Salvage Collection (page 2)

WW2 poster, request for salvage
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Please put out all your paper, metal, bones, rags and rubber for salvage, as they can help make tanks, munitions, tyres and planes. Date: circa 1940

Two beachcombers, Hove and Brighton seafront
Two beachcombers rummage in a litter bin on the Hove and Brighton seafront. circa 1960s

Blitz in London -- aftermath of bombing, with some people sorting through the rubble and others stopping for a refreshment break. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- Mansfield Road sub-station, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters salvage their bedding from the bombed-out Mansfield Road fire sub-station after it was seriously damaged in a bombing raid on 16 November 1940. Date: 1940

Blitz in London -- salvage operation, WW2
Blitz in London -- a salvage operation on a bomb site following an air raid. Date: 1940s

Two firefighters with salvage van and light pump, WW2
Two salvage workers with an NFS salvage van and a light pump. Date: 1940s

Bomb damage and crater, Petherton Road, London, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage and a crater in Petherton Road, North London, 2 July 1944. A salvage operation took place, pumping out flooded basements. Date: 1944

Salvage operation, Petherton Road, London, WW2
Salvage operation, pumping out flooded basements in Petherton Road, North London, on 2 July 1944, during the Second World War. Date: 1944

NFS personnel in salvage operation, WW2
NFS overseas personnel in a salvage operation, helping to remove furniture from damaged houses, 27 June 1944. Date: 1944

Salvaging furniture from damaged homes, London, WW2
Firefighters helping residents to salvage furniture from their damaged homes, London, 2 July 1944, Second World War. Date: 1944

Man with salvage cart, London, WW2
Man with a salvage cart full of bundles of material, near bombed-out buildings in London during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Firefighters in action, Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell
Firefighters attending a fire at a brush factory in Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, London, on 18 September 1934. The London Salvage Corps is also in attendance. Date: 1934

Firefighters in action at Ludgate Circus, London, in May 1932, watched by a large crowd. Date: 1932

Church bells saved from becoming enemy shells, Russia, 1915
Placed together for safety in the Nikolsky Monastery near Moscow, some of the 300 Russian church bells removed to prevent invading Germans re-using them as metal for shells

British soldiers salvaging near Bapaume, WW1
British soldiers salvaging materials on a battlefield near Bapaume, France, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Mersey Salvage Vessel
A salvage vessel steamship on the River Mersey, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

Raper drawing No. 6
Salvages [and] Salvages [and] Island of Teneriffe. Painting by George Raper, Ca. 1790

Men looking for shrapnel, 1940
Arthur Hopwood, Assistant Keeper of Geology, appointed Salvage Officer in 1940, and Clive Forster Cooper, Director of the Museum, looking for shrapnel

Blitz in London -- bombed sub-station, South London, WW2
Blitz in London -- a South London sub fire station was obliterated by enemy bombing. Showing firefighters in defiant mood, declaring themselves NOT BEATEN

GLC-LFB Salvage Tender
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

London Salvage Corps at an incident
A salvage worker from the London Salvage Corps inspects a room following the removal/collapse of a plasterboard partition

NFS (Salvage Corps) working at a fire, WW2
Salvage workers from Cannon Street fire station sub-station A2Z.2X (Watling Street) undertaking salvage work at a Waltham Cross warehouse fire

London Salvage Corps sheeting a warehouse wall
Following a serious fire the London Salvage Corps have protected an external face of the affected warehouse by placing a series of salvage sheets down the side of the building

NFS (Salvage Corps) protective sheets, WW2
Salvage sheets put in place by NFS Salvage Corps workers protect goods and equipment from water damage

NFS (Salvage Corps) working at a fire, with salvage sheets protecting goods and equipment from water damage

NFS firefighters and salvage corps working at a fire
Firefighters from Clerkenwell and the NFS Salvage Corps at work at a warehouse fire. The fire engines from right to left are; a towing unit

NFS (London Region) Salvage Corps at work, WW2
Although financed by Insurance companies, the London Salvage Corps were amalgamated into the National Fire Service (London Region) but maintained their primary salvage role

NFS (London Region) Salvage Corps in action, WW2
The London Salvage Corps was not part of the London Fire Brigade but operated in harmony with it. It came under the umbrella of the NFS during WW2

Blitz in London -- Mansfield Road sub-station, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters salvage their bedding from the bombed-out Mansfield Road fire sub-station after it was seriously damaged in a bombing raid on 16 November 1940

Scrap and salvage depot, Butte, Mont. Date 1942 Oct

Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. Date 1942 Oct

Children collecting paper to aid war effort, Walton, Essex
This group of children at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, have collected paper and cardboard for salvage to support the war effort. circa 1940

Poster: I need your Rags. A man in uniform explains that rags are needed for salvage, to make engine wipers, blankets, uniforms, overcoats, etc as part of the War Effort. circa 1940s

Poster requesting Rags for salvage
Poster: request for Rags for salvage. Rags are needed to make engine wipers, blankets, uniforms, overcoats, gun wadding, charts, roofing felt, maps, etc

Poster: Waste Paper goes into Action. Paper makes shell containers, cartridge wads, rifle grenade washers, mortar bomb carriers, etc. Put out paper for salvage. circa 1940s

Chinese man, Tank Corps workshop, Teneur, France, WW1
A Chinese worker salvaging tank track plates at the British Tank Corps Central Workshops, Teneur, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Enemy plane shot down, Orne valley, France, WW1
German troops salvaging an enemy plane (possibly a French Spad) which has been shot down in the Orne valley, north east France, during the First World War. Date: 5 May 1918

Wartime salvage poster asking for rags, paper, bones and metal. Waste is wanted for war weapons. This week and every week salvage is essential. 1940s

Poster, Your Waste Paper is Urgently Needed Now
Wartime salvage poster, Your Waste Paper is Urgently Needed Now, save it for the collector when he calls. 1940s

Scouts with their Model T Ford
Two boy scouts of Troop 176 of Leavenworth, Kansas loading their Model T Ford with scrap metal. The car hauled much salvage material and enabled the Troop to buy War Bonds. circa 1940s

Man in a salvage yard
A man examining architectural items of a neoclassical style in a salvage yard. circa 1940s

Bones Make Explosives - World War II poster
World War Two poster encouraging civilians on the Home Front to save all bones for salvage as they can be made into bombs for the war effort

Bones Wanted for Salvage - World War II poster
Ministry of Information poster during World War Two encouraging people to save bones for salvage

A burning street after the San Francisco earthquake
A burning street in San Francisco, a few men try to reach their offices to salvage what they can. The San Francisco earthquake occurred on the 18th April 1906 and measured 7.9 on the Richter scale

Crusoe Rows to Wreck
Crusoe rows out tothe wrecked ship to salvage as much as he can

Ww2 Salvage Handbill
BOMBS AND BULLETS FROM YOUR DUSTBIN - Every Woman can help to Win the War - every Patriotic household is asked to save every scrap of paper, rags, bottles, empty tins

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