Clock Collection (#27)

Suffragette Big Ben Votes for Women. Two Suffragettes have stormed the tower which houses Big Ben. One has unfurled her VFW flag while the other is peering through the clock face

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Vincent de Paul. Date: 1850

Paris, France - Eglise du Val de Grace. Date: 1830

Paris, France - Eglise de Vaugirard. Date: 19th century

Paris, France - Eglise de la Trinite. Date: 1869

Paris, France - La Samaritaine. Date: 1719

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Philippe du Roule. Date: 1821

Paris, France - Eglise de Saint Laurent. Date: 1845

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Merri, rue Saint Martin. Date: 1829

Paris, France - Eglise Saint-Andre, Chaussee d Antin. Date: 1854

Fire safety in the theatre -- a notice in a backstage area: Release for stage lantern, in case of fire pull down lever

Three fire engines and crews, Hamburg, Germany
Three fire engines and their crews (Haupt Feuerwache), Hamburg, Germany, with a group of children on the right. Date: 1884

LFB dual purpose appliance in Westminster
A London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance near Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Westminster. Date: 1951

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view) with crew
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view), with crew

Firefighters playing tennis during a break, London
Firefighters playing tennis outside their fire station during a break, London

Fire Station Billiards Room
Men playing snooker on one of the tables in the Fire Station billiards room

Scouts and guides on church parade, Bermuda. Date: circa 1920s

Bethune : the Clock Tower and convoy of lorries.. Walter Percival Starmer, Bws, Exhib. 1905-1960

A Smiths H823 clock encased in a German 77 mm shellcase
A Smiths H823 clock encased in a German 77 mm. shellcase mounted on an AEG 15 HZ 14 fuse and resting on a German Howitzer shellcase base. Trench Art

WW1 clock with caribou head decoration and assorted engraving on an oval oak plinth. Trench Art

Scouts in London for the Coronation
Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts with maps in Westminster, Central London, at the time of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. Date: 1953

Britain poster, Birmingham, Britains Second City, by Val Doone for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 poster, cut this out of working hours (petty jealousies, bickering), remember its the enemy you re fighting! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Map with clocks at Baden Powell House, London
A modern map with clocks showing the time in different parts of the globe at Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London. Above it are the words: From All Corners of the Earth You Have Journeyed

Bring the Batman (patented by Germany), Heath Robinson
Bring-The-Batman (Patented in Germany) by William Heath Robinson. Simplicity itself: A device adopted by hun officers for awakening their servants. Date: 1917

Clock Tower, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Countrymen in a London street
Countrymen in smocks, with a haycart and horses, in a London street. Date: 20th century

Advert for Asprey mirror glass bedroom furniture 1934
Exclusive productions reflecting the latest trend in fashionable modernity. The craftsmanship is all that the name. Dressing table, tip mirror, drawers lined with washable leather

The next showing of the Dionne quintuplets to visitors, 1936
The theme park Quintland that was constructed around the Dionne quintuplets, five identical baby girls born on 28th May, 1934, at Callander, Ontario

Angel on the Astronomical Clock in Prague
Angel on the Orloj or Astronomical Clock on the Old Town City Hall in Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic Date: 2012

Military luminous watch advertisement, 1915
Advertisement for the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd, for their military luminous watch, with an original patent screw case making it secure from dust and damp

View of Fleet Street, London, with flags and garlands for the Silver Jubilee celebrations. Date: 1935

Round the clock with a bomber squadron: planning ops
Round the clock with a bomber squadron: planning operations on the enemy - the start and return. The bomber pilot and captain finds his squadron is down for operations

Round the clock with a bomber squadron. The bomber pilot and captain starts his day with a wash; he sets out with his crew on the back of a vehicle; the crew climb a ladder to board the aircraft

The crowd under the clock at Ascot
High up on the roof of the stand the crowd watching the progress of the racing at Ascot, and above them rises the familiar clock, towering above the handsome range of buildings. Date: 1928

Hertford Workhouse
A view of Hertford Union workhouse, opened in around 1869 on Ware Road, Hertford. The imposing three-storey building has a clock tower at its centre. Date: Circa 1912

Owl in Clock Tower by J. E. Millais
" The Death of the Old Year" by J.E. Millais in Moxons Tennyson 1857 depicting an owl in a clock tower Date: 1925

Print Users Yearbook -- rural scene with church
Print Users Yearbook -- a rural scene with a couple walking towards a church. Date: circa 1930s

Poster design, New York Central Station building, Park Avenue, at the gateway to a continent. Date: 20th century

View inside Waterloo Station, London, with passengers coming and going. Probably taken in mid-afternoon. Date: circa 1930s

Jean Colin in the Five o Clock Girl
Jean Colin (1905 - 1989), British stage and screen actress, drawn by Chesney as the Five o Clock Girl, the role that was her big break in 1929. Date: 1929

Poems of Childhood -- little girl getting dressed
A little girl in her bedroom, yawning and getting dressed for the day. Date: 1912

Disappearing Industries- a cuckoo clock repairer
A man holding a clock, walks the streets of a quiet village looking for work. Date: 1885

Advert for Asprey travel clocks 1936
Ados travelling clocks, luminous hands in morocco or pigskin, crocodile or lizard case. Also a 8-day clock aneroid, thermometer and automatic calendar, all you ever need! Date: 1936

German Clockmakers
A young couple, cuckoo clock makers, photographed together outside with their clocks in front of a log store. Date: early 1930s

Christian Huygens
CHRISTIAN HUYGENS Dutch physicist, mathematician and astronomer, best known for his work on pendulums, inventing the pendulum clock shown in this engraving. Date: 1629 - 1695

Design for Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast. Barre, William James 1830-67

Warley Barracks - Brentwood, Essex. Date: circa 1904

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