Checks Collection

Lancaster Bombers ready to take off, 1942
Photograph of an Avro Lancaster heavy bomber at a British airfield, ready to take off, somewhere in England, 1942. Although the engines are already running

Woman police officer attending an accident where a man appears to have fallen off a ladder. She is speaking into her hand-held radio. Date: circa 1970s

Woman police officer in new Surrey uniform
Woman police officer (Eileen Greenwood) in the new Surrey uniform introduced in 1973. The jacket was single-breasted with four buttons, and the hat was in black and white with a checked design

Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 of No 27 Squadron RAF Scampton
Avro Vulcan B2, XH558, of No 27 Squadron, RAF Scampton, checks a North Sea oil rig. February 1975. This aircraft was restored to airworthiness by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust in 2007. Date: 1975

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

Owen Jones Pompeian 25
Collection of mosaics from Pompeii and the Museum at Naples Date: 1868

Owen Jones Assyrian 13
Designs taken from enamelled bricks, ornaments from a kings clothing, bronze shields and vessels, and a battering ram, from Khorsabad and Nimroud

Textile Collage 1928
A collage of various women and textiles : checks, spots, stripes &c

Costume / 13th C Nobility
A medieval nobleman and his wife: he wears armour and carries a sword; her plain white dress is decorated with embroidery and ermine

Woman police officer in updated uniform, London
Woman police officer in the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options, and the checkered cravat replacing the bow tie

Simple Coward's Tale
A comic strip style of illustrations which tell the story of a coward who before getting into bed at night, he meticulously checks under the bed, in the wardrobe

Advert, National City Bank Travelers Checks
Advert, Smooth Sailing When You Carry National City Bank Travelers Checks Date: 1953

DRYDEN/DIE DAME/18A
Cover design for Die Dame - a woman checks her make-up Date: 1926

DRYDEN/MAKE-UP CHECK/1
The final version of the Die Dame front cover for November 1928. A woman checks her appearance in her hand mirror. Date: November 1928

Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter MM54226 - 4-23
Aeronautica Militare - Lockheed TF-104G-M Starfighter MM54226 / 4-23 (msn 583D-5767, ex 63-12685), of 4 Stormo, having last chance checks before take-off, at Grosseto Air Base, on 30 March 1998

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

Mrs Peter Smith-Dorrien by Madame Yevonde
Mrs. Peter Smith-Dorrien, formerly Miss Bridget Liddell, with her dachshund pictured wearing a checked suit which is " one of Fashions last words" according to The Sketch magazine. 1931

Metal Check Receipt, Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society, WW2
Metal Check Receipt, Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society, Powis Street, Woolwich, SE London, for half year ended 6 January 1945. Date: 1945

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

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

WEIGHING A PUPIL
The Nit Nurse checks a young boy for head lice as the rest of the class look on with interest and possible apprehension! Date: 1958

MISER EXAMINES LOOT
An old miser checks his hoard by candlelight Date: 19th century

PEEPING WAITER 1879
A Parisian waiter checks on whats going on in a hotel bedroom, before he carries in the breakfast tray Date: 1879

Florence Nightingale - Scutari
In Scutari, Florence Nightingale checks patients during the night. Date: 1854-5

Alan Shepard Jr lies on his back in a tilting chair dur?
Alan Shepard Jr lies on his back in a tilting chair during final pre-launch checks at hangars Area, on 5 May 1961, shortly before his successful 302mile suborbital lob. Date: 1961

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

Eight women police officers in new Surrey uniform
Eight women police officers posing in the new Surrey uniform introduced in 1973. The jacket was single-breasted with four buttons, trousers were introduced as an option

Male and female police officers on duty in London, walking along a pavement with traffic on the road in the background. The WPC (Siobhan Clark)

Two women police officers in updated uniform, London
Two women police officers posing in the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options. The checkered cravat replaced the bow tie, though here the cravat is not patterned

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

BOY IN FROCK 1850S
A small child (probably a boy) wears a tartan costume of short skirt & short sleeved bodice with shaped basque, lace tucker & narrow ribbon trim & shoes with ankle straps Date: 1850s

Woman police officer with car and radio, Egham, Surrey
Woman police officer (mobile officer) on duty in Egham, Surrey, standing by a police car and speaking on a handheld radio

Tile designs in SMB wallpaper sample book
Fourteen Tileonite tile designs in an SMB wallpaper sample book. The only British made enamelled metal decoration on zinc. Date: 1934

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

Just like Mother! A little girl tries on a corset
Just like Mother! A little French girl tries on a corset and checks out the result in an ornate full-length gilt-edged mirror with the aid of a footstool. Date: circa 1905

Racial / Japan / Geisha 1900
A geisha checks the back of her elaborate hair style using two mirrors

727 Passengers-Lufthansa
An Air Hostess checks passengers seatbelts are firmly secured prior to take- off aboard a Lufthansa Boeing 727

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

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

Volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943
Photograph of volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943 (c).Potential recruits to the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry undergo weight tests at the regimental depot at Belgaum

Occupied Germany - Checking up on Illicit Trading of Goods - Hunting black market traders. Date: 1946

Woman police officer at work in communications room
Woman police officer at work in front of a computer screen in a Met Police communications room. Date: circa late 1970s

Woman police dog handler with dog, London
Woman police officer and dog handler (Amanda Reed, nee Longden) with police dog Zircon, Met Police, London. (3 of 4) Date: circa 1978

Woman police officer in updated hat, London
Woman police officer in the new style hat which went with the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options

Woman police officer in updated uniform, London
Woman police officer (Nickie Benn) posing in the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options, including an overcoat with optional shoulder cape as seen here

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