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Removal Collection (page 3)

Background imageRemoval Collection: Trade catalogue of mens manicure equipment 1911

Trade catalogue of mens manicure equipment 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a selection of clippers and nickel, antisptic, jugs, soap bowl, shaving mug, brilliantine bottles and nickel spray. Date: 1911

Background imageRemoval Collection: Cottage, Knockholt, Kent

Cottage, Knockholt, Kent
Cottage, Knockholt, Sevenoaks, near Halstead, Kent, England. Next door to premises of C Chilton - Removal Services Date: 1900s

Background imageRemoval Collection: Advertisement for Decoltene liquid hair remover

Advertisement for Decoltene liquid hair remover, which stresses that the vogue for decollete and transparent sleeve makes the smooth underarm a matter of importance to the woman who prides herself

Background imageRemoval Collection: Advert for Decoltene liquid hair remover 1920

Advert for Decoltene liquid hair remover 1920
Decoltene. A Smooth under-arm enhances a womans beauty. The one simple and safe way to entirely remove superfluous hair is by the application of Decoltene, the liquid hair remover. Date: 1920

Background imageRemoval Collection: The brass plate at the German Embassy removed during WWI

The brass plate at the German Embassy removed during WWI
A sign of diplomatic relations breaking down at the outbreak of World War One was the removal of the brass plate at the German Embassy in London

Background imageRemoval Collection: Jelks in wartime, second hand furniture merchant, WW1

Jelks in wartime, second hand furniture merchant, WW1
Advertisement for Jelk s, W. Jelks & Sons of Holloway Road, London, with fifty years experience in house removals and second hand furniture

Background imageRemoval Collection: James Sutton Removals

James Sutton Removals
A removal van belonging to James Sutton Removals. Storage is also offered

Background imageRemoval Collection: Man who has bought a fine wooden chest at Auction

Man who has bought a fine wooden chest at Auction
In Possession. A man who has bought a fine wooden chest at an Auction awaiting transportation to remove it. Date: 1894

Background imageRemoval Collection: Japan - Taking brides possessions to new home

Japan - Taking brides possessions to new home
Japan - The removal (by porters) of a Japanese brides possessions to her new marital home owned by her future husband. Date: circa 1908

Background imageRemoval Collection: Typical Short Solent upper-deck cabin

Typical Short Solent upper-deck cabin
A typical Short Solent upper-deck cabin looking back towards the head of the stairway. The removal of one line of chairs illustrates how the layout may be varied to suit different requirements

Background imageRemoval Collection: Water removal from tyre tread

Water removal from tyre tread

Background imageRemoval Collection: London Salvage Corps at an incident

London Salvage Corps at an incident
A salvage worker from the London Salvage Corps inspects a room following the removal/collapse of a plasterboard partition

Background imageRemoval Collection: NFS heavy unit crew removing mobile pump by ramp

NFS heavy unit crew removing mobile pump by ramp
A heavy unit from a Brixton fire station sub-station, seen here at Regional headquarters, Lambeth, with the crew either removing or loading the trailer pump which was the appliances fire pump when

Background imageRemoval Collection: Pickfords Removals advert

Pickfords Removals advert for Possum Luggage in Advance, family removals, 1909 Date: 1909

Background imageRemoval Collection: Veet advertisement, depilatory cream, 1927

Veet advertisement, depilatory cream, 1927
A cream that removes hair like magic! Date: 1927

Background imageRemoval Collection: Moving home

Moving home
Moving to a new home. Scene from the Swedish every day life Date: 1850s

Background imageRemoval Collection: People coming out to see what is happening

People coming out to see what is happening
Mrs Bobbity and her neighbours coming out to see what is happening -- the van driver gets hold of Dobbin. Date: 1937

Background imageRemoval Collection: Oslo National Gallery

Oslo National Gallery
The empty picture frames left behind in the National Gallery, Oslo, Norway, following the removal of the paintings due to the imminent threat of World War Two. Date: late 1930s

Background imageRemoval Collection: Removal man running after the horse and van

Removal man running after the horse and van
One of the removal men (the van driver) running after the horse and van, surprised that steady old Dobbin would run off like that. Date: 1937

Background imageRemoval Collection: Removal men with horse-drawn van

Removal men with horse-drawn van
Removal men filling their horse-drawn van with furniture. The horse is having a rest, eating from a nosebag. Date: 1937

Background imageRemoval Collection: Horse charges off with van

Horse charges off with van
The removal men are surprised when Dobbin the horse charges off after Jack Sparrow, leaving pieces of furniture scattered on the ground. Date: 1937

Background imageRemoval Collection: Collecting articles to furning refugee houses WWII

Collecting articles to furning refugee houses WWII
Local residents in Chelsea, London, give household articles towards furnishing houses for refugees. Here Mrs. Gamis sees her gifts loaded on to a collecting van

Background imageRemoval Collection: A Huddersfield Horse cab

A Huddersfield Horse cab
A fine photograph of an equally fine horse-drawn cab, with an open soft top, driven by the proprietor of the firm, W Haigh. Mr Haigh specialised in furniture removals, cabs and as a Daily Carrier

Background imageRemoval Collection: Pickfords Removers and Storers - Highgate

Pickfords Removers and Storers - Highgate
A removal van pulls up in front of a row of houses in Highgate Village, London. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageRemoval Collection: Temple Bar Removed

Temple Bar Removed
The removal of Temple Bar, which, however picturesque, was a terrible obstacle to traffic : it was re-erected in Theobalds Park, near Waltham Cross where it was sadly neglected

Background imageRemoval Collection: Steam Furniture Removal vans, Pimlico, London

Steam Furniture Removal vans, Pimlico, London
Bishop & Sons Steam-powered Furniture Removal van, Hugh Street, Pimlico, London

Background imageRemoval Collection: The Removal of Kings Cross, London, 1845

The Removal of Kings Cross, London, 1845
Engraving showing the dismantling and removal of the Kings Cross building in London, 1845. The building served as exhibition hall, police station and beer shop in its time

Background imageRemoval Collection: Police Vehicle Removal

Police Vehicle Removal
Metropolitan Police vehicle removal unit taking a car to the pound

Background imageRemoval Collection: Gokstad Viking Ship

Gokstad Viking Ship
Excavated in 1880, a perfectly preserved Viking ship shown after its removal from a long barrow at Gokstad, Norway

Background imageRemoval Collection: Removal Men 1929

Removal Men 1929
Removal men at the Great Stanhope Street house of Mr Clarence Hatry, the City of London fincancier, jailed for fraud

Background imageRemoval Collection: Removal of Fluid

Removal of Fluid
Fluid removed from a patients abdomen using a stomach drain

Background imageRemoval Collection: Shaving Machine

Shaving Machine
Six men are shaved simultaneously in this up-to- date shaving establishment, equipped with the very latest thing in mechanical beard- removal

Background imageRemoval Collection: Crystal Palace Scrap

Crystal Palace Scrap
General view of the Crystal Palace after its removal to the suburbs

Background imageRemoval Collection: A Bessemer converter in a German steelworks

A Bessemer converter in a German steelworks -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron, removing impurities by oxidation by blowing air through the molten iron

Background imageRemoval Collection: Leg Amputation, 16th century

Leg Amputation, 16th century
Removing a leg in the 16th century



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