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1st Petrol Fire-EngineA combination fire-fighting engine, with chemical fire extinguishing apparatus and a fire-escape ladder. This model was the first petrol motor fire-engine in the world
New German incendiary bomb by G. H. DavisDetails of the new German explosive incendiary bomb produced during the Second World War. Explanatory drawings showing how the bomb is constructed, and the proper methods of tackling it. Date: 1942
Fatal fire at HMV record store, Oxford Street, LondonFatal fire at the HMV record store, Oxford Street, London, 27 December 1937, showing firefighters in action with hoses at night. Date: 1937
Couples ingenious device so they don't wake up the baby. A makeshift pump that extinguishes incendiary bombs that have landed in your home without leaving the comfort of your bed. Date: 1941
Lancashire miners extinguishing their lamps after ceasing work: Men on strike at Audenshaw pits. Date: October 1920
Aristocratic lamp extinguishers
Brazilian Revolution of 1930The events in Recife during the Brazilian Revolution of 1930. On the left, government cavalry charges at a crowd. On the right, a house is on fire
Blitz in London -- John Lewis, Oxford Street, WW2Firefighters at work in in Londons main shopping district, Oxford Street, W1, after high explosive and incendiary bombs caused widespread damage
An Excellent Royal Extinguisher. Cartoon of Richard, 1st Marquess Wellesley, as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, extinguishing the Orange Club with the Kings (George IV) giant candle snuffer
Advert for Harden hand granade fire extinguisher 1886Put out the fire before it gets a good hold, and thus save life and property. Blue glass globe bottle filled with chemical fluid and when broken over or into the flame extinguishes fire instantly
Advert for Harness ready fire-extinguisher 1886Sold by chemists and ironmongers everywhere, the most reliable and efficient fire-extinguisher. 1886
Firefighters in action, Longmoore Street, SW1AFS firefighters in action at a fire in Longmoore Street, Victoria, London SW1, on 6 May 1959. They are clearing away corrugated iron sheets in order to expose pockets of fire under the debris
LFB firefighters extinguishing oil can fireTwo LFB firefighters extinguishing an oil can fire
Engraving of worm-driven fire squirtEngraving of people operating a large worm-driven fire squirt mounted on two wheels, to put out a fire in a burning building, reproduced from Besoni, Theatrum Instrumentorum et Machinarum, 1568
Firefighters training at Lambeth HQ, extinguishing an oil fire using water fog
Blitz on London -- Oxford Street, WW2Fire crews, using radial branches, extinguishing fires in Londons main shopping district of Oxford Street, W1, after high explosive and incendiary bombs caused widespread damage
Fighting oil fires by G. H. DavisFighting oil fires: smothering flames with a blanket of foam. Precautions against fire at oil reservoirs, and methods of extinguishing. Date: 1929
Blitz on London -- John Lewis, Oxford Street, WW2Blitz on London -- a fire crew extinguishing fires as a result of high explosive and incendiary bombs that fell in the West End area of Oxford Street and Regent Street on 18 September 1940
Water pumpAn advertisement from 1893 for Marryweathers hand fire-engines, a device which doubles up as both a fire extinguisher and plant watering machine
THE MOON AS LUNA 1809THE MOON AS LUNA When light her sable mantle spreads, extinguishing the day; the moon a friendly lustre sheds to guide our lonely way
