Sliding Collection (page 3)

LCC-LFB sliding pole and rigging
The sliding pole was introduced into the London Fire Brigade in 1904 after its Chief Officer, Captain Eyre Massey Shaw, made an official visit to the USA

LCC-LFB firemen using the sliding pole on a call
Following a visit to the United States, Chief Officer Eyre Massey Shaw brought back the idea of sliding poles which he saw in American fire houses

Silhouette of a sledding scene on a snowy hillside. One couple slide down the slope, watched by another couple wondering whether to copy them. Both men are in army uniform

Children play on their sledges

Sliding Dogs
Four dogs dressed as humans, on a slide! Date: early 1930s

Decorative Christmas frieze - children playing in snow
Three children enjoy playing in the snow, sliding on ice and building a snowman. 1920s

Sliding Cover Dust Truck
A sliding cover dust truck, presumably for a street cleaner, or for transporting rubble or industrial rubbish with a cover to prevent said dust blowing away in the wind

Two children on a sleigh in the snow
Two children on a sleigh, sliding down a snowy slope. circa late 19th century

Two Girls Sliding C1880
Two girls are sliding - one keeps her footing, the other she slid so fast, she slid so free, that down fell she ! Date: circa 1880

Young boy sliding on the ice with his dog
A young boy slides on the ice, his dog trotting happily alongside

Man and three children on a toboggan in the snow
A man and three children sliding downhill on a toboggan in the snow

Winter landscape
Skating and sliding on a frozen pond in a rural winter landscape at dusk

Sliding
A Victorian little girl, dressed in a fancy coordinating frilled coat and bonnet slides on some ice

Children sledging down a hill by Florence Hardy
Three Merry Maids. Three little girls sliding down a hill on a wooden sledge

German Allies at the top of the pole
A terrific fold-out card depicting the German allies as the dominant holders of a spot at the top of the European maypole as their enemies fail to cling on as they attempt an ascent

Bombay Sliding Gunter

Sliding Partitions
These sliding partitions are being used to subdivide a schoolroom, but they could be used in a private home or an office

Country Winter
A Country Scene in Winter - boys making a snowman and sliding on the ice - breaking the ice for the cattle - a coach struggling through the snow

Industry / Ice / Refrigerate
A Refrigerator or portable Ice-house with sliding and perforated shelves for preserving wines, fruits and provisions

Game / Winter / Sliding Ice
Boys sliding on the ice in the village street

Game / Winter / Sliding Ice
Children sliding on the ice in a snowy country landscape

LAZY-TONGS FIRE-ESCAPE
Lazy-tongs fire escape, a novel idea in which a sliding stage is mounted on an extending trellis-work frame or support

Boys Sliding on Snow
Boys sliding on the snow

Sliding on Frozen Pond
Three small girls hold on to one another as they slide on a frozen pond

Sliding in a Street
Swedish children tobogganing

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