Crack Collection

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
1 of 6 shots of Dr Leachs 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

Humpty Dumpty looking unhappy after his fall, with cracks all over his head. A soldier in the background looks on helplessly

Goligher Structure
At the Goligher circle, Belfast, Kathleen creates a psychic structure, supposedly from ectoplasm (the crack is in the original glass plate which was dropped)

Wild Bill Hickok / Postcd
WILD BILL HICKOK alias JAMES BUTLER American frontiersman, stage driver, scout, and US marshal; famous as a crack shot

Crack Willow

The Devil's Kitchen, N. Wales
A landscape wash drawing of some tumbled rocks leading up to a large crack in some cliffs, known as Devil's Kitchen, which runs along the southern side of Cwm Idwal in North Wales

White Star Line - Stonier and Co Wisteria pattern jug
White Star Line - First Class Wisteria pattern Stonier and Co jug. Minor crack to base. 5.5 inches

White Star Line - blue, white and gilt egg cup
White Star Line - Cobalt blue, white and gilt Stonier and Co. First Class egg cup. 2.25 inches. Intertwined initials OSNC (Oceanic Steam Navigation Company)

The Zouaves, a crack French Regiment, WW1
Men of The Zouaves, a crack French Regiment, 23 June 1915, First World War. 1915

CHICAGO EXHIBITION - 4
The Liberty Bell is brought to the Exhibition from Philadelphia, crack and all Date: Summer 1893

Overland Limited 1913
The OVERLAND LIMITED is the crack train of the Union and Central Pacific Railways - the first transcontinental train, depicted here as it thunders through the Rockies

Blitz in London -- Barking Power Station, WW2
Blitz in London -- bomb damage at Barking Power Station, with a hand pointing to a crack in the tank of a transformer. Date: 1940s

Subsidence damage, 122 Ridley Road, Bromley
Subsidence damage to a house at 122 Ridley Road, Bromley, Kent

Big Ben, the Bell of the Clock Tower, Westminster
Photograph of Big Ben, the 13-and-a-half ton bell which resides in the Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster, London. In 1910, Big Ben was the object of some scrutiny as it had developed a crack

Crossing a Crevasse - Climbing Mont Blanc, France
Crossing a Crevasse with ladders - Climbing Mont Blanc, France. Date: circa 1905

The Bersaglieri take Porta Pia - Rome - Risorgimento
The crack Piedmontese infantry corps of Bersaglieri taking Porta Pia - the capture of Rome in 1870, the final event of Italian Unification (the Risorgimento ). Date: 1870

Israel. Jerusalem. Western Wall. Detail

Greek script. Lintel with inscription of Emperor Justinian. Marble. 538 A.C. Miletus. Market Gate. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Caledonian Market 1930S
An exhausted barrow boy, probably up since the crack of dawn, takes a sneaky afternoon nap behind one of the stalls at Caledonian Road Market, London. Date: early 1930s

Pro British Stamps
British first - we do not stock Russian goods. These stamps were issued free to British businessmen and traders for use in the crack down on cheap Russian goods. Date: 1930s

Scout headquarters at Argostolion, Kefalonia, Greece. Four earthquakes hit the island in August 1953, destroying many buildings; the scouts helped with clearing up and humanitarian aid activities

Entertainment in Scouts Gang Show, Ghana, West Africa
An entertainment entitled The Crack Musician in a Scouts Gang Show, Ghana, West Africa. The Chief Musician, a very short man, climbs a ladder to adorn a newcomer with the mark of the Crack Musician

Large water jug - Bairnsfatherware
Large water jug - 2 inch crack by lip. Inscribed - Dear - At present we are staying at a farm. Other side of jug shows a shield with the Royal Coat of Arms

Spill vase with ornate border - Bairnsfatherware
Spill vase with ornate border. Inscribed - Where did that one go to with a cartoon on the other side. Small hairline crack at 4 o clock. Bairnsfather Ware

Keeping his hand in - Bairnsfatherware
Bowl with an ornate border. Inscribed - Keeping his hand in. Slight crack to base and some crazing.. Bairnsfather Ware

A French Briard ambulance dog (Slight crack to plate)
A French Briard ambulance dog. (Slight crack to plate). Photograph

79 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Silver and copper damascene work together with engraved brass floral pattern. Faint crack in base. Trench Art

Well-known personalities in the Artists Rifles, WW1
Three personalities of the stage and sport with the Artists Rifles, the well-known OTC. From left, Mr Horace Pollock, the impresario who introduced Sir Arthur Pineros work to the Variety stage

Street scene, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

Damage to St Pauls Cathedral, London
The dangers which assail St Pauls Cathedral: vibration damage caused by nearby heavy traffic. Sectional view showing where the cracks in the building exist at the present time. Date: 1913

Baltic amber with caddis fly
A Caddis fly, Trichoptera preserved in Baltic amber. The cracks in the amber are filled with crystals of iron pyrite. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Mud volcanoes vent, Baku 1992
Mud volcano vent, Baku peninsula, Azerbaijan, 1992

Salix fragilis L. XXII 2, crack willow
An illustrative plate of crack willow foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Acacia sp. babul tree
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge (1858-1949). From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Natural History Museum in 1952

Salix fragilis L. CCXVII, crack willow
An illustrative plate of crack willow foliage and catkins from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Septarian nodule

By the Stream. From Once Upon a Time no. 135 (11 September 1971)

A Crack sloop in a race to windward: Yacht Gracie of New York. Date 1882. A Crack sloop in a race to windward: Yacht Gracie of New York. Date 1882

A Crack team at a smashing gait. Date 1869. A Crack team at a smashing gait. Date 1869

American and Scottish Scouts
An American and a Scottish Scout play the age old game of crack the other fellows knuckles, at the Boy Scout ranch in New Mexico

Double page spread in a diary for 22-27 November
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 22-27 November. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

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