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Inflatable Collection (page 3)

Background imageInflatable Collection: Divers with underwater house off the coast of Malta

Divers with underwater house off the coast of Malta
Divers attempt to anchor an Underwater House to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta. The inflatable house was equipped with lighting

Background imageInflatable Collection: Diver with underwater house off the coast of Malta

Diver with underwater house off the coast of Malta
Diver attempts to anchor an Underwater House to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta. The inflatable house was equipped with lighting

Background imageInflatable Collection: Two Pigmy Pouters and Two Isabel Pigeons

Two Pigmy Pouters and Two Isabel Pigeons
A group portrait featuring one cream and one white Pigmy Pouters, with one yellow, and one red Isabels standing in their coop

Background imageInflatable Collection: Little girl with rubber ring in the shape of a duck

Little girl with rubber ring in the shape of a duck
Little girl standing on a beach with an inflatable rubber ring in the shape of a duck. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageInflatable Collection: Children playing, Gala Weekend, St Erth, Cornwall

Children playing, Gala Weekend, St Erth, Cornwall
Three children jumping on Windbags at Splattenridden Farm, St Erth, near Hayle, Cornwall, during a Gala Weekend. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageInflatable Collection: Gieve life saving waistcoat for torpedoed shipwreck victims

Gieve life saving waistcoat for torpedoed shipwreck victims
Advertisement for the Gieve life-saving waistcoat from Gieves Ltd, The Royal Naval Outfitters, intended for use by victims of torpedoed ships during the First World War

Background imageInflatable Collection: Inflatable German dinghy by G. H. Davis

Inflatable German dinghy by G. H. Davis
Saving the Luftwaffe: an inflatable dinghy for defeated German airmen. It was carried by the larger German aircraft during the Second World War

Background imageInflatable Collection: Fun Seaside Transport - Bubble Boating

Fun Seaside Transport - Bubble Boating. This postcard was presented as an award for correct dictation in 1931! Date: late 1920s

Background imageInflatable Collection: ML Utility Aircraft Mk1 inflatable wing aircraft

ML Utility Aircraft Mk1 inflatable wing aircraft at a public display at Middle Wallop in 1960. Date: 1960

Background imageInflatable Collection: Fregata minor, great frigatebird

Fregata minor, great frigatebird
Plate 961, hand coloured copper engraving by Francois Nicolas Martinet from Georges Louis Leclerc, le comte de Buffons Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, Vol. 9, (1784)

Background imageInflatable Collection: Podilymbus podiceps, pied-billed grebe

Podilymbus podiceps, pied-billed grebe
Plate 91, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background imageInflatable Collection: Pumps working from dams, Thames Haven, WW2

Pumps working from dams, Thames Haven, WW2
Two major pumping units (NFS) set into an emergency inflatable dam and supplying water to the scene of a serious oil tank fire at the Thames Haven oil tank farm near Thurrock in Essex

Background imageInflatable Collection: LFB trailer pump competition at Brigade HQ, Lambeth, WW2

LFB trailer pump competition at Brigade HQ, Lambeth, WW2
Two trailer pump crews engaged in a competition in the headquarters drill yard. The trailer pump had to be set into the water in the emergency inflatable dams

Background imageInflatable Collection: Met Police Commissioner with children, London

Met Police Commissioner with children, London
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Condon (now Baron Condon, b 1947), with a young woman, three children and an inflatable dolphin on " Westminster Beach"

Background imageInflatable Collection: Group of people on Westminster Beach, London

Group of people on Westminster Beach, London
A man and woman with three children and an inflatable dolphin on " Westminster Beach", an area of sand in a London park

Background imageInflatable Collection: Chauffeur with motor car, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales

Chauffeur with motor car, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A uniformed chauffeur at the wheel of a motor car, registration EU 613, in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. The tyres are early inflatable ones, manufactured by Goodyear

Background imageInflatable Collection: Three people in inflatable boat, Middle East

Three people in inflatable boat, Middle East
Three people -- two men and a woman -- crossing a river in a circular inflatable boat, somewhere in the Middle East. In the background are two arab men in a rowing boat

Background imageInflatable Collection: Inflatable decoy truck

Inflatable decoy truck
A Bedford MW inflatable decoy truck produced by Vauxhall during World War II

Background imageInflatable Collection: Girl on a spacehopper 1of 4

Girl on a spacehopper 1of 4
A young girl bounds along in classic bouncing fashion on her splendid spacehopper. (Picture 1 of 4)

Background imageInflatable Collection: Blonde on Lilo / Woof

Blonde on Lilo / Woof
Pretty blonde bathing beauty, wearing white court shoes & a pale blue, halter-neck one- piece bathing costume, poses on an inflatable lilo on a sandy beach

Background imageInflatable Collection: Girl on a Lilo

Girl on a Lilo
A happy girl on an inflatable lilo in what looks like rather cold sea water!

Background imageInflatable Collection: Bathing Scene 1950S

Bathing Scene 1950S
Families bathing and paddling at Broadstairs in Kent

Background imageInflatable Collection: Germans Cross the Don

Germans Cross the Don
Germans infantry cross the river Don on inflatable rafts



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