Finish Collection (page 4)

Firefighters doing productive work in lull period, WW2
During the longer lulls in firefighting activities, NFS firefighters took part in industrial production for the countrys war needs

A Driving finish. Date 1891

A desperate finish. Date 1895. A desperate finish. Date 1895

Volunteer crossing the finish line. Date c1887

Sure! We ll finish the job Victory Liberty Loan. Poster showing a man in hat and overalls reaching into his pocket; he wears buttons from previous Liberty Loan campaigns. Date 1918

A sharp pace from start to finish. Date c1884

A head and head finish. Date c1892

Nearing the finish line. Date c1888

The finish. Date c1885 Oct. 28

11: 30 AM Jennie Rizzandi, 9 year old girl, helping mother an
11:30 AM Jennie Rizzandi, 9 year old girl, helping mother and father finish garments in a dilapidated tenement, 5 Extra Pl. NYC. They all work until 9 PM when busy, and make about $2 to $2.50 a week

An exciting finish. Print showing three-horse horserace. Date c1884 June 2

Race horses in a photo finish
German graphic interpretation of a photo finish.Date: 1941

Fighting it Out at Glorious Goodwood
Artists impression of a fighting finish at Goodwood, described in The Bystander magazine (from where this image is taken) as the most popular and prettiest of meetings

Cesarewitch Handicap race, Newmarket
The close finish between Willonyx (nearest horse) and Martingale II at the 1911 Cesarewitch Handicap race at Newmarket racecourse, Suffolk. 1911

Fruiterers Sports Day, Crystal Palace, London

500 miles world record beaten at Brooklands, 1931
J. Dundee finishing first driving the Bentley of Captain Woolf Barnato, which averaged a speed of 118.39 miles per hour over the 500 mile race at Brooklands race track in 1931. Date: 1931

Canadian National Exhibition - Motor Racing
Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto - 1914. Motor Racing - the finish line before the Grandstand. Date: 1914

Marie Curie in Lab 1913
MARIE CURIE seated in her laboratory in 1913, tells the photographer, Hurry up and finish, so I can get on with my work... Date: 1867-1934

Horse Racing - Won by a Short Head. A very close finish to this race, with one horse managing to stick its neck out enough to claim the race. Date: circa 1920s

The final of the 100 Metres, 1948 London Olympics
A photo finish of the 100 metres final. Left to right: Harrison Dillard (no. 69, USA) came first, E. Macdonald Bailey (no. 35) was last, McCorquodale (no)

Transcontinental Auto Tour 1899
Woman on End of Transcontinental Auto Tour, 1899. Crowd gathered in front of the New York Herald building, Herald Square, at the finish of a womans transcontinental auto tour

Metropolitan Police buttons
Two Metropolitan Police buttons, one with a silvery finish, the other gold. They are set alongside a one penny piece to give an idea of their size

Polymelus wins the Duke of York Stakes
The finish for the Duke of York Stakes, held at this time at Kempton Park racecourse - the favourite, Polymelus, wins in a canter

Oxford V Cambridge 1895
Spectators on board a boat watch as the university boat race teams head towards the finish at Mortlake. Oxford won this race, for the sixth year in succession

Greetings from the Salonika Army
Chrstmas Greetings from the British Army on Salonika. Finish Johnny - which alludes to the impending closing stages of the war and the desire (of the troops abroad) to be home as soon as possible

A Grand Finish. Racing at Newmarket, 1939
Gyroscope, ridden by P.Maher just pipping His Highness to the post during the Cambridgeshire Class I race at Newmarket in 1939

The Finish of the Royal London Yacht Club Match, Greenwich
Engraving showing the yacht Julia winning the Royal London Yacht Club Match by being first past the mark, River Thames off Greenwich, London, 1858

Dockers Strike
Dockers declare la greve a l outrance - an all-out strike to the finish

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

Hats - Beaver-Fur
The top hats worn by Victorian gents are made from beaver-fur here shown undergoing the bowing process which gives the fur the requisite finish

Dog Waits for Dinner
AFTER YOU ! A dog waits for its master to finish his meal, hoping there ll be some tasty left- overs

Watching the Finish
Racegoers watch the leading horses come down to the winning post

Dressmakers Work at Home
Dressmakers sit up all night working in poor light to finish their work

Boys at Breakfast
Four French schoolboys finish their breakfast and set off for school, fortified by coffee which has been mixed with chicory from Arlatte et Cie of Cambrai

The Race Finish 1775
Three jockeys and their mounts pass the finishing post to the applause of three spectators. Rather savage looking riding crops appear to have been employed

Crowd at a Horse Race
A crowd, one man in particular who is wearing glasses and has a pair of binoculars round his neck, watch expectantly as the horses approach the finish

Tom Brown has a Fight
Each fighting as if he thought to finish the whole thing out of hand

Epsom Races Circa 1830
A large group of runners and riders come up the hill to the finish at Epsom racecourse

Japan - Mongols Checked
The Mongols, under Kublai Khan, seek to conquer Japan but their invasion fleet is devastated by storms, and the Japanese finish off any vessels which survive

Starting Young
Poor kids ! The priests start them off with the Holy Spirit, then the distillers finish them off with spirits of the other kind

A Close Finish
A close finish

Olympics / 1908 / Marathon
THE MARATHON Dorando of Italy finishes first but is disqualified because he is helped at the finish : however he is awarded a special medal

Midnight Steeplechase 4
THE MIDNIGHT STEEPLECHASE The finish - at Nacton Church - riding through the village

Fashionable aristocratic ladies after dinner
Fashionable aristocratic ladies waiting for their fashionable menfolk to finish their port and cigars after dinner

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