Cork Collection (page 6)

Blackrock, Cork - a view along water with boats in the foreground to buildings and the Blackrock Castle. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Cork; Cork). Date: circa early 1900s

Shandon Church and R. Lee, Cork - a view across water to the street and buildings opposite which includes a church. In the foreground are boats. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Cork; Cork)

Christmas card in the shape of a champagne cork with forgetmenots. Date: circa 1890s

Players Navy Cut Snap Game - The Bachelor Girl - holding a large pack of Bachelor Cork Tips. Date: 1930

Caricature of Frederick Burnaby, traveller and army officer
Caricature of Frederick Gustavus Burnaby (1842-1885), traveller and British army officer. He stood as a Tory candidate for Birmingham in the 1880 General Election, but was unsuccessful. 1880

Music cover, Push and Go! Waltz by Herman Darewski, showing a woman riding on a champagne cork. 1915

Early woman police sergeant, London
An early (possibly the first) woman police sergeant in London, wearing the Stanley Uniform, introduced in 1919. The tunic was single-breasted with six metal buttons down the front

Woman police officer helmet, Stanley uniform, London
Aerial view of an early Metropolitan Police female officers helmet, part of the Stanley Uniform introduced in 1919. The helmet was made of cork and hard felt, with a large badge on the front

Superintendent Stanley and three women police officers
Superintendent Sophia Stanley (served 1918-1922, seated), the first Superintendent of Women Police, and three women police officers (left to right: Elinor J Robertson, served 1919-1922)

Woman police officer in new Stanley Uniform
Woman police officer in the new Stanley Uniform, introduced in 1919, and named after the first Superintendent of Women Police, Sophia Stanley

Emily Countess of Cork
EMILY DE BURGH, countess of CORK and ORRERY wife of Richard Boyle, ninth earl Date: CIRCA 1840

Mary Countess of Cork
MARY MONCKTON, countess of CORK & ORRERY blue-stocking and kleptomaniac, wife of the seventh earl Date: 1746 - 1840

John 5th Earl Cork
JOHN BOYLE, fifth earl of CORK & ORRERY writer Date: 1707 - 1762

Seletion of sterling silver, electro-plate cutlery 1929
A selection of sterling silver, electro-plate and stainless steel butter, bread, cake knives, cheese scoop, sugar sifter, tea infuser, asparagus tongs, wine cork, crumb scoop, pickle, butter

Cork Mayor Knighted
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland confers knighthood on the Mayor of Cork Date: 1859

Ireland / Bantry House
Bantry House County Cork Date: 1840

Locals from County Cork, Ireland, in traditional costume. Date: circa 1890

Advert for Players Bachelor cigarettes 1930
Woman holding Players Bachelor cork tipped cigarettes, wearing green silk pyjamas and a long oriental thin dressing gown. Date: 1930

View from the West Beach, Queenstown - Cobh, County Cork
View from the West Beach, Queenstown/Cobh, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. Date: 1900s

Blarney Castle, Cork, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. Date: 1900s

River Lea and Bridge, Sundays Well, County Cork
River Lea and Bridge, Sundays Well, Cork, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. Date: 1900s

General View, Cobh - Queenstown, County Cork
General View, Cobh/Queenstown, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. Date: 1900s

The Village, Glengarriff, Co Cork
The Village, Glengarriff, near Between Kenmore and Bantry, Co Cork, Ireland. Showing the Glen Hotel and a Horse & Trap Date: 1910s

Land League Agitation: mob protests outside Cork Jail, 1887
The scene outside Cork County Jail on 18th September 1887: a mob from a National Land League meeting, with banners, a band of musicians and men armed with heavy clubs

USS Parker, American destroyer, WW1
USS Parker (DD48), American destroyer, seen here in camouflage paint on 26 November 1917. One of the first American ships to take part in the First World War, based at Cork 1917-1918. Date: 1917

USS O Brien, American destroyer, WW1
USS O Brien (DD51), American destroyer, seen here in camouflage paint on 18 March 1918. One of the first American ships to take part in the First World War, based at Cork 1917-1918. Date: 1918

Firefighters in action with hosepipes, Poplar, East London
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at a fire in Simpsons Road, Poplar, East London, 25 January 1958. Showing the east side of Block D

Firefighters with fire engine and appliances, WW2
Firefighters (LFB and AFS) with a fire engine at HQ, showing how the various appliances and equipment are stored compactly, 16 July 1940. Date: 1940

B Division training exercise, London Docks
B Division training exercise at London Docks, 6 February 1955. Date: 1955

Firefighters taking part in a hose training drill
Two firefighters taking part in a hose training drill

Firefighter adjusting turntable ladder mechanism

LFB firefighter at back of enclosed pump vehicle
LFB firefighter at the back of an enclosed pump vehicle, putting stored hose into place

LFB firefighting crew with open pump vehicle. One of them is holding a trophy

LFB firefighter with new motor pump
LFB firefighter at HQ with newly delivered motor pump fitted with a six-cylinder engine, pumping capacity about 930 gallons per minute, 11 April 1938. Date: 1938

LFB monitor on dual purpose appliance
LFB monitor at work on a dual purpose appliance

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view) with crew
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view), with crew

Firefighter with fire engine
A firefighter with a fire engine, leaning over to adjust a lamp. Date: circa 1930s

Two firefighters with fire engine
Two firefighters with a fire engine -- one man sits at the wheel while the other adjusts a lamp. Date: circa 1930s

Firefighter with breathing apparatus
A firefighter with breathing apparatus, wheeling an oxygen cylinder on a trolley

Dennis fire engine with crew
A Dennis fire engine with crew in cork helmets. Date: circa 1930s

LFB new cork and rubber helmet
The relatively new LFB cork and rubber helmet. By 1938 it had fully replaced the traditional brass helmet, which carried the risk of electrocution. The new cork helmet was also lighter in weight

Car in basement, Belgrave Square, London
An Austin A70 car which has crashed through iron railings at street level and fallen into the basement area of a private house in Belgrave Square, London, on 20 May 1955

Distorted rails after fire in Hackney, East London
Distorted rails after a fire at Wallis Road, Hackney, East London, 16 August 1955. The fire involved baled cork in the arch under Clarnico Bridge on the railway line between Stratford

Firefighters in new cork helmets
LFB firefighters at Southwark HQ wearing new cork and rubber helmets at an inspection, 14 July 1934. These new, lighter helmets replaced the old brass ones. Date: 1934

Programme for a Concert in aid of Royal Munster Fusiliers
Programme with a hand-painted watercolour cover. Programme for a Concert in aid of the Royal Munster Fusiliers and Prisoners of War Fund that took place at the Town Hall, Midleton, Cork

Those Raiders at the Seat of War by Bruce Bairnsfather
Those Raiders at the Seat of War " I wish the ell you d put a cork on that blinkin pin of yours, Bert!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

An efficient ships lifeboat by G. H. Davis
In quest of an efficient ships lifeboat: a type which might have helped the Volturno (where one lifeboat overturned, two smashed against the side of the burning vessel)

Storm and stress at sea by G. H. Davis
Storm and stress at sea: the two thrilling shipping incidents of the week. Above: how the Snowdon Range was driven hither and thither in her long voyage from Philadelphia across the Atlantic

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