Hit Collection

Hockey - Footwork, Dribbling and Passing demonstrated. Date: circa 1910s

Bill Sykes (Barnard)
Bill Sykes sits at a table with a bottle of booze while his dog Bullseye cowers against the wall, afraid of being hit

The War of the Worlds
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS A Martian fighting-machine is destroyed by a hit from a shell

Court room scene, Mr M Naughten trial
A sketch taken of the courtroom at Old Bailey where the trial of Mr M Naughten took place, for the assassination Mr Edward Drummond, secretary to Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel

Bismarck, German battleship, WW2
The German battleship, Bismarck. The ship was sunk on 27 May 1941 in battle with British naval forces. Date: 1941

WW2 Aircraft - A Spitfire and Heinkel 111K
WW2 - Engagement in the air between a German Heinkel 111K long-range bomber and an RAF Spitfire, which has secured a hit. Date: circa 1941

German propaganda poster, U Boote Heraus!, WW1
A German propaganda poster, U Boote Heraus! (U Boats Launch!), showing a submarine officer looking through a periscope with a sinking torpedoed enemy ship in the background

HMS Lion hit, Battle of Jutland, WW1
Scene during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War, showing the British battlecruiser HMS Lion being hit on the Q turret

WW2 poster, Back Them Up! Showing a British tank attack in the Western Desert. Date: 1940s

RAF Poster, Back Them Up! WW2
RAF Poster, Back Them Up!, showing a raid by Hudson planes of the Coastal Command on German shipping at Aalesund, Norway, during the Second World War, in which eleven ships were hit. 1941

Flood at Johnstown / USA
A mother watches helplessly as her husband and young duaghter are swept away by the raging waters of a flood that hit Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Paris / Eiffel Tower 1926
French aviator Lieutenant Collot successfully flies his biplane beneath the Tour Eiffel, but in a moment he will hit a cable and crash fatally

Golf / French Lady
A French lady golfer prepares to hit the ball

Playing billiards
Billiardists. Billiardist Morningstar standing at a pool table, preparing to hit a ball with his cue

Playing billiards
W. Hoppe. Billiardist William F. Hoppe standing at a pool table, preparing to hit a ball with his cue

Playing billiards
W. Hoppe. Billiardist William F. Hoppe standing at a pool table, preparing to hit a ball with his cue

The Loss Book at Lloyds of London, 1877
Engraving showing a group of Lloyds underwriters consulting the Loss Book in their offices, after a bad spell of storms in the winter of 1876-7

Blitz in London -- Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell, WW2
Blitz in London -- Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell. General view showing the fire damage caused by incendiary bombs on 21 February 1944, including the top floor of the Steam Pipe Company. Date: 1944

Drunken man staggering home - about to hit lampost
Racing Illustrated - " Some delay at the post!" - a gentleman who has had a serious session at the Old Blue Bell (see 10909661) endeavours to make his way home

Louis Wain Postcard - Diabolo
A cat playing with a wooden Diabolo toy gets hit in the eye! Date: 1907

French balloon shot down by German aircraft, WW1
A French balloon shot down by a German aircraft during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Girl in Mgb 1960S
A girl in a classic racing green MGB sports car. Introduced in autumn 1962, the MGB was originally available only as a convertible and proved to be an immediate hit

United States Air Force - Martin NRB-57D Canberra 53-3973 31 May 1956 accepted by the 4080 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1959-61: AFSC. Converted to WB-57D

A scene from Hit the Deck at the London Hippodrome (1927) Date: 1927

Blitz in London -- sub-fire station, Finsbury, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters clearing debris at what was their sub-fire station in Hugh Myddleton Primary School, Finsbury, EC1. The building took a direct hit from a high explosive bomb

Bystander cover, Summer Number 1935
Gloriously colourful front cover of The Bystanders Summer Number featuring an athletic lady tennis playing enjoying a match on a suburban court

A Very Cross Word Puzzle by William Heath Robinson
As a golfer manages to hit a passer by forcefully on the head with a ball, the illustrator invites the reader to fill in the crossword puzzle: " Across: A Forceful Exclamation!"

The Battle of Pacocha; Action between HMS Shah and Ameth
Engraving showing the battle between HMS Shah and Amethyst and the Peruvian Ironclad turret ship Huascar on the 29th May 1877

M. C. C. Cricket tour in Australia
Fingleton batting for New South Wales, hit by a rising ball from Voce. Bradman supports him; the Nawab of Pataudi is picking up his bat, while Ames and Jardine are walking across

Market Reports - Commodity Market
Market Reports - A Fall in Copper created some excitement! 1903

Three Battleships Hit in Pearl Harbour
The photograph shows three ships hit by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, the West Virginia, the Tennessee and the Arizona

You deserve... a smack in the nose!

Baptist chapel in Hartlepool hit by German east coast raid - WWI
The Baptist Chapel in Hartlepool (now situated in an area called The Headland and sometimes known as Old Hartlepool), located on the corner of Baptist Street and Regent Street

WATER-SKIS 25 / 9 / 1921
Water-skis help the hunter to hit sitting ducks

WW1 - Italian Propaganda postcard
" Our plan!" - WW1 - Italian Propaganda postcard, showing the personification of Italy (as a Bersaglieri Sharpshooter) punching Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary

Daisy Dormer music hall singer 1883-1947
Daisy Dormer (Kezia Beatrice Stockwell) music hall singer and pantomime favourite. Here as Maid Marion in ?Babes in the Wood?. Music hall stars often performed their hit songs in pantomime

Photograph of Hit or Miss PH, Gravesend, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Chimney Sweeps or Coalmen fighting
Cartoon, Chimney Sweeps or Coalmen fighting - Black and White. 19th century

King William Rufus on his fateful hunting trip in 1100
King William Rufus (The Red King) (1087-1100) misses a big deer with his arrow whilst out hunting in the New Forest - he cried out to his friend Walter Tyrel who let fly an arrow

United States Navy - Douglas A3D-2P Skywarrior 144847 (msn 12093, unit code PP, call-sign 933 ), of VCP-63 144847, while flying with VAP-61, was hit by aA over Quang Binh Province

Storming The Beach Date: 1943

The Sinking of the the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North
Illustration showing the German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst listing to starboard as she sank at the end of the Battle of North Cape, approximately 7.30pm on 26th December 1943

Surgeons Hall
The Company of Surgeons moved from Surgeons Hall in Old Bailey to a site at 41 Lincolns Inn Fields in 1797. Construction of the first College building, to a design by George Dance the Younger

Schempp-Hirth Minimoa BGA338 under repair With Slingsby Sailplanes at Kirbymoorside in 1943.After being impressed into the Royal Air Force BGA338 was flown briefly by the ATC at 123 Elelmentary

Comic Postcard - The Fathers Revenge on daughters Man
Comic Postcard - " Loves Reward" - The Fathers Revenge on her daughters new man, who is getting a hearty spanking for some indiscretion which has made his girl cry

WW2 - Atlantic Spy
A front cover illustration for a WW2 children's story book, Atlantic Spy, written by Frank Elias. The image depicts an explosion from a direct hit on a large ship. Date: 1940

WW2 - How A Camera Gun Works
A photograph with educational illustrations added to show how a camera gun works, the device was used to help aid the Royal Air Force in practising war manoeuvres by automatically registering a hit

At The Fair, Massacre Of The Innocents
A comical illustration displaying the scene of an unfortunate man being hit in the face by the back swing of a man preparing his throw at coconut shy, or some other fun fair game. Date: circa 1901

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