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Guildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection (page 9)

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: The Beta fire float with hoses, River Thames, London, 1910

The Beta fire float with hoses, River Thames, London, 1910. Steamboat demonstrating its firefighting hoses

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Firemen aboard a fire engine, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1929

Firemen aboard a fire engine, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1929. Firefighters with brass helmets pose on a turntable ladder vehicle

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Firemen inside a fire engine, Kingsland Road Fire Station, London, 1935

Firemen inside a fire engine, Kingsland Road Fire Station, London, 1935. Streamlined fire escape vehicle with crew in breathing apparatus

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Crew in breathing apparatus, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1934

Crew in breathing apparatus, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1934. Fire engine with ladder and fire hose visable

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Firemen aboard a foam tender, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1929

Firemen aboard a foam tender, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1929
Firemen aboard a foam tender, Cannon Street Fire Station, London, 1929. Firemen with brass helmets sit aboard a vehicle equipped with a hose and large drum containing foam

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Fireman using a hose, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910

Fireman using a hose, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910
Fireman on a training exercise using a hose, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firemen in brass helmets demonstrating motor fire escape vehicle ladder and first aid spray

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Firemen aboard a motor fire escape vehicle, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909

Firemen aboard a motor fire escape vehicle, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909. Firefighters in brass helmets sit on a fire engine equipped with a removable ladder which could be

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Firemen demonstrating hoses worked by a petrol motor pump, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1909

Firemen demonstrating hoses worked by a petrol motor pump, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1909
Firemen demonstrating hoses worked by a petrol motor pump through top windows onto the courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Firemen in brass helmets aboard a motor hose tender, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909

Firemen in brass helmets aboard a motor hose tender, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909. Moustached firemen pose on a vehicle; one is ringing the bell

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Firemen demonstrating motor steamer hoses, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910

Firemen demonstrating motor steamer hoses, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firefighters in brass helmets demonstrate the use of hoses

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Firemen aboard a motor steamer, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909

Firemen aboard a motor steamer, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909. Firefighters with moustaches and brass helmets sit aboard a fire engine

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Firemen demonstrating the magirus ladder, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910

Firemen demonstrating the magirus ladder, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. A fireman perches at the top of an extendable ladder

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Whitechapel Fire Station, Commercial Road, Stepney, London, 1902

Whitechapel Fire Station, Commercial Road, Stepney, London, 1902
Exterior of Whitechapel Fire Station, Commercial Road, Stepney, London, 1902. View from the street of the fire station with pedestrians

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Firemen demonstrating a horse-drawm escape vehicle, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910

Firemen demonstrating a horse-drawm escape vehicle, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910
Uniformed firemen demonstrating a horse-drawn escape vehicle in courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Ropes, extendable fire escape and fire bell visable

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Fire engines at Cannon Street Fire Station, City of London, 1913

Fire engines at Cannon Street Fire Station, City of London, 1913
Fire engines at the motor fire escape, Cannon Street Fire Station, City of London, 1913. Interior of the appliance room showing vehicles with ladders

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Fire engines and equipment at Cannon Street Fire Station, City of London, 1913

Fire engines and equipment at Cannon Street Fire Station, City of London, 1913. Cannon Street Fire Station: motor fire escape

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Demonstrating how to pick up an unconscious person, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910

Demonstrating how to pick up an unconscious person, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910
Firemen demonstrating how to pick up an unconscious person, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firefighters practise techniques for rescuing people overcome by smoke

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Firemen carrying out scaling ladder drill, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1910

Firemen carrying out scaling ladder drill, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1910
Uniformed firemen carrying out scaling ladder drill in courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1910. Firefighters practise using ladders

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Fire engine at Streatham Fire Station, London, 1903

Fire engine at Streatham Fire Station, London, 1903
Fire engine at Streatham Fire Station, Mitcham Road, Lambeth, London, 1903. Ladder protruding from a building

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Westminster Fire Station, London, 1906

Westminster Fire Station, London, 1906
Exterior of Westminster Fire Station, London, 1906. Building with acute angle on the corner of Francis Street and Victoria Street, Westminster

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Southwark, London, 1911

London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Southwark, London, 1911
Exterior of old London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Southwark, London, 1911. Eastern fac ade of the Victorian Gothic building, seen from the north

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: London Fire Brigade Headquarters, seen from the street, Southwark, London, (c1900-c1935?)

London Fire Brigade Headquarters, seen from the street, Southwark, London, (c1900-c1935?)
Exterior of old London Fire Brigade Headquarters, seen from the street, Southwark, London, (c1900-c1935?). Fire station with tower which was used for pracise; the headquarters were built in 1877

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: St Johns Wood Fire Station, Hampstead, London, 1906

St Johns Wood Fire Station, Hampstead, London, 1906
Exterior of St Johns Wood Fire Station, Adelaide Road, Hampstead, London, 1906. Engine entrance and all floors visible

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Poplar Fire Station, No 75 West India Dock Road, Poplar, London, 1905

Poplar Fire Station, No 75 West India Dock Road, Poplar, London, 1905
Entrance to Poplar Fire Station, No 75 West India Dock Road, Poplar, London, 1905. Front elevation with doors open, a wheeled fire ladder and men standing outside

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Women using spinning wheels, Bethnal Green, London, 1908

Women using spinning wheels, Bethnal Green, London, 1908
Women using spinning wheels, 13 Archer Street, Bethnal Green, London, 1908. Archer Street was once sited at the south end of Pott Street, off the east end of Bethnal Green Road

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Handicraft lesson, Hackney Downs School, London, 1911

Handicraft lesson, Hackney Downs School, London, 1911. A class of boys in a workshop, in pairs at workbenches

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Girls returning from play, Thomas Street Girls School, Limehouse, Stepney, London, 1908

Girls returning from play, Thomas Street Girls School, Limehouse, Stepney, London, 1908. Girls walking in an orderly column four abreast through the hall on their return from play

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Laundry work, Tennyson Street School, Battersea, London, 1907

Laundry work, Tennyson Street School, Battersea, London, 1907. One girl folds clothes on a table while another puts them through a mangle. Behind them a blackboard reads; Folding and mangling

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Housewifery, Surrey Lane School, Battersea, London, 1908

Housewifery, Surrey Lane School, Battersea, London, 1908. A group of girls are busy cleaning the outside of a house used as the domestic economy school

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Hockey game, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908

Hockey game, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908. Girls about to begin a game of hockey in the school playground. The playground is surrounded by buildings

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Girls skipping, Rushmore Road Girls School, Hackney, 1908

Girls skipping, Rushmore Road Girls School, Hackney, 1908. Rows of girls holding skipping ropes in the school playground

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Playing netball, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908

Playing netball, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908. Girls play a game of netball on a rooftop playground

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Art lesson, Fulham County Secondary School, London, 1908

Art lesson, Fulham County Secondary School, London, 1908. A class of girls drawing a girl who is posing at the front of the room with a tennis racket and ball

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: A class from Fulham County Secondary School having a nature lesson, London, 1908

A class from Fulham County Secondary School having a nature lesson, London, 1908. Girls studying shrubs and grass in a park

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Girls dancing in the assembly hall, Clapham Secondary School, London, 1910

Girls dancing in the assembly hall, Clapham Secondary School, London, 1910

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Girls Hebrew reading lesson, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908

Girls Hebrew reading lesson, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908. A teacher istructs a class of girls, who sit at their desks with their books open

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Violinists, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908

Violinists, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908
Violin class, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908. A group of schoolgirl violinists pose with their instruments in the school hall

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Children in the playground, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906

Children in the playground, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906. Some of the children are sitting on the ground drawing from nature while others are digging sand in a box

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Music lesson, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906

Music lesson, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906
Childrens band, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906. A class of infant schoolchildren sit in a circle on the floor while their teacher plays the piano

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Scene from Macbeth, Glyn Road Evening Institute, London, 1915

Scene from Macbeth, Glyn Road Evening Institute, London, 1915. All are in costume, with the witches in the foreground sitting around a cauldron

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Girls morris dancing, Cosway Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914

Girls morris dancing, Cosway Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914. Dancing in pairs with bells around their knees

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Health class, Cosway Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914

Health class, Cosway Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914. Practising bandaging and first aid

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Womens brass band, Cosway Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914

Womens brass band, Cosway Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914. Playing a variety of instruments such as drums, trumpet, tuba and trombone

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Relaxing in the Social Hall, Cosway Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914

Relaxing in the Social Hall, Cosway Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914. Women and girls reading, drinking tea, and playing draughts

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Practical first aid class for women, Blackheath Road Evening Institute, 1914

Practical first aid class for women, Blackheath Road Evening Institute, 1914. Women practicing their bandaging skills on various people

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Lecture in progress, City Literary Institute, London, 1939

Lecture in progress, City Literary Institute, London, 1939

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Shorthand class for women, Choumert Road Evening Institute, London, 1907

Shorthand class for women, Choumert Road Evening Institute, London, 1907. With their teacher pointing to various shorthand symbols on the blackboard

Background imageGuildhall Library And Art Gallery Collection: Literature class, Blackheath Road Evening Institute, London, 1908

Literature class, Blackheath Road Evening Institute, London, 1908. A group of students reading A Merchant of Venice



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