Smoke Collection

Carbolic smoke ball
An advertisment placed by the Carbolic Smoke Ball Company for the carbolic smoke ball, a cure for all types of ailments

The Clay Pit, Harold Harvey (1874-1941)
Oil on canvas, Newlyn School, 1923. View of Leswidden China Clay Works near St Just. This painting shows the harsh, labour-intensive working conditions of a china clay pit

Freight train on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, by Selwyn Pearce-Higgins. This narrow gauge railway line was opened in 1903

Princess Margaret smoking with cigarette holder and drinking orange at the Pye TV awards at the Grosvenor House hotel

HMS Ajax, light cruiser, Leander class. circa 1940s

Cloth Hall on fire, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
The Cloth Hall on fire, Ypres, Belgium, First World War. Date: 1914

Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, 1782 (c1783). General Sir George Eliott is on horseback pointing to the battle between the British and the Spanish land and sea forces

HMS London, British heavy cruiser
HMS London (69), British County class heavy cruiser, showing the main guns on the bridge. Date: circa 1930s

WORLD WAR II: NURSES. U. S
WORLD WAR II: NURSES. U.S. Army nurses advance through a cloud of smoke in a gas mask drill during training at Scott Field, Illinois. Photograph, c1942

Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fire
Heroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire

Duquesne steel factories at night, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1900 Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

The Battle of Austerlitz on December 2, 1805 - Gerard, Francois Pascal Simon (1770-1837
FIA5395877 The Battle of Austerlitz on December 2, 1805 - Gerard, Francois Pascal Simon (1770-1837) - Colour lithograph 1810 - 45x77, 8 - Private Collection by Gerard, Francois Pascal Simon

The Fighting Temeraire, 1839. Artist: JMW Turner
The Fighting Temeraire, 1839. The 98-gun ship Temeraire became known as the Fighting Temeraire after its role in Nelsons victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

The Battle of Trafalgar, (oil on canvas)
824219 The Battle of Trafalgar, (oil on canvas) by English School, (19th century); 340.5x218.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Battle of Trafalgar. English School, 19th Century)

RAF Poster, Back Them Up! WW2
RAF Poster, Back Them Up!, showing a British Spitfire shooting down a German bomber during the Second World War. 1940s

The Apaches Supper, 1901 (chalk and charcoal on paper)
BAL128291 The Apaches Supper, 1901 (chalk and charcoal on paper) by Legrand, Louis Auguste Mathieu (1863-1951); 63x49 cm; Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia

Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fire
Heroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire. Date: 19th century

Heath Robinson Kitchen 3 of 4
Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Kitchen

Carbolic Smoke Ball / 1893
Advertisement for The Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. which claimed to offer a cure for a wide variety of ailments. This led to a court case on grounds of deception & a landmark ruling

Gypsy Encampment, Appleby, 1919 (w / c on paper) (see also 54655)
XPG329621 Gypsy Encampment, Appleby, 1919 (w/c on paper) (see also 54655) by Atkinson, John (1863-1924); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

St. Pancras. A terminus of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1935. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1". [The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, 1935]

Ravenscraig Steel Works, Motherwell, 1978
Ravenscraig, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland

Poster produced for British Railways (BR), showing a railway worker manually operating the signals in the Greenwood signal box, New Barnet, London

Firefighters working at scene of pub fire, SE London
Firefighters working at scene of pub fire, Eltham, SE London

Battersea Power Station
The chimneys of Battersea Power Station, view across the River Thames, from Chelsea Reach, London

Industrial Revolution in the 1800s - scanned 1878 engraving

WW2 Poster -- Back Them Up
Back Them Up! Colour photolithograph printed by Fosh and Cross Ltd, published by HMSO. Showing a British Commando raid on a German-held port in Norway. Date: 1940

Colossus Of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of the sun god Helios measuring 34 metres, towers over the islands harbour, circa 250 BC

1928 Austin 7 Gordon England Cup at the Exeter trial struggling uphill

Volcano Kimanura Nyamulagira Virungas, Zaire, Africa
AW-4153 VOLCANO ERUPTION Kimanura - Nyamulgira Virungas

Firefighters in action, Eagle Street, London WC1
Firefighters in action at a fire in Eagle Street, London WC1, 0738 hrs, 9 June 1955

Photograph by Cyril Herbert showing a steam locomotive pulling an express train in the West Highlands of Scotland

Battersea Power Station on a misty morning. Date: 1940s

Welwyn Garden City, an example of town planning
An advertisement for new houses and industrial sites at the new town of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, an example of town planning, designed to take people away from polluted cities

February Fill Dyke, 1881. Creator: Benjamin Williams Leader
February Fill Dyke, 1881

An Alligator - all dressed up to meet you in Florida, USA. Date: 1935

A China Clay Pit, Leswidden, Harold Harvey (1874-1941)
Oil on canvas, Newlyn School, 1920 or 1924. This painting shows the harsh, labour-intensive working conditions of a china clay pit

The Red Arrows over RAF Akrotiri
The Royal Air Forse Aerobatic Team (RAFAT), " The Red Arrows" practicing their display manoeuvres over RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus

The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781, 1783. Artist: John Singleton Copley
The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781, 1783. France invaded Jersey on 5 January 1781 and, following the fall of its capital St Helier, the governor surrendered the island

A smokey view with the typical scene of bottle ovens and kilns during the industrial period of Stoke on Trent - Pottery - Potteries - Pot Banks Picture taken circa 1950

A Factoryscape in the Potteries, (1938). Smoke from chimneys in the industrial area known as the Staffordshire Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent

Autumn Leaves, 1856, (c1915). Artist: John Everett Millais
Autumn Leaves, 1856, (c1915). The painting is held by the Manchester Art Gallery. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Vintage Civil War print of the Battle of Fort Sanders. The battle was fought in Knoxville, Tennessee on November 29, 1863

Victoria Falls at Sunrise, by Thomas Baines
Victoria Falls at Sunrise with The Smoke or Spraycloud, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). Date: 1863

British battle cruisers HMS Tiger and HMS Lion, WW1
Two British battle cruisers at sea, HMS Tiger (left) and HMS Lion (right), at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Gebrauchsgrafik illustration, 1928
Highly stylised art deco illustration showing three people (one woman and two men) in evening dress, sitting on what look like cocktail stools

Galway Gossips, c1887, (c1930). Creator: Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow
Galway Gossips, c1887, (c1930). Rural scene in the west of Ireland: a woman on a horse stops to chat to a man leaning on a low wall

HMS Royal Oak, British battleship
HMS Royal Oak, British Revenge class battleship. Date: circa 1918

Civil War painting of Union and Confederate troops fighting at The Battle of Antietam
Vintage Civil War painting of Union and Confederate troops fighting at The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg

The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 (oil on canvas)
XCR2069 The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 (oil on canvas) by Stanfield, Clarkson R.A. (1793-1867); 262x462 cm; The Crown Estate; English, out of copyright

Staffordshire Potteries
Factories in the Staffordshire potteries, 2nd March 1946. Original publication : Picture Post - 3088 - Pottery : A Working Partys Problem - pub

Fire at 298 Old Brompton Road, London SW5, 25 February 1956

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey
A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March

Middlesex Fire Brigade in the London Fire Brigade area
Mutual assistance took place where a nearby fire brigade would attend a fire in the London Fire Brigade area, or vice-versa

Fresh Air from the Potteries
" Fresh Air from the Potteries" A sarcastic caption accompanying a fine photograph of the skyline of dark satanic mills which characterised the Potteries (Stoke-on-Trent)

Bedwas Navigation Colliery, Monmouthshire, South Wales
View of Lewis Merthyr Pit, Bedwas Navigation Colliery, Monmouthshire, South Wales. The colliery opened in 1913 and closed in the mid-1980s, after the Miners Strike

Iron Works / Corby / Photo
Smoke billowing out of the Iron Works, Corby, Northamptonshire

Shiva Mandir temple, Bengaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka state, India, Asia

A Dreadnought firing her great guns. Date: circa 1910s

Charge of the French Cuirassiers at Waterloo, 1874, (c1915). Held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney

Train crossing Stockport viaduct on the London & North Western Railway, c1845. Note the pollution of the river banks, smoking chimneys and the complete domination of the scene by the viaduct

Men standing around an Ariel motorcycle
Men in street gathered around a 1934 Ariel Red Hunter motorcycle in the 1930s

HMS Ajax, British battleship, at Malta
HMS Ajax, British King George V-class battleship, seen here at Malta. Date: circa 1919

HMS Prince of Wales, British battleship. Date: circa 1908

TURNER: BURNING PARLIAMENT. The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16th October 1834. Oil on canvas, 1834-35, by Joseph Mallord William Turner

A ship unloading at the pier at Battersea Power Station, seen from across the Thames, London, England. 1960 s

An old mill in Plumstead Common has gained a second lease of life as an Inn. Mr T Fossam and Mr Copelin playing billiards. 29 March 1939

Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8
London firefighters and the London Salvage Corps (in the long coats) at the scene of a fire involving shops and dwellings in Wandsworth Road, Clapham, SW8, on 9 September 1959

Blitz in Plymouth -- St Andrews Parish Church, WW2
Blitz in Plymouth -- the smouldering remains of St Andrews Parish Church, bombed and badly damaged in March 1941. The church was restored, and reconsecrated in November 1957

LCC-LFB Serious house fire in Notting Hill
Firefighters using the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder to gain access to the upper floors of this terraced house affected by a serious blaze in Notting Hill, West London

RAF Poster, Back Them Up! WW2
RAF Poster, Back Them Up!, showing Hurricanes of the RAF cooperating with the Russian Air Force during the Second World War. 1940s

Cornish tin mines, 19th century
Cornish tin mines, 19th-century artwork. These mines are in the parish of St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, UK. 19th-century tin mines in this area date back to 1721

Battle of Chancellorsville, 1863
General Stonewall Jackson leading the Confederates at Chancellorsville, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Confederate charge up Little Round Top, held by the 20th Maine Regiment, Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th century illustration

Cwmpennar Colliery, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of Cwmpennar Colliery (also known as the Powell Duffryn Colliery), Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, South Wales

Wyndham Colliery, Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale, South Wales
A pre-1914 image of the Wyndham Colliery, Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale, South Wales which opened in 1868. Date: circa 1900s

Ending in Smoke by Heath Robinson
An ingenious smoke screen spreader for preventing embarrassing situations when the bathroom lock is out of order

View of the Castle Gateway, Nottingham
Artist: Price, Caroline Mary - Title: View of the Castle Gateway, Nottingham - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Board 20.3 x 27.9

Aerial combat over trenches during First World War
An aerial combat over the trenches during the First World War

Bessemer converter in Longwy steelworks, France
A Bessemer converter in the Longwy steelworks, France -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron

Crazy Brush
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A signed photograph of Sigmund Freud, c. 1921 (sepia photo)
985676 A signed photograph of Sigmund Freud, c.1921 (sepia photo) by Halberstadt

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RMS Queen Elizabeth, Cunard Lines
Cruise liner RMS Queen Elizabeth, Cunard Lines. Date: circa 1960s

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"Unveiling the Power of Smoke: From Carbolic Smoke Ball to Heroic Firefighters" The Carbolic Smoke Ball: A Revolutionary Remedy or a Marketing Ploy? Brave and Bold: Heroic Fireman Rescuing Girl from Raging Inferno. JMW Turner's "The Fighting Temeraire": Capturing the Ephemeral Beauty of Smoke. Back Them Up. RAF Poster during WW2 Emphasizing the Importance of Support. 1893's Carbolic Smoke Ball: An Intriguing Glimpse into Historical Remedies. Courage Under Fire: Witnessing a Heroic Fireman Saving Lives in Perilous Situations. British Railways' Dedication: Railway Workers Braving Manual Operations Amidst Billowing Smoke. Heath Robinson Kitchen Series - Part 3: When Chaos Meets Ingenuity, Resulting in Smoky Culinary Adventures. Thich Quang Duc's Self-Immolation Protest in Saigon, 1963 - A Shocking Image Forever Etched in History. Ravenscraig Steel Works, Motherwell, 1978 - Where Molten Metal Meets Thick Plumes of Industrial Smoke. Speed and Spectacle at Watkins Glen, USA - Formula One Championship amidst Clouds of Tire-Smoke. Gladys Berejiklian Briefed by RFS Heroes - Recognizing the Efforts to Combat Wildfires and Tame their Destructive Smokes. In this diverse collection of moments captured throughout history, smoke emerges as both an enigmatic force and a symbol of resilience against adversity.