Inspect Collection

Howard Carter / Men Tomb
Howard Carter and companions inspect the sarchophagus of Tutankhamen in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor

Wandsworth Prison, south west London
A galleried wing of Wandsworth Prison in south west London. Two warders inspect the cells

Queen Elizabeth reviews female LFB dispatch rider, WW2
Visit to LFB by Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth reviews a female dispatch rider at the Lambeth Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade

NFS - Home Office hose tests at Wimbledon, WW2
London Region NFS/AFS firefighters assisting in Home Office trials to improve water delivery systems to emergency dams and onto fires after the fire service was nationalised in August 1941

British Howitzer inspected by Maharaja of Patiala, WW1
A British 12 inch Mark III railway Howitzer being inspected by the Maharaja of Patiala (Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, 1891-1938) on the Western Front near Borre in France during the First World War

Army Education Exhibition at Eltham Palace: inspecting a German miners dress uniform in the section " Germany Under Control". Date: 1946

Napoleon at Danzig
Siege of Danzig - Napoleon inspects the siege works: the town will be surrendered later in the month, following negotiations. Date: 9 May 1807

The Dreadnought Hoax
THE DREADNOUGHT HOAX The Emperor of Abyssinia and his suite prepare to inspect the Royal Navy : Virginia Stephen (Woolf) on left, Horace Cole on the right Date: February 1910

WW2 - Home Front - King George VI meets a young boy munition worker (15 year-old Leonard Fiske) during his inspection of a famous munitions factory - the lad continued to feed revolver bullets into

RMS Queen Mary, hull and propellers
RMS Queen Mary's hull and propellers were subjected to minute inspection before her official trials Date: 1930s

Shipyard workers cheering King Edward VIII in Glasgow
Shipyard workers cheering King Edward VIII on his visit to inspect the RMS Queen Mary in Glasgow Date: 1936

King Edward VIII visiting RMS Queen Mary at Glasgow Date: 1936

Woman inspecting peas in Birds Eye factory
Woman inspecting peas in a Birds Eye factory before they are quick-frozen. Date: circa 1970s

A Very Jolly Afternoon - his majesty King George V attends Harrow School Speech Day. Date: 1912

Building progress inspection, Paris
City officials inspect the progress of a building under construction, Paris. Date: circa 1930s

The old and the new, or change of costume in Japan : passers-by inspect fellow- countrymen who have adopted western dress, or something like it. Date: 1873

Department Store Scene Date: 1948

SALT IN STORAGE SHED
Gentlemen inspect a pile of salt in a storage shed. Date: 1920s

LONDON STREET PEDLARS
Inquisitive passers by gather round to inspect the goods offered by a London street pedlar. He has an assortment of wares including cigarettes and tools. Date: 1920s

Mother and daughter 1895
I COUNT ONLY THE BRIGHT HOURS Mother and daughter are pensive as they inspect the sundial. Date: 1895

NEW MANSERVANT
A gentleman - and his dog - inspect an applicant for a job, bringing a letter of introduction Date: early 19th century

ANTIQUE SHOP (CBOX)
Customers inspect some of the goods in the shop (helped by the owner). Date: 1875

Duchess of York inspects Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Duchess of York (as Colonel-in-Chief) inspects the First Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at Tidworth in October 1934. Shown here inspecting a Whippet tank

General Gunther von Kirchbach reviewing troops, Kiev
Lieutenant General Gunther Emanuel Graf von Kirchbach (1850-1925) reviewing Ukrainian troops at Kiev towards the end of the First World War

Charles I of Austria visiting troops, Galicia, WW1
Emperor Charles I of Austria (1887-1922, reigned 1916-1918), visiting a Sturm division in the Brzezany-Tarnopol region of Galicia (Eastern Europe) during the First World War

Kitchener and George V at Aldershot, WW1
King George V with Lord Kitchener during an inspection of army recruits at Aldershot during the early stages of the First World War. Date: September 1914

Kitcheners army recruits at Aldershot, WW1
Lord Kitcheners army recruits marching along Queens Avenue at Aldershot, ready for an inspection by King George V during the early stages of the First World War. Date: September 1914

Three women working on a train carriage. London depot

LCC-LFB fire, Goodge Street deep shelter
Two LCC-LFB firemen, wearing breathing apparatus, at the Tottenham Court Road end of the Army transit centre located in the deep shelter tunnel system. The fire has been extinguished

London Salvage Corps and LFB at the scene of a fire. The salvage workers can be identified by their black Braidwood style helmet

Blitz in London - Firefighters at work with hosepipe, WW2
Blitz in London - London firefighters damping down after enemy bombing caused serious fires which gutted this steel framed building

Schneidemuhl Prisoner of War Camp
Pila - a town in northwestern Poland (known as Schneidemuhl in German). During the First World War, Schneidemuhl had a prisoner of war camp

A Stowaway found on a Victorian Ship, 1884
Engraving showing the scene as a freshly discovered child stowaway is taken by the crew to see the Captain of the ship. The ships passengers are also keen to inspect the poor little child

Pier, landing of King George V, Aden
Pier, steamer point, and landing of King George V to inspect the troops around the time of his Coronation, at the British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). circa 1911

Sir J Byrne inspecting Nairobi Defence Force, East Africa
Brigadier Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne (1874-1942), Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Kenya (1931-1936) inspecting the Nairobi Defence Force, Kenya, East Africa. 1930s

Canadian Forces Base Valcartier - Brig. Gen. Sir Sam Hughes
Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Valcartier - a Canadian Forces Base located in the municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, approximately 25 km north of Quebec City. Date: circa 1940

George VI arriving to inspect Invasion Forces, WW2
King George VI arriving to inspect D-Day Invasion Forces, WW2. 1944

WW1 - Haumont Station, France - French Customs officials
WW1 - French Customs official at Haumont Station, France inspect a train which has arrived from Belgium. They are possibly checking for evidence of German spys hiding on board or perhaps some

Carrier inspection, Bura Camp, Kenya, WW1
Inspecting African carriers, Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1916

Eskimos Snow Village
European travellers inspect an Eskimo snow village. Date: circa 1880

Cartoon, Female worker on Paris Metro, WW1
Cartoon, A female worker on the Paris Metro, checking a soldiers ticket in a wartime train. Date: 1917

Russia / 1917 / Bank Safes
Bolsheviks inspect safe deposits in a bank. Date: 1917 - 1918

Liverpool Farm School metal-workers
As part of their metal work training, Approved School inmates from the Liverpool Farm School inspect an aeroplane engine. Date: circa 1937

Archbishop inspecting scout troops, Valletta, Malta
The Archbishop of Malta inspecting scout troops in Palace Square, Valletta, Malta, accompanied by Admiral Ballard, the Hon E. Ponavia (Commissioner) and District Scoutmaster Blair

Chief Scout inspecting scout troops, Valletta, Malta
Chief Scout, Sir Robert Baden Powell, accompanied by the Colonial Chief Scout, General Sir Leslie Rundle, inspecting scout troops on Palace Square, Valletta, Malta, 13 February 1913

Inspection of scout troops, Valletta, Malta
Inspection of scout troops on Palace Square, Valletta, Malta, 13 March 1915, by Lord Methuen, Admiral Limpus and Cardinal Carnana. Date: 1915

Inspection of boy scouts at Loyola Camp, British Honduras
A visiting VIP inspects the guard of honour of the Holy Redeemer Boy Scouts Troop at Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America, 22 May 1951. Date: 1951

Dutch air scouts at Schiphol Airport with KLM aeroplane
Dutch scouts, the Parmentier Air Scout Troop, at Schiphol Airport with a KLM aeroplane, 29 January 1947. They are being inspected by Commander K D Parmentier

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