Security Collection

Ratner patent safe, fire and fall resisting, Grade 1, Size MP, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

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

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

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

Careless Talk Costs Lives - WWII poster
Poster warning of the dangers of gossiping and inadvertently giving away national secrets to the enemy during World War Two

Abba at Airport
Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Annifrid (Frida) photographed with security police upon their arrival in Britain for their famous Wembley Arena concert. Date: November 1979

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

HMS Jewel, British minesweeper M390
HMS Jewel, British Algerine-class minesweeper M390. Date: circa 1960s

Ratner fire-resisting safes and wall safes
Ratner light fire-resisting safes, and wall safes, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

Last of the Charlies -- watchman at Brixton Hill, London
The last of the Charlies (the traditional nickname for watchmen). Seen here is Mr R Stokes at his watchmans box, 160 Brixton Hill, South London, well equipped with a truncheon

Bank of England Beadle, City of London. 1899

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

Ratner wooden safe stands - box, frame, drawer and cupboard. Date: circa 1920s

Ratner patent extra strong safe, fire and fall resisting, Grade 2, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

Ratner patent safe, fire and fall resisting, for registrars, Size No. 5, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

Cat Flea Powder
An unsuspecting cat is stroked and lulled into a false sense of security on a cushion before being dowsed in flea powder!

Ronald Foyle
On guard beneath the Victoria Tower is the custodian, Ronald Foyle. Parliamentary custodians supplement the security of the Palace of Westminster; they were formed in 1932 following the Geddes

England / London / Tower
Visitors are shown some of the principal sights, including the lion in the menagerie which, after a regrettable episode, was transferred elsewhere for security reasons

The Sinking of the the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North
Illustration showing the German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst listing to starboard as she sank at the end of the Battle of North Cape, approximately 7.30pm on 26th December 1943

War Bonds Today To Bomb Tokyo Security Tomorrow
war, bonds, today, to, bomb, tokyo, security, tomorrow, 1944, 1940s, 40s, forties, ww2, wwii, second, world, two, usa, america, american, envelope, ship, planes, handwriting, handwritten, name

Impressive wooden doors of the Tower at Hampton Court Castle
Close-up view of the magnificent wooden doors of the Tower at Hampton Court (Hampton Court Castle), Leominster, Herefordshire (view from the inside). Date: 1932

White Star Line - antique brass flare pistol
White Star Line - rare antique brass SPRA flare pistol, stamped White Star Line 22368 with proof mark. Barrel 3.75 inches. with deactivation certificate, dated 5/4/00

United States, New York State. Little Falls. Mohawk River valley rapids and rocks. A canal was constructed around the rapids about 1795. Engraving by Milbert. Panorama Universal

Timucua Indian tribe
History of the United States. 16th century French expedition. Florida. Timucua Indian tribe. Traditional architecture of the indigenous villages, with the installation of a defensive palisade

Turkey. Istanbul. Small Bridge (Kutchuk Tchekmedje)
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Istanbul. Small Bridge (Kutchuk Tchekmedje Lake). Engraving by Lemaitre, Vormser and Lepetit. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver

Commonwealth Bank of Australia Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, highlighting the importance of security as one of their facilities, the image shows a very secure looking safe made by Chubbs

Beechcraft RU-21B Ute 67-18093
United States Army - Beechcraft RU-21B Ute 67-18093 (msn LS-2), the CEFiRM Leader intercept and control aircraft. Assigned to the 138th Army Security Agency Company (Aviation). Date: circa 1975

William Anthony, the last of the London night watchmen
William Anthony, the last of the London Charleys or night watchmen. Date: 1880

Ratner branch bank strong room door, drill proof and blowpipe resisting. Date: circa 1920s

Ratner strong room door, No. 6, banker's patent steel door with grip frame and ventilating grille. Date: circa 1920s

Ratner strong room door, No. 3, fire-resisting with lobby and grille. Date: circa 1920s

Graffitti with a message, Lambeth, South London
Graffitti with a social message, Lambeth, South London. Date: 1978

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Irun. Militia at the Loyola bridge

Anwar Sadat, Egyptian President, on a visit to London
The Egyptian President, Mohammad Anwar el Sadat (1918-1981), on a visit to London. Date: August 1981

Robin Cook and Margaret Beckett, Labour politicians
Robin Cook (Robert Finlayson Cook, 1946-2005) and Margaret Beckett (Margaret Mary Beckett, nee Jackson, b 1943), both of them British Labour politicians and MPs

BBC staff take turns firewatching on roof, WW2
BBC staff take turns firewatching on the roof during WW2 Date: 1941

Sikorsky S-65C-3 SS65235
Israeli Defence Force-Air Force - Sikorsky S-65C-3 SS65235 (msn 65-235). (Note: The call-sign and unit markings have been covered for security measures) Date: circa 1980

Dassault MD. 454 Mystere IVA 60
(ex Israeli Defence Force-Air Force) Dassault MD.454 Mystere IVA 60 (msn 173), at the Israeli Air Force Museum, on Hatzerim Air Base

Union, Strength and Security - England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland before Britannia seated on a throne. circa 1840

Victorian scrap, an old English watchman. circa 1890

Night watchman and bellman, London

Watchman in the time of King James I
A watchman in the time of King James I. early 17th century

Ratner patent anti-blowpipe safe, A Type, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

Photographs of sub-standard safes -- Not Ratner. Showing safes which were too easy to break into, or were not fireproof, compared with the superior quality of Ratner safes. Date: circa 1920s

Kinnear Shutters, Dickins & Jones, London
Kinnear shutters, used for security and fire protection at Dickins & Jones department store, London, for the lift lobby openings. Date: circa 1930s

Securing a house against air raids, WW1
Securing a house against air raids with sacks of earth to cover the rafters during the First World War. 1914-1918

Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Which of these do you use and are yours British? Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Patriotic poster, Buy British and make your job secure
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- The safe policy for you, Buy British and make your job secure. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

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