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HMS Exeter, British heavy cruiser, WW2HMS Exeter (68), British York class heavy cruiser, returning home in February 1940 after repairs following the Battle of the River Plate (December 1939)
Boeing Stratocruiser N90942 American OverseasFlagship Europe of American Overseas Airlines. This aircraft had a collision with another Stratocruiser in 1967 and was damaged beyond repair. Date: 1948
Soldiers as munitions workersHaving enlisted early in the war, and been sent back from the front, many British soldiers found work in factories producing war munitions. Date: 1915
London Fire Brigade repair workshop, Lambeth HQ, with a mechanic working on top of a fire appliance
Ladder after repair in workshops, Lambeth HQLadder (No.13 TTL) after repair in workshops, Lambeth HQ
Massey Shaw fireboat under repair
Man with his Austin car, parked at the roadside for repairs or maintenance
American planes in ChinaIn a repair hangar somewhere in China, skilled Chinese workers repair Curtiss P-40 and other American fighter planes Date: 1942 - 1945
Reims Cathedral, France, restored after WW1Reims Cathedral in France restored and back in use after damage sustained during World War One. Date: June 1920
Big fighting ships auxiliaries by G. H. DavisNavy notes of the week. A big fighting ships auxiliaries: some little-known members of the British fleet. 1912
Indian soldiers repairing roads in France, WW1Indian soldiers repairing roads on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Ground crew activities by G. H. DavisThe men behind the fighter pilots: how the ground crews keep their aircraft fighting fit. RAF teamwork during the Second World War. Date: 1941
Mending Atlantic cables by G. H. DavisMending earthquake-torn Atlantic cables: methods and tools. How the Atlantic cables broken by the submarine earthquake (18 November) are repaired: perilous work in winter. Date: 1929
Ground crews and heavy bombers by G. H. DavisBackground to a raid on Berlin: the ground crews who keep British heavy bombers in the air during the Second World War. Showing the vital maintenance work carried out at a British bomber base
Fisherman making and repairing lobster potsA fisherman making and repairing lobster pots. Date: circa 1930
Silhouette Calendar -- January, New Year Resolutions. Showing a little girl sewing at a table. Date: 20th century
Mending household items 1944Make Do and Mend. During World War Two women became very resourceful, they tackled repairs and maintenance of many clothing and household items, that today we would just throw away and replace. 1944
Man with motorbike in a fieldA man with his motorbike in a field. He is either repairing the bike or picking flowers!
Fisherman repairing lobster potsA fisherman repairing lobster pots. Date: circa 1930
Jeep undergoing repairA jeep in a yard, undergoing repair
Man repairing a jeepA man repairing a jeep
People repairing a vehicleTwo women and a man repairing a large vehicle
Two men repairing motorcyclesTwo men in a garage, repairing motorcycles
Two women working in a garage, repairing vehicles
Vehicles awaiting repairVehicles in a yard, waiting to be repaired, or perhaps they are beyond repair and are being held for spare parts
Building a CaissonAn engraving of a caisson - a watertight structure designed to be used for work on the foundations of bridges and piers and even the repair of ships. Date: 1588
Re-building Menai Suspension BridgeThe Menai Suspension Bridge - built by Thomas Telford, opened in 1826. Reconstruction started in June 1938. Date: 1938
London Cotton GardenUseful chunks of building stone lying about at Cotton Garden, Westminster - and some houses badly in need of repair... Date: 1804
Paving a French StreetFrench paveurs at work, paving a street with stone blocks, useful for street demonstrations or building barricades. Date: circa 1845
Karl Caspar Von TrierKARL CASPAR von der LEYEN, kurfurst (prince-archbishop) von TRIER, ELECTOR an able ruler who sought to repair the ravages of the Thirty Years War. Date: ? - 1676
Water ExtractionRoadworks for extracting water from high level sandy soil, Britain. Date: 1960s
MOLLISONs PUSS MOTHJames Allan Mollisons (husband of Amy Johnson) de Havilland Puss Moth aeroplane, being overhauland at Hendon, England. Date: February 1933
Road Making in AmericaRoad making by tractor in rural America. Date: early 1930s
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - 100 Stone Steps Date: 1910s
A Zapatero (Itinerant Street Cobbler), Mexico City, Mexico. Date: 1904
17 Gough Square - where Dr. Johnson compiled his dictionary17 Gough Square, Fleet Street, London - where Dr. Samuel Johnson compiled his dictionary in 1748. In the garret (with the slanting roof) his assistants worked
Taiwan (Formosa) - Essential house repairs taking placeSiraya People, Taiwan (Formosa) - Essential house repairs taking place (during the period of the Japanese occupation of Formosa following the First Sino-Japanese War). Date: circa 1910s
Repairing a junk - Vietnam / China border - Xi RiverRepairing a junk near the Vietnam / China border on the banks of the Xi River, the western tributary of the Pearl River in China
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A little bit behind" A little bit behind!" - A kind young girl helps her boy chum who has torn his shorts and requires an urgent spot of patching-up! Date: circa 1942
A Cosy Diner - Workmen have lunch amid the air raidsKeep Calm and Carry On. A quite fantastic photograph showing two workmen engaged in repairing air raid damage in the London area continue with their private luncheon although the sirens have sounded
Venice, Italy - Gondola Boatyard and workshopThe gondola workshop and Boatyard - Squero di San Trovaso in Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1910s
Admiring a Ladies smart new AutomobileJust a few remarks A crowd of town folk admiring a Ladys smart new Automobile. Date: circa 1904
Advertising Card for Whiteleys Electric Shop, 84 John Street, New York, USA - featuring the smiling visage of a pretty model
Natives repair tailplane (McCarthy Island). Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF
The Repair and overhaul of Dutch Air Force Airspeed Oxfords
View from Kipling Pagoda - Moulmein - The site has been occupied by a pagoda since 700AD. Gold pagoda under repair. Wide terraces with dipping roofed steps leading down the steep hill
Mending household items 1943Make Do and Mend. During World War Two women became very resourceful, they tackled repairs and maintenance of many clothing and household items, that today we would just throw away and replace. 1943
Learning to Mend ShoesA class of London County Council schoolboys being taught how to repair shoes. Date: early 1930s