yes, no - I don t care anyway! A sweet little girl slowly removes the petals from a daisy to check if her true love shares her feelings....!! Date: 1931

U. S. Supply Depot in England Prepare for Invasion
Photograph: U. S. Supply Depot in England Prepare for Invasion. An American officer giving the ?Once over? to a newly arrived tank from the U. S. Shows an American officer checking a tank. NYT. 2848

WW2 - British soldier checks his chances using flower petals: " She loves me, she loves me not..." ! Date: circa 1943

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