Alert Collection

Beware of Trains - In English and Welsh
A metal sign in English and Welsh stating - Beware of Trains - likely to have been positioned at a footpath crossing or at a station

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

Ericsson Table Phone - 3
A table instrument by the Ericsson Company of Stockholm. There is no handle to alert the exchange, perhaps this is done with that knob : the bell is very noticeable

African Lion - cub lying down alert whilst adults are resting (Panthera leo). Ndutu area between Serengeti and Ngorongoro - Tanzania

My First Sermon by John Everett Millais
A little girl, wearing a red cape and fur muff, sits primly alert on a church pew listening to her first sermon

4 French Bulldogs
Beautiful picture of four of them lying down, face on and looking very alert, even though two are also resting their heads on the ground

Norwich Terrier
A Norwich Terrier, standing. Date: 1928

Give and Take on Road
Drive as you would wish others to drive... always anticipate danger and be on the alert... on corners keep as far to the left as possible

The Twins by Cecil Aldin, title page
The twin dogs of the title, looking alert and ready for the events about to take place in the book

Sir George Nares / M Smith
SIR GEORGE STRONG NARES British naval officer and explorer

Alsatian dog looking up in expectation Date: 1950s

Comic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - Take Cover - an eager volunteer
Comic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - " Take Cover" - an eager volunteer warden shouts down an alert of any occupants of a Ladies Public Convenience! Date: circa 1917

Korean War era - Speed Limit sign close to the 38th parallel north, which formed the border between North and South Korea prior to the Korean War. Date: circa 1952

Steamboat Alert in Creux Harbour, Sark, Victorian period

H. M. S. Alert - Despatch Vessel
H.M.S. Alert (K 647) - Despatch Vessel, (formerly Bay-Class Frigate Dundrum Bay K 427) - Commissioned in 1946. Date: circa 1950s

WW2 - R. A. F. Fighter Station
A photograph of some British WW2 Royal Air Force men receiving the alert at a fighter station. Date: circa 1940s

WW2, Royal Navy Hassall
A front cover illustration to a WW2 children's painting book by John Hassall. The image portrays a boy standing alert, dressed in a Royal Navy uniform on deck of his ship. Date: circa 1940

Lady Marguerite Strickland, with Alsation dog, Saxon
Lady Marguerite Strickland, in uniform, with her Alsation dog, Saxon. Captioned, Saxon and Anglo-Saxon on the Alert'

Two Deer
A simple but effective dry point of two deer, only one of them looking alert. Date: circa 1929

Invasion Bells and the Fifth Column
A suggestion that a Gang of Spies could attempt to disguise themselves as innocent country folk and succeed in stopping the ringing of the church bells used in warning of attempted invasion

How to Make Roof-Spotting a Pleasure
William Heath Robinson invention for keeping watch from attack. A warden perched up high above the streets with an umbrella for protection, tea-cup-holder and an easy chair. Date: 1941

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Early Birds
The Caption is Early Birds. There is a little bird on the window sill - most likely a robin

Citizens of Brighton shown wearing gas masks in everyday situations in 1941

Crouching LynX Date: 1880

Baby Scouts -- signaller
Baby Scouts -- A girl scout signaller you notice here, she warns the camp when enemies are near. Date: 1900

ERICSSON TABLE PHONE - 2
A table instrument by the Ericsson Company of Stockholm, Sweden. The handle on the side is turned when making a call, to alert the exchange. Date: circa 1905

CHARLES KEAN (1811 - 1868), actor and son of Edmund Kean

2nd Dragoons Scout, Royal Scots Greys
2nd Dragoons Scout of the Royal Scots Greys, a regiment present at the Relief of Kimberley during the Second Boer War. Date: circa 1900s

European Rabbit - young - on alert during feeding on a meadow - July (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.). near Tarrant Monkton - Blandford Forum - Dorset

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

Runner holding an accordion - Istanbul, Turkey
A Turkish Fireman - a runner who ran ahead to warn of a fire, making an almighty wail and a racket on his accordion. Date: 1873

HMS Alert, British sloop launched in 1894, used as a depot ship in the Persian Gulf. Date: circa 1900s

Water shrew, adult, on alert while devouring a water beetle (a predatious diving beetle pictured(Dytiscidae spp.) (Neomys fodiens )

Young Pine Marten - close-up on forest floor (Martes martes). Ural Mountains, Russia

Gas alarm for Austro-Hungarian troops, Volhynia, WW1
A gas alarm for Austro-Hungarian troops of the Landwehr Reserve Batallion at Volhynia (Wolhynien) on the eastern front in north-west Ukraine during the First World War. Date: 14 October 1916

Fog Siren and Lighthouse, Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire. Date: circa 1910s

On Guard
An alert terrier stands by its owners gloves and lead, ready for a walk. Date: 1929

Studio portrait, woman with terrier dog. Date: circa 1930s

Nares, Sir George Strong (1831-1915). British naval officer and Arctic explorer. The crew of Discovery Alert cutting ice for the free navigation of the ship. Nineteenth-century colored engraving

Small terrier sitting in a chair -- Many a warm heart beats above a pair of bandy legs. Date: 1932

Young woman and dog in field
Young woman and a terrier dog in a field -- she is holding a treat for him. Date: circa 1920s

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - adult - whistles warning others - near a burrow in steppe - observes an intruder from a distance (Marmota bobak). steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - June

Red-cheeked Souslik - adult near a burrow in steppe (Citellius major Pallas). in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - June

Red-cheeked Souslik - adult - observes surroundings while feeding on corn, lost during transportation (Citellius major Pallas)

Impala family (Aepyceros melampus). Katavi - Tanzania - Africa

Young Hare / Leveret - stands on hind legs. Ural Mountains, Russia, spring

Domestic RABBIT - young black rabbit

An adult Pig-tailed Macaque observes the area from a tree, before the pack would descend on the ground (Macaca nemestrina)

Wild Common Hamster - Checks for danger, feeding in a granary (Cricetus cricetus L.). Summer, Middle Ural Mountains, Russia

Ringing the gas alarm on the Western Front by Philip Dadd
A British gas sentry rings a medieval church bell bearing figures of saints and armorial insignia (formerly hung in the shattered belfry shown in the background)

Armenian boy scouts at refugee camp, Egypt
Armenian boy scouts blowing cook house at the Armenian refugee camp, Heliopolis, near Cairo, Egypt

Air Raid Warning - Take Cover, WW1
Side view of a motor car driven by a special constable with a sign informing the public of the all clear following an air raid

Its coming! Gas attack 1917
The alert has just been given, by means of a shell-going that a German gas wave has been let loose, and is approaching the trenches

Keeping track of German raiders by G. H. Davis
Keeping track of German raiders during the Second World War: the method pictorially explained, from the moment their approach is noted until the sounding of the alert in the threatened areas

Cartoon, The Bottling Season, WW1
Cartoon, The Bottling Season, now is the time to bottle fruit and other things

A French alpine soldier on sentry duty with his Eskimo sent
A French soldier looks out over a slit trench, as his German Shepherd dog also stands alert. The dog is ready to growl at the first suspicious sign of an attack. Date: 1916

South African gas alarm post trench sentry, 1917
Soldier ready to ring the bell to give warning to a gas attack

Colobus guereza, guereza
Photographed by Frank Greenaway

An American Indian totem pole, Alert bay, Canada

The Indian village at Alert Bay. Canada

German pilots on alert, with Fokker triplanes, WW1
German pilots on alert, about to board their Fokker triplanes during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Greyhounds in Country
Three Greyhounds in the countryside, two standing and looking very alert whilst the third runs to join them. Date: 1919

Training a police dog
A Police Dog and handler at Twickenham Rugby Stadium. The dog is being trained to sniff out suspicious packages that could have been planted under the seats in the South Stand (now re-developed)

British anti-aircraft battery WWII
More heavy snow has fallen in France and the British Expeditionary Force is again contending with Arctic weather conditions during World War II

Rabbit Alert by Aldin
An alert-looking rabbit, perhaps sensing that someone is on its tail!

Chinese Ferryman
A Chinese ferryman aboard his vessel, with a large mounted gong and hammer to alert passengers to his imminent departure or perhaps to other boats to warn of his passage

Little Girl and Pet Dog
A jolly little girl poses for a studio portrait with her alert looking Pomeranian pet dog, lying obediently on a chair next to her

Mahler / Clumber Spaniel
Dog standing side on with his head turned face on in an alert pose

Geese Warn Rome of Gauls
Cackling geese on the Capitol, Rome, alert the city to the approach of Brennus and his Gauls

REINDEER / C. E. SWAN / 1909
An alert reindeer in a snowy landscape

Egan / Life in London / 1820
A visit from the doctor: Jerry beat to a standstill! Dr. Please ems prescription, Tom & Logics condolence & the slaveys on the alert

Fall / Abyssinian / 1936
A cat looking alert with its tail curled up in anticipation

Three Great Dane Dogs
Three Great Danes standing on a hilltop, looking very alert. One Fawn colour, one Brindle and one Harlequin. All have cropped ears

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