Safety Collection (page 10)

Woman police officer guiding little girl across the road and holding up her hand to an oncoming car, on the corner of Vincent Square, London SW1. Date: circa 1930s

Biblical scene on a Christmas card -- the Flight into Egypt. Date: circa 1890s

Gladstone as Cyclist
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE As a cyclist, he rides a penny-farthing - but wishes he were on a safety model at election time ! Date: 1809 - 1898

Falling from Skyscraper
Two workmen fall when scaffolding breaks on a New York skyscraper, but they are hauled to safety Date: 1933

Open Footplate by Day
Bearded driver and young stoker on the open footplate : the caption reads Safety is of the Lord but our driver prudently keeps his hand on the brake-handle. Date: 1860s

Mining / South Bulli
SOUTH BULLI Members of the Australian Royal Commission into the coal mining dispute ready to go down the mine at South Bulli, New South Wales. Date: 1930s

Vivian Dering Majendie
Colonel VIVIAN DERING MAJENDIE Her Majestys Chief Inspector of Explosives : besides coping with Irish terrorists he was concerned with safety in mines. Date: 1836 - 1898

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

Cartoon, Metro Gate Closer, WW1
Cartoon, The Metropolitan Anastasie, a woman working in the Paris Metro during the First World War, taking the place of a man who is away fighting

Advert for Farmer, Lane - Co, mail carts and prams
A MAIL CART and a SAFETY PERAMBULATOR by Farmer, Lane and Co. London 1894

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

Benjamin Disraeli buys Suez Canal shares
Disraeli (as Jewish trader) proposes to buys Suez Canal shares to secure the safety of the passage to India Date: 1875

Martin Luther concealed in Wartburg
Excommunicated by the pope, Luther is concealed for safety by Friedrich von Sachsen in a castle at Wartburg where he translates the New Testament Date: 1521

Safety in numbers
Dutch girl wals arm in arm with three boys along the canal-side. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1911

Buildings / Blackpool Towe
A workman carrying out renovations on Blackppol Tower above the Golden Mile in the winter-time. Date: 1938

Advertisement, The General Dual 8 Tire
Advertisement, The General Dual 8 Blowout-Proof Tire (Tyre), the biggest advance in skid prevention in 25 years - let the smile of safety replace the frown of fear when it rains. 1935

Advertisement, The Facile Safety Bicycle, Ellis & Co Limited, Fleet Street, London. 1890s

Advert for Debenham & Freebody safety cots 1883
Inexpensive cots combine safety, strength and lightness and will fold into a small compass. 1883

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

Sailing ship and lightship on a Christmas card
Sailing ship and lightship in the moonlight on a Christmas card, with ornate embossing around the edges. Date: circa 1890s

Sailing boat and lightship on a New Year card, with ornate embossing around the edges. Date: circa 1890s

Lightship in dry dock, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

WW2 poster, In a raid, keep your gas mask always with you
WW2 Civil Defence poster, In a raid, keep your gas mask always with you. Date: early 1940s

International Fire Exhibition advertising poster
B H Smale International Fire Exhibition advertising poster 1903 Date: 1903

WW2 greetings card, Safety First, showing a sleeping bear with a barrage balloon on a piece of string. Date: circa 1942

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

Colonel de Barrage and his armour, Bairnsfather cartoon, WW1
Colonel de Barrage feels convinced that armours the thing under modern conditions. " Did you mend that puncture in his left hind leg, Smith

Under-ice net fishing, typical in Russia and particularly in Siberia; the boat is being pulled around for safety and for carrying the catch (mostly local salmons) as a sledge

Tourists on the peak of the Rigi-Kulm, Switzerland. There are panoramic postcards on sale, and a Pyramide lightning conductor for safety

Munitions Workers WW1. Man and woman workers in Munitions factory, captioned, The only kind of matches allowed in a munition factory. Referring to safety notice on wall. Date: circa 1916

Finnish boy scouts trying on gas masks, WW2
A patrol of Finnish boy scouts trying on gas masks during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Finnish boy scout as ARP warden, Helsinki, WW2
Finnish boy scout as ARP warden at the headquarters of the Finnish Boy Scouts Association, Helsinki. Date: circa 1940s

Plimsoll line stops coffin ships, 1873
Comment in Punch magazine on the lifesaving introduction of the Plimsoll line. Overcrowded coffin ships are portrayed literally in the background as floating coffins with masts and rigging. Date: 1873

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

People jumping from a burning building -- firefighters hold a sheet below to catch them. Date: 19th century

Firefighter using hook belt at top of ladder
Firefighter using his hook belt at the top of a ladder

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

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