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Housing poster, The Home I Want, with a quotation from Richard Reiss: You cannot expect to get an A1 population out of C3 homes
Self-propelled fire engine at LFB HQ, SouthwarkThe Hatfield motor pump was the first petrol driven engine appliance in which the engine was used to operate the fire pump
Advert for the Olva sleeping blanket, WW1Advertisement for the Olva improved sleeping blanket, a great improvement on the ordinary sleeping bag. Invaluable for officers on active service
Proposed extensions of transport links into London 1919Diagram 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
Joseph Priestley (1733-1804). English theologian, philosopher and chemist. Colored engraving. 19th century
History of England. Meeting at the Royal Society of London. Engraving, 1890. Colored
Camille a FaureCAMILLE A FAURE French scientist, noted for his improvement of the electric storage battery, making possible electrically powered vehicles. Date: CIRCA 1880
City of London Inst 1839LITERARY & SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION Aimed at the intellectual improvement of professional people Date: 1839
Princes Bridge - Yarra ImprovementsBlack and white image showing the improvement works to the north banks of the Yarra River (undertaken in the 1880s), with Princes Bridge in the background, Melbourne, Australia
Paris, France - Palais de l Elysee. Date: 1856
Thoughts of the Farther Improvement of AerostationTitle page of Thoughts of the Farther Improvement of Aerostation, or the Art of Travelling in the Atmosphere, by Mr Hoole published in London in 1785
An improvement in locomotive steam engines?An improvement in locomotive steam engines? II, G Stephenson & W Howe, 1846 Date: 1846
Birkinshaws?s Patent for malleable iron rails for railroadsSpec for J Birkinshaws?s patent for improvement in the construction of malleable iron rails for railroads
LCC-LFB Hatfield petrol self-propelled fire pumpThe Hatfield petrol pump was the first petrol driven fire engine in which the engine was used to operate the fire pump. Two of these machines were introduced into London in 1908
Work Projects Administration riverfront improvement project, Saint Louis, Missouri. Date 1939 Jan
Trendy ConservatoryA trendy new conservatory on a modern house. The man reads a book on a wicker chair in the conservatory; the woman sips a cold drink on a garden lounger chair! Date: 1960s
Granpop decorates his tree house by Lawson WoodHumorous illustration depicting Gran pop, the orang-utan character created by Lawson Wood, happily painting patterns on his new roof tree
Louisa Twining 1869 DawsonsA portrait of Louisa Twining from 1868. She became a campaigner for improvement in conditions for workhouse inmates and founded the Workhouse Visiting Society. Date: 1869
Louisa Twining at two-and-a-halfAn engraved portrait of Louisa Twining aged two-and-a-half from a miniature by her sister. Twining later became a campaigner for improvement in conditions for workhouse inmates
Families helped to emigrate by the Salvation ArmyA group of families on the platform of a large railway station, about to emigrate to Canada with the assistance of the Salvation Army. An Army band accompanies their departure
Blighty, Sweet BlightyTwo optimistic and rather over-excited Tommies, home on leave during World War I, lean out of their train carriage to breathe in the sweet smell of - the local gas works
Smokeless Powder 2 of 2Gunfire using Vieilles smokeless powder - a vast improvement on normal powder (2 of 2)
Social / Gaslit Street 19CA gas-lit London street at the commencement of Victorias reign
Nikolai TsitsinNIKOLAI TSITSIN Russian agronomist : rose from a poor peasant family to international repute in the improvement of crops etc
School Prize 1864A small prizewinners certificate or bookplate awarded to Charles Cooper for his improvement in Common Things 3rd class in hope that it will spur him on
