Converting Collection

Country Houses in Wartime - Shardeloes, Amersham, Bucks in use a Maternity Home for Evacuee Mothers. The Orangery, dating back to 1790 - Mrs Clark in foreground. Date: 1940

Dawlish converting broad gauge to standard railway track
Dawlish converting broad gauge to standard gauge railway track

Save your old waste paper for conversion into munitions: a vital contribution to the war effort. Double page spread from The Illustrated London News. Date: 1941

Converting from marine steam to diesel drive
Pamplet on converting from marine steam to diesel drive by LBS Engineering Co, Lowestoft. Shows the Togo, the first diesel trawler, 1933 Date: circa 1940

Akbar Nautical Training School and Reformatory, Heswall, Che
Aerial view of the Nautical Training School, Heswall, Cheshire - also known as the Akbar Nautical School, having replaced the Training Ship Akbar in 1909

Old meat works, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Curious plant in an old meat works, for converting old mutton into spring lamb to meet the seasons demands, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Steel Works Bessemer Converting Shop early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Steel workers, Bessemer Converting Shop in Penistone Date: circa 1900s

The prototype de Havilland Mosquito TT39 PF489
The prototype de Havilland Mosquito TT39, PF489. The TT39 shore-based naval target tug was produced by converting BXVIs

John Forbes (Capuchin)
JOHN FORBES (Father Archangel) son of protestant Scottish Lord Forbes, but preferring Catholicism left home, became a zealous Capuchin in the Netherlands, converting many Date: 1571 - 1606

TANNER 1827
" The art of the tanner consists in converting the gelatinous part of the skins of animals into the substance called leather by impregnating it with tannin". Date: 1827

Robert Parsons
ROBERT PARSONS Jesuit, entrusted with the mission of converting England back to Roman Catholicism Date: 1546 - 1610

WW2 poster, Official scrap iron dumps, bring victory nearer. The Ministry of Supply requesting old iron such as ploughshares, railings, fenders and fire irons for converting into munitions

Scene in the Royal Mint. The Deputy Master, The Right Hon William Grey Ellison-Macartney, allowed Matania to sketch the conversion of tons of early Victorian copper coinage into Georgian pennies

British refashioning a German trench, WW1
Illustration showing British soldiers working hard to put a German first line trench, just taken at Hulluch, into a proper state of defence for their purposes

Making sea water drinkable by G. H. Davis
Making sea water drinkable: a simple system for castaway airmen during the Second World War. A life-saving apparatus, compact and very simple to use

Joris-Karl Huysman
JORIS-KARL HUYSMANS (orig. Georges-Charles) French writer of Dutch descent, author of La-bas, A rebours and much more, dabbling in occultism and converting to Catholicism. Date: 1848 - 1907

Father Ferrand and his students - Catholic Hostel, Tokyo
Father Claudius Ferrand and his students - Catholic Hostel, Koishikawa, Myogadani, 17 Tokyo Japan. Date: circa 1907

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (2 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - an indigenous elderly couple at the Catholic Mission Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (7 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (1 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - a group of indigenous men and boys and members of the Catholic mission Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (4 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - The Convent of Catholic Sisters at Tarawa Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (3 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - A group of indigenous people from Nonouti at the Mission Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (6 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (8 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (9 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (5 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - The Convent School Date: circa 1910

Catholic Mission to the Inuit - Newfoundland and Inuit. A group of Inuit men, women and children and the Catholic Priest of the Mission (centre). Date: circa 1920s

St Augustine and the English
St Augustine was sent by Pope Gregory as a missionary to England. He went first to King Ethelbert (because his French wife Bertha was already a Christian). Date: Circa 600 AD

End of broad gauge, 1892
Brunels Great Western Railway pioneered the broad gauge from 1838 until 1892 when the final break with broad gauge took place. Here, the engineers are shown converting the tracks to dual gauge

Missionary Teaching Pic
A reduced facsimile of a Romish picture used by Catholic Missionaries amongst Native American Indians. The picture represents Earth, Heaven, Hell and Purgatory

Apostles Peter & John
converting the heathen in Samaria : the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, is in attendance, carrying a Holy Sacrament in its beak

John Eliot, Churchman
JOHN ELIOT, known as Apostle to the Indians : English-born churchman in America, devoted himself to converting Native Americans to Christianity, translating Bible for them

Motor Accessories
Cover of catalog of automotive equipment, including kits for converting your Ford T into a sports car, delivery van or whatever you want; also bicycles and spare parts

Miracle / Jesus
JASMIN, barber-poet of Agen, in Provence, is visited by Jesus who cuts off the heads of his customers then replaces them to show his power, thereby converting Jasmin

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