Rubber Collection (page 7)

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

Happy Angler
The happy angler : Fishing rod, gaff, rubber boots, etc. are all essential angling gear. Date: 1930s

Shock Proof Car Clock
A shock proof car clock (with luminous figures), which adheres to the dashboard by means of its rubber casing. Only 7 shillings and 9 pence from Harrods of London. Date: 1930s

Jackie Coogan on the Leviathan
Jackie Coogan (John Leslie Coogan 1914-1984) - child star of silent films (famously starring alongside Charle Chaplin in The Kid )

New York World Fair 1939, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Building

Poor Rate Receipt, Kidderminster Union
A receipt for a poor rate payment by A Gristwood of the Borough of Bewdley to the Kidderminster Union in September 1923. The Unions operation was financed by the poor rate - the forerunner of

Diamond Rubber Company - Tyre Department
Main Division of the Automobile Tire Building Department of the Diamond Rubber Company. 540 men are shown in this group

Card from J Waller & Co to an unsuccessful job applicant
A card sent from J Waller & Co. of 89 Aldersgate Street, London (purveyors of India rubber stamps and accessories for wholesale and export) to an unsuccessful applicant (Mr E Myers)

Rubber anti-gas suit 1918
Private Sloan wearing a rubber anti-gas suit as a protection against gas attacks at Croix de Claremont on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1918

Patent Office Curiosities and Ingenuities
Some Curiosities and Ingenuities of the Patent Office! These include a popelling device, a helmet-mounted gun, a submersible lifesaving apparatus, a cool pipe

William Nutbean, Certificate of Discharge
Certificate of Discharge of William Nutbean, a Fireman/Stoker on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic. Nutbean survived, and this is a replacement document

Eat More Fish by de Rosa
Humorous illustration showing a gentleman relaxing as he bobs in the sea using a rubber ring, reading in his newspaper about eating more fish

Tapping a rubber tree - Ceylon
A woman in Ceylon tapping a rubber tree with traditional techniques

Richard Sands Air Walking at Drury Lane, 1853
Engraving showing Richard Sands (d.1861), the American acrobat, equestrian and air walker, performing at Drury Lane Theatre, London, March 1853

Advertisement for Bowns Perfect Process for Bicycle Tyres
Advertisement for the Perfect Process of securing Rubber tyres to rims of bicycles and carriages, as offered by W. Bown of Summer Lane, Birmingham

Goose Flesh Treatment
Todays beauty hint: a friction rub for goose flesh. Goose flesh on arms and elbows can be dealt with by rubbing hard with a rubber friction brush to restore circulation

Rubber : Columbus
Columbus, during his second voyage, finds the natives of Haiti playing games with rubber balls

Rubber : Collecting
After preliminary processing, the rubber is taken to market or trading post

Rubber : in Africa
Collecting rubber in Africa

Rubber : Smoking
Smoking the freshly gathered juice to make it plastic and easily handled, after which it is left to dry for four days

Rubber : Traders
Rubber is purchased by European or American traders

Demonstration of the Dracone, Southampton, 1958
Photograph of the Dracone, a flexible towed trailer for the transport of fluids lighter than water, Southampton, 19th September 1958

Sydenham Crystal Palace
Charles Goodyears India- Rubber Court : at first some attempt is made to house exhibits like those of the Great Exhibition, but activities soon diversify

Canning Mackerels
Two young women canning mackerels at Shipmans factory, Newlyn, near Penzance, Cornwall, England

Bath / Torpedo 1917
A little girl in her bath: " I hope to goodness I shan t be torpedoed!"

Industry / Rubber
Factory interior: Indiarubber waterproof works, old farm house in Surrey

Diving Suit Struggle
A German underwater photographer struggles to get into his rubber diving suit, with a little help from his friends. Date: 1930s

Beating Rubber / Congo
The rubber industry in the Belgian Congo - thumping rubber to remove particles of wood and fibre

French Rubber Factory
Interior of a French rubber factory

Collecting Latex / Brazil
Collecting latex in Para, Brazil. The tree is tapped and the sap is collected

Making Rubber in Brazil
A Brazilian native making india-rubber on the Madeira River

Tapping Rubber Trees
A woman and young boy tap rubber trees in Malaya and collect the sap in buckets

Goodyears Lifeboat
Charles Goodyear of New Haven, Connecticut, best known for his tyres, also displays an india-rubber lifeboat and pontoon at the Crystal Palace

Girl Snorkeller
A young woman, in a bikini, prepares to go snorkelling by putting on her rubber flippers. Her goggles & snorkel are worn on her head ready for the first dive

Gt Expec / Cards / Havisham
A rubber at Miss Havishams Date: First published: 1860-61

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