Attempts Collection (page 3)

Crinoline Bus Accident
A lady wearing a large crinoline knocks over a man as she attempts to board a London bus. Two ladies in bonnets look on in amazement. Title: Cause and Effect

Patriot Partisans
Patriot partisans in Garibaldis on-going attempts to take Rome from the pope

Exorcism Venezuela 1989
A shaman attempts to heal a sick man by driving out evil spirits, at Mavaca, Venezuela

Pulain Manpowered 1921
At Longchamps, Paris, cyclist Pulain attempts to win the Prix Peugeot for a successful man-powered flight

Street Doctor 1877
A street " doctor" attempts to sell peppermint cough lozenges to a gullible woman

Sport / Climbing / Alps
MONT BLANC CONQUERED Alpine guide Jacques Belmont, after several unsuccessful earlier attempts, is the first to reach the summit

William IV at Wheel / 1830
The man wot will steer his own vessel William IV attempts to steer the country away from reform as Wellington looks on

The Cable Lost
The broken cable is lost, and all attempts to grapple and retrieve it fail : the Great Eastern will have to return to England, and prepare to try again

Breaking the Record !

Crinoline Prevents Kiss
Adolphus is foiled in his attempts to obtain a kiss from his beloved. The new fashion is proving a barrier to matrimony and intimacy between the sexes

Eyston Thunderbolt 1938
Dunlop tyres pay tribute to George Eyston who this year drives his Thunderbolt on Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, at a speed of 536 km/h

Seagraves Golden Arrow
Henry Seagrave drives his Golden Arrow; at Daytona Beach, Florida, achieving a speed of 372 km/h

Sheep Rescued from Wolf
A sheep is about to be carried off by a wolf when a police- dog hurries to her rescue, armed with a spear

Dollys Piano Lesson
A little girl attempts to give her doll a piano lesson

Father / Daughter C1910
A little girl whose mother has died attempts to comfort her father

No Match for a Gun
An unequal match The truncheon is no match for the gun. A brave policeman attempts to disarm a burgler who threatens him with a gun

Cat & Dog having Dinner
An amused boy watches as a cat attempts to share a dogs dinner!

Game : King of Barbaree
All form two lines : the Kings line attempts to capture the Tower = something like Nuts in May

Napoleon III Strasbourg
Napoleon attempts a coup against Louis-Philippe at Strasbourg, counting on popular support for the Napoleonic idea, which alas fails to materialise

Running with Model Plane
A young man runs along and attempts to get his model aeroplane to fly, at a model aeroplane show

Charles I / Five Members
Charles I attempts to seize the Five Members whom he had accused of treason

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