Protective Collection (page 5)

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

Porter wearing protective outer garments made of straw. Photograph shows a porter, full-length, standing, facing left, wearing a hat and outer garments made of straw for protection against rain

Cow Suckling Lambs
Drink more Milk! Mary the cow mothered nine lambs when two ewes died. The cow, who had lost her own calf, did this of her own accord and was very protective of her family. Date: 1930s

Roadside Spring
A roadside spring, with its protective arch, seen at Binton, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1960s

Falconry : Feeding
The falconer crouches down to feed the bird, wearing a protective gauntlet glove. Date: 1930s

Swan Pen & her Cygnets
A lovely study of a protective swan (pen) watching over her cygnets. Date: 1930s

American Football Team Photo - possibly a British-based team as they appear to be playing on a football (soccer!) pitch. Date: 1910

Biscuit manufacturing display, Festival of Britain, London
Aerial view of a biscuit manufacturing display, making ice cream wafers, in the Central Hall of the Power and Production Building, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London. Date: May 1951

Captured German gun at Mametz, Somme, France, WW1
Allied troops moving a captured German gun near Mametz Wood in The Somme, northern France, during the First World War. The officer at the centre is wearing a protective waistcoat. Date: 10 August 1916

Family flees from tornado, 1903
The method of protection against tornadoes in North America. A farmer and his family seek shelter in a storm cellar, a protective underground shelter to be found attached to many farm houses

1950S Baseball, Montreal
A batter swings at the ball during a game of baseball, watched by a small crowd. Date: 1950s

Police Shooting Range
Wearing protective ear pads to silence the blast of gunshots in the police underground range in North London, Inspector Robert Gould gives instruction. Date: 1960s

Anglo-Danish Warriors
Anglo-Danish warriors of the reign of king Cnut : they are wearing armour in the form of protective tunics and greaves on their legs, made of metal, or metal sewn onto garments. Date: 1035

Chemical Worker 1950S
A worker wearing a protective suit in a chemical factory. Date: 1950s

Metropolitan Police tin helmet
A Metropolitan Police tin helmet, as used in wartime

Protective collar against garrotting
A protective collar or stock against garrotting

Metropolitan Police Animal Catcher
Officer of the Metropolitan Police Dog Handling Unit, wearing protective clothing worn to prevent injury when capturing dangerous animals

Labour yard, Bethnal Green Employment Association
A labour yard operated in the late 1860s by the Bethnal Green Employment Association in East London to provide work for the unemployed

Stick Practice, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys in protective masks, taking part in stick practice on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Gas attack rehearsal 1938
Gas attack rehearsal in Nottingham in 1938. A man with bell and rattle gives a warning of a gas attack in a simulated practice which was filmed to give instruction to other people in the UK

Firefighters in gas masks
ARP Firefighters in gas masks during World War II during decontamination exercise

Gas Masks for children
Gas Masks and protection for children and nursing mothers during World War II in 1940-1941

Children in gas masks
Children wearing gas masks at a kindergarten with their nurse, or teacher, during World War II

ARPs World War II
ARPs in gas masks during World War II during decontamination exercise in London

Pouring Molten Metal
A metalworker wearing protective eye goggles pours molten metal in to a mould from a huge crucible container, attached to an immense hook, into a small mould. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Molten Metal on a Production Line
A beautifully composed and lit photograph showing two metalworkers pouring hot molten metal into a series of moulds on a factory production line. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Metalworkers welding a railway carriage
Three metalworkers wearing protective masks weld large metal boxes together to form the shell of a railway carriage. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Molten metal is poured in to a mould
Two factory workers pour molten metal into a small mould. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Rail butt welding - the sparks fly
A fantastic photograph showing the sparks flying up during the butt welding of railway rails. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Rubber anti-gas suit 1918
Private Sloan wearing a rubber anti-gas suit as a protection against gas attacks at Croix de Claremont on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1918

Welder using an Oxyacetylene Torch
A welder wearing protective clothing and mask welds metal uses an oxyacetylene torch as he works on the shell of a metal vehicle enclosure or train carriage section. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Women war workers, USA
Women working on armaments in America

Daddys Regiment by Lawson Wood
A small boy, with his mothers protective hands on his shoulders, salutes gallantly as his fathers regiment marches off to France during World War I

Netherlands Medemblik
Plan of the town, on the edge of the Zuyder Zee, with its protective dyke and enclosed harbour

Tutelary Deity Chin-Hoan
CHIN HOAN, a tutelary (protective) deity

A Delegate Travels
Delegates travelled from one part of Paris to another with a large protective escort

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; Fly clot
Illustration showing protective clothing for horses and other animals to prevent them being bothered by flies and other insects

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; More wet
Illustration showing ideas for protective rain wear in the form of various rain shades and capes worn on the head and body

The Islanders, a huge relief sculpture by Siegfried Charoux, representing the struggle and resilience of the British people, especially during World War Two

Anti-Nuclear Demo Man
A anti-nuclear protester, wearing a gas mask and white protective suit, campaigns against nuclear power in Camborne, Cornwall

Defending a Coast
As a hostile fleet approaches the coast, the defences are manned - chiefly crossbows behind protective screens

WELDER / 1949
A welder, wearing protective mask and gloves at work

Luther at Diet of Worms
At the Diet of Worms, Luther defends his opinions before the emperor and an assembly of notables from church and state; proscribed, he goes into protective hiding

Soldier in Armour
A Roman soldier ready for action - spear, shield, plumed helmet and protective clothing

Amazon Warriors
Two Amazon warriors : the lower one wears a protective tunic

Costume / Monocle 1826
Brown coat: velvet collar, hip pockets & pocket flaps & knee length skirts; waistcoat with a diamond pattern & protective coverings strapped beneath the instep & covering the calves

Motoring Woman 1907
Fashionable motoring wear for a modern girl includes a warm fur lined double-breasted coat with fur collar & cuffs & fastened with brandenburgs. Her hat has a protective veil

PORCUPINE
Rodent quadruped of the hystericidae family. Its erectile spines, or quills, are a protective device of great effectiveness

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