Handle Collection (page 13)

WW2 poster, careful handling of material
WW2 poster, knockabout comedy is funny on the films but its not funny in the factory. Careful handling of material costs you nothing -- carelessness costs the nation pounds! Design by Victor Hicks

WW2 safety poster, Use Your Head Brother! Unpack and handle all materials with care. By Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Ladys weekend dressing case
A ladys weekend dressing case, made of rolled hide, lined with moirette, with spacious pockets, available from Messrs John Pound and Co of Oxford Street, London. Date: 1914

Advertisement, Dryad Tea Waggon
Advertisement for the Dryad Tea Waggon, with three oak trays, on four plated swivel wheels, rubber tyred, with cane work. Very convenient for houses with long passages and for tea on the lawn

Manufacturing equipment - Lead Shrapnel - WW1 Date: circa 1915

Steam engine and tender on a railway track
A steam engine and tender on a railway track outside a shed

Little girl at the steering wheel
A little girl at the steering wheel of a car or van. Even if she could drive, she is too small to see out of the windscreen or reach the pedals

Men with crates of fish on quayside
Men working on a quayside with crates of fish labelled William Carnie and David Dow, Newhaven

Making Ivory Brushes
A man in a flat cap, boring small holes into an ivory hairbrush handle for the bristles. Date: February 1933

LFB recruits taking part in escape training at HQ
LFB recruits taking part in escape ladder training at HQ -- team spirit is essential as speed can save lives

Advertisement for M&B Mild Beer -- male model (Vincent Charles) posing with a pint glass. 1959

Japanese Silk Industry - Reeling the Cocoons by Hand-reel Date: circa 1910

Candle holder and mouse on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a coal scuttle. Date: circa 1890s

Eggcup stand with two eggs on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a jug in a basket
Christmas card in the shape of a jug in a wickerwork basket. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a basket of wine bottles
Christmas card in the shape of a wickerwork basket full of wine bottles. circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a candle and holder
Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a candle and holder, with a string to pull to make the flame appear. Date: circa 1890s

Pica pica, common magpie
Watercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1896)

Round golden jug with a handle (1000-1500 BF). Bronze Age. Decorative Arts. SPAIN. Pontevedra. Pontevedra Museum

Handle with warriors. Etruscan art. Sculpture; Sculpture on bronze. ITALY. Rome. National Etruscan Museum of Villa Julia

German swords handle (late 16th c. ). ITALY
German swords handle (late 16th c.). ITALY. Venice. Ducal Palace

Spanish sword formerly belonging to Tom᳠de
Spanish sword formerly belonging to Tom᳠ de

ESPOZ Y MINA, Francisco Espoz e Ilundain, also called (1781-1836). Spanish guerrilla leader and general of liberal ideology. Sword and case of Espoz y Mina. SPAIN. Madrid. Army Museum

Girls with China 1894
So great is the mania for blue china in late 19th century England that theres even a childrens book on the subject - here, two girls handle the precious items. Date: 1894

LCC-LFB learner drivers on a London street
A picture taken outside the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade in Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, on 14 September 1935, showing a motorised fire engine with an L-plate on the front

Head of a turntable ladder (TL) showing the TL monitor and the control handle operated by the firefighter at the top of the ladder

Mouse, facing front, sitting on a mallet with red ribbon through a hole in the handle. Print shows a mouse, facing front, sitting on a mallet with red ribbon through a hole in the handle

Handle with care. Poster promoting safe driving showing a traffic signal and a steering wheel. Date 1943

Chicago Stock Yards
Union stock yards, Chicago, handle 14+ million cattle, hogs, sheep and horses in 1914. Upton Sinclairs The Jungle describes the dreadful conditions. Date: 1916

Dunderpate drawing water from the well. Date: 1938

Chicago Railway Station
The new Chicago and Northwestern railway station, the second largest in the USA, able to handle a quarter million passengers a day on 16 railroad tracks. Date: 1916

Folding Travel Chair
A useful chair for holidays and picnics. Folds into a very small waterproof bag, with a stud fastener and handle for carrying! Date: 1930s

Painting Pantomime Sets
Pantomime preparations - painting scenery. The huge canvasses are laid out on the floor and the sets are painted onto them using long handle brushes. Date: 1930s

Anne & Aberdeen Angus
Anne & the Aberdeen Angus cow! Following the rules of Barbara Woodhouses book Talking to Animals, (1954), Anne found she could talk to the cattle and handle them with ease! Date: 1950s

Three boys chatting at a water pump. first published 1879

Churning Butter - Normandy, France Date: circa 1910

Topgis Bashi, Commandant of the Ottoman Artillery
The Topgis Bashi, or Commandant of Artillery. The commander of the Turkish Ottoman artillery wearing colourful robes and a tall turban

Aesop / Trees and the Axe
THE TREES AND THE AXE The trees allow the countryman to fell a small tree to make a handle for his axe, not reali- -sing he is a woodcutter who will use it to fell many more

Hand pump fire engine
A hand pump fire engine. 1882

Young Victorian woman in a dark dress
A young Victorian woman posing for her photograph, wearing a dark dress with a light-coloured bow at the neck

Double page spread in a diary for 5-10 September
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 5-10 September. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Metropolitan Police sword
A Metropolitan Police sword in its scabbard

Metropolitan Police rattle
A Metropolitan Police rattle

Metropolitan Police sword and scabbard
A Metropolitan Police sword and its scabbard

De Dion Bouton motor car, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A proud family with their 1903-4 De Dion Bouton motor car, registration AJ 232, in a back yard in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales

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