Rubber Collection (page 6)

Advertisement for Dunlop tyres, WW1
A patriotic advertisement for Dunlop tyres in the early stages of the First World War. Dunlops are British-made -- avoid continental tyres made by the enemy! Date: September 1914

Advertisement for O Sullivans shaped rubber heels for men and women. Wearing these, you can increase your walking powers one hundred per cent. From B F Goodrich of Golden Lane, London. 1914

Advert for Gamages childrens toys 1929
Gamages. The childrens mecca. Beautiful toys and novelties - everything the heart of a child desires is to be found at Gamages, one of the Worlds greatest stores. Date: 1929

Mens shoes 1924
American clothing catalogue. Men - here is trade getting value. A maximum of style and comfort in genuine Goodyear Welts you cannot duplicate. Choice of brown or black

Advert for Leysea bathing caps 1934
The Leysea bathing cap. Comfortable and smart, it has " Nautilus" shell earpieces which give distinction to the cap, and ease to the ears. 1934

Kleinerts viking caps advertisement
Advertisement for rubber bathing caps from Kleinert s. The model shown is Pom Pom, which is white and side-trimmed with floral rosettes. A masculine skull cap is also available for men. Date: 1950

Letter returned to sender, WW1
A letter addressed to a Mr Loewenthal, a British subject living in London, returned to sender in Hamburg " owing to state of war"

Advertisement, Dryad Tea Waggon
Advertisement for the Dryad Tea Waggon, with three oak trays, on four plated swivel wheels, rubber tyred, with cane work. Very convenient for houses with long passages and for tea on the lawn

Two girls bathing in a stream with a rubber ring

Advert for Goodyears Chemigum synthetic rubber 1942
Another Goodyear contribution to progress. Since the Japanese Invasion of the Dutch East Indies the loss of our crude rubber supply has been extremely serious to the Allied War Effort

Man at work on a country road
A man at work on a country road, with a section of piping resting on raised bricks

Advert for Lilley & Skinner tennis shoes 1928
Seletion of tennis shoes for women. 1928

Advert for Lillywhites tennis clothing 1937
White tennis wear for 1937. Tailored tennis dresses of white pique or heavy linen. Date: 1937

Advert for Mandleberg & Co. waterproofs 1890
Mandleberg, patent coats made from rubber and " free from odour", for men and women. 1890

Advert for Lillywhites sports shoes for men and women 1937
Shoes specially designed for sports at Lillywhites. 1937

Rubber : Cutting Trees
Brazilian workers cutting trees in a rubber plantation, in the Amazon region Date: 1910

Sheets of Rubber drying on racks - Malaysia Date: circa 1920s

Congo - Africa - Arrival of India Rubber, transported in specially-designed wicker carriers. In the early 1900s, the Congo Free State was also a significant source of natural rubber latex

The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company Factory, Akron, Ohio Date: 1930s

Tapping a rubber tree - Singapore Date: circa 1908

Singapore - Tapping a rubber tree. Date: circa 1930

Large Rubber Tree, Bermuda
Children sitting on the splayed branches of a large Rubber tree, Bermuda. Date: 1912

48-band rubber-driven flying machine (showing purchase and winder). Hargrave Slide 16

Rubber-driven flying machine: front plane eliminated. Hargrave Slide 11

Hevea brasilensis, rubber tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Taken from Kohler, Med. Pflanz, 1898

Manihot glaziovii, Ceara rubber tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. This tree, which is native to Hawaii, is from the family Euphorbiaceae

Indian Rubber Tree, Hamilton, Bermuda 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

ferry landing - Moulmein
Ferry landing - Moulmein - Two days ago a river ferry was heavily laden with rubber and seventy passengers. In midstream suddenly split open with rot. None survived the ebbing tide

Rangoon Rubber Plantation - Rangoon - Without enough rubber, know how, or equipment, they cant get made badly- needed tyres, but they certainly let themselves go on balloons. Date: 1951

Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of rubber
During World War Two, Britain got 90% of their suppies of natural rubber from Japan, due to this, rubber became scarce. Old rubber was collected from old tyres and worn hose-pipes

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LCC-LFB Dennis motorised pump-escape
In 1910 the London Fire Brigade took delivery of the latest motorised fire engine from Dennis, the fire engine manufacturers in Surrey

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw in action
The Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935

LFB fireboat Massey Shaw tackling a warehouse fire
The Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935

LCC-LFB Daylight Rubber Co fire, Farringdon Road
A major fire at the Daylight Rubber Co warehouse in Farringdon Road required many pumps and a turntable ladder to quell the blaze, involving rubber goods

Major blaze at waste tyre dump, Mitcham, Surrey
Even though WW2 was over, the NFS continued until 1948. The London Region covered the Greater London including Mitcham, Surrey

Operating track, covered with rubber flooring, and crossed w
Front of operating room in which are arranged parallel with track, 24 cameras at a distance of 12 inchdes from the center of each lens, and an electro-shutter in front of each. Date c1881

Save scrap for victory! Save metals, save paper, save rubber, save rags. Poster for the Philadelphia Salvage Committee encouraging scrap drives to aid the war effort. Date between 1941 and 1943

Ride together - work together - save rubber for victory. Poster promoting commuting and working together as part of the war effort. Date between 1941 and 1943

Seeley s. Hard rubber. Trusses

L. Candee & Co. Rubber Works, manufacturers of all kinds of

Rubber tree in the U. S. barracks, Key West
Rubber tree in the U.S. barracks, Key West. Date c1900

France, Wimereux - Pas de Calais. A lovely souvenir card featuring a fetching young female bather resting on a large rubber ring

Visicks Ether Bottle, with oxygen inlet and two yards of rubber tubing [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Australian Fisherwoman
An Australian woman pulls on the rubber wading boots, that fit right over her clothes. They take the place of the housewifes apron in a unique catch-and-cook demonstration! Date: 1940s

Chimp with Tyre
A chimpanzee playing with a rubber tyre swinging on a rope. Date: 1960s

Shackleton Motor Car
Day with the motor car on the sea ice : ordinary wheels with rubber tyres were found to be the most satisfactory. Date: circa 1907

Bream Catch
A fisherman wearing a visor and rubber waders, holds up a catch of bream, Lough Forbes, County Longford, Ireland. Date: 1960s

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