Dangerous Collection (#12)

The Song of the Siren
Two beautiful sirens sing their entrancing songs from their seats on some perilous rocks - their magic and beauty luring sailors to a terrible end... Date: 1932

Stock Exchange Notes (2 / 4) - Bull Market
Stock Exchange Notes - Unexpected Bull movements created great excitement! 1903

Blind motor car driver, 1904
Despite the fact Mr Sharp of Watford is totally blind, he has obtained a licence to drive a motor car. To warn other motorists, his bowler hat is inscribed with the words, Blind. Thats alright then

Winter Ramblers
Ramblers trudging through the winter snow and mist in the Troutbeck Valley, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s

Trick Riders of the 16th and 5th British Lancers. Two riders dressed as a criminal and a policeman act out a chase and in so doing leap over a row of orientals holding parasols

Lion in a cage at Circus Altenburg. Landskrona Sweden 1955. Date: 1955

View of the Devils Bridge near Aberystwyth, Wales
View of the Devils Bridge (Pontarfynach), spanning the Mynach river, a popular tourist attraction in the village of Ceredigion, near Aberystwyth, Wales

Pecos River Bridge, Texas, United States
A steam train crossing the Pecos River Bridge, Texas, United States of America. Built in 1891 for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 87 working days by the Phoenix Bridge Company of pennsylvania

Southern Africa - Gold Prospecting
Working underground in a South African goldmine - using a machine drill Date: 1907

Kingsleys Staircase
A most unusual wooden staircase in the rectory where CHARLES KINGSLEY was rector. The stairs lead to attic rooms. A rope hangs from a rope to act as a safety hold. Date: 1819 - 1875

Swedish Ice Yachting
A happy young woman ice yachting (or sail skating) on a frozen lake in Sweden. Date: 1930s

Indian Tram
A common sight in India, a tram packed to the gills with passengers, some of them even hanging on the outsides for dear life. This tram is destined for Jadar. Date: 1930s

Learning to Drive by Mallet
Tck, Tck! First gear once again, Mrs Turner and this time see if you can t drive RIGHT round the bend. A nervous learner driver has difficulty mastering the most basic of motoring skills. Date: 1953

Old man abducting a little boy

Granpop rides the Cresta by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration featuring Granpop, the orang utan character created by Lawson Wood hurtling down a piste head-first on a toboggan, much to the bemusement of a small monkey and bear. Date: 1935

A Ghostly Corner by Mallet
A driver careers around a tricky corner on a snowy road and tells his fellow passengers, Time out Council did something about that dashed corner - its always been a bit tricky

Poster warning about safety on the airfield. Watch that prop. Careless walk costs lives. Showing a pilot losing his head by walking into a spinning propeller. 1940s

German wartime poster, how to deal with a fire bomb -- tackle it with water or sand. 1940s

Disembarking from a ship - Mollendo, Peru. Crew members from arriving ships were lifted from their boat via a crane, the Pacific swell being too great for normal landings! circa 1930s

A Perilous Passage by George Ranstead
A man is given a terrifying ride in a sidecar by a female motorcycle rider, zooming away from other vehicles, buses, trams and horses in the street

Wartime poster warning against careless talk. A man wishes an RAF pilot " Good luck tomorrow", he is overheard, and there are unfortunate repercussions. Careless Talk Costs Lives. 1940s

Cycling in Lakeland If you cycle in Lakeland you ll find on the whole its a mixture of pushing and losing control !! circa 1920s

A Motor Tour of Lakeland If you desire to go the pace, try motoring through this lovely place !! circa 1920s

Rock Climbing in Lakeland The Man above (pointing to the aeroplane): " Reckless Beggar! Thats what I call asking for it ". !! circa 1920s

Stunt Car over Flames
A stunt car flies through the air over a bonfire of tyres and the crowd, standing in the rain, are loving it! Date: 1960s

Fishing for Sawfish
The dangerous pursuit of fishing for sawfish off the coast of Florida Date: 1906

Female Office Worker
An office worker at her messy desk, surrounded by paperwork typewriters and telephones with wires which would make any Health and Safety departments hair stand on end! Date: 1960s

Girl & Bathroom Cabinet
A little girl in a matching t- shirt and shorts with cats on them, ventures into the dangerous world of the bathroom cabinet... Date: 1960s

From Plane to Car 1928
JUMPING FROM A PLANE American film actor Reed Howes drops from the wing of a biplane into a car travelling at full speed Date: 1928

Dangerous fashions in the street
The dangers of impractical fashions in the street. The reintroduction of the trained skirt, even for walking dresses, proves inconvenient and possibly fatal! Date: 1871

Car jumpers escort Nahas Pasha to the royal wedding
Cairos youth escort Nahas Pasha, the recently deposed premier, when he returned to the city for the royal wedding of King Faruk to Queen Farida

Boys riding on top of a car - Paris
A gang of young teenage boys riding on top of a car, while others use it as a source propulsion as they stand on their skateboards, holding onto the side of the vehicle - close to the Eiffel Tower

Hansel and Gretel enter the wood

Moving slate waste, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A workman moving slate waste at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Metropolitan Police Animal Catcher
Officer of the Metropolitan Police Dog Handling Unit, wearing protective clothing worn to prevent injury when capturing dangerous animals

Artists impression of a colliery explosion
An artists impression of a colliery explosion caused by firedamp, used in lectures on mining, taken from the Illustrated London News

Collapsed roof, Llanerch Colliery, South Wales
View of a collapsed roof at Llanerch Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. Some of the thick wooden props have broken

Evidence of side movement, Tirpentwys Colliery, South Wales
Evidence of side movement, with a broken prop on the left, in a coal seam at Tirpentwys Colliery, near Pontypool in South Wales

Trackside Railway Warning Sign
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway - Trespassers will be Prosecuted by order - Railway trackside warning sign

Restoring belfry / W H Robinson
Restoring the belfry of a village church shattered during the second world war. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture

Correspondence Course / W H Robinson
Learning to drive by Correspondence Course. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Cossack riding a horse, Zaporozhye, Ukraine
A Cossack in traditional costume riding a horse with athletic skill during a show, Khortytsaya Island, Zaporozhye, Ukraine

Tunnel for the Paris Metro - Seine
Tunnel cut for the Paris Metro under the River Seine - the convergence of two branches of the underground railway

Zeppelin illuminated by searchlights
The unmistakable and ominous outline of a raiding German Zeppelin airship, illuminated by five searchlights. The Zeppelin raids (which commenced on 31st May 1915)

Spray Bathing - Victoria Falls
Natures Shower Bath! Spray Bathing under the rainbows at the Victoria Falls, South Africa

Car turning a hairpin bend
A motorist negotiates a tight hairpin corner on a rather vertiginous looking road

Ice-cutting Machine
A late 19th century Steam-powered Ice-cutting Machine operating on the frozen exoanse of the St Lawrence River, Canada. Possibly one of historys more risky undertakings for an apparatus of this

The ascention of an Ice Pillar, Switzerland
The ascention of an Ice Pillar (formed by the intersection of crevasses), Switzerland

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