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American Civil War print featuring the Battle of Missionary Ridge
Vintage American Civil War print featuring the Battle of Missionary Ridge, which took place during the Chattanooga Campaign

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

LONDON: GREAT FIRE, 1666. St. Pauls Cathedral, a volcano with molten lead from its roof running down like lava during the Great Fire of London, September 1666. Contemporary woodcut

A Fair, Truro, Cornwall. Date about 1910
A Fair on The Green, Truro (now Truro bus station). Crowds gather around one of the rides, a patent electric motor car track by W.G. & S. Photographer: Unknown

USA, Alaska, Offshore oil drilling rigs in Cook Inlet and distant Alaska Range peaks on summer evening

Storming The Bastille
14th July 1789: French troops storming the Bastille during the French Revolution. The prison represented the hated Bourbon monarchy

Kings Cross station, British Railways, c1950s. The luxury Queen of Scots Pullman train arriving into Kings Cross station, hauled by a Class A3 engine, built by the London & North Eastern Railway

Businessmen smoking cigarettes and smiling

Two firefighters at King George V Dock, East London
Two firefighters in action at No.9 Shed, King George V Dock, Port of London Authority, East London (E16), on 29 December 1974 -- a 30-pump fire

LCC-LFB Major fire at Prudential Insurance Building
Massive crowds gather to watch the London Fire Brigade fight the fire in the Prudential Assurance Company building located in High Holborn WC1, 16 June 1932

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

GLC-LFB Centenary Royal Review at Lambeth HQ
To celebrate the 100 years of the London Fire Brigade, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip reviewed the London Fire Brigade at Lambeth headquarters

LFB turntable ladders in use at Hackney fire
Firefighters in action at Messrs Woolf, a furniture store in Hackney, East London

London Salvage Corps at work with salvage sheets
The London Salvage Corps were financed by the Insurance Companies and were not part of the London Fire Brigade. However they operated in concert with the Brigade

Fireboat tackling fire at Colonial Wharf, East London
A fireboat tackles a fire at Colonial Wharf, Wapping High Street, East London, 27 September 1935. This was a typical big Thamesside fire of the sort which the London Fire Brigade has tackled for over

View of City fires from St Pauls Cathedral, WW2
Blitz in London -- view of City fires from St Pauls Cathedral following an air raid

Atomic bomb explosion

Civil War cavalry skirmish
Cavalry duel during a Civil War battle. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Civil War artillery reenactors, Shiloh battlefield TN
Confederate artillery reenactors preparing to fire a 12-pounder Napoleon field cannon, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

American siege of Yorktown, Revolutionary War
Washington directing the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolution, 1781. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Sea fight between the American ship Bonhomme Richard and the British HMS Serapis, 1779. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Gipsy girl plaiting horses tail at an encampment in Surrey
A gipsy girl plaiting the tail of the family horse as she sits on the step of their caravan at an encampment in Surrey. (2 of 2)

Ocean Colliery, Nant Y Moel, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of the Ocean Colliery (also known as Western Colliery), Nant Y Moel (Nantymoel), Ogmore Vale, Glamorgan, South Wales, with a mixture of sleet and smoke on a day of bad weather

Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, Rhymney Valley, South Wales
General view of the Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, Rhymney Valley, South Wales

Winter sunrise over isolated cottage with Barn Owl
The weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. A landing barn owl has been added to the border framing the scene

Woman Smoking 1940S
A young housewife exhales a stream of smoke as she takes a break from her household tasks. By the end of World War Two, nearly half of the women in Britain had a smoking habit

Sinking of Scharnhorst
During the Battle of the Falkland Islands, German ships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau are both sunk

November the Fifth, Bonfire Night in Lewes, Sussex
November the Fifth, Bonfire Night in the High Street, Lewes, Sussex. 1892

German fighting ship in Battle of Jutland, WW1
One of Germanys greatest fighting ships in the Battle of Jutland, First World War. 1916

Blatz Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, later sold to the Pabst Brewery. Date: circa 1909

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Pavol Stranak

The Flower class corvette HMS Camellia (K31) getting up steam before escorting a convoy across the North Atlantic. December 1941

Films Carry On Screaming Film January 1966 Filming at Pinewood Studios Fenella Fielding as Virula smoulders with passion after kissing Harry H Corbett playing Police Sergeant Sydney Bung - Sgt Sydney

2015 Monaco GP
MONTE CARLO, MONACO - MAY 23: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid locks a wheel during the Monaco GP at Monte Carlo on May 23, 2015 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Rainer Schlegelmilch)

Hooded British Territorials charging the German Trenches at Loos, September 25th, 1915, 1916. British troops in gas masks charged German trenches at the Battle of Loos on the Western Front

Napoli and the Bay of Naples - View toward Mount Vesuvius and Villa (Palazzo) Donna anna (left) Date: circa 1903

Bala Lake Railway line - Locomotive Maid Marion
Steam locomotive Maid Marion hauls a train along the Bala Lake Railway line, which runs along the shore of Bala Lake, Gwynedd, North Wales Date: 1988

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

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]

Coronation Scot, L. M. S. leaving Watford Tunnel, 1940
Coronation Scot, L.M.S. leaving Watford Tunnel, 1940. It was inaugurated in 1937 for the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and ran until the start of World War II in 1939

Volcano on the island of Thera (Santorini) in eruption, 1866. The horseshoe shape of the island was created during a cataclysmic eruption c1500 BC

Brooklyn Bridge over East River, New York City, USA
Brooklyn Bridge over the East River, New York City, USA, as seen from Manhattan Bridge. Date: circa 1935

The Cigarette by Gordon Conway
Stunning illustration by Gordon Conway depicting an elegant woman in black wearing a close-fitting cloche hat and some impressive emerald, diamond and pearl jewels

Secret Societies (nineteenth century). Initiation ceremony of a new member. Colored engraving

Incense sticks burning in Den Ngoc Son, Temple Hanoi
Incense sticks burning in Den Ngoc Son, Temple of the Jade Mountain in Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam

LFB major control unit in operation at a fire
LFB firefighters in action, and a major Control Unit vehicle in attendance at a fire, 7 October 1955. The Control Unit had its own dedicated operational staff

Firefighters in action with hosepipes, Shad Thames, SE1
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at night, at a fire in Shad Thames, 19 February 1958, at the premises of Corry & Co, showing the Gainsford Street/Maguire Street corner of the building

Blitz in London -- Glengall Road, Peckham, WW2
Blitz in London -- Glengall Road, Peckham, SE London, 12 September 1940. Date: 1940

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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.