Equipped Collection (page 4)

US Armys first plane, Fort Myer, Virginia, USA
The US Armys first plane, seen here with crew at Fort Myer, Virginia, USA, after it had been equipped with wheels. It was the first successful aeroplane in the world, powered by a Wright B45 engine

Farningham Little Boys Home, Tailors Shop
Boys equipped with needles, sewing machines, and a flat iron, learn tailoring at the Home for Little Boys at Farningham in Kent

Farningham Little Boys Home, Shoemakers Shop
Boys in leather aprons and equipped with variety of tools, learn how to make shoes at the Home for Little Boys at Farningham in Kent

Lucania Steamship
This Cunarder is the first ship to be equipped with Signor Marconis wireless system : for a while she holds the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing. Date: 1901

Education, girls, cookery
A well equipped cookery class. One girl slices, some use mixing bowls, some are at the sink washing and drying. A selection of cakes cool on baking racks in the foreground

Education, boys, metal work
A well equipped metal work class. A boy hammers a metal handle which he has just forged, upon the face of an anvil

Housewife Using a Modern Gas Cooker
The housewifes best friend is a modern gas cooker equipped with every convenience for cooking food scientifically and daintily

Members of the rescue parties at Gresford Colliery, Wales
Equipped with oxygen apparatus, these are some of the men who battled for a day and a half to save the lives of miners who had been trapped by flames following an explosion in the mine

RAF Typhoons attack German tanks, France; Second World War
Illustration showing Royal Air Force Typhoons, fighter-bombers equipped with rockets, attacking a column of German armour, near Mortain, 1944

Column of Russian soldiers marching to the Balkan front
A large number of Russian infantry, equipped with only recently introduced steel helmets, are shown marching towards the Balkan front

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

Blown-up bridge in Warsaw
A bridge over the Vistula at Warsaw, blown up by the Russians in their retreat through Poland. In May 1915, the combined forces of Austria-Hungary

The Dog in War
A Canine member of the German Red Cross, seen with two orderlies, equipped for field service with a flask, cup and first-aid case

Damaged Concrete Wall, France; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing the damage caused to a reinforced concrete wall by a Flying Dustbin explosive charge, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers)

The Fantassins of France
A French fusilier and trench-clearer standing together. The fusilier carries a Lebel rifle while the grenadier, or trench-clearer is equipped with a Browning pistol

Churchill AVRE Tank entering Geilenkirchen; Second World War
Photograph showing a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank entering the town of Geilenkirchen in late 1944

The interior of a British air ambulance
A photograph of a patient on a stretcher, with another stretcher above. The interior of the spacious cabin of a Vickers Vimy aeroplane equipped for medical purposes

Police Officer & Jaguar
A police officer emerges from his rather smart 1968 S-type Jaguar police car, equipped with police sign and flashing lights on the roof

HMS Gadfly, 1906
Photograph of the coastal destroyer, HMS Gadfly, built by Thorneycroft and Co. at Chiswick in 1906. Equipped with Parsons type turbine machinery and Thorneycroft water-tube boilers

The Lantern of Beachy Head Lighthouse, Sussex, 1884
Engraving of the Lantern at Beachy Head lighthouse, Sussex, January 1884. The lighthouse was built between 1828 and 1831 on Belle Tout Cliff and equipped with a catoptric lantern

The Rotor Ship Buckau, 1924
Photograph of the experimental Rotor ship Buckau, on sea trials, 1924. Anton Flettner equipped the 680 ton schooner, Buckau, with two rotating cylindrical towers to test his Flettner rudder

Jasons Argo
This is the boat used by Jason in his successful expedition to steal the Golden Fleece : though equipped with a sail, it has to be rowed up the Bosphorus against the current

British Lifeboat C1880
A lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution - it is equipped with a sail to assist the oarsmen if the wind is in a favourable direction

Russian Peasants
Russian peasants, old and young, equipped for some heavy-duty woodwork with sturdy hatchets and saws

Battle of Lissa
The Austrians defeat the Italians at the naval battle of Lissa, though the Italians are better equipped

Costume / Men / Hungarian
A Tartar warrior chief of medieval Hungary, equipped for battle in helmet and armour, and carrying a heavy sword

Ill-Equipped British
British troops ill-equipped for bush-ranging in North America picture 1 of 2

Lift / Philadelphia
The elegantly equipped elevator of a Philadelphia hotel, during the exhibition

Laboratory Scene
Laboratory scene at the Birkbeck Institution, considered one of the best equipped in London

Kalmuck Hunter
A Kalmuck equipped for hunting with a long spear, bow and arrows and a sword

Portable Searchlight
A soldier equipped with a portable searchlight can detect an enemy at night - though in this instance, all he has detected is a poacher trapping a rabbit

Gustave Zede Submarine
The Gustave Zede is one of the worlds first successful submarines, performing 2500+ dives without mishap : she is the first submarine to be equipped with a periscope

12th C Toy Soldiers
Playing with toy soldiers equipped with swords and shields in the middle ages

Plane with Telegraph
A German reconnaissance plane equipped with radio so that information can be rapidly passed back to base

Attacking a Warship
Specially Equipped Frogmen Attack a Warship

Space Hospital Rockets
Hospital Spaceship, Equipped to Carry Space Casualties and Give them In-Flight Treatment

Rounding up Stray Dogs
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Shaving Machine
Six men are shaved simultaneously in this up-to- date shaving establishment, equipped with the very latest thing in mechanical beard- removal

Girl Rock Pooling
A pretty young day-tripper, in a bathing costume paddles amongst the rock pools and shallows looking for starfish & shells equipped with a net on a long pole

Elephant in Armour
An elephant equipped for battle with armour, howdah &c

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