Off Ice Collection (page 10)

Patent Office Curiosities and Ingenuities
Some Curiosities and Ingenuities of the Patent Office! These include a popelling device, a helmet-mounted gun, a submersible lifesaving apparatus, a cool pipe

MAB Headquarters, Carmelite Street, London
Headquarters of the Metropolitan Asylums Board at the corner of Carmelite Street on the Victoria Embankment, Central London

Local Government Board Offices, Whitehall, London
A view of the Local Government Boards headquarters, at the junction of Great George Street and Parliament Street, Central London

Businessman relaxes in his office
A Businessman (possibly a Company Director) sits back in a modern round wicker chair with hands behind his head and wearing a Warriors helmet

Hector Pessard / Gill
Hector Louis Francois Pessard (1836-1895) French writer and Director of the Office of the Press Department of the Interior

Bushehr, Iran - An excursion drive
A small party of European Diplomatic staff taking a drive into the Iranian countryside close to Bushehr (Bushire), Iran. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

University Press, Oxford
The University Press, Oxford - the new University Printing Office

Dictating a Letter
A secretary ensures her next pay rise by assuming an elevated position on the desk of her boss to take a letter. She rests her feet upon his legs

Victoria Station, Pimlico, London - Interior view with train departure boards and telegraph office

Morocco - Tangiers - Main Street
Rue Principale - Tangiers, Morocco

Foreign and India Offices, 1866
The Foreign and India Offices in Whitehall, London, designed by the architect George Gilbert Scott. Construction was begun in 1861 and completed in 1868. The view seen here is of the Park Front

Victoria Station, London

Whitehall marked - Winnie of the War Office by Higgins
A fashionable young woman emerges from an office in Whitehall, London during World War One where she has been working, in place of men who are away fighting

Charleville, Queensland, 1908
Country Mail Stagecoach leaving the Charleville Post Office in Queensland, Australia

Number Engaged by Fleming Williams
Pencil drawing by Fleming Williams showing two office workers engaged in a kiss while a telephone, in the foreground, rings off the hook

Egypt - Port Said - Sultan Hussein Quay. This pictures shows THE Department Store at Port Said - Simon Arzt. There is also a Thos. Cook & Son office pictured

The Rolls House and Public Record Office, London, 1882
Engraving showing a number of views of the Rolls House and the Public Record Office, London, 1882. The images show (clockwise from top left)

The African and Eastern Trade Corporation Office, London
The construction of the offices of the African and Eastern Trade Corporation in Kingsway, London, 1921. This building was designed by the architects Trehearne and Norman

Crowd outside the London Gazette Office, London, 1854
Engraving showing the crowd that gathered outside the offices of the London Gazette Newspaper upon the publication of a Crimean War Gazette Extraordinary, 1854

The Sun Fire Office, London, 1842
Engraving showing the exterior of the Sun Fire Office, City of London, 1842

Pembroke House, Whitehall, 1854
Engraving showing the exterior of Pembroke House, Whitehall Gardens, London, in 1854. This building was then the office of the British Minister of War

Design for The Foreign Office, London, 1857
Engraving showing the design for the British Governments Foreign Office, created by Coe and Hofland Architects, London, 1857

Inland Revenue Office, Somerset House, London, 1861
Engraving showing the exterior of the Inland Revenue Office at Somerset House, Wellington Street, London, 1861

The Registry of Wills, Somerset House, London, 1875
Engraving showing the interior of the Registry of Wills Office in Somerset House, London, 1875. Date: 30 January 1875

Man Power in the Recruitment Office
A perfectly impartial way of dealing with doubtful cases at the recruitment office. Bemused individuals are placed upon a roulette wheel in order to decide their future in Britains army

British soldiers in goat-skins: Wearing the new overcoat issued by the War Office for the winter campaign

W. H. Smith Office, The Strand, London, 1856
Engraving showing the exterior of No. 184, The Strand, London, in 1856. This building was being used as a kind of newspaper clearing-house for the W.H. Smith company at that time

Privy Council Office, Whitehall, 1846
Engraving showing the exterior of the Privy Council Office in Whitehall, London, 1846. The facade of this building was greatly altered that year, to the designs of Barry

Anglo-Persian Oil-Fields
A panoramic view of the central area of oil-fields in Persia (modern-day Iran) showing the offices of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company

Letters from home: The base post office

Rev. William Booth in his study, 1906
Photograph showing Reverend William Booth (1829-1912), the English founder of the Salvation Army, pictured through his office window, 1906

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Machine for Cutt
In June 1842 all light sovereigns were recalled to the Bank of England and weighed. If they were below the standard weight they were defaced and cut using this machine

Bullion Office. Bank of England. English Silver
The chief supply of native silver comes from the lead mines of Northumberland, this engraving shows a large lump of silver ore weighing 2 cwts

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Bar of Silver
Silver deposits at the Bank of England include bars of silver from South America of a fine description

Bullion Office. Bank of England. American Silver. The Smalle
Silver deposits in the Bank of England include oblong pigs of silver from South America, weighing on average 65 lbs each, and smaller semi-globular pieces from Valparaiso

Rough Hospitality in Siberia. A Post-House on the Way to the
Special Artist Julius Price sent sketches of his journey to the Orsk gold mines in Siberia back to the Illustrated London News Office and the sketches were then drawn up by R. Caton Woodville

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Compartment in the Bullion
Engraving of vauly in the Bank of England used for storing sacks full of Mexican Silver Dollars. A Bank official in uniform with tricorn hat is unloading a cart stacked with sacks

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Section of the W
There was a crisis at the Bank of England in the early nineteenth century when it was discovered that a large proportion of the 8, 000, 000 gold sovereigns in circulation were light

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Bates Scales fo
In June 1842 a proclamation was issued announcing that a large prportion of the gold coinage in Britain had become worn and devalued and was below its prescribed weight of five penny weights

Emigration. Irish Emigration. The Emigration Agents Office
Engraving of the Emigration Office at Cork, of Mr G. O Neil. Crowded with men discussing business and reading papers and families with women and children sitting on boxes, waiting for their ship

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Bar of Gold
Engraving of a bar of gold, a small slab weighing sixteen pounds, worth about 800 in 1845"

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Plata Pena Silver
Cone shaped ingots of silver, which is not completely in the metallic state. Is is also known as rock silver

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Spanish dollars and Mexican

Admiral Jellicoes farewell to Lord Kitchener
A photograph of Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859-1935) bidding farewell to Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) before his embarkation aboard the H.M.S

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Sycee Silver
This bar of silver was used by the Chinese Emperor to pay a ransom. It is above the quality of British silver coin and has the date of issue

Gladstone home Rule Leap
Gladstones Home Rule Leap - his commitment to Irish Home Rule leads to his downfall - he is defeated in the General Election and spends several years out of office

Between two stools the Bottom goes to the Ground
George Tierney falls between two stools, a tattered Whig Stool and a smart Tory Stool. Amused and standing either side are Fox and Addington

Man, Secretary & Couch
A secretary is dragged towards the couch while she takes dictation

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