Axes Collection

1922 British Mt Everest Expedition - Norton and Mallory
1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - Major Edward " Teddy" F. Norton (1884-1954) and George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886-1924) at nearly 27, 000 feet. Date: 1922

D-Day - Glider reinforcement team
A team of paratroopers amuse themselves whilst awaiting the call to take flight in their glider to back up the initial assault phase on the Normandy coast

Female Lumberjacks
Two young women, female lumberjacks, chopping wood with huge axes on a college farm in Finchley, north London, England

American Indians scalping
American Indian holding up the scalp of a died man, that he has just been in combat with. Date: Circa 1870s

Bannockburn / 1314
The Scottish army led by King Robert de Bruce VIII defeat the invading English army of Edward II

LUMBERJACKS 1930S
Two lumberjacks set about the daunting task of breaking up a huge felled tree with their axes. Date: 1930s

Racial / Sioux Weapons
Sioux weapons, including knives, axes and tomahawks

Group of axes for work and battle. Some periods. Denmark
Group of axes for work and battle. Core axes, flint axes and flake axes. Some periods. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Tuaghs (from the Gaelic, tuagh-chatha), also known as Lochaber axes, a type of poleaxe, Scottish battle axes used in medieval times, preserved at Edinburgh

Captain Newcome saying goodbye to old crew members
Captain Johnny Newcome saying goodbye to old crew members and veterans at Greenwich Hospital. Midshipmen in uniforms, peg-legged veterans with walking sticks

FELLING GIANT EUCALYPTUS
Two men use axes to fell a giant eucalyptus tree Date: circa 1910

PRINCE ARTHUR EXPEDITION
Prince Arthur of Connaughts expedition to Mont Blanc pose for a group photograph Date: circa 1910

Quarring in Paris
Men working with pick-axes in a quarry near Paris. Date: 1870

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

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

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

A chopping log stump with embedded axe circa 1890s

Hafted Stone Axe, Maguires Bridge, Co. Fermanagh
I. Hafted Stone Axe, Maguires Bridge, Co. Fermanagh, 2. Hafted Bronze Axe, Kinnegad Pass, Kings Co from Casts - a view of the two axes. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Polished Stone Axes Found at Danesfort, Malone Rd, Belfast - a view of a number of axes with a ruler for scale. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Stone Axes and Grindstone(X) from the Valley of the Bann - a view of the axes etc against a white background. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Prehistory. Metal Age. 1st Iron Age. Bronze axes and bronze spear head. From Ripoll, Catalonia. Episcopal Museum of Vic. Spain

Prehistory. Iron Age. Tubular axes. From El Brull and Plana
Prehistory. Metal Age. Iron Age. Tubular axes. From archaeological site of El Brull and Plana de Vic, Catalonia. Episcopal Museum of Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Prehistoric. Bronze Age. Santa Maria de Besora flat ax. From
Prehistoric. Metal Age. Bronze Age. Santa Maria de Besora flat ax. Ripolles, Catalonia. Episcopal Museum of Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Prehistory. Finland. Bronze Age. Found at Pernio. National
Prehistory. Finland. Bronze Age. A set of four axes found at Pernio. National Museum of Finland. Helsinki

Perforated Battle-Axes. Nordic areas. (2900-2450 / 2350 BC)
The Corded Ware culture, alternatively characterized as the Battle Axe Culture or Single Grave culture. Nordic areas. (2900-2450/2350 BC). The National Museum of Finland. Helsinki

Northern Europe. Stone Age. Axes decorated with carved anima
Prehistory. Northern Europe. Early Stone Age. Axes decorated with carved animal heads. Bear, elk, duck. The National Museum of Finland. Helsinki

Prehistory. Objects found around Riga city. Neolithic era. Stone axes

Objects from Skeldal, central Jutland. 2000-1700 BC
Local made and imported objects from Skeldal, central Jutland. Bracelets, axes and necklaces. 2000-1700 BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Flint axes for sacrifice. Sigersdal Mose. C. 3500 BC
Flint axe who are sacrificed. From Sigersdal Mose, northern Zealand. C. 3500 BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Bronze Age. Objects and ornaments. Broze. Northern Zealand
Prehistoric. Art. Bronze Age. Neck rings, arm rings, costume pins, chains, other ornaments, axes and a chisel-like object. From Rogerup Bog, northern Zealand. 700-500 BC. National Museum of Denmark

Flint handaxes. Maglemosian Culture, 9500-6500 BC
Flint handaxes. C. 8700 BC. Moose hunting. Skottemarke, Lolland. Maglemosian Culture, 9500-6500 BC. Mesolithic. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Polished flint axes. 3700-3500 BC. From Hagelbjerggard, central Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Flint axe of stone from Denmark
Flint axe of stone. Neolithic. From Denmark. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Funerary trappings of a mans grave at Dragsholm. 3800 BC
Funerary trappings of a mans grave. From left to right: Deer antler point, bone pin, wristguard of bone, battle axe of stone, arrowheads of flint and flint blades. Early Neolithic Period. 3800 BC

Flat hoe axes of greenstone. 7500-5500 BC. Denmark
Flat hoe axes of greenstone. 7500-5500 BC. From Danish islands and Jutland. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Unfinished hand axes. Neolithic
Hand axes. Unfinished Neolithic tools. Undated. From Denmark. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Hand axes of quartzite. Petite Lande, France. Mousterian Culture. 100000-40000 BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Hand axes of flint. Aisne Valley, France. Mousterian Culture. 100000-40000 BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Fighting Paris 1830
Armed to the teeth with chairs and axes, rioters invade the church of St Germain l Auxerrois, Paris, during the 1830 revolution. Date: 15 February 1831

Lunar Phenomenon 1893 3
Moonlight phenomena at the beginning of the Polar Night : vertical axes pass through the Moon and two mock moons, luminous patches show where they intersect the horizon Date: November 1893

Bastille Demolished
The Revolutionaries demolish the Bastille brick by brick using pick-axes and wheelbarrows. Date: 17 July 1789

Danish warriors and King Edward the Confessor.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

Italian Alpini scale heights
With the aid of ropes and ice-axes, Italian Alpini troops scale a mountain face in the Tyrol in order to occupy the high ground and prevent Austrian attacks at vital points along the frontier

Anti-Suffrage Army of Militants. Extreme German view of the English Army of Militant Suffragettes with their weapons of war - bombs, guns, axes, acid and scissors. Date: circa 1913

Firefighters cutting through a roof
Firefighters cutting through the roof of a burning building

Polar Bear Hunting in Alaska, USA Date: circa 1910s

Thessaloniki, Greece - Firemen. Date: circa 1905

Zermatt, Switzerland - A street. Date: circa 1910

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