Hour Collection (page 3)

Bus conductor collecting fares from queuers, September 1939
London bus conductor collecting fares from passengers as they queue in the street in order to maximise efficiency. The reduction of bus services largely due to spirit rationing led to heavy queueing

Loretta Young in The Unguarded Hour (1936) wearing a Dolly Tree dress and fur wrap Date: 1936

German Gun Bunker & 5th Rangers Memorial
The bunker is on Routes des Perruques, Grandcamp-Maisy. The area is thought to have held 155mm guns and 10.5cm howitzers and was taken by the 5th Rangers after a 5 hour battle on 9 June 1944

Photography by wireless radio, taking one hour and three minutes from London to New York. 1926

Portland Borstal Silent Hour
Silent Hour at the Borstal in Portland, Dorset. Inmates were expected to use the time in reading, writing letters etc. Date: 1945

The hour and the man - James Braid carries starting clock
The hour and the man - photo of golfer James Braid carrying the starting clock to the tee during the English Ladies golf championship at Walton Heath 1928

Hans von Stuck breaking the World Hour Record, Avus
Hans von Stuck breaking the World Hour Record on the Avus Track. 1934

Early Motor Racing - Edge at Brooklands
Early Motor Racing -s F Edge before the start of 24-hour record race at Brooklands, Surrey. 1907

The One Hour Motor Tricycle Record

Bank of England and the Royal Exchange, London
Traffic outside the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange, London. Date: circa 1900s

Religious verse 1889
Religious verse, For the sunshine and the rain, for the dew and for the shower, for the yellow ripened grain, and the golden harvest hour, we bless thee O our God. by Mrs Crewson. 1889

Monday morning rush hour with lots of people walking across London Bridge. Date: 1935

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Comic Postcard - Don t try to enter by the Exit Door or you will get Squeezed! - A smart young Gent is trapped neither within or without this packed rush hour District Line London Underground

Happy Hour Date: 1947

Inside a crowded horse bus, London
Passengers inside a crowded horse bus in London. Date: 1859

Over 5000 people an hour passed through Westminster Hall to pay their tributes to the late King George VI during his ceremonial lying-in-state with Officers of the Life Guards of the Husehold Cavaly

French Campaign in Morocco - Red Cross - Casablanca Hospital - A Nurse working a ten hour shift. Date: 1908

Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette Macdonald - One Hour With You
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972) - French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer, and Jeanette Macdonald (1903-1965) - American singer and actress, in One Hour With You (1932). Date: 1932

Fancy dress - Old Father Time
A man dressed up as Old Father Time with obligatory scythe and hour glass. Date: c.1920

WWI Poster, Fall In
Design by E J Keeley, Fall In, answer now in your countrys hour of need. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster showing a rallying bugler. Date: 1916

Statue of Jack Blandiver in Wells Cathedral, Somerset. The Cathedral Clock was installed in 1390. Inside, Jack Blandiver, the quarter-jack, strikes the bells at his heels at every quarter-hour

HMHS Britannic - dinner menu, WW1
HMHS Britannic - extremely rare dinner menu from the hospital ship Britannic, Titanic's ill-fated sister ship. The menu is dated 25 September 1916, in the middle of WW1

Old Father Time on a German New Year card
Old Father Time with hourglass, scythe and rose on a German New Year card dated 1 January 1815. Date: 1815

D-Day invasion ration pack
The contents of the 24-hour ration pack which was to be carried by every combatant in the anticipated Allied invasion of the continent. These were to be carried in a small waterproof box

St. Vicente Ferrer
GRIFO, Master of (16th century). Saint Vincent Ferrer. 16th c. Central panel of the altarpiece of St Vincent Ferrer. Timete Deum et date illi honorem time iudici eius quia venit

Martial Eagle - attacking White Stork - the fight lasted more than an hour but finally the Eagle was victorious (Polemaetus bellicosus)

Suffragette Black Friday 1910. Outside the Houses of Parliament on 18th November, a deputation led by Mrs. Pankhurst and Members of the W.S.P.U tried to force their way into the House

World War One pack of playing cards - Shell Motor Spirit Co
World War One pack of playing cards issued by the Shell Motor Spirit Company with Shell logo and Best Of Allies Always In the Front surrounded by images of warships, aeroplanes, tanks, etc

Malcolm Campbells famous Blue Bird II
The Blue Bird II -the car in which Malcolm Campbell established a new world land speed record of 245.736 miles per hour. Shown here an illustration of the exterior of the car and a cross section

LCC-LFB Ship fire on SS Leopard, Port of London
A fire crew, rigged in Proto one-hour oxygen breathing apparatus sets, descend into the smoking hold of the SS Leopard. The fire had broken out deep inside the vessels hold

Blitz in London -- training in use of breathing apparatus
Blitz in London -- regular London firefighters being trained in the use of breathing apparatus (BA) at Brigade headquarters, Lambeth

Saint Expeditus
SAINT EXPEDITUS martyr, invoked at the eleventh hour for prompt solutions to urgent problems He is trampling a crow because they are notorious delayers

Susi - with clock
Susi - with a clock, and a note with a reminder about turning the clocks back one hour. 1950s

Elise de Vere (1879 - 1934), French Stage Actress Date: 1909

The Very Witching Time of Night, drawn by Thorpe
Man walking his dog along a dimly lit path at night, past a small cottage Date: 1928

Hollywood movie star Shirley Mason, from Fox Studios, 1924
A portrait of the Hollywood movie star Shirley Mason, from Fox Studios, 1924. She is wearing a dance costume from the film The Purple Phial (The Eleventh Hour). Date: 1924

Proposed extensions of transport links into London 1919
Diagram showing a map of London and the movement of commuters by different travel means from Greater to Central London, and the proposed extensions of transport links

Advertisement for Lelu beauty products -- something for every hour of the day and night. 1929

Greetings card in the shape of an hourglass. Date: circa 1890s

United Kingdom. London. The Big Ben, clock tower at the Westminster Palace. 19th century. Detail. Date: 20080327

Fantastic Adventures - Forever is too long
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, March 1947, featuring the story Forever is to long by Chester S. Geier. A Man stands next to a hour glass

Italy. Venice. The Clocktower with astronomical clock. 15th century. St. Marks square

Edward Goldney
EDWARD GOLDNEY senior, widower, religious writer, whose motto was Love without dissimulation, depicted writing at 4 am, with a night watchman calling the hour. Date: 1710 - ?

Sydney, Australia
Traffic and trams during rush hour at Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia. Date: 1950s

BABYs FOOTPRINT 1921
A doctor takes the footprint of a half an hour old baby in Germany. Date: 1921

Paris Shopgirls & Hats
Paris shopgirls, displaying amazed and yearning looks, window shop for hats during their lunch hour. Date: 1896

Traveller in Switzerland
A traveller, possibly on the Grand Tour, contemplates the mountains: Ev n now, where alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend Date: 1800

View of Le Mans / Tirpenne
A picturesque view of the French town of Le Mans, which hosts the annual 24 hour motor race. Date: 1869

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