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Equipment Collection (#19)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Operating Theatre

Operating Theatre
circa 1900: The operating theatre of a London Hospital (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Hot air balloon flying sunset, Cappadocia, Turkey

Hot air balloon flying sunset, Cappadocia, Turkey

Background imageEquipment Collection: Hot air balloons in cappadocia

Hot air balloons in cappadocia

Background imageEquipment Collection: Hot air balloon

Hot air balloon

Background imageEquipment Collection: Male pharmacist working in laboratory, (B&W), (Elevated view)

Male pharmacist working in laboratory, (B&W), (Elevated view)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Optician examining patients eyes, (B&W)

Optician examining patients eyes, (B&W)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Sewer worker descending below street, (B&W), close-up

Sewer worker descending below street, (B&W), close-up

Background imageEquipment Collection: Icelandic horse, Iceland

Icelandic horse, Iceland

Background imageEquipment Collection: Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar

Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar

Background imageEquipment Collection: Prayer flags, Paro Valley, Bhutan

Prayer flags, Paro Valley, Bhutan

Background imageEquipment Collection: Icelandic horses, Iceland

Icelandic horses, Iceland

Background imageEquipment Collection: Detail of an old door, Shaniko, Oregon, USA

Detail of an old door, Shaniko, Oregon, USA

Background imageEquipment Collection: The rugged coastline and turbulent seas around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa

The rugged coastline and turbulent seas around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa

Background imageEquipment Collection: Wind generators in the landscape of the Altamira Pass, California

Wind generators in the landscape of the Altamira Pass, California

Background imageEquipment Collection: Office Switchboard

Office Switchboard
Switchboard operators at work in an office, circa 1905. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Rebel Truck

Rebel Truck
A rebel supply lorry in a street of San Martin during the Spanish Civil War, circa 1937. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Street Sweeper

Street Sweeper
Emersons patented system, a motorised street sweeping device at work in New York City. The vehicle sucks up debris into a storage container in the body of the machine

Background imageEquipment Collection: Army Transport

Army Transport
Model T Fords destined for military transport await shipment from a US supply station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Bomb Device

Bomb Device
6th December 1913: A bomb dropping device at a Paris airshow. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Childrens Diabolo

Childrens Diabolo
1907: Two children playing the French game Diabolo watched by a group of adults in Bournemouth. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Steel Mast

Steel Mast
May 1919: A 450 foot steel mast at Marconis Station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Bunker Shot

Bunker Shot
6th July 1918: Playing out of a bunker in an American golf tournament at Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Not Cricket

Not Cricket
6th July 1906: An abortive attempt to improve cricket by playing with a tennis racquet and six stumps; named Vigoro, it is being practised on Radlett Heath

Background imageEquipment Collection: Safety Apparatus

Safety Apparatus
October 1908: Workmen attending a demonstration of Simons safety apparatus, for use in the coal mining industry. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Clay Shoot

Clay Shoot
circa 1910: Pigeon setters - two men sitting in a shelter, holding clay pigeons. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Skiing In England

Skiing In England
1st December 1908: A skier sitting down to adjust her skis in the snow at Northampton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Pit Safety

Pit Safety
1st April 1908: A mining rescue team wearing safety apparatus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Signal Failure

Signal Failure
1950: A short-lived device for signalling with electricity, used briefly in the early days of the railways in Britain. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Traction Engine

Traction Engine
1908: A traction engine carrying tar spraying equipment, during road repair experiments near Putney, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Coupling Device

Coupling Device
July 1910: The vacuum break coupling device on a LNWR (London and North Western Railways) slip coach. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Camping Trip

Camping Trip
3rd August 1934: A group of schoolboys arrive at Londons Waterloo Station with their camping equipment, ready to set off on holiday to Devon

Background imageEquipment Collection: Football Chimp

Football Chimp
19th August 1955: Joe the chimpanzee preparing for the football season. (Photo by Monty Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Police Timer

Police Timer
January 1909: A British police constable inspecting an electric timing device for motor cars. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: RAC Dust Trials

RAC Dust Trials
1st July 1908: A racing car with anti-dust devices at the RAC Dust Trials at Brooklands race-track. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Desk Telephones

Desk Telephones
A candlestick design telephone and a later cradle telephone side by side in a busy office

Background imageEquipment Collection: Hemispherical

Hemispherical
Circa 1580, A Hemispherical, made by Hyeroimus Vulperica, in 1580, part of a complete collection of 16th century astronomical

Background imageEquipment Collection: Telegraphy Worker

Telegraphy Worker
A man in Britain receives a telegraph message from India, January 1909. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Hello Girls

Hello Girls
Female operators at the switchboard of the Magneto Exchange of the National Telephone Company, USA. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Russians Raided

Russians Raided
An office belonging to the Union of Russians in the USA after a police raid to quash communist activities. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Split Decision

Split Decision
1st December 1908: A woman having a little difficulty controlling her skis in the snow at Northampton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: German Fleet

German Fleet
23rd June 1917: German torpedo craft and submarines with their supply ship. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Pit Safety

Pit Safety
1908: A demonstration of safety equipment at a mining rescue school. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Burglars Brain

Burglars Brain
14th March 1930: The pickled brain of a burglar by the name of Dunlap. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Horse Drawn Skier

Horse Drawn Skier
1st December 1908: A woman skier about to be pulled along by a horse in Northampton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Stadium Phonograph

Stadium Phonograph
circa 1908: Two Edwardian gentlemen setting up a large phonograph in a stadium. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Flu Epidemic

Flu Epidemic
A man sprays the inside of a bus of the London General Omnibus Co with anti-flu preparation during the flu epidemic which followed the First World War, London, 2nd March 1920. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Mending Saddles

Mending Saddles
circa 1901: British soldiers make good cavalry equipment during a lull in the South African campaign during the second Boer War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageEquipment Collection: Coaling Station

Coaling Station
29th August 1907: Setting up the new belting system at the coaling station at Grimbsy docks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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