Civil Collection (page 20)

Portrait - A Heavy Rescue Man. Date: circa 1941

Portrait - A Policeman. Date: circa 1941

Portrait - An Ambulance Attendant. Date: circa 1941

Portrait - A Fire Guard. Date: circa 1941

Portrait - A Warden in the East End of London. Date: circa 1941

A Hostel for the bombed-out in Scotland. Date: circa 1941

A W. V. S. worker selecting a frock for a little girl
A W.V.S. worker selecting a frock for a little girl. Date: circa 1941

The Life and Soul of the W. V. S. in her district
The Life and Soul of the W.V.S. in her district. Date: circa 1941

A Father and Daughter saving their belongings. Date: circa 1941

Troops aiding Civil Defence Wardens with salvage work
Troops co-operating with Civil Defence Wardens in salvage work. Date: circa 1941

A victim of an Air Attack. Date: circa 1941

Inquiring of the Incident Officer concerning relatives fate
Inquiring of the Incident Officer concerning the fate of relatives. Date: circa 1941

Fighting incendiary bombs in the street. Date: circa 1941

A Shelter Concert if the Crypt of a Church. Date: circa 1941

Medical Officer directing the Medical Services
A Medical Officer directing the Medical Services of a London Borough. Date: circa 1941

Heavy Rescue Workers saving a victim. Date: circa 1941

Fire Fighting. Date: circa 1941

The Control Room of a Civil Defence Centre. Date: circa 1941

A Fire Engine with a Turntable Ladder-pump. Date: circa 1941

Member of the Royal Observer Corps on the cliffs of England
A member of the Royal Observer Corps on the cliffs of England. Date: circa 1941

First-aid party training in Furnace Room of an Iron Foundry
A First-aid party training in the Furnace Room of an Iron Foundry. Date: circa 1941

An Ambulance with Wardens helping in an emergency. Date: circa 1941

Heavy Rescue Workers going into training. Date: circa 1941

Firemen in training at a Water Jump. Date: circa 1941

River Firemen knitting bags. Date: circa 1941

The Building Squad of the N. F. S
The Building Squad of the N.F.S. (National Fire Service) - building a control room for the Fire Station. Many members of the N.F.S

Welsh Firemen in position above the pit-head and railway
Welsh Firemen in a strategic position above the pit-head and railway on a daily exercise routine. many Welsh miners were part-time fireman during the war. Date: circa 1941

Auxiliary Fire Service (A. F. S. ) Men hauling the Trailer-pump
Auxiliary Fire Service (A.F.S.) men hauling hose from a trailer-pump. In the early days of the war, the AFS depended on improvisation - as can be seen here

W. V. S. Worker demonstrating how to build an emergency oven
A W.V.S. (Womens Voluntary Service) Worker demonstrating how to build an emergency oven out of bricks, a piece of metal plate and a broken piece of drainpipe. Date: circa 1941

Evacuee arriving at her new home with the Billeting Officer
An Evacuee arriving at her new temporary home. The great evacuation scheme, arranged by the Miistry of Health, was carried out by school teachers, members of the WVS and local authorities

A blood donor at a Civil Defence First-Aid Station operated by the Army. Blood Tranfusion became a widespread practise from the late 1930s onwards Date: circa 1939

A member of the Wardens Service fitting a gas mask
Shorlty after the Munich Agreement, a member of the Wardens Service (and his assistant - far right) - not yet issued with their uniforms - fit gas masks in the living room of a family in Sunderland

London University
6 Burlington Gardens was built for the University of London, it has been used by various institutions in the course of its history, including the Civil Service Commission, the British Museum

Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham, 1642
Opening scene of the English Civil War - Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham. 1642

Female royalist Spanish troops 1875
Three sketches of female Alphonsist vivandieres from different regiments, shortly after the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy under Alphonso XII in Spain, December 1874. Date: 1875

Cartoon, Mr John Richard Somers-Vine (1847-1929), civil servant and journalist - The Inventions. 1885

John Milton, English poet, writer and civil servant
John Milton (1608 - 1674), English poet, writer and civil servant. Portrait with associated locations -- Ludlow Castle (top left), Chalfont (top right), Christs College Cambridge (lower left)

Hudibras, mock-heroic poem by Samuel Butler -- Hudibras and the astrologer Sidrophel. Date: 1845

Boys running and climbing over an obstacle course at a sports event, 19th century. Handcoloured heliotype lithograph by Fortier-Marotte from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

Ancient Egyptian chair or throne decorated with bull, sphinx, scarab, and hieroglyphs, from the Borgia Museum in Velletri

Vase, altar and utensil
Vase from the Museum Giustiniani 1, altar with sacrificial victim from the Vatican Museum 2, and metal utensil from Naples 3

Egyptian religious monuments
Egyptian three-headed monument symbolizing the past, present and future 1, Egyptian monument in metal to the god Apis from the Museum Gualtieri 2

Ancient Roman shelf
Carved shelf with melancholy woman and weapons from an antique sculpture from Capitol Hill 1, and shelf with eagle from the Casa Giustiniani 2

Ancient Egyptian and other heads
Egyptian head from the Kircherian Museum 1, and other heads from the Borgiano Museum in Velletri 2, 3. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own

Roman bireme and boat
Roman bireme with two decks of oars found on Trajans Column 2, and boat with wolf and swan prow from a medal of Augustus 1

Ancient Roman metal and terracotta lanterns
Ancient comical metal lamp representing the god Ridiculo from Library of the Profane in the Vatican Museum, metal lantern 2, metal candleholder 3

Roman bireme with crocodile on the stern
Bireme with crocodile and heads carved on the stern, from a basrelief in the Temple of Fortuna Preneste. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own

Roman trireme and boat
Trireme warship with three decks of oars, battering ram with swords, from the Trajan Column 2, and boat with battering ram from an ancient basrelief 1. Both with eyes on the stern

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