Covering Collection (page 18)

London fog. Pollution from the city
A London fog; smoke carried from the city covering an area of twenty miles with thick smog. Smog tends to form in urban areas when there is a large amount of chimney

Manufacture of the Atlantic telegraph cable
Machines covering the Atlantic cable wire with gutta percha at the Gutta Percha Companys works in Wharf Road, London. Before the advent of man-made materials, gutta percha

Congoleum Rugs 1919
Congoleum rugs are a popular, sanitary floor-covering

Two drivers in the cab of the Saint Bartholomew
Development of high speed railway travel; two drivers in the cab of the Saint Bartholomew. On its initial run the locomotive arrived into Paddington three minutes early

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; A person
An illustration showing a curious design sent to the Patent Office in 1920, of a bizarre head covering with design features such as a window and ventilation

The Hon C. S. Rolls in his racing car
The Hon. C. S. Rolls in his special racing car. The car beat the world record for 1 km, covering the distance in 27 secs, equal to 83mph. Rolls later died in 1910 in a plane crash

Who will first drive two miles a minute? Motor driver Resta
Illustration showing the driver Resta covering a half-mile in 17.372 seconds (or at a speed of 103.615 miles an hour) at Brooklands

Death / Marble Tomb / Malta
An elaborately carved marble tomb covering depicting an allegory of the figure of death from a tomb in the Cathedral at Victoria (Rabat) on the island of Gozo, Malta

Vampire Bats
VAMPIRE BATS attack those imprudent enough to sleep without covering in South America

Indian Syce Groom C1905
A syce (groom)

Newsreel in Balkans
Newsreel cameramen covering the Balkan Wars find themselves in the line of fire of the warring forces

Mohave Americans
Two warriors and a squaw of the Mohave people : all wear elaborate tattoos covering the greater part of their bodies

Costume / Monocle 1826
Brown coat: velvet collar, hip pockets & pocket flaps & knee length skirts; waistcoat with a diamond pattern & protective coverings strapped beneath the instep & covering the calves

MAWs LINO 3
Design for linoleum by H B Garling for Maws & Co. 3

MAWs LINO 1
Design for linoleum by H B Garling for Maws & Co. 1

Carpet Fair, Astrakhan
A carpet fair in Astrakhan

Upholsterer (Series)
Le tapissier - UPHOLSTERER - at work covering a chair

Cheltenham Flyer 1935
The driver of the Cheltenham Flyer oils its wheels. It was one of the fastest trains of the day covering the 77 miles between Swindon and Paddington in 65 minutes

Rosepetal Fag-Ends 2
Cigarettes Primerose from the Regie Francaise - a delicate white covering with a red band envelops the blond, voluptuous substance that gives birth to dreams - and lung cancer

Tabernacle Uncovered
Ceremonial objects : THE TABERNACLE WITHOUT ITS COVERING

Construction of a voltaic battery in Paris
Construction of a large voltaic battery at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, covering 54 square metres, on the orders of Napoleon

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