Control Collection (page 9)

Wartime Hunting - a day with the suburban hounds (rationing)
Humorous drawing by H. H. Harris commenting on rationing in Britain in 1918 using the metaphor of hunting. Lord Rhondda, who served as Food Controller, is Master of the Hounds

Things We Vow We Will Do, When Peace Breaks out
Cartoon by George Studdy showing a gent purposefully indulging in wasteful behaviour, a welcome relief after years of food control, shortages and rationing. Date: 1918

French Theatre -- Farce de Calbain
Farce Nouvelle d ung [d un] Savetier Nomme Calbain (New Farce about a Cobbler called Calbain) -- the cobblers wife keeps hold of the moneybag. Date: 16th century

WW1 - Comment on the food shortage
WW1 - To ensure food supply during shortages, National and local food control committees were established to ensure food distribution across the country

WW1 - Hindenburg in the saddle
WW1 - Depicting Paul Von Hindeburgs (1847 - 1934), Germanys Chief of the General Staff, commanding loyal co-operation from the Austrian armies on the Eastern Front

WW1 - Restive allies - The central powers not to happy
WW1 - A comedic scenerio depicting Austrias and Turkeys roles in the war as part of the central power. The illustration represents the German Kaiser as an Ancient Roman in his chariot

The Right Hon F E Smith, War Censor in Chief, WW1
The Right Hon F E Smith MP, appointed War Censor in Chief, President of the newly formed Government Press Bureau, on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914

Municipal Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Municipal Airport, East Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1940

WW2 Christmas card, Civil Defence, designed by Allan Burrows, produced by the Paddington Mobile Unit (ARP), with cartoons of typical activities (inside). Date: circa 1942

Paris International Exhibition of 1937 (Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne). Magical piano in fancy restaurant on Cours Albert 1er street

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London. White Tower. 1844. Engraving

First World War (1917). Control position in a German zeppelin during an attack to the United Kingdom. Illustrierte Zeitung (October, 1917). Drawing

San SebastiᮮFestival 2009. Jim Jarmusch
SPAIN. Donostia. US film director Jim Jarmusch poses with actor Isaac De Bankole for photographers in a photocall at Kursaal Palace, after the screening of his film The Limits of Control

Barcelona. Citadel tower. Engraving
Tower of the Citadel of Barcelona in 19th c. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona City History Museum

Bottlenose Dolphin - Female (Mother) communicating with Newborn Baby / Calf immediately after birth, keeping the baby under water to control its breathing (Tursiops truncatus)

Collared Lemming - adult in winter fur, looks like a furry ball from its back while feeding on buds and bark of dwarf willow it digs in snow (Dicrostonyx torquatus)

Rough-scaled Brown Skink basking on planks of a wooden platform at Sukau Rainforest Lodge (Mabuya rudis). in lowland rainforest of Kinabatangan river floodplain; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Three American ships at naval commemoration
Three American ships at the Perry Centennial Naval Parade, probably on Lake Erie. They are, from left to right, USS Essex, USS Niagara and USS Wolverine

Munitions workers waiting for the tea hooter, WW1
Women munitions workers outside the National Control Canteen, run by female volunteers, waiting for the tea hooter to sound

Tea Time in Dining Hall of National Control Canteen, WW1
Female munitions workers in the dining hall of the National Control Canteen, run by voluntary lady workers to provide cheap, nutritious meals for employees. Date: 1916

Paris, France - Barriers and grants. Date: 1859

Paris, France - Barriere des Champs Elysees. Date: circa 1850

Paris, France - Barriere d Enfer. Date: circa 1860

Paris, France - Barriers, Octroi General. Date: 1828

Paris, France - Barriere de l Etoile, de Neuilly. Date: 1828

Paris, France - Barriere de la Villette. Date: 1859

Paris, France - Barriere de Clichy. Date: 1859

Paris, France - Barriere de la Courtille, Belleville. Date: 1859

Paris, France - Barriere de l Etoile (de Neuilly). Date: circa 1828

Paris, France - Barriere Saint Denis. Date: circa 1828

Paris, France - Barrier of Montrouge. Date: 1860

LFB major control unit at Lambeth HQ
Control Unit vehicle based at LFB Headquarters. It had its own dedicated operational staff, and attended all major fires and incidents. Date: circa 1950s

Blitz in London scene in a fire station control room, WW2
Blitz in London -- scene at night in a fire station control room, 19 September 1940. Date: 1940

Blitz in London -- LFB control car, WW2
Blitz in London -- LFB District E (West) control car, used during the Second World War. Seen here in front of LFB HQ. Date: 1940s

Merryweather fire engine indicator scale for regulating the angle and extension of the ladder

Blitz in London -- AFS women outside control unit, WW2
Blitz in London -- two AFS women outside a control unit, 27 June 1941. Date: 1941

Watchroom at 55V sub-station, London, WW2
A man and two women at work in the watchroom of 55V LFS sub-station, London, during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

WW2 - Blitz, London - Progress report sent to Local Control
Senior Company Officer Jimmy Syrett, up with the branchmen, sends a progress report to Local Control. He is using one of the early walkie talkies with a throat, or larynx, microphone

Two men on switchboard at LFB HQ
Two men taking calls on the switchboard at LFB HQ. Date: 1925

WW2 - Blitz on London - Fire Force Commander taking charge
WW2 - Blitz on London - Fire Force Commander C P McDuell takes charge at a major fire. Senior Company Officer Jimmy Syrett operates the walkie talkie set and Company Officer Obie Walker

Breathing Apparatus Control Point - Practise
Breathing Apparatus (BA) Control Point at Scene of Fire - demonstration, by firefighters probably at Lambeth HQ - 28th February 1964. Date: 1964

LFB exhibition, display of WW2 posters
A London Fire Brigade exhibition of photographs and appliances, with a display of WW2 recruitment posters for the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service)

LCC-LFB mobile control unit, with a fireman making adjustments

Map of London with fire stations marked, Lambeth HQ
Map of London with all the fire stations marked, in the control room at Lambeth HQ

Two women in control room, WW2
Two women taking messages in a fire station control room during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Man taking a call in a fire station control room, May 1939. Date: 1939

Bystander - Making assurance doubly sure
An illustration showing a sergeant teaching his soldiers how to stab someone with a bayonet to maximise the effect of the stab by twisting the bayonet, in preparation for fighting in WW1. Date: 1916

Gas powered car with lady chauffeur, WW1 cartoon
" You ll have to get rid of the chauffeurette, Alfred - shes getting much too flighty." Cartoon commenting on the double novelty of gas powered cars

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