Fire Collection (#24)

Barnsley Detachment Tankersley Brigade Rescue Party
Mine Fire at the Hamstead Colliery, Great Barr, Birmingham on 4th March, 1908. The Barnsley Detachment Tankersley Brigade Rescue Party

The dancer Thamar Karsavina, London, 1919
The dancer Thamar Karsavina, in the Fire Bird, London, 1919 Date: 1919

Photographs of sub-standard safes -- Not Ratner. Showing safes which were too easy to break into, or were not fireproof, compared with the superior quality of Ratner safes. Date: circa 1920s

Canadian Highland Light Infantry Memorial, Buron
Early on the morning of 7 June the Highlanders and the Sherbrooke Fusiliers were advancing towards Buron when they came under fire from machine guns and anti-tank weapons

St Pauls Cathedral Choir School, City of London
St Pauls Cathedral Choir School, St Pauls Churchyard, City of London, before it was destroyed by the Great Fire of London, along with the old St Pauls Cathedral itself. Date: pre-1666

Christmas card, Santa Claus delivering presents, with reindeer looking through the window. 20th century

Advert, James Gray & Son, Edinburgh, Scotland
Advert for James Gray & Son, Stove and Grate Makers, Kitchen Ranges, Electric Light Fittings, George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Advert, The Glenboig Union Fire Clay Co, Glasgow
Advert for The Glenboig Union Fire Clay Co Limited, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Sprat, and herring being hung in a smokehouse, 18th century
Sprat, Sprattus sprattus, and section through a smokehouse showing workers smoking herring in a kipper factory, 18th century

Francois Le Vaillants camp at Great Fish River (Groote Visrivier), South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Francois Le Vaillants camp at Poort after a great elephant hunt, South Africa. Among the huts, wagons and tents, a huge fire roasts elephant meat

Spanish flag or fire vine, Ipomoea lobata (Lobe-leaved mina, Mina lobata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley

A carousel parade among teams of knights representing the four elements fire, wind, earth and water. Part of the celebration of the birth of Freiderich, Duke of Wurttemberg, 1616

Walls of the Convent of St. Clare or Minoresses, 1797
Parts of the north and east walls of the Convent of St. Clare or Minoresses, founded 1293. After the fire of March 23, 1797. Walls of Caen stone and chalk, timber oak and chestnut

Man of Rawak Island near Waigeo, Papua New Guinea, making a fire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R

Fire salamander and smooth newt
Fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra (salamander, Lacerta salamandra) and smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris (great water-newt, Lacerta palustris)

European fire-bellied toad, Bombina bombina (Fire frog, Rana ignea). Adult, tadpole and frog spawn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General

Altar of Ma tke Tsan nakwe, Little Fire Fraternity, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Sword swallowers of the Ma tke Thlan nakwe, Great Fire Fraternity, Zuni nation. Lithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington

Altar of Ma tke Thlan nakwe, Great Fire Fraternity, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Mask of Great God of the Great Fire Fraternity, Zuni Nation
Mask of Kok ko Thlann a, Great God, of Ma tke Thlan nakwe, Great Fire Fraternity, Zuni Nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American

Mask of Kwe lele, Fire Maker to Shit su kiai, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Fire salamander and hellbender
Fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra, and hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, near threatened. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d

Skeleton of Death catching the Friar Provisor
Skeleton of Death catching the cloak collar of the Friar Provisor as he enters a convent with money-box and wallet. The convent wall is crumbling and smoke billows from inside

Fire salamander, smooth newt and spectacled salamander
Fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra, smooth newt, Triturus vulgaris, and spectacled salamander, Salamandrina terdigitata

Orange lily or fire lily, Lilium bulbiferum. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Funeral wake among the Luanda people of Angola. Mourners wail as visitors arrive to view the corpse in a hut, the women wearing fragrant leaves on their heads

Hindu devotees firewalking in the Nepu Tirunal or Thimithi festival in honour of the goddess Draupadi. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Section through a dome-shaped Lapp (Sami) house
Section through a dome-shaped Lapp (Sami) fishermens house, with hearth in centre. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Lapps in a hut of beams covered with skins
A family of Lapps around a fire in a hut made of wood beams covered with animal skins. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Ancient Chinese weapons and war engines
Ancient Chinese weapons including shield 1, bow and arrow 2, axe 10, helmet 12, lance 8, 9, quiver 4, and war engines, including mobile siege ladder 13, mobile moat bridge 15, fire starter engine 14

Native Americans preparing, steaming and smoking
Native Americans grilling and roasting fish, boiling meat with hominy, and a couple seated on a mat eating from a plate between their legs. From illustrations by John White

Native American at a shrine to the Powhatan
Native American making an offering at a shrine to the Powhatan god Okeus (Okee) in Virginia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Wedding dance of the Iroquois of Canada
Wedding dance of the Iroquois, Native Americans of Canada. The bride and groom dance on a mat holding a long stick as they recite their vows, before breaking the stick

Interior of a communal Inuit house in Greenland, with families cooking, sleeping, and nursing babies. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Gaucho cowboys of the Tucuman, Argentina
Gaucho cowboys of the Tucuman, River Plate, Argentina. They wear striped ponchos and trousers, long hair in fur hats, carve wood with knives, while resting near their wagons

Nomadic Puri family relaxing in a hut, Brazil
Nomadic Puri family relaxing in a hut made of leaves and branches, man lying in hammock, woman roasting meat on a fire. Amazon, Brazil

Lengua or Juiadge people of Paraguay, with their distinctive lip plugs or barbotto. Male hunters with bow, arrows and quiver, women roasting meat on a fire

A group of San people harvesting a swarm of
A group of San people (Bushmen) harvesting a swarm of locusts with fire and smoke. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberto Freschi from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, and fire
Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, and African fire finch, Lagonosticta species. (Black-backed eagle, Falco niger, eating a fire bird)

Fire escape, painters easel and indigo mills
Daniel Maseres original suspension pulley and fire escape machine simplified by Mr. Forster, painters easel and indigo mills. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

Fire lily, Lilium bulbiferum (Blood-red lily, Lilium sanguineum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register

Plumber heating lead in a fire to fix lead pipes on a building site. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810

Iguana, chameleon and fire salamanders
Iguana, Iguana iguana 1, Mediterranean chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon 2, and fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra, Indian 3 and European 4

Interior of a Kamchatka dwelling, eastern Russia. Date: circa 1779

Wash still at a distillery, south-west London
Wash still at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842

St Marys Church tower and beacon, Monken Hadley, London
St Marys Church tower and beacon, Monken Hadley, Barnet, north London. Known as the Beacon Church, since the tower and fire beacon were added in the early 16th century. Date: 1842

Merryweather patent steam fire-engine 1862
Merryweather and sons patent steam fire-engine, being shown at the International Exhibition of 1862. 1862

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping