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Inspector Collection (page 3)

Background imageInspector Collection: Government Inspectors Visit to Canadian Emigrant

Government Inspectors Visit to Canadian Emigrant
A Canadian Government Inspector visits a young emigrant from Britain to Canada, placed there by the Waifs and Strays Society

Background imageInspector Collection: Kitchener, French, and King Albert of Belgium, WW1

Kitchener, French, and King Albert of Belgium, WW1
Portraits of Earl Kitchener (Secretary for War), Field-Marshal Sir John French (Inspector-General of the Forces), and King Albert of Belgium (with his troops at Liege)

Background imageInspector Collection: A female ticket collector at platform five in a London train

A female ticket collector at platform five in a London train station

Background imageInspector Collection: Weighing Barge Load

Weighing Barge Load
Calculating the weight of a barge load by displacement of water, on the Grand Union Canal, England. Barges are paid according to weight of freight being carried. Date: 1950s

Background imageInspector Collection: Gentleman storming out of a meeting with the Taxman

Gentleman storming out of a meeting with the Taxman
Gentleman storming out of a meeting with a (rather odious and bureaucratic-looking Taxman - " And Thats That!" Date: circa 1940s

Background imageInspector Collection: The first North American Harvard I, N7000

The first North American Harvard I, N7000. From left: H.C. Luttman, Inspector-in-Charge AID; Sqn Ldr R. Addams, RAF Representative; J.H. Dutch Kindelberger, President, North American Aircraft; J.L

Background imageInspector Collection: Cierva W11 Air Horse testing gearbox and transmission

Cierva W11 Air Horse testing gearbox and transmission to rotor head. From left: Tommy Nisbett; Dave Smith, chief inspector; Joe Unsworth, flight engineer; Ken Watson

Background imageInspector Collection: At the memorial for the pioneer flyers

At the memorial for the pioneer flyers trained at Wright Brothers Field. 19 August 1940. From left: Capt Kenneth Whiting, General Inspector of Naval Aircraft, Eastern Division; Col E.A

Background imageInspector Collection: Gas Meter Man

Gas Meter Man
People You See: The Gas-Meter Man. From Teddy Bear (1 February 1964)

Background imageInspector Collection: Inspector of reviews

Inspector of reviews
Inspector of Reviews

Background imageInspector Collection: Lieutenant General Sir John Burgoyne GCB. Inspector General

Lieutenant General Sir John Burgoyne GCB. Inspector General of Fortifications. Lieutenant General Sir John Burgoyne, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, hands behind him

Background imageInspector Collection: Hot Springs, Ark. (1920), left to right: William A. Pinkerto

Hot Springs, Ark. (1920), left to right: William A. Pinkerton, Inspector Gough of Scotland Yard, and Lou Houseman, newspaperman

Background imageInspector Collection: Refilling engine tender during rail strike

Refilling engine tender during rail strike
During the rail strike a platform inspector and guards help to fill an engine tender with coal. 1911

Background imageInspector Collection: Metropolitan Police officers at the Epsom Races

Metropolitan Police officers at the Epsom Races
A group of four Metropolitan Police officers, one on horseback, at the Epsom Races. They are Superintendent Walker, and Inspectors Baldry, Swanson and Denning, all of A Division. Date: 1864

Background imageInspector Collection: Metropolitan Police Information Room, London

Metropolitan Police Information Room, London
General view of the Metropolitan Police Information Room at New Scotland Yard, London, with officers busy taking calls. In the foreground are the Inspectors and Sergeants positions. Date: May 1974

Background imageInspector Collection: Professor Dog

Professor Dog
Inspector Morsel? An intellingent, bespectacled dog! Date: 1930s

Background imageInspector Collection: Frozen Food Tester

Frozen Food Tester
A member of the Ministry of Food, Scientific Advisors Division, conducts a test on a railway container of quick frozen fish, etc. Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1950s

Background imageInspector Collection: Apple Inspector

Apple Inspector
Boxes of freshly harvested and boxed English apples are inspected as they come in from the orchards, before being sent to the packing stations. Date: 1950s

Background imageInspector Collection: Police Shooting Range

Police Shooting Range
Wearing protective ear pads to silence the blast of gunshots in the police underground range in North London, Inspector Robert Gould gives instruction. Date: 1960s

Background imageInspector Collection: Government Medical Inspectors Office

Government Medical Inspectors Office
Emigration - The Government Medical Inspectors Office. As the text describes: No passenger ship is allowed to proceed until a medical practitioner appointed by the emigration office of the port shall

Background imageInspector Collection: Inspector Dew leaving the Laurentic

Inspector Dew leaving the Laurentic
The End of a Dramatic Chase. Inspector Walter Dew leaving the ocean liner SS Laurentic and about to embark on the pilot steamer that took him to the SS Montrose

Background imageInspector Collection: Gun inspection 1915

Gun inspection 1915
6th Siege Battery, 6 inch BL 30 cwt howitzer gun being examined by Inspector of Munitions, Major Browne, after No. 3 gun had burst on the Western Front in France during World War I on 17th March 1915

Background imageInspector Collection: Lord Haldane and Sir John French

Lord Haldane and Sir John French
Lord Haldane (Richard Burdon Sanderson Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane) and Sir John French (Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French)

Background imageInspector Collection: Modern Athenians plate 47 - Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 47 - Edinburgh
Walter Duthie (c. 1795-1868) Scottish lawyer, walking the same Edinburgh Street as Alexander Cleghorn (d. 1850) Inspector General of Exports and Imports for Scotland

Background imageInspector Collection: Proclamation of the new Constitution

Proclamation of the new Constitution
The Proclamation of the new Constitution established after the Young Turk Revolution of July 3, 1908. The crowd assembled in front of the Town Hall to hear the proclamation by the Inspector General

Background imageInspector Collection: Car used by Cartage Inspector, London

Car used by Cartage Inspector, London
London & North Western Railway Company Cartage Inspector in his motor car. This is the 1023rd car registered in the UK!

Background imageInspector Collection: Milk Inspector

Milk Inspector
A (British) Government Inspector quality checking bottles of milk on crates on the back of a milk float

Background imageInspector Collection: Luther with 7 Heads

Luther with 7 Heads
Luther satirised as a seven- headed monster - aside from being an ecclesiastic, he is also Barabas the thief, a doctor, an inspector etcetera

Background imageInspector Collection: th Huxley / Sambourne 1881

th Huxley / Sambourne 1881
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY A satire on the English scientists role as Inspector of Fisheries

Background imageInspector Collection: Annie Muirhead Young

Annie Muirhead Young
ANNIE MUIRHEAD YOUNG Inspector of factories

Background imageInspector Collection: Underground Station / 1928

Underground Station / 1928
A ticket inspector waits at the barrier of an unknown London underground station to check tickets; there is also a magazine and book stand and a Peters chocolate machine

Background imageInspector Collection: The Bagnet Family

The Bagnet Family
Friendly Behaviour of Mr Bucket. Matthew Bagnet, Woolwich, George Rouncewell, Mrs Bagnet, Inspector Bucket, Malta and Quebec all sit around the fire

Background imageInspector Collection: Pyne - Wardmote Inquest

Pyne - Wardmote Inquest
WARDMOTE INQUEST Each London ward has an inspector, whose job is to check the weights and measures used by market traders and the like, to prevent cheating

Background imageInspector Collection: Ragged Truants Captured

Ragged Truants Captured
An inspector of the London School Board accompanied by a constable captures a ragged group of schoolboys playing truant

Background imageInspector Collection: School Board Examination

School Board Examination
An inspector from the School Board examines two cottage children to see if their mama is teaching them right

Background imageInspector Collection: Working Conditions

Working Conditions
Child labour in England : a government inspector visits a factory where children are employed



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