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The Underwriter Who Missed The Total Loss, by H. M. BatemanThe inside of Lloyds and the Lutine bell, which is rung to announce a total loss, one stroke for bad news and two for good. Date: 1933
Rock N Roll DanceRock and roll enthusiasts, dressed in 1950s clothes, including DA hairstyles, Teddy Boy jackets and spotted dresses which swirl to reveal stocking-tops!
National Air Safety Committee PosterPoster, National Air Safety Committee, providing instructions to new pilots -- please help to keep flying safe. 1933
The Wettest Derby on Record by The Tout, 1927The Wettest Derby on record in 1927 with numerous well-known personalities of the turf coping with the flooded course with the help of umbrellas and rowing boats. Includes the jockey M
The Derby 1923 by Cecil AldinLeaving the post at the start of the Derby of 1923, a race famously won by Papyrus, owned by Mr B. Irish and ridden by Steve Donoghue
Satire on PhrenologySatire on the study of Phrenology - a Free Knowledgey - illustrating the worst elements of human behavious illustrated in different zones of the head (including Obscene Language, criminal activity)
Nursery Rhyme - Three Little PigsThe Tale of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Disraeli and GladstoneA Bad Example Disraeli and Gladstone at loggerheads
Pulling a field gun stuck in mud, Western Front, WW1Men pulling and jacking a field gun stuck in the mud during bad weather on the Western Front in Flanders during the First World War. They are trying to get it into a new position for firing
Tarot Card 10 - La Roue de Fortune (The Wheel of Fortune)
BreakdancingA breakdancer spins round on his back and stuns his teenage onlookers. Note the profusion of of white clothes and stilettos, slip-on shoes with white socks, perms and mullets
Festive Nutty Squirrel 2Oh what an enormous nut for such a small squirrel. Festive tableau with nut munching stuffed red squirrel nestling amongst the holly berries
Bad Lengenschwalbach II. Wiesbaden, Hesse-Nassau, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Saucy Postcard - Lady lovers bemoan (?) bad weatherSaucy Seaside Postcard - Two lady lovers bemoan (?) the bad weather, which opens up new opportunities for fun... Date: 1946
The Ball Boy by George StuddyBonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy sits at the edge of a tennis court and rather naughtily chews his way through a number of tennis balls
The Loss Book at Lloyds of London, 1877Engraving showing a group of Lloyds underwriters consulting the Loss Book in their offices, after a bad spell of storms in the winter of 1876-7
The benefits of taking the water at Bad Wildungen, GermanyComic illustration of the wonderful benefits to a ladys urinary tract (!) having taken the water at Bad Wildungen - a German therapeutic spa Town with springs that bring forth water containing iron
Official wording, Apprenticeship IndentureOfficial wording of an Apprenticeship Indenture, between John Henry Watson of 3 Newland Street, Derby, and Messrs John Davis & Son (Derby) Limited
Ocean Colliery, Nant Y Moel, Glamorgan, South WalesView of the Ocean Colliery (also known as Western Colliery), Nant Y Moel (Nantymoel), Ogmore Vale, Glamorgan, South Wales, with a mixture of sleet and smoke on a day of bad weather
SuperstitionsAn interesting instance of the popular aversion to walking under a ladder. A group of superstitious pedestrians find themselves in a bit of a scrum as they attempt to squeeze through the smallest gap
Rock N RollersRock and roll enthusiasts, dressed in 1950s clothes, including DA hairstyles, Teddy Boy jackets and spotted dresses which swirl to reveal stocking-tops!
(The Morning After of a Faun) Le Lendemain d un Faune (or, What an Afternoon ) - The Great success of the new ballet L Apres-Midi d un Faune in which the faun, failing to abduct the nymph herself
Shame Flute - German punishment for being a poor musicianA Shame Flute ( Schand Flote ) - German punishment for being a poor musician - you had to face the public wearing (around the neck) a heavy iron flute
A new dog-fancy: the Basset Hounds by Louis WainEngraving by Louis Wain showing four naughty basset hounds teasing two scared black and white cats. A fifth basset hound enters the room looking coy but unrepentant with a whip in its mouth
New York Snow SceneParked vehicles, abandoned in deep snow during bad winter weather which has lasted for over 2 months. A costly headache for snow removers in New York, U.S.A. Date: 1960s
Titanic / Southampton 1912A bad omen: as the Titanic leaves Southampton, the steamer New York accidentally breaks its moorings. Captain Smith stops Titanics engines and a collision is avoided
Stormy ClevedonHigh tide and heavy seas at the British seaside resort of Clevedon, North Somerset, England. Date: 1950s
England / Nasty 1930SNot so bad as the name suggests. An interesting old village with a " bad" name: Nasty in Hertfordshire
East End Woman scared of dog making her to walk under ladder" You never know you Luck." " Hi! Come back, yer Silly! Do yer want to spile yer Luck?" Date: 1892
Thessaloniki, Greece - Street Porter Date: circa 1916
Baths. New bath house, Bad Hartzburg and Burgberg, Hartz, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Festive Nutty Squirrel 5Festive tableau with a stuffed red squirrel about to ascend an ivy and holly berry clad tree in order to add to his winter nut hoard
Festive Nutty Squirrel 3Festive tableau with a stuffed red squirrel perched amongst the holly berries with his nut and pine cone hoard gathered in for the winter
Festive Nutty SquirrelFestive tableau with nut munching stuffed red squirrel posed on a branch decorated with holly berries
Finishing of the manufacture of the Atlantic Telegraph CableCompletion of the Atlantic Telegraph cable as the last inch of cable passes through the machinery of Messrs Glass and Elliott at Morden Whard, East Greenwich
Nationalen OppositionGerman opposition leaders make united Nationalen Opposition at Bad Harzburg
Johannes Brahms and Adele StraussJohannes Brahms, German composer, and Adele Strauss, wife of Johann Strauss II, at Bad Ischl, Austria. circa 1898
Wheel of Fortune on a tarot cardThe Wheel of Fortune, as depicted on a tarot card. Date: 1926
Comic postcard, Plump woman and minstrel at the seaside Date: 20th century
Enmore Castle, Somerset, seat of the Earl of Egmont. Home to John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester in the 17th century. In the 18th century, John Pereval, 2nd Earl of Egmont
Squalls by Wilton WilliamsTwo women struggle in wind to control their umbrellas and skirts. Date: 1923
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress 60-0008United States Air Force - Boeing B-52H-135-BW Stratofortress 60-0008 (msn 464373)of the 19th Bombardment Wing, with a humorous caption on the nose: - Dear Rocky, not to win is a very Bad Thing
Fleet Air Arm - Supermarine Seafire F. XVIIFleet Air Arm - Supermarine Seafire F.XVII, call-sign 174, after a bad landing somewhere in the Far East. Date: circa 1946
English Touring Motorcyclist at Dojran, North MacedoniaAn English Touring Motorcyclist - stopped off at Dojran, a city on the west shore of Lake Dojran in the southeast part of North Macedonia. circa 1909
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom steps down from the van ?Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom steps down from the van at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather, 19 July 1961. Date: 1961
