Operating Collection

Listowel Monorail
The Lartigue monorail linking Listowel and Ballybunion is the worlds first commercially viable monorail, operating till 1924. It will be partly reconstructed in 2003

RAF Poster, Back Them Up! WW2
RAF Poster, Back Them Up!, showing Hurricanes of the RAF cooperating with the Russian Air Force during the Second World War. 1940s

Cora Pearl, Courtesan
CORA PEARL (1835 - 1886) born ELIZA EMMA CROUCH Victorian courtesan operating mostly in France; mistress of Prince Napoleon; seen here seated sidesaddle on toy horse Date: circa 1870

Cotton weavers at their looms, Preston, Lancashire
Women operating cotton weaving looms at the works of Messrs Horrockses, Crewdson and Co Ltd of Preston, Lancashire

Cotton weaving shed, Preston, Lancashire
A huge cotton weaving shed at the works of Messrs Horrockses, Crewdson and Co Ltd of Preston, Lancashire, with people at work

Horse-Drawn Bus London
A Horse-drawn bus operating the Waterloo Station to Somerset house route

Operating Table 1930S
A group of student nurses in theatre, observing a surgeon performing an operation

Boeing Stratocruiser G-AKGK BOAC, London Airport
The instantly recognisable fuselage shape of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. Canopus was one of the more famous BOAC Stratocruisers operating on the between 1950 and 1959

N. of Ireland Flax Spinning Industry, Reeling - a view of a girl operating a reeling machine in a spinning mill. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Doctor operating on a patient in the operating room in Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, New York City, USA Date: 1901

The 15, 000th Curtiss fighter, a P-40 Warhawk, emblazoned with the insignia of the 28 air forces operating Curtiss fighters during WW2. November 1944

Dead Mans Handle
A dead mans handle is a switch that is automatically operated in case the human operator becomes incapacitated. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Lookout man operating signalling lamp, Croydon Airport
Lookout man operating signalling lamp from the Control Tower, Croydon Airport Date: 1930s

Large operating room, Dental School, Paris, France 1885
Large operating room at the Dental School, Odontotechnical Institute, Paris, France. Date: 1885

Vignette illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- An early and interesting type of signal. Date: 1935

Gloster AS31, G-aDO, of the Aircraft Operating Company

Cartoon - WWI - Haircut
A cartoon making light of the perils of life on the front line and the frequent need for surgical intervention to operate on soldiers

An operation screened live in a medical lecture
An invention by Mr Herbert A. Silver enabling medical students to watch surgery from the lecture theatre. A circle of electric lamps is suspended over the operating table while the image is projected

HMS Encounter, 2nd class protected cruiser, Challenger class
Royal Navy - HMS Encounter, a 2nd-class protected cruiser of the Challenger class, operated by the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN), as HMAS Encounter

HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Eric Ravilious
11th anniversary poster for the Golden Cockerel Press, an Englishfine pressoperating between 1920 and 1961. The private press made handmade limited editions of classic works

Stroukoff YC-123E Provider 55-4031
Stroukoff YC-123E-SA Provider 55-4031, modified by Stroukoff Aircraft Corp, Trenton NJ. With Pantobase undercarriage and wing-tip floats for operating off water, snow, ice, and sand, as well as land

Short S. 38 - SA. 1 Sturgeon S. 1 RK797
Short S.38/SA.1 Sturgeon S.1 RK797, the first prototype of a new carrier-borne strike and reconnaissance aircraft for the Royal Navy

St Bartholomews Hospital, London - An operating Theatre
St Bartholomews Hospital, Farringdon, City of London - An operating Theatre. Date: circa 1907

Prince of Wales paddle steamer operating between Southampton and the Isle of Wight - early 1900s

HMS Glorious 77
Royal Navy - HMS Glorius, aircraft carrier, at anchor in Grand Harbour Valetta.. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First

CASA 235-100MPA Persuader 253
Irish Air Corps - CASA 235-100MPA Persuader 253 (msn C094), of 101 Squadron No. 1 Operating Wing. Date: circa 1995

Britten-Norman BN. 2A-2 Islander G-AZEH
Britten-Norman BN.2A-2 Islander G-AZEH (msn 289), on pre-delivery flight tests / publicity shoot near Bembridge, before delivery to Fairoaks Aviation, operating for Volkswagen. Date: 1971

HMS Courageous 50
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous 50, an aircraft carrier, seen in July 1936, (formerly a battle-cruiser). HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy

Private Electric Motor Car on tracks - Panama Canal
Private Electric Motor Car operating on lines of track and used by Heads of the Engineering Divisions/Departments working on the Panama Canal. Date: 1913

The Ack-Ack Song
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for The Ack-Ack Song, the anthem of Britain's anti-aircraft defender, by Jimmy Kennedy. The image shows an A.A

WW2 - Portable Wireless Outstation
A photograph which shows some British WW2 Royal Air Force personnel operating a portable wireless outstation. Date: circa 1940s

HMS Courageous
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous (pennant number 50'), in August 1938. HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

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, Tank Driving Cow
A WW2 childrens book illustration from The Blue-Eyed Cat. The image shows Daisy the cow operating a tank across the countryside. Date: circa 1945

Lieutenant-General Sir R L McCreery, 8th Army, WW2
Lieutenant-General Sir R L McCreery commanding the British Eighth Army operating in Italy during the Second World War Date: 1940s

London Underground Railway Signal Box Date: 1909

Elizabeth Fulcher Nursing Home
Photograph of the Elizabeth Fulcher nursing home at Elizabeth House, Devonshire Street, W.1. The home included three fully equipped operating theatres, designed by Architect, James J. S. Naylor

Cartoons showing the activities of a diligent wartime housewife, operating without the assistance of a maid. Date: 1943

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 66-13525 - DD+233
Luftwaffe / United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 66-13525 / DD+233 (msn 683D-7132), operating from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona

Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk 158712
United States Navy (USN) - Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk 158712 (msn 14333, base code C, call-sign 484'), of TW-3, for carrier operations training, operating from USS Lexington. Date: circa 1990

Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter 66-13631 - 28+12
Luftwaffe / United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter 66-13631 / 28+12 (msn 583F-5942), operating from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona

Rockwell T-2C Buckeye 156730
United States Navy (USN) - Rockwell T-2C Buckeye 156730 (msn 318-45), of VT-4, the carrier operations training squadron, operating from USS Lexington. Date: circa 1990

Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk 158078
United States Navy (USN) - Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk 158078 (msn 14115), of VT-4, the carrier operations training squadron, operating from USS Lexington. Date: circa 1990

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 63-13243
Luftwaffe - United States Air Force - Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 63-13243 (msn 683-2026), of the 69th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, operating from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona

Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter 66-13625
Luftwaffe - United States Air Force - Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter 66-13625, operating from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Built for the Luftwaffe, but operated by the USAF for training German pilots

Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter 63-8452
Luftwaffe - United States Air Force - Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter 63-8452, of the 69th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, operating from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 63-13269
Luftwaffe - United States Air Force - Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 63-13269 (msn 8002-KG102), of the 69th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, operating from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona

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