Operation Collection (page 4)

Bomb damage, Marlow Road, East Ham, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage in Marlow Road, East Ham, London, 23 November 1944, with firefighters and rescue workers. Date: 1944

Jumbo the elephant in his younger days
Sketches of Jumbo the elephant at the gardens of the Zoological Society, Regents Park, depicting Jumbo in his youth, showing how he lost his tusks whilst attempting to force open a door

Poster, We are proud to be working on Operation H
Ministry of Supply poster, We are proud to be working on Operation H, National Housing Drive fitments. circa 1945

GERMAN STRAW BOOTS
A German soldier makes himself boots of straw - a hopeful attempt to keep out the cold Date: circa 1943

Lockheed U-2G N808X
Central Intelligence Agency - Lockheed U-2G N808X. One of several U-2s procured by the CIA, for operations from aircraft carriers, fitted with lift-dumping spoilers

Vickers 953C Merchantman G-APES (msn 721, of British Airways Cargo. The Merchantman freighters were converted from passenger carrying Vanguards)

Convair YB-58A-1-CF Hustler 55-670 (msn 11) of the 6592nd Test Squadron, Carswell AFB, TX, with markings for Operation Deep Freeze, the climatic testing of the B-58 carried out at Eglin AFB

Heinkel HD. 55
Heinkel HD.55 prototype catapult launched scout for Soviet battleships. Forty aircraft were acquired by the AV-MF (Aviatsiya voyenno-morskogo flota)

Hand-Cranked Grinder Date: 1880

Surgical Operation

Skin-graft surgery preparation
Theatre nursing staff prepare the patient for a skin-graft operation. Date: 1946

Crowds outside Buckingham Palace, London 1902
Date: June 1902

Original date for Coronation, decorations in London 1902
Coronation decorations in City of London, unfortunately the soon to be King, Edward VII fell seriously ill with appendicitis and underwent an emergency operation two days before the ceremony

Advert for Elkington Co - Original date coins June 1902 Advert for Elkington
Advertisement for a selection of medals and coins in bronze, silver or gold, for the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on the 26th June 1902

Preparing the original date for Coronation 1902
Preparing for Edward VIIs coronation, unfortunately two days before the due date 26th June 1902, Edward became seriously ill with appendicitis and underwent an emergency operation

SMOKE JACK CIRCA 1730
A smoke jack in operation. Date: circa 1730

ALCINOUS HANDMILL / C17TH
Alcinous handmill in operation. Date: 17th century

GLASS 18TH CENTURY 11
GLACES The operation of skimming (ecremer) plate glass Date: 1765

Romania - Bustenari - Oil Rigs Date: circa 1908

Duke and Duchess of York - Moorfields Eye Hospital
Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI 1895-1952) and Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1900-2002)

WW2 Evacuation of Barnardos Children
Girls from Barnardo homes in London area at Paddington station in a pre-war evacuation operation in September 1938. Date: 1938

Commandos wade ashore from landing craft at Juno beach
Photograph showing Commando operations during the invasion of Normandy, June 1944: troops, some with bicycles, going ashore

History of medicine. Chloroform anesthesia. Engraving, 19th century. Colored

Saunders-Roe SR. N4 Princess Anne Hovercraft
The Saunders-Roe SR.N4 (Saunders-Roe Nautical 4) Princess Anne, otherwise known as the Mountbatten-class, the biggest hovercraft to have been completed upon its introduction

Operation Mincemeat - photograph of girlfriend
Photograph of " Pam", the supposed girlfriend of Major Martin whose body was found washed up on shore in Spain on 30th April 1943 in an elaborate

George Chapman, spiritual healer and medium
George Chapman (1921-2006), English trance spiritual healer and medium. He was active for 60 years through the spirit of Dr William Lang (1852-1937)

Kabyle Olive Oil Press - North Eastern Algeria
A quite outstanding postcard (incredible detail) showing an olive oil press in operation in the Kabyle Region of Algeria. The Kabyle people are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated

Firefighters in action at a fire, VDC House, Wembley
Firefighters rush to put out a fire at VDC House, South Way, Wembley. Showing a turntable ladder and hydraulic platform in operation

Badge of S. H. A. E. F
Badge of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (abbreviated as SHAEF, pronounced " shafe" ), the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in north west Europe

Radio / Ww2 German Army
German army with field radio in operation Date: 1940

Ensign of MTB 770 and brass plaque, D-Day landings, WW2
WW2 Important archive relating to Sub Lt David Johnson and HMS MTB 770, a motor torpedo boat of the Fairmile D Class. The most significant element of the archive comprises two maps for Operation

WW2 Naval Orders, Allied Naval Expeditionary Force
WW2 Important archive relating to Sub Lt. David Johnson and HMS MTB 770, a motor torpedo boat of the Fairmile D Class. The most significant element of the archive comprises two maps for Operation

Naval orders for capture of Cherbourg, WW2
WW2/MARITIME: Important archive relating to Sub Lt. David Johnson and HMS MTB 770, a motor torpedo boat of the Fairmile D Class

Memorial to the Belgian Piron Brigade, Ranville Church
There is another Piron Plaque just outside the entrance to the British War Cemetery in Ranville. The Brigade landed on Gold Beach on 5 August and 17th August

Operation Mincemeat - body of Major William Martin
Corpse of the supposed Major William Martin. His body was found washed up on shore in Spain on 30th April 1943 carrying sensitive documents

WW2 - Liberation of Paris. A Leclerc Tank in action. Date: 1944

Bounteous fishing trawler half submerged, Newlyn, Cornwall
Bounteous fishing trawler half submerged at low tide off the coast of Cornwall, near Newlyn harbour, being pumped out and pulled upright after rolling and sinking in rough seas, 17 January 1980

Parachute drop - 11th Bn The Parachute Regiment
Photograph of parachute drop. From album of 183 photographs with newspaper cutting and ephemera, 11th Bn The Parachute Regiment, 8th Bn Middlesex Regiment, TA, 1947-1957. Date: 1957

Honeywell T-Hawk (Tarantula Hawk) Micro Air Vehicle, 2013. Associated with Operation HERRICK, Afghanistan (2001-2014) 2004

Commando raid on Vaagso, Operation Archery 1941
Operation Archery, also known as the Maaloy Raid - British Combined Operations raid during World War Two against German positions on the island of Vaagso, Norway, on 27th December 1941

China - Using high-pressure water jet in mining operation. Date: circa 1930s

Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Muse
History. Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Diorama. Extraction of salt. Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland
Mining history. Diorama. Extraction of salt. Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland. In use since the 18th century. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany

Section of an underground mine. Model of a team in the second half of the nineteenth century. Scale 1:25. Manufactured in 1906. By R. Brown. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology)

Operation Gold. Reconstruction of the tunnel built by American intelligence and British between 1954 and 1955 to link the west and east side of the city

D-Day invasion ration pack
The contents of the 24-hour ration pack which was to be carried by every combatant in the anticipated Allied invasion of the continent. These were to be carried in a small waterproof box

Bomb damage, Marlow Road, East Ham, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage in Marlow Road, East Ham, London, 28 November 1944, with firefighters and rescue workers. Date: 1944

Horse having operation under chloroform, WW1
A horse is operated on under chloroform by the Army Veterinary Corps during the First World War. Date: 1915

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