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RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park, detail of mural, 1947-1948. MEXICO. Mexico City. Diego Rivera Web Museum. Central detail. Fresco on portable pannels
GLC-LFB Fire boat - Fire HawkEntering service in February 1976, the Fire Hawk was built by Watercraft of Shoreham at a cost of £ 60, 000. Measuring 45 feet in length, 13.5 inch beam and with a 3.5 foot draft
Advert for Underwood portable typewriters 1931Underwood creates the new portable typewriter. With a quiet carriage that never interrupts the train of thought, a quieter key action and shift key
ROBERTS R RADIO 1970SA trendy Roberts R portable radio
Advert for Underwood portable typewriters 1931Your personal letters... write them on the Underwood portable. With a quiet carriage that never interrupts the train of thought, a quieter key action and shift key
Dockyard Workers on board HMS Coventry, Second World WarPhotograph showing dockyard workers, including a rivetters boy working with a portable forge, refitting HMS Coventry during the Second World War, 1940
Advertisement for various types of steam engineAdvertisement for Robey & Co of Lincoln (Globe Works), London, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Paris, manufacturers of various types of steam engine. circa 1883
Portable Drinks CabinetA handy case containing whisky, Martini and gin, mixers, a bottle opener and glasses!
Advert for Boulton & Paul, Ltd, conservatories 1905Advertisement for portable artistic wood and iron buildings. Date: 1905
Four patients at the Medical Centre, HendonScene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing four patients in dressing gowns and pyjamas chatting in a hospital ward
TOZER FIRE PUMP / C. 1870Tozer Fire-Pump, a portable and extremely useful fire- pump, named after the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade of the City of Birmingham
Portable Steam Pump / 1883Valiant portable Steam Pump. designed and patented by Merryweathers in 1883. A powerful self-contained pumping engine
Advert for J. Thorn & Sons portable sheds and greenhousesPut it in Thorns. Thorns garden sheds are so popular because, as being necessary to ensure a well-kept garden, they are sold at popular prices. Date: 1936
Travelling X-ray car, WW1A special hospital car with a travelling X-ray given by the Scottish Womens Hospitals on exhibition at Bedford College during the First World War. Date: 1915
Advert for Decca portable gramophone 1916Deccas, more Deccas, still more Deccas. Thats the cry of the men at the front of the men of our mighty fleets, and of the convalescent from both sevices. They want music - whenever they go. Date: 1916
Blandys portable steam engine and saw mills, Zanesville & Newark Ohio. Date c1867 March 29. Blandys portable steam engine and saw mills, Zanesville & Newark Ohio. Date c1867 March 29
Travelling SawyerA travelling sawyer, with his portable saw mill, a saw and bench attached to the back of his car, whereby logs and timber can be sawn up accordingly. Date: 1930s
Hall type-writerAdvertisement for the Hall type-writer, the only portable writing machine of the time. Available from Witherby and Co. High Holborn, London
Horses being X-RayedA horse being x-rayed at the Royal Veterinary College, Camden, London, using portable x-ray apparatus, which has proved invaluable in the treatment of animal ailments
Burmese HarpThe Burmese Harp, an easily portable instrument, featured in a memorable Japanese film, The Burmese Harp Date: 19th century
George Morris inventor of the 12 volt electric Welsh HarpGeorge Morris inventor of the 12 volt portable electric Welsh Harp, testing his invention in the hills of Snowdonia, North Wales Date: 1988
Marshall Portable Engine number 84480 'Old Bob' Date: circa 1960
Marshall Portable Engine number 84480 'Old Bob'. Date: circa 1960
Wolseley 10hp Roadster KE 5111 and Marshall Portable EngineWolseley 10hp Roadster KE 5111, from circa 1921, with Marshall Portable Engine number 84480 'Old Bob' Date: circa 1960
Portable darkroomA man uses a self contained, portable darkroom to develop photographic prints. Date: 19th century
Advert for Rippingilles oil warming stoves 1890Made of cast-iron these four decorative oil-warming stoves are odourless, smokeless, portable, safe and easy to clean. Available at ironmonagers. Date: 1890
A portable steam boilerRoyal Navy - A portable steam boiler for supplied steam to test ship systems during construction, maintenance, at a Royal Navy Ship Yard.. Date: circa 1960
WW2 - Portable Wireless OutstationA photograph which shows some British WW2 Royal Air Force personnel operating a portable wireless outstation. Date: circa 1940s
A family taking their summer holiday on the South Coast of England - seated in deckchairs on the beach, the couple's young baby havig great fun digging in the sand. Date: 1936
Advert, Patent Portable Election Fittings by Flere & Mills Limited, London Date: 1903
Middle Ages. Wood mantlet on wheels. Engraving by SerraMiddle Ages. Mantlet. Large shield or portable shelter used for stopping projectiles. Wood mantlet on wheels. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020
Lightfoot AdvertisementAn advertisement for Young, Osmond and Young, Limited, promoting the Lightfoot tubular electric heating system. Examples of this are shown in the images, including a skirting heater, towel rail
Riley's Billiard Tables, available in different sizes for private homes in mahogany wood. Date: 1904
Gipsy Encampment in EssexA gypsy family on an encampment. Date: late 1890s
Advertising publicity leaflet, Warners Commodes, for hospitals, sick rooms, and invalids use Date: 1881
Advert, John Warner & Sons, Cripplegate, LondonAdvert, John Warner & Sons, The Crescent Foundry, Cripplegate, London - portable water closets and commodes Date: 1881
Street food vendor portable stall, China, c. 1880sStreet food vendor portable stall, China, c.1880s
Pilgrims with portable altar, JapanVintage 19th century photograph: pilgrims with portable altar, Japan
Edo street scene, 18th century, with archery rangeEdo street scene, 18th century. A shop girl sits in front of an archery range holding a bow. A tea shop girl stands on a bench with a candle. A woman and edemame seller with baby pass by
Advert, Waterlows Patent Autographic PressAdvert, Waterlows Patent Improved Autographic Press or Portable Printing Machine for the counting house, office or library, by means of which every person may become his own printer. 1854
Advert, McMichael RadioAdvertisement for McMichael Radio, used on the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition. 1933
Portable bathing tent for changing at the beachPortable changing tent for the beach. Held up by the head (with viewing opening!) there were pockets inside for clothes to helped. Available from Marshall and Snelgrove. Date: 1925
Portable shrine of Ethelbert, King of the East AnglesPortable shrine or pyx of Ethelbert, King of the East Angles (Kent). Date: circa 1845
Early Portable CameraAn example of a early portable camera. Date: 19th century
Portable darkroom - InstructionsWritten instruction for creating a portable darkroom to develop photographic prints. Date: 1905
Roman and Etruscan lamps and candlesticksMetal candlestick with lamp above 1, Etruscan metal lamp in the shape of a foot in sandal 2 (both from the Museum of the Profane in the Vatican Library), terracotta lamp owned by Mr Gilii 3
Portable altar in painted ceramic from Lille. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874
Furnaces including common air furnace and portable furnacesFurnaces including common air furnace, furnaces designed by Dr. Joseph Black, David Mushet and R. and G. Knight of Foster Lane, and portable furnaces by Dr. Joseph Black and R. and G. Knight
Portable eight-day clock mechanism, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr
Chinese jack of all trades with bamboo yoke, tools, portable forge, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Chinese tinker with portable forge, bellows and tools, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Early form of typewriter by Hall, USA 1885An early form of inexpensive, portable typewriter by Hall, USA. Date: 1885
A Portable Photographic Dark Room Tent. 1857
Tabernacle in the WildernessThe tabernacle was the portable sanctuary created by Moses as a place of worship during the period of wandering that came before their arrival in the Promised Land
The Form of the TabernacleAccording to Jewish texts, the tabernacle was the portable sanctuary created by Moses as a place of worship during the period of wandering that came before their arrival in the Promised Land
Improved cast-iron portable copperMounted on wheels, a man pouring water into a cast-iron portable boiler. Date: late 19th century
Variety of Telegraph machinery including a Single needle telegraph of Cooke Date: circa 1850
Advert for Stellite portable room to room telephone 1905British-made portable telephone for your home, easy to self-fit and without spoiling the look of your room, can be used to call the servants when you are still in bed. Date: 1905
Walnut Wood Box of Oil Colours. circa 1880s
Mahogany Caddy Lid Box containing paints, inks and other items. circa 1880s
Mahogany and Deal Painters Easels. circa 1880s
Advert for Thornhills portable weighing machine 1895Portable polished oak and carpet platform personal weighing machine. 1895
Clayton & Shuttleworth portable engine, owned by J.Wood, at Kegworth on 28 July 1956. Date: 1956
Garrett Portable Engine at Redruth steam rally. was at the time of the rally, in regular use for soil sterilisation at a nursery in Hayle, a small town, civil parish and cargo port in west Cornwall
Exterior and interior of Prince Ranjitsinhjis portable shooting-box, which could be despatched by rail to any given point in the jungle on a trolley by oxen or by elephants. 1907
Rileys Billiard Tables, available for private houses and public institutions in portable form or dining table combined. Date: 1903
A Japanese flower seller stands by a portable stall made of bamboo with integral holders for floral displays. Date: circa 1900
Portable 16mm Camera Date: 1950
8mm Film Camera Date: 1950
Reel-to-Reel Recorder Date: 1950
Secretary carrying a typewriterA matron?s secretary carrying a portable typewriter into the College of Nursing headquarters building, London. Date: 1926
Road Works in Whitehall, London 1882Originally entitled Horse Guards under Fire again, showing a group of workmen re-surfacing the road in Whitehall, London. In the foreground the men are preparing pitch or tar with their portable
New portable gas lamps for railways 1845General railway use patented by Mr. Johnstone. The lamp consists of small flat shaped retort of about six inches long, an inch broad and about a quarter of an inch in depth
Advert for Novelty Stoves Co. 1899Aluminum and nickel finish oil stove, with no smoke or odour. Date: 1899
Walkman ForeseenThe Walkman is foreseen as a city gent is absorbed by his portable wireless; strange how potent cheap music can be... Date: 1909
Advert for Portable Electric Light 1902ELECTRIC TORCH Advertisement by the Portable Electric Light Co. for a dry battery electric torch Date: 1902
17th century VintnerA vintner (wine seller) fills a customers glass from his portable barrel. Date: 17th century
Decca gramophone advertisement, WWIAdvertisement for the portable Decca gramaphone featuring a British officer carrying his, and an endorsement a 2nd Lieutentant who stresses
Christmas card in the shape of a portable writing caseChristmas card in the shape of a portable wooden writing case. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Advert for Dobble, Forbes & Co stoves and ranges 1888A selection of three matchless combustion heating stoves, kitchen ranges with self-setting and fuel saving and a new portable cast-iron washing copper
Mulberry Harbour off Arromanches, Normandy, France, WW2Mulberry Harbour off Arromanches, Normandy, France, a temporary portable harbour used during the Allied D-Day Invasion in June 1944. 1944
Bathing pool on Selfridges rooftopA new Sportapool, a portable swimming bath which could be fitted up at short notice in almost any convenient place. Here it is installed on the roof of Selfridges department store on Oxford Street
Gion Matsuri, Kyoto, JapanThe Gion Festival (Gion Matsuri), which takes place annually in Kyoto and is one of the most famous festivals in Japan. The Festival is crowned by a parade (the Yamaboko Junko)
