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Background imageAlarm Collection: A Common Pheasant alarmed

A Common Pheasant alarmed
A Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) flies up in alarm. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageAlarm Collection: Salem Witches: Tituba

Salem Witches: Tituba
Titubas tales alarm the children, who accuse her of being a witch

Background imageAlarm Collection: A glamorous female model with her trusty Goblin Teasmade

A glamorous female model with her trusty Goblin Teasmade
A stylish female model wakes up fresh-faced and ready now to face the day thanks to a few sips from a hearty brew prepared by her faithful bedside Goblin Teasmade. How Delicious! Date: 1960s

Background imageAlarm Collection: WW1 - Zeppelin over the UK illuminated by searchlights

WW1 - Zeppelin over the UK illuminated by searchlights
" Zepp!" WW1 - Zeppelin over the UK illuminated by searchlights Date: circa 1917

Background imageAlarm Collection: The Aldgate Pump

The Aldgate Pump, London. A group of young lads and cheeky street types surround the venerable pump. To the left of the pump is a hand-crank Fire Call Post - signed/marked on the lampost as Fire Alarm

Background imageAlarm Collection: Hare (Bewick)

Hare (Bewick)
lepus timidus Harmless and inoffensive... fearful of every danger and attentive to every alarm, the Hare is continually upon the watch

Background imageAlarm Collection: Advert for Goblin teasmade 1954

Advert for Goblin teasmade 1954
How nice to receive a Goblin teasmade. Every morning of the year to be wakened to morning tea freshly made, ready at your bedside for enjoyment in cosy comfort

Background imageAlarm Collection: Terrible accident - Lady ablaze - Figure 1

Terrible accident - Lady ablaze - Figure 1
Figure 1 of 2. Terrible accident - Lady ablaze, her dress has caught fire and she is engulfed by the inferno. This illustration shows that if one is upright

Background imageAlarm Collection: Tennis-playing brunette beauty prepares to smash

Tennis-playing brunette beauty prepares to smash
Striking! A tennis-playing brunette beauty prepares to hit a net-side smash shot. It looks like game, set and match for her handsome male companion. Date: early 1940s

Background imageAlarm Collection: New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure

New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure
The New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure. Cartoon by William Heath Robinson

Background imageAlarm Collection: Advert for Tyme, Ermeto Movado ladies pocket watch 1933

Advert for Tyme, Ermeto Movado ladies pocket watch 1933
Tyme, the best pocket watch made. Small and compact, yet absolutely protected against all causes of trouble. Can be carried in any pocket or hand-bag with other articles. Date: 1933

Background imageAlarm Collection: Warning Horn

Warning Horn
A watchman at Kunszentmiklos, Hungary, blowing his horn during times of danger due to serious flooding over 200, 000 acres of low-lying acres of arable and meadow land. Date: 1930s

Background imageAlarm Collection: Panoramic map of Mediterranean by G. H. Davis

Panoramic map of Mediterranean by G. H. Davis
A new centre of world alarm during the Second World War: a panoramic map of the Mediterranean, showing the principal bases

Background imageAlarm Collection: Roller-skating girl cutting a dash on the beachside boardwal

Roller-skating girl cutting a dash on the beachside boardwal
Frivolous - a roller-skating beauty cutting a dash on the beachside boardwalk Date: early 1940s

Background imageAlarm Collection: Landlady discovers the lodger in the bath

Landlady discovers the lodger in the bath
The Lodger was in the bath. A landlady receives a nasty surprise as she comes across the lodger taking a bath

Background imageAlarm Collection: Alarm Buoy, 1858

Alarm Buoy, 1858
Engraving showing an alarm, or marker, buoy designed by Brown, Lenox and Company of Millwall, 1858. This buoy featured a water-wheel in its centre which, through the motion of the water

Background imageAlarm Collection: Armada Beacons 1588

Armada Beacons 1588
THE SPANISH ARMADA Lighting the beacons to signal the alarm as the enemy fleet approaches the English coast

Background imageAlarm Collection: Parts and mechanisms of repeating and alarm watches

Parts and mechanisms of repeating and alarm watches.. Parts and mechanisms of repeating and alarm watches. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by B. L

Background imageAlarm Collection: WW2 Christmas card, A False Alarm

WW2 Christmas card, A False Alarm -- a dog in AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) uniform. Date: 1941

Background imageAlarm Collection: Police Ambulance - London

Police Ambulance - London
A fantastic photograph (hand-coloured) of a Police Ambulance in London, with open cab and a large alarm bell fixed at the front

Background imageAlarm Collection: Girl Runs from Waves

Girl Runs from Waves
A young woman in a clinging red tank style one-piece swimsuit with a ruffle edged collar & a beret style bathing cap encounters a large wave. Alarmed, she runs for her life

Background imageAlarm Collection: WW II - range of bombs, ordnance dropped by RAF

WW II - range of bombs, ordnance dropped by RAF
Vintage World War II photograph - range of bombs ordnance dropped by bombers of the RAF

Background imageAlarm Collection: Music cover, The Alarm Galop, by T Browne

Music cover, The Alarm Galop, by T Browne, showing firemen near St Paul's Cathedral, City of London Date: circa 1880

Background imageAlarm Collection: White Star Line, Titanic lettercard written on board

White Star Line, Titanic lettercard written on board
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Second Class passenger and victim Henry James Beauchamp, rare Titanic lettercard written on board and posted with original one penny stamp

Background imageAlarm Collection: Caricature illustration of bedroom scene, by G E Studdy

Caricature illustration of bedroom scene, by G E Studdy, with person being woken by alarm clock, steam, and fist banging a pan

Background imageAlarm Collection: ROUSSEAU AD WIFE

ROUSSEAU AD WIFE
Jean Jacques Rousseau addresses his wife immediately before his death - to her considerable alarm. Date: 1778

Background imageAlarm Collection: EARTHQUAKE PANIC SICILY

EARTHQUAKE PANIC SICILY
Three churchgoers are trampled to death when the congregation of a Sicilian church panic at the false alarm of an earthquake. Date: 1907

Background imageAlarm Collection: ROMAN FUNERAL

ROMAN FUNERAL
A Roman funeral procession carries the dead man's corpse to the funeral pyre, where the widow stabs herself to the alarm of her friends ; note the weeping mourners Date: circa 1st century

Background imageAlarm Collection: Comic postcard, Elephant and dog

Comic postcard, Elephant and dog Date: 20th century

Background imageAlarm Collection: Comic postcard, Man falls out of bed onto chamber pot Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man falls out of bed onto chamber pot Date: 20th century

Background imageAlarm Collection: Alberta, Canada - Peace River Crossing

Alberta, Canada - Peace River Crossing. Cinema showing a 1914 Fatty Arbuckle film The Alarm - also George store (George B. Cliff) - circa 1914. Date: 1914

Background imageAlarm Collection: Christopher Columbus exploring the West Indies

Christopher Columbus exploring the West Indies
Portrait of Christopher Columbus 1, Columbuss first landing on San Salvador (Bahamas) 2, and Columbus dining with a Taino chieftain or Cacique on Hispaniola 3

Background imageAlarm Collection: How do yo do? - a frog greets a rather startled bird

How do yo do? - a frog greets a rather startled bird
How do yo do? - a frog greets a rather startled colourful small bird on the branch of a fuschia. Date: 1932

Background imageAlarm Collection: Front cover, The Electric Guide, 8th Edition

Front cover, The Electric Guide, 8th Edition
Front cover, The Electric Guide, 8th (Abridged) Edition, by Arthur L Golding. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageAlarm Collection: The General Election - Free Fooders

The General Election - Free Fooders
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Free Fooders. Candidates at a hustings face the warth of the electorate and also face a barrage of eggs and vegeatbles

Background imageAlarm Collection: Protection from fire at sea on British liners 1932

Protection from fire at sea on British liners 1932
Diagram showing the safety rules on board a British passenger ship in 1932. Date: 1932

Background imageAlarm Collection: An early bomb disposal method to detect unexploded bombs

An early bomb disposal method to detect unexploded bombs
French soldier holding an electrical induction balance, capable of detecting buried explosive shells. These shells had been causing large numbers of casualties to civilian agricultural workers

Background imageAlarm Collection: CIRCUS CLOWN AND HORSES

CIRCUS CLOWN AND HORSES
A clown and two trained horses. Date: late 19th century

Background imageAlarm Collection: GIRL ALARMED BY MOUSE

GIRL ALARMED BY MOUSE
A girl screams at the sight of a tiny mouse... and her dog seems to share her alarm... Date: circa 1920

Background imageAlarm Collection: NEAT FRENCH VILLA

NEAT FRENCH VILLA
A neat French villa with a few touches of art nouveau (but not too much to alarm the neighbours) at La Varenne Saint- Hilaire (Seine) Date: 1909

Background imageAlarm Collection: ARMADA BEACONS 1588

ARMADA BEACONS 1588
THE SPANISH ARMADA Lighting the beacons to signal the alarm Date: July 1588

Background imageAlarm Collection: Bale Fire of Beacon Warning of Attack

Bale Fire of Beacon Warning of Attack
The Bale Fire is a series of fires, used to pass on an alarm throughout a district : here, settlers in the American colonies warn others of an attack of Native Americans Date: 17th century

Background imageAlarm Collection: Tall blonde with pink nightdress and stockings

Tall blonde with pink nightdress and stockings
Step-in High! A tall blonde girl in profile, with long long legs and stockings and a sheer pink nightdress -she stands in front of some fine floral wallpaper. Date: early 1940s

Background imageAlarm Collection: Pretty girl caught getting dressed

Pretty girl caught getting dressed
Caught " Una-wears" - a curly-haired lovely is shocked to be discovered whilst getting dressed into a tiny sheer green undergarment. Date: early 1940s

Background imageAlarm Collection: Fire Brigade street fire alarm call post

Fire Brigade street fire alarm call post
A passer-by pulls a fire alarm to notify the fire brigade of an incident. By the outbreak of the First World War the London Fire Brigade area was well covered with electric fire alarms

Background imageAlarm Collection: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Date: 1906

Background imageAlarm Collection: Ball Lightning

Ball Lightning
inside a farmhouse at Salagnac, Correze (France) a boule alarms two girls but the only victim is a pig in the adjoining stable Date: 10 September 1845

Background imageAlarm Collection: Comic postcard, Elephant and dog Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Elephant and dog Date: 20th century



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