Equipment Collection (#57)

Ski-ing streamline
A contrasting ski outfit from Jaeger. The tough looking, loose-fitting wool sweater, with its ribbed knit and roll collar, and the tailored ski-pants of black barathea produce an ensemble that

Make up Moment in the Snow
All ready for a days winter sport, a woman applies the last completing touch of lipstick. Her equipment includes white knitted cap and sweater, red Grenfell ski jacket

Tatler Travel Number front cover, 1956
Bright and jolly front cover design for The Tatler Travel Number by Lowen featuring, rather inexplicably, a red squirrel, who is packing various bits of sporting equipment

French machine-gunner 1916
French machine-gunner of the 10th Army with a CSRG Chauchat machine gun in the Somme area on the French front during World War I in August 1916

French soldier 1916
Equipment of a French Light Infantry Private in Vincennes on the French front during World War I in September 1916

Bardo Palace, Tunis, Tunisia
The Bardo Palace, Tunis, Tunisia - the entrance to the Barracks (with a wide range of military equipment illustrated in relief above the archway)

Siberian infantrymen in their field service equipment at Warsaw

A British observation-officer testing his communications equ
A British observation-officer testing the communications equipment which allowed him to speak to the ground when aloft in his kite-balloon

Lady in Photo Studio
Enthusiastic amateurs would set themselves up with well-equipped studios, with all the requisite equipment

My Dads at the Front
Children used as recruiting sergeants in Cardiff, 1915. The British Cabinet were against conscription and so Lord Kitchener had to rely on recruitment drives

Lucas Electrics
Advertisement from 1959 for Lucas Quality Electrical Equipment showing a car driving through a snowy Christmas landscape

Equipment used in the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876
Engraving showing a variety of equipment used during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. Tents, small boats, cooking utensils and various cutting implements can be seen

Flying to Switzerland for winter sports
Imperial Airways first winter sports service, flying from Croydon to Bale, Switzerland. Women with their ski equipment stand by ready to board the plane

Folding Motorcycle in a Parachute Container; Second World Wa
Photograph showing a folding motorcycle, in its parachute container, used by the British Airborne forces, 1944. Equipment such as this was used in Operation Market Garden by the British First

Radio Set in a Parachute Container; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a Number 56 type radio set, packed in its parachute container, as used by the British Airborne Forces, 1944

Military Multi-Cycle On trial at Aldershot, 1887
Illustration showing the British Army trials of a Multi-cycle, a pedal machine for twelve soldiers and their equipment, at Aldershot, 1887

Scenes from The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876
Engraving showing a number of scenes from the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876 and the equipment used. The sledging parties can be seen at work in the scenes and in the centre

Sledging Party cooking lunch, British Arctic Expedition, 187
Engraving showing a sledging party of the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876, preparing to have their lunch. In the foreground can be seen their sledge with various equipment attached

Photo-Micrographiccamera
Tylers photo-micrographic camera, for photographing microscopic subjects

Four Butcher Cameras
Four folding cameras from the British Butcher company

Chevreul / Andrielli / Ils
MICHEL-EUGENE CHEVREUL French chemist in his laboratory

Amber-Hunters Suit
Diving dress and equipment of an amber hunter

Nine Anchors
Six different kinds of anchor, a mooring block and a grapnel

Bex Combs for Men
A suave young man advertises Bex Combs for Men " for good grooming"

George William Manby
GEORGE WILLIAM MANBY Inventor of equipment for saving life at sea

Equipment being prepared by Red Cross nurses
Bedding and camp equipment being packed for the field. The Duke of Devonshire donated the whole ground floor of Devonshire house in Piccadilly to the British Red Cross Society to use as its

Emergency Equipment
Metropolitan Police road accident emergency equipment kept in a police car, on display

Soldiers tabloid first aid pack
Medical equipment in a handy portable case made for soldiers, war correspondents, airmen and explorers. The kit contains Kola compound that supresses hunger and thirst

Robinson Crusoe / Defoe
With this cargo I put to sea Crusoe abandons the sinking wreck with as much equipment as his raft can hold

Paris Deck View
Deck view of a French passenger liner, showing - for a change - not the fashionable passengers, but the funnels, windlasses and other equipment essential to a big steamship

Radiator Badges 1926
including such well-known marques as Minerva, Oakland, Rhode, Star, Straker Squire, Swift, Trojan, Unic, Vulcan, and Windsor, not to mention Lea-Francis and Lagonda

Police Uniforms 1863-65
Police uniforms from the period 1863- 1865

Tall Soldier Ridiculed
Quarter-Master Sergeant scares a tall young private with the cutting line " What 15 boots? Why, when they shoots you they ll have to push you over"

Cartoon - Gas Protection
Every Cloud is Silver Lined The silver lining here is the new gas protection equipment used by British troops to combat the deadly gas attacks from German lines

Officer & Batman Cartoon
Batman - " Do you know Sir that you are the only officer I ve had thats not kept a tin of Cherry Blossom boot polish in his kit?" Officer - " Indeed? Then go and buy some at once"

Fire Hose Pump 1930S
A hose pump operated by members of the Sunderland Fire Brigade

Golf Equipment Set
A golf ball, some tees and a stout three-wood, presented as an elegant golfing tableau

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; A marine
A sketch showing an example of a curious design sent to the Patent Office in 1920, of a marine life saving apparatus which was also submersible

Registering the finish of a horse race by photograph
A photograph of how the finish of a horse race is photographed. In order to terminate any dispute about the winner in a race, the first horse breaks a tight wire operating the apparatus

Police in Gas Masks
Two Metropolitan police officers from H district, London, fully kitted out for action during World War Two

German Military Balloon
A German military balloon used for reconnaissance, during manoeuvres with a Dragoon regiment

Medieval Knights Armour
The full armour of a medieval knight with details of plate and arm armour and hand weapons and lancing equipment

William Ramsay / Tatler 04
SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY British chemist experimenting with radium at University College, London, in 1904

Laser Anemometer 1968
This experiment measures how much light from a laser beam can pass through the water in the glass tube when the water moves at different speeds

Trainee Miners / Safety
Trainee coal miners are familiarised with fire fighting equipment at Bank Hall Training Centre, Burnley, Lancashire, England

Warriors in Carriage
A posse of warriors are transported in a horse-drawn carriage seemingly driven by a lady...all rather odd, but its a lovely picture

Germans Use Periscope
North Africa : a German soldier uses a periscope to observe the positions of the enemy line

Ghost Detection Kit
Ghost detection equipment designed and built by John Cutten : wind vane - Solenoid - Cameras - Thermostat - Tape recorder - Photo-electric cell - microphone

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