Supply Collection

Man reading the rules of the board game Frogger
A man reading the rules of the board game Frogger, which was based on the popular arcade and video game of the same name and was brought out by Milton Bradley in 1981

The Royal Logistic Corps

Steam Engine / Governor
Governor, or Fly-Ball Governor, invented by James Watt to regulate the supply of steam in order to preserve a nearly fixed engine speed

D-Day - Supplies pour ashore
A stunning panorama photograph of a French invasion beach with the channel waters thick with US military shipping

French Bathroom 1906
A chambermaid helps her mistress take a shower in this elaborate bathroom containing bath, shower, bidet and loo, as well as the geyser to supply the hot water

The Normandy Landings - 6th June 1944 - WW2. Note the American soldier in the landing craft holding a metal detector to sweep for landmines. Date: 1944

WWI German gas mask, c 1918, in its original metal containe
First World War German gas mask, c. 1918, in its original metal container

National Electric Grid
Part of Britains National Grid, this is the sub-station at Yoker, near Glasgow, Scotland. The tower is 90 metres tall and carries the lines across the Clyde

WW2 - Flower-Class Corvette in heavy seas - Atlantic Convoy
WW2 - Weather hazards which the convoy escorts in the Atlantic Ocean have to face in Winter - a Flower-Class Corvette, of 930 tonnes, being thrown high out of the water by a heavy sea. Date: 1943

Oil rig Dixilyn Field 97, 110 miles off Lands End, Cornwall, with a supply boat in the foreground

The Cunard Liner RMS Scythia - became a troop and supply ship during WW2. Date: 1922

Largest Gasometer in the World - East Greenwich, London - built in 1888. Situated on the Greenwich peninsula, close to the site of the O2 Arena

Train Derailed / 1914
A German supply train, having been derailed by Belgians

Chirk Aqueduct
A fine photograph of the aqueduct carrying the Shropshire Union Canal, at Chirk, Denbighshire, Wales

WW1 naval blockades
Map of English and German naval blockades around Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark and Norway

Battle of Cambrai 1917
Tank trains standing at Plateau Station awaiting despatch to detraining railheads at the Battle of Cambrai on the Western Front in France during World War I in November 1917

Wunstorf Airfield, near Hanover, 1948
Photograph showing Wunstorf Airfield, near Hanover, in the British controlled zone of Germany, with a large number of Dakota and York airplanes lined up for use during the Berlin Airlift, 1948

HOOVER DAM
At the time of its construction, the Boulder Dam (subsequently renamed the Hoover Dam) on the Colorado River, is the worlds largest

Advertisement for hammocks for workhouse vagrant wards
A 1900 advertisement from the Grantham company of Carlton * Co. for the supply of hammocks to workhouses for use in their casual wards which provided overnight accommodation for tramps and vagrants

San Luis Potosi - Mexico - Public water fountain
San Luis Potosi - Mexico. A very fine decorative public water fountain

Soho Wine Shop
The window display of The Soho Wine Supply shop front, central London, England

Soviet Air Attack
Finland : Soviet aircraft attack a Finnish supply train of elk-drawn sledges : the Finnish troops themselves are on skis

Turncock (Petherick)
A London turncock, employed by the water company to turn on or off the cocks whereby water is channelled from the mains to domestic supply pipes

Nail Polish Remover
A beautiful art nouveau label for Wlandres Venus nail polish remover, distributed by Wadanola Beauty Supply of Syracuse, New York

Kalmar - Sweden - Brick Water Tower
A very fine decorated brick water tower at Kalmar, Sweden

Pumping Engine
Kempton Park, Surrey : the triple expansion pumping engine in the waterworks. Note the size of the men

Satire on polluted water supply in London
Fun makes a comment on diseased water supply. 18 August 1866

Wedding at Cana Date: 1562

LCC-LFB emergency dam unit and trailer pump, WW2
Emergency water supplies were vital to supplementing the available mains supply for fighting the vast swathe of fires that swept parts of London during the Blitz

Soho, London - 26 Frith Street W1 - Oxford Express Dairy (Welsh Dairy). 1973

Elan Valley, Rhayader, Powys, Wales - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

London Trade Card - Nathan Drake, Colourman, successor to Mr Robert Keating, White Hart, Long Acre, London, supplies for artists and house painters. circa 1760s

Hezekiahs Tunnel, Jerusalem
Hezekiahs Tunnel (Siloam Tunnel), Jerusalem, a subterranean channel cut through the rock, 533 metres long. It was designed as an aqueduct linking the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam. Date: 1920s

British merchant ship war losses by G. H. Davis
British merchant ship war losses during the Second World War: the toll of oversea supplies

Hambledon Water Pump
The old village water pump at Hambledon, Buckinghamshire, England. Date: 19th century

Wartime cuisine - fish and chips
Wartime rashioning during the Second World War. A plate of steak and veg is a dream, but at least there is still fish and chips to keep the spirits up and the bellies full! Date: circa early 1940s

Vasco di Gamas Fort, built 1498. The lady dressed in a Leso is carrying a kerosene tin of water on her head. This is the regular method of water supply in Zanzibar. 1935

Lady Willoughby de Broke in a nurses uniform
Tatler front cover, caption reads Warwick Hospital is the scene of Lady Willoughby de Brokes nursing activities

Batteries Charged Here sign
A tin/alloy sign advertising Exide batteries, mentioning that batteries can be Charged Here. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

London / Embankment / 1867
A section of the Thames Embankment, showing the Subway, the Pneumatic Railway, the Metropolitan and District Railway and the Low-Level Sewer

Lottas Fountain, San Francisco, California, USA, at the intersection of Market, Geary and Kearney Streets. Date: circa 1930

WW2 Poster -- Quick! Your binoculars
Quick! Your binoculars. Supply poster, lithograph. Put your binoculars on Active Service Now! Date: 1940

English Village Well
A mother and child fetch a pail of water from the well in the village of Old Basing, Hampshire. England. Date: 1930s

The Millionth Ton of Supplies reaches Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing Flight Lieutenant K.J. Ryall of the Royal Air Force handing a sack, representing the millionth short ton of supplies to be flown into Berlin during the airlift, to Dr

Milk order tag -- 2 Extra Please
Milk order tag to fit over the neck of an empty bottle - 2 Extra Please, I m not getting enough. circa 1970s

Milk order tag -- 1 Extra Please
Milk order tag to fit over the neck of an empty bottle - 1 Extra Please, I m not getting enough. circa 1970s

Market Reports Illustrated - Unexpected fruit supply cleared
Market Reports Illustrated - Fruit, an unexpected supply was rapidly cleared! A fallen basket of apples is swiftly cleared up by lucky pedestrians! Date: circa 1905

Drainage Grid
A Needham Stockport drainage grid. 19th century

Walsingham Village Pump
The old village pump, with its brick-built housing at Walsingham, Norfolk, England. Date: 1960s

Trafalgar Square Fountain, London, 1845
Engraving showing one of the fountains of Trafalgar Square, London, with (top left and right) a sectional view of the wells under the square, which were dug to supply the fountains

Lockheed Hudsons bombing Aalesund; Second World War, 1941
Illustration showing British Lockheed Hudson bombers of Coastal Command attacking German shipping in the port of Aalesund, Norway, 1941

Craig-Goch Dam Wales
Craig-Goch dam, in the Elan Valley near Rhayader, Wales

Crossness Interior
Crossness Pumping Station - interior

Devon Well 1930S
A country lass fetches water from the well in Milton Coombe, South Devon, England

Edison / Electricity / NY
EDISONs NEW YORK PLANT The central electrical plant of the Edison Company at New York

Hoover Dam Colorado
The Boulder Dam - later renamed the Hoover Dam - of the Colorado River, Colorado, USA

Comic postcard, Four sailors loading torpedoes - The men behind the man behind the gun. Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, wartime alcohol and fuel restrictions - ensuring a good supply! Date: circa 1916-1918

Comic postcard, hen laying an egg, with pillar box inset Date: early 20th century

Cartoon, The Cheif
The Chef. Too many broths don't spoil this cook. Date: May 1921

LFB - Modern Breathing Apparatus. Modern compressed air BA sets are lightweight and very easy to use and service

Grand Coulee Dam, Washington State, USA Date: circa 1940

A portable ice-cream barrow had been turned into a soup tureen in the fast approaching winter months.The association in Hammersmith, London supplied hot soup and bread for a penny a head. Date: 1905

Iraq - Supply and Transport Depot, Basra. Date: circa 1917

Mosaic Fountain, Casa della Fontana Grande, Pompeii, Italy
Mosaic Fountain in the Casa della Fontana Grande, discovered at the site of the town Pompeii, Italy, destroyed in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79

The Well, Berkswell near Solihull, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Distribution of slivovitz (plum spirit) to Romanian infantry hunters. Engraving by Charles Baude. La Guerra de Oriente (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877

France. Paris Commune (18 March to 28 May 1871)
France. Paris Commune. Popular revolutionary movement that took power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871, as a result of the Franco-Prussian War. Storming of the streets of Paris

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Paris (19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871). The central fresh food market in Paris (Les Halles) as the first provisions arrive. Drawing by Miranda

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Paris (19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871). Meat market in Paris. Engraving

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Paris (19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871). Entrance to the dispatch of horse meat during the siege by the Prussians. Engraving

The squadron of Admiral Manuel de la Camara in Port-Said
Philippine Revolution (1896-1898). Uprising against the Spanish colonial government. The squadron of Admiral Manuel de la Camara in Port-Said

Spain, Alicante. Kiosk, site of the first public fountain
Spain, Alicante. Drinking water supply. Kiosk where the first public fountain was established. Inaugurated in 1881. Engraving by Vela. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

The old village well at Banstead, Surrey, England. This was the only water supply from the Middle Ages. Today, it is preserved as a monument. Date: 1950s

Fountain at the Crystal Palace
Crystal fountain at the Crystal Palace, designed by F & C Osler. Date: 1851

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Notice, Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, Victoria House, Victoria Street, Westminster, London SW. Free supplies of water for man and beast in the streets of London. 1887

WW2 poster, Lend a Hand on the Land, the Londoners Land Club. Date: circa 1940

Coastel 2 ? RAF Stanley
The widely detested Coastel 2 near RAF Stanley, with the much more favourably looked on NaFI bar to the right.(At one stage)

The Ferreres Aqueduct, Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain
The Ferreres Aqueduct, also known as the Pont del Diable (Devils Bridge), an ancient bridge, part of the Roman aqueduct built to supply water to the ancient city of Tarraco

WW2 - The Motor Launches of E-Boat Alley. (2/2) Date: 1942

Champion (Scissors) Ltd, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Champion (Scissors) Ltd, Champion Works, Petre Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire -- Rebuilding British Kitchens

York Building Company water tower, The Strand, London
Water tower of the York Building Company, The Strand, London. early 18th century

Unusual corn bin, Dahomey (now Benin), West Africa
Unusual corn bin, Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin), West Africa. Made of earthenware, it was peculiar to the Konkombwa people of Tschopowa

Advert for Reyrolle electric plug & sockets 1929
Safe to handle, domestic electrical apparatus, protected plug and sockets, made with British standard. Date: 1929

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