Axe Collection (page 3)

Portrait of LFB fireman DC12, in uniform, with his brass helmet under his arm. Date: circa 1920s

David Frances Barry photo - Two young chiefs
Two young chiefs wearing American traditional dress, including beaded moccasin, beaded leather belts, hairpipe buffalo-bone breastplate and choker. The chief on the left is holding an axe

Legendary Paul Bunyon Date: 1948

Flint hand axe
Photograph of a human-made hand axe, which was discovered in 1859, and is thought to be about 400, 000 years old

Old Clothes Exchange, Phils Buildings, Houndsditch 1882
The court of Phils buildings was found directly opposite St Mary Axe. A barrier was placed across steps leading up to the court, as there was an admission fee of one penny

FRENCH BUTCHER W / A BULL
A French butcher prepares to slaughter a bull while others look on. Date: circa 1760

WOODMAN & DOG IN SNOW WOODMAN & DOG IN SNOW
A woodman walks through the snow with his dog and an axe under his arm. Date: 1865

POLLING A WILLOW 1873
Workmen polling (pruning) a willow tree on a riverbank. Date: 1873

MILITARY / DRESS / 19TH CENT
A Staff-Corporal-Farrier of the 1st Life Guards. Date: 1895

Roman Lictors
Roman lictors carrying fasces - an axe within a bundle of sticks - which are used as symbols of their authority. Date: circa 200 BC

MARY TO THE RESCUE
When axe and bucket have failed and the fire brigade havent turned up, the owner of a blazing house implores the aid of the Virgin Mary, who kindly offers her help Date: circa 1850

TOURISTS AT THE TOWER
Holiday time at the Tower - an influx of eager tourists Date: 1871

Rugged old famer in duffle coat, Glamorgan, s Wales
A rugged old male farmer sits in an out building and cleans an axe. He wears a cloth cap and a scruffy duffle coat. He looks directly at the camera. Glamorgan, South Wales Date: circa 1989

Sculpture Bust in the Carlsberg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sculpture Bust - Miner with an Axe (1900) by Constantin Meunir (1831-1905) in the Carlsberg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark Date: 1900

Jamestown Exposition
Promotional postcard for the Jamestown Exposition of 1907, including an inset illustration showing the Native American woman Pocahontas interceding for Captian John Smith and the remains (tower)

Whalers slice open their catch and find Jonah !! Date: circa 1910

Picnic on the summit of a Swiss Alpine peak. Date: circa 1910s

Gorner Glacier, Mont-Rose - Switzerland - Mountaineer
The Gorner Glacier (Gornergletscher) - a valley glacier found on the west side of the Monte Rosa massif close to Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s

Gorner Glacier, Seracs - Switzerland - Mountaineer
The Gorner Glacier (Gornergletscher) - a valley glacier found on the west side of the Monte Rosa massif close to Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Date: circa 1920s

Distress in Lancashire: mill-hands work on Preston Moors
The distress in Lancashire: mill-hands at work on Preston Moors. Unemployed operatives levelling waste ground on the north side of the town, over seen by inspectors

Chimu? culture. Tumi. Sacrificial ceremonial axe made of gold. It represents the god Maymlap. 11th-15th century. National Museum of Peru. Lima

Core axes. Maglemosian and Kongemose periods. 8500-5500 BC
Axes for work and battle. Detail of core axes of the Maglemosian and Kongemose periods. 8500-5500 BC.. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Armin Vambery alias Hermann Bamberger (1832 - 1913) Hungarian traveller in Central Asia

Native American wearing a headdress and short skirt, a large silver plate on his chest.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

SISEBUTO, Flavio (6th centuryI). Visigothic king (612 - 621). Oil. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Segovia. Alcazar (castle)

Maori Weapons and Implements of War, with Warriors preparing for a fight. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847

Flint handaxe incorporating fossil echinoid
Cast of handaxe from Middle Gravels of Swanscombe, Kent. Loaned by Merseyside Museums; NHM E6870

Chance the firemens dog, LFEE
Chance the firemens dog, belonging to the London Fire Engine Establishment. He attended many fires and wore a collar engraved with the words: Stop me not but onward let me jog

Davy Crockett Bear Fight
DAVY CROCKETT Armed with a knife and axe, Davy Crockett fights a bear. How the bear has annoyed him isn t clear, though a new jacket may be on the cards

Arrest of Guy Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot
Arrest of Guy Fawkes in connection with the Gunpowder Plot, 5 November 1605. 1605

Richard I at the Siege of Acre by Matania
Richard I at the Siege of Acre on horseback jumps over a horse swinging his axe through the air about to strike two men. Date: 1191

Spain. Lower Paleolithic. Cleaver flint
Prehistory. Spain. Lower Paleolithic. Cleaver flint. Arenero Hermanos, Madrid. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Prehistoric. Bronze Age. Northern Europe. Dagger and sword. From Dragsfjard. The National Museum of Finland. Helsinki

Stone Age. Figurines of humans are, stylized depictions, suc
Prehistory. Stone Age. Figurines of humans are known and these are mostly stylized depictions, such as a shaft-hole axe from Kiuruvesi. The National Museum of Finland. Helsinki

Hand axes. Acheulian Culture. 1500000-200000 BC
Hand axes. Culture of Homo erectus, know as Acheulian Culture. 1500000-200000 BC. Lower Paleolithic. From Tanzania, Java, France and England. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Jeanne Hachette / Perlet
JEANNE LAISNE, or FOURQUET known as JEANNE HACHETTE French heroine who defended Beauvais against the Burgundians in 1472 Date: 1454 -

King Richard I
RICHARD I, THE LIONHEART (1157 - 1199) Reigned 1189 - 1199 Circular portrait

Burmese minister, highlanders, and couple from Pegu (Bago).. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Costumes of Canadian natives: Nipissing and Ottowa people.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Saint Jules Martyr. Printed in Paris. XX century. Private Collection. Litography

Two men cross-cutting tree trunk, Western Front, WW1
Two men cross-cutting a tree trunk on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Suffolk - Southwold Jack - St Edmunds Church
St Edmunds Church, Southwold, Suffolk - the 15th century clock jack, which stands at the west end. He holds an axe and bell which he uses to strike the time

Ritual of Self-Mutilation by Aissaoua Brotherhood, Morocco
A member of the snake charmers cult The Aissaoua Brotherhood ceremonially cuts his head on the Day of Sacrifices a ritual of self-mutilation. Date: circa 1910s

The Furze Platt Hand Axe
The Furze Platt hand axe from the Acheulian culture (Lower Palaeolithic) about 400, 000 years ago. Found in Britain in 1919 the hand axe weighs 2.8 kilos and is 30.6 cm long

London Fire Engine Establishment fireman in uniform
Formed in 1833, the LFEE was Londons first properly organised fire brigade, having taken over from the various Insurance Company fire brigades around the capital

Malaysia - Men of the Sakai tribe
These men of the Malaysian Northern Sakai tribe have built a scaffolding system enabling them to cut down a tall (and very wide!) tree at an easier higher level

The Legend of the Royal Axe
The body of Hiram was buried under the alter of the Temple and Solomon, abandonning the cult of Adonis, sacrificed to Moloch, the god Tyrian. 1890s

Repairing pit props, Plas y Coed Level, South Wales
A miner repairing pit props in the Plas y Coed Level, South Wales

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