Lamp Collection (page 25)

Miners with colliery official, South Wales
Two miners with a colliery official at a mine in South Wales

Science classroom, South Wales coalfield
A Science classroom in a school connected to a South Wales coalfield. A schoolteacher supervises a group of well behaved boys who are taking part in various chemical experiments

Salutation Square, Haverfordwest, South Wales
View of Salutation Square and Picton Place in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The Salutation Hotel can be seen on the right

Lighting / Gas / The Pendu-light reading lamp
A lady sits at home alone, reading a book in the evening under the light of her Pendu-light gas lamp

Young boy in toy car
A young boy in a toy car poses for his picture in a photographic studio. The miniature vehicle has a slender steering wheel, horn and number plate

Old houses in Dillingen, Bavaria, Germany
A row of picturesque old houses in Koenigstrasse, the main street of Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany

Scene in a photographers studio. Several men, who appear to be photographers themselves, watch a photographer photographing a little boy, who seems to be enjoying the experience

Road sweeper at work
A road sweeper sweeping dirt from the gutter, dwarfed by a huge curving brick wall. He probably works for the St Marylebone Borough Council in London

Railwayman with black-out lamp
The green signal light of a guard on the railway is shaded with a hood in the wartime black-out as World War Two begins

Retoucher working on a colour separation positive
A Retoucher working on a colour separation positive at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Bank of England, London
The Bank of England, London with much traffic in the foreground in the form of horse buses, wagons and carts and many pedestrians

Minieh, Egypt
A small town in Egypt - Minieh

Seam welding aluminium plates - arc lamp
Two welders seam weld aluminium plates onto the roof of a liquid methane tank at Canvey Island under the light of an arc lamp. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Signallers 1916
Signallers of the Royal Garrison Artillery use a daytime lamp while sheltering in a shell hole near Fricourt Wood during the battle of the Somme

The Houses of Parliament - Evening
A view toward the Houses of Parliament from the southern bank of the River Thames in London. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

MAB First Ambulance
Side view of one of the first ambulances to be operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1880s for transporting fever and smallpox patients to and from the Boards hospitals

Observer asleep on a bed in Base Room
Photograph of an observer asleep on a bed in " Base Room", during investigations at Borley Rectory, 21 November 1937. HPG/1/3/7 ()"

Northern Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex
A uniformed porter at the gate of the Northern Hospital at Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex. Just inside are a horse and carriage and a horse and cart

Assembling the wiring for a complex machine
An engineer inserts a thin wire into a section of the assemblage for a Kimball machine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Automobilia Ephemera Collection
A splendid collection of Automobilia Ephemera, including goggles, a rigid ash tray, a map and a long curved car horn!

Samuel Hemming on Titanic
Samuel Hemming, lamp trimmer on the RMS Titanic. Hemming survived the disaster and was rescued from the water by the occupants of lifeboat 4

Graumans Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, California. The film showing at the time was Back Street (remade in both 1941 & 1961!) starring Irene Dunne and John Boles

Air Raid damage off Piccadilly during the Blitz
Air Raid damage off Piccadilly, London on 19th September 1940. A lampost and parked car have been heavily damaged by falling masonry from bombed buildings

Chart Room key of Titanic lamp trimmer
The Chart Room key and brass identity tag of Samuel Hemming, a lamp trimmer on the RMS Titanic. Hemming was saved from the sea by Lifeboat no.4 and had this key and others in his pocket

Entrance to Lincolns Inn, London
The entrance to Lincolns Inn off Chancery Lane, London

Keys of Titanic lamp trimmer
The various keys of Samuel Hemming, lamp trimmer on the RMS Titanic

My Flame of Love
A beautiful woman in a diaphanous dress kneels and enjoys the incense emanating from the lamp in her hands

Izmir, Turkey - Cordelio Railway Station
The Railway Station in the Cordelio (Karsiyaka) suburb of Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Aladdin Poster. A lady in the role of pantomime character Aladdin seated atop a willow pattern plate holds the magic lamp aloft

1980s Interior with ceiling light and fern
A classic 1980s-style ceiling light fitting with three glass globe covers, with the three large fronds of a fern plants rising up beneath it. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Sleeping at the Table
A little boy falls fast asleep at the dinner table

Medical / Inhalers / 1892
Advertisement for Clarkes " Fairy" combination lamp, an aid to the treatment of influenza and bronchitis

Very Tall Man / Streetlamp
An extremely tall, long-legged man under a gas street lamp; his companion has to stand on tiptoe

Portable Gas Lamp
A portable gas lamp for general railway use, patented by Mr Johnstone. It was first used on the Eastern Counties Railway, as a head light to the engine

Fire Brigadier, 1843
Engraving showing a member of the Fire Brigade in action, fighting a fire at Luton Hoo, 1843. This officer is shown with hose, lamp and breathing apparatus, with a hose feeding fresh air to his helmet

Burglar alarm designs
Burglar detection by invisible beams. Once the beam is broken a alarm bell rings and a lamp lights up. The invisible rays ran across windows or doors to prevent entry

Aladdin theatre poster
Theatre poster for the pantomime, Aladdin, depicting Aladdin in cave of treasures holding jewels and his magic lamp aloft

On board a Passenger Liner leaving Britain, 1886
Engraving of passengers on the deck of a ship, entitled Departure of Colonial Visitors: The last Glimpse of Old England. On the left, the family of travellers

Police / Watchmen / Blarney
Ted Blarney, a night watchman on his rounds; he patrols a riverbank. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London

The Bude Lights in Trafalgar Square
Bude lights in Trafalgar Square, London. Patented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney in 1839, the Bude light introduced oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame

Jablochkoffs electric light apparatus
Diagrams showing Jablochkoffs candle lamp. Paul Jablochkoff (1847-1894) was a Russian telegraph engineer who would rise to the post of director of telegraphs between Moscow and Kursk

Bude light
A large Bude light in Trafalgar Square. Invented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney and patented in 1839, the light worked by introducing oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame

Edisons electric lamp
Components of the electric lamp patented by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) in 1879. The lamp worked by passing an electric current through a carbon filament enclosed in a vacuum in a sealed glass bulb

George Stephenson experimenting with the safety lamp in a mi
Illustration of George Stephenson (1781-1848) experimenting with his safety lamp in a mine. It was designed by Stephenson in 1815, around the same time as Humphrey Davy invented a similar lamp

Coupon Allocation 1940S
Household management : A housewife and her adult daughter have a cup of tea and a cigarette together as they work out their coupon allocation around the table

Tea Shop, Surrey
The Original Maids of Honour tea shop at Kew in Surrey. An old gas lamp stands outside the building

Castle Street, Surrey
A view up Castle Street in Farnham, Surrey with parked cars and street lamps

Grand Masters Palace
A view through to the courtyard of the Grand Masters Palace off Republic Street in Valletta on Malta

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