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LCC-LFB general purpose lorryA general purpose lorry, manufactured by Dennis of Guildford
Comedy Theatre, Panton Street, LondonThe Comedy Theatre (now the Harold Pinter Theatre) on the corner of Panton Street and Oxendon Street, in Londons West End. The Crime of Margaret Foley is playing. Date: 1947
Chief Seattles GraveThe grave of Chief Seattle (Si ahl), (circa 1780-1866) - a DkhwDuwAbsh (Duwamish) chief, also known as Sealth, Seathle, Seathl, or See-ahth. He followed a course of accommodation to white settlers
Bren Gunner, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Burma, 1944 (c)Photograph: A well-concealed Bren Gunner of the 7th Gurkha Rifles amongst the thick foliage of the Burmese jungle, 1944 (c)
Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beefMarket Reports illustrated (Postcard series): MEAT: " English beef was in fine condition." This report on English beef (as a commodity traded on the Stock Exchange)
Coliseum, LondonThe London Coliseum, on St Martins Lane, London, now the home of English National Opera (ENO). The memorial statue to Edith Cavell is in the foreground left. Date: 1947
Covent Garden Royal Opera House in London. Floral Street is on the right. Date: 1947
Nude model on a break plays a pianoThe Model rests A nude model takes a break from posing for an artist and plays a little ditty on the Baby Grand Piano just off his studio. Date: circa 1914
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. In the foreground, the corner of Catherine Street and Tavistock Street. Date: 1947
Barnet Voluntary Fire Brigade with manual horse pumpThe officers and firemen of the Barnet voluntary fire brigade with the manual horse drawn pump fire engine
Jumping Sheet Drill - London Fire Brigade Date: circa 1940s
Strong Cheese repels diner and waiterOne of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Cheese: " Supply much stronger, but very little demand." This commodities phrasiology is illustrated by a waiter struggling to cope
Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, Covent GardenWinter Garden Theatre on the corner of Drury Lane and Parker Street in Covent Garden, London. The New London Theatre now occupies the site. Date: 1947
Vaudeville Theatre on the Strand, London presenting The Chiltern Hundreds. Almost next door is Romanos restaurant, prominent in Londons night-life at the turn of the century. Date: 1947
LCC-LFB, Cannon Street fire station, City of LondonThe Cannon Street fire station was opened in 1906. Seen here is the appliance room. Fire brigade horses were by now being replaced by motorised fire appliances
Balcony scene after Coronation of King George VIScene on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, London, after the Coronation of King George VI, 12 May 1937. Showing, from left to right, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother)
LCC-LFB Red Cross Street fire station, City of LondonBuilt by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1900, Red Cross Street was one of four fire stations (plus a river station at Blackfriars) contained in the City of London
Royal sisters with nurse Marion CrawfordPrincess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret with their Scottish nurse, Marion Crawford (1909-1988), whom they nicknamed Crawfie. The are enjoying a boat trip on the river
Queen Elizabeth II, Duke of Edinburgh and Prince EdwardQueen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and their youngest son, Prince Edward. Date: 1970s
Royal party with nurse Clara Cooper KnightMembers of the British royal family at a Leicestershire hunting event. Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) walks in the centre
Join Scotland?s Only Rifle Regiment, 1960 (c).Colour photolithograph recruiting poster, published by Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Red-billed Oxpecker - on the back of a Zebra (Buphagus erythrorhynchus). Hluhluwe National Park - South Africa
The Wilberforce Oak at Keston near Bromley, Greater London. William Wilberforce was a frequent visitor to the area, and it was on top of the vale of Keston (near to an oak tree)
Indian encampment - Hop Picking Season - Washington State Date: 1909
Conakry - French GuineaFrench West Africa (Guinea) Conakry - Ballay Monument - in memorium of French Governor Noel Ballay (Governor between 1891-1900)
Baby feeding directly from a goatAn Indian Baby feeds directly from a goat in possibly the most bizarre and unsettling postcard ever produced.... Date: circa 1920s
Soldier of the Queen, 1959.Chromolithograph recruiting poster, after John Worsley (APD 0239), printed by J Howitt [and] Son, Nottingham, or Jordison [and] Company, published by HMSO, London
Blue Print for a fine career, 1960 (c).Colour photolithograph recruiting poster, after Mike Buckley (APD 0222), published by HMSO, 1960 (c).In modernist style on a blue background
Common Warthog - family (Phacochoerus africanus). Sub-Saharan Africa
Hluhluwe National Park. South Africa
LCC-LFB Magirus 85 foot turntable ladder and crewMagirus 85 foot turntable ladder in the drill yard of Southwark headquarters, No.1 station, located in Southwark Bridge Road SE1
LCC-LFB Hatfield petrol self-propelled fire pumpThe Hatfield petrol pump was the first petrol driven fire engine in which the engine was used to operate the fire pump. Two of these machines were introduced into London in 1908
LCC-LFB live rescue drill, by a line, at Southwark HQA fireman is being lowered by a line from a building at Southwark HQ during practice rescues. In the foreground is an example of a first aid 12 horsepower
LCC-MFB firemen at drill, Southwark HQFirefighters at Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, carrying out a drill in the yard
An example of a horsed steam pump of the London Fire Brigade
Illustration of an 18th century Bellman and BillmanA London night-watchman who gave warning of fire and who was meant to take first-aid measures to stop small outbreaks of fire. (Original print in the London Guildhall Library)
LCC-LFB firemen using the sliding pole on a callFollowing a visit to the United States, Chief Officer Eyre Massey Shaw brought back the idea of sliding poles which he saw in American fire houses
The Great Train Robbery, 8th August 1963. Left Thumbprint RJ James. Date: 1963
Vicar remembering his youth - rowing on the riverForty Years On A priest remembers the days of his youth, when he too partook in boating down on the river. Date: circa 1906
Aupoakte Win. kills Morning Squaw and Child (Papoose) Date: circa 1910
Luis Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Regent of Portugal (1887-1908) - the eldest son of King Carlos I of Portugal. Assassinated (along with his Father)
New York - Cooper Square, 3rd Avenue and BoweryNew York - The Junction of Cooper Square, Third Avenue and Bowery. Date: circa 1890s
Illuminated Electric Car to celebrate Kings VisitIlluminated Electric Car to celebrate the Kings Visit to Leeds on July 7th 1908 - There are 3000 electric lights on the car which required 150 horsepower to run it!! Date: 1908
Two Crow Tribe girls with their ponies standing before their tipi (also tepee or teepee). Date: 1911
Lyric and Apollo theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue, London. The Lyric has Robert Morley and Peggy Ashcroft in Edward My Son, and the Apollo has Emlyn Williams and Mary Hinton in Trespass
A Professor of Languages A Language Student returns to his College, but his grasp of the vernacular of his cabby seems less that First Class as he appears to have underpaid his driver
Politician pelted with rotten eggsA Politician (Juggins) is pelted with rotten eggs at a hustings. A clever play on words on this postcard from the Market Reports series
Prison Boats - Bahr-el-Ghazal, SudanPrison Boats by the " Sudd" - Bahr-el-Ghazal (southern region), Sudan Date: circa 1910s
Lake Malawi near Fort JohnstonLake Malawi (Lake Nyasa, Lake Nyassa, Lake Niassa or Lago Niassa) - an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the Great Rift Valley system of East Africa
Aldwych Theatre, on Aldwych, LondonAldwych Theatre, on Aldwych in Londons West End. Noel Cowards play Peace In Our Time is playing. Date: 1947
Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, LondonSaville Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, showing Noose.The theatre opened in 1931, and converted to a cinema in 1970
Indian totem pole carver at work. Date: 1911
Iron Tail - Chief of the Sioux Tribe in his full ceremonial traditional costume Date: 1901
Attending the Tulips - Amorous Couple GardeningAttending the Tulips An amorous couple attending to their two lips (!) whilst working together at their gardening. Date: circa 1906
The Tower of David - Jerusalem, Israel Date: circa 1910s
Restaurant Cap. Ducal - Vina del Mar, Chile. Still going strong today - over 80 years since opening. Date: circa 1930s
Passport Office and the Quayside - Izmir, Turkey Date: circa 1900s
Man turning into a catA gentleman visits his Doctor with the distinct impression he is turning into a cat.... by the evidence on show he is correct
Elderly Native American women weaving baskets Date: 1909
William Prynne - 4WILLIAM PRYNNE - puritan lawyer and pamphleteer whose writings led to the pillory and imprisonment in the Tower. Of Audland, in the upper picture, we know nothing Date: 1600 - 1669
St Martins Theatre, West Street, LondonSt Martins Theatre on West Street, London. A play called Odd Man In is on, starring Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow and Derek Farr. St Martins Hotel is in the background. Date: 1957
Collection of Northwestern Indian Baskets Date: 1910
Vladivostock - RussiaBirds eye view of Vladivostock, the furthest Eastern city in Russia, bordering Mongolia and China. Date: 1910s
Musicians and actors chattingA group of unknown musicians and actors, including a dwarf, chatting in the street, probably outside a venue in London. One man has a double bass. Date: C.1950
New York - Firefighting - Water Tower at Work Date: circa 1899
Royal family and Winston Churchill at Waterloo StationQueen Elizabeth II together with Princess Anne and Prince Charles wait at Waterloo Station with Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, for the return of Queen Elizabeth
Coronation of King George VIScene at the Coronation of King George VI in Westminster Abbey on 12 May 1937. Showing, from left to right in the front row, Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II)
Musicians and actors chattingA diverse group of unknown musicians and actors, including a dwarf, chatting in the street probably outside a venue in London. One man has a double bass. Date: C.1950
Russian children learning the alphabetThree Russian boys learning the alphabet Date: circa 1910s
Indigenous Alaskan Inuit childrenPair of Indigenous Alaskan Inuit children Date: circa 1910
River Days - Couple going boatingA young couple spending River Days out boating The gentleman is doing the gentlemanly thing and carrying the picnic hamper, the cushions and the oars! Date: circa 1906
New York - The Syndicate Building or Park Row Building. The tallest office building in the world for nine years. Date: circa 1899
Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, LondonSaville Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, showing Noose, a comedy drama. The theatre opened in 1931, and converted to a cinema in 1970
Westminster Theatre, Palace Street, WestminsterWestminster Theatre on Palace Street, Westminster, London. A fire destroyed most of the building in 2002, the remainder being demolished soon after. Date: 1947
Sudan - Group of Villagers Date: circa 1910s
Portugal - Estremoz - Fine public building made out of marble. Date: 1907
Prince Charles and Princess Anne waving from train as they depart from Ballater Station, Scotland, after holidaying at Balmoral Castle. Date: 1953
Indigenous American Baby in a papooseIndigenous Americans Baby in a decorated papoose Date: circa 1910
