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Elo Asbestos Panels AdvertisementAn advertisement for Elo Asbestos Panels Ltd. the photographs showcase an entrance hall and stairway that have been given the Elo treatment, with fireproof, damp and rotproof panelling
Cover design, Do it yourself, March 1967 - attack that damp at half the cost Date: 1967
Comic postcard, Two cats discuss their honeymoon Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Hotel guests complaint Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, seaweed on the beach Date: 20th century
WET DAY IN TRAFALGAR SQA November afternoon in London. A fine study of a wet day in Trafalgar Square. Two business men walk across the square carrying umbrellas. Date: 1950s
FILEY / YORKS / 1920SFiley, Yorkshire: The Promenade on a cold, damp day Date: 1920s
LONDON BUSES AT NIGHTHorse buses clatter along the Tottenham Court Road on a damp and foggy evening Date: 1890s
Rear view of man walking Belmont Bank, ShrewsburyRear view of man walking Belmont Bank, a cobbled street in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, on a wet winter day Date: 2019
Three farmers at sheep saleThree male farmers study the stock at a sheep sale in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales Date: circa 1975
Winter 1915, flooded British trench by Matania, WW1A British trench on the Western Front during the winter of 1915 drawn by The Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania and demonstrating the sort of flooded
John Conrad Russell and his mother Dora BlackJohn Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell (1921-1987) and his mother Dora Black, Lady Russell (1894-1986). Dora Black was a British author, feminist and socialist campaigner
Old Swedish Matchbox label with Robber and a tiger hunting possibly for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s
A Classic English Summers Day on the beach! The rain is pouring, it is freezing cold and even the dog appears to not be relishing his daily stroll
Blitz in London -- Surrey Commercial Docks, WW2Blitz in London -- No.6 Warehouse, Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, 7 September 1940. Fire crews in action with five jets and a turntable ladder
Blitz in London -- burnt out cargo ship, Rotherhithe, WW2Blitz in London -- a close up of a burnt out cargo ship in the Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, SE London. Firefighters continue to damp down hot-spots of fire within the ship
An old street in Hakone, Japan on a wet dayA view of an old street in Hakone, Japan - Hakone is in the Kanagawa Prefecture, in Ashigarashimo District, located on the eastern foot of Hakone Pass. Date: circa 1909
Florence - Piazza della Signoria on a wet Friday afternoonItaly - Florence - Piazza della Signoria on a wet Friday afternoon Date: 1912
Lycogala epidendrum, Wolfs MilkWatercolour on paper, c.1838 by Anna Russell (nee Worsley) (1807-1876). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1838
Oxo advertisement, WWIAdvertisement for Oxo, an inestimable boon to the fighting forces at this time of the year. Advert is illustrated by two scenes showing British soldiers manning a machine gun on the front line
Common Bluebottle butterfly feeds on a damp sand (Graphium sarpedon). Tioman Island, typical; Malaysia; June
Montesquieu BirthplaceThe French philosopher MONTESQUIEU was born here in the chateau de la Brede, in the Gironde. All very picturesque, but it was probably damp in winter. Date: 1689
Porcellio sp. woodlouse
Psittaculirostris desmarestii, large fig parrotPlate 35 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia
Fire appliances in a London fire station appliance roomMotorised fire engines in a London fire station appliance room. Note the wooden blocks on the floor, to help stop the ladders deforming, especially in damp conditions
LCC-LFB Aftermath of a church fire, Avenue Road NW3The roof of a church which has been seriously damaged by a fire, with crews starting to cut away and damp down
Doing the Lakes - Rain in the Lake District disturbing the enjoyment of ones holiday! Twixt Mist and Rain and Lake and Mere, We re never short of water here. Date: 1930s
May Day / Ally SloperAlly Sloper celebrates May day in the back garden, although the unseemly conduct of a neighbor with a hosepipe sees that the whole affair ends on a damp note
Wet day in Madras, IndiaA wet day in Madras, India. The local population use a variety of different methods to keep the rain off their heads!
Ansells Fire-Damp Indicator, 1880Engraving showing the instrument, designed by Ansell, for the detection of fire-damp in underground mines, 1880. If fire-damp gases built up then the risk of explosion increased
Wet Easter WeatherA man cycling down an English country lane during rather wet Easter weather