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Carbolic smoke ballAn advertisment placed by the Carbolic Smoke Ball Company for the carbolic smoke ball, a cure for all types of ailments
Cunard ocean liner RMS Scythia, launched in 1920, maiden voyage 1921. circa 1920s
Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fireHeroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire. Date: 19th century
Heath Robinson Kitchen 3 of 4Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Kitchen. A busy Kitchen, which is a typically Heath Robinson design, with a system of pulleys
Carbolic Smoke Ball / 1893Advertisement for The Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. which claimed to offer a cure for a wide variety of ailments. This led to a court case on grounds of deception & a landmark ruling
RAF Poster, Back Them Up! WW2RAF Poster, Back Them Up!, showing a British Spitfire shooting down a German bomber during the Second World War. 1940s
Firefighters working at scene of pub fire, SE LondonFirefighters working at scene of pub fire, Eltham, SE London
Battersea Power StationThe chimneys of Battersea Power Station, view across the River Thames, from Chelsea Reach, London
Victoria Falls at Sunrise, by Thomas BainesVictoria Falls at Sunrise with The Smoke or Spraycloud, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). Date: 1863
British battle cruisers HMS Tiger and HMS Lion, WW1Two British battle cruisers at sea, HMS Tiger (left) and HMS Lion (right), at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Welwyn Garden City, an example of town planningAn advertisement for new houses and industrial sites at the new town of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, an example of town planning, designed to take people away from polluted cities
Bedwas Navigation Colliery, Monmouthshire, South WalesView of Lewis Merthyr Pit, Bedwas Navigation Colliery, Monmouthshire, South Wales. The colliery opened in 1913 and closed in the mid-1980s, after the Miners Strike
Battersea Power Station on a misty morning. Date: 1940s
An Alligator - all dressed up to meet you in Florida, USA. Date: 1935
HMS Prince of Wales, British battleship. Date: circa 1908
LCC-LFB Serious house fire in Notting HillFirefighters using the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder to gain access to the upper floors of this terraced house affected by a serious blaze in Notting Hill, West London
Gebrauchsgrafik illustration, 1928Highly stylised art deco illustration showing three people (one woman and two men) in evening dress, sitting on what look like cocktail stools
Organist Plays with FireWhile fire rages in Norwich cathedral, the organist plays on... and is found by the firemen half-asphyxiated by the smoke
A Dreadnought firing her great guns. Date: circa 1910s
WW2 Poster -- Back Them UpBack Them Up! Colour photolithograph printed by Fosh and Cross Ltd, published by HMSO. Showing a British Commando raid on a German-held port in Norway. Date: 1940
LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, BermondseyA major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March. The attack on the fire by a large number of firefighters
Fresh Air from the Potteries" Fresh Air from the Potteries" A sarcastic caption accompanying a fine photograph of the skyline of dark satanic mills which characterised the Potteries (Stoke-on-Trent)
Cwmpennar Colliery, Glamorgan, South WalesView of Cwmpennar Colliery (also known as the Powell Duffryn Colliery), Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, South Wales
Iron Works / Corby / PhotoSmoke billowing out of the Iron Works, Corby, Northamptonshire
RMS Queen Elizabeth, Cunard LinesCruise liner RMS Queen Elizabeth, Cunard Lines. Date: circa 1960s
Main Street, Que Que, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)Main Street, Que Que (now Kwekwe), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), with a hotel on the left. Date: 1920s
Men standing around an Ariel motorcycleMen in street gathered around a 1934 Ariel Red Hunter motorcycle in the 1930s
HMS Ajax, British battleship, at MaltaHMS Ajax, British King George V-class battleship, seen here at Malta. Date: circa 1919
WW2 poster, Back Them Up! Showing a British commando raid on a German-held port in Norway. Date: 1940s
RAF Poster, Back Them Up! WW2RAF Poster, Back Them Up!, showing Hurricanes of the RAF cooperating with the Russian Air Force during the Second World War. 1940s
HMS Lion hit, Battle of Jutland, WW1Scene during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War, showing the British battlecruiser HMS Lion being hit on the Q turret
Marine Colliery, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South WalesView of the Marine Colliery, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South Wales. Date: early 20th century
Wyndham Colliery, Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale, South WalesA pre-1914 image of the Wyndham Colliery, Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale, South Wales which opened in 1868. Date: circa 1900s
Ending in Smoke by Heath RobinsonAn ingenious smoke screen spreader for preventing embarrassing situations when the bathroom lock is out of order. Hilarious invention by the inimitable Heath Robinson allowing complete discretion for
Oldbury FactoriesA West Midlands town known for its manufacture of iron and steel tubes, chemical and engineering products - hence such an out put of smoke !
Aerial combat over trenches during First World WarAn aerial combat over the trenches during the First World War
Bessemer converter in Longwy steelworks, FranceA Bessemer converter in the Longwy steelworks, France -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron
Old Houses, Richmond, North Yorkshire. Date: circa 1910s
HMS Royal Oak, British battleshipHMS Royal Oak, British Revenge class battleship. Date: circa 1918
WW2 poster, Back Them Up! Showing a British tank attack in the Western Desert. Date: 1940s
Firefighters at scene of fire at Riverside Drive, ChiswickFirefighters at scene of fire at 10 Riverside Drive, Chiswick, West London
Firefighters working at scene of large warehouse fire, Bow, East London
GLC-LFB Fire in Lambeth Road, SE11A Merryweather turntable ladder stands ready whilst fire crews wearing Proto oxygen breathing apparatus tackle a blaze in Victoria House & Victoria Mansions, South Lambeth Road, South Lambeth
IRA bombing of the Houses of Parliament, WestminsterThe fire started after the IRA planted an explosive device in Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, 17 June 1974. The 20 lb explosive device caused extensive damage
Middlesex Fire Brigade in the London Fire Brigade areaMutual assistance took place where a nearby fire brigade would attend a fire in the London Fire Brigade area, or vice-versa
LCC-LFB fatal warehouse fire, Langley Street WC2Three firemen died fighting this blaze in a Covent Garden warehouse in Langley Street. The first crews to arrive, from Clerkenwell fire station, found the warehouse well alight
LFB at 25 pump fire, warehouse in FulhamLFB firefighters in action at a fire in Fulham, where 100 tons of paraffin wax ignited in a riverside warehouse. The major blaze required 25 pumps
The Battle of the Balloons. A fanciful image depicting four balloons with flags and sails, their passengers in close aerial combat. The opponents appear to be British and French. circa 18th century