Precarious Collection

Bricklayers 1827
A bricklayer standing on a rather precarious looking scaffold. His assistant mixes mortar behind him; his hod for carrying bricks etc is nearby

Building Emp State Buil
A dizzy perch 350 yards above street level: A New York workman (Carl Russell) engaged on the worlds tallest bulding (at the time), the Empire State Building

Greenan Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland - a 16th century tower house, possibly on the site of an ancient fort. Date: circa 1908

Precariously perched Studebaker Six - Yosemite
On June 10, 1916 photographer Arthur Clarence Pillsbury broke the driving time record from Oakland to Yosemite in his new Studebaker Six

Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado - one of the wonders of Pikes Region. This section of this peculiar rock formation is known as Mushroom Park

A simple device for removing a wart
Contrary to the title of this picture, a complicated and convoluted machine to help a sufferer remove a wart from his head

Long Drawn Out! by William Heath Robinson
A simple home cure for warts. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Tiger attempting to reach big game hunter
A Tiger attempts to get at a big game hunter, sat rather precariously on a tree branch

Woman patient, St Marys Hospital, Paddington, London
LFB Special Services trying to help a woman patient at St Marys Hospital, Paddington, London, on 15 April 1959. She has climbed out of a ward window at fifth floor level

Australia - Waterfalls series - Wentworth Falls and steps

La Piedra Movediza balancing rock, Tandil, Argentina
La Piedra Movediza was a balancing rock located in Tandil, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Its weight was about 300 tons

Goats Path, Watcombe, near Torquay, South Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Prince Henry and Waldemar of Prussia
Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889-1945) with his father, Prince Heinrich (Henry) of Prussia (1862-1929) at Balmoral in the 1890s. Waldemar was the eldest son of Henry and Princess Irene of Hesse

CLIMBING IS DANGEROUS
Pressed against a sheer rockface, buffeted by a howling gale, a climber gains a vivid insight into the narrow gap betwixt life and death. Date: late 19th century

Damocles dines with a sword hanging over his head
Damocles, member of the Greek court of Dionysius of Siragusa (Syracuse), Sicily, dines dangerously, with a sword hanging over his head. Date: 404 BC

Lorry sheds its load, Trafalgar Square, London
A lorry after shedding its load near St Martin-in-the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London. An engineer crouches precariously under the vehicle. Date: circa 1930s

Holding up the pillar
Three men and two small children pretend to be supporting the weight of a rather precariously leaning pillar - part of quite a grand countryside entrance way. Date: late 1930s

The Two Towers, Bologna, Italy, one of them standing at a seemingly precarious angle. Date: circa 1904

Carried Away on Site
A man clings on for dear life as he is carried aloft on a building site, high above the rooftops. Date: 1915

Man on gate outside seafood processing factory shovels ice
A man sits on a gate outside a seafood processing factory and shovels ice into a red skip. The ice is used during the processing of scallops in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland

Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on trail
Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on a narrow Himalayan Mountain trail by means of suspending two poles on ropes and man-handling the animal across. Date: 1907

Rock climbing at Bosigran, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

The Two Towers, Bologna, Italy. These medieval towers, both of them leaning, are the landmark of the city. The taller one is the Asinelli Tower, the shorter one the Garisenda Tower

Gathering headsail on board Hamburg at Cowes, IOW
Gathering a headsail on board the yacht Hamburg during the Regatta at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Formerly known as the Westward, this American schooner belonged to a syndicate of German yachtsmen

Bologna - Leaning Towers
The two leaning towers - the symbol of the City of Bologna, Italy. The taller one is called the Asinelli while the smaller but more leaning tower is called the Garisenda

Dormy Six by George Studdy
Bonzo and his brethren choose a precarious place in the sun for their afternoon nap. Six little puppies, among them Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy

Wooden Rail in Mine
Blinkered pit-horses draw coal wagons along a wooden railway at an unidentified colliery : it looks extremely precarious - lets hope they can see where they are going

Tabby kitten balancing on a chair
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten balancing on a chair. 1950s

Balancing act at the Alhambra
Les Kiners-Moulins performing The Tribulations of a Soubrette, an extraordinary balancing act at the Alhambra in London in 1903. Date: 1903

Scrap - boy building house of cards. late 19th century

Cheery Families - Miss Fin the Fishmongers Daughter. 1890s

Man on a donkey on a bridge on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Swing Roundabout
Children flying precariously through the air on the swing chairs of a roundabout at Hampton Court fair. Date: circa 1960

Unbalanced Skaters
Two attractive, fashionable young ladies grasp firmly to an obliging man who does his best to ensure they all remain on their feet. Date: 1935

Westminster Builders
Workmen on precarious scaffolding, building the new Westminster Bank buildings high above Throgmorton Street, London. Date: 6 February 1930

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Suspension Bridge, Capilano Canyon (length 450ft, height 200ft). Date: 1929

Coach and horses on a New Year card
Coach and horses in the snow on a New Year card, looking rather precarious on a slope. Date: circa 1890s

Rock climbing near Porthcurno, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Ferrying a New Bridge
The rather precarious task of ferryimg the component parts of an iron bridge into position. Date: early 1930s

South Africa - Cape Town - Table Mountain - Precarious rock formation and some brave people sat atop it! Date: circa 1912

Mr Pickwick slides on the Ice - The Pickwick Papers Date: circa 1910s

Raising a Toast - Can Can Dancer and smart gent
Can Can Dancer (performing on a chair, somewhat precariously!) and smart gent raising a Toast ! Date: 1905

Two little children wait to jump off a small rock
Now Jump! Two little children look warily down at the sea from their precarious perch on a small rock and assess when best to make a leap for it! Date: circa 1920s

Early Aeroplane
A rather precarious-looking aeroplane, flying very low over the sea. Date: early 1900s

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

Paris Exhibition 1900 - Political card
A political card from the Paris Exhibition of 1900. The leaders of the major European nations stand precariously on a Boneshaker carriage, struggling to maintain a fragile peace

Canada - Ontario - Hunting trip
Ontario - Highlands - Canadian man and his dogs heads off derrhunting on one of the more improbably rafts one could imagine

Summer Nightmares
A Good Suggestion For Stuffy Summer Nights. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

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