Safe Collection (page 3)

Postcard portrait of King George V and Queen Mary. Printed on reverse - With our best wishes for Christmas 1914. May God protect you and bring you home safe. Mary R. - George R.I. Commemorative Art

British naval convoy system by G. H. Davis
The method of safeguarding the freedom of the seas: the British naval convoy system at work. Making the high seas safe for Allied

Poster - Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme
Mothers - let them go - give them a chance of greater safety and health. Public Information poster issued by the Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme circa 1942

Gotham National Bank, New York
Gotham National Bank, 59th Street & Columbus Circle, Interior, Safe Deposit Vaults, Inside of Vault. -ninth Street (New York, N.Y.)

Summoning a Spirit
Standing in a magic circle, manual in one hand and sword (to be on the safe side) in the other, a magician summons a spirit to do his bidding

Marco Polo Kublai Khan
Marco Polo receives a golden tablet from Kublai Khan, ensuring safe passage through the Great Khans land

Hermes & Zeus (Lagrenee)
Hermes carries the infant Zeus to the nymphs of Melissa for safe-keeping

Mahatma Gandhi cartoon
A cartoon on the subject of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, showing him making international calls on a telephone, with bags of money at his side

Advert for Chancery Lane safe deposit 1888
Chancery Lane Safe Deposit, interior showing entrance, cash box room, vestibule, strong room and safes and telephone room for the use of renters. Date: 1888

Advert for Chancery Lane safe deposit 1886
Fire-proof safes for all valuables; cash boxes, jewellery and title deeds. 1886

Label design, Safe Hit Texas Vegetables. early 20th century

Safe deposits for the valuables of passengers on Queen Mary
The unique provision of safe deposits for the valuables of passengers on board the Queen Mary ocean liner. The problem of protecting valuables at sea solved by providing a passengers strong room

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue helicopter
A 22 Squadron Royal Air Force Search and Rescue helicopter, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex, lands safely

Underground town in England impervious to flying bombs
An underground town in southern England impervious to flying bombs. A town somewhere in southern England (not named by the Illustrated London News)

On Western Front 1918
Officers making obeservations from a safe distance with the aid of binoculars, near the Front Line of the Western Front. Date: 1918

Bus Conductress
A girl in a red polka dot dress happily flicks through a magazine on the back seat of the lower deck of a Routemaster bus, watched over by a happy bus conductress. Date: late 1950s

Handley Page Gugnunc
The HP.39 is specially designed to compete in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition in America : it is placed second, meeting almost all the stringent requirements Date: 1929

Cartoon, Croesus, WW1
Cartoon, Croesus (Cresus). A comment on the food shortage in France during the First World War - a man hides his egg in a safe

Groom & Best Man
The best man (left) and the rather nervous-looking groom arrive at the church and show that they have the brides ring safe and sound. Date: 1970s

The Asylum of Peace
THE ASYLUM OF PEACE Exile:-" Ah, Dear Britannia, it is with you, only, I can be certain of a safe home!" Date: 2 June 1866

Russia / 1917 / Bank Safes
Bolsheviks inspect safe deposits in a bank. Date: 1917 - 1918

Cartoon, Armenia Delivered, WW1
Cartoon, Armenia Delivered. Russia delivers Armenia from the Turks, depicted here in an allegorical way. Date: 1916

Advertisement for Nonflam flameproof clothing
Advertisement for Nonflam flameproof Flannelette clothing, strongly recommended by coroners. Date: early 20th century

Amsterdam Savings Bank, Amsterdam, New York State, USA
Interior of the Amsterdam Savings Bank, Division Street, Amsterdam, New York State, USA. circa 1915

Why Englands Food is Safe, WW1
Why Englands Food is Safe, showing how the majority of food supplies come from countries who are not on the side of the enemy during the First World War. Date: 1914

WW2 birthday card, dog cartoon
WW2 birthday card (inside), cartoon by Richardson, a dog inside its kennel with sandbags piled up all around. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, Convoy, by Frank Mason. Date: 1939

Picture of a man placing bags of gold in a safe
Slide showing a picture of a large man placing bags of gold into a Patent Fire Proof Safe, while two people drink outside the window. Part of Box 366

Melbourne Safe Deposit Buildings, Queen Street
Black and white image of the exterior of the Safe Deposit Buildings, Queen Street, Melbourne, Australia. Part of Box 100, Melbourne, Boswell Collection. Slide number 15. Date: circa 1890

Steppe / Horsfields Tortoise - burrows for shelter in the soil - for the night (Agrionemys horsfieldii ). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. Testudo - April

Soldier returning home from the trenches, WW1
A soldier returning home from the trenches, greeted at the door of his house by his wife and son. Date: 1916

Suffragette-Proof House of Commons. A suffragette-proof palisade or bunker guarded by a policeman is erected at the House of Commons

Suffragette, Safe in the Arms of a Policeman. At a Suffragette demonstration, a policeman snatches a troublemaker who grabs his nose. Umbrellas and placards abound. Date: circa 1908

Fire safety -- baby playing near guarded coal fire
Fire safety -- a baby playing near a guarded coal fire

Fire safety in the kitchen -- a burning frying pan

Fire safety -- correctly guarded electric fire
Fire safety -- a correctly guarded electric fire

Fire safety -- correctly guarded coal fire
Fire safety -- a family in their sitting room with a correctly guarded coal fire

Fire safety for children -- a boy and girl playing near a wrecked car. The boy is about to strike a match near the open fuel cap

Fire safety -- paraffin oil stove
Fire safety -- a Valor Junior paraffin oil stove with a safety guard around it

Fire safety in the theatre -- a notice in a backstage area: Release for stage lantern, in case of fire pull down lever

Fire safety at bedtime -- a staged photograph for a Safe at Night fire prevention scheme, 28 February 1969. This family have been woken by a smell of smoke

Fire prevention officer checking safety curtain
A fire prevention officer checking the time it takes for a safety curtain to come down on a theatre stage. It should not take longer than 30 seconds

Fire prevention officer checking skylight release
A fire prevention officer checking the quick release mechanism for opening a stage skylight

Fire prevention training for student nurses
Fire prevention training for a class of student nurses. A sub-officer of the fire prevention branch demonstrates the operation of a carbon dioxide extinguisher

Student nurses practising three handed lift
Student nurses practising a three handed lift, supervised by a sub-officer of the fire prevention branch

Queen Mary ocean liner: Purified air; safe deposits
An unrivalled system of air-conditioning for the main public rooms on board the Queen Mary ocean liner; And the unique provision of safe deposits for the valuables of passagers. Date: 1936

Watertight tobacco & cigarette box for the front, WW1
An air tight, watertight tobacco and cigarette box to keep your smokes dry at the Front, available from Silver and Edgington of Eastcheap, London. The advertisement contains testimonials from J

Pug Peter -- dog carried through air by seagulls
Pug Peter -- Peter rescued from the Deep. A dog is carried through the air by two seagulls. Date: 1905

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