Converted Collection (#6)

Balloon Factory Paris
The Gare d Orleans is converted into a factory for balloons to carry mail - and sometimes passengers - from the besieged city Date: September 1870

Visionary Woman and Book
The figure of a woman holding a book is seen by Turkish warriors : could it be that she is exhorting them to read the Bible and be converted ? Date: 1642

JERUSALEM / ST ANNEs 1856
The Church of St. Annes which was later converted into a mosque Date: 1856

RATISBONNE
MARIE-ALPHONSE RATISBONNE French Jew who converted to Christianity as a consequence of seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary Date: 15 January 1842

VAD Ambulance & Patients, Quex Park
Voluntary Aid Detachment Ambulance & Patients, Quex Park

Harbour entrance, Buffalo, New York State, USA, with the USS Hawk (the converted civilian yacht Hermione) in the middle distance. Date: circa 1904-1908

Lord Tredegars yacht converted to hospital ship, WW1
Liberty, the magnificent yacht belonging to Lord Tredegar, who, at his own expense fitted it out as a hospital ship in August 1914 to transport wounded British soldiers

Pigeons and their motor lorry home at the front, WWI
H.M. " Air" Service - Petrol and Pigeons at the Front. A motor lorry behind the lines, converted into a home for carrier pigeons, used to carry message at the front

Martin XPB2M-1R Mars -this giant flying boat started life as a patrol bomber, but the handful built were converted to transports, plying the Pacific

Junkers Ju 523m -entered Luftwaffe service as a bomber, the one shown having been converted for transport duties

Bristol 142M Blenheim IF-in an effort to counter the German Blitz on England of 1940-41, a number of Blenheim Is were converted to radar-carrying night fighters

Avro 652A Anson Mk X-one of just over 100 Mk 1s converted as gunnery trainers

BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows XX264 line up RIAT Fairford
RAFAT RAF BAe Systems Hawks taxy out before display at RIAT Fairford in July 2007. XX264 has been flying with the team since they converted to Hawks in November 1979 Date: 2007

BAe Systems Hawks line up before display XX266
RAFAT RAF Red Arrows BAe Systems Hawks line up before display at Fairford in July 2005. XX266 has been with the Red Arrows since they converted to Hawks in November 1979 Date: 2005

BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows XX264 taxy at RIAT Fairford
RAFAT RAF BAe Systems Hawks taxy out before display at RIAT Fairford in July 2007. XX264 has been flying with the team since they converted to Hawks in November 1979 Date: 2007

BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows single Fairford 2005
RAFAT RAF Red Arrows BAe Systems Hawks Taxy out for display at Fairford in July 2005. XX266 has been with the Red Arrows since they converted to Hawks in 1979 Date: 2005

Belgian refugees accommodated at Alexandra Palace, WW1
A huge bedroom in North London - the Central Hall of Alexandra Palace used to accommodate a number of Belgian refugees arriving in London in the early weeks of the First World War. Date: 1914

Medieval portal at Nablus, Palestine, West Bank
Medieval portal (possibly part of a crusader church converted to a mosque) at Nablus, Palestine, West Bank. Date: 1920s

Switzerland - Berne. From Rosengarten
Coloured lantern slide of the Rosengarten or Rose Garden, from which a scenic panoramic view of the medieval town centre can be enjoyed

Former police station - Black and white lantern slide. Single storey building between taller ones now converted to shops.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

HMS Vulcan and C-class submarines, Newport, Fife
HMS Vulcan, a British torpedo boat depot ship converted to a submarine tender, seen here with C-class submarines C21, C26, C27, etc, at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland. Date: circa 1910

HMS Vindictive, converted to an aircraft carrier
HMS Vindictive, former British Hawkins class heavy cruiser, after conversion to an aircraft carrier in 1918. Flying off platform fore, flying on deck aft. Date: 1918

HMS London, British battleship
HMS London, ex-battleship, after conversion to a mine-layer (in camouflage paint) after removal of main armament - May 1918. Date: circa 1918

Boeing YC-97J Stratofreighter 22693 USAF Prestwick
One of 2 Stratofreighters converted as testbeds for Pratt and Whitney turboprop engines. Date: 1960

The Little Theatre as a soldiers clubhouse, WW1
A page from The Sphere, reporting on how the Little Theatre, in the Haymarket, London (now the Theatre Royal)

Wingfield House Red Cross Hospital, WW1
Wingfield House Red Cross Hospital, the seat of Sir Vincent and Lady Caillard

A blanket converted into an overcoat for British soldiers
The blanket as overcoat. With the shortage of military overcoats, a suggestion for converting a blanket into a warm and practical coat

Lord Londesboroughs hospital at Scopwick
Some of the wounded soldiers convalescing at the hospital at Scopwick House near Blankney, Lincolnshire, home of Lord Londesborough

Motor cycle with side-car ambulance, WW1
A motor cycle with side car converted into an ambulance, outside the War Office in London. Several of these vehicles were already in use at the front at the time. Date: 1914

Shells in thousands in a recently converted factory 1939
A factory converted into an ammunition production for bomb shells, during the rearmament programme, in a secret location somewhere in the Black Country. 1939

A Post Office for Canadian troops, WW1
A covered wagon converted into a temporary post office for Canadian troops on the Western Front in 1916. Date: 1916

The Soldiers Theatre in France, WW1
The Follies, one of numerous entertainment troupes performing for soldiers in France, giving a performance to an audience from an undisclosed division at a converted factory near the British front

The Holiday Monighan Dragline by Heath Robinson
A dragline machine usually used in excavation, converted into a pleasant holiday home with room for a swing, a washing line and a diving board

Gas-powered transport by G. H. Davis
A substitute for petrol: internal combustion engines run on gas for road transport. Showing a bus with the plant on a trailer, and other types of converted vehicles

london motor buses converted
With the outbreak of war, London motor buses are adapted for army use. Their tops have been removed and converted for use as transport vehicles Date: August 1914

Holidaymakers painting a railway carriage
A group of holidaymakers painting a railway carriage which appears to have been converted into a caravan-style holiday home

India - Christian Convert and a Pariah
A man from the low pariah class of Southern India converted (to English life) wearing a suit, alongside an unconverted man from the same caste - both remain outsiders to Indian society

Georg Wicelius
GEORG WICELIUS German churchman who converted to Lutheranism but soon realised that Luther had got it wrong and rejoined the true faith. Date: 1501 - 1573

English Country Interior
This picturesque interior at Amberley, Surrey, England, was formerly a bakery and has now been converted into a little cafe. Date: 1950s

Henry Steel Olcott 1
HENRY STEEL OLCOTT American industrialist, converted to spiritualism, converted to theosophy by Blavatsky, converted to Buddhism. Date: 1832 - 1907

Thessaloniki, Greece - St Dimitrius Church with Minaret
Thessaloniki, Greece - The Church of Saint Demetrius, or Hagios Demetrios with Minaret, whilst functioning as a Mosque under Turkish rule (from 14931912). Date: circa 1910

Lifou Isle, New Claedonia, Pacific Ocean
Converted Cannibals of Lifou Isle (Drehu), Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean (a French Overseas territory). Date: 1910

Khyber Railway Station at Landikotal, NWFP - The Train ready to depart. Note the superb automobile (left) converted for use on the tracks! Date: circa 1920s

Northrop XF-15A Reporter, 43-8335 - second prototype
Northrop XF-15A Reporter, 43-8335, the second prototype, a converted P-61C

The prototype Avro Canada CF100 Canuck Mk 4, 18112, a converted Mk 2

A late-production Liberty-engined DH9A, J8462, was converted to a dual trainer built by Westland in 1928

Short S25 Sunderland III conversion
Short S25 Sunderland III converted to the requirements of Aviacion del Litoral Fluvial Argentina

The prototype Boulton Paul P75 Overstrand J9186
The prototype Boulton Paul P75 Overstrand, J9186, was a converted P29 Sidestrand III

The prototype Avro Canada CF100 Canuck Mk 4 18112
The prototype Avro Canada CF100 Canuck Mk 4, 18112, a converted Mk 2

One of ten Junkers Ju52 / 3mg8e aircraft converted
One of ten Junkers Ju52/3mg8e aircraft converted to the passenger role for Railway Air Services in 1946. Date: 1946

de Havilland DH98 Mosquito TT35 converted to a FBVI for the film 633 Squadron in 1963. Date: 1963

The first prototype Handley Page Halifax III R9534
The first prototype Handley Page Halifax III, R9534, was converted from a Halifax II series 1 (Special) in October 1942. Date: 1942

Dunne D7bis a reconstruction of the D6
Dunne D7bis, a reconstruction of the D6 converted to a two-seater with an aircooled engine, on test at the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough

Vickers Type 618 Viking VX856 / G-AJPH
Vickers Type 618 Viking, VX856/G-AJPH, was converted to take two Rolls-Royce Nene turbojets to become the worlds first pure-jet transport. SBAC Air Show at Farnborough. September 1948. Date: 1948

Prototype Supermarine Spitfire XII DP845
The prototype Supermarine Spitfire XII, DP845, was converted from the prototype Spitfire IV

The first prototype de Havilland Sea Hornet NF21 PX230
The first prototype de Havilland Sea Hornet NF21, PX230, was a converted RAF Hornet F1

Hawker Hind Trainer L7726
Hawker Hind Trainer, L7726, one of many converted by General Aircraft

XH965 started out as a Gloster Javelin F(AW)7 but was converted to a F(AW)9

The first English Electric Canberra B(I)8 VX185
The first English Electric Canberra B(I)8, VX185, was converted from the B5

Looking aft from the cocktail bar - Converted Sutherland
Looking aft from the cocktail bar, past the head of the staircase to the rear upper-deck cabin of the original Sunderland converted for passenger-carrying in Argentina

Short Sunderland III ML821 being launched from the factory
Short Sunderland III, ML821, being launched from the factory slipway. This aircraft was later converted to a MkV

de Havilland DH9 prototype A7559
de Havilland DH9 prototype, A7559, a converted DH4

Handley Page HP33 Hinaidi I prototype J7745
Handley Page HP33 Hinaidi I prototype, J7745, was converted from a Hyderabad

Boeing B-50D 48-052 later converted to a TB-50D
Boeing B-50D, 48-052, later converted to a TB-50D aircrew trainer

Fairey Firefly T1 MB750
Fairey Firefly T1, MB750, a converted Firefly 1

Avro Shackleton MR2 WB833
Avro Shackleton MR2, WB833, the production prototype, flew for the first time on 17 June 1952. This aircraft was converted from an MR1A. Date: 1952

16 / 17th C. London Street
A northwest view of the house of William Parker, Lord Monteagle, in the parish of St Saviour s, Southwark - a good example of unpretentious town houses of the period Date: 16-17th century

Metropolitan Fire Brigade car
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade car. This 10-12hp car chassis was purchased in 1903 and converted in Brigade workshops to run as a first aid and firefighting tender

GLC-LFB Brigade Headquarters Control Unit (CU)
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

GLC-LFB Breathing Apparatus Coach (BAC)
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

LCC-LFB Lee Green sub-station, Lewisham
London was expanding and the London Fire Brigade not only built new fire stations but took over existing buildings and converted them

LCC-LFB Commercial building fire, Avery Hardoll, Eltham
LFB firefighters in action at a commercial building fire at Avery Hardoll, Eltham, SE London. The fire started in a former shop and dwelling which had been converted into a commercial undertaking

Blitz in London -- sub-fire station, Woolwich Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- the aftermath of a high explosive bomb at sub-fire station 54V, located at the Lombard Wall School, Woolwich Road, SE London

LCC-LFB taxi converted for fire brigade use, WW2
Aerial view of a taxi converted for World War II fire brigade use by Auxiliary firefighters in London, showing the two ladders it carried on its roof

London Fire Brigade canteen van used as publicity vehicle
Seen here at Brigade headquarters, Lambeth, the canteen van has been converted into a publicity vehicle during a recruitment drive for much needed auxiliary firefighters

Skipton Union Workhouse, West Yorkshire
The main building of the former Skipton Union Workhouse on Gargrave Road, Skipton, now converted to residential use. Date: 2000

Eadbald converted by Laurence
Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury, shows his lacerated body to King Eadbald of Kent

Cathedral church of St. Sophia and mosque, Nicosia, Cyprus
The cathedral church of St. Sophia at Nicosia, capital of Cyprus. Converted to a mosque by Turks, the choir was destroyed but the nave remains. Date: 1878

St Augustine before Ethelbert
King Ethelbert and his consort Bertha, Saxon rulers of Kent, are addressed by Augustine, sent by Pope Gregory on a Christian mission to England. Date: 597 A.D

Nancy the Narrow Boat
Carefree holidays afloat : The converted narrow boat Nancy. photographed soon after leaving Watford lock on the Grand Union Canal, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1960s

Oxford Canal Cruisers
Two converted narrow boats Mandy and Nelson, cruising on the Oxford Canal, near Lower Shuckburgh, Warwickshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Stoke Bruerne Locks
A pair of narrow boat, converted for holiday cruises by Messrs. Street of Leighton Buzzard, swinging round a bend in the Grand Union Canal, near Linslade, Buckinghamshire. Date: 1960s

Lincluden Abbey, near Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. Founded in 1164 and converted into a college for a prevost and prebendaries in the early 15th century. Date: founded 1164

Little girl in a wicker pram
A little West Country girl in a fish basket which has been converted into a pram. A delightful view - possibly from Brixham, Devon. Date: circa 1910s

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