Electric Collection (#26)

German incendiary bombs by G. H. Davis
German incendiary bombs: clockwork and electric types in use during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Bonzo gets the surprise of his life by George Studdy
Bonzo gets the surprise of his life -- Bonzo introduces himself to Radio Rex, the electric toy consisting of a dog who jumps abruptly from his kennel in response to any sharp sound acting on his

Advert for the General Electric Company 1944
Tanks can t run on toasters. Many manufacturers dedicated their factories to making military tanks, aircrafts and weapons for the War effort, and stopped making household goods. Date: 1944

Manufacture of the Atlantic cable
The manufacture of the Atlantic submarine cable at Glass, Elliott and Co.s Works, East Greenwich, London Date: 1857

Advert for Drake & Gorham electric lighting 1914
Advertisement for Drake & Gorham Limited electric lighting, as used in country houses such as Brancepeth Castle, Eccleshall Castle, Gordon Castle, Chirk Castle and Ford Castle

Acoustic torpedoes by G. H. Davis
Off the secret list: torpedoes which hunt their prey by ear, and leave no telltale bubble track. Explanatory drawings showing how electric

Advert for Pye Portable Radio 1930
Pye Portable Radio... what a world of difference that one word makes. Ask your radio dealer. He will tell you of the magnificent reputation of the Pye Portable

Russian Peasants Experience Electricity
Russian Peasants experience the first Electricity in their village in 1925. Date: 1925

Advert for The General Electric Company 1943
A battalion of kettles won t stop a tank. That is a job for gun, shells, mines and bombs. So that industry can concentrate its energies on the weapons and supplies of War

Trolley bus, Ostende-Blankenberghe-Knocke
A trolley bus of four carriages serving Ostende, Blankenberghe and Knocke, Belgium

Street scene outside Victoria Station, London, viewed from above. Date: circa 1930s

First electric cab licensed in London
The first electric cab ever licensed in London in 1897. Called Berseys after the manager of the Electric Cab Company, they were nicknamed hummingbirds due to the sound they made. Date: 1904

Advert for Portable hand-held lamps and torch 1902
No wires, no liquids, no acid and no danger, portable hand-held battery operated lamp and torch. 1902

Advert for GEC Electric cleaner 1950
GEC Electric cleaner. 1950

WHEATSTONE
SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE physicist and inventor, instrumental in the electric telegraph Date: 1802 - 1875

Home Perm 1920S
A young woman gives herself a home perm in front of her bedroom dressing table, using some rather dangerous looking electric apparatus - lets hope its earthed! Date: late 1920s

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

Electric Shaver
A young man demonstrates how to us a new fangled shaving machine, more commonly known as an electric razor! Date: early 1930s

Boeing B-47E Stratojet, 53-2104, modified to test the Ge?
Boeing B-47E Stratojet, 53-2104, modified to test the General Electric TF34 turbofan. The combination flew for the first time on 21 January 1971

Advertisement for Remington shavers -- three models posing as a happy family (J Fenton, Sarah Branch and Jane Hancock). 1959

Tokyo, Japan - Ginza-Dori Avenue (or Ginza Street). Today, one of the most luxurious shopping districts in the world. Date: circa 1910s

Cuba - Havana - Vives and Cristina Avenues Date: circa 1908

A street scene close to Nagasaki Station, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine - Electric Trains
Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine at Omuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto Electric Train at the Carin Mine. Date: circa 1910s

Gornergratbahn, Switzerland - The Zermatt-Gornergrat Line. Date: circa 1903

Germany - Duren - North Rhine-Westphalia - Railway Station
Railway Station at Duren - a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, capital of Duren district in Germany, Iocated between Aachen and Cologne on the River Rur. Date: circa 1910s

The Station Avenue, Nice, France
The Station Avenue (L Avenue de la Gare), Nice, France - featuring two trams passing each other along this elegant tree-lined street. Date: circa 1910s

Street Scene - Novi Sad - Serbia Date: circa 1910s

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - The Quayside, set within an intricate border - the cover of a list of annual Saints Days published by Libraire Francaise of 10, Rue Venizelos. Date: circa 1916

Thessaloniki, Greece - The Quayside Date: circa 1910s

Thessaloniki, Greece - Grande Rue Egnatia. Part of the Via Egnatia, a road constructed by the Romans in the 2nd century BC, which crossed the Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, and Thrace

Thessaloniki, Greece - Rue Egnatia. Part of the Via Egnatia, a road constructed by the Romans in the 2nd century BC, which crossed the Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, and Thrace

Salonica - Fountain & Electric Street Light - Old and Modern
Thessaloniki, Greece - Fountain & Electric Street Light - Old and Modern. Date: 1917

The Electric Tram is Coming! A warning to pedestrians (in danger of being run down), horses (packed off to the slaughterhouse)

Paris, France - Electric Trams Date: circa 1910s

NY Fair - Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Exhibit
New York Worlds Fair 1939 - Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Exhibit Building Date: 1939

Istanbul, Turkey - Taksim Square - Holy Trinity Church
Istanbul, Turkey - Taksim Square - Tram, Ox Cart and Church of the Holy Trinity. Date: circa 1922

Advertising Card for Whiteleys Electric Shop, 84 John Street, New York, USA - featuring the smiling visage of a pretty model

St. Peters Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Date: circa 1907

Uruguay - Float for the Edison Electric Company
Uruguay - Festival Advertising Float for the Edison Electric Company, South America. Date: circa 1910s

Ceylon (Sri Lanka) - Colombo - Tram. The writing on this card is rather amusing: " Excuse me sending no letter - news is so scarce and there is nothing worth writing about." Date: 1905

The sole Westland 30-200 G-ELEC
The sole Westland 30-200, G-ELEC, powered by two General Electric CT7 turboshafts

Wg Cdr James Jimmy Leonard Dell (1924-2008) was appointed deputy chief test pilot at English Electric in 1959. Date: 1924

Roland Beamont - demonstration of English Electric Canberra
Roland Beamont at the demonstration of English Electric Canberra B2, WD932, at Martin Airport to employees of Martin and civic and business leaders of Maryland and Baltimore. 11 March 1951. Date: 1951

The prototype English Electric P5 Kingston N168
The prototype English Electric P5 Kingston, N168

Handley Page Victor K1 refuels an English Electric Lightning F6

Handley Page Victor K1 refuels 2 English Electric Lightnings
Handley Page Victor K1 refuels two English Electric Lightnings over the Niagara Falls

The maiden flight of the first English Electric Canberra VN7
The maiden flight of the first English Electric Canberra, VN799, on 13 May 1949. Date: 1949

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