Depot Collection (page 3)

Grove Lands, near Henfield in Sussex, was used as a war-supply depot. Pictured is its owner Sir Gerald Hanson, who goes round collecting supplies

WW1 - Brigade of Guards - Depot Cooks - July, 1916. It is worth noting that only four of the gentlemen pictures are not proud owners of a moustache....!!! Date: 1916

Canadian Pacific Railroad Depot, Vancouver, Canada. Date: circa 1905

Reno, Nevada, USA - Southern Pacific Depot Date: circa 1930s

Vancouver, Canada - Canadian Pacific Railway Depot. Date: 1919

View of Hong Kong harbour, with ships and buildings
General panoramic view of Hong Kong harbour, with various ships, including HMS Medway, submarine depot ship, in the centre. To the left are two County class cruisers (with three funnels)

Blitz in London -- Chiesmans, Lewisham High Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- a firefighter, wearing an oilskin coat, damping down the aftermath of an incendiary bomb attack on Chiesmans depository in Lewisham High Street, SE13

Cholera Poster, prevention of Cholera, remedies recommended by Government from the anti-Cholera tincture depot

German prisoners of war at Abbeville, France, WW1
German prisoners of war at a clearing depot in Abbeville, northern France, after the Battle of the St Quentin Canal (29 September to 10 October 1918) during the First World War. Date: October 1918

Service kukri, 1914. Blade with single fuller. Manufactured at Fort William, 1914. With service scabbard and frog. Stamped on blade: F. W/ 1914/ 7 G R

Djibouti - Charcoal Depot at the Port. Date: 1920

Chislehurst caves during WWII
Chislehurst caves, Kent, during WWII. Mothers in bunks and babies in cots deep underground in their cave shelter. 1944

Lantern shop in Shanghai, China. On the left is the Ox Brand Leather Trunk Sale Depot run by Lim Teck Lee. Date: circa 1920s

HMS Alert, British sloop launched in 1894, used as a depot ship in the Persian Gulf. Date: circa 1900s

Motive Power Depot (MPD), Bournemouth, Dorset
Engine Works, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. London Brighton & South Coast Railway Date: 1950s

At work in the English Army Remount Camp Depot, WW1
Scenes at a British Army Remount Depot where horses were trained, broken in and reconditioned for service during the war. 1. hard at work at the forge. 2. trimming a draught horse, 3

Branding horses at the Army Remount Depot, WW1
A horse strongly objecting to being branded at an Army Remount Depot during the First World War. Date: 1915

HMS Lucia, British submarine depot ship, with four submarines alongside. Date: circa 1920s

Silver Menu holder - Ulster Volunteer Force badge
Silver Menu holder belonging to Major L. G. Tempest Stone, CMG, containing the Ulster Volunteer Force badge and engraved on base - RCM Major L. G. Tempest Stone, South Belfast Ulster Club, 1914

Lieutenant Rimington - breaker & teacher of Army horses, WW1
Lt. Mike Rimington, late of the 37th Lancers, seen breaking unruly and vicious horses for the British Army at the Underdale Hall Remount Department near Shrewsbury in 1916

Three women working on a train carriage. London depot

Carter Paterson & Co. stables and depot. Parcel deliveries

LCC (LFB) Stores and Clothing Depot, Elgin Avenue, W9
London firefighters from the Kensington sub-station (12W) Lonsdale Road School, attending the London County Councils stores and clothing depot in Elgin Avenue, W9, to be kitted out with uniforms

Ogden, Utah - looking East from Union Depot, down 25th Street. Ogden is situated at the foot of Mount Ogden and Mount Ben Lomond, two of the highest peaks of the Wasatch Mountains

Field-Marshal Montgomery on horseback, 1945
Photograph showing Field-Marshal Montgomery riding a white Arab stallion, Germany, 1945. This horse was procured by the Germany army in 1941

Decorative postcard envelope, Glastonbury, Somerset
Decorative postcard envelope, Abbey Souvenir Depot, Glastonbury, Somerset. Date: circa 1900s

HMS Vulcan Torpedo-boat in Dry Dock
HMS Vulcan was launched in 1889 as a cruiser and torpedo-boat depot ship. Visible at top of picture are the curved arms of the special cranes fitted for deploying torpedo boats. Date: 1896

Robert Morrison, 1940
Robert Morrison, Labour MP for Tottenham, at a salvage depot amid a mass of waste-paper being put towards the war effort. Morrison was made Chairman of the inter-departmental committee on salvaging

British troops unloading high explosive shells
Photograph of British troops unloading high explosive shells at a depot in France, nd. From a collection of 23 official photographs by Press Photographer Bayley Harrison, World War One

Northern Ireland - Senior NCO briefing his patrol
One of two copies of an official photograph depicting a senior NCO briefing his patrol before leaving B Coy, The Royal Regiment of Waless base at Ardoyne bus depot

U. S. Supply Depot in England Prepare for Invasion
Photograph: U. S. Supply Depot in England Prepare for Invasion. An American officer giving the ?Once over? to a newly arrived tank from the U. S. Shows an American officer checking a tank. NYT. 2848

U. S. Lease and Lend Equipment Reaches Midlands
Photograph:U. S. Lease and Lend Equipment Reaches Midlands. American Lease and Lend equipment including sperry projectors artillery, (Anti-Aircraft)

Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Rustic depot at Gardiner, made from native logs in 1903, at the entrance to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Date: circa 1915

Volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943
Photograph of volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943 (c).Potential recruits to the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry undergo weight tests at the regimental depot at Belgaum

HMS Hazard and submarine cleaning
HMS Hazard, British Dryad-class torpedo gunboat and the worlds first submarine depot ship. Seen here are crew members cleaning submarines 1 and 4 of the flotilla. Date: circa 1905

USA - Minneapolis Bridge Square - Union Depot, horses carriages, shops on left, bridge on background. Part of Box 5 Boswell collection. American Trip. Date: circa 1900

USA - New York Grand Central Depot - Depot - many people and vehicles. Part of Box 5 Boswell collection. American Trip. Date: circa 1900

Post Office delivery driver and van at the Manchester depot
A Post Office delivery driver and his van at the Manchester depot Date: circa 1983

L & N Railway Depot, Pensacola, Florida, USA
L & N (Louisville & Nashville) Railway Depot, Pensacola, Florida, USA. Date: circa 1920

American Superfortresses bombing Burma, WW2
American 20th US Bomber Command Superfortresses bombing a Japanese supply depot near Rangoon, Burma, in March 1945 during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Fire in the oil depot at San Marcuola, 1789, by Francesco Gu
Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), Italian painter. Fire in the oil depot at San Marcuola, 1789, Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Spectators at Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients watching the Three-legged Race for hospital staff at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Cock Fighting at Birchington Sports Day
Two VAD Hospital patients taking part in an event called Cock Fighting at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Sack Bumping Race, Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients taking part in the Sack Bumping Race at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Birchington Sports Day, Egg & Spoon Race
In conjunction with Birchington War Weapons Week in late May 1918, the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington organised a Sports event

VAD patients at the Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients at the Sports Day held at Woodford House School field in Birchington during War Weapons Week. The Quex Park VAD Hospital

Bancrofts Home
American historian George Bancrofts (1800, 1891) home at Round Hill, Northampton, Massachusetts, is served by a horse-drawn bus in which the great man no doubt travels to the railroad depot

Spooky Santas
A strangly spooky consignment of toy Father Christmas dolls, apparently having just arrived at a London wholesale depot ready for the festivities. Date: 1930s

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