Lamp Collection (page 14)

Music room by Oliver Hill, in tones of beige, brown and dull gold. Date: 1933

Signalling equipment on the Western Front, WW1
The various instruments used by signallers in transmitting messages on the Western Front during the First World War. In the left hand top corner are the aerial cables conveying telephone or Morse

Prometheus shaving lamp - WWI
Prometheus shaving lamp - manufactured by W. H. Williams Patent. Officers Private Purchase - shaving brush set with brush in the top section and the base as a primus type fitting for heating water

Advert for Hanovia sunlamp 1929
Keep fit with " Homesun" sunlight. Bring sunshine into your home... Date: 1929

Business card design, table arrangement
Business card design, depicting a table arranged with a yellow tablecloth, a lamp, a book and a vase of red flowers, with a cushion on the floor and a picture on the wall in the background

Domestic interior with beaded curtain
A domestic interior with a beaded curtain with another, flowery curtain on either side. Pictures stand on easels on either side, and there are various potted plants

Party hats at the dining table - Christmas Day 1950s
A superb photograph showing a Father and Grandmother wearing conical (and comical!) party hats at the dining table on Christmas Day, early 1950s. Date: early 1950s

Deans Lamp and Academy Square, Montrose, Scotland
Deans Lamp and Academy Square, Montrose, Angus, Scotland Date: 1908

Dog on a bicycle on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Stephenson?s safety lamp

Avon lady
People You See. Avon lady. From Teddy Bear (30 March 1968)

Satirical cartoon, The March of Intellect, showing a street scene with balloons in the sky above. 1828

Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz at her desk
Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887-1947), second wife of the deposed Kaiser Wilhelm II. Seen here working at her desk in Doorn Castle (Huis Doorn), Netherlands. Date: circa 1930s

Entrance to West London District School, Ashford, Staines
Staff near the entrance to the West London District School on Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, near Staines, Surrey, opened in 1872 as the West London District School for workhouse children from Fulham

Bermondsey Union Infirmary, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, London
The entrance to the Bermondsey Union Infirmary, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, south east London. The infirmary, originally opened in 1876 as the St Olaves Union Infirmary, later became St Olaves Hospital

Edwardian boat interior, with table and chairs
View of the interior of an Edwardian boat. A table is set, but possibly more for drinking than eating, with a bottle and several glasses. There are three upright chairs with wicker seats

Two middle aged miners with their lamps, South Wales
Two middle aged miners with their lamps, at a colliery in South Wales

Traffic accident in Brandon Grove, Ilford
A night time traffic accident in Brandon Grove, Ilford, Essex. The bollard in the middle of the road says Keep Left, but this car kept a little too far to the left

Veritas Mantles 1929
Advertisement for Veritas Mantles...for strength and brilliancy. A clumsy man (possibly a lamp lighter) accidentally breaks the glass of a street lamp with his ladder as he passes...Not broken

Narrow street in the Kasbah, Algiers, Algeria
Narrow street in the Kasbah, Algiers. A kasbah or Qassabah is a type of medina, Islamic city, or fortress

Boy on 80S Computer
A boy sits at a desk typing on his Commodore 64 keyboard. A printer, joystick and lamp sit on the desk. Two televisions and a strange model of a mushroom are in the background

A-G Citroen / Fantasio 22
ANDRE-GUSTAVE CITROEN French car manufacturer

Female Type / Scanty Dress
A woman stands at the window at twilight in a transparent dressing gown

Adjustable Armchair
Adjustable armchair by J Foot & Son of New Bond Street, London, with built-in lamp, drinks stand, book rest, writing desk and foot-rest

Woman reading a book in her bedroom
A woman sits on a chair beside her bed reading a book by lamplight

Girls playing in Mary Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Girls playing round a lamppost in Mary Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Christs Hospital - Main Entrance in Newgate Street. The schools Tudor uniform consists of belted, long blue coats with knee-breeches, yellow socks, and bands at the neck

Keeper of Longships Lighthouse, off Lands End, Cornwall
Principal keeper of Longships Lighthouse, off Lands End, Cornwall, in the operations room, checking the lighting equipment. Date: circa 1970s

Town square, Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia
Town square (Aloon Aloon) in Salatiga, Central Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1908

The Chinese Bungalow by Marion Osmond and James Corbet from Osmonds novel written in 1923, starring Matheson Lang. First produced at The Grand Theatre in Hull on 2nd October 1925 with the first

The Chinese Bungalow by Marion Osmond and James Corbett
The Chinese Bungalow by Marion Osmond and James Corbet starring Matheson Lang. An example of an image being supplied with more than one text. The artist is Charles Buchel

Tabby kitten with light bulb
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten holding on tightly to a light bulb, probably inside a standard lamp. 1950s

Tabby kitten with electric cable
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten with standard lamp electric cable -- don t try this at home. 1950s

Paseo del Prado, Havana, Cuba
Street scene, Paseo del Prado (Paseo Marti), Havana, Cuba, with pedestrians wearing their Sunday best. Date: circa 1920

San Carlos Club, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Date: circa 1908

Central Park and Casa Granda Hotel, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Date: circa 1925

Our Sports - Motoring as a novel pleasure pastime
Our Sports - An allegory of Motoring (cars, note the wheel and two horns) as a novel pleasure pastime in the 1900s Date: circa 1908

Reception Lounge, Grand Central Hotel, Gefle (Gavle), Sweden
Reception Lounge in the Grand Central Hotel, Gefle (Gavle), Gavleborg, Sweden, with a modern fireplace and an African design on the wall. Date: circa 1941

Lunch Room, Hotel Kramer, Malmo, Sweden
Lunch Room, Hotel Kramer, Stortorget (the historic Main Square of the city), Malmo, Sweden. Date: circa 1910s

Aladdin, Winter Gardens Theatre, Morecambe
Aladdin at the Winter Gardens Theatre, Morecambe. 2 January 1939. The centre pages contain photos of the leading performers, including Violet Barrie as Aladdin (The Ideal Boy)

Christmas card with desk, window and robin -- A wish sincere I here indite, Your Yule be gay, your New Year bright. circa 1905

Illustrations in The Curtain Book, showing two windows in two different rooms. circa 1960s

Misfitz - Aladdin. early 20th century

Long Room, Custom House, City of London
Long Room, Custom House, 20 Lower Thames Street, City of London. Date: circa 1910

Lorna Holder in Central Park New York, by a lamp post
Lorna Holder in Central Park New York, standing beside a lamp post. Date: 1990

Quiet back street in Hampstead. Cast iron barriers and old lamp post across the narrow street, on Perrin?s Court Hampstead NW3 London Date: 1980s

Advert for Portable hand-held electric lights 1902
A selection of Christmas portable electrical presents. 1902

The Duke and Duchess of York - Durham Colliery visit
The Duke and Duchess of York (Later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) - visiting a Durham Colliery on 29th July 1936. The Duke is wearing a miners helmet and both are holding Miners lamps

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