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Utility Collection (page 5)

Background imageUtility Collection: Utility travelling coat, 1941

Utility travelling coat, 1941
Advertisement for a Utility coat in Llama, camel or tweed, manufactured by Harris Cohen of Oxford Street and available from leading fashion stores around the country. Date: 1941

Background imageUtility Collection: Celanese utility slip, 1943 - WWII fashion

Celanese utility slip, 1943 - WWII fashion
Advertisement for Utility lingerie made from Celanese, 1943. Date: 1943

Background imageUtility Collection: Utility floral coverall, 1943 - WWII fashion

Utility floral coverall, 1943 - WWII fashion
A Utility coverall from Peter Robinsons of Oxford Street, one of a variety available in many materials and colours. Coveralls protected clothing

Background imageUtility Collection: Utility bib and braces, 1943 - WWII fashion

Utility bib and braces, 1943 - WWII fashion
A pair of bib and braces (dungarees) for women in navy drill, part of a range of Utility clothing available from Peter Robinsons of Oxford Street, procured for three coupons

Background imageUtility Collection: Utility coat, 1942

Utility coat, 1942
A coat of soft dove grey piped with scarlet featuring broad shoulders, loose sleeves and useful pockets - part of a number of examples of Utility models exhibition at the International Wool

Background imageUtility Collection: Utility coats for mother and daughter, 1947

Utility coats for mother and daughter, 1947
A Harella coat - a Utility model - in brown and beige broad herringbone tweed cut on classic lines with a belted back from Dickins and Jones. The little girl is wearing a Berkeley Utility model

Background imageUtility Collection: Civilian Clothing utility label, WW2

Civilian Clothing utility label, WW2
Civilian Clothing utility label inside a cotton garment. The labelling was introduced during the Second World War to help conserve resources

Background imageUtility Collection: WW1 poster, Bad Form in Dress

WW1 poster, Bad Form in Dress, advocating sensible attitudes to clothing in wartime. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageUtility Collection: Cessna UC-78B-designated UC for Utility Cargo, these li

Cessna UC-78B-designated UC for Utility Cargo, these light twins often doubles as instrument trainers

Background imageUtility Collection: 1940s woman

1940s woman
A woman, Dorothy Margaret Hunt (born 1924), poses by a trellis and arch in a garden wearing a typical 1940s skirt suit, with a double-breasted jacket, leather gloves and a hat a jaunty angle

Background imageUtility Collection: Mr Wells Coates

Mr Wells Coates
The architect, Mr. Wells Coates, founder of the Mars (Modern Architectural Research) group, originator of the flatlet, designer of public utility buildings, such as broadcasting studios

Background imageUtility Collection: Londons secret reservoir by G. H. Davis

Londons secret reservoir by G. H. Davis
Very valuable in droughts: Londons secret reservoir. The water question: artesian wells that give immunity from droughts -- how Inveresk House and other large buildings get their own supply

Background imageUtility Collection: Chest of Drawers

Chest of Drawers
A modern chest of drawers. Date: 1950s

Background imageUtility Collection: Ozora Ichigo (Number One of the Big Sky), a civil utilit?

Ozora Ichigo (Number One of the Big Sky), a civil utilit?
Ozora Ichigo (Number One of the Big Sky), a civil utility variant of the EH101 operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police

Background imageUtility Collection: Princess Elizabeth with infant son Prince Charles

Princess Elizabeth with infant son Prince Charles
Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) with newborn son Prince Charles (born at Buckingham Palace on 14th November 1948). Date: 1948

Background imageUtility Collection: ML Utility Aircraft Mk1 inflatable wing aircraft

ML Utility Aircraft Mk1 inflatable wing aircraft at a public display at Middle Wallop in 1960. Date: 1960

Background imageUtility Collection: BAC Project 201 Utility Transport Aircraft leaflet

BAC Project 201 Utility Transport Aircraft leaflet. Inside

Background imageUtility Collection: GLC-LFB - Morris utility van, LFB Water Section

GLC-LFB - Morris utility van, LFB Water Section
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned, showing each type of fire engine either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Background imageUtility Collection: MODERN DINING ROOM

MODERN DINING ROOM
A modern domestic dining room. Nowadays the table and chairs would be more suitable for a board room than a home! Date: 1930s

Background imageUtility Collection: Office Diner

Office Diner
A practical, modern, office diner, with a bureau and dining table. Date: 1930s

Background imageUtility Collection: Compactum Bedroom Suite

Compactum Bedroom Suite
A modern Compactum bedroom suite, comprising a matching bed, tallboy and dressing table in a light oak Bunny design. Date: 1930s

Background imageUtility Collection: Utility Bedroom Suite

Utility Bedroom Suite
A matching Utility suite of bedroom furniture - a modern dressing table and wardrobe. Date: 1940s

Background imageUtility Collection: Bedroom Window Desk

Bedroom Window Desk
A modern desk and waste paper bin have certainly cheered up this rather large Edwardian bay window and made a small bedroom office area. Date: 1930s

Background imageUtility Collection: Gasworks after a gale, Haverfordwest, South Wales

Gasworks after a gale, Haverfordwest, South Wales
View of the gasworks, blown down in a gale in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Background imageUtility Collection: British Fashions in 1946

British Fashions in 1946
Unusual utility fashion made from wool and worn with a wedge heel, the playsuit is the latest thing to come from our British fashion designers

Background imageUtility Collection: Costume / Fake Fur C. 1940

Costume / Fake Fur C. 1940
Elegant pre-Utility tailored costume with long jacket line, 6 buttons, pocket flaps & fake fur trim (Nutria)

Background imageUtility Collection: Carron Fiegrate

Carron Fiegrate
Carron XVIII century design firegrate, blending XVIII Century Grace with XX Cebtury utility

Background imageUtility Collection: Pyne - Watering Cart

Pyne - Watering Cart
A WATERING CART - Whoever has experienced the misery of dust upon a highway crouded with carriages in the heat of summer, must acknowledge the utility of the watering cart

Background imageUtility Collection: City of the Future

City of the Future
The city of the future... an enormous complex structure, combining beauty with utility... gardens will occupy the roof of the city, also the aeroplane stations



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