Flames Collection (#4)

Pudding in flames on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two fairies on a Christmas card, sitting by a fire, one with holly in his hair. With ornate gold and white edging. Date: circa 1890s

Fairies roasting their dinner on a Christmas card
Some rather savage-looking fairies wearing rodent skins in the snow, roasting a rat over the fire for their dinner on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, German Kultur, WW1
Cartoon, German Kultur or the cultivated truth during the First World War, showing a blindfolded allegorical female figure with flames rising around her. Date: 1915

Burnt Alive 1392
At the court of Charles VI some men are accidentally burnt alive - one jumps into a tub of water, another is rescued by a lady who smothers the flames with her dress Date: 29 January 1392

1848 / Attack on Volta
A night attack on the Volta Date: 1848

Phoenix Fire Office, insurance company
The Phoenix Fire Office, London, an insurance company offering protection for the owners of property. Date: early 19th century

Fire engines at work 1888
Land and floating steam fire-engines at work. Date: 1888

Fire from gas explosion on a London street
Fire from a gas explosion on a London street near the Princes Theatre, with a fireman standing nearby. Date: circa 1928

The Still Alarm by Joseph Arthur
Inside page of a promotional flyer for The Still Alarm by Joseph Arthur. (fourteenth Street Theatre, New York, 30th July 1887). First produced in England Princesss Theatre, 2nd August 1888

Robins on a New Year card, preparing for a tea party. Date: circa 1890s

Little boy making fire on a Christmas card, attracting the attention of robins. Date: circa 1890s

Cabinet Minister as Fireman: Winston Churchills daring
Winston Churchill, then President of the Board of Trade, is shown in his pyjamas and a firemans helmet taking part in yeoman service at the burning of Burley-on-the-Hill

Victorian Scrap, fire brigade in action outside a burning building. circa 1880s

Cartoon, Its very simple, WW1
Cartoon, Its very simple. A coal merchant tells a poor family that if they think his coal is too expensive, then they should do what he does, and burn wood instead. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Older soldiers round the campfire, WW1
Cartoon, a group of old and middle aged French soldiers sit round the campfire near Verdun as the snow falls. Date: 1916

Mae Marsh and Rene Guissart filming The Flames of Passion (1922) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1923

The court scene in The Flames of Passion (1922) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1923

Herbert Langley and Hilda Bailey in The Flames of Passion (1
Herbert Langley and Hilda Bailey in a tense moment from The Flames of Passion (1922) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1923

Cover design, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, showing a pig, a cat, a duckling, two rabbits and two dogs sitting in front of their fireplace. Date: 1912

WW1 - Zeppelin downed over Potters Bar
WW1 - An illustration depicting the four stages of a Zeppelin raider bursting into flames, and its fall through the starry night sky over Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England

WW1 - Captain Hawker takes on three Germans in the air
WW1 - Captain Lanoe George Hawker VC, DSO (1890-1916), was a British flying ace, with seven credited victories

Three helmets from the late 15th century.. A kettle hat in the middle, a sallet with visor at left, and a visored helmet decorated with flames at right

Cartoon, German soldier dreaming, WWI
Cartoon, the Boches dream. A hungry German soldier dreams of beer and sausages while asleep in the snow on the Western Front during WW1. Date: 1915

Sphere cover - destruction of zeppelin, Potters Bar, Matania
Front cover of The Sphere with an illustration of the German Zeppelin destroyed over Potters Bar, Hertfordshire on 1 October 1916

German plane attacked by British anti-aircraft gun, WW1
A British scouting biplane, attacked by machine gun fire from a larger German aeroplane over Belgian territory

Chief Scout Commissioner in Ghana, West Africa
Chief Scout Commissioner, Frank Reed, at a fire lighting competition in Ghana, West Africa, watched by parents of scouts and cubs. The scouts are using just one matchstick each

Fire at Naworth Castle - possessions from the house saved from the flames and stacked in the courtyard. The fire destroyed virtually all of the Castle, including the old dungeons in the West Wing

Firefighters in action, Fanshaw Street, London N1
Firefighters in action with turntable ladders and hosepipes at a building in Fanshaw Street, London N1, 28 February 1956. The fire had gone through the roof before the first appliance arrived

Firefighter training with foam extinguisher
Firefighter training with a foam extinguisher, 18 April 1956. Date: 1956

Fire safety -- baby playing near guarded coal fire
Fire safety -- a baby playing near a guarded coal fire

Fire safety in the kitchen -- a burning frying pan

Fire safety -- correctly guarded coal fire
Fire safety -- a family in their sitting room with a correctly guarded coal fire

Engraving of firefighters in action at a burning building
Engraving of firefighters in action at a fire, operating hosepipes and attempting to rescue a woman from the upper window of a burning building. Date: 1836

Engraving of man escaping fire via parachute
Engraving of a man escaping from a fire via a small parachute attached to the belt of his trousers

Firefighters in action, Victory Place, SE17
Firefighters in action with hosepipes during a fire at a warehouse in Victory Place, Southwark, SE17, on 27 April 1958

Firefighters in action with hosepipes, Poplar, East London
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at a fire in Simpsons Road, Poplar, East London, 25 January 1958. Showing the east side of Block D

Blitz in London -- firefighters in Bermondsey, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work with hosepipes at a burning gas main in Long Lane, Bermondsey, 8 March 1941. Date: 1941

LFB firefighters extinguishing oil can fire
Two LFB firefighters extinguishing an oil can fire

Blitz in London -- Blackfriars Goods Depot, WW2
Blitz in London -- fire at the Blackfriars Goods Depot on 16 October 1940. Date: 1940

Blitz in London -- large building on fire, WW2
Blitz in London -- a large building on fire following an air raid, with firefighters and AFS volunteers fighting the blaze. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- Shoe Lane and St Bride Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- men at work with a hosepipe in Shoe Lane and St Bride Street, City of London, 11 May 1941. Date: 1941

Firefighters in action, Mitcham, Surrey, WW2
Firefighters in action following a flying bomb incident in Western Road, Mitcham, Surrey, where drums of amyl acetate were involved

Blitz in London -- building on fire in Southwark Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- a building on fire in Southwark Street, 29 December 1940. Date: 1940

Corner store ablaze - Blitz on London - WW2 Date: circa 1941

Building on fire in Red Cross Street, London - Blitz, WW2
Building on fire in Red Cross Street, Southwark, London - Blitz, WW2

The Temporary London Bridge on fire on the night of 11th April 1758

Fire uniform heat tests at Lambeth HQ
Demonstration of the Teled Noflam Protective Suit at Brigade HQ, 29 November 1965

Firefighters at Covent Garden Market fire, London
Firefighters at the Covent Garden Market fire, London, on 20 December 1949. Date: 1949

St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London, WW2
St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London, seen here on the night of 10-11 May 1941, when it was nearly destroyed in a bombing raid

Wooden Propeller manufactured by Frederick Tibbenham of Ipswich (the companys transfer sign of a bumble bee was used on every propeller that the company made)

Zeppelin in flames as seen through telescope from Southfields, September 3rd 1916

Scouts singing round a campfire, Australia
A group of scouts singing round a campfire in Australia, conducted by their leader. Date: 1965

WW2 poster, We re working for our lives
WW2 poster, We re not only working for our living, we re working for our lives. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Victory of the Allies is Assured, showing a British submarine sinking an enemy ship. Date: 1940s

Autocar Poster -- speed record on Saltburn Sands
Autocar Poster -- Sir Algernon Guinness setting a new speed record of 120 mph on Saltburn Sands in a 200 hp Darracq car. Date: 1908

Fighting oil fires by G. H. Davis
Fighting oil fires: smothering flames with a blanket of foam. Precautions against fire at oil reservoirs, and methods of extinguishing. Date: 1929

Fire at Derby silk mill
A fire takes hold of Joseph Davenports silk mill, in Albert Street, near the cornmarket, Derby

Cottles Farm set ablaze
Cottles Farm at Englishcombe set ablaze by the dissatisfied poor. Date: 1846

Dr Lettsom - 3
JOHN COAKLEY LETTSOM Medical practitioner, writer depicted with a cherub engaged in quenching the flames of a burning heart with soothing water from a jug. Date: 1745 - 1815

Joseph Chamberlain as Mephistopheles boiling Radicals
The Radical Inferno

Fire of Thessaloniki - Town in flames - Custom House Camp
The Great Fire that raged between 18th-20th August 1917 at Thessaloniki, Greece. In 72 hours, 9500 houses were destroyed which left more than 70000 people homeless

Thessaloniki aflame - 1917
A view of the Great Fire at Salonica, Greece, that raged between 18th-19th August 1917. In 32 hours 9500 houses were destroyed.which left more than 70000 people homeless

Winter, 18th century French School (possibly by Francois Octavien, 1695-1736)

Candle surrounded by holly c. 1910

The Divine Comedy. s. XIV. The Purgatory. Dante
The Divine Comedy. s.XIV. The Purgatory. Dante and Virgil before the lustful who walk through the flames. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St)

Working Elephants 1907
Elephants help to extinguish the flames when a train carrying a menagerie crashes in West Virginia, USA. Date: 1907

Ladder demonstration at Annual Review, Lambeth HQ
Demonstration at the Annual Review, Lambeth Headquarters

Firefighters a fire at 1 Heton Gardens
Firefighters in action a fire at 1 Heton Gardens, NW London

Firefighters putting out a fire at 1 Heton Gardens, NW London

Fire at 1 Heton Gardens, NW London

Crystal Palace burning down
Firefighters desperately try to put out the fire at Crystal Palace, South London, on the 30th November, 1936

Oil refinery fire. Buncefield Terminal, Hertfordshire
Oil refinery fire. Buncefield Terminal, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Firefighters at the scene of an explosion at 157 The Broadway, London

The scene of a fire at 259 Water Road, London

Firefighters at the scene of a school fire, SE London
Firefighters at the scene of a school fire, Homestall Road, SE London

Firefighters respond to a fire, East London
Firefighters respond to a fire at Marshgate Railway Sidings, Stratford, East London

London Fire Brigade firefighters respond to a fire at Ailsa Street, East London

Firefighters at scene of 15 pump fire in Uxbridge
Firefighters at the scene of a 15 pump fire in Uxbridge, Middlesex

Firefighters working at fire on building site
Firefighters working at a fire on a building site in Calypso Crescent, Peckham, London SE15

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