Electric Collection (page 9)

Advert for Dunhills Lytup Handbags 1923
Advertisement for the Lytup handbag from Alfred Dunhill, with a small electric light illuminating the contents whenever it is opened up

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Statuettes, including Harvesting, Mercury and Secession. Date: 1922

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Bowl Fittings. Date: 1922

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Electroliers, with a range of shades. Date: 1922

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Brackets
Electrical Fixtures catalogue, Brackets in copper, brass, etc, with a range of glass shades. Date: 1922

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Candleabra (Candelabra)
Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Two Light Wall Candleabra (Candelabra), Queen Anne period style, in brass and oxidised silver. Date: 1922

Title page, Electrical Fixtures, FS & Co Limited
Title page, Supplementary Catalogue, Electrical Fixtures, Falk, Stadelmann & Co Limited, Veritas Works, Farringdon Road, London EC1, also with offices in Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham. 1922

Entrance to site of German POW Camp Foucarville
Eventually the camp held 40, 000 prisoners including 218 Generals and 6 Admirals. It was effectively a full blown town with a 1, 000 bed hospital, a cinema, electric lights, a ballroom and shops

Advert, W C Martin & Co, Lighting, Heating and Ventilation
Advert for W C Martin & Co, West Campbell Street, Glasgow, Electric Lighting, Heating and Ventilation of Steamships. 1905

Advert, Drysdale & Co, Manufacturers, Glasgow
Advert for Drysdale & Co, Makers of Pumps, Fans, Engines and Motors, Kirkpatrick Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Electric airship at Exposition of Electricity, Paris, 1881
Electric airship on display at the International Exposition of Electricity, Palais de l Industrie, Champs Elysees, Paris, France. Date: 1881

Woman making puppets dance using electricity 1885
Woman making puppets dance using electricity. Date: 1885

Grand procession with Edisons electric lamps, New York, USA
Grand procession lit by Edisons electric lamps, worn on the head, in a New York street, USA. Date: 1884

Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, New York
Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, in a grand procession in New York, USA, 31 October 1884. Date: 1884

Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, Philadelphia
Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, and handing out prospectuses at the Philadelphia Exhibition, USA. Date: 1885

Electric cab causing consternation in a Paris street 1899
Electric cab causing consternation in a Paris street. Date: 1899

Electric cab in a Paris street, taking a passenger to the railway station. Date: 1896

Electric cab charging depot, Rue Cardinet, Paris, France
Electric cab charging depot in the Rue Cardinet, Paris, France. Date: 1899

Electric cars, Clement factory, Levallois-Perret, Paris 1898
Electric cars being charged at the Clement factory, Levallois-Perret, Paris. Date: 1898

The Electric Galop by Fred Godfrey
Promotional music sheet for The Electric Galop of 1869 by Fred Godfrey. The image shows Mephistopheles shining an electric light on the Gaiety Theatre, however

First Electric Tram, Hull
Uniformed staff stand in front of Hulls first electric tram outside the Queen pub, Junction Street. Date: circa 1900

First Electric Tram, Bristol
Bristols first electric tram at the top of Church Road, St George. Date: 1895

Mole-Richardson Lighting, Golderstat Photographic Studio
Mole-Richardson Lighting for Golderstat Photographic Studio, London. circa 1957

First electric tram on Kingston Bridge, Surrey. 1906

Electric Building, Worlds Fair Exhibition, Chicago, USA. 1893

Advert for Waverley electric car 1912
Waverleys new silent electric car with half the upkeep cost, made in Chicago, America. 1912

Electric tram being recharged on a Paris street 1897
Electric tram being recharged on a Paris street. 1897

The improved Dynamometer of M Regnier. Date: 1803

The Galvanic Apparatus. Date: 1804

Electrical Apparatus - No. 2. Date: 1804

Electrical Apparatus - No. 1. Date: 1804

Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor and businessman, who has been described as Americas greatest inventor

London health club 1926
A group of Hippodrome women from Mercenary Mary enjoying a sun bath, opened in Albemarle Street, London Date: 1926

Embankment making the tracks 1906
Labourers laying steel tracks for the new electric tram-way at Thames Embankment, London, construction started by the London County Council at the end of August 1909

Embankment torn to pieces for the trams 1906
London County Council beginning the construction of the electric tram-way along the Thames Embankment from Westminster Bridge, starting at the end of August 1909

Advert for Reyrolle electric plug & sockets 1929
Safe to handle, domestic electrical apparatus, protected plug and sockets, made with British standard. Date: 1929

Schoolchildren listening to recording, China, East Asia
Schoolchildren listening to a recording on a gramophone, China, East Asia. Date: 1922

Scenes of the Isle of Man - Laxey Wheel, Railway Station
Scenes of the Isle of Man - Laxey Wheel, Laxey Railway Station and the Snaefell Mountain Railway divided by the Manx coat of arms, which dates back to the 13th century

Front cover, The Electric Guide, 8th Edition
Front cover, The Electric Guide, 8th (Abridged) Edition, by Arthur L Golding. Date: circa 1930s

General Strike - volunteer driving electric tube train
The General Strike - a volunteer driving an electric tube train on the Metropolitan underground railway. 1926

Swan electric light at Cragside
Electric lighting by the Swan system at Sir William Armstrongs residence, Cragside. The dining room lit by electric light. Date: 1881

Alpha robot 1932
Nickel-plated armour Alpha, an electronic robot, designed by H. May, that could read and answer simple questions, being shown at the Olympia Exhibition. 1932

Early Motor Cars - diagram of first petrol-driven car
Early Motor Cars - diagram of the workings of the first petrol-driven car

Pingaults Electric Tandem
Early Motor Car Racing - Pingaults Electric Tandem

Victor G Ginn & Co, catalogue (back cover)
Victor G Ginn & Co, High Holborn, London, catalogue (back cover). Advertising the most unique ballroom novelty yet introduced - an electric lantern, for lantern dances. 1939

By electric train to Brighton, 1932
By electric to Brighton, 1932. Feature on travelling by electric train. Date: 1932

Young woman cooking in a kitchen Date: circa 1990s

Skyline by night, Chicago, Illinois, USA -- a view across the lake. Date: circa 1930s

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