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

Norwich Terrier
A Norwich Terrier, standing. Date: 1928

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. See Millaiss companion picture

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

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

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'. Lady Strickland in the uniform

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. The small flower bed has flowers - not the vegetables that everyone was encouraged to cultivate.Mr

Citizens of Brighton shown wearing gas masks in everyday situations in 1941. School children are guided across the road by a police officer, a milkman wears his on his rounds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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