Lighting Collection (page 4)

Many thousands gathered at the waterside at the River Thames in Richmond, with decorated illuminated floats, glowing fruits everywhere to be seen. Date: August 1892

WW2 - Black-out - Couple driving, with only their dipped headlight beams. Date: circa 1941

Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, illuminated by Philips bulbs
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, illuminated using Philips lightbulbs Date: 1910s

Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - High Street. Date: (insert date)

Bad Luck Crest designed by fighter pilot, WW2
Bad Luck Crest, a form of modern heraldry designed by a fighter pilot who escaped from Dunkirk during WW2 Date: 1941

Comic postcard, Man lighting cigar with one pound note Date: 20th century

Sunset over the Massif de l Esterel, a Mediterranean coastal mountain range - as viewed from Cannes, Cote d Azur, France. Date: circa 1930s

Comic postcard, Middle aged man chatting with a schoolboy or young university student
humorous, fun, funny, comic, card, postcard, british, young, man, men, home, domestic, fire, fireplace, room, o, kay, okay, boy, teenage, teenager, schoolboy, blazer, tie, lighting, cigarette

Electric Building at Night - Buffalo, NY, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Ornate gas lamps, Trafalgar Square, London
Ornate gas lamps in Trafalgar Square, London. Date: circa 1950s

Niagara Falls - Illuminated in multi-colour at night - Oakes Garden Theatre. Date: circa 1920s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Black Out
The caption is Black Out! a play on the need to cover all windows and lighting so that German bombers could not see their targets, and also putting the cat out

Advertisement for Welsbach, providers of gas mantles & burners and gas radiators, showing a cosy domestic scene with two little girls

The Bourse (Stock Exchange) at Alexandria, Egypt, illuminated to celebrate the anniversary of Fuad Is ascension as Sultan Of Egypt in 1917. Date: 1918

WW2 - Victory Celebrations in Paris, France - the first night of peace for Paris - L Opera illuminated. Date: 1945

Pool of London - Tower Bridge - River Thames
circa 1910s

Brighouse, West Yorkshire - Mazdaznan - Harvest Festival
circa 1910s

The Kurhaus - Wiesbaden, Germany
circa 1910s

Silent Vigil in the Misty Vale of Wan China, Donald Menni
Silent Vigil in the Misty Vale of Wan photogravure from the Grandeur of the Gorges China, illustrated by Donald Mennie, 1920 s

A late middle-aged couple enjoying a picnic
insertcaption Date: circa 1920s

Brighton West Pier circa 2002

Brighton West Pier - Sunset circa 2002

Electric Lighting in Library of William Armstrong
Electric Lighting in the Library of the residence (Cragside) of Industrialist William Armstrong (Swan Lighting). 1881

Electric Lighting in Home of Industrialist William Armstrong
Electric Lighting in the rsidece (Cragside) of Industrialist William Armstrong (Swan Lighting). 1881

Tombs in Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall and Westminster Bridge. Young man pointing to a Latin inscription on a stone tomb in Westminster Abbey 52

Trades in Regency Ireland and England: Cork, Dublin and London Docks. Irish beef cattle bring driven to the port of Cork 79

Tram on Madeira Walk, Ramsgate, Kent
Tram on Madeira Walk (operated by The Isle of Thanet Electric Tramways and Lighting Company), Ramsgate, Kent with view outward the Harbour

LIghting effects in Peep Show at London Hippodrome
Page from The Illustrated London News demonstrating how the lighting effects of specialist Adrian Samoiloff could change a scene completely in Peep Show at the London Hippodrome

A Harpen Lightening (or Lighting) coach. Open-top single-decker bus. Date: circa 1940

Jack Buchanan smoking
Jack Buchanan (1890 - 1957), Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director. Pictured smoking in a page from The Sketch that reported on the fact that in order to avoid hefty

Behind the scenes at the London Hippodrome
Mr Hawkins, the electrical engineer in the switch-room of the London Hippodrome, which was situated behind the stage and exclusively used for lighting that part of the building. 1904

Examples of 18th century street lamps: A 1735, B 1709, C/D late 18th century. 18th century

Philips
A Swiss poster for the firm Philips which was once one of the largest lighting conglomerates in the world. Date: 1931

Hypothetical female smoking party, May 1894
Illustration of an all-female smoking party, captioned " what we are coming to: a ladies smoking party", in reference to the changing social standards for women in Britain. 1894

Fenchurch Street Railway Station - London
Fenchurch Street, Great Eastern Railway Station facing East, London Date: circa 1910s

Terrific Apparition - Londons First Traffic Light 1869
Terrific Apparition - Seen during the recent fog at Westminster. A satire on Londons First Traffic Light. Invented by J P Knight, a railway signalling engineer

Cheapside, London 1896
Looking east, Bow Church on the right. 1896

Bond Street, London 1896
Bond Street, looking towards Oxford Street. 1896

Advert, James Gray & Son, Edinburgh, Scotland
Advert for James Gray & Son, Stove and Grate Makers, Kitchen Ranges, Electric Light Fittings, George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Woman poses for a photograph in a studio
A woman poses besides a fire place as she has her photograph captured in a photographic studio. She is being illuminated by the large windows beside and above her

Louis Daguerres Diorama theatre
Louis Daguerre (1787 1851) used the principle of the Diorama theatre to present two large scale tableaux s. Changing the direction of light placed on these interior and exterior paintings

Gas lights by Samuel Clegg, John Stancliffe and Benjamin Cooke. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr

Advert for Dunhills Lytup Handbags 1923
Advertisement for the Lytup handbag from Alfred Dunhill, with a small electric light illuminating the contents whenever it is opened up

Gas works, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London
Scene outside the gas works in Horseferry Road, Westminster, London, at a time when the streets were lit by gas. Date: 1842

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Bowl Fittings. Date: 1922

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Electroliers, with a range of shades. Date: 1922

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Brackets
Electrical Fixtures catalogue, Brackets in copper, brass, etc, with a range of glass shades. Date: 1922

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Candleabra (Candelabra)
Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Two Light Wall Candleabra (Candelabra), Queen Anne period style, in brass and oxidised silver. Date: 1922

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