Protective Clothing Collection (page 9)

Ouch ! That hurt, grunts Allan Hands of Blackpool as Joe Bygraves of Birkenhead digs home a low left in a lively sparring session

Television presenter and newsreader Jan Leeming. December 1981 P009707

Even amid a welter of machines, some jobs can still only be done by hand. Here, an experienced " die-sinker" with face-mask to protect him against flying steel particles

Doctors and nurses wearing protective clothing against Lassa Fever at Newcastle General Hospital

Commander Peary - Conquest of the Pole, 1909, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Commander Peary - Conquest of the Pole, 1909, (1933). Portrait of Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920), American naval officer and explorer who claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole on 6 April

British Machine-gun Section wearing anti-gas masks, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920)
Modern Warfare on the Western Front: British Machine-gun Section wearing anti-gas masks, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920)

French soldiers wearing gas masks, First World War, c1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
French soldiers wearing gas masks, First World War, c1915, (c1920). Modern Warfare on the Western Front: French soldiers with their gas masks ready for an asphyxiating attack

The Beekeepers, 1565, (1943). Creator: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Beekeepers, 1565, (1943). Figures wearing long coats with hoods and basket-work masks. Drawing in the Kupferstichkabinett, Staatlichen Museen, Berlin

Costume of the Glaciers, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Costume of the Glaciers, 1875. Caricature of British clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist William Buckland (1784-1856), scratched by his friend and fellow geologist Thomas Sopwith

New Cricketing Dresses, To Protect All England Against The Present Swift Bowling, 1854. Satirical illustration showing cricketers wearing outlandish padded outfits to prevent injury from fast balls

Royal Marines handling ammunition on board HMS Illustrious, World War II, c1939-c1943 (1944)
Royal Marines handling ammunition on board the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, World War II, c1939-c1943 (1944). The marine supply party in the aircraft-carrier Illustrious is passing ammunition up

Lieut. H. R. Bowers - Birdie, January 1911, (1913). Artist: Herbert Ponting
Lieut. H. R. Bowers - Birdie, January 1911, (1913). Lieutenant Henry Birdie Bowers (1883-1912) died on the way back from the South Pole with Scott and Wilson

Petty Officer Edgar Evans, R. N. 1911, (1913). Artist: Herbert Ponting
Petty Officer Edgar Evans, R.N. 1911, (1913). Evans (1876-1912) with fur gloves and an ice-axe, boxes of supplies in the background. He died on the return journey from the South Pole

Mechanical Hands, c1935. Artist: Pacific and Atlantic
Mechanical Hands, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Going Down at Short Notice: A British Diver Preparing To Seek a Submarine at Sea Bottom, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

The Eternal Fight Against the Sea: Armoured Casing for the Deep-Sea Diver, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

American Naval Diver wears three-fingered watertight rubber gloves, 1937
An American Naval Diver wears three-fingered watertight rubber gloves unlike the British diver, who generally works with bare hands, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol

Sand-blasting Gear Wheels, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

Sir Ernest Shackleton, c1900s, (1936). From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Steelworker at Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, April 1964. An operator is seen using a scarfing gun to remove in imperfections from a steel casting

Steelworkers at Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, April 1964. Removing the defects from the surface of a casting with a scarfing gun

Enamelling a steel bath at Ideal Standard, Hull, Humberside, 1967. Established in 1954, Ideal Standard has been producing bathroom products in Hull for over 50 years

A Modern Oil Seed Crushing Plant, c1918, (1918). Artist: Gunning King
A Modern Oil Seed Crushing Plant, c1918, (1918). From Bibbys Annual 1918, edited by Joseph Bibby. [The Priory Publishing Press, Liverpool, 1917]

Munition Workers Wearing Respirators While Filling Sells with Trinitrotoluene (T. N. T. ), c1916, (19)
Munition Workers Wearing Respirators While Filling Sells with Trinitrotoluene (T.N.T.), c1916, (1935). From His Majesty The King 1910-1935. [Associated Newspapers Ltd. London, 1935]

How to Play Hockey, 1937. From The Childrens Golden Treasure Book for 1937, edited by John R. Crossland and J. M. Parrish. [Odhams Press Ltd. London, 1937]

Captain Paul Boyton, (1848-1924), inventor of the immersion suit, 1893. He was a showman and adventurer also known as the Fearless Frogman who was famous for his water stunts

Royal Navy Makes Invasion Possible, 1943-44. The corvette Widgeon about to go into action with her A.A. guns. From The War Illustrated Volume 7 edited by Sir John Hammerton

A bust of a warrior in profile, 1882. Original facsimile of a silver point drawing. From Florence, by Charles Yriarte, translated by CB Pitman and published by Sampson Low (London, 1882)

An Ostyak couple, Asia, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Tuaregs on a journey, North Africa, 1895. Artist: Ivan Pranishnikoff
Tuaregs on a journey, North Africa, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

A Targui man, 1895. Artist: Henri Thiriat
A Targui man, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

The Greely expedition, 1893. Artist: BW Kilburn
The Greely expedition, 1893. The purpose of the Greely expedition was to establish one of a chain of meteorological-observation stations as part of the (first) International Polar Year

Spanish and Italian helmets, 15th century, (1929). A fine armet-a-rondelle, Spanish, end of the 15th century, and an Italian armet and tilting buff, mid 15th century

Firefighters donning smoke helmets, Farringdon Street rubber works, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press

Boys playing cricket in Parliament Hill Fields, London, 1926-1927. A print from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, Amalgamated Press, London, 1926-1927

Munitions factory, London, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Haua
Munitions factory, London, World War I, 1914-1918

Two Arabs riding camels in the Sahara Desert, Africa, 1936. Artist: Fox Photos
Two Arabs riding camels in the Sahara Desert, Africa, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Cuthbert James Burnup (1875-1960), amateur cricketer and footballer, early 20th century. Artist: Bowden Bros
Cuthbert James Burnup (1875-1960), amateur cricketer and footballer, early 20th century. An English international in football, Burnup is more renowned as a Kent cricketer

Cook, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Cook, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Engine-Room Artificer, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Engine-Room Artificer, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Stoker Petty Officer, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Stoker Petty Officer, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

La Menagere, c1630-1670Artist: Gerrit Dou
La Menagere, c1630-1670

The helmet in armour as worn in Britain from 78 AD to 1901. Artist: F Stansell
The helmet in armour as worn in Britain from 78 AD to 1901. Helmets from the Roman period up until the beginning of the 20th century. Illustration from the Boys Own Paper

Palanquin bearers in rain costume, Korea, 19th century. Artist: Mario Azzopardi
Palanquin bearers in rain costume, Korea, 19th century

Cricket, 1923. Professional Coach: You ll be all right, Sir, once you begin to time em. And as for that fast one that whizzes past yer ear ole - why you ll treat it like money from ome

Teiji Homna, Japan ice hockey team, Winter Olympics, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1936
Teiji Homna, Japanese ice hockey goaltender, Winter Olympic Games, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1936. A print from Olympia 1936, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Volume I, Cigaretten-Bilderdienst

Chemical defence unit (PVChO), USSR, 1930s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Workers to the Factories, 1920

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"Protective Clothing: Safeguarding Lives in Various Environments" From laboratory technicians donning lab coats to Oliver Cromwell's sturdy armor, the importance spans across time and diverse settings. In a captivating seascape painting, we witness battles beyond where warriors shield themselves with impenetrable gear. In 1911, Bowers, Wilson, and Cherry-Garrard embarked on an Antarctic expedition equipped with protective clothing against extreme cold at Cafe Crozier. Similarly, a skilled technician carefully pours molten glass while clad in heat-resistant attire from head to toe. Sports enthusiasts witness lightweight jockey Geraldine Hinson wearing specialized gear as she fearlessly rides her trusty donkey during races in Sussex. Meanwhile, fusion reactor maintenance personnel diligently safeguard their well-being by suiting up in advanced protective garments like T180 / 0078. Space exploration demands extraordinary measures for survival; hence space suits become indispensable for astronauts venturing into the unknown depths of the universe. Reflecting British industries' resilience, cotton workers featured in a vintage LMS poster proudly display their robust workwear amidst spinning machinery. Firefighters valiantly battle raging infernos armed with fireproof uniforms that shield them from intense heat and flames. Whether it be marines combating colossal blazes or firefighters neutralizing fires on USS Denver's flight deck - they rely on their trusted protective clothing to keep them safe. In every scenario depicted here - be it laboratories or battlegrounds - one thing remains constant: protective clothing plays an integral role in preserving lives and ensuring safety. It serves as a vital barrier between individuals and potential hazards encountered within their respective environments.