Draft Collection

London Fire Engine Establishment, list of fire stations
Formed in 1833, the LFEE took over firefighting in London from the various Insurance Company fire brigades. It had 19 fire stations and its headquarters was located at Watling Street, City of London

A Clydesdale at Home - Scottish draft horse
The Clydesdale is a breed of draft horse derived from the farm horses of Clydesdale, Scotland, and named after that region. Date: circa 1910s

A pair of chestnut Suffolk Punch working horses in harness with blinkers, Suffolk, England Date: 2010

A pair of Suffolk Punch working horses pull a plough in a stubble field in Suffolk, England. A young woman leads the horses and a man handles the plough Date: 2010

Advert, Georges Bristol Beers, with draft or dray horse

Three men in a rowing boat dwarfed next to prow of a steamer
Three men in a small rowing boat dwarfed by the massive prow of a large steamship at (likely) Liverpool Docks, Merseyside

Cart being pulled by dogs in rural France
Delivery cart pulled by dogs in rural France. Date: circa 1930s

British soldiers disembarking at Basra, Iraq
1923

WW1 - Comic Postcard - K-Nut in a tuxedo
WW1 - Before conscription into the army was introduced, a certain class of young men existed, for whom everything was " too much bally trouble" or " too much fag." They were

Medical examination, WW1
A young man in subjected to a medical examination by a uniformed official of the U.S army

Slacker raids, New York, 1918
A truck load of men in boaters who were picked up without registration cards, exempting them from conscription into the U.S army in WW1. They were rounded up, then taken to Armory for examination

Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain by Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). Spanish romantic painter. Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain (1755-1817). Portrait. 1800. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Convoy with mules. 15th century. Miniature

TRUMBULL, John (1756-1843). Declaration of Independence. ca. 1817 - ca. 1819. The five-man drafting committee presenting their draft of the Declaration to the Congress (June 28th, 1776)

Paris, France - Bastille, Prieurs proposed monument. Date: 1881

Night, View, No, Mans, Land, France, 1915, reverse, postcard, Saturday, February, 5, 16, Dear, Ma, Am, still, here, same, hospital, finger, lot, better, but, probably, take, week, before, they

The Long and the Short of It - UP LAST DRAFT, WW1
The Long and the Short of It - UP LAST DRAFT: I suppose you as to be careful ow you looks over the parapet about ere. OUT SINCE MONS: You needn t worry

President Woodrow Wilson draft selection, USA
President Woodrow Wilson being blindfolded before he makes the first serial number selection for American men to be drafted into service in World War One. Date: September 1917

Two English Rural Working Horses - Working Partners
Two English Rural Working Horses pulling a simple form of harrow - Working Partners Date: circa 1920s

Study for a background - Newlyn, Cornwall. Date: circa 1890s

LCC-LFB self-propelled steam fireboat
Introduced in 1912, one of the shallow draft self-propelled vessels which replaced the early fire tugs

Camels pull harvester - Southern Russia
Camels used as draft animals to pull American Harvesting machines, in use on the Russian Steppes of the Caucasus region

Conscription Act of 1917
Some 5000 women appeared outside New York City Hall on 16th June 1917 to present an anti-registration petition to the mayor. Two women rioters are arrested for fighting with police

The Civil War in America: Riots in New York
Destructiion of the coloured orphan asylum. Anti-draft riots in New York caused at least 120 deaths and $2 million worth of damage

Bournes River Steam Train, 1849
Engraving of John Bournes proposal for a River Steam Train for use on the rivers of India, 1849. At that time, India had a poor transport network and Mr

Independence Draft
Jeffersons draft of the Declaration of Independence showing corrections in the handwriting of Franklin and Adams

Jean-Etienne Portalis
JEAN-ETIENNE PORTALIS duc de Montebello French statesman, helped draft the Code Napoleon

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