Pump Collection (page 17)

Cottage Water Pump
A picturesque corner of Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, showing the courtyard of some old cottages and the fine old pump. Date: 1950s

Pratts Petrol station
Petrol pump with Pratts (Standard) petrol. Landskrona, Sweden 1932. Date: 1932

Gulf petrol station
The Gulf filling station, Trelleborg 1955. Date: 1955

A woman from Normandy at the well
A woman from Normandy, France collecting a bucket of water at a well. A yolk rests against the brick surround of the well. Date: circa 1910s

Walsingham Water Pump
The ancient water pump in the town centre of Walsingham, Norfolk, England. Date: 1940s

Tottenham Water Pump
A quaint relic of the past, the old water pump at Tottenham, North London. Date: 19th century

Lighthouse Water Supply
Joyce pumps water from a pump operated tap for her bath at a lighthouse. It seems a lot of trouble, but traipsing up and down the steps with buckets of hot water sure keeps her fit! Date: 1940s

English Water Pump
An old water pump, England. Date: 19th century

Beer Street Pump
A stream flows down the street at Beer, Devon, England, passing beneath an old pump, although the water does not originate from it. Date: 1930s

Littlebury Cylists
Two young men on a cycling tour, take time out to admire the old village pump in the centre of Littlebury, Essex, England. Date: 1940s

Lullington Village Pump
The village pump, beside a quaint cottage, in the little village of Lullington, near Frome, Somerset, England. Date: 19th century

Hemel Hempstead Pump
An unusual combination of an old water pump cum lamp standard, at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1960s

Secret Garden
An old water pump and block paved entrance, through a lovely arched wrought iron gateway into a secret garden or suchlike... Date: 1930s

Amersham Village Pump
The old village pump at Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, which dates from 1785. Date: 1785

Charlwood Water Pump
The old water pump built into the churchyard wall at Charlwood, Surrey, England. Date: 1930s

ABBEY FOLD
Abbey Fold, a reconstructed early 19th century street, at Kirkstall Abbey House Museum, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Note the Safety bicycle and water pump. Date: 19th century

Straw on a Water Pump
When winter comes in the village of Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire, England, the wise villagers cover their water pump with straw, so that their supply does not freeze! Date: 1950s

Australian soldiers at village pump, Fleurbaix, France, WW1
Two Australian soldiers drawing water at the village pump in Fleurbaix, northern France, during the First World War, watched by two little boys. Date: May 1916

Three boys chatting at a water pump. first published 1879

Pump room at Wandsworth Prison
Pump room at Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862

An Air Pump
An air pump Date: 1882

Hand pump fire engine
A hand pump fire engine. 1882

Small country Automobile Garage
A pump attendant stands by the petrol pump at this local country garage

Sanitas - destroys all disease germs
An advertisement for Sanitas brand disinfectant fluid, as recommended by medical journal The Lancet. Hygiea, Greek goddess of health

Dr J D Cockcroft at work in Cavendish Laboratory
Dr J D Cockcroft at work in the Cavendish Laboratory, at Cambridge University, adjusting a vacuum-creating pump. Physicists John D Cockcroft

Emergency pump, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, Norfolk
Inmates work the emergency water pump at the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse

Car outside John O Groats Hotel, Scotland
A car with two passengers, a woman at the wheel and an elderly man in the back, sits outside the John O Groats Hotel in Scotland. A petrol pump can be seen on the far right

WWII recycling: Stirrup pump bathing / W H Robinson
An old stirrup pump and plenty of buckets of water, making an ideal outdoor shower. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

Greasing the car / W H Robinson
All points of the car can be greased in one movement with the use of this ingenious device...and a little help from some heavy friends

Small backsteet in Prague, Czech Republic

Portable petrol pump / W H Robinson
Avoid sudden stoppages with the portable petrol pump. Affixed to the side of the car this handy accessory can be painted to resemble a golfing bag

Bosnia - Drinking Water Pump
Bosnia - Roadside drinking water pump

Irregular Firemen - Constantinople, Turkey
A Gang of irregular Firemen and their manual hand pump, by the walls of Constantinople, Turkey

Algeria - Staoueli - Avenue d Alger
The Algiers Avenue, Staoueli. There was a motor racing circuit here and a Grand Prix was held at Staoueli between 1928-30

Algeria - Staoueli - Rue Centrale. A Motor Racing circuit was here and a Grand Prix race was held between 1928 - 1930

Irregular Galata Fireman and their Chief
Irregular Galata Fireman and their Boss, Kemer Alty at Constantinople. Date: 1910s

Irregular Fireman - Constantinople, Turkey
A gang of irregular firemen and their manual pump

Turkish Firemen - Constantinople
Turkish Firemen in Constantinople - Galata Tower with cresent moon flag flying atop. The gentleman on left is a fire lookout

The first meeting by Florence Hardy
First meeting. Two dutch children meeting for the first time at a water pump

Fighting a fire with a stirrup pump - The Blitz
Now that the worst is out. Attacking a fire with a stirrup pump following an air raid on London - circa late 1940

Pump House
A Pump house at the bottom of a slope, Iran

Petrol Pump and Pump Attendant
BP Petrol Pump and Pump Attendant

Constantinople - Team of firemen with their hand-powered pump

Turkish Fire brigade running
Turkish fire brigade running along the waterfront at Constantinople carrying a hand-pump

Pumping Strokes of Genius
An intelligent forecast of the growth of wayside pumps. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

PUMP SHOES
Cutaway calf pump shoe with baby heel and black patent vamp and black patent pump with rouleau rosette

Patent Pump Shoes
Shiny black patent pump shoe with punched brogue vamp and chunky heel

Black Patent Pump Shoes
American campus girl pump in black patent with high vamp and thick heel by Margaret Jerrold

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