RM2WHHGAB–An old Victorian view of the main pool at the Roman Baths in Bath, Somerset, England, UK c.1880. The Roman Baths are well-preserved thermae. This view shows much of the remains are ruins and is before the Victorian restoration and reconstruction work began. The baths were sunken and the higher street level can be seen in the background. The baths, designed for public bathing, were used until the end of Roman rule in Britain in the 5th century AD. Victorian expansion of the baths complex was in the Neoclassical style. It is a major tourist attraction in the UK.
RM2A0MT3H–Advert for an Ideal Standard coloured bathroom suite, 1951. The illustration shows a fully-tiled bathroom, a bath with a shower over and a basin - both in a soft yellow colour and with Art Deco styling and from the Ideal Works in Hull, East Yorkshire.
RM2H4EGW6–A small timetable booklet for British Rail’s London Paddington to the west country of England, published in 1976, when the service used the then new Inter-City 125 trains. The InterCity 125 (originally Inter-City 125, or High Speed Train) was a diesel-powered high-speed passenger train built by British Rail Engineering Limited between 1975 and 1982. The photograph shows the distinctive nose of the train. The streamlined front end lacked conventional buffers and the drawgear was hidden under a cowling – vintage 1970s graphics.
RM2DJCCGY–An old engraving of ‘Urban’s tempering machine’ of the 1800s. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The term hardened steel is often used for a medium or high carbon steel that has been given heat treatment and then quenching followed by tempering. Here a hot steel plate is being lowered into a tank. Salted water is contained in a reservoir (top right) – a valve is opened and jets of water played against both sides of the plate. A pump (left) returns the water up to the reservoir. Tempering was often confused with quenching – the term was used to describe both.
RM2F39TMP–An exit sign at Silver Springs Wild Waters, Silver Springs, Florida, USA in 1980. The finger points the way out. This water park was adjacent to Silver Springs Nature Theme Park. Opened in 1978, it was a small park by today’s standards but it attracted people who enjoyed a more traditional water park experience. It was among the first water parks in the country to have fiberglass flume rides. Wild Waters closed in 2016. This image is from an old American amateur Kodak colour transparency – a vintage 1980s photograph.
RMKJ9N99–An advert for Lux soap bars. It appeared in a magazine published in the UK in 1959 and features a woman wrapped in a bathtowel and one foot in her bath
RM2AJ86M5–Advert for Carter's invalid carriages and chairs, 1951. This appeared in the Sphere magazine in 2 June 1951. The term 'Invalid Carriage' usually used to refer to motorised, electric or hand-propelled wheelchairs. Some had a hand-brake and steering was via a stick control or by moving the backrest with the upper body. Many of the chairs feature wicker for the seating and backrests. Many carriages and chairs were required for wounded war personnel of World War II. The items were manufactured by Carters of London.
RM2K0JA8R–An old Victorian engraving of Starley’s ‘Coventry Chair’. It is from a book of 1890. Starley and Sutton Co of Meteor Works, Coventry, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, UK was an early pioneer of bicycles. The company was founded in 1878 by John Kemp Starley and William Sutton and made ‘bath chairs’, with provision for pedalling at the rear (as with a tricycle) – these became known as Coventry Chairs. Their ‘Rover’ bicycle design is often recognised as the first ‘modern bicycle’.
RMD891C5–1928 advert for Wright's coal tar soap that includes an offer of a free metal 'shingle' brush by collecting the wrappers
RMJGEXGN–An advert for Optrex eye lotion, 'first aid' for eyes - it appeared in a magazine published in the UK in 1947. The advert claims the lotion relieves eye fatigue, inflammation and styes
RMKMF162–An advert for Palmolive soap - it appeared in a magazine published in the UK in 1959. The advert features a photograph of a woman (in full make-up!) lathering her face and claims that using Palmolive with its olive oil will help a woman keep a 'schoolgirl complexion'
RMKMF15J–Old advert for a Morny 'French Fern' - a range of women's bathroom products including toilet soap, talcum powder, perfume and bath salts. It appeared in a magazine published in the UK in 1959
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