Supplies Collection (page 7)

Advert for the General Electric Company 1944
Tanks can t run on toasters. Many manufacturers dedicated their factories to making military tanks, aircrafts and weapons for the War effort, and stopped making household goods. Date: 1944

Advert for Chilprufe wool underwear for children 1943
Quailty... a necessity when supplies are limited. The output of Chilprufe pure wool is now confined solely to a range of essential garments for infants and young children

Peace in wartime, rural silhouettes, WW1
Peace in wartime, three silhouettes of the unchanging English countryside, vital for food supplies for a country at war. Depicting idealised views of Morning, Afternoon and Evening activities

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pocket skirts 1945
Come the dawn. The great day will dawn when there will be once more unlimited supplies of unrestricted styles in Gor-ray skirts. Till then and afterwards a Gor-ray is always smart for work or play

British engineering dump, Western Front, WW1
Scene at a British engineering dump on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers drawing water, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers drawing water at a pump in a ruined village on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Lloyd George discussing ammunition supply, WW1
Lloyd George discussing ammunition supply with Lord Reading and M. Albert Thomas (French Minister for Munitions) on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Railway with supplies for British troops, WW1
A railway train bringing supplies for British troops on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Motor transport work, Western Front, France, WW1
British troops engaged in motor transport work near the Western Front in France during World War One. They are packing parts at a depot ready for despatch. Date: circa 1916

Bakers who supplied troops on Western Front, WW1
Some of the bakers who baked bread to supply to troops on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Unloading flour from a ship for the Western Front, WW1
Unloading flour from a ship for food supplies on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942
Save me ! Give your empty metal tubes and help the Red Cross & St. John. Help to relieve the drain on the Nations reduced metal supplies. Hand all empty collapsible metal tubes to your retailer

Two men in an army truck, France, WW1
Two men in an army truck during the First World War, delivering supplies of petrol. Date: 1915

Advert for The General Electric Company 1943
A battalion of kettles won t stop a tank. That is a job for gun, shells, mines and bombs. So that industry can concentrate its energies on the weapons and supplies of War

Factory with coiled wire - WW1
A factory with newly manufactured wire standing in coils on the floor. Possibly the basis for barbed wire detined for the Western Front - WW1 Date: circa 1915

Advert for Goodyears Chemigum synthetic rubber 1942
Another Goodyear contribution to progress. Since the Japanese Invasion of the Dutch East Indies the loss of our crude rubber supply has been extremely serious to the Allied War Effort

Convoy system of the British Navy, 1939
British warships, with guns ready for action, provide guard for merchant vessels under convoy from this country. This system operated in the North Sea to protect against merchant ships being sunk by

The Cemetery on Balaklava Heights, 1856
Engraving of the Cemetery at Balaklava Heights, where a number of notable British officers were buried during the Crimean War

The Port of Balaklava, Crimea, 1855
Engraving showing the port of Balaklava with sentries in the foreground, warmly dressed in boots and thick coats, during the Crimean War, 1855

Bell Model 47 being used to aid the search for oil in Pa?
Bell Model 47 being used to aid the search for oil in Papua in 1954 unloads supplies near Seismic One Camp

The D-Day Landings - 6th June 1944 - General de Gaulle - WW2
WW2 - The D-Day Landings - Operation Overlord - Normandy, France, 6th June 1944 - General de Gaulle surveys the beaches. Date: 1944

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Army Wintering near Shaho
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Army Wintering near the Shaho River along the MukdenPort Arthur spur of the China Far East Railway north of Liaoyang, Manchuria

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - French Military Landing Quay
WW1 - Thessaloniki Bay, Greece - French Military Landing Quay Date: 1916

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - The French Camp. Date: circa 1916

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Where to put Cookery Books?
WW2 Rationing - Humour - Where shall we put the old-time Cookery Books? Fiction or Humour ?! Date: circa 1944

The effects of WW1 on French Food Prices - BEFORE (1 / 2)
The Household Accounts The effects of the First World War on French Food Prices - in 1916 (1/2) Date: circa 1916

The effects of WW1 on French Food Prices - AFTER (2 / 2)
The Household Accounts The effects of the First World War on French Food Prices - in 1918 (2/2) Date: circa 1918

US President Roosevelt signs the Lease-and-Lend Bill
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lease-and-Lend Bill onMarch 11th 1941. Lend-Lease was the programme under which the USA aided the Allied nations with material between 1941 and 1945

British Troops in Thessaloniki - WWI
British Troopsland at Thessaloniki to join the Allied expeditionary force stationed there, established to supply operations against pro-German Bulgaria

British Commissariat Wagons in Belgium - WWI Date: circa 1915

Abigail bringing presents to David. circa early 19th century

Settlers from the first French expedition to America in 1562, leaded by Jean Ribault, exchanging supplies with Native American People, near Charlesfort (nowadays Beaufort, South Carolina)

Cart filled with supplies and boots. Illustration
" Cart filled with supplies and boots. Illustration of the epic poem " L entr饠 d Espagne" of the 14th C. that narrates Charlemagnes expedition to Spain. Gothic art

Spain. Post-war. Queu to obtain supplies. Photography

Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of paper
During World War Two, the growing shortage of paper from overseas meant that the daily papers shrinked in size. Britains public was encouraged to save every scrap of paper

Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of rubber
During World War Two, Britain got 90% of their suppies of natural rubber from Japan, due to this, rubber became scarce. Old rubber was collected from old tyres and worn hose-pipes

The General Strike - convoy of meat supplies
An armoured convoy with meat supplies passing Bank en route for Smithfield Market during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

NFS (London Region No 5) pump escape and crew, WW2
The pump escape from the Regional Headquarters fire station Lambeth in the headquarters drill yard. The escape has been removed and the rear mounted pump is being operated

Construction of an EWS dam, Abbey Street, Bermondsey
Emergency water supplies (EWS) were critical to provide the much needed water to fire crews fighting the fires caused by wartime bombing and, in particular, incendiary attacks

NFS (London Region) Trailer pumps on bridge buttress, WW2
Firefighters from the NFS River Service (Station R1, Lambeth) placing a trailer pump on an elevated buttress on Vauxhall Bridge to supplement emergency water supplies to fire crews on land

Blitz in London -- firefighting from the River Thames
Blitz in London -- the London Fire Brigade had three fireboats in peacetime, based at Lambeth, Blackfriars, and Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe

LFB Iron Ration Cupboard (Wood Specimen)
An example of an Iron Ration Cupboard for the London Fire Brigade(Wood Specimen)

Sugar means ships - The consumption of sugar sweetened drinks must be reduced For your beverages 400 million lbs. of sugar were imported in ships last year - Every ship is needed to carry soldiers

Vegetables (at left) and school supplies in drug store window in mining town. Osage, West Virginia. Date 1938 Sept

The dangers that The Royal Army Services Corps faced 1915
This scene depicts the difficulties and dangers of shell fire, for The Royal Army Services Corps (RASC), when trying to get supplies of food, water and clothing to the front. 1915

French soldiers eating, 1939
A group of French soldiers enjoying lunch outdoors while standing up in the early weeks of World War II. Date: 1939

The French Red Cross
" The French Red Cross never forgets them..." A superb stylised postcard praising the efforts of the French Red Cross in World War Two - entering the warzone with supplies to aid

Striking dockers attacking transport, London
Striking dockers attacking transport during the London Dock Strike. All vans loaded with goods were attacked and prevented from passing in any direction. 1911

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