Purpose Collection (page 5)

LCC-LFB Bromptons Dennis pump at Lambeth HQ
Station A8 was Brompton fire station. Here its dual-purpose petrol Dennis pump is seen standing at Lambeth headquarters

British Armstrong Whitworth FK8 biplane in flight, WW1
A British Armstrong Whitworth FK8 two-seater general purpose biplane in flight during the First World War. It had a 160hp Beardmore engine. Date: 1916-1918

Rowton House, Kings Cross, London
The Kings Cross Rowton House (built in 1894) at the corner of Kings Cross Road and Calthorpe Street, Central London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose built

Flying Automobile
Automobile with Retractable Wings for the Purpose of Flight

Franco-British Exhibition - Marianne, England and Britannia
Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908 - Marianne, A personification of England (a Medieval Queen) and Britannia meet below their respective flags

GLC-LFB - Dual purpose water-tender fire engine
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Barnet Fire Brigade with fire fighting equipment. Until 1903 there was only a voluntary fire brigade in Barnet. A purpose built fire station

Sutton Bridge
The unusual bridge over the salt marshes at Sutton Bridge, Linclnshire - a dual-purpose bridge combining road and rail. Date: built 1897

Rowton House, Arlington Road, Camden, London
The Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden, north west London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built, low-cost hostels or doss-houses for working men

Turnspit Dog Type
A turnspit dog depicted when not turning a spit : but this engraving shows the type of dog that was employed for this purpose

Hat & Mask in One 1929
Dual purpose headwear: cloche hat worn so low over the eyes that it doubles as a mask. Eyeholes are cut in the crown. Perfect hat for hiding upper facial flaws

Passiflora -- Passion Flower -- brought from Peru/Brazil to Europe in 1699

A stern pair of Ladies stride down a London Street - they seem to have clocked the photographer and the lady on the left look ready to make her thoughts on the matter known... Date: 1933

Gent in Raincoat and trilby hat strides along London street
Gent in Raincoat and trilby hat strides along a London street with a definite sense of purpose. Date: 1933

WW1 - Ireland and Britain united in the common cause. Date: circa 1915

Smart Couple and their Dalmatian - Silver Jubilee
Smart Couple with their lovely pet Dalmatian walking along the pavement. Sunny Snaps operated in a number of different locations (often on the south coast), taking walking pictures

Royal Gurkha Rifles, Helmand, Afghanistan
Photograph from a compact disc of multimedia. Associated with Royal Gurkha Rifles, Helmand, Afghanistan (2001-2014), 2006. Date: 2006

President Emile Francois Loubet and King Victor Emmanuel III
French President Emile Francois Loubet (1838-1929) and the King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869-1947) (one of the shortest monarchs in history - only 5ft 0" tall)

VDNKh - trade show and amusement park in Moscow
VDNKh - a permanent general purpose trade show and amusement park in Moscow, Russia. The acronym VDNKh stands for Russian vystavka dostizheniy narodnogo khozyaystva

Walker Whitman shoe factory, Campello, Boston
The Walker Whitman shoe factory was owned in partnership by William O Walker and William Elbridge Whitman. The factory opened under its name for the purpose of producing shoes for the retail trade

Quex Ambulance Q. 2 used as a selling booth
Quex Ambulance Q.2 being used as a selling booth during War Weapons Week in Birchington. Major Powell-Cotton (in Homberg hat) is speaking to one of the women at the table

Selling War Certificates, Birchington
Hannah Powell-Cotton, in her uniform as Commandant of Birchington Voluntary Aid Detachment, sitting at a table selling War Certificates during War Weapons Week

Four C14 Men
Four men in short garments, three with attached hoods, and with strips of fabric dangling from their arms, seemingly for ornament rather than any practical purpose Date: 14th century

English Ladies C15
Three ladies of rank wear long high-belted dresses to keep them warm in draughty castles, and high pointed hats for ornament rather than any practical purpose Date: 15th century

Rockets Fired from Boats
Congreve rockets being fired from men-of-war boats, to attack enemy coastlines, the purpose for which William Congreve originally developed his rocket in 1804 Date: 1827

Soap Boilers 1827
" The soap boiler makes the article called soap, which is composed of an oil and an alkaline salt, for the purpose of washing linen, the hands, and othe domestic operations". Date: 1827

Advert for St Jacobs Oil in yellow wrappers 1888
St Jacobs Oil in yellow wrappers, it conquers pain quickly and surely. It acts like magic, penetrates to the seat of the disease, causes thousands of cases of rheumatism and neuralgia. 1888

Barnardos Home, Stepney, London - Her Majestys Hospital
Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. Her Majestys Hospital was purpose built for Barnardos and in its day was one of the best equipped childrens hospitals in London. Date: circa 1906

Vickers FB 14 two-seater fighter reconnaissance plane, serial no. A3505, prototype for a series of two-seat general-purpose machines. Date: circa 1916

Albatros C Ia two-seat general purpose German biplane. Date: circa 1915-1917

Albatros CI, nosed-over in snow
Albatros CI two-seat general purpose German biplane, nosed-over in snow at Subat on the Eastern Front, January 1916. Date: 1916

Nansens North Pole Expedition - Explorer Captain Otto Sverdrup Seen Here in his Cabin, England. Picture taken on the initial leg of Fridtjof Nansens first journey to the North Pole

Night view of Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo, USA
Night view of the Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, built in the 1930s in art deco style. Date: 1938

Group of Edwardian men in countryside on Eyam Moor
The purpose of this gathering is not known, only the man at extreme left is know and he is George Barnshaw, a manager at Battersbys Hat Factory in Stockport

Westland Wapiti British biplane
Westland Wapiti British two-seat general purpose military biplane J9237 with a 500hp Bristol Jupiter engine. Date: 1920s-1930s

LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump, Lambeth HQ
Lambeths (D61) pump at its base station, on display in Brigade headquarters drill yard. Side mounted pump outlets together with hose-reel tubing and two hook ladders can be seen

LFB dual purpose fire engine, St Pauls Cathedral, London
A London Fire Brigade dual purpose fire engine near St Pauls Cathedral, City of London

Leyland dual purpose monitor appliance
A Leyland dual purpose monitor appliance with monitor at work

LFB dual purpose appliance in Westminster
A London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance near Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Westminster. Date: 1951

LFB monitor on dual purpose appliance
LFB monitor at work on a dual purpose appliance

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view) with crew
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view), with crew

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view)
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view)

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