Cutting Collection (page 14)

Firefighters at scene of railway fire, West London
Firefighters at the scene of a railway fire, Acton Lane, West London

Firefighters using cutting equipment, West London
Firefighters using cutting equipment at the scene of a railway fire, Acton Lane, West London

Firefighters using cutting equipment, SE London
Firefighters using cutting equipment at scene of school fire, Homestall Road, SE London

GLC-LFB - Breakdown Lorry at Croydon HQ
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Aftermath of a church fire, Avenue Road NW3
The roof of a church which has been seriously damaged by a fire, with crews starting to cut away and damp down

LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender with lights
Southwarks Emergency Tender with lights. By the mid-1920s emergency tenders were developing into far more than just a carrier of firefighters with breathing apparatus

NFS (London Region) Fire Force 34 Emergency Tender, WW2
An example of an NFS emergency tender (ET), its crew and some of the specialist cutting equipment it carried. This ET was in Fire Force district 34

LCC-LFB emergency tender at Lambeth fire station
Crew of an emergency tender demonstrating the range of equipment it carries including breathing apparatus, hot cutting equipment and a smoke extraction unit

Timber from Canada
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Timber from Canada Date: 1927-1933

Watanabe no Tsuna cutting the arm of the demon at Rashomon. Print shows the warrior Watanabe no Tsunas sword projecting from below the Ibaraki demon clutching a pillar at Rashomon. Date 188-

Knife for cutting the gold leaf into squares. Date 1878?

Tongue cutting sparrow. Print shows an old woman(?) carrying a large basket on her back, a gift from the sparrow whose tongue she had cut; the basket is full of demons instead of the treasure she is

Girl cutting a Japanese radish. Photograph shows a young woman cutting a large daikon or Japanese radish. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict a woman holding a banner in the upper right

An old fashioned barbers shop. A man has his hair cut whilst a sailor waits his turn

Cutting the boundary line. Photograph shows several men of the British North American Boundary Commission survey crew posed in clearing, with transit

Farmers cutting he corn horse-drawn harvesters
Farmers cutting he corn with horse-drawn harvesting machines. Date: 1904

H. L. Oakley cutting a portrait in his studio
Silhouette artist, Harry Lawrence Oakley, known as H. L. Oakley pictured cutting the portrait of a young woman in a cloche hat and fur stole in a studio

Cutting ice on the Ottaqueechee River, Coos County, New Hampshire. Date 1936 Feb

Silhouette portrait of H. L. Oakley cutting a silhouette por
Stunning self-portrait silhouette of the artist H. L. Oakley cutting the silhouette of a little girl, who stands on a small table. Date: 1920s

Cutting the pies and cakes at the barbeque dinner, Pie Town, New Mexico Fair. Date 1940 Oct

Prince George opening Esplanade, Walton, Essex
Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942) opening the Princes Esplanade at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Seen here addressing the crowd before performing the official opening by cutting the ribbon

Jacquard Card Making, Halifax
Jacquard Card Making at Akroyds Worsted Factory, Halifax. An operative punches Jacquard cards assisted by a boy cutting out blank cards. Date: 1844

Wedding of Bunny Austin and Phyllis Konstam
The wedding of Henry Wilfred Bunny Austin (1906 - 2000), British tennis player and Phyllis Konstam (1907 - 1976), British actress who were married on 14 November 1931 at Hampstead Parish Church

Brunigbahn Railway - Switzerland
Brunigbahn Railway - a narrow gauge railway of the Swiss Federal Railways. This postcard shows a high narrow pass cut through the mountainside, affording a spectacular view of the peaks of the Alps

Egyptian Arab Barber in his beautifully ornate little wooden shop, with room for the client, the barber and his young attendant, who sits to one side holding a hand mirror

Tunis, Tunisia - A Local Barber Date: circa 1903

Silhouette artist cutting a childs portrait

Indus steam flotilla
Cover page of Illustrated London news documenting the indus steam flotilla, model vessel constructed by Mr Scott Russell. Above this image a wheel-barrow

Advertisement for silhouettes, Jenners of Edinburgh
Advertisement for Jenners of Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, offering silhouette portraits by the well-known silhouette artist H. L. Oakley MBE

Mr C G Barr, champion paper tearer
The champion paper tearer of the world, Mr C. G. Barr of Seattle, Washington with some examples of his work. Date: 1904

Child pulling sledge
Winter, Girl pulling sledge with christmas tree Date: 1950s

Blanch Blower
Modern haymaking on a British farm, showing a close-up of the rotary rake and the intake of the Blanch Blower, a device for collecting hay after cutting. Date: 1960s

Frontispiece, Mrs Bobbity standing at the tea table
Frontispiece design showing Mrs Bobbity standing at the table, getting the tea ready. Date: 1937

New postage stamp design, Fiume, Italy
A new postage stamp design for Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) when under Italian occupation, soon after the First World War. The design shows a short sword cutting a Gordian knot

Dunderpate speaks to the tailor about marrying his daughter, but the tailor doesn t like the idea of making him free clothes for the rest of his life. Date: 1938

Travelling Barbers at Work - Mersin Date: circa 1909

Vendome Column 1
Cutting the base of the column in the place Vendome, Paris, preparatory to pulling it down, at the instigation of artist Gustave Courbet. Date: 8 May 1871

Elderberries for Wine
Cutting elderberries from their stalks, in preparation for wine making. Date: 1960s

At the school for Strafing
At count zeppelins evening classes for bomb droppers. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1916

Japan - Geisha girl preparing daikon
Japan - Geisha girl preparing (cutting) daikon (white radish), possibly for takuan or bettarazuke dishes. Date: circa 1910s

The Orkney Express
A slightly mocking postcard entitled: The Orkney Express, depicting an ox-drawn cart carrying peat and a local farmer Date: 1910s

Delhi Street Barber
A barber cutting hair on a street corner, Delhi, India. Date: 1930s

Wine & Cheese Evening
A carafe of red wine, fresh bread and Danish Blue and Dutch Edam cheese on the cutting board, ready for a trendy wine and cheese evening! Date: 1968

Wholemeal Loaf
Healthy wholemeal brown bread, temptingly cut into slices, on a wooden cutting board - very GOOD for you! Date: early 1980s

Cutting a tree near Amiens, France, WW1
Two men cutting a tree at sawmills near Amiens and Albert, northern France, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

Poster, Keep Broken Glass off the Roads, it ruins tyres. circa 1940s

Beef cuts, 1857
Town and country methods of cutting up an ox. The head and hooves ar shown, as well as the carcass. Date: 1857

Cabinet makers, Shoreditch, London 1940s
Two men operate a machine at a cabinet makers in Shoreditch, London. 1940s

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