Avalanche Collection

The Avalanche
This illustration shows a worker accidentally allowing a tumble of rocks fall down upon a gentleman walking below, was accompanied with a caption Don't be afraid, sir

The monks of Saint-Bernard clear snow after an avalanche blocks the pass and prevents access to their monastery Date: 1897

As a new Ice Age overtakes the Earth, an avalanche of ice overwhelms Paris, shattering the Tour Eiffel Date: 1902
As a new Ice Age overtakes the Earth, an avalanche of ice overwhelms Paris, shattering the Tour Eiffel... Date: 1902

Trolls are malicious, and will start an avalanche just for the fun of it. Date: 1895

Dogtooth fawn lily, Erythronium grandiflorum. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

The Avalanche
Plate 20 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated withdesigns by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Illustration, After the Avalanche. 18th century

The Avalanche
Plate 20 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated withdesigns by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

Illustration from Paris Plaisirs number 74, August 1928
Illustration avalanche de baisers et de coussins from Paris Plaisirs number 73, July 1928 Date: 1928

Skiing by a Snowdrift
A blonde skier gingerly negotiates a large snow drift, hoping to avoid an avalanche! Date: 1930s

Avalanche victim aided by St Bernards
At the Hospice du Grand Saint- Bernard (2472m), dogs are trained to rescue unfortunate travellers who lose their way in the darkness and snow on the Alpine pass

A Little Pride before a Fall
Cartoon, A Little Pride before a Fall. Remarkable presence of mind of one skier called forth by the carelesness of a companion while skiing

An avalanche in Piedmont, Northern Italy. Great destruction
An avalanche in Piedmont. Avalanches are common in the Piedmontese side of the Alps, much destruction is caused by the falling boulders and snow

Protecting Rail, Canada
A train emerges from a rail shed, timber-built to withstand even an avalanche

Avalanche 1860
Protected - for the moment, anyway - beneath a rock arch, a traveller has the awesome experience of watching a massive avalanche hurtle past him into the valley below

Avalanche / Lemaitre
A family and their goats fleeing from an avalanche

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