Department Collection (#20)

Henry Simonis & Co fire appliances, Nuremberg, Germany
Two Henry Simonis & Co fire appliances on a street in Nuremberg, Germany

Three fire engines and crews, Hamburg, Germany
Three fire engines and their crews (Haupt Feuerwache), Hamburg, Germany, with a group of children on the right. Date: 1884

Henry Simonis & Co fire appliance, Nuremberg, Germany
A Henry Simonis & Co fire appliance, parked on a street in Nuremberg, Germany

Goodyear Fire & Rubber Co, Akron, Ohio, USA
A horse-drawn vehicle of the Goodyear Fire & Rubber Co, Akron, Ohio, USA, with its crew of firefighters. Date: 1902

Three fire engines and crews, Hanover, Germany
Three fire engines and their crews (Automobil-L� zug, Berufs-Feuerwehr-Hannover), Hanover, Germany

Los Angeles Fire Department duplex pump, USA
Los Angeles Fire Department duplex pump in action, California, USA, May 1937. Date: 1937

Charlotte Fire Department vehicle, North Carolina, USA, August 1935. It was the first enclosed Sedan-type fire appliance in America -- a six-cylinder engine of 160 horsepower with a pumping capacity

Bolling Air Force Base, Washington DC, USA
Entertaining orphan boys on a DCFD fire department truck at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington DC, on Fathers Day, 18 June 1950. Date: 1950

London Fire Brigade - 19th Century - Horse-drawn steam pump
Off to the Fire London Fire Brigade - 19th Century - Horse-drawn steam pump Date: 19th century

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove womens hats 1917
A selection of attractive hats for 1917. 1917

War Sites of the 1914-1918 Campaign
Booklet entitled War Sites of the 1914-1918 Campaign, Belgian Army, Booklet No. 2. Sold by the War Sites Department for the Disabled Soldiers and War Orphans Funds

Sir Richard Woodman Burbridge
Sir Richard Woodman Burbidge, 2nd Baronet (1872 - 1945), Chairman of Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, London. Pictured in The Sketch at the time he had been awarded the CBE

Silver medal engraved with two War Department arrows
A silver medal engraved with two War Department broad arrows. One side reads W. SEARLE. The other side reads 28th (CO) Royal Army Service Corps

WWI Military Hunter pocket watch
First World War Military Hunter pocket watch with enamel dial with seconds counter and key-wind, jewelled lever movement, by Rothermans, London

British Army Issue puttee-winding machine stamped with War Department broad arrow and dated 1918. |The puttee was adopted because of its protection against snake bites in India

Barkers Womens trench coat, WW1 advertisement
Advertisement for the Womens Service Section of Barkers Department Store on Kensington High Street, set up to provide nurses

Gamages Xmas bazaar advertisement, WW1
An advertisement for the famous Gamages store on Holborn, London, promoting their annual Christmas bazaar. Typically for the period

Lieut-General Sir Nevil Macready by Percival Anderson
General SIR CECIL FREDERICK NEVIL MACREADY (1862 - 1946) British Army officer serving in senior staff appointments in the First World War

Actors selling chocolate for charity, WW1
A page from The Sketch showing various well-known members of the theatrical profession acting as sales-people at an unidentified London store

Dickins & Jones First World War advertisement
Advertisement for Dickins and Jones, the department store in Regent Street, London, advertising their rich, brocaded crepe shirts

Advert for Gamages motoring needs 1926
Selection of motoring garments suitable for all weathers, showing at Olympia. 1926

Advert for Shoolbreds womens footwear 1916
Footwear of distinction, womens smart kid shoes available at Shoolbreds department store in Tottenham Court Road, London 1916

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove womens gloves 1935
A selection of wrist gloves: suede simplex fabric, hog skin, reynier quailty seleted French kid gloves, novelty French Chevrette Kid gloves with black patent leather bars

Selfridges cycle advertisement by H. L. Oakley
Delightful advertisement for the cycle department of London department store, Selfridge s, guaranteeing top speeds at low prices and featuring a silhouette of a cyclist zooming downhill by H. L

Selfridges books advertisement by H. L. Oakley
Advertisement for London department store, Selfridges and its book department, featuring a silhouette of a tranquil, cosy scene showing a family seated by the fireside, all enjoying a good book

Selfridges advertisement by H. L. Oakley
Advertisement for London department store, Selfridge s, in particular its goods catering for the open air life, including hampers, flasks, luncheon baskets and camp equipment. The silhouette by H. L

Selfridges sweets advertisement by H. L. Oakley
Advertisement for London department store, Selfridge s, and in particular their confectionary department. The advert features a silhouette by H. L

Advertisement for Shoolbreds ladies shirts
Advertisement for Shoolbreds ladies tailor-made shirts, made by expert tailors in the mens shirt department. Materials available are spun silk, taffeta silk, spunella

Woman in elegant fur trimmed coat
Woman in an elegant fur trimmed coat, evolved from the circular cape, as seen at Peter Robinsons department store in Oxford Street, London. Date: September 1914

Delivery of beds to the Admiralty, London, WW1
A delivery of beds to the Admiralty in London, so that employees may stay on the premises overnight to deal with emergencies during the First World War. Date: September 1914

Advert for D. H Evans ready-to-wear felt hat 1914
Advertisement for a new ready-to-wear hat in velour-finished felt from D H Evans of Oxford Street, London. In black and all colours

Rugby suit for boys 1914
The Rugby suit for boys, available in tweed, homespun or navy serge from D H Evans and Co Ltd, Oxford Street, London. September 1914

Crowds of Christmas shoppers, Oxford St, 1944
Dense crowds thronging Oxford Street looking for Christmas presents in December 1944. The entrance to Selfridges department store can be seen in the background. Date: 1944

Selfridges during Second World War
Selfridges department store on Oxford Street, London pictured during World War Two with the windows covered over as protection against air raids

Advertisement for the opening of Selfridges, 1909
Advertisement in The Illustrated London News inviting shoppers to visit the new temple of commerce on Oxford Street, London, Messrs Selfridge & Co from the week beginning 15 March 1909. Date: 1909

Gold Hill Liberty Fire Dept No. 1, Virginia City, USA
The men of Gold Hill Liberty Fire Dept No. 1, ready to put out any fire in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. Date: 1887

Sanitary Department on parade, WW1
The newly formed Sanitary Department on parade at the start of the First World War. Date: August 1914

Fashionable lady in a hat, accompanying an advertisement for the Marshall & Snelgrove department store, to be found in London, Scarborough, Leeds and Harrogate. Date: 1914

The exterior of Harrods department store, from Brompton Road. London Date: C. 1905

Coronation preparations at Harrods by Matania
A busy scene at Harrods department store, showing the vast array of Coronation novelties in the making to decorate the shop front and surrounding streets. Date: 1911

Advert for Gamages childrens toys 1929
Gamages. The childrens mecca. Beautiful toys and novelties - everything the heart of a child desires is to be found at Gamages, one of the Worlds greatest stores. Date: 1929

Daily Mail newspaper artists office
Photograph of the art department of the Daily Mail, with illustrators working on pictures at large tables in the days when illustration was still as important as photography in newspapers

Write to Harrods for it, 1909
A page from a 1909 Harrods mail order catalogue, advising country customers of the availability of goods listed in the catalogue and carriage costs. Date: 1909

Alschwang Cosmetics Shop - Moscow
A high-end cometics and clothes shop named Alschwang based in Moscow. Date: Pre-1917

William Rushton, physiologist and psychical researcher
William A H Rushton (1901-1980), physiologist and psychical researcher. He was based at Cambridge University and later at Florida State University, Department of Psychology

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove teagowns 1917
Two graceful teagowns. 1917

The Church at Massat
The Church (Eglise Notre Dame de la Nativite) at Massat - a commune in the Ariege department in southwestern France. Date: circa 1910s

Broadway and 79th Street, New York
The corner of Broadway and 79th Street in New York showing the Oliver A. Olson department store. The store has large display windows showing clothing and furnishing

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