Gear Collection (page 5)

Arm knife and scabbard, nd. Long, double edged blade of usual leaf shape. With semi-circular gear-wheel type stamps. Yellow bone hilt with usual double concave shape

Premier Diamond Mine, Cullinan, Transvaal, South Africa
Premier Diamond Mine, Cullinan, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa, view from no. 4 bridge looking east to Pretoria, showing settling dams for no. 4 gear and tailing dams. Date: circa 1910

The Reef, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
The Reef (looking west), Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, with mining dumps (Robinson Deep) in the middle distance. Date: circa 1930

Winding gear, Kimberley Mine, South Africa, circa 1888studio
Winding gear, Kimberley Mine, South Africa, circa 1888 (Robert Harris studio). Date: circa 1888

Washing gear, Bultfontein diamond mine, South Africa, circa 1888 (Robert Harris studio). Date: circa 1888

Diver jumping into the sea off the coast of Malta as part of an inflatable house project. The house was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay

Diver underwater off the coast of Malta
Diver swimming underwater as part of an inflatable house project. The house was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta

Removal of horse trough in Eastbourne, Sussex
Removal of a horse trough on a street in Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: circa 1962

Divers inside underwater house off the coast of Malta
Brian Ray, 27, and Peter Newman (in diving gear) during a coffee break inside the Underwater House, with its stool and life support box. Brian is using the telephone

Divers underwater off the coast of Malta
Divers swimming underwater with a box connected to their research with an inflatable house which was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta

Astronaut equipment, 1969
Illustration indicating the different pieces of clothing and equipment worn by American astronauts Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin for their lunar landing in July 1969. Date: 1969

Women police officers in tennis gear, Pembridge Hall
Women police officers in tennis gear, with racquets, on the steps of Pembridge Hall Section House for women police officers, at 17 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2

Women police officers in athletics event
Women police officers, Alice Lusher, Shirley Thomas and Shirley Jennings (Becke), taking part in an athletics running event, watched by spectators. Date: circa 1950s

Group photo, women police officers in hockey team
Group photo, women police officers in a policewomens hockey team. They include Chief Superintendent Barbara Lilian Kelley (centre, 1920-1998), Elizabeth McClelland, Mary Atkinson, Sylvia King

Woman police officer Ivy Cook in rowing team
Woman police officer Ivy Cook (far left) taking part in a rowing team, May 1931. She joined the Met Police in December 1930. Date: 1931

Woman police officer working at a police station, helping a woman visitor at the front desk. Date: circa early 1970s

Baron D este
Baron d ESTE Every inch an aristocrat, from his arrogant stance and his hunting gear, and of course his fashionable monocle. Date: circa 1897

Victorian lady in riding gear
A lady in riding kit smiles for the camera, but who she is, and where her horse is, we do not know. late 19th century

Lord Southampton 1907
LORD SOUTHAMPTON in his hunting gear (not listed in Burkes Peerage for 1907 !) Date: flourished 1907

Riding in the Rows
The daughter (presumably the small girl) of Lady Mary Bailey the aviator, out horse riding in The Rows (Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London). Date: early 1930s

Second Earl Zetland
THOMAS DUNDAS, second earl of ZETLAND Dressed in his gear as Grand Master of the Freemasons Date: 1795 - 1873

Woman and dogs on a doorstep
Woman and four dogs, sitting on a doorstep. Date: circa 1920s

Italian soldiers depart for front
The scene at an Italian railway station as soldiers board a train to leave for the front. The troops bid an emotional farewell to their families and loved ones, and one to his pet dog

Shipping wheat, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: circa 1910

Car in basement, Claverton Street, London SW1
LFB Special Service attempting to lift a car from a basement in Claverton Street, London SW1, on 24 July 1958. It was a difficult exercise, as the car kept getting caught on masonry, etc

New LFB recruit being measured for uniform
A new LFB recruit being measured for his uniform

New LFB recruit being kitted out with uniform
A new LFB recruit being kitted out with his uniform

Illustrated London News page, 1951
A page from the Illustrated London News, dated 28th April 1951, detailing contemporary British art purchased by the Arts Council for the Festival of Britain

Harbour scene with ships and equipment, Scotland
A harbour scene in Scotland with ships and various equipment, all looking rather run-down and shabby

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