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Drill Collection (#5)

"Embracing Precision and Discipline: Unveiling the Essence of Drill" The Welsh Guards stand tall, their poster epitomizing the art – a testament to unity and precision

Background imageDrill Collection: Harlene hair drill advert

Harlene hair drill advertisement. Offered hair products for men and women in order to get the perfect look. Different hair styles seen here throughout the 1920s. Date: 1925

Background imageDrill Collection: Wartime London Scenes, by Topolski

Wartime London Scenes, by Topolski
Cartoon illustration of wartime scenes in London, by Topolski. Captioned, and showing scenes, In a popular dance hall, A mixed and enthusiastic audience at a National Gallery concert

Background imageDrill Collection: Dentist's equipment, dental drill

Dentist's equipment, dental drill Date: 1920

Background imageDrill Collection: Dentist's equipment, dental drill parts

Dentist's equipment, dental drill parts Date: 1920

Background imageDrill Collection: Gas masks at the Windmill

Gas masks at the Windmill
Chorus girls, cast members and theatre staff at the Windmill Theatre in London, doing a gas mask drill. Date: 1939

Background imageDrill Collection: Royal Marines Artillery - A Drill turret

Royal Marines Artillery - A Drill turret used by the RMA for training on the operation of turrets on capital ships. Every aspect was practised with a magazine on the lower levels

Background imageDrill Collection: Ratner branch bank strong room door, drill proof and blowpipe resisting. Date: circa 1920s

Ratner branch bank strong room door, drill proof and blowpipe resisting. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageDrill Collection: Fire drill at Southwark headquarters. Date: 1896

Fire drill at Southwark headquarters. Date: 1896

Background imageDrill Collection: London Fire Brigade - Southwark Headquarters 1896

London Fire Brigade - Southwark Headquarters 1896
Rescue drill at Southwark headquarters. Date: 1896

Background imageDrill Collection: London firefighters training at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1

London firefighters training at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) undergoing pump training in the drill yard of Brigade HQ. Hard suction hose is being connected to the open topped pump

Background imageDrill Collection: These are scenes from the London Orphan Asylum in Watford. 1) boys doing drill 2) the boys band 3

These are scenes from the London Orphan Asylum in Watford. 1) boys doing drill 2) the boys band 3) sewing class 4) the Prince of Wales proposing the toast of the asylum at the Jubilee Dinner at

Background imageDrill Collection: Jalopy

Jalopy
Brig Barkow

Background imageDrill Collection: A Surgeon (oil on canvas)

A Surgeon (oil on canvas)
471563 A Surgeon (oil on canvas) by Cossiers, Jan (1600-71); 110x87 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Background imageDrill Collection: A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant... Long Beach, Calif

A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant... Long Beach, Calif
A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif

Background imageDrill Collection: Drilling horizontal stabilizers... this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville... Tennessee, 1943

Drilling horizontal stabilizers... this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville... Tennessee, 1943. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown working on the horizontal stabilizer for a Vultee " Vengeance" dive bomber

Background imageDrill Collection: Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville... working on a 'Vengeance'dive bomber, Tennessee, 1943

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville... working on a "Vengeance"dive bomber, Tennessee, 1943
Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a " Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee. The tool in the image might be a rivet gun

Background imageDrill Collection: Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc. a woman is in the control... 1942

Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc. a woman is in the control... 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc. [a] woman is in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane

Background imageDrill Collection: A carpenter at the TVAs new Douglas dam on the French Broad River, Tenn. 1942

A carpenter at the TVAs new Douglas dam on the French Broad River, Tenn. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
A carpenter at the TVAs new Douglas dam on the French Broad River, Tenn. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1, 682 feet ong, with a 31, 600-acre reservoir area extending 43 miles upstream

Background imageDrill Collection: Carpenter at work on Douglas Dam, Tennessee (TVA), 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer

Carpenter at work on Douglas Dam, Tennessee (TVA), 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Carpenter at work on Douglas Dam, Tennessee (TVA)

Background imageDrill Collection: Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageDrill Collection: Drill press operator, Allegheny Ludlum Steel[e] Corp. Brackenridge, Pa. 1941?

Drill press operator, Allegheny Ludlum Steel[e] Corp. Brackenridge, Pa. 1941?. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Drill press operator, Allegheny Ludlum Steele Corp. Brackenridge, Pa

Background imageDrill Collection: Possibly: Shows stump on cut-over farm after blasting, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939

Possibly: Shows stump on cut-over farm after blasting, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Shows stump on cut-over farm after blasting. Bonner County, Idaho]

Background imageDrill Collection: Shows method of pulling tomarack stump, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Shows method of pulling tomarack stump, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Shows method of pulling tomarack stump. Drilling hole for dynamite with auger. Box holds powder, fuse caps, wire. Bonner County, Idaho

Background imageDrill Collection: Men of the new regiment of Mounted Infantry at drill at Aldershot, 1888. Creator: Unknown

Men of the new regiment of Mounted Infantry at drill at Aldershot, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Men of the new regiment of Mounted Infantry at drill at Aldershot, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Background imageDrill Collection: The regiment formed in line, Hindustani Musket Cavalry, 1824 circa (w / c)

The regiment formed in line, Hindustani Musket Cavalry, 1824 circa (w / c)
5920161 The regiment formed in line, Hindustani Musket Cavalry, 1824 circa (w/c) by Naziradeem (fl.1824) (attrib. to); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: The regiment formed in line)

Background imageDrill Collection: Secure arms, infantry drill, India, 1814. (etching)

Secure arms, infantry drill, India, 1814. (etching)
5926173 Secure arms, infantry drill, India, 1814. (etching) by Abraham, Captain James (fl.1813) (after); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Secure arms, infantry drill, India, 1814)

Background imageDrill Collection: Inspection, Cheshire Regiment, Johannesburg, 1900 (b / w photo)

Inspection, Cheshire Regiment, Johannesburg, 1900 (b / w photo)
5920878 Inspection, Cheshire Regiment, Johannesburg, 1900 (b/w photo) by Underwood & Underwood (c.1881-1940); National Army Museum

Background imageDrill Collection: Positions for the manoeuvre of the regiment from a column to a line, 1824 circa (w / c)

Positions for the manoeuvre of the regiment from a column to a line, 1824 circa (w / c)
5920160 Positions for the manoeuvre of the regiment from a column to a line, 1824 circa (w/c) by Naziradeem (fl.1824) (attrib)

Background imageDrill Collection: British infantry, native infantry and native cavalry drilling outside Fort St George, Madras

British infantry, native infantry and native cavalry drilling outside Fort St George, Madras, 1786 (w / c)
5920080 British infantry, native infantry and native cavalry drilling outside Fort St George, Madras, 1786 (w/c) by Rothmeyer, Johann Jacob Ludewig (fl.1750-1780); National Army Museum

Background imageDrill Collection: Introduction of the Goose Step (engraving)

Introduction of the Goose Step (engraving)
2788188 Introduction of the Goose Step (engraving) by Moreland, Arthur (1876-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Introduction of the Goose Step)

Background imageDrill Collection: Prussia after Moscow, testing Artillery at Essen (engraving)

Prussia after Moscow, testing Artillery at Essen (engraving)
2788280 Prussia after Moscow, testing Artillery at Essen (engraving) by Moreland, Arthur (1876-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prussia after Moscow, testing Artillery at Essen)

Background imageDrill Collection: Sowing with drills, 1877 (albumen silver print)

Sowing with drills, 1877 (albumen silver print)
3617932 Sowing with drills, 1877 (albumen silver print) by Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste (c.1829-1905); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Background imageDrill Collection: Engraving men working in mine digging for gold and carbon

Engraving men working in mine digging for gold and carbon
" 18th Century Style, Painted Image, Antique, Engraved Image, Woodcut, Illustration and Painting, Etching, Pencil Drawing, Image Created 18th Century, Historical Document, Gold Mine, Print

Background imageDrill Collection: Under the Alps

Under the Alps
13th February 1869: Engineers building a railway tunnel under Mount Cenis in the Alps. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

Background imageDrill Collection: Bit Brace, 1938. Creator: Alfonso Moreno

Bit Brace, 1938. Creator: Alfonso Moreno
Bit Brace, 1938

Background imageDrill Collection: Auger, c. 1938. Creator: Alfonso Moreno

Auger, c. 1938. Creator: Alfonso Moreno
Auger, c. 1938

Background imageDrill Collection: Bit and Countersink, c. 1940. Creator: Fred Hassebrock

Bit and Countersink, c. 1940. Creator: Fred Hassebrock
Bit and Countersink, c. 1940

Background imageDrill Collection: Brace and Bit, c. 1941. Creator: Violet Hartenstein

Brace and Bit, c. 1941. Creator: Violet Hartenstein
Brace and Bit, c. 1941

Background imageDrill Collection: Chalons Encampment: Maneuvers on October 3 (Camp de Chalons

Chalons Encampment: Maneuvers on October 3 (Camp de Chalons: manoeuvres du 3 octobre), 1857. Albumen print, from the album " Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons"

Background imageDrill Collection: Private Drilling, No 5, June 1, 1798. Creator: Heinrich Schutz

Private Drilling, No 5, June 1, 1798. Creator: Heinrich Schutz
Private Drilling, No 5, June 1, 1798

Background imageDrill Collection: Handmade Auger, c. 1942. Creator: William Frank

Handmade Auger, c. 1942. Creator: William Frank
Handmade Auger, c. 1942

Background imageDrill Collection: Carpenters Brace, c. 1939. Creator: William H Edwards

Carpenters Brace, c. 1939. Creator: William H Edwards
Carpenters Brace, c. 1939

Background imageDrill Collection: The Arrest of John Morgan, Esq. Merchant, Singapore, October 1824, by John Crawford Esq

The Arrest of John Morgan, Esq. Merchant, Singapore, October 1824, by John Crawford Esq
1630589 The Arrest of John Morgan, Esq. Merchant, Singapore, October 1824, by John Crawford Esq. Resident, Formerly Doctor on the Companies Service, Late Ambassador to the Court, Bangkok, Siam

Background imageDrill Collection: Half yearly Inspection, from Scenes of life in an Infantry Regiment

Half yearly Inspection, from Scenes of life in an Infantry Regiment
5926899 A Half yearly InspectionA, from A Scenes of life in an Infantry RegimentA, 1850 circa (w/c) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); National Army Museum

Background imageDrill Collection: Japanese Firemen at Drill, Tokio, Japan (engraving)

Japanese Firemen at Drill, Tokio, Japan (engraving)
3627724 Japanese Firemen at Drill, Tokio, Japan (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Japanese Firemen at Drill, Tokio, Japan)

Background imageDrill Collection: Modern dentistry apparatus (litho)

Modern dentistry apparatus (litho)
6013614 Modern dentistry apparatus (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modern dentistry apparatus)

Background imageDrill Collection: The processes and apparatus of taxidermy (litho)

The processes and apparatus of taxidermy (litho)
6013434 The processes and apparatus of taxidermy (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The processes and apparatus of taxidermy)

Background imageDrill Collection: Life on board a training ship, sail drill (b / w photo)

Life on board a training ship, sail drill (b / w photo)
5998261 Life on board a training ship, sail drill (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Life on board a training ship, sail drill)



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"Embracing Precision and Discipline: Unveiling the Essence of Drill" The Welsh Guards stand tall, their poster epitomizing the art – a testament to unity and precision. Journey deep into Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall, where miners masterfully maneuver through narrow tunnels with unwavering focus – drill at its rawest form. On Training Ship Arethusa in Greenhithe, Kent, young cadets learn the compass drill, honing their navigation skills while embracing discipline on the high seas. In Lambeth HQ LFB150's annual review, firefighters showcase their mastery over hoses during intense training drills – a display of bravery and preparedness. Knotting Class aboard Training Ship Arethusa in Greenhithe sees aspiring sailors perfect intricate knots with meticulous attention to detail – an essential skill for life at sea. Blacksmiths forge metal outside their workshop, employing rhythmic movements that embody both strength and precision – a true embodiment of the art of drill. At Brigade HQ SE1, LCC-LFB recruits undergo rigorous fireman training drills under expert guidance – preparing them for any challenge that may come their way. GLC-London Fire Brigade's Clerkenwell fire station serves as a hub for dedicated firefighters who engage in relentless drills to ensure swift response times during emergencies. A firefighter practices hook ladder maneuvers with utmost concentration - mastering this crucial technique can mean saving lives when every second counts. Levant Mine witnesses skilled miners executing flawless drilling techniques on July 11th, 1894 - showcasing generations of expertise passed down through time. Amidst history's tapestry lies Rip Bits factory in Sheffield during World War II; female workers embrace drills as they contribute to Britain's war effort with unwavering dedication (1941).