Safety Collection

HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, 1845
Engraving showing HMS Erebus (left) and HMS Terror, pictured on the River Thames, 1845

Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fire
Heroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire. Date: 19th century

Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror, 1845
Engraving of Captain Francis Crozier (1796-1848) of HMS Terror, pictured shortly before departing on the ill-fated Franklin Arctic expedition of 1845

Bricklayers 1827
A bricklayer standing on a rather precarious looking scaffold. His assistant mixes mortar behind him; his hod for carrying bricks etc is nearby

Gillette Razor Advert
Begin early... shave yourself - the Gillette Safety Razor lives up to its name

WW2 - Home Front - Woman in her Gas Mask. Date: circa 1941

Verne / Under the Sea
20, 000 LIEUES SOUS LES MERS [20 000 leagues under the sea] A giant squid, seen from the safety of the Nautilus

WW2 poster, How to tackle a fire bomb, indoors and outdoors, with explanatory illustrations, by the Ministry of Home Security. Date: early 1940s

WW2 poster -- gas attack, with instructions on how to put on your gas mask, what to do if the gas rattles sound, and what to do if you get gassed. Date: 1940s

Zazel / Human Cannonball
Zazel at the Royal Aquarium, London. " A beautiful Lady shot from a monstrous cannon." This is thought to be the earliest photograph of a human cannonball act

Houdini & Skyscraper
Suspended from the cornice of a New York skyscraper, he must somehow free himself of his chains and make his way to safety... will he do it ? Is this one trick too many ?

Eddystone Lighthouse, south of Plymouth, Devon
View of the Eddystone Lighthouse, south of Plymouth, Devon, with the stub of Smeatons Tower on the left. Photograph taken before the helipad was added to the top of the lighthouse

W. Heath Robinson
Cartoon, Safety First. A Cricket forecast for 1922 showing the new safety equipment for playing cricket, which is health and safety gone mad

National Air Safety Committee Poster
Poster, National Air Safety Committee, providing instructions to new pilots -- please help to keep flying safe. 1933

Beware of Trains - In English and Welsh
A metal sign in English and Welsh stating - Beware of Trains - likely to have been positioned at a footpath crossing or at a station

The Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by ice, Barro
Engraving showing the Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by pack ice in Barrows Straits, September 1849

Miner and canary
Staffordshire coal miner gently holds the last canary to work down a British coal mine. Canaries were used to detect poisonous and dangerous gas in mines Date: 1986

Bryant and May safety match matchbox label
Bryant and May special safety match matchbox label with prize medals and stating protection from fire and are not poisonous Date: c. 1910s

Royal Sovereign light ship off Eastbourne, Sussex
Royal Sovereign light ship seven miles off Eastbourne, Sussex. It was later replaced by a lighthouse. Date: 1966

Evacuation - World War Two - Children Safer in the Country
Evacuation - World War Two - Children are Safer in the Country.... leave them there. Governement advice recommending children stay away from the big cities and targets of the bombers. circa 1942

Old Japanese Matchbox label of a cat playing with a lion made in Japan for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s

Bank Vault
The Diebold Safe & Lock Co. Vault at The New Britain Trust Co. Bank Vault

Captain Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)
Engraving of Captain Sir John Franklin in his Royal Navy uniform, pictured shortly before departing on his ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845

Advertisement for the Rover Safety Bicycle, 1885
Advertisment for the Rover Safety Bicycle, built by Starley and Sutton of the Meteor Works, Coventry

COAL MINE / PENITENT
A penitent, so named because his clothing resembled that of religious orders, rids the air of explosive gas by setting fire to it. A dangerous task, that often ended unhappily

Safety Lamps / 1826
Diagrams showing the workings of Stephensons Lamp (1 - 4), and Davys Lamp (5, on the right)

Aerial view of Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isles of Scilly
Aerial view of the Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it

A box of Christmas Eve crackers
A lovely box of Christmas crackers from the 1920s

The End of Sir John Franklins Arctic Expedition, 1845
Engraving showing the end of Sir John Franklins ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845, entitled They Forged the last link with their lives. This engraving was taken from a painting by W

Rome / Colosseum 1827
The four-storey structure had a moveable canopy, a safety net to protect the audience, a network of underground tunnels, and floors that could flood for mock sea battles!

Rover Safety Bicycle
Faster and easier than any bicycle ever made

The Tempest, Ariel
Act I, Scene II Ariel guides the ship to safety Date: 1909

Bank Vault
The Diebold Safe & Lock Co. Vault in The Bank of Montreal, New York. Bank Vault

Swans in a punt at Henley
A punt load of swans, and two cygnets, about to be transported higher up the River Thames for their safety, in preparation for the annual Henley Regatta in early July

Fire Safety Hop Pickers
Notice to Hop-pickers giving advice as to fire prevention and what to do in case of a fire. Issued by Fire Offices Committee Fire Protection Association

Harold Lloyd in the film Safety Last 1923, famous vintage Hollywood movie image

Fire in Danbury Street, Islington, N1, with people trapped, on 25 May 1958

The Pain-Proof Man & Captain Ringman Jack - Ripley s
Arthur Plumhoff The Human Pincushion - The Pain-Proof Man (left) and Captain Ringman Jack, who lifted weights through holes through his breasts

WW2 poster, Get used to the blackout
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Some day I really will try waiting for a few minutes to get used to the blackout... if only I m still here

WW2 poster, The blackout
WW2 poster by Fougasse, The blackout -- why not wear something white instead? Issued in support of the Ministry of War Transports Road Safety Campaign by The Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd

Evacuation as a National Service - Poster
It Might by You! Caring for Evacuees is a National Service circa 1942

Hansom cab 1875
Two-wheeled Hanson cab, waiting for a fare. Date: 1875

Ramsgate tunnels as air raid shelters, WWII
At a depth of 90 feet below the surface an entrance in Ramsgate leads to long tunnels and chambers carved out of the chalk cliffs

LCC-LFB Fireman in his fire kit with new cork helmet
A London fireman in his fire kit, including the new style compressed cork helmet with its LFB crest, which replaced the traditional brass helmets used since the days of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Breathing apparatus communications set
A Sub Officer from Lambeths (D61) emergency tender crew demonstrating the Southampton communications equipment that was worn with a full face mask on the Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set

A Good Samaritan - Indian Soldier - WWI
A Good Samaritan - Colonial Indian Soldier from Delhi aids a wounded French trooper - WWI. He leads him to the safety of the Allied lines on the back of a Donkey Date: circa 1917

Cell Block Interior, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
The interior of a cell block at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. Cells line the open galleries which have a safety net strung across to prevent inmates falling

Advertisement for Aladdin safety paraffin mantle lamp from Aladdin Industries Ltd. of Aladdin House, South Street, London. Date: c.1924

Old Japanese Matchbox label with a camel made by Tokushima-Seisuisho in Japan Date: c. 1910s

Old Japanese Matchbox label with a sailing boat made by Meikousha in Hiogo (Hyogo) in Japan for the Swedish market Date: c. 1910s

Woman police officer Kathleen Saville, London, WW2
Woman police officer Kathleen Saville (joined January 1940), on duty in London during the Second World War, seen here at a railway station helping a group of child evacuees find their train

National Fire Prevention Campaign, Brixton, London
National Fire Prevention Campaign, London -- Station Officer Albert Benjamin of Clapham Fire Station talking to children in Sommerleyton Road, Brixton, South London. Date: circa 1960s

Thaxted 1950S
A little girl with a bow in her hair rides her bicycle in a corner of the picturesque old town of Thaxted, Essex, England, with its old thatched cottages beside the Guild Hall Date: 1950s

Mining Safety Lamps
Safety lamps, invented by Davy in England and modified by Mueseler, in use in a French coal-mine

Caricature of John Corlett of The Sporting Times
Caricature of John Corlett (1841-1915), founder, proprietor and editor of The Sporting Times

Saint Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely
Saint Etheldreda (or Ethelthrith, or Aethelthryth), Abbess of Ely, daughter of King Anna of East Anglia. Seen here with two nuns, fleeing from her husband who wanted to consummate their marriage

WW2 greetings card, black cat in helmet
WW2 greetings card, black cat in a helmet marked OK. Date: circa 1942

Raleigh Three-Wheeler car Camping on Dartmoor
Raleigh 3-wheeler car, the Raleigh Safety Seven (introduced in 1933) taken on a camping jaunt onto Dartmoor. Raleigh shut down their Motor Department in 1935 Date: circa 1934

Jumping Sheet Drill - London Fire Brigade Date: circa 1940s

Safety Deposit Vault
Merchantile Safe Deposit Co. 120 Broadway, c. 1904. Safety deposit vault with mosaic tile floor flanked by banks of safe deposit boxes

Met Police stopwatch -- inside face
A Metropolitan Police issue stopwatch for the purpose of catching speeding motorists. This method worked on the principle of timing motorists over specific distances to estimate their speed

Dead Mans Handle
A dead mans handle is a switch that is automatically operated in case the human operator becomes incapacitated. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Hecuba and Polydore
She sees the corpse of her youngest son, Polydore, whom she had sent away supposedly to safety; coming on top of so many calamities, the sight sends her mad

Coal / Pit Ponies / 1907
Ponies hauling coal trucks along the gallery of an English colliery

High Tea above London
A young man defies gravity by perching on a pole on the roof of the new BBC Broadcasting House building and having a truely High Tea! Date: early 1930s

Haakon Carried to Safety
The year old royal child Haakon Haajonson, who will become Haakon IV is carried to safety across the snow to avoid rivals

At the Coal Face / 1842
By the light of a Davy safety lamp, two miners work at the coal face

Queen Elizabeth in 1940
She anchors beside her elder sister, Queen Mary, in the docks at New York, for safety during World War Two : both will be used for wartime purposes

Dog Rescued from Wreck
All saved ! the last crew member of a sinking sailing boat is pulled to safety on a breeches buoy, clutching the ships dog

Taking a boat trip on the River Thames at Windsor
The riverboat Hampton Court prepares to take a boatload of daytrippers for a journey up the River Thames at Windsor

Sevenstones lightship at sea, Cornwall
Sevenstones lightship at sea, off the coast of Cornwall, between the Scillies and Lands End. Date: circa 1980s

Advert / Onoto Pen 1920S
Onoto - the Pen with Self-Filling Safety

Cover design, Air Union timetable, serving London and Paris. Travel By Air -- Pleasure, Comfort, Speed, Regularity, Safety. Showing a stylised red plane flying over fields. circa 1928

Home safety is home defense Men: to learn proper fire control join the fire department auxiliary corps at the nearest fire house

For safety and comfort take the old reliable Cunard line. Date c1875 Jan. 22

M. G. Magnette
The archetypal sports car popular with fresh air enthusiasts and motorists who value performance : this is the N type. The MG slogan is Safety Fast. Date: 1936

Cycle racing event
A cycle racing event, watched by a crowd of spectators. circa 1940s

Traffic lights in Oxford Street
The new traffic light system in operation in Oxford Street, London in 1931 with uncertain pedestrians still warily looking for oncoming traffic

Ascent Mont Blanc - 1
THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC On the glacier de Sacconay, Tissay, the chief guide, is hauled to safety after a break in the ice nearly sends him plunging into a crevasse

Stutz Safety
The improved new Safety Stutz - implying that all previous models, and of course all cars made by others, are NOT safe

Advert / Brymay Matches
Brymay Safety Matches

Nurse Praying / 1915
A French Red Cross nurse prays for the safety of the French soldiers and hopes that only a few are sent to her care

Do it yourself Bike
Home assembly model Safety bicycle : if you ve followed the instructions properly, you should have one of these : if it looks more like a lawn- mower, you boobed

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