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Lifebelt Collection

Background imageLifebelt Collection: The Gales: wreck of the Royal Adelaide near Portland, 1872. Creator: Unknown

The Gales: wreck of the Royal Adelaide near Portland, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The Gales: wreck of the Royal Adelaide near Portland, 1872. Ship bound from London to Sydney, which...was wrecked on the western side of Chesil Bank...A gentleman from Weymouth, Mr

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Experiments with new life-saving apparatus on the Thames, 1869. Creator: Unknown

Experiments with new life-saving apparatus on the Thames, 1869. Creator: Unknown
Experiments with new life-saving apparatus on the Thames, 1869. Demonstration of...Captain J. B

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Medal presented to Captain Ward, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Medal presented to Captain Ward, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Medal presented to Captain Ward, 1870. The inspector of life-boats to the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, Captain J. R. Ward, R.N

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Ted Lewis, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Ted Lewis, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Ted Lewis, between c1915 and c1920. Shows American musician Theodore Leopold Friedman (1890-1971), (known as Ted Lewis) probably aboard the ship RMS Olympic

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Crew of SS Grosser Kurfu¨rst, Bremen, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Crew of SS Grosser Kurfu¨rst, Bremen, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Crew of SS Grosser Kurfu¨rst, Bremen, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Leo Callahan, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Leo Callahan, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Leo Callahan, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Rocket-line exercise of the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade, 1865. Creator: Mason Jackson

Rocket-line exercise of the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade, 1865. Creator: Mason Jackson
Rocket-line exercise of the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade, 1865. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. R

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Ted Lewis, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Ted Lewis, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Ted Lewis, between c1915 and c1920. Shows American musician Theodore Leopold Friedman (1890-1971), (known as Ted Lewis) probably aboard the ship RMS Olympic

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Life belt drill on liner, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Life belt drill on liner, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Life belt drill on liner, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Maison Jays mourning outfitters, 1888. Creator: Unknown

Maison Jays mourning outfitters, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Maison Jays mourning outfitters, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume38. July to December, 1888

Background imageLifebelt Collection: At the Wall of the Federationists, June 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen

At the Wall of the Federationists, June 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
At the Wall of the Federationists, June 1894

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Captain of the Tenby Lifeboat, 1853-56. Creator: Mr. Gonne

Captain of the Tenby Lifeboat, 1853-56. Creator: Mr. Gonne
Captain of the Tenby Lifeboat, 1853-56

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Port Augusta, South Australia, 1901. Creator: Unknown

Port Augusta, South Australia, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Port Augusta, South Australia, 1901. Port Augusta, a natural harbour and seaport on the Spencer Gulf named after Augusta Sophia, Lady Young, the wife of the Governor of South Australia

Background imageLifebelt Collection: To the rescue: the life-buoy, c1900. Creator: Unknown

To the rescue: the life-buoy, c1900. Creator: Unknown
To the rescue: the life-buoy, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Throwing the Life-Line, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Throwing the Life-Line, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Throwing the Life-Line, 1890. Lifeboatmen in sou westers carrying out a rescue in rough seas - the man in the centre preparing to throw the rope wears a belt of buoyancy aids

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Advert for Players Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1923

Advert for Players Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1923. A print from The Illustrated London News, 28th April 1923

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Group of passengers on deck of S.S. Amsterdam, c1910. Creator: Unknown

Group of passengers on deck of S.S. Amsterdam, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Group of passengers on deck of S.S. Amsterdam, c1910

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Battlecruiser HMS Hood, seen from HMS Nelson, 1937

Battlecruiser HMS Hood, seen from HMS Nelson, 1937

Background imageLifebelt Collection: North Cape - from the west - land of the Midnight Sun, near midnight, N. Norway, c1905

North Cape - from the west - land of the Midnight Sun, near midnight, N. Norway, c1905
North Cape - from the west - land of the Midnight Sun (71° N. lat.), near midnight, N. Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Entering Grimsby Docks at the end of a North Sea voyage is the fishing vessel Saurian

Entering Grimsby Docks at the end of a North Sea voyage is the fishing vessel Saurian, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

Background imageLifebelt Collection: War time lifebelt drill on board an ocean liner, 1915

War time lifebelt drill on board an ocean liner, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War, Vol. II. - 1914-15. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Sixteenth-Century Lifebelt, 1555

Sixteenth-Century Lifebelt, 1555. From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Atlantic, c20th century (1932). Artist: Paul Nash

Atlantic, c20th century (1932). Artist: Paul Nash
Atlantic, c20th century (1932). From The Studio Volume 104. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1932]

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Margaret, of the Windmill Theatre, London, 1938

Margaret, of the Windmill Theatre, London, 1938. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 7th series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Irene Hervey, American film actress, c1938

Irene Hervey, American film actress, c1938. Irene Hervey (1909-1998) appeared in numerous films in the 1930s and 1940s. From the 1950s onwards she switched increasingly to television acting

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Bluejackets of the torpedo boat destroyer HMS Sturgeon, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co

Bluejackets of the torpedo boat destroyer HMS Sturgeon, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Bluejackets of the torpedo boat destroyer HMS Sturgeon, 1896. The Sturgeon was launched in 1894 and was attached to the Channel Squadron

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Phyllis Dare (1890-1975), English actress, 1907

Phyllis Dare (1890-1975), English actress, 1907. From the Rotary Photographic Series

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Chief Painter, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman

Chief Painter, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Chief Painter, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Background imageLifebelt Collection: Passengers on a ferry, Rotterdam, 1898. Artist: James Batkin

Passengers on a ferry, Rotterdam, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Passengers on a ferry, Rotterdam, 1898. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898)


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