Preparation Collection (page 6)

Erecting coronation seats in front of Reform Club
Special stands and viewing galleries being constructed on the front of the Reform Club in Pall Mall, London from where members

Rehearsal of the Coronation procession
The first rehearsal of the Coronation ceremony and procession in 1911 (for the coronation of King George V) including a trial run of the famous royal creams pulling a prison-like van instead of

Europe to America in 45 minutes by G. H. Davis
Not a Wellsian fantasy, but an actual project in preparation by Germany: Europe to America in 45 minutes. Drawings of a long-range rocket designed in Germany during the Second World War

Debutantes learning to curtsey, 1929
Debutantes of 1929 learning to curtsey under the guidance of Madame Vacani, in preparation for presentation at court. Date: 1929

Accustoming a horse to traffic before the Coronation
A mounted policeman accustoming an inexperienced horse to London traffic conditions rior to the Coronation procession of 12 May 1937. Date: 1937

A debutante gets ready for court presentation, 1880s
A 20th century impression of a young debutante getting ready to be presented at court. As two maids put the finishing touches to her dress, her mother beams at her proudly

Hungry Peter the pig plans for a party
Hungry Peter the pig prepares for a party by planning an elaborate menu. Date: 1914

The Gentle Art of Excavating - A New Multi-Movement Drag Sho
A new multi-movement drag shovel excavating for the foundations of a new cinema. A typically convoluted digger, made from recycled bits of houses

Balloon being filled with gas
Balloon in a yard, being filled with gas from a barrel in preparation for flight. Date: late 18th century

Preparations for the Royal Wedding
Stands being erected in preparation for the wedding of the Duke of York (King George VI) and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on April 26 1923 at Westminster Abbey

Preparing for Festival of Empire at the Crystal Palace
Preparing for the Festival of Empire and Pageant of London at the Crystal Palace. Everywhere huge structures are rising upon steel and woodwork skeletons

Birthday card, the Many Happy Returns Inn
Birthday card, depicting the Many Happy Returns Inn, a colourful toadstool where special birthday teas are served. Various elves are making preparations and enjoying tea in the foreground

Carousel Maintenance
Workmen retouching the paintwork on the horses of Portlands Merry-Go-Round in preparation for the forthcoming Easter funfair. Date: early 1930s

Japan - Women preparing food including chopping a daikon
Japan - Women preparing food including a Geisha girl preparing (cutting) daikon (white radish), possibly for takuan or bettarazuke dishes and another woman grinding foodstuffs using a pestle

Drying Fish - Kamchatka Peninsula - Far Eastern Russia
The Method the people of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Far Eastern Russia dry fish (on racks) and melt down the grease and oils for other uses. Date: circa 1800

Congo, Africa - Sacks of Coffee prepared for export. Date: 1911

Young Kitchenmaid shocked by the odour of Brown Garlic - " Lovely grub - lovely grub!" Date: circa 1940s

Pounding rice - Malabar region of Southern India
Sifting, sorting and pounding rice with a large pestle and mortar - Malabar region of southern India (lying between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea). Date: circa 1910s

Burmese Cheroot makers
A group of Burmese women Cheroot makers. Date: circa 1906

Martel, France - Preparation of Truffles
Martel in the Lot department in south-western France - preparation of Truffles. Date: circa 1910s

Moroccan Chef - Tangier, Morocco
Esclave Cordon Bleu A Moroccan Chef (from Tangier, Morocco) enters the room bearing a tagine tea cosy! Date: circa 1910

Girl ensuring her boy has enough to eat
(translation) That what meekly: soup - a pie, bread to milk, the woman - to the man! A Girl ensuring her boy has enough to eat... Date: 1909

Raymond John Paul Parer, left, and Geoff E Hemsworth
Raymond John Paul Parer, left, and Geoff E. Hemsworth in front of their Fairey Fox I, G-ACXO (formerly J7950), at Hanworth Aerodrome, Middlesex

Blue Steel en route to trials preparation

Preparation of skeleton material using the larvae of Dermestes maculatus (hind or leather beetle) to eat the flesh

Scientist working with butterfly specimen
Entomologist opening butterflys wings after relaxing ready to be placed into a specimen drawer. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London

The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Interview between Hector and Achilles and preparation of Hector for combat. Sixth cloth of the series, work of the Master of Co봩 vy

The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Right detail. Scenes of the preparation of Hector for combat and farewell from her father, the King Priam

Cauterization and preparation. Miniature. Ms. Rawlinson
Cauterization and preparation. Miniature. Ms.Rawlinson C 328 fol. 9r. Miniature Painting. UNITED KINGDOM. Oxford. Bodleian Library

Preparation of the mummies for the purification ceremony. 16th c. BC. 17th Dynasty. Wall from a Theban tomb. Egyptian art. Middle Kingdom. Painting. ITALY. Florence. National Museum of Archaeology

Preparation of the Encyclopedia. Plate of the
" Preparation of the Encyclopedia. Plate of the " Dictionnaire Raisonn頤 es Sciences des Arts et M鴩 ers" or " Encyclopedie". Directed by Diderot and d Alembert

LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519). Adoration of the Magi. 1481 - 1482. Preparation of Cologne earth and bistre on panel. Flemish art. Oil on wood. ITALY. Florence. Galleria degli Uffizi (Uffizi Gallery)

Canals I Llambi, Ricard
Depiction of a banquets preparation, illustrating a poem by Hafiz Shirazi. Persian art. Miniature Painting

LCC-LFB Dennis open pump escape at a fire station
Readying for the outbreak of WW2, a regular London pump-escape pictured with the wartime fire appliances which would greatly outnumber the pre-1938 London appliance fleet

Tower, fireworks and balloon, Green Park, London

Greens balloon ascent, Surrey Zoological Gardens

Great Exhibition
Raising the transept ribs, Great Exhibition, Crystal palace Date: 1851

Preparation de la jeunesse francaise au service militaire. A French boy holding a French flag. In background French soldiers are marching. Date 1918

Birds Custard advertisement 1927
Advertisement for Birds Custard Powder featuring a rather lovely silhouette illustration showing a woman at a stove preparing some more custard for her husband who is slurping it with relish at a

Preparing red carpet for Queens visit, Kielder Water
Police assistance in preparing the red carpet for a visit by Queen Elizabeth II to unveil a monument at Kielder Water, Northumberland. 26 May 1982

Brighton Hair Restorer prepared by Lewis and Burrows Ltd. Date: C.1900

Eau de Cologne Tooth Powder prepared by Curtis and Company pharmaceutical chemists, London. Date: C.1895

Crinisma hair preparation
Bottle containing Crinisma hair preparation, a substitute for oil, pomade and brilliantine. This preparation combines in itself the double properties of both a hair grease and stimulating wash

Resorcin hair tonic
Bottle containing Resorcin Hair Tonic for promoting a luxurious growth of the hair, made by Lewis and Burrows Ltd. Date: C.1900

Harris Powder Dentifrice
A bottle containing Harris Powder Dentifrice, Astringent Antacid. Date: C.1900

Exercising dogs in New Zealand prior to Scott Polar Expediti
Husky dogs being exercised on the New Zealand shore in preparation for the Captain Scott expedition to Antarctica in which Scott

Preparing for the Unveiling of the Victoria Memorial
Officers and banner bearers standing in front of the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace, still covered in scaffolding but due to be unveiled on 16th May 1911 in the presence of King

Royal wedding 1893 - bridesmaids
The bridesmaids waiting for the royal bride, Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953)(later Queen Mary of Teck)on the day of her wedding to the Duke of York

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