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Franco-British Exhibition - Marianne, England and BritanniaFranco-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 engineThe 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 BridgeThe 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, LondonThe 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 TypeA 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 1929Dual 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 streetGent 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 JubileeSmart 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, AfghanistanPhotograph 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 IIIFrench 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 MoscowVDNKh - 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, BostonThe 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 boothQuex 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, BirchingtonHannah 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 MenFour 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 C15Three 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 BoatsCongreve 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 1888St 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 HospitalBarnardos 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 snowAlbatros 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, USANight 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 MoorThe 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 biplaneWestland Wapiti British two-seat general purpose military biplane J9237 with a 500hp Bristol Jupiter engine. Date: 1920s-1930s
LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump, Lambeth HQLambeths (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, LondonA London Fire Brigade dual purpose fire engine near St Pauls Cathedral, City of London
Leyland dual purpose monitor applianceA Leyland dual purpose monitor appliance with monitor at work
LFB dual purpose appliance in WestminsterA London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance near Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Westminster. Date: 1951
LFB monitor on dual purpose applianceLFB monitor at work on a dual purpose appliance
LFB dual purpose appliance (back view) with crewLondon Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view), with crew
LFB dual purpose appliance (back view)London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view)
Seaplanes of 1918Latest Navy aircrafts. Seaplanes in there present stage of development of 1918 for World War One purposes may be roughly divided into three classes
Aeroplanes of 1918Latest aeroplanes of 1918. Bristol was a general-purpose military aircraft, a two-seater biplane, Handley Page giant bombdropper
New Russian bombs by G. H. DavisMolotovs breadbaskets: Russias new dual-purpose bomb used during the Second World War. Its false head was filled with small incendiary bombs, released by a cap propeller
Ella Wheeler WilcoxELLA WHEELER WILCOX popular poet - an advertisement for her Poems of Purpose Date: 1850 - 1919
Potez XA general purpose colonial transport
Unity between British Royalty and the French GovermentPatriotic Postcard produced for the charitable benefit of Young soldiers and French charitable Institutions - depicts the King and Queen of England (King George VI (1895-1952)
Short SXA5 multi-purpose surface-to-air missile test vehicle. circa 1958. Date: 1958
Lord Carnarvon and Lady Evelyn HerbertLord Carnarvon and his daughter, Lady Evelyn Herbert arriving at their hotel, the Winter Palace at Luxor. The purpose of Lord Carnarvon was to witness the opening of the inner sealed chamber of
LCC-LFB motorised pump-escape with pneumatic tyresThe London Fire Brigade introduced Dennis dual purpose appliances which were fitted with pneumatic tyres, making fire engines faster and safer
Dennis motorised pump-escape with pneumatic tyresA Dennis dual-purpose fire engine (pump escape) at Southwark fire station (station No 1) and LFB Headquarters. Introduced into the Brigade in 1934, it was fitted with pneumatic tyres