Peaked Collection (page 13)

Design for printed textile with hats and caps
Design for printed textile with a wide selection of hats and caps. Gouache on copy paper. Silver Studio. circa 1935

A man, sitting on the ground, is wearing several layers of clothing, a peaked cap, and sandals; three large disks topped with straw are on the ground in front, a long staff behind

Metropolitan Police officers on horseback in a field, undergoing training. Smoke rises from two smouldering bundles on the ground, to familiarise the men and horses with smoky conditions

Metropolitan police officer and dog with shopkeeper
A Metropolitan police officer with his Alsatian dog chats with a shopkeeper in front of his shop. late 20th century

Silhouette of an ATS officer
Silhouette of an ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) officer

Silhouette of Lieutenant Isherwood, Royal Marines
Silhouette of Lieutenant Isherwood of the Royal Marines

Two Metropolitan police officers with dogs in a wood
Two Metropolitan police officers with their dogs, one an Alsatian, near a lake in a wood. Either a training exercise or part of an investigation. Date: circa 1960s

Silhouette of American WaC
Silhouette of an American WaC (Womens Auxiliary Army Corps) member

Metropolitan Police officer speaking to a little boy
A Metropolitan Police officer (WPC) speaking kindly to a little boy who looks as if he might have lost his way -- or perhaps someone has forgotten to pick him up from school. Date: circa 1950s

Silhouette of a WaF Corporal
Full-length silhouette of a woman standing with her hands held behind her back. December 1933

Metropolitan police dog handler with a dog in a field
A Metropolitan Police dog handler with a dog, little older than a puppy, in a field or park. Date: circa 1960s

Silhouette of a Canadian woman in uniform
Brigadier General Casey Barnard, commander of the 68th Brigade. Date: 1910s

Silhouette of a Norwegian officer

Metropolitan Police officer on horseback in a field
A Metropolitan Police officer on horseback in a field, undergoing training. Another policeman fires a gun, to familiarise the horse with the loud noise. Date: 20th century

Silhouette of a woman in uniform
Full-length silhouette of a woman in uniform, possibly an American WaC (Womens Auxiliary Army Corps)

Two Metropolitan police officers with van and dogs
Two Metropolitan police officers with their van and two Alsatian dogs, arriving at a building for an investigation. Date: circa 1960s

Silhouette of a Royal Naval Reserve Lieutenant

Metropolitan Police officer and Guards Band, London
A Metropolitan Police officer on horseback, with a band of Guards playing and marching behind him, with Buckingham Palace in the background. Date: circa 1960s

Metropolitan Police officers on horseback
A group of eleven Metropolitan Police officers on horseback, undergoing training in a large indoor space. Date: 20th century

Metropolitan Police K Division orchestral band

Silhouette of a Polish officer

Crew of a modern purse seiner, Cornwall
The crew of a modern purse seiner, relaxing in a Cornish harbour. A seine net is usually a long flat net like a fence, with weights on it, which catches the fish by encircling them. Date: circa 1970s

Angling at St. Tropez
An old man in a peaked cap, fishing at St. Tropez, France. Date: 1930s

Two soldiers and a sailor pose for their photo in a studio. They are all in uniform, and each one has a cigarette in his mouth

Training Tram Drivers
A tram driver receiving instruction in the handling of (dummy) controls at the Clapham Depot of the London County Council School for Tram Drivers. Date: 1930s

Cycle Race Starting Gun
An old man in a peaked cap blows the starting whistle and fires his gun at the start of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

River Police Patrol Boat
Three members of the River Police in one of the Patrol Boats, probably on the River Thames, London. Date: 1930s

American army recruit taking aptitude test, WW1
An American army recruit (left) taking an aptitude test during the First World War, fitting wooden shapes into holes. The man on the right is timing him with a stopwatch. Date: 1917-1918

Sandwich Toll Bridge
The Toll Bridge at Sandwich Kent, England and the smart gentleman in a peaked cap who used to police it. Date: 1930s

Portrait of a retired army sergeant, Mid Wales
Portrait of a retired army sergeant in full uniform, posing for his photo in a garden, probably in Mid Wales. He wears a medal

Military police group photo, Welsh Regiment
A group photo of military police belonging to the Welsh Regiment

Group of soldiers and civilians at a training camp
A group of soldiers and civilians at a training camp, posing for their photo outside a tent. The soldiers are dressed in a variety of uniforms, and two are holding bicycles, while one holds a spade

Portrait of an army corporal, Mid Wales
Portrait of an army corporal in full uniform, posing for his photo in a garden, probably in Mid Wales. He wears a medal, and his cap

Elderly senior army officer in uniform
An elderly senior army officer in uniform, looking rather forbidding

Two brothers in uniform, prepared for war
Two brothers in their uniforms, prepared for war, one in the Royal Navy (left), the other in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers (right)

Little boy in a sailor suit in a garden, Mid Wales
A little boy in a sailor suit poses for his photo in a garden, probably in the Mid Wales area

Middle class family group in a garden, Mid Wales
A middle class family (parents and five children) pose for their photo in a garden, probably in the Mid Wales area. The little boy on the right is wearing a sailor suit

Local military chief and others, Far East
The local military chief, with others, some in uniform, others in civilian dress, somewhere in the Far East. There is one Western man, perhaps a diplomat, talking to the chief

Driver with car, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Mr E Codd of Bland Motors, driving an open topped car, probably in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. J & G Bland (Motors) Ltd was established in 1875 and is still in existence today

Ds James, railway guard, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A photographers studio portrait of Ds James Esq, a railway guard on the Newport, Pembroke and Fishguard Railway, standing proudly in his uniform. His address is given as 6 High Street, Pembroke

Family car with passengers and chauffeur, South Wales
A large family car with passengers and chauffeur, probably somewhere in Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Two Edwardian bikers, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Two Edwardian men on their motor cycles in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The man on the right, on a Triumph Imperial, is a member of the Philipps family of Picton Castle

Salvation Army Food Depot kitchen, East London
Staff prepare food in the kitchen of the Salvation Army Food Depot on Whitechapel Road in the East End of London. The depot provided basic food and shelter for as little as a penny a night

British officers with Indian soldiers and arabs, Iraq
Three British officers (centre) with Indian soldiers (back row) and Arab men (front row) outside a building, somewhere in Iraq

Ships crew in rowing boat with oars held vertically
The crew of a ship in a rowing boat with the oars held vertically

British officers and arabs outside a building, Middle East
Four British officers and two Arab men outside a building, somewhere in the Middle East

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