Equipment Collection (#53)

Metropolitan Police communications control box
A man in civilian clothes in a Metropolitan Police communications control box. He is surrounded by communications equipment, is wearing headphones and holding a speaker in his hand. Date: early 1930s

Metropolitan Police vehicle database, London
View of the Metropolitan Police vehicle database at New Scotland Yard, London, with officers working at computer terminals, checking the details of stolen vehicles. (2 of 3) Date: 1974

Two Metropolitan Police telegraph operators at work, New Scotland Yard, London. Date: late 1930s

Metropolitan Police Information Room, London
General view of the Metropolitan Police Information Room at New Scotland Yard, London, with officers busy taking calls. In the foreground are the Inspectors and Sergeants positions. Date: May 1974

Metropolitan Police communications room, London
View of a Metropolitan Police communications room, showing three officers sitting at desks on the right. There are several push button telephones

Poster advertising the Territorial Army. Lets be prepared to defend the peace we re working to win. Volunteer with me for the Territorial Army, 9 divisions strong, with modern equipment

Metropolitan Police breathalyser equipment
Two Metropolitan Police officers with a piece of equipment called an Intoximeter 3000 at New Scotland Yard, London. One officer is blowing into a tube

Army field kitchen at Aldershot, Hampshire
An army field kitchen with two soldiers at Aldershot, Hampshire. Camouflage netting can be seen above them, and there is an open tent behind. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1970s

Hydrological Equipment
Equipment used by the River Board Engineers on the River Ouse, near Skelton, Yorkshire, England, for hydrological surveys, including the rate of flow, measurement, etc. Date: 1960s

Urological Chair, Table
Urological Chair and Table combined, with pull-out tray for drainage. [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Visicks Ether Bottle, with oxygen inlet and two yards of rubber tubing [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Browns Stethoscope
(above) Bowles stethoscope (below) Haydn Browns Binaural Stethoscope [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Destroyed Serbian guns near Prizren, Serbia, WW1
Destroyed Serbian guns near Prizren, Serbia, on the eastern front during the First World War. The Serbians have destroyed the guns themselves, to prevent the enemy using them. Date: 1915-1917

Threshing

Invalid Chairs
Two self-propelling Invalid Chairs : the lower one is the Windsor Pattern. [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Flying Dress
A pilot dressed for a high- altitude flight. Equipped with parachute, harness, oxygen apparatus, telephone, wireless earphones, electrical system for heating clothing. Date: 1920s

American troops boarding USS Charles, Southampton, WW1
American troops of the 342nd Infantry Regiment boarding the USS Charles (formerly the USS Harvard) at Dock 20, Southampton, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 27 September 1918

American soldiers on manoeuvres in France, WW1
American soldiers on manoeuvres in France during the First World War. Some of them are using communications equipment. Date: early 1918

Gardening Equipment
Gardening tools : Wheelbarrow, gloves, spade, fork, etc. Date: 1960s

BATH CHAIR
Bath Chair [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

The amphibious periscope 1915
Different ways of using a periscope in The First War World. British soldier looking through periscope in the trenches, an officer using a periscope on board a german submarine. Date: 1915

Walking Machne
Walking Machine, with canvas seat for when the invalid needs a rest. [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Hair Brush Sets - 2
Dressing table sets, comprising hair-brush, clothes brush and mirror in a choice of tasteful colours, in fine enamel and sterling silver, from Mappin & Webb. Date: 1930

Operation Table
(above) the Table adjusted for the Trendelenbug Position (below) for gynecological and rectal examinations [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Operating Table 2
St Bartholomews Hospital Operating Table in the Trendelenburg position. [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Anaesthetic Apparatus
Frankis Evans Nasal Nitrous Oxide apparatus : (lower) Trewbys apparatus [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Operating Table 1
St Bartholomews Hospital Operating Table in horizontal position. [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Hair Brush Sets
Dressing table sets, comprising hair-brush and mirror in a choice of tasteful colours, in fine enamel and sterling silver, from Mappin & Webb. Date: 1930

Italian Patriotic Card - Girl and Soldier
" Give money for the Victory - the victory and the Peace" - a patriotic Italian card extrolling the national virtue of contributions to aid and underwrite the war effort. Date: circa 1910s

Polish infantryman
A Polish infantryman in full war kit complete with shovel. The Illustrated London News calls him a type of soldier who can endure privation, make long marches without difficulty

Fab Smokers Stand
This fabulous Smokers Stand is not only more decorative than the old wooden type, but more useful, because it cannot possibly topple over. Date: 1930s

Gardening Equipment 18Th
Various gardening tools from the 18th century. Date: Circa 1760

Dark Room Equipment
Cameras and lenses in a dar room. Sophisticated in their day, no doubt, but looking rather dated and cumbersome today! Date: 1960s

1980S Photocopier
A rather primitive looking photocopier! Date: 1980

Camping Equipment
Camping equipment, comprising of a bed and tent in one, with head support, a comfortable canvas chair, a wash bowl on a stand and a rucksack and water flask - luxury! Date: 1935

Camera Film
Camera film with a magnetic strip. Date: 1980

Great Dane has X-Ray
A Great Dane lies quietly as an x-ray is taken of his front paw, which was an ultra-modern piece of equipment paid for by donations by animal lovers when this picture was taken. Date: late 1960s

Using a Seed Drill
Spring drilling kale seed with an old-fashioned horse-drawn seed drill on a farm near Grimscote, Northamptonshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Blacksmiths Interior
The interior of a country farriers at Hatfield Peveril, near Chelmsford, Essex, England, with its miscellany of tools and equipment. Date: 1930s

New York - Firefighting - Water Tower at Work Date: circa 1899

Russian 10cm rapid fire cannon, WW1
A Russian 10cm rapid fire cannon, used during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Cherbourg - Barracks of the crews of French Navy
Cherbourg, France - Barracks and naval equipment stores of the crews of French Navy. Note the steam tram in the foregorund. Date: circa 1905

Austrio-Hungarian troops in Galicia, Eastern Front, WW1
Austro-Hungarian troops bringing forward wire mattresses and trestles in Galicia, on the Eastern Front, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American troops, Nanteuil-la-Fosse, France, WW1
American troops near the church in Nanteuil-la-Fosse, northern France, during the First World War. Date: March 1918

Austrio-Hungarian troops in Romania, Eastern Front, WW1
Austro-Hungarian troops trying to dislodge heavy equipment out of the mud during their advance through Romania, on the Eastern Front, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Russian 15cm Howitzer cannon, WW1
A Russian 15cm Howitzer cannon, used during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Ski fashion 1953
Fashionable skiiers sport the latest looks on holiday in 1953. From left, a nylon parka with attached hood and zip fastening pocket across the front worn with nylon and wool skiing trousers

Troops at an encampment, Palestine, WW1
Troops (probably Turkish) at an encampment in the Palestine desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

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