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Colleagues Collection

Background imageColleagues Collection: Too Many Cooks

Too Many Cooks -- photograph of four chefs (possibly French). circa late 19th century

Background imageColleagues Collection: Diver and Octopus

Diver and Octopus
Divers are periodically at odds with octopi, and diver Palmer, at Cape Town, is one of many - but a tug on his line brings help from his colleagues

Background imageColleagues Collection: Manfred Von Richthofen

Manfred Von Richthofen
MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN Known as the " Red Baron", " Red Devil" and " Red Knight of Germany" ; he was Germanys greatest WWI pilot

Background imageColleagues Collection: Gutenbergs printing press

Gutenbergs printing press
Gutenberg inspects the first sheet of his Bible, which has just come off the press

Background imageColleagues Collection: Amundsen at the Pole

Amundsen at the Pole
Norwegian explorer Amundsen and his colleagues at the South Pole

Background imageColleagues Collection: Travis Walton Abduction

Travis Walton Abduction
FIRE IN THE SKY Travis Walton is abducted by a UFO, as he and colleagues return from work in the Apache Sitgreaves Forest, Arizona, USA

Background imageColleagues Collection: Denis Compton and Patsy Hendren at The Oval, London

Denis Compton and Patsy Hendren at The Oval, London
Denis Compton (1918-1997) and Patsy Hendren (1889-1962) at The Oval, London, coming out to bat in a match between Surrey and Middlesex, 1st innings, Monday 10 August 1936. Date: 1936

Background imageColleagues Collection: WW2 Christmas card, Lloyds Bank

WW2 Christmas card, Lloyds Bank, showing the white cliffs of Dover. Date: 1944

Background imageColleagues Collection: WW2 poster, The Girl Who Isn t There

WW2 poster, The Girl Who Isn t There must realise that absenteeism lets her pals and her country down. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Rudi Schneider Tested

Rudi Schneider Tested
Austrian medium Rudi Schneider is tested in London by Harry Price and colleagues. The findings suggest psychic powers but are controversial

Background imageColleagues Collection: Operation / Paris

Operation / Paris
Eminent surgeon Dr Doyen performs an operation at the Maison de Sante, Paris, watched by students and colleagues

Background imageColleagues Collection: Operation / Charing X

Operation / Charing X
An operation at Charing Cross Hospital, London, watched by students and colleagues

Background imageColleagues Collection: Group of working men with a dog, France

Group of working men with a dog, France
Group of working men sitting on barrels, with a dog, France. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageColleagues Collection: LCC-LFB firefighters with old hose cart

LCC-LFB firefighters with old hose cart
Four LCC-LFB firefighters with a 60-year old hose cart, 17 August 1938. The cart was housed in the HQ in Cherry Garden Street

Background imageColleagues Collection: Chemist Demonstrates

Chemist Demonstrates

Background imageColleagues Collection: Science / Claude Bernard

Science / Claude Bernard
Claude Bernard, French physiologist, with a group of colleagues, discussing the anatomy of a rabbit

Background imageColleagues Collection: Office party, 1930s

Office party, 1930s
Delightful photograph taken at what looks like an office party in the 1930s. Whatever the occasion, everyone looks to be having an extremely jolly time. Date: c.1935

Background imageColleagues Collection: Iraqi Minister of Development Mohammad Ghussein & colleagues

Iraqi Minister of Development Mohammad Ghussein & colleagues
The Iraqi Minister of Development Mohammad Ghussein, colleagues and their spouses at the Department of Development - Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Cartoon, Retribution, or the Greenwich Dinner

Cartoon, Retribution, or the Greenwich Dinner, with Lord Palmerston, Liberal Prime Minister (L) and Lord John Russell, Liberal Foreign Secretary (R)

Background imageColleagues Collection: RMS Titanic - Artie Frost's measuring instruments

RMS Titanic - Artie Frost's measuring instruments
RMS Titanic - Anthony (Artie) Wood Frost was a member of the Harland & Wolff Titanic Guarantee Group, one of nine employees chosen to oversee the smooth running of Titanic's maiden voyage

Background imageColleagues Collection: White Star Line - silver plate cruet, wedding present

White Star Line - silver plate cruet, wedding present
White Star Line - silver plate cruet engraved D.F. Isaac from his colleagues in the White Star Line on the occasion of his marriage. Date: early 20th century

Background imageColleagues Collection: Sergeant John Hannah, VC and Pilot Officer C. A. Connor

Sergeant John Hannah, VC and Pilot Officer C. A. Connor
Royal Air Force Sergeant John Hannah, VC and Pilot Officer C.A. Connor, WW2 Date: 1942

Background imageColleagues Collection: NUS President Charles Clarke and three colleagues

NUS President Charles Clarke and three colleagues
NUS President Charles Clarke (standing, b.1950, later a Labour MP and Cabinet Minister)) with NUS executive colleagues, from left to right, Alastair Stewart (b)

Background imageColleagues Collection: Tailors in a workshop

Tailors in a workshop. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Cartoon, A good idea, WW1

Cartoon, A good idea, WW1
Cartoon, A good idea. A French soldier says he has asked his father to write to say he is dead: that way, he will be able to get leave of absence from the Front. Date: 1916

Background imageColleagues Collection: Ww1 Wwi World War One First Great 1st Wartime

Ww1 Wwi World War One First Great 1st Wartime
ww1, wwi, world, war, one, first, great, 1st, wartime, plants, flowers, british, soldiers, men, army, troops, tend, tending, grave, graves, cross, death, burial, cemetery, graveyard, lost, dead

Background imageColleagues Collection: Cyril Smith and David Steel, Liberal politicians

Cyril Smith and David Steel, Liberal politicians
Sir Cyril Smith (1928-2010), British Liberal Party politician, MP for Rochdale, Lancashire from 1972 until he retired in 1992

Background imageColleagues Collection: David Steel and David Owen, SDP colleagues

David Steel and David Owen, SDP colleagues
David Steel (David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, b 1938), Liberal and Liberal Democrat MP and Liberal Party leader, Member of the Scottish Parliament and of the House of Lords

Background imageColleagues Collection: Group of smiling Labour politicians

Group of smiling Labour politicians
A group of smiling Labour politicians, including Tony Blair, John Smith, Neil Kinnock, Gordon Brown, Margaret Beckett and John Prescott. Cherie Blair can be seen in the lower left-hand corner

Background imageColleagues Collection: Norman Tebbit and Willie Whitelaw, Conservative politicians

Norman Tebbit and Willie Whitelaw, Conservative politicians
Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit (b 1931), Conservative politician and government minister. Seen here with his colleague Willie Whitelaw (William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw)

Background imageColleagues Collection: Ron Todd, General Secretary of the TGWU

Ron Todd, General Secretary of the TGWU
Ron (Ronald) Todd (1927-2005), General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) from 1985 to 1992. Seen here (left) with a colleague at a conference

Background imageColleagues Collection: Mstislav Rostropovich, renowned Russian cellist

Mstislav Rostropovich, renowned Russian cellist
Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), renowned Russian cellist and conductor. Seen here (centre) with the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (left) and the English composer Benjamin Britten (right)

Background imageColleagues Collection: James Ramsay MacDonald and Stanley Baldwin

James Ramsay MacDonald and Stanley Baldwin
James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937), British Labour politician, Prime Minister in 1924, and again 1929-1935. Seen here with Stanley Baldwin (1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, 1867-1947)

Background imageColleagues Collection: Tony Benn, John Silkin and Denis Healey at a conference

Tony Benn, John Silkin and Denis Healey at a conference
Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition

Background imageColleagues Collection: WWI/GERMAN DEAD IN SNOW

WWI/GERMAN DEAD IN SNOW
German infantry lie dead in the snow while their remaining colleagues fight on in the ruins of a small house Date: 1914 - 1918

Background imageColleagues Collection: Hotel staff including Chef, Scarborough, August 1952

Hotel staff including Chef, Scarborough, August 1952
Hotel staff including Chef, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, August 1952 Date: 1952

Background imageColleagues Collection: Samuel Rogers house

Samuel Rogers house facing Green Park. Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated

Background imageColleagues Collection: Samuel Rogers

Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated, although his fame has long since been eclipsed by his Romantic colleagues and friends Wordsworth

Background imageColleagues Collection: Cartoon, The Waits; or, Out in the Cold (Liberal Party)

Cartoon, The Waits; or, Out in the Cold (Liberal Party)
Cartoon, The Waits; or, Out in the Cold -- a satirical comment on the opposition Liberal Party, waiting patiently for a General Election so that they can return to power

Background imageColleagues Collection: Cartoon, A Friend in Need (Gladstone and Bright)

Cartoon, A Friend in Need (Gladstone and Bright)
Cartoon, A Friend in Need -- a satirical comment on the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874) in West Africa. William Gladstone congratulates John Bright on his appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy

Background imageColleagues Collection: Cicely Hamilton and Edith Craig, suffragettes

Cicely Hamilton and Edith Craig, suffragettes
Cicely Hamilton (1872-1952) and Edith Craig (1869-1947). Edith was the daughter of the actress Ellen Terry, a theatre director, producer, costume designer and pioneer of the womens suffrage movement

Background imageColleagues Collection: Captain G E T Eyston with Albert Denly

Captain G E T Eyston with Albert Denly, his co-driver and mechanic. 20th century

Background imageColleagues Collection: WW2 greetings card, RAF pilot

WW2 greetings card, RAF pilot
WW2 pop-up greetings card (inside), RAF pilot shaking hands with a colleague. Date: circa 1942

Background imageColleagues Collection: Science - Claude Bernard

Science - Claude Bernard
Claude Bernard, French physiologist, with a group of colleagues, discussing the anatomy of a rabbit Date: 1889

Background imageColleagues Collection: BARRISTER CARRIED AWAY

BARRISTER CARRIED AWAY
BRITAIN A barrister in court is carried away by his feelings, to the astonishment of his colleagues Date: 1893

Background imageColleagues Collection: Evening with Dr Johnson

Evening with Dr Johnson
This artists impression of an evening with Dr Johnson depicts an intense session with earnest friends and colleagues. Date: 19th century

Background imageColleagues Collection: Two women police officers at work in a station, London

Two women police officers at work in a station, London
Two women police officers at work in a London police station, having a discussion in an office. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Two police officers in SPG van, Met Police, London

Two police officers in SPG van, Met Police, London
Two police officers, one male, one female (WPC McKay), in an SPG (Special Patrol Group) van, Met Police, London. The SPG was set up in 1961 to provide a centrally-based mobile capability for dealing

Background imageColleagues Collection: Inspector Janet Knott, Met Police, London

Inspector Janet Knott, Met Police, London
Inspector Janet Knott, first woman inspector in the Traffic Division of the Met Police, London. Seen here speaking on a motorcycle radio, with a male colleague on the right. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Male and female police officers on duty in London

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)

Background imageColleagues Collection: Two women police officers in updated uniform, London

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

Background imageColleagues Collection: Two women police officers outside a police station

Two women police officers outside a police station. On the left is a sergeant, on the right WPC Daphne Acton in the new style Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Male and female police officers in a London street

Male and female police officers in a London street, with a building called Benson Court behind them (probably in N19). The WPC is wearing the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985

Background imageColleagues Collection: Richthofen, Baron Manfred von (centre) & colleagues

Richthofen, Baron Manfred von (centre) & colleagues

Background imageColleagues Collection: Karl Friedrich Steinmetz

Karl Friedrich Steinmetz
KARL FRIEDRICH von STEINMETZ Prussian military commander, with colleagues general von Jastrow and general von Goeben. Date: 1796 - 1877

Background imageColleagues Collection: Two German pilots in relaxed mood, WW1

Two German pilots in relaxed mood, WW1
Two German pilots in relaxed mood during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageColleagues Collection: British soldiers at Le Touquet, France, WW1

British soldiers at Le Touquet, France, WW1
British soldiers manning defences at Le Touquet, France, during the winter of 1914-1915, First World War. Date: 1914-1915

Background imageColleagues Collection: British flag and drum with comic verse on a Christmas card

British flag and drum with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Steam fitters at loco shed, Exeter St Davids, Devon

Steam fitters at loco shed, Exeter St Davids, Devon
A group of four steam fitters outside the locomotive service shed at Exeter St Davids station, Devon. Date: 1959

Background imageColleagues Collection: Construction workers outside a large building, USA

Construction workers outside a large building, USA
Large group of construction workers (possibly carpenters, painters, builders, etc) outside a large building, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageColleagues Collection: On board HMS Queen Emma en route for Normandy, WW2

On board HMS Queen Emma en route for Normandy, WW2
On board HMS Queen Emma en route for Normandy, France, D-Day, June 1944. 1944

Background imageColleagues Collection: Five naval colleagues, Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, WW2

Five naval colleagues, Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, WW2
Five naval colleagues at Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland, where the main naval base for the British fleet, Scapa Flow, was based during WW2. 1943

Background imageColleagues Collection: Three WRNS colleagues, Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, WW2

Three WRNS colleagues, Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, WW2
Three WRNS colleagues at Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland, where the main naval base for the British fleet, Scapa Flow, was based during WW2. 1943

Background imageColleagues Collection: Group photo, BAOR, Braunschweig, Germany

Group photo, BAOR, Braunschweig, Germany
Group photo of British soldiers with the British Army of the Rhine, near Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony, in postwar Germany. Date: circa 1946

Background imageColleagues Collection: Two police officers working in a station, London

Two police officers working in a station, London
Two police officers working in a London police station. The WPC is Maureen (Mo) Dennison. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Two women police officers working in a station, London

Two women police officers working in a station, London
Two women police officers working in a London police station, looking in a book. One of them is Maureen (Mo) Dennison (right). Date: circa 1950s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Five police officers, including Inspector Helen Hunt

Five police officers, including Inspector Helen Hunt, who is wearing the Norman Hartnell style womens uniform introduced in 1968

Background imageColleagues Collection: Male and female police officers at an inspection parade

Male and female police officers at an inspection parade
Police officers (including one woman) taking part in an inspection parade, Met Police, London. Date: circa early 1960s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Male and female police officers in Nijmegen March, Holland

Male and female police officers in Nijmegen March, Holland
Male and female police officers of the Met Police taking part in a Nijmegen March in Holland. Date: 1950s

Background imageColleagues Collection: CS Winifred Barker and Superintendent Shirley Becke

CS Winifred Barker and Superintendent Shirley Becke
Winifred Theodora Barker (c1909-1995), third commander of the Met Police A4 (Women s) Branch, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent in 1960

Background imageColleagues Collection: Police officers in canteen at Peel House, London

Police officers in canteen at Peel House, London
Police officers, male and female, drinking cups of tea in the canteen at Peel House, a Met Police training centre in London. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Woman police officer with motorcycle, Hendon, London

Woman police officer with motorcycle, Hendon, London
Woman police officer under instruction on a motorcycle at Hendon, North London, May 1960. At this time, training courses were being run for WPCs in the use of a new type of lightweight motor scooter

Background imageColleagues Collection: Women police officers at a bowling alley

Women police officers at a bowling alley, possibly taking part in a competition. They are, from left to right, Margaret Newbon, Monica Ryan, Jennifer Smith, Alison Blair and WPS Roberta Strickland

Background imageColleagues Collection: Group photo, women police officers outside KLM offices

Group photo, women police officers outside KLM offices
Group photo, ten women police officers of the Met Police, outside the KLM (Dutch airline) offices. They were on their way to Nijmegen, to take part in the Marches

Background imageColleagues Collection: Police officers relaxing, Met Police, London

Police officers relaxing, Met Police, London
A group of male and female police officers, some of them sergeants, relaxing in a rest room, some reading newspapers or books, others chatting. Among them, on the right, is WPS Beatrice Bygrave

Background imageColleagues Collection: Two police officers with motorcycles, London

Two police officers with motorcycles, London
Two police officers (one male, one female: Margaret Cheesley) with motorcycles, Epsom, Surrey. At this time, training courses were being run for WPCs in the use of a new type of lightweight motor

Background imageColleagues Collection: Chief Superintendent Winifred Barker in her office

Chief Superintendent Winifred Barker in her office
Winifred Theodora Barker (c1909-1995), third commander of the Met Police A4 (Women s) Branch, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent in 1960

Background imageColleagues Collection: Women police officers in new Hartnell uniform, London

Women police officers in new Hartnell uniform, London
Two women police officers (WPS Josie Seed and WPS Marjorie McIntyre) in the newly designed Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968 to try to encourage recruitment. Date: late 1960s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Two women police officers entering Bow Street police station

Two women police officers entering Bow Street police station
Two women police officers (Constable Sheila Acton and Sergeant Margaret Heald) entering Bow Street police station, London. A policeman stands at the top of the steps. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Two women police officers walking along London street

Two women police officers walking along London street
Two women police officers (Sergeant Neale, left, and Constable Cooper, right) walking along a London street. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Woman police officer standing by mounted policeman, London

Woman police officer standing by mounted policeman, London
Woman police officer standing by a mounted policeman just off Hammersmith Bridge, West London. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Two women police officers in a London street

Two women police officers in a London street
Two women police officers (Valerie Fenner, left, and Sarah Phillips, right) walking along a London street with a wrought iron gate in the background. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageColleagues Collection: Five police officers outside Peel House, London

Five police officers outside Peel House, London
A group of five police officers (four women and one man) outside Peel House, a Met Police training centre in London, with a police public call box immediately behind them

Background imageColleagues Collection: Group of six women police officers in London, WW2

Group of six women police officers in London, WW2
Group of six women police officers, one of them a sergeant, wearing air raid helmets and carrying canvas bags in London during the Second World War. Date: 1940s



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