Supply Collection (page 6)

WW1 drawing, soldier carrying water in a trench
WW1 drawing of a soldier in a relatively clean trench carrying water canisters. Date: 1914-1918

People at the well, Cana, Galilee, Northern Israel
People collecting water at the well in Cana, Galilee, Northern Israel. According to biblical legend, it was in Cana that Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding feast -- his first miracle

French soldiers eating in the trenches during World War I
Dinner-time for soldiers in a corner of a fire-trench on the French front in the Argonne. The caption reads: The clockwork regularity of the French culinary arrangements at the front

British soldiers with chicken house in trench, WW1
British soldiers with a chicken house in a trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. This enabled them to have fresh eggs every day. Date: circa 1916

St. Ambrews Well, Crantock, near Newquay, Cornwall, England. This iron door with a carving of a mans face on it, covers the 10th century well, dedicated to St. Ambrew. Date: 10th century

Advert for Chilprufe wool underwear for children 1941
The children must have Chilprufe. Our difficulty is to make the small ration of wool we are allowed go round. We have, therefore decided as a wartime policy to suspend production of womens

Gustav Krupp von Hohlen und Halbach
Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, nicknamed Taffi (1870-1950), who ran the German Friedrich Krupp AG heavy industry conglomerate from 1909 to 1941

Donkeys in World War I
Donkeys carrying soup to the front lines at Maurepas, Somme on the French front during World War I in October 1916

Shipping Beef on Board HMS Alexandra, 1878
Engraving showing the crew of HMS Alexandra taking beef aboard ship from a small supply boat, off Tuzla, in the Sea of Marmora. The supply ship has also brought fish, barrels and the washing

Reducing the Gas Bill
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing a Scottish man blowing into his gas supply in an attempt to reduce bills watched by his son in a tartan kilt

Handmade card in the shape of a wishing well
Handmade greetings card in the shape of a wishing well, with a handle to turn to make the red bucket appear. Date: circa 1890s

Large Artesian Well, Oasis Ranch nr Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Artesian Well (the largest in the World), on the Oasis Ranch near to Roswell, New Mexico, USA - more than 900 feet deep and flowed 9100 gallons of water a minute - used to irrigate local farmland

Croton Dam, Westchester County, New York State, USA
Croton-on-Hudson, view from the top of the Croton Dam, Westchester County, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1908

Norias at Orontes River in Hama, Syria
Two norias on opposite banks of the Orontes River in Hama, a city in west Syria. Norias are devices similar to water wheels which were used to lift water to a higher elevation

Noria at Orontes River in Hama, Syria
One of the Norias of Hama, a city in west Syria, as seen through a stone arch at the bank of the Orontes River. Norias are

Street next to one of the Norias of Hama, Syria
Man walking on a street in Hama, a city in west Syria. On the left one of the Norias of Hama along the Orontes River can be seen

Isaac cleaning the wells made by Abraham to water his flocks - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 26.18. 1787

WW1 poster, Food, don t waste it
Poster, Food... don t waste it, US Food Administration. circa 1918

Supply route through Iran into Russia
Pages from The Illustrated London News on the Persian Corridor, the supply route through Iran into Russia, with various views of the trans-Iranian railway

Cartoon, French boys gathering coal, WW1
Cartoon, French boys gathering stray pieces of coal during a supply crisis. One of them says he will sell a bag to an old gentleman he knows. Date: 1917

Camel train at Cannakale, Turkey - Chanak Crisis
A camel train at Cannakale returned from provisioning the front line during the Chanak Crisis (Chanak Affair, Chanak Incident) - a war scare in September 1922 between Britain and Republic of Turkey

Cries of London - Old Water Carrier
Cries of London - Any New-River water here - Old Water Carrier. 1827

Caricature of Queen Victoria as a shepherdess with lambs and an animated pot of mint sauce. In the matter of lambs, Her Majesty sings, we mean to do without them

Eskimos Build Igloo 2
Building an igloo, or snow- house, using blocks of ice. Suitable building materials are in plentiful supply. Date: 1881

Elizabeth / Royal Exchange
Queen Elizabeth I opens the Royal Exchange. Trade flourished as pioneers revealed new sources for the supply of raw materials. Date: 1570

Advert for Ewart & Son boiler 1888
Advertisement in a trade book for 1888, New Crown boiler, instant hot water in five minutes, available from Ewart & Son in Euston Road, London. 1888

Advert for Silicated Carbon Filter Company 1888
Patent Silicated Carbon Filter, each time that the fiter is filled the air under the Aerator Cover is forced in the direction shown by the arrows through the Silicated Carbon block

Camel-powered water wheel in Morocco. Date: circa 1930

Sweetwater Dam, near San Diego, California, USA. Showing the heaviest overflow in its history to that date. Date: circa 1900s

The Prime Minister with his war cabinet
The eight men who control the war machine: left to right (standing): Mr Arthur Greenwood, Minister without Portfolio; Mr Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour and National Service; Lord Beaverbrook

Drayman lowers crate of beer into pub cellar, Eccles
A drayman lowers a crate of beer into the cellar of The Grapes public house in Peel Green, Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1977

Scene with camel and plane at Khartoum Airport, Sudan. The camel is pulling a trolley. The plane is a BEA/Ministry of Supply Vickers Viscount, prototype G-AHRF. Date: 1950

Elishas Spring, Jericho, West Bank
Elishas Spring (also known as Ain es Sultan, the Sultans Spring), Jericho, West Bank. According to biblical legend (2 Kings, 2), the prophet Elisha healed or purified the waters. Date: 1920s

Solomons Pools, near Bethlehem
Solomons Pools, an ancient water system near Bethlehem. Date: 1920s

Advertisements from The Illustrated London News, 1896
A page of advertisements from The Illustrated London News, 18th January 1896. Products promoted include Halfords curry powder

How to start an allotment during WW1
Diagram in The Sphere advising readers how to start work on a raw piece of ground in order to create an allotment. The Food Production Department was keen to get around 500

Didcot Power station
With the cooling towers pushing out lots of steam, the photographer captures a dramatic picture. Taken in the late 60s Date: late 1960s

Raising a house in Chicago, 1871. Many buildings in central Chicago were elevated in mid 19th century to alleviate drainage problems

British soldiers standing round water cart, WW1
Thirsty British soldiers standing round a water cart on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Caucasian oilfields by G. H. Davis
The Achilles Heel of the Soviets: the Caucasian oilfields. A pictorial map of the strategically vulnerable oilfields on either side of the Caucasus upon which Russia depends for the bulk of her

Mount Vernon Hotel at Cape May, New Jersey
The palatial Mount Vernon Hotel at Cape May, New Jersey. Built in the Italianate style, it could accomodate 3, 500 guests, who came seeking the sea air and healthful recreation

Aswan Dam
Lock gates on the newly-constructed Aswan Dam on the River Nile in Egypt. Date: 1902

WW2 - Shortage of Potatoes in Britain during the War
Sorry No Potatoes - a British housewife has limited choice for her vegetable purchasing, as potato stocks dry up due to tight rationing control over supply - December, 1941. Date: 1941

Electric Power House - Petty Harbor, Newfoundland
Electric Power House - Flume & pipe line - Petty Harbor, Newfoundland, Canada. The first hydroelectric generating station (Petty Harbour Generating Station) in Newfoundland and Labrador

Egyptian Shadoof - Irrigation system on the River Nile
Egyptian Shadoof at Cairo, raising water from the Nile to irrigate fields. The shadoof was originally developed in ancient Mesopotamia, and appears on a Sargonid seal of around 2000 BCE

Supply dump of trench mortar ammunition, France, WW1
Men of the RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) on a supply dump of trench mortar ammunition (nicknamed toffee apples), at Acheux, northern France, during the First World War. Date: July 1916

Macedonian women at the fountain
Country Women at the village fountain, Macedonia Date: circa 1913

HMT SOMALI
H.M.T. Somali, troopship employed by the British government to carry troops to China and elsewhere. The ship was at Gallipoli in World War One

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