Propped Collection

Wizard of Oz / Scarecrow
Dorothy gazed thoughtfully at the Scarecrow who is being propped up in a field the first time that she and Toto see him

Kyoto, Japan - Maruyama Park - Cherry Blossom
Japan - Cherry Blossoms in Maruyama Park, Kyoto. The parks star attraction is a weeping cherry tree (shidarezakura), supported by a multitude of props. Date: circa 1910s

RMS Oceanic in Graving Dock, Liverpool
RMS Oceanic in Graving Dock (Dry Dock), Liverpool, shortly before launch in 1899. Date: circa 1899

Political poster, Free Trade versus Fair Trade -- a commentary on Joseph Chamberlain (seen here as the New Gardener) and the Tariff Reform League. circa 1906

TENERIFE CAVES
TENERIFE : the sepulchral caves of the Guanches, where the dead are laid out or propped up. Date: circa 1780

"Theres nae luck about the house!"Cartoon and comment about house-building in London in
" Theres nae luck about the house!" Cartoon and comment about house-building in London in the 1850s. The houses are falling down, propped up by miserable crutches

Escort of Cavalry resting 1847
An escort of cavalrymen stop at a pulque shop, on the road between San Martin and Puebla. Various soldiers rest on their horses or stand by them

Santa Sleeping

GIRL WITH FOUR DOLLS
A little girl of Neufchatel, France, attends to two of her dolls in their pram while clasping another, while a fourth is propped up against the pram. Date: circa 1920 ?

Woman Reads Novel in Bed
A girl propped up by pillows reading a book with an orange cover. Date: circa 1910

Blue Eyes by Muriel Dawson -- a baby propped against a pillow. Date: 1927

Kyoto, Japan - Maruyama Park
Japan - Cherry Blossoms in Maruyama Park, Kyoto. The parks star attraction is a weeping cherry tree (shidarezakura), supported by a multitude of props - here shown out of season. Date: circa 1910s

Third Class Railway carriage (wagon) to Beijing, China
Beijing, China - Gateway entrance to a temple complex. The ceremonial Paifang gate requires a series of wooden props to prevent it from toppling over! Date: circa 1908

British Tommy shaves against armoured train - WWI
British Tommy shaves, his small mirror propped up on the bumper of an armoured train - WWI. Date: circa 1915

A large Bermudan Shark. Date: circa 1909

H M Dockyard, Bermuda - A Floating Dock Date: circa 1910s

Girl Reads Green Book
A girl propped up by pillows reading a book with a green cover. Date: circa 1910

Taking coffee in bed
A well-to-do lady takes her breakfast coffee in bed. She has an elaborate coffee machine / percolator on her bedside table! Date: 1905

Refitting an Arab Dhow in Mumbai Harbour, India
Refitting an Arab Dhow in Mumbai (Bombay) Harbour, India Date: 1935

Two Edwardian bikers, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Two Edwardian men on their motor cycles in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The man on the right, on a Triumph Imperial, is a member of the Philipps family of Picton Castle

Farm Cottages, Surrey
A row of farm cottages, near Albury in Surrey. A woman walks towards her bicycle which is propped against the fence

Safe angle of tip on Ford car
Photograph of a Ford car showing the wonderful stablility of the car as it is propped (suspiciously) up on one side, apparently exhibiting the angle at which it may still be safely driven

Lancashire Scenery
A fine view of the Trough of Bowland, on the edge of Bowland Forest, Lancashire, with a bicycle propped up against a signpost

Slum Cricket
A group of boys play a game of cricket on waste ground. A piece of wood propped up with coats serves as a makeshift wicket, while the ball is composed of who knows what?

Demolition / Paris
Demolition work prior to the building of the Rue des Ecoles with half demolished tenements propped up with wooden buttresses. Residents continue to dry their washing

Relaxed Read 1893
A young man, with his upper body propped up on cushions on a day bed, rests his feet up on a ledge in order to create the perfect reading posture

Red Riding Hood & Wolf
Little Red Riding Hood enters grandmamas cottage with her basket of goodies to find the wolf disguised as the old woman and propped up on pillows in bed

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