Resisting Collection

Ratner patent safe, fire and fall resisting, Grade 1, Size MP, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

American Indians. Billy Bowlegs and his suite of Indian Chie
Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco) was a leader of the Seminole people, he went on to serve as a Captain in the Union Army during the Civil War

Ratner fire-resisting safes and wall safes
Ratner light fire-resisting safes, and wall safes, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

Advertisement for Sanderson Fabrics -- sun-resisting and washproof. Also mentioning the Sanderson range of wallpapers. Showing two fabric designs arranged in the shape of a large flower

Ratner patent extra strong safe, fire and fall resisting, Grade 2, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

Ratner patent safe, fire and fall resisting, for registrars, Size No. 5, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

Sir Edward Carson signing against Irish Home Rule
Sir Edward Carson signing the Covenant resisting Irish Home Rule. 1912

Caratacus Exhibited
CARATACUS British Chieftain Resisted the Roman invasion of Emperor Claudius. He is defeated and exhibited in Rome, where he is pardoned

Ratner branch bank strong room door, drill proof and blowpipe resisting. Date: circa 1920s

Ratner strong room door, No. 3, fire-resisting with lobby and grille. Date: circa 1920s

Squatters protest, Battersea, South London
Squatters protest, 78 Abercrombie Street, Battersea, South London, 8 December 1977. Squatters were resisting eviction by the Labour-run Wandsworth Council. Date: 1977

Dickens scrap - Agnes Wickfield in David Copperfield
Charles Dickens scrap - Agnes Wickfield in David Copperfield, Chapter 39, resisting the attentions of her fathers villainous clerk, Uriah Heep. 19th century

Mary Ann Talbot resisting a pressgang
Mary Ann Talbot (1778 - 1808) donned male clothes and enlisted as a sailor during the Napoleonic Wars; she was wounded in 1794 and later captured by the French

Strong Man & Aircraft
Hans Packer, an American strongman, proves his strength by resisting the attempt of two aircraft to tear him apart Date: 1931

Hospitality by George Studdy
Hospitality. Because of the arrival of a visitor and her dog, a reluctant Bonzo is dragged out of the room. Date: 1923

Protecting crews from burning oil by G. H. Davis
Protecting the crews of tankers from burning oil during the Second World War. The new one-piece fireproof smocks, with other fire-resisting devices. Date: 1941

Heat-resistant asbestos
A photograph taken for a commercial client, demonstrating the heat-resisting properties of Asbestos, long before the modern dangers of the material were recognised. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

The Cyclist Company of the 1st Oxford University Volunteers
Photograph of the Cyclist Company of the 1st Oxford University Volunteers, practising their drill for resisting an attack by cavalry, 1889

Liberty Rouses Europe
Liberty, pointing to the success of Spain and Portugal (with a little help from England) in resisting France, urges the rest of Europe to arise against tyranny !

Resisting the Irish
THE IRISH MENACE John Bull and his Scottish and Welsh friends refuse to be coerced by terrorism from the Irish

Gladstone Vs Land League
THE IRISH DEVIL-FISH " The Creature is formidable but there is a way of resisting it..(it) is vulnerable through the head"

Flame-Resistant Clothing
Mefisto flame-resisting clothing introduced by Merryweathers in the late 1920s, allowing firemen to enter a burning area and continue to work

Guerilleros in Mexico
Guerilleros, who have been resisting the French presence in Mexico, surrender to general Negre, commandant superieur

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