Service Collection

Disused tram, Blackpool St Annes & Lytham Tramways
A disused tram of the Blackpool St Annes & Lytham Tramways, damaged and rusting in the open air

The Royal Logistic Corps

Laundry delivery service

Poster advertising British military uniform, WW1
Poster advertising British military uniform, The Studington Military Kit... obtainable only from Studd & Millington Ltd, Military Tailors. Chromolithograph poster, 1914 (c)

WW2 Poster -- Flies Foul Food
Flies Foul Food. Your health depends on wholesome food - keep it covered from flies! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper

WW2 Poster -- Dysentery and Diarrhoea
Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Colour lithograph information poster, after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper

WW2 Poster -- Your Release can be delayed with VD
Your Release can be delayed with VD! Colour lithograph, British Army anti-venereal disease medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

WW2 Poster -- Army Officer and other badges
Distinctive Badges of Rank of Officers in the Army, showing corresponding ranks in Royal Navy, Army, & Royal Air Force. Colour lithograph published by Gale and Polden Limited, Aldershot

WW2 Poster -- Come Back to the Army and the ATS
Come Back to the Army and the ATS while the Bounty Scheme still operates. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO. 1939

WW2 Poster -- Quick! Your binoculars
Quick! Your binoculars. Supply poster, lithograph. Put your binoculars on Active Service Now! 1940

WW2 Poster -- Typhus, How Is It Spread?
Information poster on typhus and how it is spread. Colour lithograph, British Army anti-typhus medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

WW2 Poster -- Swat It
Swat It! Flies breed in hundreds at a time. Each one you kill means the end of hundreds yet unhatched! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper, published 1944

WW2 Poster -- Your Friends Are Needed Now
Your Friends Are Needed Now. Urge Them To Join The ATS. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Frank Newbould, published by HMSO

WW2 Poster -- ATS Eyes Of The Guns
ATS Eyes Of The Guns. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. Showing women helping with anti-aircraft defence. 1940

WW2 Poster -- You are wanted too! Join the ATS
You Are Wanted Too! Join The ATS. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by unknown artist, published by HMSO

WW2 Poster -- ATS recruitment poster
ATS recruitment poster. Every member of the ATS learns a job that will help her to earn her living in the post-war world. Auxiliary Territorial Service

WW2 Poster -- Mosquitoes Mean Malaria
Of tanks & guns there is no need, said Adolf to Benito, Just wait till they begin to breed, And leave it to Mosquito! Mosquitoes Mean Malaria

WW2 Poster -- the ATS wants Cooks
The ATS wants Cooks. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO

WW2 Poster -- Tablet day
Tablet day! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. Medical related poster for British soldiers on active service in Italy

WW2 Poster -- ATS Carry The Messages
ATS Carry The Messages. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. 1940

WW2 Poster -- ATS recruitment
Enquire about service in the ATS at... Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO. 1940

WW2 Poster -- Women of Britain Come Forward Now
Women of Britain -- These scientific instruments demand nimble fingers and quick brains. Come Forward Now. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service

British Royal Naval Recruitment Poster, WW1
Remember! England Expects -- The need is great today.... the Navy requires you for its glorious service. Join today. Skilled artificers and artisans, seamen, stokers, marines and boys

WW2 Poster -- ATS At The Wheel
ATS At The Wheel. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. 1940

WW2 Poster -- Volunteer ATS
if you are over 17 and a half or 18, under 19, Volunteer ATS. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by unknown artist, published by HMSO. 1940

WW2 Poster -- Auxiliary Territorial Service
Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), the new womens service, recruitment poster. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO. Showing a woman in uniform blowing a bugle. 1940

WW2 Poster -- Theres a grand job waiting
Theres a grand job waiting - you can still volunteer, ATS. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO. 1940

Recruitment Poster - British Military
THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT, 57TH Regimental District - Headquarters, HOUNSLOW, 1900. Chromolithograph poster, printed by Gale and Polden Limited, 1900

WW2 Poster -- Flies Foul Food -- Keep Food Covered
Flies Foul Food - Diarrhoea and Dysentery Follow. Keep Food Covered! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper

Records of first UK aerial mail service
Thepostmasters official handwrittenrecordsrelatingto thefirst UKaerialmail service from London to Windsor andWindsor to LondoninSeptember1911. 1911

Cover design, Railway Air Services timetable in conjunction with Spartan Air Lines Ltd, between London and the Isle of Wight. circa 1936

Air Mail Poster
GPO poster, Use Air Mail. Showing the outline of a monoplane on a black background. 1934

Silhouette Calendar -- October, Harvest Thanksgiving. Showing a girl and a boy taking part in a Harvest Festival church service. 20th century

Book cover design, The Romance of Aeronautics: an Interesting Account of the Growth and Achievements of All Kinds of Aerial Craft, by Charles C Turner, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912

Eastern National Omnibus Company Limited Poster, advertising regular coach service to Lowerstoft and Yarmouth and to Clacton-on-Sea and Jerwick Sands. circa 1950

Cover design, Pan American Airways timetable
Cover design, Pan American Airways System Atlantic Service timetable, serving Bermuda, America and Europe. July 1939

Imperial Airways Poster, seaplane Scipio
Imperial Airways Poster, showing a diagrammatic drawing of the seaplane Scipio, one of the new Kent class, for use on the trans-Mediterranean service. 1931

Ministry of Health Poster - Evacuation
Shes in the Ranks too! Caring for Evacuees is a National Service circa 1942

Railway Air Services Poster
Railway Air Services (RAS) Poster, serving Plymouth, Teignmouth, Cardiff, Birmingham and Liverpool, Cowes (Isle of Wight), Southampton, Bristol and Birmingham, London (Croydon) and Isle of Wight

Pleasure Flights Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd. To-day & Every Day in a 3-engined air liner, price five shillings. 20th century

Provincial Airways Poster
Poster, Travel by Provincial Airways, with door to door service. Showing a biplane above a chauffeur-driven car. 1930s

Poster promoting luggage delivery by bus
Overloaded? Hand in your parcels for speedy delivery by bus. circa 1960

Cover design, Sabena airmail service, between Belgium and the Congo in five days. Showing part of the globe with a red line marking the route. March 1935

Brochure cover, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton
Brochure cover design, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, originating boot service in the home. Showing an 18th century scene, with a lady trying on a pair of boots. 20th century

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, showing a passenger airliner flying over a cruise liner. Below is a timetable for the Portsmouth to Ryde Air Ferry Service. 1932

Evacuation as a National Service - Poster
It Might by You! Caring for Evacuees is a National Service circa 1942

Cover design, Graf Zeppelin II brochure
Cover design, Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei (German Zeppelin Airline) brochure. Showing an artists impression of the Graf Zeppelin II airship flying over the Empire State Building in New York

Air Mail to Africa Poster
Poster, Air Mail to Africa, showing two Africans looking up at airliner G-ABPI. 20th century

Cover design, Regie Air Afrique timetable
Cover design, French Air Ministry, Regie Air Afrique, timetable for the Europe-Congo-Madagascar summer service. 1936

Poster, Zeppelin to South America
Poster advertising the German Zeppelin Hamburg-American Line, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin airship service from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. circa 1934

Poster - Eastern National Omnibus Company Limited
Poster design for Eastern National Omnibus Company Limited - advertuising their regular coach services to Tilbury, Grays, Clacton-on-Sea, Jaywick Sands, Lowestoft and Yarmouth

Brochure design, Cobham Air Routes, serving London, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, the Isle of Wight, and Guernsey. circa 1935

Poster, Jersey Airways
Poster, I m going by Jersey Airways, showing monkeys, a pig and a puppy rejecting alternative means of transport

Red Cross nurse
On Service. Portrait of a Red Cross nurse from World War I Date: 1916

Glasgow to Oban bus, with crew and passengers
A Glasgow to Oban bus, with crew and passengers, on a country road somewhere in Scotland. Date: 1929

Wedding of Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Scene inside Westminster Abbey showing the royal wedding of 1923, with Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI) stood at the altar with his bride, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Best Through Cooks, rail and steamer services
Poster or handbill design for Best Through Cooks, travel by British Railways rail and steamer services, showing a Mediterranean beach scene with boats, two wine glasses and a bottle, a green shutter

Sea Voyaging, Cooks World Travel Service
Cover illustration for Sea Voyaging, Cooks World Travel Service. A couple on the deck of a ship are looking out to sea at another ship passing by, with mountains in the background. Date: 1951

Memorial Service poster, Titanic disaster
A poster advertising a Memorial Service at Battersea Town Hall, south London, on 28 April 1912, to remember those who lost their lives in the Titanic disaster. Date: April 1912

Poster: Blood Donors Wanted. Your blood can save the life of someone, somewhere. Showing two soldiers tending a wounded colleague. 20th century

Poster advertising War Savings, encourage people to invest in war bonds to support the ATS (the womens branch of the army, the Auxiliary Territorial Service). 1940s

Advertisement for Willys-Overland motor car
Advertisement for the Willys-Overland motor car, for National Service

WVS Civil Defence poster, Incident Enquiry Point
WVS (Womens Voluntary Service) Civil Defence poster, Incident Enquiry Point. 1940s

Scene outside a country church, showing people arriving for a service

Timetable cover design for Danish State Railways (De Danske Statsbaner), overseas services. Valid from 15 May to 30 September 1935. Showing two trains and a cruise liner. 1935

Dutch poster, main British ranks and insignia
Dutch poster showing the main British ranks and insignia in the various wartime services. 20th century

Wartime leaflet, blood transfusion service
Wartime leaflet about the blood transfusion service, showing how blood, and blood transfusion equipment, are dropped by parachute behind enemy lines to save the lives of wounded soldiers. 1940s

Auxiliary Fire Service man during WW2
An Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) man during WW2, standing outside a telephone kiosk which bears a sign: London Fire Service Station

Poster, Why Aren t You in Khaki? You ll Be Wanted. Enlist At Once. A poster designed to shame people (especially men) into joining one of the wartime services. circa 1914-1915

Poster advertising the Special Constabulary, seeking fit men and women for part-time voluntary service. Civil Defence is Common Sense. Ask for details at your local police station. 1940s

Letter writer and client, Naples, Italy. The notice says that the man can also offer his services in French. late 19th century

Funeral service, Japan

Poster, Dutch mother on holiday with daughters
Poster depicting a Dutch mother on holiday with her two daughters (a public service advertisement). circa late 1930s

Silhouette, girl photographing dog
Silhouette of a girl photographing her dog with a box camera. (insert)

Photographic print wallet, advertising Kodak Film, and the developers, Karakashian Bros of Khartoum, Sudan. The art deco design shows a young woman with bobbed hair, taking a photo with a box camera

Advert, Southern Railway Excursions
Advertisement for Southern Railway Excursions to Birmingham, Cambridge, Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Rugby, Wolverhampton, etc, every Sunday from December to March

Photographic film envelope
Photographic envelope for a roll of Selo Panchromatic film. 20th century

Advert, Arthur Pelling of Chiswick, photography
Advertisement and receipt for Arthur Pelling Ltd of Turnham Green Terrace, Chiswick, West London, photography supplier and chemist

Flower sellers outside St Pauls Cathedral, London. 1936

Photographic print wallet with prints and negatives visible inside. 20th century

Summer Holidays in Spain and Portugal
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in Spain and Portugal, including the Balearic Islands, Madeira, Malta, Gibraltar and Cyprus, with Cooks World Travel Service

Winter Sunshine, Cooks World Travel Service
Cover illustration for Winter Sunshine, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a Mediterranean harbour scene. The whitewashed buildings have balconies, green shutters on the windows and red roofs

Winter Sports, Cooks World Travel Service
Cover illustration for Winter Sports, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing an aerial view of three skiers in Alpine ski wear skiing down a snowy mountain. Date: 1949

Cooks Nile Service, Ps Tewfik
An illustrated cover of a passenger list for Cooks Nile Steamer Tewfik -- two Egyptian scenes with people, a sphinx, pyramids and palm trees. Date: 1892

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