Contact Collection (#2)

Mines from the Crimean onwards by G. H. Davis
Mines, from the infernal machine used by the Russians during the Crimean War to colossal barrages employed during the Second World War. 1940

Refuelling aloft by G. H. Davis
Refuelling aloft -- a device which enables transatlantic flying boats to carry a much increased payload. How Imperial Airways transatlantic flying boats are refuelled in the air

Lady Mander & Indians
Lady Mander is greeted by Native American Indians. Date: early 1930s

Ammunition Up. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holidays Early Life Was Spent In St. Johns Wood And From His Window He Was Able To Watch The Royal Horse Artillery

A MISS 1933
Despite being dressed to the nines, the golfer fails to make contact with the ball Date: 1933

Skeleton of horse. Leaping. Contact with the ground. Photograph shows a skeleton of a horse leaping. Date c1881

The first 2 years consult a reputable physician 91% of syphilitic infections relapse in this period : The disease may be transmitted to others who contact the lesion

The Titanics first contact with the iceberg
An illustration depicting the moment that the Titanic first came into contact with the iceberg. Date: 27th April 1912

Where to eat dinner with chopsticks a la chinoise
Scene from 1920 of a Chinese restaurant in Londons Chinatown in Limehouse. The first Chinese to settle in Britain arrived in the late 18th century

Trader Offers Whiskey
A trader tempts a native Indian with whiskey Date: 1871

Crusader and Girl
A romantic depiction of the valliant crusader bidding his wife farewell before embarking on a crusade. Date: circa 1850

Poster advertising the telephone
Poster designed by E McKnight Kauffer, encouraging people to use the telephone to make contact with the world

Sir Henry Morton Stanley and Dr. David Livingstone Reading N
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on left, seated) and David Livingstone (1813-1873) (on right, seated) reading newspapers at Ujiji, Tanganyika, 1871

The Meeting of Stanley and Livingstone in Tanganyika, 1871
Engraving showing the meeting between Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on left, raising hat) and David Livingstone (1813-1873) (on right, raising hat) at Ujiji, Tanganyika, 10th November 1871

An automatic milkman
Photograph from 1909 showing a penny-in-the-slot milk-machine. The machine enabled shop owners to close at reasonable hours, and for customers to buy milk at any hour of the day or night

Racial / Friendly Scout
A friendly scout on horseback, signalling to the white army he is helping

Nobile in Radio Contact
Umberto Nobile flew the airship Norge over the North Pole in 1926. His second attempt in 1928 in Italia ended in a crash landing. Making radio contact - Italy

Colorado River
A government exploring party make contact with native Americans of the Mojave people near their villages on the Rio Colorado

Meeting Nez Perces
Meeting in the forests of Oregon - a member of the U.S. government survey speaks with men and women of the Nez Perce people

Native Americans Intrude
Native Americans interrupt a Puritan church service

Air Force Major
Soviet Air Force Major in the cabin of his plane, maintaining contact with the ground forces

Events / America C1500
ALONSO DE OJEDA and his followers make contact with Native Americans

US Indian and White Man
George Catlin sits cross- legged around a fire, in a Native American tent, with Mah-to-toh-pah, the second chief of the Mandans

Racial / Aborigine 1885
A group of explorers in the Australian interior try to make friendly contact with suspicious aboriginals

Ross / Felix Harbour
John Rosss arctic expedition: the first contact with the native Eskimos of Felix Harbour or Boothia Felix

Portuguese in Japan
Portuguese traders land in Japan, the first substantial contact with Europe

Cupet, Explorer
CUPET French explorer in southern Annam (now part of Vietnam) making contact with the native populations

Channel Radio Link
This micro-ray radio link between Lympne in England and Saint-Inglevert in France enables cross-Channel aircraft to maintain contact with the land

Native Canadians, C17
Native Canadians meet French settlers with mutual astonishment in the streets of Montreal

Fighting Native American
A fight at close quarters between Native American horsemen and a group of whites

Galvani Frog Exp. 5
Luigi Galvani, professor at Bologna university, observes contractions in a frogs legs when brought into contact with an electrical machine

Contactee Monnet
French contactee Monnet - a photograph taken three years after his contact with extra- terrstrials near Orange, southeast France

Robert Hare
ROBERT HARE American scientist and spiritualist, noted for devising machines whereby to contact the spirits

Morse / Electric Telegraph
Morse telegraphic apparatus Card 2 of 2 B - the receiving end C - the " key" which produces the break of contact

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