Fire Collection (page 22)

The Great Fire monument, London
Vintage 19th century photograph: the Great Fire monument, London

The World, Boston Theatre Company, USA - Tableau II, a dramatic scene from The Infernal Machine. Date: late 19th century

Waste paper vehicle catches fire, East Ham, London
A vehicle collecting waste paper in East Ham, London, catches fire, and the fire brigade is called out, watched by crowds. Date: circa 1930s

Demoltion wth bulldozer, South London
Bulldozer clears rubble during demolition of a house in South London. Date: circa 1950s

A man warms himself by brazier in woodyard
A man in a woodyard taking a break and warming himself by a brazier on a cold day. Date: circa 1950s

Comic postcard, Little girl catches a flea and wonders what to do with it Date: 20th century

Pantomime, Cinderella, by H B Maxwell, produced by J E Cowell, West Pier Date: early 20th century

View on the North Downs towards Aldershot, showing fires on the heath during a prolonged period of drought in the summer of 1921. Date: 1921

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Something Accomplished
The Caption says Something accomplished, something done, has earned a nights repose! The card was posted on the third anniversary of the start of WW2. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1942

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Monday Night at Eight
Even though the war is over, coal rationing continued so the fire is unlikely to be lit. The caption Monday night at Eight refers to a regular entertainment show broadcast by the BBC Home Service

Advertisement for Welsbach, providers of gas mantles & burners and gas radiators, showing a cosy domestic scene with two little girls

The labours of the XII months set out in new pictures and old proverbs. Illustration from the English Illustrated Magazine featuring a mummer arriving at a home on a cold December night while a

WW1 - war in Galician - Russian troops bivouacking
The Fighting for the Carpathian passes - Russian infantry bivouacking in a forest at sunrise

WW II Liberator bomber exploding Germany, 1944
Vintage World War II photograph - B-24H Liberator bomber of 783rd Bomb Squadron, 465th Bomb Group, US 15th Air Force exploding in mid air after being hit by anti-aircraft fire over Germany, 1944

WWII - Allied tank with anti mine chains Arnhem Netherlands
World War II - Allied tank with anti mine chains in the centre of Arnhem Netherlands, fire started by retreating German army

Fire on an aircraft carrier flight deck, World War II

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Gulf of Naples, Campania, Italy
EVintage 19th century photograph: ruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius, Gulf of Naples, Campania, Italy

Brighton West Pier - On Fire - 11th May, 2003. Date: 2003

Making a vessel of smoke for a dead Empress: burning the boat designed to carry the spirit of the late Empress Dowager Cixi of China across the river separating it from the heavenly Nirvana

The Royal Surrey Theatre
The Surrey Theatre, London began life in 1782 as the Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy, one of the many circuses that provided entertainment of both horsemanship and drama (hippodrama)

Sign of the Dog and Duck
The Dog and Duck was a tavern built on St Georges Fields in London in the 17th century. It was named after the sport of duck-baiting, that took place in adjacent wetland

Tooley Street London
View of the Great Fire at Cottons Wharf, Tooley Street, London in 1861. Date: 1875

A Tactical Table made by Men of the Auxiliary Fire Service (A.F.S.). Date: circa 1942

Making Toys at a Fire Station. Date: circa 1942

Paddles for Rescue Dinghies made by River Fire Service Men
Paddles for Rescue Dinghies made by the River Fire Service Men. Date: circa 1942

Tea at a Mobile Unit of the Fire Service. Date: circa 1942

Portrait - A Fire Guard. Date: circa 1941

Fire Fighting. Date: circa 1941

A Fire Engine with a Turntable Ladder-pump. Date: circa 1941

The Building Squad of the N. F. S
The Building Squad of the N.F.S. (National Fire Service) - building a control room for the Fire Station. Many members of the N.F.S

Welsh Firemen in position above the pit-head and railway
Welsh Firemen in a strategic position above the pit-head and railway on a daily exercise routine. many Welsh miners were part-time fireman during the war. Date: circa 1941

Auxiliary Fire Service (A. F. S. ) Men hauling the Trailer-pump
Auxiliary Fire Service (A.F.S.) men hauling hose from a trailer-pump. In the early days of the war, the AFS depended on improvisation - as can be seen here

Crowd in Dublin being fired upon without orders by men of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. The incident had taken place after gun-running by the Irish National Volunteers at Howth

Tottenham Street Theatre
A view of Tottenham Street Theatre in 1830. it was opened in 1772 on Charlotte Street and Tottenham Street, London. It later became the Scala Theatre that was eventually demolished after a fire in

Old Opera house
View of the facade of the old Covent Garden Opera House in 1801. It was destroyed by fire in 1808. Date: 1875

Man and woman of the Land of Fire or Tierra del Fugo, 1818. Yaghan people wearing sea-calf skin cloaks and woven skirts. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical

Man and woman of Vienna, Austria, 1818. She carries a basket of wares to sell. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal

Skating, the Hard Frost and the Fire-plug. Apprentices and dandies ice skating on a frozen canal 82, woman with kettle at a frozen waterpump in a cold winter 83

Waterman, Ticket Porter, Fellowship Porter, Coachstand and New Milk from the Cow. Waterman, Ticket Porter and Fellowship Porter 79

The Royal Academy, Covent Garden and the British Museum. The Royal Academy founded in 1768 in Somerset House 67, woman with black servant shopping for flowers in Covent Garden market 68

Fire-Engine, Drawing Goods on a Truck, East India
The Fire-Engine, Drawing Goods on a Truck, East India House and London Stone. London fire brigade pumping water on a fire 26

Dancing Bear and Dog, Camel and Monkey and the Royal Exchange. Street entertainer with chained bear in muzzle and musician with dancing dogs in costumes 23

Calligraphic title page with vignette of the city of London with Saint Pauls Cathedral. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Isaac Taylor from City Scenes, or a Peep into London

Scenes in the Americas
Lumberjack felling a tree in the Bay of Honduras 40, view of the town of Acapulco, Mexico, 41, and interior of a Native American Nuu-chah-nulth house in Nootka Sound 42

People of Northwest Canada
Interior of an underground Aleut house in Unalaska 43, native methods of starting a fire 44, and Tlicho or Dogrib people in front of their huts 45. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Egyptian waterlily, Nymphaea lotus var. rubra. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Ghent cornflag, Gladiolus x gandavensis. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Entrance to Mr. Holdens Family Vault in St. Bride s
Entrance to Mr. Holdens Family Vault in St. Brides churchyard, one of the few relics after the Fire of London 1666. Built in 1657 with coat of arms above the door

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping