Electric Collection (#24)

Advert for Dr Scotts electric corsets 1890
World wide reputation Dr Scotts electric corsets and waists, giving and supporting qualities and durability of material, which is a comfort to the robust as well as the invaild. 1890

Electric Shock Trader
A German street entertainer offers to give you an electric shock from his machine for one schilling Date: circa 1815

SIEMENs RAILWAY 1879
Siemens miniature electric railway at the Berlin Exhibition. Date: 1879

Parliament Reporter Room
A Reporters room at the Houses of Parliament Date: 1882

Advert for Harness Electropathic Belt 1892
Comfortable to wear and guaranteed, the Harness Electropathic Belt, with a mild continuous current of electricity which cannot fail to invigorate the debilitated constitution. 1892

Marble Arch at night, 1926
Marble Arch at night with electric street lighting, 1926 Date: 1926

Dail Mail / Typing Story
An office at the Daily Mail showing a story being wired to Manchester for duplicating in the Manchester edition. Date: 1950 s

Robot chorus girls in New York
When a New York impresario replaces his chorus girls with electrically powered robots, his ingenuity is not well received by the audience. Date: 1928

Altered State
Charcot induces an altered state of catalepsy with the aid of electric light at La Salpetriere, Paris Date: 1879

Electrical chafing dish 1912
Chafing-dish stand on four legs in aluminium, used for table cookery. 1912

Thomas Edison re-creates his electric lamp
Photograph showing (left to right): President Herbert Hoover, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, at the re-creation of the lamp which magically awoke the World to a new brilliance fifty years before

Street scene, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA
Street scene in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA, with an electric light tower on the left and the Post Office building in the centre. Date: 1902

Covent Garden at night, 1926
Covent Garden, London, at night, 1926 Date: 1926

Advert for Mappin & Webb electic candelabras 1906
Fitted electric candelabras. Date: 1906

Night workers laying an electric cable in London 1900
Workmen working in the streets at night laying electrical cable. Date: 1900

Honorine Seguin, electric girl of La Haye (Indre-et- Loire), watched by Dr Pineau and others, repels furniture with her apron. Date: 1857-8

Young lad using an electric razor. Date: 1970s

Paris Exhibition - Palace of Electricity 1900
Completing the electric star which sumounts the Palace of Electricity. Date: 1900

Telegraph lines crossing the American Great Plains
Telegraph lines running alongside a railway line, crossing the American Great Plains. Date: circa 1880

Advertisement for Rashleigh electric lamps - Sweet Sixteen. Date: 20th century

Stationery design, Hotel Britannia, Venice, Italy. circa 1890s

Stationery design, Continental Hotel, Milan, Italy. 1891

Cabinet photo, design on back, Albert Day, photographer
Cabinet card, Art Nouveau design on back - Albert Day, photographer, 165 Well Street, Hackney, East London. Day and Electric Light Studios. early 20th century

Advert for Dr Carter Moffats electric body belt 1891
Dr Carter Moffats electric body belt, magneto-electric battery Co. 1891

View of Blandford Street, Manchester Square, London, looking towards Marylebone High Street. circa 1908

Trains with searchlights
Meeting of two locomotives equipped trains with electric lanterns. Date: 1903

Man in timber yard, sawing tree trunk, Devon
Man in a timber yard, sawing a tree trunk, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Washington Street, Binghamton, New York State, USA, on a quiet day. Date: circa 1910

Department store by night, Rochester, New York State, USA
The Duffy McInnerney department store (opened 1907) lit up at night in Main Street, Rochester, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1910

Electricity bill for resident of Lima, New York State, USA
Electricity bill for Mrs William Vary, a resident of Lima, New York State, USA. The power supplier is the Lima Honeoye Electric Light & Railroad Company, six kilowatts were consumed in May 1918

An Electric railway car at Ye Alpine Tavern, Mount Lowe Railway, Mount Lowe, California, USA Date: 1900s

Falls Street at night, Niagara Falls, New York State, USA
Falls Street at night, lit by electric lights, Niagara Falls, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1910

Niagara Falls at night, with lighting, New York State, USA
Niagara Falls at night, with multicoloured electric lighting using one billion lights, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1915

Electric Train Bridge over Taunton River, Massachusetts, USA
Electric Train Bridge over the Taunton River at Fall River, Massachusetts, USA Date: circa 1908

Advert for Frantz Premier Electric Cleaner
A house-proud lady vacuums her home with the Frantz Premier Electric Cleaner. Date: 1917

Cartoon, The electric underpants, WW1
Cartoon, The electric underpants, showing a new invention by a German scientist. Not only do the underpants keep the soldier warm in the trenches

Magnet Electric Cleaner Advert, 1927 Date: 1927

Automobile Row, Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Automobile Row on Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, full of car showrooms, car dealers and garages. Date: 1916

The Empire Cookery Book - Advertisement for Electric Cookers
The Empire Cookery Book - Advertisement promoting the benefits of an Electric Cooker. Date: 1920s

Pennsylvania Coal Docks, Sandusky, Ohio, USA
View of the Pennsylvania Coal Docks, Sandusky, Ohio, USA, with an electrically operated coal loader Date: 1939

Statue and train, Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The famous statue Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor) and a train, at the top of the Corcovado Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Date: 1930s

Handley Page construction, Smalesbury, Lancashire, WW2
Handley Page Hampden Mk I construction by English Electric at Smalesbury, Lancashire. Date: circa 1940

Living room by Ronald Dickens, in tones of green and brown, with a boxed-in fireplace and a Van Gogh reproduction above. Date: 1933

Torpedo torpedo, or eyed electric ray, also known as Common Torpedo, Ocellate Torpedo, Cramp Ray, Turpaena and Numbfish. It can deliver a strong electric shock of up to 200 volts. Date: 1862

Six girls on a Balham street, SW London
Six girls huddled together in front of a wooden fence on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

English Electric Lightnings x 7 from 74 Squadron RAF
Seven English Electric Lightnings from 74 Squadron RAF in formation at Farnborough Air Show on 6 September 1962 Date: 1962

English Electric Lightnings x 11 from 74 Squadron RAF
Eleven English Electric Lightnings from 74 Squadron RAF after a display at Farnborough Air Show in September 1961 Date: 1961

English Electric Lightning F. 3 XP697 74 Squadron RAF
English Electric Lightning F.3 XP697 of 74 Squadron RAF displaying at Farnborough Air Show on 8 September 1964 Date: 1964

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