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Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts 1891Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts no taking poisonous drugs or quack nostrums. Claims to cure all rheumatic and nervous affections. 1891
Advert for Harness electropathic corset belts 1887Advert for Harness electropathic corset belts no taking poisonous drugs, for ladies and gentlemen, claims to cure a variety of ailments from nevous affections, depression, sleeplessness
Radio supplies shopRadio supplies and electrical shop, late 1920s, in an unknown location in Britain. Advertising for Burndept and Amplion radios in the window
Electric tram. Engraving, 19th century
WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Repairing Speed IndicatorsWW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Repairing Electrical engine Speed Indicators Date: circa 1942
Advert for Paz & Silva electrical household items 1913French electrical household items: light bulbs, ornate chandeliers, irons, curling iron, kettles, Russian coffee maker, radiators, heaters Date: 1913
Splitting the Atom by G. H. DavisA possible source of unlinited power. Tapping a source of power that may drive all the machinery in the World: Experiments designed to release the forces imprisoned in the atom. Date: 1924
Chicagos International Exposition - Twin PylonsChicagos International Exposition - Covered with symbolic bas reliefs of the forces of electricity, these Twin Pylons (100ft)
Gibbs Happy Families - Mrs Sparks the Electricians wife. 20th century
Italy. Rome. Larger Gate (Porta Maggiore). Built in the 52 AD by Emperor Claudius and later reformed. Aurelian Walls (3rd century AD)
Quadrant telegraph by BreguetQuadrant telegraph by Louis Francois Clement Breguet (1804-1883). Nineteenth century colored engraving
Italy. Rome. Trastevere districtItaly. Rome. Buildings at the Trastevere district
Denmark. Copenhagen. Palace Hotel. Exterior
Niels Juel (1629-1697). StatueNiels Juel (1629-1697). Dano-Norwegian admiral. Monument. Copenhagen. Denmark
Ukraine. Feodosiya. Armenian Church of Archangels Michael anUkraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Feodosiya. Armenian Church of Archangels Michael and Gabriel. 15th century. Restored at 20th century. Exterior
Ukraine. Chersonesus Taurica ruinsUkraine. Chersonesus Taurica. 6th century BC. Greek colony occupied later by romans and byzantines. Roman amphitheatre. Sevastopol
Electric streetcar. Nineteenth-century colored engraving
The Hall of the Electrical Engineering Department, Osaka, Japan. Date: circa 1910s
Electric ceiling & wall lights using oyster shell 1929A variety of ceiling and wall light fittings, using oyster shell and oxidized silver, available from the electrical department at Harrods. Date: 1929
Electric ceiling pendant & bracket lights 1929A variety of ceiling and wall light fittings, two way bracket light, candelabra, ceiling light with opaque opal panes hanging with brass or bronze chains, and a strange light with loose material
Electric ceiling & wall lights using glass and metal 1929A variety of electrical light fittings for the ceiling and walls made from glass and metal, available from the electrical department at Harrods. Date: 1935
Hawksbees 1st MachineEnglish physicist Francis Hawksbees first version of his electrostatic generator, based on a rotating glass sphere. Date: 1706
Advert for J. W Rowe & Co. electrical massage apparatus 1902Heath in every home! by using Rogers consoidated electrical massage and medical apparatus. Claims to cures lots of alliaments. 1902
Advert for Petit Sechoir hair dryer 1910Petit Sechoir a main - an electric hair dryer not so very different from those we use a hundred years later 1910
Advert for Tantalus lamps 1910Three million Tantalus lamps are functioning in France alone - unlike modern bulbs, they never go out, they never die ! 1910
White Waistcoat 1910Herbert Haynes Twining wears a dark grey suit with a morning coat, black & white striped cravat with a gold ring, wing collar, white waistcoat & black & tan half boots. Date: 1910
William Edward AyrtonWILLIAM EDWARD AYRTON Scientist, electrical engineer : photograph of 1893 Date: 1847 - 1908
Electrical gold finderExperiments with an electrical device to find gold underground. Date: 1892
Advert for Electropathic & Zander Institute 1892Electropathic treatment showing the interior of a private consulting and treatment room in Oxford Street, the comfortable Harness Belt for men and women that gives support
Advert for Electropathic Battery Belt 1892Mr. C. B Harness the president of the Institute and the other officers of the Company, may consulted free of charge on all matters relating to health and the application of curative electricity
Sir David SalomonsSIR DAVID LIONEL SALOMONS Electrical engineer, motoring enthusiast (he built his own car) etc. Date: 1851 - 1925
Advert for Harness Electropathic Belt 1892Comfortable to wear and guaranteed, the Harness Electropathic Belt, with a mild continuous current of electricity which cannot fail to invigorate the debilitated constitution. 1892
Advert for toaster 1939The " 8-30" toaster, designed to toast two slices of bread simultaneously, and with a flat top for keeping other delicacies warm. 1939
Electrical chafing dish 1912Chafing-dish stand on four legs in aluminium, used for table cookery. 1912
Thomas Edison re-creates his electric lampPhotograph 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
Artificial sunlight lamps 1929Homesun lamps, helping with nerve weakness, insomnia and such conditions. Date: 1929
Night workers laying an electric cable in London 1900Workmen working in the streets at night laying electrical cable. Date: 1900
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - George Westinghouse MemorialPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Memorail to George Westinghouse (American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry) at Schenley Park
Advertisement for Rashleigh electric lamps - Sweet Sixteen. Date: 20th century
Thor 30, folding elecrtic ironer 1929Thor 30, folding elecrtic ironer, the operator (a woman) has merely to sit in a comfortable chair, turn a switch and guide the pieces through, electrically operated
Department store by night, Rochester, New York State, USAThe Duffy McInnerney department store (opened 1907) lit up at night in Main Street, Rochester, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1910
Falls Street at night, Niagara Falls, New York State, USAFalls 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, USANiagara Falls at night, with multicoloured electric lighting using one billion lights, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1915
Cartoon, The electric underpants, WW1Cartoon, The electric underpants, showing a new invention by a German scientist. Not only do the underpants keep the soldier warm in the trenches
The Empire Cookery Book - Advertisement for Electric CookersThe Empire Cookery Book - Advertisement promoting the benefits of an Electric Cooker. Date: 1920s
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 LondonSix girls huddled together in front of a wooden fence on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Serving warmed beer, Berlin, GermanyA bartender serving a customer with a warmed glass of beer, using a new electrical device, in Berlin, Germany. Date: circa 1930