Preparation Collection (page 4)

Apothecary s. Ancient herbalism. Pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland

Detail of a fireplace, used for the preparation of the pharmacy products. Pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland

Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora. Fresco at the Pareccles
Turkey. Istanbul. Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora. 11th century. Fresco at the Parecclesion depicting the Last Judgement, with Christ at the center of the celestial vault, among the Apostles

Police officers preparing to conduct a search, London
A group of police officers (including June Paterson, left), belonging to the Special Patrol Group, preparing to conduct a search with the aid of police dogs

Gambetta as Marksman
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French statesman, shooting sparrows from his window by way of preparation for his forthcoming duel with Fourtu. (He survived...) Date: 1838 - 1882

Mincing Beef
Minced beef coming out of the mincing machine onto a metal plate. Date: 1960s

Testing Guns 1930S
Testing guns in preparation for the Glorious 12th of August, the start of the grouse shooting season. Date: early 1930s

C16 Marriage Dowry
Germany : Before the wedding can take place, the brides dowry is brought in a cart to the grooms home Date: early 16th century

Sir Henry Roscoe
SIR HENRY ROSCOE chemist, whose greatest contribution to science was the preparation of pure vanadium Date: 1833 - 1915

Food preparation in the 17th century
Preparing foodstuffs of every kind - fowls are dressed, cows are milked, grapes are trod, soup is heated, bread and other items are carried by porters, biscuits are tasted Date: 17th century

Preparing Bride, C16
Preparing the bride in 16th century Germany Date: 16th century

Trying the Ring for Size
THE RING A shy bride tries it for size Date: 1828

Preparaing the Bride
Preparing the bride Date: circa 1840

Men at a Stag Night dinner
A group of men at a Stag Night dinner -- the groom and his male friends celebrate on the eve of his wedding. Date: 1894

Demolition work in Langham Place, London, in preparation for the construction of BBC Broadcasting House. All Souls Church stands just beyond on the left. Date: circa 1928

Getting Ready for the Big Fight at Olympia
The worlds middle-weight boxing title - Walker and Milligan in training. Vignettes by MacMichael showing middle-weight boxers Mickey Walker

Cartoon, Split Pea Soup, Valley Inn, California, USA
Cartoon, Little Known Occupations, Splitting Peas for Split Pea Soup, advertising Andersens Valley Inn, Buellton, Santa Barbara County, California, USA. Date: circa 1940

Kenwood Liquidiser for Marmalade Making. 1968

Robins on a New Year card, preparing for a tea party. Date: circa 1890s

Two turkeys and a goose on a Christmas card
Two turkeys and a goose at the wolf hairdressers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

WW2 poster, teacher and pupils on allotment
WW2 poster (For Freedom series before lettering is added), showing a teacher and her pupils on allotment with rhubarb leaves

Cartoon, There will be a party, WW1
Cartoon, There will be a party! A woman prepares for the Christmas festivities, with a picture of her absent soldier husband at the centre of the fireplace display. Date: 1915

Cartoon, Christmas preparations, WW1
Cartoon, Christmas preparations on the Western Front. French soldiers gather everything together for their Christmas feast, including a bird, some cheese, and some bottles of wine. Date: 1915

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Crackers dog show inventions (with the authors apologies to Heath Robinson). Smoothing the Scotch Collie, Pampering the Pom, and Improving the Kerry Blues Beard

Tabitha the cat with her biggest party teapot, about to host a tea party. Date: 1914

Men training on Doniford Gun Park Range, Somerset, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. Date: late 1930s

Humpty the rabbit trying on pantalettes and crinoline in preparation for a fancy dress ball. Date: 1914

Men with mobile field oven and motorcycle, WW1
Men with a mobile field oven, and a Royal Navy motorcycle combo, WW1. The chalked words on the oven, HMS Fred Carno, were a comic saying for chaotic operations. circa 1914

Allied Invasion forces gather
The scene in an English village in May 1944, as the Allied forces gather in preparation for the invasion of the continent

WW1 - News of an air raid, 1917
WW1 - Drawn by an observer is a scene of a British air station in England as the air force are in preparation after news of an air raid

WW1 - Air Patrol - The Night Hawk, 1917
WW1 - Air force and mechanics at sea-shore preparing a British sea-plane, The Night Hawk, for flight. Date: 1917

WW1 - Guynemer goes into action, June 1917
WW1 - Georges Marie Ludovic Jules Guynemer (1894 - 1917) was a top fighter ace for France during World War I, and promoted to Lieutenant. He was a French national hero at the time of his death

WW1 - A scene at night on a British airfield
WW1 - A scene at a British flying-ground on the night of an air raid. Lit up by surrounding lights, the airmen and mechanics prepare the two aircrafts for the midnight call. Date: 1916

WW1 - Russian reconnaissance plane, 1915
WW1 - A Russian airfield covered in snow with Russian sky-pilots seated in their aircraft. Surrounded by their fellow airmen

WW1 - British bomber squadron with Avro 504s
WW1 - Three Avro 504 British biplanes and the British bomber squadron on the ground preparing to carry out an aerial attack in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Commander Briggs biplane, No

WW1 - Aircraft - The Henri Farman HF. 20
WW1 - The Farman HF.20 and its derivatives were a family of reconnaissance aircraft produced in France shortly before and during the First World War

Little boy with pet dog in a garden
A little boy with his pet dog in a garden. He is posing the dog on a chair, ready for taking a photograph. Date: circa 1960s

Liebig Extract of Beef, 1891
An advertisement for Liebig Companys Extract of Beef, describing itself as an " extract of happiness". Date: 1891

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, final preparations for launch
Final preparations for the launching R.M.S. Queen Mary Ocean Liner then know as Hull Number 534. Hundreds of tons of tallow, soft soap

Destruction of rainforest: preparation for oil-palm plantation which replaces rainforest in a river-valley, (Elaeis guineensis). Sabah, Borneo; Malaysia; June

Boy scouts cooking at camp, British Honduras
Boy scouts cooking at Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951

Dutch boy scout cooking at camp, Holland
A Dutch boy scout cooking at camp, Holland

Dutch boy scout preparing vegetables, Holland
A Dutch boy scout preparing vegetables at camp, Holland

Sea Scouts preparing for an activity, Gibraltar
Sea Scouts preparing for an outdoor activity, Gibraltar

Label design, Acme Hair Vigor, Phil Eisemann, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. An excellent preparation for dandruff and falling hair. Date: early 20th century

Digging A. R. P. shelters in Kensington Gardens, 1938
Air Raid Precautions (A.R.P.) volunteers digging trenches and shelters in Kensington Gardens, London, on 26th September 1938, watched by an interested crowd. A.R.P

Training Royal Flying Corps officers in a balloon, WW1
A school in the sky over London town - how officers are trained in the Royal Flying Corps. Balloons flying over the capital

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