Lights Collection (page 13)

Norfolk Arms, Marple, Cheshire
Ernest Battersby and George Potter stand in the doorway and a local policeman also stands for the picture - the Norfolk Arms is still in business on what is now a busy junction with traffic lights to

Night view, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Night view in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, at the junction of Cucharras and Tejon Streets, with the Alamo Hotel visible on the right. Date: circa 1940

Night scene in Pearl Street, Beaumont, Texas, USA
Night scene in Pearl Street, Beaumont, northern Texas, USA. Date: circa 1910

Advert for Osram lamps, installed on Queen Mary Ocean Liner
Advertising that Osram lamps were fitted upon the Queen Mary Ocean Liner. Date: 1936

Night scene in Theatre Row, Dallas, Texas, USA
Night scene in Theatre Row, Elm Street, Dallas, Texas, USA, with the Majestic Theater on the right. Date: circa 1950s

Night view of Magnolia Building, Dallas, Texas, USA
Night view of the Magnolia Building, Dallas, Texas, USA, with a large revolving Pegasus sign at the top. Date: 1936

Near Bognor
Black and white (appears sepia/brown in some lights). Two women stand talking at the end of a path surrounded by trees and fields

Two men in boxing gloves outside a house
Black and white (appears sepia in some lights). Two men in boxing gloves outside a house. One is punching the other in the face, but they both seem to be smiling

Two ladies sitting on what appears to be a beach
Black and white (appears sepia in some lights). Two ladies sitting on what appears to be a beach in patterned dresses and boater hats, with a young boy carrying a pail of sand towards them

Waiting
Black and white (appears sepia in some lights). A woman in a stripey apron and bonnet is holding her hand to her eyes and looking out across some fields

The Auld Man
Black and white (appears sepia in some lights). An old man with a rounded hat and long beard sitting at a wooden table. He has a pipe and walking stick, and is holding a tankard

Man leaning against a tree with rifle
Black and white (appears sepia in some lights). A man leaning against a tree with a rifle leaned up next to him, and two dogs sitting on the ridge behind him. Presumably they are hunting

Lead Kindly Light by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" Yes, I know the roads rotten; but I m sure this habit of Sec.-Lieut. Smiths of finding his way back to billets with his private repeating Verey pistol (that his aunt sent him)

A suggestion for a festive, post-war Trafalgar Square
Picture illustrating a suggestion for a post-war Christmas festival to be held in Trafalgar Square which for four years had been a centre for wartime recruitment and fundraising

View of Langham Place, London, at night, with (from left to right) All Souls Church, the Queens Hall, and St Georges Hall (Englands Home of Mystery)

Margaret Thatcher Election 1987
A large sign made from light bulbs in Piccadilly Circus for the 1987 General Election Date: 1987

Tunnel under the Elbe, Hamburg, Germany
Tunnel under the River Elbe, Hamburg, Germany. Date: circa 1910

Night view of Plaza, San Diego, California, USA
Night view of the busy Plaza in downtown San Diego, California, USA. Date: circa 1940

San Francisco by night, California, USA, viewed from a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge

Piers by night, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Million Dollar Pier by night, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Youngs Million Dollar Pier by night, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Tremont Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1910

Dragon Dance, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA
Dragon Dance in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA Date: circa 1940

National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
The National Museum, Prague, now in the Czech Republic. Seen here lit up at night

National Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic
National Theatre, Prague, now in the Czech Republic. Seen here lit up at night

Paris, France - Grands Boulevards. Date: circa 1875

Paris, France - Champs-Elysees - open-air concert. Date: 1836

AFS regional training exercise, journey through London
AFS regional training exercise in Norfolk, 10-11 September 1955. Showing vehicles in London, passing Marble Arch en route for their destination. Date: 1955

Firefighters in action, Fanshaw Street, London N1
Firefighters in action with turntable ladders and hosepipes at a building in Fanshaw Street, London N1, 28 February 1956. The fire had gone through the roof before the first appliance arrived

Fire safety in the theatre -- a notice in a backstage area: Release for stage lantern, in case of fire pull down lever

Graphic cover - Lighting the Menin Road
Lighting our lads to victory - front cover of the Graphic featuring a British soldier putting in place a front-line lamp used for guiding infantry in the Battle of Menin Road. Date: 1917

Petrol station, Old Brompton Road, London SW7
Brew Brothers petrol station in Old Brompton Road, London SW7, where a fire and explosion occurred in a basement store, 20 July 1957

Firefighter with fire engine
A firefighter with a fire engine, leaning over to adjust a lamp. Date: circa 1930s

Two firefighters with fire engine
Two firefighters with a fire engine -- one man sits at the wheel while the other adjusts a lamp. Date: circa 1930s

Blitz in the City of London - Queen Street, WW2
Scene in Queen Street, with trailer pumps at work, following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 11 May 1941. Date: 1941

London Fire Brigade photographer, Barbican, London
London Fire Brigade fireman-photographer at work, taking pictures of gutted buildings after a big fire in the Barbican, City of London, on 28 June 1939. Date: 1939

Lights of Love
Taken from the Holly Leaves section of ISDN, showing a young woman holding chinese lanterns, representing lights of love. Also showing it to be at dusk

Battalion Ballads from 17th Bat. Highland Light Infantry
Book entitled Battalion Ballads from THE OUTPOST 17th (S) Battalion Highland Light Infantry. This book belonged to 15959 Sergeant W. F. Ritchie. Annotated inside giving details of his time in France

Toward Paris Plage - lights on tower - Armistice Night
Looking toward Paris Plage - lights on tower. Armistice Night, 11th November 1918. 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force

The Watchers by Dudley Tennant, WW1 floodlights
A mother tucks her young child up in bed while looking at the lights projected across the sky by searchlights searching for enemy aircraft during the First World War. Date: 1917

Traffic control for pedestrian crossings
Traffic control by light-ray : the first system of its kind. A new method of controlling road traffic by beams of light broken by pedestrian and vehicles

Searchlights in London 1914, by Joseph Pennell
The new lights of London, searchlights playing across the sky from Charing Cross and Lambeth Bridge, by Joseph Pennell. Date: 1914

Sky Lanterns at Yi Peng, Loy Krathong Ceremony, Chiang Mai, Thailand Date: 2012

Guy Fawkes - T-shirt / poster print design MR NICE GUY Date: 1605

Cast and crew on a film set -- a man and woman sit at a table, while another man holds up a slate (Shot 11, Set 3). Date: 20th century

Zeppelin airship flights by night, by G. H. Davis
The possibilities of Zeppelin airship flights by night. Showing a 360 mile route from Heligoland to Selby, and an inset map with various routes marked

Speed of the great liners by G. H. Davis
The speed of the great liners: a factor which makes head lights and other precautions necessary. Above: a dotted outline shows where the ship would be after 30 seconds movement

Mademoiselle Lucienne Dervyle by Madame Yevonde
Shining Lights of Revue from La Ville Lumiere. Mademoiselle Lucienne Dervyle by Madame Yevonde (main photo). She was a French actress and singer

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