Clearing Collection (page 4)

French boy scouts at camp with flags

Firefighters in action, Longmoore Street, SW1
AFS firefighters in action at a fire in Longmoore Street, Victoria, London SW1, on 6 May 1959. They are clearing away corrugated iron sheets in order to expose pockets of fire under the debris

Blitz in London -- public shelter, Fieldgate Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- men clearing up after a direct hit on a public shelter in Fieldgate Street, East London, on 5 September 1940. Date: 1940

British refashioning a German trench, WW1
Illustration showing British soldiers working hard to put a German first line trench, just taken at Hulluch, into a proper state of defence for their purposes

Cinderella Shoes advert by H. L. Oakley
Advertisement for Cinderella Ladies shoes featuring a silhouette of a horsewoman clearing a hedge by the artist H. L. Oakley. Date: c.1925

Captured German naval gun, Cambrai Front, WW1
A captured 5.9 German naval gun near Cambrai in France on the Western Front during World War One. Date: November 1917

British soldier cleaning up debris, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier cleaning up debris on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Amiens-St Quentin road, France, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers on the Amiens-St Quentin road on the Western Front in France during World War One. They belong to a working party clearing tree wreckage. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers clearing road through battlefield, WW1
British soldiers clearing a road through a battlefield on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Clearing up a battlefield after an advance, WW1
Clearing up a battlefield after an advance during World War One. Rifles are stacked into neat pyramid shapes. Date: circa 1916

The Gentle Art of Excavating - Latest Type of Grab Crane
The latest type of grab crane clearing out a small pond on Hampstead Heath. A typically rickety and convoluted crane goes through the ridiculous process of clearing out a tiny pond on Hampstead

The Gentle Art of Excavating - Clearing bottom of the Thames
An improved dragline clearing out the bottom of the upper reaches of the River Thames. A typically rickety and overly complicated piece of machinery by the gadget king, William Heath Robinson

Two soldiers doing bayonet practice, India
Two soldiers in a clearing, doing bayonet practice, India. Date: 1918

Soldier with bayoneted rifle, India
Soldier with a bayoneted rifle, India. Date: 1918

The General Strike - clearing up Hyde Park 1926
Clearing up in Hyde Park after the end of the General Strike: packing blankets used by volunteers for return to army stores

A 1928 cover of The Sporting and Dramatic News
Huntsman clearing a hedge, followed by his dog during a hunt. 1928

Forest Snow Plough
Rangers in the Sequoia National Park, U.S.A. now keep the snow off the forest roads and parking places for increasing tourist trade with the latest snow ploughs. Date: 1930s

WW2 - London under fire - bomb damage in King Street, St James. Date: circa 1941

Snowplough clearing the Grande Rue at Morez, France
Snowplough (snowplow) clearing the Grande Rue at Morez, France - a commune of the Jura department in Franche-Comte in eastern France. Date: circa 1910s

Lance Corporal G. Wood - World Champion Jumper
Lance Corporal G. Wood, Royal Garrison Artillery (a pre-1930 corps of the British Army) - World Champion Jumper! Seen here clearing a horse and carriage, emblazoned with script detailing his feats

Workmen drilling in Bristol, possibly doing maintenance work on the underground sewerage system. Date: circa 1950s

Padstow / Cornwall 1915
Padstow, Cornwall: rain clearing off Date: 1915

Pump vehicle at Southwark HQ, SE1
The pump from Southwark fire station at Brigade Headquarters, SE1. Bells and flashing amber lights were the means of clearing a passage through Londons traffic before blue lights

LFB firefighters and winter snows
The early winters of WW2 were snowy with numerous falls of 1-2 feet and occasional falls (such as 1940-41) in which snow depths of up to 16 feet (drifts) were recorded

LFB firefighters and winter snows, WW2
The early winters of WW2 were snowy with numerous falls of 1-2 feet and occasional falls (such as 1940-41) in which snow depths of up to 16 feet (drifts) were recorded

NFS (London Region) Salvage Corps at work, WW2
Although financed by Insurance companies, the London Salvage Corps were amalgamated into the National Fire Service (London Region) but maintained their primary salvage role

Blitz in London -- rescue workers searching debris, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue workers (not firefighters) search through the debris of a bombed building, seeking survivors or extricating the dead, in the Ladywell area of Lewisham, SE London

Blitz in London -- clearance and repair of bomb damage in King Street, Hammersmith, West London

Nihon bridge, clearing after snowfall. Print shows several boats on the river approaching the Nihon bridge, with snow on the buildings and shops along the waterfront

Clearing weather at Shibaura

Matsuchiyama, clearing after snow. Print shows a winter scene with a bridge spanning a canal and boats on a river. Date between 1848 and 1854

Nihonbashi, clearing after snow. Print shows pedestrians crossing bridge over river, boats on the river, after a snowfall, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Date between 1837 and 1840

The New York Clearing House Association building. Cedar Street between Broadway and Nassau Street

International Horse Show at Olympia, 1927
A hunter completing a round during the International Horse Show at Olympia in June 1927. Date: 1927

7th Dragoon Guards - Taking the Water Jump. Date: circa 1910s

The Railway Clearing House, Buenos Aires, Argentina Date: circa 1910s

An early snowplough tram in Montreal, Canada. This is the number 8 tram... Date: circa 1910

Labor by Charles Sprague Pearce
Labor - from the Family and Education series by Charles Sprague Pearce. Found in the North Corridor, Great Hall, Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C

Bergensbanen Railway - Station at Myrdal
A snowplough train clears the tracks at Myrdal Station (Norwegian: Myrdal stasjon), located along the Bergensbanen railway line in Aurland municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Date: circa 1920s

Men of HMS Prince Eugene at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Men of HMS Prince Eugene clearing up HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after her return from the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium

Racing at Bellewstown
Horse Racing over jumps at Bellewstown Racecourse near Dublin. Date: 1909

Trick Riders of the 16th and 5th British Lancers. Two riders dressed as a criminal and a policeman act out a chase and in so doing leap over a row of orientals holding parasols

Wood Stack for Charcoal Burning
A wood stack assembled prior to burning to create charcoal. The carefully layered stack was covered in sods and burned very slowly

Playing with the garden hose
Classic 1930s family illustration, depicting a young boy sitting with his sisters and Mother in the garden in the summer sun and fixing the blocked nozzle of the garden hose sprinkler

Lumberjack Camp
A group of lumberjacks setting up camp in a forest clearing. Date: early 1930s

Cleaning a Garden Pond
Clearing debris from the surface of a garden pond with a rake. Date: 1960s

Dunderpate and his friend Susan with broken crockery
Dunderpate and his friend Susan clearing up the crockery which he accidentally broke when he ran indoors. Date: 1938

Steeplechase at the Rockaway Hunting Club
Annual Steeplechase Race at the Rockaway Hunting Club, Cedarhurst, Long Island, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1908

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