Fitting Collection (page 6)

Sewing and repairing Metropolitan Police uniform
A long line of tailors sewing and repairing Metropolitan Police uniforms at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London

Metropolitan Police officer fitted with his uniform
A newly recruited Metropolitan Police officer who has just been fitted with his uniform and helmet at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London

Newly recruited Metropolitan Police officers in uniform
A line of newly recruited Metropolitan Police officers are fitted with their uniforms and helmets at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London

Metropolitan Police officers fitted with uniforms
Some newly recruited Metropolitan Police officers being fitted with their uniforms and helmets at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London

Weddiing dress 1937
Heavy white satin weddiing dress, exquisitely draped and moulded to the figure so that the line about the waist is emphasised, it has a heart-shaped neckline with fern clip at either side

German AEG biplane with ground crew, WW1
A German AEG bomber biplane, with ground crew fitting a large (100 kg) bomb, on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Moscow, Russia: Komsomolskaja Underground Station. Date: 2010

Cleaning a Hoof
A farrier cleaning a horses hoof before fitting a new horseshoe. Date: 1960s

Fitting a Hot Horseshoe
A farrier putting on a hot horseshoe. Date: 1960s

Fitting Shop Sign
Workmen fitting the new facia shop board sign for Barnabys Picture Library Rathbone Street, central London. Date: 1991

Berlei advertisement, 1953
A slender lady with an hourglass figure is fitted for some rather constricting looking foundation garments by a Berlei expert in an advertisement for the brand. Date: 1953

I m in love with my Tailor (2/2) A woman with a definite crush on her tailor, asks him to move his measuring tape a little higher please ! Date: circa 1910s

American army recruit taking aptitude test, WW1
An American army recruit (left) taking an aptitude test during the First World War, fitting wooden shapes into holes. The man on the right is timing him with a stopwatch. Date: 1917-1918

Two ladies in outfits by Bernard. On the left, a dress in white crepe de chine with a frill at the hem. On the right, a three-piece outfit in pale pink crepe with red and silver geometrical designs

Kissing under the mistletoe by Vernon Ward
Illustration entitled One excuse as good as another showing a couple lost in a kiss on a sofa in a living room under a bunch of mistletoe hanging from the light fitting. Date: 1930

Refitting an Arab Dhow in Mumbai Harbour, India
Refitting an Arab Dhow in Mumbai (Bombay) Harbour, India Date: 1935

Chevron Stripe Jumper
Jumper & scarf set in a chevron design, possibly machine-knitted, with short, puff sleeves fitting tightly above the elbow. Worn here with a white skirt. Date: 1934

Helmet Hats 1929
A black helmet shaped hat with irregular brim, a green and black turban and a green hat fitting close to the head and with a flaring brim at the back. Date: 1929

Ship Construction German
Fitting the rudder to a German warship Date: 1918

Fitting a Corset
A young French lady is fitted with a fashionable corset Date: circa 1830

Gas Mask fitting
Mothers leave an Ilford school with their children after a gas mask fitting. All the schools in Ilford, Essex (London) were opened to enable residents to be fitted with gas masks under the Air Raid

Belgian refugees in London are fitted with gas masks at Fulham Borough Council during World War II

Gas Mask fitting, World War II
Woman giving a man a gas mask fitting during World War II

On the deck of the Medusa
A smiling woman polishes a piece of brass fitting on the fore deck of a boat at Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex

Assembly of a Multi-cogged Machine
An engineer fits a cog to a piece of geared machinery, possibly an engine or heavy duty gearbox. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Titanic propeller shaft fitting
A framed photograph of the RMS Titanic propeller shaft being fitted at the Harland and Woolf yard in Belfast in 1911

1980s Interior with ceiling light and fern
A classic 1980s-style ceiling light fitting with three glass globe covers, with the three large fronds of a fern plants rising up beneath it. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Photo / Stripe Dress 1880S
Tight fitting, high-necked bodice, buttoning diagonally from shoulder to waist, kilted under-skirt, draped tunic caught up at the rear. Watch & crescent brooch

H. M Screw Caesar
Engraving of the fitting out of a war steamer, H. M. Screw Caesar at Portsmouth

Green Scarf 1830S
Late C19th century depiction of 1830s costume: white dress trimmed in pink. The sleeves appear long & tight fitting. Worn with a long green scarf trimmed with black lace

Fitting shop at the Grand junction railway works
The fitting shop at the Grand Junction railway engine works at Crewe. Repairs of locomotive engines and the completion of new engines

Side locker in a Rolls Royce
An ingeniously constructed side locker for carrying tools inside a spare wheel space; a new fitting in the 40-50h.p. Rolls Royce with Barker body

Knitted Dressing Gown
Elegant, loose fitting, wrap- over dressing gown with funnel shaped sleeves in powder blue lace stitch Shetland wool edged with swansdown

Pin-Up in Checked Shirt
A sweet blonde with an engaging smile wears a tight fitting red checked shirt

French Court 1428
Charles VII & courtiers: long houppelandes (gowns) with contrasting revers (one has hanging sleeves), an ermine trimmed huke & cape. They wear small close-fitting hats

Pin-Up on Stool / 1950
Fifties pin-up, seated on a bar stool & with hands on hips, wears tight-fitting black shorts & a see-through, off-the-shoulder top

Fitting a Ladys Boot
Charmant paysage ! (delightful landscape) A shoemaker enjoys the view as he fits a customer with a new pair of boots

CHURCHs SHOE 1948
Stylish yet comfortable high-heeled, lace-up shoe: high fitting & with perforated decoration & designed to support the arch in its natural place

Astrakhan Coat & Borzoi
A loose fitting sac-like short astrakan coat with funnel sleeves & a large collar & drawn in at the hips with a narrow belt

Stiebel and Model
Fashion designer Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) photographed fitting the model Peggy Meredith

Woman Dressed 1913
A lady is fitted for an elegant evening outfit: " Will they like me in this?"

Costume Man & Girl 1899
Man: suit of D-B jacket with pocket flaps, turned back cuff & roll collar, cravat & ring & stand collar. Girl: loose fitting pink dress with yoke, high collar & lace insertions

Fashionable Frenchwoman visits her couturier
A fashionable Frenchwoman visits her couturier

A Farrier at work, Worcestershire
A Farrier at work, fitting a shoe to a large working horse, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Costume / Women / 1715
A fun-loving lady in a loosely fitting dress, suitable for relaxing at home, or elsewhere

Costume / Dressmaking
COSTUME FITTING A well-off German woman is attended to by her dressmaker who makes the final adjustments to a new pink satin evening dress

Churchill on Wedding Day
WINSTON CHURCHILL arrives at Church on his wedding day wearing a frock coat with buttonhole, bow tie, top hat, gloves & narrow fitting trousers

Fashion Plate / 1848 / Men
Evening dress, top coat & gibus hat; Wellesley style wrapper with fur trim & brandenburgs; loose fitting jacket & strapped pantaloons with vertical stripes

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