Chains Collection (#4)

Car in basement, Claverton Street, London SW1
LFB Special Service attempting to lift a car from a basement in Claverton Street, London SW1, on 24 July 1958. It was a difficult exercise, as the car kept getting caught on masonry, etc

Fire prevention officer checking skylight release
A fire prevention officer checking the quick release mechanism for opening a stage skylight

Helen Fox, suffragette
Suffragette Helen Fox poses with chains, following her House of Commons protest with Muriel Matters on 28th October, 1908, when they chained themselves to the grille of the Ladies Gallery

WWI carved bone
First World War carved bone decorated with flowers and chains. Inscribed Remembrance 1915, 1916. Knockaloe Internment Camp, Isle of Man. Trench Art

Street scene with oxen, Germany
Street scene with oxen near Cochem, Germany. Date: 20th century

View of a boat in harbour, the Eva Annie. Date: 20th century

Pug Peter -- chained dog in prison cell
Pug Peter -- Catching the Mice with Cheese. A chained dog in a prison cell, with a crowd of mice at the open door converging on a piece of cheese. Date: 1905

Representation of Liberty - USA
Representation of Lady Liberty - USA Date: circa 1890

Illustration, A Midsummer Nights Dream -- probably not connected to the Shakespeare play, but depicting a sailor asleep on a ship, dreaming of a mermaid in the water. Date: July 1914

Pugachov in Chains
YEMELYAN IVANOVICH PUGACHOV Russian Cossack soldier who proclaimed himself Tsar Peter III and led a rebellion against Catherine II Date: 1726 - 1775

Benson log raft - Columbia River, USA
A fine view of a Benson raft - a huge seagoing log raft designed to reliably transport millions of board feet of timber (at one time - this card says 8 million feet) through the open ocean

Russian Street Lock Seller and Locksmith, his wares hanging across his chest. Date: circa 1901

Queen Elizabeths drag chains
The total weight of the Queen Elizabeths drag chains, which are coiled on either side of the hull, is nearly 2000 tons

Deck of a German battleship
Part of the deck of an unidentified German battleship

Airship, the Eagle, on display in London
Engineering drawing of an airship, on display to the public at the Grounds of the Aeronautical Society, Victoria Road, opposite Kensington Gardens, London. With descriptive text below. 1835

Petticoat Lane escapologist
An escapologist is prepared by his assistant for another performance, entertaining the crowds at Petticoat Lane market, London, on a Sunday morning Date: 1945

Caractacus at the Tribunal of Claudius at Rome. Published 1792

Stone walls and chains do not make a prison - for Houdini
Stone walls and chains do not make a prison - - for Houdini. Date ca. 1898

Card Series 9
Due to the jealousies of other colonists, he is taken back to Spain by Bobadilla in chains. Date: 1446 - 1506

Initiation of the Knight of the East or the Sword
The elected is paraded in a curiously decorated room before the President, chained and dressed as Zorobabel. Date: 1890s

Chain room, Millbank Prison
The chain room at Millbank Prison, London. The walls are lined with chains, shackles and handcuffs. Date: 1862

British gunners on the Somme, Western Front, WW1
British gunners with heavy artillery on the Somme, Western Front, during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

British 6 inch Howitzer, WW1
A British 6 inch (26 cwt) Howitzer, designed by Vickers in 1915 for use during the First World War. It continued in use during the Second World War. Seen here with uniformed men in a workshop

Pietro Aretino / De Brij
PIETRO ARETINO Italian writer Date: 1492 - 1556

Chain Workshop 18th C
Two men at work in a chains workshop in the 18th century Date: Circa 1760

Vintage Stutz
Automobile (Cars). Stutz automobile parked in front of the Hotel Albemarle; snow chains on tires

Lowering a tram, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
Lowering a tram full of slate onto the rails at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. From here the slate will be transported to the dressing sheds

Blondin system, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of the Blondin high wire and truck at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Slate tram, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of a slate tram and part of the main buildings at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales

Shaft inspection, Glyn Pits, Pontypool, South Wales
A shaft inspection taking place at Glyn Pits, Pontypool, South Wales

A Suffragettes Appeal to John Bull
An illustrated postcard from around 1910 depicts a suffragette, shackled and in a prison cell. She is making an appeal to John Bull - a personification of England - with some lines from The Princess

Chain room, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
The chain room at Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. The walls are lined with chains and handcuffs. A prison inmate is at work

Adjusting a mould for hydraulic press
A metalworker makes adjustments to a mould, to be used to shape a metal plate on a large industrial hydraulic press. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Laying Railway Tracks
Three construction workers guide a large rail into position. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Cocoa beans being lifted from a canal barge
Two workers lift Gold Coast cocoa beans from a low canal barge. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Locomotive construction in a large railway shed
A steam locomotive is moved across a large shed by means of a large crane arm with pulleys and chains. The lower section of the photograph shows a more complete locomotive

A revolutionary in shackles
A revolutionary/rebel in Turkey, held in shackles and flanked by two soldiers of the Turkish Army

Ataaw Wallpa / Atahualpa
ATAW WALLPA INKA (known as ATAHUALPA) Last Inca Emperor of Peru arrested by Pizarro in 1532

Baron Trenck / W Museum
FREDERICK, BARON TRENCK Military spy and conspirator

Gipsy Girl & Puppy
A scruffy but pretty little blonde gipsy girl with her hair in plaits, happy to be playing amongst the chained-up dogs and a puppy. Charlwood gipsy camp, Surrey, England

John Howard (Brighty)
JOHN HOWARD Prison reformer, depicted visiting a prison (note the chains)

Russian Polit. Prisoners
Political prisoners in Schlisselburg Fortress

Britannia Crowned
Britannia crowned by Victory, trampling upon the chains of France, holding the trident of Neptune, whilst Fame proclaims the glory of her arms by pointing to military triumphs

PROMETHEUS
For stealing fire for mankind, Zeus chains the Titan Prometheus to Mount Caucasus where a vulture devours his liver until he is delivered by Herakles

Dancing Bear / Prize / 1893
The dancing bear in chains dances for its owner

Pauls Last Imprisonment
St Pauls Last imprisonment. Depicted in chains he looks towards the window of his cell. (2 Timothy: IV 6-22)

Captivity of Caractacus
Caractacus in captivity with his family addresses the Roman Emperor Claudius

Tolpuddle / Loveless / Coach
George Loveless, one of the six Martyrs, in chains at Salisbury, during his journey from Dorchester to a prison hulk, the York at Portsmouth to await transportation

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