Fashioned Collection (page 5)

The Rare Book Room at the Natural History Museum, London
Part of the Museums General Library which houses many original natural history drawings and paintings as well as books and manuscripts

LCC-LFB motorised pump at hose drills, Southwark HQ
Working in the drill yard of the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, firefighters getting hose lines to work from a motorised fire pump

Shand Mason MFB steam pump and crew
A Shand Mason Metropolitan Fire Brigade horse-drawn steam pump and crew, taking part in a special drill display given for chief officers of provincial fire brigades on 13 October 1937

LCC-LFB Brompton fire station
Located at 18 South Parade, Brompton fire station A3 (later A6) was built in 1892. The escape ladder, covered in canvas, is on the station forecourt

GLC-LFB Brigade photographer Dolly Gray
The brigade had three Sub Officers skilled in photography, who attended all fires of special interest, fatal fires and those requiring more than eight pumps to record evidence

LCC-LFB Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder and crew
Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder in the drill yard of Southwark headquarters No.1 station located in Southwark Bridge Road SE1

LCC-LFB Magirus 85 foot turntable ladder and crew
Magirus 85 foot turntable ladder in the drill yard of Southwark headquarters, No.1 station, located in Southwark Bridge Road SE1

LCC-LFB early foam tender at Southwark with crew
An early foam tender at Southwark HQ with crew. The coming of the motor vehicle brought with it the consequent risks involving fires of petroleum

Illustration of an 18th century Bellman and Billman
A London night-watchman who gave warning of fire and who was meant to take first-aid measures to stop small outbreaks of fire. (Original print in the London Guildhall Library)

MBW-MFB-London Fire Brigade museum artefact
MFB rolled leather fire hose with screw couplings. Copper rivets were introduced in around 1819. This type of hose was phased out in the late 1800s

Manually pulled and operated Insurance Company engine
A manually pulled and operated Insurance Company fire engine

LCC- MFB horse drawn steamer at Westminster
A steamer and crew at Westminster fire station, Francis Street, Victoria, during the latter years of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (it was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904)

LCC-MFB petrol driven motor tender
This chain transmission driven first-aid tender carried the first small water tank which operated under pressure of carbon dioxide gas

Home Office-NFS Fire Force mobile telecom unit, WW2
NFS firewoman control officer using the London Fire Brigade Portable Telephone Cabinet (Home Office)

Fire on a moored vessel
A firefighting appliance pumps water to fight a fire on a docked ship

Marcel Paillette, an early French aviation pioneer in his biplane Sommer

Mr Morrison and his aeroplane at the Prudential Garage, King Street, Brighton

M. Paulhan, and early French aviation pioneer in a biplane

Harlesdon police station

Alberto Santos Dumont in his aeroplane, La Demoiselle. He was an aviator, sportsman and Brazilian inventor

C. Grahame-White in an early aeroplane
Claude Grahame-White, an early English aviation pioneer

Talking on the telephone, postcard
" I don t know why ou botherd to send me a postcard, a phone call would have been much quicker!" - the declining post card industry pokes fun at itself in 1915. 1915

A hotel and fountain at the port of Gourzouf in the Crimea, Ukraine

An early French aviation pioneer

An icecream parlour in New York in the United States which is in the continent of America

Salisbury Road police station, London

Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco. The casino was designed by the architect Charles Garnier, who also created the Paris opÚ▓í. It has a distinctly Beaux Arts style

An example of an early telephone switchboard

Cunard Line R. M. S. Mauretania
Cunard Line R.M.S. Mauretania. Holder of the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing (1907- 1929)

An old fashioned barbers shop. A man has his hair cut whilst a sailor waits his turn

M. Rougier flying an early biplane

Hornsey Fire Brigade, London. Firefighters working on a steam pump appliance

London buses used to carry troops to the front lines
London buses used to carry troops to the war in the North of France. First World War

Four young French boys smile for the camera

A typical French cafe

Hubert Latham, early French aviation pioneer
Arthur Charles Hubert Latham, early French aviation pioneer with his aeroplane, Antoinette IV. He was one of the first aviation pioneers to attempt to cross the English channel

Colonel Cody, an early aviation pioneer
Colonel Samuel Franklin Cowdery (Cody), an early aviation pioneer from Davenport, Iowa (USA). He was the first man to conduct powered flight in Britain

Sign in Albany, New York. Date 1937 Sept

Pulled over for speeding
A flapper girl pulled over for speeding by two policemen. The caption reads " You needn t say anymore, Miss. We know all the excuses. Yours is the eleventh on the list!" Date: 1928- 1929

Why Dont they get a move on?

Salvation Army 1910
Female Salvationist at Landskrona, Sweden in uniform and with her Bible in her hand, 1910. Date: 1910

Stove 1900
Wood stove, manufactured by Landskrona Foundry, 1900 Date: 1900

1905 Motorcycle
Allveleo, motorbike manufactured at Landskrona, Sweden, 1905. Date: 1905

Harvesting 1925
Harvesting the field with a reaper, Ven, Landskrona, 1925. Date: 1935

Rollerskating couple
Rollerblading Posed artists from Grand Cirkus du Nord, 1910. 1910

Television shop 1954
Exhibition of TV sets, Landskrona, 1954. Date: 1954

Tyring a Wheel
Wheelwrights tyring a wheel the old-fashioned way, Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s

Greek Spinning Girl
A Greek girl in traditional costume, using an old- fashioned spiining rod with her nimble fingers. Date: 1930s

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