Preparing Collection (page 8)

Italy - Around and about Naples
Black and white lantern slide of men on shore preparing their ships. Possibly fishermen. Cliffs in background.. Part of Box 214, Italy, Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s

Bottlenose Dolphins - Preparing to jump (Tursiops truncatus)

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

Bristol 170 Freighter G-ANVR Valiant British United Airway
Bristol Freighter G-ANVR of British United Airways with cargo doors open preparing to be loaded at Calais in France Date: 1964

Suffragette on Bonfire Chislehurst 1908. Preparing the bonfire in Chislehurst, Kent for the celebrations on November 5th 1908

Suffragette Leaders Mrs. Pankhurst in W. S. P. U Car
Suffragette Leaders Mrs. Pankhurst in W.S.P.U Car. Mrs Pankhurst, Annie Kenney and Mrs. Pethick-Lawrence (standing) preparing to set off in the W.S.P.U motor cat

Indian cavalry preparing for an offensive during World War I
Steel-helmeted and turbaned troopers with bamboo lancers, prepare for a cavalry charge across the German Third Line in the Wood of Foureaux of Bazentin-le-Grand. Date: 1916

Sketch of HM Airship 9 in flight near Barrow-in-Furness, preparing to land before an approaching storm in 1916. This preliminary sketch was finally reproduced as an oil on canvas, 24 x 36

Dining room staff, Baden Powell House, London
Dining room staff preparing for visitors at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

The Womens Legion & Army Waste, WW1
Women inspecting copper vats filled with boiling soup, involved in a scheme originated by Lady Londonderry to lessen waste in camp kitchens

Three women preparing a meal, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

British soldiers preparing food, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers preparing food on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Black soldiers preparing food, Western Front, France, WW1
Black soldiers preparing food at a camp near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1917

British cooks at work, Western Front, WW1
British cooks at work on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British troops get ready to attack, Western Front, WW1
British troops getting ready to attack on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Cook preparing food for British troops, Western Front, WW1
A cook preparing food for British troops near the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

RAF personnel marking German positions, WW1
RAF pilots and observers marking German positions in preparation for a raid, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1918

Pilot and observer about to set out, Western Front, WW1
A British pilot and his observer getting instructions through their CO via photographs and maps before setting out for the German lines on the Western Front in France during World War One

Belgian troops defending Antwerp, WW1
Three scenes showing Belgian troops defending Antwerp in the early days of the First World War. Top: soldiers preparing to fire from a railway engine near Malines

Preparing to film The Thief of Bagdad, Hollywood, USA
Preparing to film The Thief of Bagdad (released in 1924), adapted from the Arabian Nights stories. Parts of the set, and prop items such as large jars, can be seen. Date: 1923

Preparing to launch a lifeboat, 1830s
Preparing to launch a lifeboat into a stormy sea, with the help of a horse and wagon, 1830s. Date: 1830s

Preparing Moulds with Sulpher of Plaster of Paris. Cake decoration. Date: 1936

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

Russian Communal Kitchen
Seven women busying themselves around a stone work top adorned with an array of large tins and pots in a 1920s Russian communal kitchen. Date: 1920 s

Houdini Preparing for Bridge Jump
The prolific Austrian-Hungarian escape artist Harry Houdini preparing for one of his many daring feats of escapology, this time a highly publicised Bridge Jump whilst in metal chains. Date: circa 1910

The Gentle Art of Excavating - Early Walking Draglilne`
An early form of the walking dragline stripping rocky overburden preparatory to erecting a new tea shop in the Allegheny Mountains

Toffs versus Roughs
A fight breaks out on the streets of a city between top-hatted gentlemen who throw determined punches at the lower-classes

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

TWA air stewardess prepares a meal
A TWA (Trans World Airlines) stewardess prepares an in-flight meal. Date: 1940s

French colonial soldiers preparing a meal 1916
Troops from Annam at the Gallieni Camp, St Raphael. Date: 1916

Lord Carnarvon preparing to reach the Valley of the Tombs of
Photograph taken of the afternoon of Lord Carnarvons return to Luxor, when he set out to pay his first visit to King Tutankhamens tomb in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings

Arrival of the Christmas train, Eastern Counties Railway
An engraving showing passengers loading their luggage, preparing to depart for Christmas. Date: 1850

Japanese Serving girl preparing vegetables for her Mistress - perched on a rather unusual (and uncomfortable-looking) wooden frame. Date: circa 1906

Japanese Woman O-Koto-San has a smoke before bed
Japanese Woman O-Koto-San has a smoke and thinks of her soldier Lo, whilst her miad prepares her bed. Date: circa 1905

Japanese Woman O-Koto-San dresses to go out visiting Date: circa 1905

Japanese Woman O-Koto-San and maid at suppertime
Japanese Woman O-Koto-San talks to her maid while partaking of supper. Date: circa 1905

Japan - Women performing a variety of tasks in the home
Japan - Three women house staff performing a variety of tasks in the home - their Geisha Mistress is looking out of the window in the background, seemingly ignoring their endeavours. Date: circa 1900

Japan - A Japanese Cook. Date: circa 1910s

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

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

Inuit woman preparing fish and water rats - Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1928

Zouaves Troops preparing their meal - WWI
Zouave Troops (French colonial forces of mostly North African origin) preparing their meal. WWI era. Date: 1914

US Parachute Troops - WWII Date: 1942

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

Mr W Newell preparing for a parachute descent
Mr W. Newell preparing for a parachute descent from the Grahame-White Type 10 Charabanc or Aero-bus on 9 May 1914. At 5, 000ft Mr Newell jumped from the skid

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