Wire Collection

The Interport Field Gun Competition - Royal Navy
The Royal Navys field gun competition is a contest between teams from various Royal Navy commands

Harold Abrahams wins 100m - 1924 Olympics
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (18991978) - a British athlete of Jewish origin

Britannia and Eve, July 1939
Front cover illustration depicting a woman with a typical 1940s hairstyle hugging her wire-haired fox terrier dog

Two Scamps / Cecil Aldin
Two sweet looking pet dogs one a Scottish terrier, another a wire-haried fox terrier, pose for the artist

Coat & Fox Terrier 1927
Wrap over coat in a small checked fabric with cuff detail, hip pockets, long fur roll collar & fur lining worn with court shoes & a cloche hat pulled over the eyes

1930S Playsuits
Striped playsuit with shorts with matching 3/4 length coat or a linen suit with trousers & jacket with large patch pockets. A wire-haired fox terrier sits nearby

The Somme 1916
British troops advance through barbed wire across No Mans Land

Doncaster, South Yorkshire - Clock Corner. Good example of overhead catenary wires feeding power to the trasm running on the tramlnes below. Date: 1939

NFS firefighter at a training camp, WW2
With a dramatic reduction in enemy attacks on London after the Blitz (1940-41) firemen and firewomen had to be kept gainfully employed and a high level of fitness and preparedness maintained

Terriers
Smooth Coated Fox Terrier, Wire Haired Fox Terrier, Irish Terrier and a Welsh Terrier. The Welsh Terrier digs a hole under the porch of a house as the other Terriers look on attentively

German helmet WWI
One of the many steel helmets from World War I which farmers still find when they are ploughing their fields

A Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) perched on a fence post, above some barbed wire. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Man in Dressing Gown
Man models a wool jersey dressing gown, and his wire- haired fox terrier poses for the camera

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Tatters chasing the car
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- Tatters, a wire-haired fox terrier, not wishing to be left behind, chasing his masters car on hearing the horn sounding. Date: 1927

Fall / Wire Fox Terrier / 54
CHAMPION TORRARD SUSAN Owned by Haisan. Head study. Date: 1954

Seaplane carrier pigeon, WW1
A carrier pigeon housed on board a seaplane for the delivery of messages during the First World War. This particular bird delivered a message (no)

Hugh Walpole / Postcard
SIR HUGH SEYMOUR WALPOLE English novelist with his wire-hired fox terrier Bingo, in the garden of their home at Keswick, Cumbria

The Wallenda Family performing on the high wire, Olympia, 19
Photograph showing the Wallenda family performing their high wire act, as part of Bertram Mills Circus, at Olympia, London, 1931

Bird Millman
Jennadean Engleman - famous name (Bird Millman ODay) (1890 1940), Tightrope walker one of the most celebrated high-wire performers

Woman police officer in Hartnell uniform, London
Woman police officer (Margaret Miles) in a London street, wearing the new style Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Royal Ediswan, Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company 1919

Belfast riots, August 1920
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast that began on the night of the 23rd August, and continued for a week

Sir Douglas Bader playing golf
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (1910-1982), RAF pilot during the Second World War despite having lost both legs in a crash in 1931

The Hon. Eileen Nelson Hood
A portrait of Viscountess Bridports only daughter, sister to Viscount Bridport. Miss Nelson Hood, reported the Bystander was greatly interested in yachting, dogs and lawn tennis

Harrow Road tram on Route 60 going to Paddington, London
Harrow Road tram on Route 60 going to Paddington, advertising The News of the World newspaper. Date: circa 1920s

Visiting Day at Richmond Barracks, Dublin Uprising, 1916
Relatives of prisoners taken during the Irish Rebellion were allowed to visit the barracks three times a week

Pug Peter -- rabbit riding a kangaroo
Pug Peter -- The High Jump. A rabbit in riding costume on the back of a kangaroo, jumping over a telegraph wire. Date: 1905

Tabby kitten and terrier puppy
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten and terrier puppy. 1950s

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CELEDEN CYMON CELEDEN CAROLYN CELEDEN CERFANI Owned by Davis. Standing in a group. Date: 1937

Uhlans at Liege
A detachment of German Uhlans charging a fort at Liege, Belgium, only to encounter the barbed wire defences constructed by order of General Liman, commander of the Belgian troops in Liege

A London tram overtaking a trolleybus

The Female Blondin Crossing a High Wire over the River Tha
Engraving showing The Female Blondin, also known as Madame Boutelle and perhaps Polly Freeman, walking a high wire across the River Thames from Battersea to Cremorne Gardens, London, 1861

Scene in the International Stores, Crediton, Devon, with two middle-aged women chatting in an aisle

A German Zeppelins observation car photographed on display as part of a public exhibition of dirigible wreckage collected from across Britain

Lecture on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity
A lecture at the Charterhouse, London on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity

German Foot Soldier
A German foot-soldier on the attack

Jeweller at his bench with leather covers. His tools include files, drills, hammer, pliers, wire drawer and crucible

Old Bill, dog mascot of HMS Falmouth in WW1
Rescued from a German fishing trawler in early August 1914 by HMS Falmouth, Fritz the wire haired terrier was promptly re-christened Old Bill by the crew, and adopted as their mascot

In No Mans Land
" In No Mans Land: The Dread Territory Which Belongs to Neither German nor Briton" Royal engineers

Craftsmen making besom brooms and wooden rakes
Two craftsmen sit on narrow benches, making besom brooms and wooden rakes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Craftsmen make besom brooms and wooden rakes
Two craftsmen sit on narrow benches, making besom brooms and wooden rakes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Dogs, Cairn and Wire Terrier, Dawson
A Cairn and Wire Fox Terrier, seated

Bombed out Stalingrad
Just after the German surrender

Noble woman of Brabant in hooped cloak, 16th century
Noble woman of Brabant, Low Countries, 16th century. She wears a fine cape supported by a wire or wooden hoop over the head, silk dress and corsage. Femme noble du Brabant ou d'Anvers

Pin-makers manufacturing pins in a workhouse. A woman in bonnet and fichu uses a foot-powered machine to cut wire into pins, while a man draws wire on a frame

This sort of thing is bad for electric flexes. The fine strands of wire inside the rubber insulator will break an ultimately cause a breakdown or even electrocution. Date: 1930s

Man standing on bridge in light and shade
A slightly surreal picture of a man standing alone on a bridge with shadows playing on his back and on the ground. Date: circa 1950s

Electric telegraph used in Crimean War, 1854
Electric telegraph used in the Crimean War, 1854. The plough for laying the wire

Meltham Mills 1851
Meltham Mills, near Huddersfield. Brooks family, Royal improved, patent cotton spinning mill. 1851

Trench knife made from a barbed wire stanchion 1916
Trench knife made from barbed wire stanchion 1916 (c). This type of knife is also known as a French Nail. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Date: circa 1916

Korean War era - Commonwealth Sign - The 38th parallel north, which formed the border between North and South Korea prior to the Korean War. Date: circa 1952

Korean War era - Speed Limit sign close to the 38th parallel north, which formed the border between North and South Korea prior to the Korean War. Date: circa 1952

Grumman E-1B Tracer 148911
United States Navy - Grumman E-1B Tracer 148911, of VAW-110, on USS Ticonderoga, taxiing away from the arrestor wire after a successful Trap in February 1973. Date: 1973

Interior of invitation for one-woman exhibition
The (folded-open) interior of the invitation card to Nancy Sandys Walker's one-woman exhibition Feminine Eye View at the Ilford Gallery, 106/7 High Holborn, London - December 1955

Early 1900s Burnley Tramways Overhead Wire Maintenance
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Burnley Corporation tram wire tower wagon, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s

Early 1900s Burnley Corporation Tram Wire Tower
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WW2 Soldier And New Zealander
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a soldier guarding the wire, while the right picture portrays a New Zealand military man holding his cane

Wire Haired Terrier Date: circa 1960s

Advertisement Model
A photograph showing a perculiar figure with wire limbs, used for advertisement purposes. Date: circa 1939

Wire- Haired Fox Terriers Date: 1931

Vietnam War - Patriotic Poster - Indomitable Vietnam
Vietnam War - Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Indomitable Vietnam - beauty and strength. Date: 2nd half of the 20th century

RMS Titanic - telegram from Marconi to Carpathia
RMS Titanic - one of the rarest and finest Titanic related telegrams known, described by the late Ken Schultz as an exceptional piece of history'

RMS Titanic - Marconi portrait with Carpathia telegram
RMS Titanic - one of the rarest and finest Titanic related telegrams known, described by the late Ken Schultz as an exceptional piece of history'

Dunlop tyres advert
Advert for Dunlop low pressure tyres, called the Dunlop balloon. They are advertised as a luxury tyre. Date: 1925

Dunlop wire wheel advert
An advert for Dunlop wire wheels. A new type of wheel for the time which had a unique locking system, they were seen as a safer option for motorcars. Date: 1912

The New Telpher Line at Glynde
The new Telpher line at Glynde, near Lewes, the seat of Lord Hampden (1814-1892), the Ex-Speaker of the House of Commons. His wife, Lady Hampden, is seen starting the first train

Wire-Haired Fox Terrier
A portrait of a wire-haired fox terrier, named Benholme Brocade. Date: 1933

The Great Blondini - walking the high wire above four lions
A slightly fanciful illustration of French tightrope walker Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet) (1824-1897) - walking the high wire above a pit of four large male lions. Date: circa 1850s

Grumman AA-1B Trainer G-BCIL (msn AA1B-0378), at RAF Woodvale in July 1977. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14 June 1986 when crashed and overturned at Lambs Hillock, Ellon, Aberdeenshire

Dead soldier caught in wire after night raid, WW1
Dead German soldier caught in wire after a night raid on the Western Front, First World War. 1914-1918

NUS President Charles Clarke and three colleagues
NUS President Charles Clarke (standing, b.1950, later a Labour MP and Cabinet Minister)) with NUS executive colleagues, from left to right, Alastair Stewart (b)

Dead Russian Soldiers on Beach - Barbed Wire Barrier, Russia. WWI Date: 1910s

Dead Russian soldiers at Augustowo, WW1
The bodies of dead Russian soldiers caught in barbed wire at Augustowo (Augustow, Poland) on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: September-October 1914

An American lady with her wire-haired terrier amidst the leaves of the fall. Date: 1919

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SOVIET MARINES & WIRE
Soviet Marines (known as The Black Death) in action, cutting wire Date: 1942 - 1945

Comic postcard, Drunken husband arrives home Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Scene at a fun fair - Shut your eyes, you boys!! Date: 20th century

Tamondori, Kobe, street scene, Japan
19th century vintage photograph - Tamondori, stree scene in central Kobe, Japan, image c.1880 s

Coils of steel wire await processing in a factory. Date: circa 1930s

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