Ready Collection (page 11)

Girls on road trip in a Jowett Jupiter
Just about to start in their Jowett Jupiter car, these girls are dressed by Simpsons of Piccadilly. The girl on the left pointing at the map wears a double-breasted three-quarter coat of Donegal

Ready to begin -- children with snowman and snowballs
Ready to begin -- two children with a snowman and snowballs. 20th century

Hospital Meals
The Senior Nurse gets the plates ready whilst the junior nurses begin to dish up a meal from metal tureens at Queen Marys Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, England. Date: 1960s

Examining a Dog
Two vets examine a sick little dog, they are perhaps getting ready to take an x-ray. Date: circa 1960

London / Bermondsey / 1813
A south view of London St, Dockhead (Bermondsey). A small child gets ready for a swim. Date: 1813

Lifeboat on Carriage
A lifeboat rests on its carriage, ready to be dragged across the beach and launched into the water to the aid of a ship in distress. Date: circa 1880

Reception Room
A reception room ready to receive guests. Date: 1911

Violet and the Doll Fairy, showing a little girl called Violet with a life-sized doll who comes to life as a fairy and takes her to a fancy dress party. Date: 1900

Children / Seaside / Boats
Boys at the seaside, getting ready to take the boats out. Date: 1964

Brushing Hippos Teeth

Football / Ready to Shoot
READY TO SHOOT Date: 1908

Logs stored under a chalet in Switzerland
A large store of logs, ready chopped for the fire, forming an interesting pattern under a chalet in Switzerland, along with some cooking utensils

Ships crew in rowing boat with oars held vertically
The crew of a ship in a rowing boat with the oars held vertically

Before and After, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Before (on joining) and after (ready for sea) photos of a boy recruit on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Getting baby ready for his bath
A mother gets her baby ready for his bath. Soap, talcum powder and cotton wool are ready on a table at her side

Testing the water for babys bathtime
A mother tests the temperature of the water for her babys bath. Soap, talcum powder and cotton wool are ready on a table at her side

Westminster Abbey, ready for Coronation of George V
A view of Westminster Abbey, with the Coronation Chair at the centre, ready for the coronation of King George V

Cricket: The Surrey Eleven
The men of Surrey Cricket club stand infront of a tent, holding cricket bats and a ball, ready for action

Hounds of the Cheshire Hunt
The hounds of the Cheshire Hunt lined up ready for the start of the hunting season. The Cheshire Hunt was founded in 1763

The Use of Motor-Cars in Street Fighting
The photograph shows a Revolutionary car with soldiers on the footboard ready for action

The Russian Armys Support of the Revolution
The photograph shows a regiment with the red flag outside the Tauris Palace, ready to assist the Duma

Red Kaffir Archers of Chitral - Khyber Pass
The Khyber Pass - the mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location

Lear / Nonsense / Boat
There was an Old Man in a boat, who said, I m afloat, I m afloat! When they said, No you ain t! he was ready to faint, that unhappy Old Man in a boat

London Opinion 1935
A jolly looking woman wearing a party dress and paper hat opens the top of an old wireless set, ready to play some tunes perhaps

The Balloon Societys Garden Party, 1881
Engraving showing several views of the Balloon Societys Garden Party at Lillie Bridge, London, in 1881. The images show (clockwise from top left)

Chef Ready Meals
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RAF Liberator bombers over an Atlantic Convoy; Second Worl
Illustration showing Royal Air Force Liberator bombers flying over an Atlantic convoy, during a German U-boat (submarine) attack, 1943

Amateur Photographers at the Circus, c. 1886
Engraving showing a group of amateur photographers, ready to indulge their hobby, at a visiting circus, c.1886

Japnese Lady Washing
A Japanese lady at her toilet is washed by one servant while another holds a drawer of combs ready to do her hair

The Sea Messenger, 1870
Engraving of the Sea Messenger, a lifeboat designed for ships letters and papers, invented by J.A.R. Vandenbergh. As many ships carried mail and state papers

The Trinity Wharf Buoy Store, Blackwall, 1868
Engraving showing main store of the Corporation of Trinity House at Trinity Wharf, Blackwall, with buoys, markers and name boards

Getting Ready for a Formal Evening, 1928
Illustration showing a fashionable young woman getting ready, with the help of her maid, for a formal evening event as her more mature escort waits patiently on a sofa

Flying to Switzerland for winter sports
Imperial Airways first winter sports service, flying from Croydon to Bale, Switzerland. Women with their ski equipment stand by ready to board the plane

French mountain gun
An 80mm mountain-gun, ready to be fired by a French artillery regiment. The gun was able to fire mines weighing up to 236lb

German Sniper in a tree, Normandy, 1944
Illustration showing a German sniper, suspended in a tree by a parachute-style attachment, taking aim at nearby Allied troops, Normandy, 1944

Dog Sledges ready for use in the Arctic, 1875
Engraving showing dog sledges for use in Arctic conditions, circa 1875. As can be seen in the picture, many Arctic explorers favoured the use of sledges drawn by dogs

Propellors for the Normandie, February 1935
Photograph of three propellors built at Deptford, London, for the French liner Normandie. Each of these propellors were 16ft in diameter, made of Turbiston bronze and weighed 23 tons

Camera-carrying rocket
A rocket used to propel a camera to 2600 feet to capture an ariel image. The soldiers are pictured here ready to fire the rocket from its framework

War photography - two soldiers with camera-carrying rocket
A rocket used to propel a camera to 2600 feet to capture an ariel image. Two soldiers are pictured here about to load the rocket into its framework before it is positioned ready to fire

Fisherman and Family looking out to sea
Engraving, originally entitled An anxious moment, showing a small family and a fisherman standing on a quay looking out to sea

The Cyclist Company of the 1st Oxford University Volunteers
Photograph of the Cyclist Company of the 1st Oxford University Volunteers, practising their drill for resisting an attack by cavalry, 1889

Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F. A. Cup Final, 1904
Series of illustrations from the Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F.A. Cup Final at the Crystal Palace ground, London, 23rd April 1904

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Turkeys in Poulterers
A fine display of turkeys hanging in a butchers shop at Smithfield, London, ready for Christmas dinners

Mitcham Fair 1930S
Workmen getting the roundabouts ready at Mitcham Fair, Surrey, England

Lady Sailor
A stylish young woman mops the deck of her boat, moored on the banks of the River Stour, England, getting it ready for a spot of Easter sailing!

Edwardian City Gent
Profile of a young upper class gentleman, dressed in a three- piece pin-striped suit and bowler hat, ready to go off to his job in the City

Proud Mother & Son
An Edwardian Lady wearing a fur stole, looks proud of her grown-up son in his pin- striped suit, overcoat and bowler hat, ready for his new job in the City

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