Safe Collection (page 4)

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

French soldiers removing wine for safe keeping, WW1
French soldiers removing wine from cellars in Amiens for safe keeping on the British Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

An efficient ships lifeboat by G. H. Davis
In quest of an efficient ships lifeboat: a type which might have helped the Volturno (where one lifeboat overturned, two smashed against the side of the burning vessel)

Cartoons, Antwerp to London, WW1
Cartoons, Antwerp to London, by a Belgian artist who did it. Showing how a Belgian artist, Ms Norblin, decided to escape wartime Belgium

Survivors from German U-boat attack, WW1
Some of the survivors from a German U-boat attack which sank three British cruisers (Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy) in the North Sea on 22 September 1914, in the early stages of the First World War

Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank, California, USA
Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank, Sixth and Spring Streets, Los Angeles, California, USA, with armour-plated safe deposit vaults. Date: 20th century

Purifying river water for British troops, Western Front, WW1
Purifying river water for the consumption of British troops on the Western Front in France during World War One. Poisons are removed, the water is sterilised and is held in a canvas cistern

Heligoland submarine rescue by G. H. Davis
During the naval action off Heligoland in the early part of the First World War, a boats crew is rescued by a British submarine. Date: August 1914

Stronghold at the Chancery Lane Safe Deposit, London, 1891
Engraving showing one of the strong rooms, fitted with safes, at the Chancery Lane Safe Deposit in Chancery Lane, London, in 1891. 1891

WW2 - Propaganda - parachuting safely back to his girl
WW2 - Propaganda - the benefits of being a member of the Italian Airforce! Relief on the girls face as her man parachutes safely from his stricken plane to join her back on the ground

WW2 - Little girl searching for her home
This charming comic social commentary card from WW2 is either a little girl pondering where her new home will be (following her evacuation from the big city) or (potentially)

WW2 - Safe Arrival in Paris - GIs enjoying the nightlife
Humorous WW2 era French postcard postcard, bearing the caption " I confirm I have arrived safely..." These two American GIs certainly seem to be enoying their arrival in France

Back from the Boer War - Scene at a London Terminus of a wounded soldie returning to his relieved family after his tour to Southern Africa. Date: circa 1901

Safe in dangerous waters. Illustration shows a real American girl sailing a small boat around rocks that look like crowns of royalty in the Sea of Matrimony where boats labeled American Fortunes have

China safe - for the present. Illustration shows an eagle labeled Germany and the Russian Bear relaxing after eating, there are bones labeled Shan-Tung and Manchuria at their feet. Date 1902 April 9

1902 finds the helm in safe hands. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt, dressed for rough seas, standing at the helm labeled Ship of State, with a firm grip on the wheel

General Kuropatkin in a safe place. Print shows Russian general A.N. Kuropatkin holding a rifle and a lantern, sitting on a chair, encircled by fencing. Date 1904 or 1905

The only safe weapons against cancer are surgery, x-rays and radium Do not trust your life to other methods. Poster identifying proper treatments for cancer. Date 1938

Police guard MP at 5, 000 slate club share out

Saving a baby from flooded building, South Wales
A baby is handed to safety after houses were swept away when heavy rains hit the Aberdare area of South Wales. circa 1911

Good Luck Postcard - WWI era - wishing the recipient a Safe Return from posting to France and Belgium. " When duty caled, you answered and bravely took your stand

South African Gold in large bars resting on top of a Milners Safe Co. safe in Johannesburg. Date: circa 1910s

Girl Rock Climber
This woman rock climber doesn t look very safe as she straddles two rocks! Date: 1930s

Boys Helping Glider
A group of boys with ropes, attempting to guide a glider plane down to a safe landing. Date: 1930s

Gambling Takings
The truth about gambling : after close of play, the takings are locked away in a safe. Date: 1930s

Safety Bike
A man wheels a Safety Bicycle, an early form of bicycle from the 1890s which replaced the Penny Farthing. However, he obviously does not think it safe enough to ride through Holborn, London! 1930s

Wartime poster advertising Savings Certificates, said to be safe as the British Empire (marked red on the map). Showing returns on investments over 5 years and 10 years. 1940s

Dutch poster about blackout precautions during the Second World War. circa 1942

Explorers at safe driving Road Rally
Boys preparing for their Road Rally event. Every year American Explorers can join specially arranged national events. A popular one is the Road Rally that involves safe driving. circa 1960s

London Blitz 1941
A mother smiles with her children amid the ruins of a typical working class home, following a bombing raid overnight and in the early morning on 20th March 1941. Date: March 1941

Page from Safety First Album
Page from Safety First, An Album to contain a Series of Cigarette Cards of National Importance, issued by W D & H O Wills, featuring tips for sharing roads with trams

Quite Safe -- little girl on a swing
Quite Safe -- a little girl on a box-style swing, eating a sandwich. 19th century

Cottagers Hives
A cottager tends his hives, while his children keep a safe distance... Date: 1881

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