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Efficiency Collection

Background imageEfficiency Collection: RAFs new gyro gun sight by G. H. Davis

RAFs new gyro gun sight by G. H. Davis
Details of the RAFs new gyro gun sight, which makes every fighter pilot an accurate marksman. By means of two simple adjustments in action

Background imageEfficiency Collection: British soldier bears to the firing line WWI

British soldier bears to the firing line WWI
Double page showing a British private soldier, commonly know as a Tommy, showing a diagram of tools and equipment that he would have carried when marching to the trenches in World War One. 1915

Background imageEfficiency Collection: The Rolls Rapide Twin Tub washing machine - look what you get! A bargain at 39 guineas

The Rolls Rapide Twin Tub washing machine - look what you get! A bargain at 39 guineas! Date: 1961

Background imageEfficiency Collection: Notes relating to Board of Trade Titanic inquiry

Notes relating to Board of Trade Titanic inquiry
RMS Titanic, Captain Maurice Clarke Archive. Typed notes dated 28 April 1912 relating to the Board of Trade enquiry into the Titanic disaster

Background imageEfficiency Collection: Advert, Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd

Advert, Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd, Filton - Reliability and Efficiency. 1922

Background imageEfficiency Collection: WW1 poster, Don t

WW1 poster, Don t... 1. Don t use a motor car or motor cycle for pleasure purposes. 2. Don t buy new clothes needlessly. Don t be ashamed of wearing old clothes in wartime. 3

Background imageEfficiency Collection: WW2 poster, Work carefully, avoid scrap

WW2 poster, Work carefully, avoid scrap
WW2 poster, Accidents sometimes happen... Work carefully, avoid scrap. HMSO, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Date: 1940s

Background imageEfficiency Collection: WW2 poster, Bits and Pieces Bulletin

WW2 poster, Bits and Pieces Bulletin. Separate parts combined make an aeroplane. Printed for HMSO, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Date: 1940s

Background imageEfficiency Collection: WW2 poster, They need spares to use their wings

WW2 poster, They need spares to use their wings. HMSO Ministry of Aircraft Production. Date: 1940s

Background imageEfficiency Collection: WW2 poster, What! No Spares

WW2 poster, What! No Spares! He should be up in the air. HMSO Ministry of Aircraft Production. Date: 1940s

Background imageEfficiency Collection: Gas-masked horse and horseman at Aldershot

Gas-masked horse and horseman at Aldershot
Owing to the increased of poison-gas in World War One, soldiers were trained in the usage of gas-masks in centres, in England, before being allowed to go to the front

Background imageEfficiency Collection: WW2 poster, Get this into your head, Mister

WW2 poster, Get this into your head, Mister! When material in short supply is received, it must be supplied to production floor at lightning speed. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Background imageEfficiency Collection: WW2 poster, cut this out of working hours

WW2 poster, cut this out of working hours (petty jealousies, bickering), remember its the enemy you re fighting! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Background imageEfficiency Collection: WW2 poster, G R Notes are the Key Notes

WW2 poster, G R Notes are the Key Notes
WW2 poster, G R [Goods Received?] Notes are the Key Notes of harmonious store keeping. Wrong information and careless handling causes discord. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Background imageEfficiency Collection: WW2 poster, Draw Attention to Low Stock

WW2 poster, Draw Attention to Low Stock
WW2 poster, Draw Attention to It -- Low Stocks are the forerunner of No Stocks. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Background imageEfficiency Collection: WW2 poster, Tidy Stores

WW2 poster, Tidy Stores -- theres a place for everything -- put everything in its place! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Background imageEfficiency Collection: WW2 poster, Be quick in your clearance of goods

WW2 poster, Be quick in your clearance of goods inwards to stores -- make lightning speed with accuracy your motto. Date: 1940s

Background imageEfficiency Collection: Bremen Tram 1930S

Bremen Tram 1930S
A Speisewagen electric tram in Bremen, Germany. Date: early 1930s

Background imageEfficiency Collection: Health for efficiency Free courses in health education spons

Health for efficiency Free courses in health education sponsored by Adult Education Project of the Board of Education and the WPA

Background imageEfficiency Collection: Testing Seed Potatoes

Testing Seed Potatoes
A man and woman testing seed potatoes, Germany. Date: early 1930s

Background imageEfficiency Collection: Silver trophy

Silver trophy
Autos, Decauville Auto Co. 2 gallon efficiency cup. Silver trophy cup engraved: The Automobile Club of America, May 1906, Two Gallon Efficiency First Prize Won By 12 H.P. Franklin

Background imageEfficiency Collection: Some General Favourites, duing the General Strike

Some General Favourites, duing the General Strike
Believed to have come from Oxford, Cambridge and other " health resorts", London will not soon forget these cheery knights of the road

Background imageEfficiency Collection: Items belonging to George Moore, Titanic seaman

Items belonging to George Moore, Titanic seaman
Assorted items belonging to George Alfred Moore, seaman on the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship which sank on 15 April 1912 -- a pocket watch with ornate fob, a cigarette lighter

Background imageEfficiency Collection: The Electric Light

The Electric Light
Engraving of electric light apparatus, known as the Dynamo-Electrical machine. Made by the Russian engineer M. Jablochkoff

Background imageEfficiency Collection: Flettners Rotor Ship 3

Flettners Rotor Ship 3
Anton Flettners rotor-driven steamship Baden-Baden en route to New York, proving her viability if not her superior efficiency : she will sink in a storm in 1931

Background imageEfficiency Collection: Open Air Dormitory

Open Air Dormitory
An open air dormitory near Arosa, Switzerland. In winter, children sleep in covered shelters without windows. Health and efficiency at school have improved


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