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Fire fighters

Images

  • Fire-fighters and fire-fighting techniques. Process print after R. Cleaver.
  • Firemen standing around the circumferance of a large orange condom as though it was a safety net; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by Gapa RS. Colour lithograph by Chitolina, ca. 1996.
  • Opening of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel: a group of soldiers with false moustaches and beards stand with swords, a mace and a furled flag. Wood engraving by C.J.B. (?) after R. Linklater, 1871.
  • Opening of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel: a group of soldiers with false moustaches and beards stand with swords, a mace and a furled flag. Wood engraving by C.J.B. (?) after R. Linklater, 1871.
  • New York City: Broadway in the snow, with a fire-engine passing a horse-drawn carriage. Aquatint by P. Girardet after H. Sebron, 1857.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Nairobi: firemen carrying a man down a ladder, demonstrating their skills and equipment. Photograph.

    | Date: [between 1960 and 1969?] | Reference: 46594i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Firemen standing around the circumferance of a large orange condom as though it was a safety net; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by Gapa RS. Colour lithograph by Chitolina, ca. 1996.

    | Date: [1996?] | Reference: 679271i
    • Pictures

    Nairobi: firemen carrying a man out of a window using oxygen masks, demonstrating their skills and equipment. Photograph.

    | Date: [between 1960 and 1969?] | Reference: 46596i
    • Books

    The day Donny Herbert woke up : a true story / Rich Blake.

    Blake, Rich. | Date: [2007], ©2007
    • Pictures

    Nairobi: firemen carrying a man down a ladder and using a fire pump, demonstrating their skills and equipment. Photograph.

    | Date: [between 1960 and 1969?] | Reference: 46595i
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