Protection Collection (page 10)

Body armour and visors by G. H. Davis
Body armour and visors: medieval style protection for the British army during the Second World War. This protection stops small

Protection of the home from air raids by G. H. Davis
Countering the air raid menace: the protection of the home during the Second World War. Refuges from bombs in every home: types of private shelters. Date: 1940

Troops protecting Britains gunpowder factories 1914
The War crisis at home: precautionary measures at our military stores. Police protection at the gunpowder factories at Waltham Abbey and Woolwich London. 1914

Flat-topped helmet with eye guards, WW1
A flat-topped helmet with hinged eye guards, used during the First World War. Seen here on display, probably in a museum. (1 of 2) Date: 1914-1918

London bus during the General Strike, Route 1, destined for Kensington Church, the Aldwych and Notting Hill Gate. Alongside the driver, on the outside of the vehicle

Convoy system of the British Navy, 1939
British warships, with guns ready for action, provide guard for merchant vessels under convoy from this country. This system operated in the North Sea to protect against merchant ships being sunk by

Decontamination Drill, World War II
Decontamination Drill at the Savoy Hotel in London during World War II. Percy Rommey demonstrates the correct method of undressing a man exposed to gas

Advert for D. Bensson wrist watch protector 1916
The simplis wrist watch protector, makes your wrist watch breakproof, guards your watch against any possible injury. No more broken glasses. Available from D. Bensson, regent Street, London

German Woman in Gas Mask
A young German woman wearing a gas mask and holding a hose, at the Air Protection Society. Date: 1933

Celebrated Fencer Essad Vichy Bey surrounded by his friends
Celebrated Fencer Essad Vichy Bey surrounded by his intimate friends. Date: circa 1905

I m not afraid of the Germans - Boy & Patriotic Bulldogs WW1
WW1 - I m not afraid of the Germans - Boy sat between two Patriotic Bulldogs. Date: circa 1916

Eastern Russia - Transbaikalia - Tsam ceremony
Eastern Russia - Transbaikalia - Buddhist Tsam ceremony amongst the Buryat People to exorcise evil which consisted of a series of masked dances and often had a narrative content

Sun Yat Sen and two cohorts - Chinese
Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925) - Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China. Pictured with two of his colleagues Tang Shaoyi (1863-1938) and Wu Tingfang (1842-1922)

WW1 era - Comic Postcard - On Neutral Ground - a young boy stands with flag aloft, surrounded by his defenders as the ominous spectre of Nanny approaches... Date: circa 1916

Russian House Guard - likely the security for a wealthy Moscow or St Petersburg family. Date: circa 1907

John Bull disagreeing with Joseph Chamberlains Policies
Mr Bull: " What have you gor there Joe?" Joe: " Protection." Mr Bull: " Put it away or you ll hurt yourself." John Bull alarmed by Joseph Chamberlains dangerous policy

Fiscal Inquiry - Free Trade versus Protectionism
Illustration of the political and social argument between Free Trade and Protectionism, which rumbled along in Britain throughout the first decade of the 20th century

Anti-Aircraft Gun Team - World War Two. Date: circa 1942

Fossil Wood
Fossilised palm from the North African desert that supposedly carries a curse

LS Plate 103 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 103 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

LS Plate 102 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 102 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

LS Plate 101 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 101 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

LS Plate 96 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 96 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Plate 97 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)

Namyda agassizii, soft shelled tortoise of Georgia
Drawing 46 (Ewan 24) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Zaedyus pichiy, pichi armadillo
Pichi armadillo collected by Charles Darwin at Bahia Blanca, Argentina, 1833 (formerly Daspus minutus)

ESPINQUES, Everard de (15th c. ). Romance of Tristan
ESPINQUES, Everard de (15th c.). Romance of Tristan and Iseult. s.XV. Isolde imploring to Queen Guinevere for protection. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly

SPAIN. Manresa. City Hall. Spain. Peninsular
" SPAIN. Manresa. City Hall. Spain. Peninsular War. First battle of El Bruc (6th June 1808). " Victoria de los somatenes bajo la protecci󮠤 e los Santos Patrones de Manresa"

Iberian Helmet found at the Necropolis of Tugia: funeral chamber of Toya, in Peal de Becerro, Spain

Advert for Beetham Larola skin care protection 1931
For the sun bather Fashionable women use Larola because it is a sure protection against exposure to sun or wind. Larola enables you to tan without blistering and keep a lovely, healthy

Chemical exercise, Barkers car park, Kensington
Firefighters taking part in a chemical exercise in Barkers car park, Kensington, SW London

Firefighters during a chemical incident exercise, Egerton Road, Twickenham

London Salvage Corps sheeting a warehouse wall
Following a serious fire the London Salvage Corps have protected an external face of the affected warehouse by placing a series of salvage sheets down the side of the building

NFS (Salvage Corps) protective sheets, WW2
Salvage sheets put in place by NFS Salvage Corps workers protect goods and equipment from water damage

Protection

The blessings of protection. Illustration shows an oversized, bloated human figure with the head of a pig, wearing a sash labeled Steel Trust

Protection Tweedledee and protection Tweedledum. Illustration shows a businessman addressing a group of laborers, explaining to them how important tariffs are to their jobs

A lifelong job - the constant protection of their health - The Cook County Public Health Unit. Poster showing a woman and two children in the rain. Date between 1936 and 1941

This is your air raid protection Get it now. Poster encouraging civilians to be properly prepared for air raids, showing shovel, ax, fire extinguisher, flashlight, first aid kit, bucket of sand

Nurse the baby Your protection against trouble : Inform yourself through the Health Bureau publications and consult your doctor

Our government farm - President Cleveland finds an effectual

The angel of protection. Date c1868

Protection to home industry. Date c1888 Aug. 18

Gods protection over his people. Date c1876

The Native American Indian Bear Dance. Invoking the aid and protection of the Bear Spirit. Date: ca. 1858

Fire protection wanted. Illustration shows the Democratic Party platform in flames with a donkey labeled Democratic Party rising from the flames as the mythological phoenix; eleven Democratic Party

Guardsmen protecting station during railway strike
Armed guardsmen in bearskins protecting a platform and railway lines during the railway strike. The location is believed to be Clapham Junction, London. 1911

Police guard for Slate Club Money, Old Street, London
In what was then the largest Slate Club in England, 15, 000 in cash was distributed to the 13, 000 members of the New Tabernacle Church, Old Street, London

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