Battered Collection

PERUVIAN FIGUREHEAD
The figurehead of the ship Peruvian, wrecked off Seaford, Sussex, England, in February 1899. Sparks flew as the ship was battered against the sea wall. Date: shipwrecked 1899

House to house fighting in Stalingrad, USSR
House to house fighting during the bitter battle amongst the ruins of the battered city of Stalingrad (Volgograd), USSR

Playing a piano amid the destruction - The Blitz
One of the men working on debris clearance in London succeeded in wresting a tune from this battered piano - circa late 1940

Teasing Tirpitz, or luring a U boat to Dover, Heath Robinson
A battered British plane suspends a tiny toy boat on a string, fooling a German U boat into pursuing it all the way to Dover. Another mischievous war tactic dreamed up by William Heath Robinson

Wartime cuisine - fish and chips
Wartime rashioning during the Second World War. A plate of steak and veg is a dream, but at least there is still fish and chips to keep the spirits up and the bellies full! Date: circa early 1940s

I Don t Know Where I Am by George Studdy
After an unsolicited scrap, Bonzo is left in agreement with that famous statesman who said, " People hardly know where they are, and I am one of those in that position." Fortunately

Ruined Stalingrad
The ruins of the city, after its liberation. A sculpture of dancing children survives, though battered, like Stalingrad itself

White Star Line - Marine Superintendent sign
White Star Line - rare oval enamel sign Marine Superintendent White Star Line'. Reputed ex-White Star Line Marine Superintendent's Office, Princes Dock, Liverpool. 9 inches

White Star Line - two tins with colourful designs. Date: 20th century

Cunard Line - emigrants tin trunk, stencilled G King
Cunard Line - emigrants tin trunk with Cunard/Jones Brothers, Wolverhampton on the lock, and the name G. King stencilled on the front. 24 x 14 x 14 inches. (1 of 2) Date: 20th century

A stunt car flies through the air over a row of other cars, watched by spectators. Date: 1960s

FLIGHT OF LEUDASTE
The lecherous and devious Leudaste, risen from serfdom to count of Tours, flees from his many enemies : he will beg mercy of the queen, but she has him battered to death Date: 582

L Atlantique, French luxury liner, Cherbourg, France
L Atlantique, French luxury liner, towed home in a battered state into Cherbourg harbour, Northern France, January 1933. 1933

Peasant farmer, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1900s

Comic postcard - Two Street Urchins with their soapbox racer
Comic postcard - She ain t exactly a Rolls Royce, but she rolls fine don t she? 1934

Battered Old Shoes Date: 1954

ADVERT / SANDWICH MAN 19C
Sandwichman advertising Babes in the Wood at Drury Lane Theatre Date: late 19th century

Unconquerable by Arthur Rackham - Defiant Belgium
Arthur Rackhams Unconquerable - a personification of Belgium stands defient with the tatters of a Belgian flag - symbolising the brave resistance of Belgium to the invading German army in August

German cartoon, three allies in the stocks, WW1
First World War cartoon, showing the German view of the allies France, Britain and Russia, seen here in the stocks, with lists of the territory claimed by the Central Powers. Date: December 1917

German holding up the other Central Powers
Russian caricature from WWI era showing Germany struggling to support the failing efforts of their allies, the other Central Powers, The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria (?). Date: circa 1917

Top hat with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card
Battered and shabby top hat with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Comic German postcard -- drunkard in the toilet
Comic German postcard by Arthur Thiele -- a drunkard collapses at the side of a toilet. Date: early 20th century

Group of children sittiing on kerb, Balham, SW London
A group of children sitting on the kerb in a Balham street, SW London, playing with a battered old suitcase. Date: circa 1961

Horse pulling a vehicle
A horse pulling a three-wheel vehicle on a cobblestone street in Germany. Date: circa 1940s

Milk and squash vending machines
Two cold drinks vending machines standing side by side, one for cool refreshing milk, the other for cool refreshing Kia-Ora fruit squash

Christmas card in the shape of a brown hat -- Christmas Greeting from an Old Chum. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a battered top hat. Date: circa 1890s

Battered old boot greetings card with a cute puppy peeping out. Date: circa 1890s

Battered old boot-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Flowers in an old boot on a greetings card
Flowers growing inside an old boot on a greetings card -- A Boot-iful Greeting. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Exchange No Robbery -- a man is shocked to be offered a battered old hat in place of his nice new one. circa late 18th century

Nautical scene on a shoe-shaped greetings card
Nautical scene with rocks and ships on a shoe-shaped greetings card Date: circa 1890s

Face in garage window, Sale, Greater Manchester
A face peeps out through a garage window in Sale, Greater Manchester. Date: circa 1979

Bastogne siege lifted
Members of the US 101st Airborne Division move out of Bastogne following the lifting of the siege of the Belgian town during the Battle of the Bulge. Date: December 1944

US soldiers in Bastogne
American soldiers and local residents in a street in Bastogne, the Belgian town in the Ardennes which was under siege from German forces during the Ardennes Offensive

Boys with tricycles in a Balham street, SW London
Six small boys in a huddle with tricycles in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Old man with two dogs and a cat in a garden. The dogs are wearing muzzles, though they don t appear to belong to a dangerous breed! Date: circa 1900s

Boys with a tricycle in a Balham street, SW London. One boy is holding a toy gun, and another is wearing a mask. Date: circa 1961

Picture of a weathered cross
Slide showing a picture of a weathered Christian cross, mounted on a rock in the sea, being battered by waves, lit by a shaft of light. Part of Box 366. Date: circa 1900

YMCA hut in Arras, WW1
The battered belfry at Arras and in front of the ruins, a little YMCA hut with its red triangle sign conveying a welcome to any Allied soldiers seeking a place of rest

Suffragette in Dock Battered Policeman. A large defiant suffragette is charged with breaking a window, not with a hammer, but with a policeman. Date: 1914

Blitz in London -- Cavendish Road, Balham, WW2
Blitz in London -- a battered Austin taxi car, damaged by falling debris following a direct hit on sub-fire station 86W, located at Cavendish Road School, Balham, SW London, 5 November 1940

After the hockey match - What does it matter, we won
After the hockey match. What does it matter, we won for once. (Ciss, with battered face, pictured on card). 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance

Officers with hat of a conscientious objector, WW1
Page from The Bystander showing two officers holding the battered remnants of a bowler hat belonging to a peace crank orator in Trafalgar Square, London

Serbian Beggar - clutching a handful of unusual root vegetables... Date: circa 1910s

Christmas card in the shape of a battered top hat -- May you spend a jolly time under the old roof. Date: circa 1890s

Battered old boot-shaped Christmas card with blue tits and snow. Date: circa 1890s

Riva, Lake Garda, Italy - stormy waters
The water of Lake Garda at Scirocco, Riva in a uncharacteristically severe storm, causing waves to break on the shore and the little light rowing boats to be tossed up and about in the surf

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