Checking Collection (page 4)

Brtish corporal checking shell delivery, WW1
A British corporal checking a delivery of shells which have arrived by rail, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German artillerymen checking weapons, WW1
German artillerymen checking weapons towards the end of the First World War. Large shells can be seen in the foreground. Date: circa 1918

Scout Orientation Control post. 1957

Sir Richard Turnbull inspecting Scout quadrangle
Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G. Chief Scout for Scouts Arabia, inspects the quadrangle of the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden. circa 1966

Officials inspecting Scout headquarters
Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G. Chief Scout of Aden, led by the Chief Commissioner, Mr J.J. Greene O.B.E. inspecting the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association. circa 1966

Artillerymen in the snow with shells, WW1
Artillerymen in the snow with shells on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British soldier checking telephone lines, WW1
British soldier checking telephone lines during the First World War, with low poles high enough to form an air line. Date: 23 October 1917

Little girl writes a letter to her granny
A little girl writes a letter to her grandmother, and makes sure to check her grammar before posting it. Date: 1908

Lifting up the Keepnet
Checking how many fish are in the keepnet at the end of a days angling Date: 1950s

NPL Wind Tunnel Experiment
NPL wind tunnel experiments with a model LNER locomotive. Date: 1932

David Wright woman in cream coloured coat
Elegant woman with blonde hair, wearing a tight-waisted cream coloured coat. She is checking her lipstick in a hand-held mirror

Government Medical Inspectors Office
Emigration - The Government Medical Inspectors Office. As the text describes: No passenger ship is allowed to proceed until a medical practitioner appointed by the emigration office of the port shall

Air and Petrol test - Hackey Wick
Female employees at the BP works at Hackney Wick, London perform an air and petrol test

PC and WPC outside Kennington Road station
A PC and a WPC outside Kennington Road police station in south east London. The policeman is checking his notebook while the policewoman watches

LMR Dual-Purpose Maintenance Depot
The Depot at Allerton on the outskirts of Liverpool, opened to serve the maintenance needs of the London Midland Railway (LMR) to maintain and service electric and diesel rolling stock

Compositor and ranks of Chinese Types
The Head Compositor and ranks of Chinese Types at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Wool Winding Machine - Patons & Baldwins
A woman worker in dark blue overalls operating and checking a huge wool-winding machine at Patons & Baldwins factory at Darlington

Checking blue woollen threads
A factory worker checks a machine rolling dark blue yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Operating a wool-winding machine
A woman operating and checking a huge wool winding machine at Patons & Baldwins factory at Darlington. Patons & Baldwins was one of the largest manufacturers of knitting yarn in the UK between

Checking a printing machine
A printer checks sheets of card coming through the press sytem. These card sheets bear the printed template for boxes of Cadbury Roses chocolates. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Customs official tests imported wine
A customs official tests wine from an imported barrel of wine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

A winter farmyard scene
A farmyard scene in winter, with a farmer checking the tack on a team of four working horses, while ducks, geese and cows drink and feed in the yard. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Printing Machine Operator checks a proof
A printing machine operator checks proofs, as they leave the press. A fine study in concentration. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Elegant luggage 1956
Something more than sturdy usefulness in luggage is required by the elegant traveller nowaday. These Noton soft top cases in the Pandora range are made in matching sets of pig grain and cherry red

Passport Bureau at Haydar Pasa
The rather extraordinary Passport Bureau at Haydar Pasa

Little girl in a Milliners Shop
A little girl in a Milliners Shop tries on an elegant hat and checks her reflection in a full-length mirror. She holds an adjusting pin in her mouth

First Aid
WaC driver more preoccupied with checking her hair after crashing the car she is driving than on checking the officer who is looking rather dishevelled himself in the back seat

Customs Official checks the volume of wine in a barrel
A customs Official checks the level of wine in an imported barrel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Factory employee checks large Spinning Machine
A lady factory worker checks an immense spinning machine at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Car Production Line Worker
A photograph of a car plant worker ( Dick Whittington) on the production line at Fords plant at Dagenham. A promotional photograph for the Daily Mirror. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Preparing Seeds for Raspberry Jam rations
A ridiculous amount of workers chipping, shaping, carving, polishing and checking the quality of artifical seeds for raspberry jam rations during World War One Please note

Checking the Bank Thief: Steel Pill-Boxes Guard Valuables
Illustration of precautions taken by a Chicago Bank against bank robbers : an armoured pill box containg an armed guard

The Crew of an Emigrant Ship prepare for inspection, 1884
Engraving showing the Captain and officers of an emigrant ship checking their vessel in preparation for a Government Inspection, 1884. Date: 1884

Checking the Thermometers at the Winter Quarters
Two members of the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876 checking the thermometers used at their Winter Quarters. In 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two ships

Examining Immigrants at Ellis Island, New York, 1911
Photograph showing an American doctor checking immigrants for infectious eye diseases on Ellis Island, New York, 1911

Amundsen Antarctic Expedition at the South Pole, 1911
Illustration showing members of the Amundsen Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12, at the South Pole, checking their position using a sextant and an artificial horizon

Criminal Record Offce
Checking fingerprints on the computer at the Criminal Record Office of New Scotland Yard. Metropolitan Police

Advertisement for British Standard car
Advertisement for the British Standard car, entitled Integrity, with illustration of the car and a bullion scale. The advertisement states

Possible Bomb Threat
Police officer on Westminster Bridge by Big Ben on the walkie talkie radio checking out a suspect package in a briefcase - suspect bag Metropolitan Police, London

Checking Papers
Members of the Red Guard check peoples identification papers in the streets of Petrograd : revolutions come and go, but bureaucracy is for ever

French Cavalry Grooming
LE PANSAGE - French cavalrymen groom their horses at least once a day, checking for injuries

Milk Inspector
A (British) Government Inspector quality checking bottles of milk on crates on the back of a milk float

Airport Check-In
Passengers checking in their luggage at the British Caledonian desks at London Gatwick Airport, England

Pyx Office at Mint
Ingots of silver are weighed in the Pyx office, checking that they are the correct weight

Make-Up / Lady Checking
A fashionable woman checks her make-up with a small pocket mirror. Date: 1936

Quality Checking Coins
Quality checking new coins at the Royal Mint as they come off the conveyor belt, rejecting the badly made ones

Hospital Patient
A bedridden patient looks pleased with the attentions of the doctor, who is checking his medical records. The nurse in attendance prepares some medicine on her trolley

Horse / Checking Mouth
A man checks a horses teeth before deciding whether to buy it

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