Duty Collection (page 17)

Police Report for Duty
Policemen receiving instructions before going out on the beat Metropolitan Police

Policeman on Duty
Policeman on duty outside the old American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London Metropolitan Police

Dont Bother Police
Do not hinder a policeman on point duty by asking questions, for, in doing so, you may be also obstructing three or more lines of traffic

Roman Banquet / Winter
A Roman soldier, on guard duty on a cold winters day, watches as festive fare is carried to the banqueting hall

Ace of Spades / Card
Ace of spades with three old pence duty notice printed as part of the design

Police Safety Officers
Police safety officers on duty in a stadium at a football match Metropolitan Police

Russian Peasants
Russian peasants, old and young, equipped for some heavy-duty woodwork with sturdy hatchets and saws

The new mechanical man
The first British robot, invented by Captain Richards and Mr. A. H. Reffell, whose first duty was to open a Model Engineering Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Hall in London in 1928

Police Officer on Duty
Black police officer talking to man. Metropolitan Police

Police Football Duty
Police Officer on duty at a football match doing crowd control amongst the football supporters Metropolitan Police

Lemonade duty
Photograph illustrating the reduction in the duty on lemonade following Stanley Baldwins first Budget in April 1923

Police Profile
Two young British policemen, photographed in profile whilst on duty at a May Day rally

Newspaper Stamp Duty
Delivering the ILN to Somerset House to receive the official stamp : though not direct censorship, this is seen as a tax on knowledge, an infringe- ment of freedom of the press

Napoleon and Lepers
Napoleon in Egypt, visiting a leper hospital, touches the lepers, and when his staff reproach him, he replies It is my duty, I am the general in command

Stamp Office 1809
Housed in Somerset House : at this time the government derived substantial duty from the stamping of documents of all kinds, including newspapers

Gatwick Passport Control
The Passport Control section at London Gatwick Airport, England

Sailors on Watch
Soviet sailors on night-sentry duty

Cartoon on Tea Duty
Ladies gather round a large urn of tea drinking from large cups since it is " A good cup of tea when the duty is taken off

Bingo at Crimean Camp
Off-duty soldiers in a French camp during the Crimean war enjoy a game of " lotto" (bingo)

TRUMPETER
A trumpeter from the Life Guards. The regiments special duty is to attend to the King

Wwi / Sentry Duty 1918
A French soldier on sentry duty in the trench

Borodin - Igor - 7
Vladimir Galitsky, Igors dissolute brother in law, who will fall for the Tartar Khans daughter Kontchakovna and find himself torn between love and duty

Posthumia at Altar
Posthumia guarding the altar

Policeman & Police Car
A policeman wearing white armbands used when directing traffic, stands next to a police car with a Stop Police sign on the back

Directing Artillery
A French Farman F-40 comes under German fire as it directs artillery fire over Avocourt on the Western Front; this is a valuable but dangerous duty

Lady & Dogs in Rain
Rain or fine, dogs must be taken for their walk; this Parisienne, doing her dog- owners duty, has only a tiny brolly to protect her from the downpour

Scholar of Laputa
A scholar of Laputa, deep in thought, is attended by a servant whose duty it is to rouse him to a sense of reality should the need arise

Uk Event / Toon / 1815 / Cornl
Satirical view of the campaign for imposition of duty on imported corn

Trench Entertainment
British soldiers off duty, smoking and listening to an accordion at the front, somewhere in Flanders

Steam Lorry Circa 1923
Steam wagon used by Beck and Politzer, haulage contractors and wharfingers : even at this date, steam power is widely used for heavy-duty carriage

Police / Traffic Duty
A policeman directs the London traffic

Social / Cowboys Off Duty
Cowboys off-duty, feeding soup to their dog

Vizir who was Punished
Fish, fish, are you doing your duty ? - the mysterious damsel upsets the frying-pan in which the magic fish are about to be fried for the Sultans supper

Sightseers + Horseguard
Sightseers pause to admire a horse guard on sentry duty in Whitehall : unusually, he is carrying a gun

MAN O WAR, EARLY C19
A MAN-OF-WAR When wars stern duty calls, Englands best safeguard are her wooden walls

London Policeman / Traffic
A London policeman directs traffic

Review of Young Guards
King George V reviews " Young Guards" before their departure for garrison duty on the Rhine in Germany

Allies in Flanders Wwi
Entente Cordiale: British and either French or Belgian soldiers fraternising and relaxing on a canal boat in Flanders during the First World War

Scout Certificate
Reginald Foulk is now a Scout, trusted by Baden-Powell to at all times do his best to carry out his duty

Men Resting in Trenches
A soldier on guard duty watches over his comrades in the French army as they rest and sleep in their trench

Traffic / Piccadilly
Policeman directs traffic through Piccadilly Circus

Gas Light / Lamplighter
Lamplighter carrying out his duty up ladder

Torquatus visits the tribune Pomponius
Titus Manlius Torquatus, armed with a knife, forces the tribune Marcus Pomponius to retract accusations made against his father Lucius, who was making unpopular preparations for war

Futuristic airborne traffic policeman
A futuristic scene showing an airborne traffic policeman reprimanding a pilot who has broken the rules of the air, or the airway code

Smoking Pipes
French officers off-duty

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