Steaming Collection (#2)

Mahdist War - Sudan Campaign - Rescue of Sir Charles - Soldiers on ship steaming towards island. Part of Box 244 Boswell Collection - Sudan War. Date: 1881 - 1889

Stranraer Boat, Leaving Larne - a view of a boat steaming away with two boats berthed to the left. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Larne). Date: circa early 1900s

Kusatsu - Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture, Kanto, Japan
Kusatsu - a town located in Agatsuma District of far western Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kanto region of Japan - Kusatsu is one of the most famous hot springs resorts (Onsen) in Japan

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Tommy Atkins the Soldiers Wife. late 19th century

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Churn the Milkmans Wife. late 19th century

Caricature of W E Gladstone and John L Toole
Caricature of W E Gladstone (1809-1898), Liberal Prime Minister, and John Lawrence Toole (1830-1906), English comic actor, actor-manager and theatrical producer. Politics and Comedy. 1882

Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (1849-1895), British politician, at this time MP for Woodstock. At the time he was making his mark at Westminster by criticising members of both political

Cheery Families - Mrs Clamp the Carpenters Wife. 1890s

Little dog with large cup of tea on a cutout Christmas card
Little dog with a large cup of tea on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Robins on a New Year card, preparing for a tea party. Date: circa 1890s

The Empire Cookery Book - Glamorous woman cooking up a storm in her 1920s kitchen. Date: 1920s

The Empire Cookery Book - Glamorous woman tastes some soup. Date: 1920s

Men with mobile field oven and motorcycle, WW1
Men with a mobile field oven, and a Royal Navy motorcycle combo, WW1. The chalked words on the oven, HMS Fred Carno, were a comic saying for chaotic operations. circa 1914

Boy scouts cooking in the open air, Mauritius. Date: circa 1940s

French boy scout cooking at camp
A French boy scout cooking at camp

Come along Daddy, drink it up. Miss. Jane Bull offers her father a steaming mug labelled Votes for Women, adding, You don t know how much good it may do those rheumatic pains of yours

Race between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee - S7

Why Get Married?
" Why Get Married?" The Joys of Bachelor Life illustrated quite clearly in this humorous German postcard illustration! Date: circa 1910s

Bathing / Just as you Are
Lady in the bath is invited to a party - " Come just as you are!" Date: circa 1910

LFB fireboat Alpha II and crew on River Thames
The Alpha II fireboat was a self-propelled steam driven fireboat brought into service by the London County Councils London Fire Brigade

Frontispiece, Mrs Bobbity standing at the tea table
Frontispiece design showing Mrs Bobbity standing at the table, getting the tea ready. Date: 1937

Horse Study
A study of a horse and rider, rays of sunlight streaming through a window, highlighting the steam coming from the horses nostrils. Date: 1930s

Mrs Bobbity cooking her dinner -- potato pie with a flaky crust, with bread and cheese, so there will be plenty of crumbs for the birds. Date: 1937

She made them some broth without any bread
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children... She made them some broth without any bread -- an illustration to the nursery rhyme

Christmas dinner carried in by four children dressed in medieval costume. There is a large turkey, glasses of steaming punch, a large round pudding, and a plate of fruit. early 20th century

Gipsy carrying a plate of cooked meat
A gipsy carrying a plate of meat which has just been cooked, and is steaming hot

Good Cheer by Ethel Parkinson
Good Cheer -- four children dressed in medieval costume bring in the Christmas feast, consisting of a large turkey, glasses of steaming punch, a large round pudding, and a plate of fruit

Contented Bather 1929
Advertisement for gas for water heating. An old balding man sits in a full, steaming bath and smiles as he wriggles his toes - he obviously hasn t yet recieved his gas bill

Cairo, Egypt - Mobile street hot food vendor
A mobile hot food vendor sells his steaming wares in Cairo, Egypt

Christmas dinner in danger
A small girl carries a steaming Christmas dinner thorough the snowy streets on a tray, although the hungry local dogs don t make her passage an easy afair. Date: 1882

The Express Train passing a signal-box at high speed

Children Eating Soup
Two children, neatly dressed, and with napkins around their necks tuck in enthusiastically to a steaming bowl of Campbells vegetable soup

HMS Argonaut steaming at high speed; Second World War, 194
Aerial photograph showing the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Argonaut steaming at high speed during the Second World War, 1945. HMS Argonaut was a Dido class cruiser of 5450 tons, mounting ten 5.25-inch guns

The Steamship Britannia leaving Boston Harbour, USA, 1847
Engraving showing the steamship Britannia steaming through the ice to leave Boston Harbour, USA, 1847

Between decks on an Emigrant Ship, Atlantic Ocean, 1872
Engraving showing the chaotic and crowded scene below decks, as steerage passengers on an emigrant ship are given soup from steaming cauldrons, Atlantic Ocean, 1872

Steaming a Hat
Photograph demonstrating how to steam a hat in order to freshen shabby headwear

Medova Tea Advert
A boy saves his cup of steaming MEDOVA TEA from his puppy

Denis Papin & Kettle
DENIS PAPIN French pioneer of the steam engine, depicted formulating his theories in just the way Watt did, by watching a kettle steaming in the hearth

EWARTs GEYSER 1929
Ewarts geyser, for a hot bath in five minutes!

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