Petrol Collection (page 4)

A Scent Evanescent by Wilmot Lunt - petrol shortages, WW1
CHEMIST: " That, madame, is petrol - our dearest and rarest perfume." Cartoon in The Bystander commenting on the extortionate cost of petrol as it became increasingly scarce on the home

Mr Asquiths Wolseley Landaulette with gas container, WW1
Ex-Prime Minister Herbert Asquiths Wolseley Landaulette motor car equipped with the Lyon-Spencer gas container on its roof

Militant Suffragette Crested China Figurine
A porcelain figure of a militant suffragette produced as an item of crested ware with the crest of the city of Exeter. The figure of the woman is finely detailed to illustrate her allegiance to

Scouts at Argostolion, Kefalonia, Greece
Scouts at work in Argostolion, Kefalonia, Greece. Four earthquakes hit the island in August 1953, destroying many buildings; the scouts helped with clearing up and humanitarian aid activities

Suffragette Votes for Shell Motor Spirit. A suffragette on a platform, holding a petrol can declares, Votes for women, votes Shell Motor Spirit un-equalled. Date: circa 1909

Fire safety for children -- a boy and girl playing near a wrecked car. The boy is about to strike a match near the open fuel cap

Petrol station, Old Brompton Road, London SW7
Brew Brothers petrol station in Old Brompton Road, London SW7, where a fire and explosion occurred in a basement store, 20 July 1957

Coal-gas powered delivery van of the Illustrated London News
An example of coal-gas powered vehicles during the First World War, this example being the delivery van of the Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd

LCC-London Fire Brigade, motorised pump at hose drill
Fire crew in the drill yard of the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, getting hose lines to work from a motorised fire pump. Date: 1909

Fleets of motorcyles at the outbreak of war
At the start of World War I the petrol-driven motor was used for the first time for haulage of big guns, ammunition wagons, food and baggage trains, Red Cross ambulances

German 77mm shell case base - mounted brass lighter
German 77 mm. shell case base with a mounted brass petrol lighter. Trench Art

How the lorry is revolutionising transport in the Great War
Motor transport in the Great War : how the petrol-driven lorry is revolutionising transport. A British motor transport train, drawn up in the shade, hears the whirr of an approaching aeroplane

Anti-invasion ring of fire by G. H. Davis
Britains wall of flame: the ordeal by fire prepared for German invaders on sea, land, and in the air. Showing the details and layout of an anti-invasion ring of fire: devices for converting beaches

Petrol rations and oil tankers by G. H. Davis
Petrol rations and oil tankers: an analysis for car owners during the Second World War. A diagrammatic explanation setting out the relative basic petrol allowances for private cars for August

How to build a racing car by G. H. Davis
A sport for model enthusiasts: how to build a car which will race at speeds in excess of 40 mph. Details of the construction of a model racing car, powered by a tiny petrol engine

Westwood Village, Westwood, California, USA. Date: 20th century

Transatlantic flight by G. H. Davis
The transatlantic flight: the type of British machine which will attempt it. Top: dropping the chassis at the moment of setting out -- a daring device

Gas-powered transport by G. H. Davis
A substitute for petrol: internal combustion engines run on gas for road transport. Showing a bus with the plant on a trailer, and other types of converted vehicles

Two men in an army truck, France, WW1
Two men in an army truck during the First World War, delivering supplies of petrol. Date: 1915

Testing a petrol-driven car, Russia
Two men captivate a Russian audience as they test a petrol driven car in 1901. Date: 1901

Motor car at a petrol station
At the petrol station. A motor car being filled up with petrol by a station attendant at night. Date: 1928

Street scene outside Pratts garage, with people and cars

Man sitting on running board of sports car
A man sitting on the running board of a sports car

Harbour scene with seagulls
A harbour scene with fishing boats and seagulls. A Shell-Mex BP vehicle is parked on the right

Scene outside a garage, with a burning car. Date: 1932

Car with suitcases on roof rack - Germany post-war
A car with several suitcases packed together on the roof rack. Note the wood gas generator power supply system - Germany, 1945 - essential due to the severe petrol shortage at the end of WW2

Ivory Coast - Grand Lahou Lagoon
Southern Ivory Coast - Petrol tugboat on the Grand Lahou Lagoon Date: 1911

Street scene, St Ives, Cornwall
A street scene in St Ives, Cornwall, with houses and shops, and a sign advertising BP. Date: 1922

Advertising material displayed on a car, with a man sitting alongside. One poster reads: Stop this car for a free drive, and the other reads: See the seaside from the air

Pluto Pipe-Lines across the Channel by G. H. Davis
Series of illustrations showing the workings of the Pluto ( Pipe Line Under The Ocean ) pipes across the English Channel which pumped millions of gallons of petrol from Great Britain to France during

Phaeton automobile by de Dion-Bouton Date: circa 1907

Early petrol bus in London - made by de Dion-Bouton Date: circa 1907

Bustenari Oilfield, Romania
Bustenari Oilfield, Prahova County, Romania. Date: circa 1905

WW2 - Austerity - Getting by with alternative transport. Comic postcard from wartime England by Evelyn E Morris, showing alternative forms of transport available if the petrol pumps ran dry

WW2 - Rationing of petrol illustrated on this postcard, a little boy relaint on his ration book to keep his car running! Date: circa 1942

Cape Juby (petrol barrels). Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Aviatrix Miss Spooner talking with Lord Thompson
Aviatrix, Miss E.W.E. (Winifred) Spooner, talking with Lord Thompson in front of a Gypsy Moth at Stag Lane before making a demonstration flight using petrol derived from British coal

Langleys successful petrol-driven 1 / 4-scale model 1903
Samuel Pierpont Langleys successful petrol-driven -scale model flies over the potomac. August 8th 1903

Experimental petrol car. IMechE Procs. 1901. vol.61. pl.133 Date: 1901

Petrol pump attendant
People You See. Petrol pump attendant. From Teddy Bear (7 December 1963)

London Fire Brigade pump damaged by fire
A London Fire Brigade pump damaged by a dramatic fire which took place on the night of 15 August 1920 on the Thames at Woolwich, SE London

LCC-LFB motorised pump at hose drills, Southwark HQ
Working in the drill yard of the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, firefighters getting hose lines to work from a motorised fire pump

Brigade Command Unit at the scene of oil refinery fire
Brigade Command Unit at the scene of an oil refinery fire, Buncefield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

LCC-LFB Pump escape at Southwark HQ
The pump escape and crew at drill in the station yard of Brigade Headquarters at Southwark, SE1. The widespread adoption of motorised fire engines led to the development of both self propelled

LCC-LFB Early motorised fire engine
This machine was one of the early self-propelled petrol motor fire engines used by the LFB. It was made by Merryweather and Sons Limited

GLC-LFB - Turntable Ladder at Plaistow
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Hatfield petrol self-propelled fire pump
The Hatfield petrol pump was the first petrol driven fire engine in which the engine was used to operate the fire pump. Two of these machines were introduced into London in 1908

LCC-LFB Clerkenwells emergency tender
Emergency tender belonging to Clerkenwell fire station. The ET was primarily a means of providing firefighters with breathing apparatus and illumination at incidents

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