Competitions Collection

LCC-LFB Knightsbridge firemen, Wells Challenge Cup winners for 1913. Front row: R J Nicholas, W H Sheldrick, Sub-Officer H C Griffiths, Station Officer J Smith, T H Coggan, D J O Leary

Odol Mouth Competition
Advertisement for Odol mouthwash or liquid antiseptic dentifrice which features a competition to guess Whose Mouth Is It...? The first prize is 20

Cover design, International Exhibition, Brussels
Cover design, Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles (Universal and International Exhibition, Brussels), with international airship competitions

Khadzhimukan Munaitpasov, Kazakh wrestler
Khadzhimukan Munaitpasov (Kazhymukan/Hadjimukan Munaytpasov, Qajymuqan Munaitpasuly, 1871-1948), Kazakh wrestler, repeated World Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling (from 1910 onwards)

Towpath Spectators at Oxford Rowing
Spectators line the towpath to watch the Oxford Summer Eights rowing competition. Date: 1932

Stock Exchange Walk, Brighton
Winner L. J. Hollyer at the conclusion of the Stock Exchange Brighton Walk. Founded by a member of the London Stock Exchange

Dog Trials
Canines being put through their paces at dog trials held at Crystal Palace. Date: 1931

Female Sailing Umpire
An umpire overseas proceedings at the Burnham-on-Crouch sailing week. Date: 1931

British Wightman Cup Team
The Wightman Cup was an annual women's tennis competition between British and American teams, held from 1923 until 1989. In 1931 the U. S. Team was victorious. Date: 1931

Polish and English Oarswomen
Members of the Warsaw Women's Rowing Club compete with their counterparts in the Isleworth Club and Furnivall Club at Putney. Date: 1931

Motorboat Racing on the Thames
A motorboat race on the River Thames at Chiswick, organised by the Sussex Motor Yacht Club. Date: 1931

Miss Dowson, Angler
Miss M. S. Dowson won the ladies competition in a fly and bait casting tournament held at Norwood in London. Date: 1931

Yacht Race
The Oxford University Yacht Club competing with the Cambridge University Cruising Club at Ryde. They were competing for the H. Yule Oldham Cup, and Cambridge were victorious. Date: 1931

Ladies Golf Championship
Scenes from the Scottish Ladies Golf Championship held at Gullane. Date: 1931

Stills from The Beauty Prize
The Beauty Prize (here captioned as The Beauty Contest') was a silent film from 1924, now lost. It starred Viola Dana (1897-1987). Date: 1924

Henri Farman - Flight of One Kilometre 1908
British-French pilot Henri Farman winning the Deutsch-Archdeacon prize of 50, 000 francs at Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. For the successful flight of an aircraft heavier than air

Henri Farman (1874 - 1958), British-French aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer. Appearing on the front cover of ?The Illustrated London News

Eiri-Avion PIK-20 OH-500 ER, at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. (Note: The Standard Cirrus in the background, 569, is the glider I had a quarter share in, around the time this was taken)

Obstacle race on bicycles, Marlow Gymkhana. 1901

LCC-LFB Hanwell Fire Brigade prizewinners
LCC-LFB Hanwell Fire Brigade winners of shield, 1st Prize at Crystal Palace 1904 Demonstration and Grand Fete, 17 August 1904. Date: 1904

LCC-LFB firemen in football team, New Cross, SE London
LCC-LFB firemen in football team group photo with cup, New Cross, SE London. Mr Robiliard is the officer on the left. Date: 1899

LCC-LFB Motor Escape Competition winners 1937, HQ (A Watch), with a vehicle in the background. Date: 1937

LCC-LFB Motor Escape Competition winners 1932, photographed at LFB Headquarters, with a vehicle in the background. Date: 1932

LCC-LFB Greenwich Station firemen, Challenge Cup winners for Smartest Turn Out, 1920. Date: 1920

LCC-LFB firemen, winners of a trophy, Olympia 1912
LCC-LFB firemen in a group photo. Several of them are wearing medals, and at the centre is a trophy with rosette, Olympia 1912. Date: 1912

Foss Special Racer N68732, race no 94, midget racer. Powered by the ubiquitous 85hp Continental C85, the Foss Special, also known as Ginny

Tucks Great Postcard Competitions - Sandwich Man and Vendor
London Life - Raphael Tuck and Sons " Great" Postcard Prize Competitions - Sandwich Man and News Vendor. Prize pot of 6

Airedale terrier at a dog show
Unusual Friends - Airedale terrier at a dog show, waiting to appear. 1950s

Maya Civilization. Ball game
Maya Civilization. Mesoamerican ballgame. Litography

LCC-LFB Brigade HQ Annual Review hook ladder drill
These coordinated hook ladders drills were a popular feature during the annual displays at Lambeth Headquarters. With one firefighter on each side of the drill tower and at every window

Bloodhounds in compartments at a dog show
Unusual Friends - bloodhounds in compartments at a dog show. 1950s

Two bloodhounds at a dog show
Unusual Friends - two bloodhounds at a dog show, waiting for their cue. 1950s

Edwardian childrens prize competition 1909
Girls from around England competing in the Pretties child competition to win a prize of 250. 1909

Guests at the gala dance in Bournemouth 3 February 1922
Guests at the gala dance in the Grand Hotel, Bournemouth 3 February 1922 and prize giving at a dancing competition held at the Palais de Danse, Birmingham Date: 1922

Edwardian childrens competition 1909
Edwardian children in a competition for the pretties child, girls wearing pretty white frocks posing for the camera. 1909

Britains Best Babies competition 1914
Competition for the best Allenburys babies a food for infants, was held between November 1912 and March 1913 for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, with 164

Bystander magazine competition, When Will the War End?
Picture 2 of 2 (see 10731631 for 1st). Map of Europe to accompany the Bystander magazines war forecast competition, run in August 1915, with a closing date of 30 September that year

Army Sports Meeting at Greenwich Park, WW1
A sports meeting, organised by the Y.M.C.A. with various military sporting types competing in a number of competitions in Greenwich Park, London

Womens Royal Air Force -- Savoy Hotel
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women at the Savoy Hotel on 7 April 1919, when Queen Mary presented prizes to the winners in the Womens War Service Competitions

Bristol PTM, G-EBGA, competitions aircraft

Foot march Par�Belford (1892). Picture of Le
" Foot march Par� Belford (1892). Picture of " Le Petit Journal". Engraving."

Auto racing (May 1904). Race for the Gordon Bennett
Auto racing (May 1904).Race for the Gordon Bennett International Trophy. Drawing

Murdo rodeo - South Dakota - Scheduled for 1 o clock, the real competitions don t get underway til nearly 3. Date: 1952

LCC-LFB Knightsbridge firemen competition winners
The winning crew of the annual horse drawn and motorised pump escape competition with their station superintendent. Knightsbridge fire station was opened in 1907, and still stands in Basil Street

LCC-LFB Brigade finals of the Technical Quiz
Each year a technical quiz competition was held in the Brigade. First were the Divisional heats that led to the Brigade finals involving the top team of each of the four Divisions

Edward VII at Hyde Park for London Fire Brigade Review
King Edward VII arrives in his carriage to review the London Fire Brigade in Hyde Park, London

Turntable ladder display, London Fire Brigade HQ Lambeth
London regular firefighters operating extended turntable ladders in Lambeth Headquarters drill yard for a demonstration of firefighting skills

LFB trailer pump competition at Brigade HQ, Lambeth, WW2
Two trailer pump crews engaged in a competition in the headquarters drill yard. The trailer pump had to be set into the water in the emergency inflatable dams

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