Effects Collection

BBC 1935
Spread from Radio Pictorial Annual showing the British Broadcasting Centre including the interior with the vaudeville studio, the gramaphone effects studio, concert hall, council chamber

Virgils Tomb (1785). Wright, Joseph of Derby 1734-1797. Wright travelled in Italy from 1774-76 and produced many fine drawings of classical subjects and geological curiosities

LFB and London Salvage Corps at a serious fire
With 25 pumps attending a serious fire at Eversholt House, 163 Eversholt Street, NW1, the London Salvage Corps bring in reinforcements to deal with the effects of firefighting operations

Wonders of the cinema organ by G. H. Davis
Noises played for films: wonders of the cinema organ. Thunder, shots and tom-toms controlled by an organist: a film-theatre organ that creates sound effects. Date: 1929

The new R. A. F. Centrifuge 1955
Testing the effects of gravitational stresses experienced by pilots at high speeds: the new R.A.F. centrifuge at the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine at Farnborough, Hampshire

Hogarth / Rakes / Tailor
The Rakes Progress 1. The young heir is measured for new clothes

Ghostly apparition produced by reflection. Date: 19th century

LORENZETTI, Ambrogio (1285-1348). Effects of Good Government on the City Life. First half 14th c. Detail. Renaissance art. Trecento. Fresco. ITALY. TUSCANY. Siena. Public Palace

Clerkenwell Prison explosion
Effects of the explosion at the house of detention, Clerkenwell, seen from within the prison yard: police officers and firemen searching the ruins

Hippocrates Saves Athens
By his sensible precautions, the Greek physician Hippocrates saves the people of Athens from the worst effects of the plague which threatens them

Punch / Free Trade / Uk Lion
FREE TRADE The British lion in 1850 or The Effects of Free Trade

Comet August 1921
The Earth passes through the tail of an unknown comet, with spectacular aerial effects

Stage Effects / Prompt
Cross-section of the stage (and below) at l Opera, Paris, showing the Prompt in his box

Jenner Title Page
Title page of the first edition of Edward Jenners Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae (smallpox)

Stage Effects - Fire
Victorian stage managers went to remarkable lengths to achieve realism on the stage - here, one tries to simulate the Great Fire of London

From The Western Front Illustration
An illustration reproduced from the book, From The Western Front, by the artist, it shows a military man, walking through a forest that has been decimated by the effects of war. Date: circa 1917

Effects of strikes upon the working class and the capitalist
The effects of a strike upon the capitalist and upon the working man Date: 1852

Cabaret du Neant (Cabaret of Nothingness or Death) - a ghost show cabaret, where ghosts were shown before the amazed audience via optical trickery and special effects

Boeing E-4B 73-1676
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 73-1676 (MSN 20682 / 202), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Villers Bretonneaux
A landscape oil painting showing the effects of war at Villers Bretonneaux, in the Somme, northern France. Date: circa 1919

White Flowers
Painting of an array of white flowers, by the Queen of Roumania who is keenly interested in all the arts. She writes poems and novels, and, as seen here, is an artist with skill and a personal touch

Gerona after a Snowstorm
A painting showing the effects of a snowstorm in Gerona, in the Catalonian region of Spain, by the River Onyar. Date: circa 1929

Mlle Ameta Butterfly Dancer
Performance artist Mlle Ameta uses costume, lighting effects and newly-invented machinery to perform her butterfly dance in Vienna. Date: circa 1910

The Effects of Wine on different Temperaments Date: 19th century

Boeing E-4B 75-0125
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 75-0125 (msn 20949), of the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron, at Offutt Air Force Base, in Nebraska, on 8 July 1979

Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). The street San Jeronimo in Madrid under the effects of the bombing

Harnessing the atom by G. H. Davis
The force which can move mountains: harnessing the atom to vast projects for the benefit of mankind

British Navy to sell the effects of the who has died at sea
When a sailor dies at sea: A sympathetic auction of his effects, for the benefit of his widow. 1914

GAS LIGHTING IN 1807
THE GOOD EFFECTS OF CARBONIC GAS !!! - neighbours complain of the smoke or of being asphyxiated, pedestrians whinge about the smell and one coughs himself to death... Date: 1807

Boeing E-4B 74-0787
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 74-0787 (msn 20684 / 232), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Boeing E-4B 73-1677
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 73-1677 (MSN 20683 / 204), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Boeing E-4B 73-1676
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 73-1676 (MSN 20682 / 202), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Boeing E-4B 75-0125
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 75-0125 (msn 20949 / 257), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Caricature of (Sir) Edward Moss, chairman of Moss Empires and the man behind the London Hippodrome, talking to his stage director Frank Parker

Autumn in early summer, Kensington Gardens
Girls in Kensington Gardens playing among dried leaves fallen from the trees during a period of hot weather and prolonged drought in the summer of 1921. Date: July 1921

Living drop-curtain in Better Days, London Hippodrome
A living drop-curtain at the London Hippodrome revue, Better Days, with various young ladies draped through peep holes. Date: 1925

LIghting effects in Peep Show at London Hippodrome
Page from The Illustrated London News demonstrating how the lighting effects of specialist Adrian Samoiloff could change a scene completely in Peep Show at the London Hippodrome

George Bernard Shaw kaleidoscoped
Front cover of The Sketch featuring an unusual portrait of playwright George Bernard Show shown in kaleidoscope effect. Date: 1926

The Sands of Dee, how the waves are formed at Hippodrome
Page from The Sketch reporting on how the immense waves was created during the London Hippodromes latest dramatic water spectacle, The Sands of Dee

Frank Parker, stage director at London Hippodrome
Frank Parker, , stage director at the London HIppodrome where he was the brains behind the theatres incredible water spectacles, plunging elephants, diving cyclists, snowstorms

Behind the scenes in a film studio 1924
Various trick techniques used to achieve certain effects in a film studio, sketched by D. Macpherson in The Sphere

Poster, The effects of over-cooking and keeping hot. Vitamin value, goodness, taste go up in smoke - result is waste. 1945

Cinema sound effects machine for silent movies - noises include babies, dogs, artillery and cars. 1912

Shah of Persia visit to London Hippodrome 1902
Shaw of Persia visit to the London Hippodrome, witnessing the catastrophe in The Bandits

Realism in sounds behind the scenes: Railway noises off
A group of stage hands using different techniques to make realistic train noises in the fledgling cinema industry. 1928

Stage effects at Covent Garden for Das Rheingold
Behind the scenes at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden demonstrating how the Rhine maidens are made to swim naturally in Wagners Das Rheingold. Date: 1936

BBC Broadcasting House, Studio 6D for Effects
BBC Broadcasting House, May 1935, Studio 6D for Effects. 1935

Grumman TBF-1C Avenger NZ2504
(ex Royal New Zealand Air Force) - Grumman TBF-1C Avenger NZ2504 (msn 5219, ex INST182, ex BuNo 24336), on gate guard at RNZAF Te Rapa, near Hamilton

Stage, with curtain and peep- hole, and painted backdrop beyond Date: 17th century

THEATREPHONE POSTER
A lady enjoys all the pleasure of the theatre (except for the acting, the sets and the stage effects, the ambiance and the pleasure of running into ones friends) Date: circa 1896

LIGHTING AT LOPERA 1887
The illumination of the new stage lighting and gas and electric lights at lOpera, Paris. Date: 1887

HORSE RACE ON STAGE
How a horse race was simulated on stage, at the Theatre des Varietes, Paris Date: 1891

Hippodrome, London - stage effects 1906
When THE EARTHQUAKE is staged at the Hippodrome in Leicester Square, London, the stage is flooded and buildings collapse but the heroine survives... Date: 1906

Avro York C. 1 LV639
Avro York C.1 LV639, the fourth prototype York, used for paratroop dropping trials from a hatch in the belly, but was found unsuitable due to slipstream effects. Date: circa 1943

Diseases of the Skin - Plate 4. Crusted or Honeycomb Ringworm, Alopecia (hair-loss), Ringworm of the scalp, spotted rose rash, running scab - eczema and Nettle rash. Date: circa 1880s

Diseases of the Skin - Plate 5 - Scabies or Itch, Red Gum Rash or Spotted Heat, Honey Sickness - Honey Scab or Pustular Tetter Impetigo, Shingles

Information leaflet, Dr Williams pink pills for pale people
Information leaflet for Dr Williams pink pills for pale people. The patent medicine pills contained iron oxide and magnesium sulphate

Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1280-1348). Effects of Good Government in the city. Fresco. Detail. Merchants in the walled city of Siena

The making of Disneys Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
Double page spread from The Illustrated London News with photographs showing the various aspects of production for the Disney feature-length animation, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Cartoon, The Cow Pock, or, the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation! by James Gillray

Background effects, SMB wallpaper sample book
A selection of background effects, with code numbers, in an SMB wallpaper sample book. Date: 1934

Laughing old man
A laughing old man with a wart on his nose, a fuzzy beard and blacked-out teeth. Perhaps not a real tramp, but an actor wearing makeup? Date: circa 1960s

The effects of WW1 on French Food Prices - AFTER (2 / 2)
The Household Accounts The effects of the First World War on French Food Prices - in 1918 (2/2) Date: circa 1918

Duchess of Albany with Charles Edward
Princess Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont, Duchess of Albany with her son, Prince Charles Edward of Albany (1884-1954). Charlie was born posthumously

Windy Derby / Epsom / Alken
A Start for the Derby of the Effects of a Windy Day or The Epsom Race Course Race-goers are sent flying by a severe wind causing havoc amongst the spectators

New York Skyline Illuminations - New York Worlds Fair of 1939 as seen from the top of the Empire State Building, NYC, USA. Date: 1939

Eruptive Fevers - Plate 6 - Measles, Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever, Vesicle of Vaccination (with slight surrounding rose rash), Typhus at an early stage

Pages from a catalogue
41 pages from an unknown catalogue measuring 36.7 x 27.3 cm, including black and white illustrations of writing equipment, purses, toys, perambulators, bicycles and tricycles

Parthenon frieze, effects of a century of decay
The Parthenon frieze: effects of a century of decay

Landscape with Spruce, c. 1780, by Elias Martin
Elias Martin (1739-1818). Swedish painter. Landscape with Spruce, c.1780. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Civil Defence Handbook, continuation of life after attack
Civil Defence Handbook, a continuation of life under fall-out conditions

Germany. Berlin. Building of Deutsche Bahn (DB). Effect of the lights

Hells Cures
Maximilien HELL effects cures using magnets, at Vienna Date: circa 1772

Satire / Suffrage
The effects of female enfranchisement forseen Date: 1853

Effects of wind on De Sandervals Glider - gliding in the wind, and gliding in the calm air. Date: 1870s

World War One Hot Air Balloon - Royal Garrison Artillery, Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent, England. Used for observing the effects of shell fire Date: 1915

Japan - The effects of a Typhoon (or storm)
Lantern slide of The effects of a Typhoon (or storm). Depicts a boat broken into bits.. Part of Box 158 Japan, part of Boswell Collection, slide no. 24 Date: circa 1890s

British Country Scene - Girl and Horse
Colour lantern slide of a girl with a horse and foal.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection

Observation Balloon watching the effects of Shell fire. Somewhere in France. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Shelled house in Northern France, WW1
The effects of shelling on a dwelling in North France with the house cut in half by bombardment but with stairs and some furniture still left intact, enabling it to be occupied by French troops

Illustration from Paris Plaisirs number 41, November 1925
" Illustration " Le Soleil Accuse (the sun accused - the effects of sunbathing) by Laboccetta from Paris Plaisirs number 41, November 1925" Date: 1925

Destructive force of flying bomb by G. H. Davis
Blast -- the main destructive force of the flying bomb in use during the Second World War. How and why it creates widespread damage

Coping with effects of bomb blast by G. H. Davis
The effects of bomb blast: how research and experiment have helped to cope with this vital problem during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Stage illusions
Illustrations depicting various cutting-edge stage illusions at the beginning of the 20th century

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