Preparation Collection (page 2)

Comic postcard, Little boy sharpening large pencil Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man washing in a bowl Date: 20th century

Advert, Wesson Oil for cooking and salads. 1926

Supper Dishes cooked in the New World Gas Cooker
Supper Dishes cooked in the New World Regulo-Controlled Gas Cooker. 1920s

Festival Dainties for Easter, Radiation Gas Cooker booklet. 1920s

Menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore
Front cover, menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore, showing a chef and his young assistant in a ramshackle and untidy kitchen. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1930s

Preparing the Boars Head in the Royal Kitchen, Windsor Castle - Christmas with the Queen. 1898

Men painting warning signs for unexploded bombs, Sept 1939
ARP volunteers painting wooden boards with; " keep clear unexploded bomb" to be used as a warning to civilians when a bomb fails to explode. Date: 1939

Anti-tank barrier on the Belgian frontier, Sept 1939
Photograph of a steel wall built on the border between Germany and Belgium as an anti-tank barrier. The Sphere describes its design as of " somewhat unique character"

Construction of casualty clearing station, September 1939
Construction of a casualty clearing station in the foundations of a new block of buildings at a London hospital, shortly after the outbreak of the war. 1939

The Dutch Housewife, by Nicolaes Maes, in the National Gallery, London. Date: 1655

Process at British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire
Process at the British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire -- three images showing how the threading hole is stamped into the needles. Date: 1843

Preparing a glass plate
A young man prepares a glass plate for photographic exposure within a workshop. Date: 1863

Careful preparations in a photographic studio
Two men are shown adjusting a womans dress as she is preparing to have her portrait captured in a photographic studio. The photographer is already positioned behind the camera

French cook engaged for a special Elizabethan feast
French cook engaged to devise his own contributions to a special feast at a rich mans house in Elizabethan times. Date: 16th century

Rich mans kichen staff at work
A rich mans kichen staff at work, depicting the hospitality and charity of old times, when food was given away to poor people. 16th century

Motor racing champion Major Sir Henry Seagrave prior to his death in a speedboat on Lake Windermere, Lake District, June 1930. 1930

Gourmet kitchen. early 19th century

WW1 - British Marines in the Trenches - Defence of Antwerp. 1914

British naval division troops defending Antwerp - 1914
British naval division troops going to take up their positions in the trenches in preparation of attack - Antwerp - September, 1914. 1914

The Hunting Field at the R. A. - Viscount Lascelles Pack
The Hunting Field at the R.A. - Viscount Lascelles Pack by Sir Alfred James Munnings R.A. (1878-1959). A study of the West Riding pack mastered by Viscount Lascelles: The Barmham Moor Hounds

Anti-aircraft practice, Eire prepares for invasion - men of the Irish Army in training, 26 June 1940. 1940

Cottage Life, mother peeling potatoes. mid-19th century

Dickens scrap - Tom Pinch and Ruth in Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles Dickens scrap - Tom Pinch and his sister Ruth in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter 39. 19th century

Glaser-Dirks DG-100 699, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Grob Astir CS77 378, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Glaser-Dirks DG-200 25, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher ASW19 464, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher ASW20 170, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher Condor IV D-5000, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher ASW15 105, in the glider parking / preparation area of a gliding competition at Lasham Gliding Centre. Date: circa 1982

Madagascar - Shelling (De-husking) Rice Date: circa 1906

Prince Albert preparing for flight in a Handley-Page bomber
Prince Albert, later Duke of York and King George VI (1895-1952), as a Captain in the Royal Air Force to which he transferred from the Navy in 1918

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

Baiting-Up, by A. K. MacDonald
A colour illustration of a lady applying lipstick in preparation to woo a gentleman. Date: 30th July 1924

National Guard camping in the Luxembourg Gardens
Units of the National Guard camping in the Luxembourg Gardens, during manoevres in preparation for forthcoming action against the Prussians or the Republicans. Date: 9-10 May 1870

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

ROAST PARSNIPS
Carefully buttering up large parsnip slices and adding salt and pepper before roasting them in the oven. Date: 1930s

PORUS GATHERS ELEPHANTS
Porus musters his war elephants in preparation for war with Alexander the Great of Macedon. Date: 326 BC

Japanese tea cultivation 1874
Series of tea cultivation in Japan. Date: 1874

Cartoon, A Physical Force Chartist Arming for the Fight. Satirical comment on Chartism. Date: 1848

Buying the Ring
Young couple buy ring from attentive jeweler. Date: about 1840

Finishing Touches - Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Dressing Room
Finishing Touches - Madame Sarah Bernhardt in her Dressing Room Date: 1894

Haybox Cooking, Food Saving Exhibition, Institute of Hygiene
Hay Box Cooking Demonstration at the Food Saving Exhibition, Institute of Hygiene (which opened on 28th January 1918). A haybox, straw box, fireless cooker, insulation cooker

Pounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai, India
Pounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai (Madras), India Date: circa 1920

Two Native African Matabele women grinding maize outside a hut. Date: circa 1930

The Super Chattanette Combination Grate. Catalogue for Nicholls and Clarke Ltd. London. Manufacturers and Merchants of Building Materials. Date: circa 1920s

February. Goddess Juno
Juno Februtis, the Roman goddess, was one who oversaw the bringing in of freshness, in preparation for the Roman new year. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1903

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