Mobile Collection

Boardwalk and Hotel Nassau, Long Beach, New York, USA
Boardwalk and Hotel Nassau on a busy day, Long Beach, New York, USA. Date: circa 1915

Mobile Chimney Sweep
A chimney sweep stands with his equipment beside his car which has a model of a chimney on the roof with a broom sticking out of the top, to advertise his trade

Mobile Butchers Shop
Mobile cooked meat shop of W J Poxon & Sons, Kidderminster, specialising in pork pies

Epsom Derby - 1954
Epsom Downs, the Gentlemens Mobile Toilet, provided by Ewell Council 3rd June 1954

A mobile dental surgery, belonging to the French army
A French motor lorry has been converted to make a dentist laboratory, to care for the teeth of the soldiers. The adjustable seat can just be seen

Wwi / British Tank / Cambrai
At Cambrai, British tanks smash through the Hindenburg Line, a success that the limited mobile reserves were unable to exploit

Madocs Voyage / America
Prince Madoc Ab Owain Gwynedd of Wales is said to have landed at Mobile Bay, Alabama in the 12th century, based on medieval texts and a Cherokee tale of people called Welsh

Travelling Charlady
A travelling charlady, up a ladder, cleaning a front door, her motorcycle with its Stop Me For Cleaning, No Job Too Small sign, parked behind her!

Travelling Hairdresser
Roadside Beauty Service. A travelling hairdresser gives a girl a fashionable haircut. Date: early 1930s

NFS (London Region) mobile kitchen vehicle
Donated to the London Region of the NFS by the Canadian Red Cross, the mobile kitchen unit displayed at the Regional (Brigade) Headquarters, Lambeth, SE1 is seen here with its side canopies extended

San Sebastian, Spain - The Beach and the Casino - Beach Huts
San Sebastian - The Beach and the Casino - Spain - mobile beach huts. Note the striped swimming costumes hung out to dry on a rudimentary washing line. Date: 1906

Firefighters outside a canteen van, Battersea, London
Firefighters in traditional brass helmets enjoying some refreshments outside a canteen van in Battersea Park, London, watched by a boy on roller skates. Date: 1937

Firefighters outside mobile kitchen, WW2
Firefighters enjoying a mug of tea outside a mobile kitchen presented to the National Fire Service by the Order of the Eastern Star, Manitoba, Canada, during the Second World War

WWI - Mobile German Field Bakery - Western Front Date: circa 1916

On Bay Shell road, Mobile, Alabama. Date c1901

Mobile x-ray unit
The mobile x-ray ambulance used for the second radiological examination of King George carried out Dr H Graham Hogson. The x-ray unit was equipped with a darkroom

Travelling Hairdresser
Roadside Beauty Service. A travelling hairdresser gives a girl a fashionable haircut

Portable Steam Pump / 1883
Valiant portable Steam Pump. designed and patented by Merryweathers in 1883. A powerful self-contained pumping engine

Mobile library in an English village
Enthusiastic readers line up to enter a mobile library in an unidentified rural village in the 1950s. Date: 1950s

Seaside Weather Forecasts - Strong smelling Fish
Seaside Weather Forecasts - Very Fresh - Strong Wind Blowing Some rather strong-smelling Fish causes a group of beachgoers to be blown-away by the asault of the pungent aroma encountered!

Mobile Canteens
A row of mobile canteens in Brighton. Note that one of the vans has Y.M.C.A. printed on it. 1940

Belgian Artillery Battery in action - WWI
Belgian Artillery Battery in action - screened (partially!) by trees - early months of WWI. Date: circa 1914

The US Navy airship ZRS-4 Akron in moored on its mobile mast

The Princess Mary Caravan. The Girls Friendly Society supported young women by help in finding work, providing hostels etc

Lagoon View Caravan Camp, Instow, Devon. Date: circa 1950

Italian Propaganda postcard - Invasion of Albania by Italian Tank Regiment (this card is celebrating the brave tank drivers) 7-12 April 1939

Two small boys look in the Placa des Esplanada, Es Castell
Two small boys look at a mobile phone in the Placa des Esplanada (the main square) at Es Castell, near Mahon, Menorca, Spain

A young man in jeans sits against a fashion shop window
A young man sits against a fashion shop window and makes a call on his mobile phone. The window display shows a smartly dressed chimpanze and a bearded man - both wearing in blue jackets

WW1 - Italy - A cycling sharpshooter - Bersaglieri
WW1 - A mobile member of the Italian Army - a cycling sharpshooter ( Bersaglieri ). The Bersaglieri are a corps of the Italian Army originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora in the 1830s to

WW2 - German V2 Rocket captured - October 1945. Date: 1945

Mobile fish and chip van, probably 1940s, (see)
Mobile fish and chip van, probably 1940s, (see interior photo of same van)

WW2 R. A. F. Mobile Radio Station
This illustration shows some British Royal Air Force ground staff members operating at a mobile radio station. Date: 1941

WW2, Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps
An illustration which shows an interior of a room where civilians and WW2 servicemen are having tea, served by ladies of the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps. Date: circa 1940s

WW2, Wartime Firemen
An illustration which shows some WW2 firemen putting out flames in the city, a woman of the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps is helping out. Date: circa 1940s

WW2, Jackie Saves An Airman
This illustration shows Jackie, a fictional WW2 lady of the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps, bravely pulling a British airman away from his flaming wreck of a plane. Date: circa 1940s

WW2, At The Carriage Windows
This illustration shows Jackie and Pam, some fictional WW2 ladies of the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps, approaching a train carriage, British Army servicemen are reaching out of the windows

WW2, Mobile Canteen
An illustration of some British WW2 sailors and army servicemen having tea from a mobile canteen. Date: circa 1940s

WW2, Jackie Serving Tea
This illustration shows Jackie, a fictional character from a WW2 story book, she serves for the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps, offering tea to some servicemen

The Vancott, or movable cottage caravan Date: 1914

Lady riding side-saddle on a donkey
A pretty young lady is transported in style on a donkey, sheletered from the midday sun by a parasol. Her boyfriend is less lucky, gallantly trotting along in her wake on foot

Advert for Eccles Caravans, promoting their Model 35 which provided accommodation for four. Date: 1933

Spanish sallet. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883
Combat helmet. Spanish sallet (Celada de encaje). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Middle Ages. Wood mantlet on wheels. Engraving by Serra
Middle Ages. Mantlet. Large shield or portable shelter used for stopping projectiles. Wood mantlet on wheels. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Ribauldequin. Late medieval volley gun
Ribauldequin or rabauld. Late medieval volley gun with many small-caliber iron barrels set up parallel on a platform, used during the 14th and 15th centuries. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883

Armour. Gauntlet. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883
Armour. Gauntlet. Gloves of metal plates which protected the hand. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

The Pocket Marconigraph
Predicting the mobile phone - man stranded at sea sends a message on his Pocket Marconigraph Date: 1914

Silhouette - Ice Cream Seller, Street Vendor. Date: 20th century

Silhouette - Food Stall, Seller, Street Vendor. Date: 20th century

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