Equipment Collection (page 9)

LFB light alloy hose ramps, marked DEAD SLOW -- one pair of four-foot end sections assembled to bridge two lines of 2.75 inch hose

Hilliard & Chapman, free standing patent knife polishing and sharpening with six different sizes. Date: 1862

Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2
Civil defence rescue workers administering first aid to a released casualty from the exercise site. The R on the helmet signifies Rescue team workers

London firefighters training at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) undergoing pump training in the drill yard of Brigade HQ. Hard suction hose is being connected to the open topped pump

Advert for Burberry women's equipment WWII
During the Second World War Burberry supplied the British Army with a range of military clothing and accessories. Advertisement for a range of Auxiliary Service equipment for women Date: 1941

Winston Churchill Cabinet Room 10 Downing Street
winston, churchill, cabinet, room, 10, downing, street, london, ve, victory, europe, day, radio, broadcast, speech, official, officially, announcement, announced, end, war, peace, germany, may, 1945

Advert for Dollond's new diaphragm shutter 1892
Advertisement for Dollond & Co. in Ludgate Hill, London, for a new comdined iris diaphragm shutter. Date: 1892

Man wearing lifebelt around body, designed by Admiral J. R Ward in 1854. Date: 1881

An elegant wash-stand from the Italian Renaissance, with its washbowl, ewer with tap to provide water, towel to dry your hands, and a candle to see what you are doing Date: circa 16th century

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW665
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665 (msn 8040), of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. One of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1, of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. One of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft

Boeing E-4B 74-0787
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 74-0787 (msn 20684 / 232), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Boeing E-4B 73-1677
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 73-1677 (MSN 20683 / 204), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Boeing E-4B 73-1676
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 73-1676 (MSN 20682 / 202), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Boeing E-4B 75-0125
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 75-0125 (msn 20949 / 257), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Transall C-160F 61-ZF
Armee de l'Air - Transall C-160F 61-ZF (msn F88), of FT.61, at RAF Mildenhall dropping off support equipment for the Patrouille de France. (Transall - TRANSport ALLianz). Date: circa 1990

Grumman RV-1D Mohawk 62-5897
United States Army - Grumman RV-1D Mohawk 62-5897 (msn 157C), of 2 73 CICo, at RAF Mildenhall for the Mildenhall Air Fete on 26 May 1985

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW664
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW664 of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. XW664 was one of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic

Douglas EA-3A 135418, at the Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola. One of five conversions of early model A-3s for ELINT and ECM missions with four Crows in the bomb-bay compartment operating

United States Air Force Boeing WC-135B 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Boeing C-135B-BN Stratolifter (Boeing 717-185)

Breechloader rifle, in use around 1700. Ammunition is loaded via the rear end of the barrel. Date: circa 1700

Collar of bandoleers (bandoliers), a shoulder belt used to hold sets of ammunition, with cords, rings, bullet-bag and primer. Date: 17th century

Advertising publicity leaflet, Warners Aquajects, firefighting equipment, fire extinguishers Date: 1881

Advertising publicity leaflet, Warners Commodes, for hospitals, sick rooms, and invalids use Date: 1881

Apparatus for the Removal of the Double Chin 1927
Fashionable beauty parlour, a Parisian lady wearing a special mask to achieve a Cameosque profile. Date: 1927

Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933
Removal superfluous hair: A warm mixture paraffin and shellac applied to the ladies eyebrows and peeled off a few minutes later. Date: 1933

Apparatus that Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933
A cure for facial blemishes: The Siemens-Reinger apparatus, treatment by the means of X-rays anything from tiny warl to a widespread skin disease. Date: 1933

Female BBC engineer checking equipment, WW2
Female BBC engineer checking and operating equipment during WW2. Date: 1941

Bairds Ultra-Short Wave Radio Transmitter
Bairds Ultra-Short Wave 10KW Radio Transmitter at his Experimental Station used for sending out television to Greater London and the Home Counties Date: 1937

Marconi EMI Emitron Camera System of Television, showing the film projector and the camera used in the televising of films. Date: 1937

Inside the Control Tower, Croydon Airport Date: 1930s

Home receiver for television, giving a black and white picture 12 inches by 9 inches, which is so bright that it can be clearly seen even when the room lights are

Advert for corkscrews Date: 1883

Cockpit of aircraft arranged to take aerial photographs Date: 1930s

BBC Late Low Definition Television Control Room. On the right is the mirror-drum projection scanner, on the left are the two checking receivers

BBC Late Low Definition Television Studio looking towards the Control Room. The large black curtain screened the orchestra and their lights from the photo-electric cells

Baird Electron Scanner System of Television, showing the Electron Scanner when used for the televising of talking films. This can be employed for a definition of 100-500 lines

Comic postcard, Couple discussing incubators for babies Date: 20th century

Woman Having her Hair Dried 1928
A woman sits under a chrome-plated hair dryer, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

Woman Indulging a Vapour Face-Bath 1928
Strangely masked by metal: A client indulging in a vapour face-bath, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

Ray-Lamp Treatments 1928
Strange metal Blinkers to achieve beauty: A client taking a Ray-Lamp treatment, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

An organisation of splendid efficiency - the London Fire Brigades headquarters at Winchester House, Southwark Bridge - a diagrammatic drawing of equipment, communications

West Ham turntable combination fire engine and escape Date: 1935

Military naval arsenal, Napoli, Naples, Italy
19th century vintage photograph: military naval arsenal, Napoli, Naples, Italy

Sakkieh, or water wheel, Egypt
19th century vintage photograph: sakkieh, or water wheel used to irrigate farm crops, agriculture

Pacific Islands, Oceania: native indigenous tribal artifacts
Vintage 19th century photograph - Oceania, Pacific Islands, probably Fiji, Tahiti or Western Samoa: native indigenous tribal artifacts

AIX-les-Bains - Gorges du Sierroz, memorial stone
Vintage 19th century photograph: area of AIX-les-BAINS - Gorges du Sierroz - memorial stone to Baronne Baron de Broc, waterwheel, image c.1890 s, France

Dredging barge on the River Nile, Egypt, c. 1890 s
19th century vintage photograph - steam driven dredger, dredging barge on the River Nile, Egypt, c.1890 s

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping