Bent Collection (page 2)

Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxim?s steam-driven aeroplane. Note ?
Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxim?s steam-driven aeroplane. Note the bent axle which was damaged by excessive upward pressure on the antilift rails used to prevent the aeroplane leaving the ground

Raphael Kirchner - Pretty lady looking down on pink flowers
Raphael Kirchner - Pretty lady looking down from a cream marble wall on a patch pink flowers. Her long dark hair falls down toward the blooms. Date: circa 1903

Thessaloniki, Greece - Porters Loading up Date: circa 1904

WW1 era - Panorama of Thessaloniki - showing bent minaret
WW1 era - Panorama of Thessaloniki - showing a minaret of one of the mosques damaged by a shell. Date: circa 1916

Panorama of Thessaloniki - minaret damaged by shell
WW1 era - Panorama of Thessaloniki - showing a minaret of one of the mosques damaged by a shell. Date: circa 1916

The Kaiser suffers throughout the war
Before, During and After... Throughout WW1, Kaiser Wilhelms helmet slowly loses its shape and his moustache droops lower and lower as the situation progressively worsens for his side

Evidence of the Earthquake in San Francisco - 1906
Buckled tram tracks in front of the Post Office provide evidence of the Earthquake in San Francisco, USA - 1906. Date: 1906

Newfoundland, Canada - Salmon Fishing - Harrys Brook. Date: 1902

Celebrating the Result of the Cup
A sandwich board man celebrates the result of the Cup by having a few drinks (and then a few more), leading to his wiggly perambulation along the pavement

Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxims steam-driven aeroplane. Note the bent axle which was damaged by excessive upward pressure on the antilift rails used to prevent the aeroplane leaving the ground

Paul Deroulede / Leandre
PAUL DEROULEDE French patriot and politician caricatured as Don Quixote Date: 1846 - 1914

LCC-LFB Fire damage at Woolwich Arsenal
Twisted steel girders in the aftermath of a major fire at Woolwich Arsenal, SE London, in April 1906

Ecuador - Quito - Lumber Seller Date: circa 1909

Fantasy Fishing
Two groups of fishermen make a couple of record catches on a North American river! These have to be the largest perch ever seen! 1903

Tamarisk Bushes
Tamarisk bushes growing on the beach at Goring, Sussex, England. These bushes are often planted in exposed places, to form wind breaks and to prevent erosion. Date: 1950s

Windblown Fir Trees
Windblown fir trees. Date: 1930s

Georgian Porter carrying large furniture
Georgian Porter carrying a large piece of strapped to his (bent) back. furniture Date: circa 1910s

Brazil - Ostrich Neck palm
The Ostrich-neck Palm a local oddity on a beach in Brazil. Possibly one of the weirdest trunks of a tree one is likely to witness

Weatherbeaten Hawthorn
A windblown hawthorn tree, by the shores of Cardigan Bay, Cardiganshire, Wales. Date: 1960s

Bentwood Chairs
Advertisement for bent wood furniture designed by Thonet, Vienna Date: 1873

Cover design for Fiocco violin and piano duets
Cover design for a book of ten violin and piano pieces by the 18th century Belgian (Flemish) composer and violinist Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703-1741), arranged by Arthur Bent and Norman O Neill

Elderly porter - Constantinople, Turkey
An elderly porter carrying a leather case with a rug on top

Coal Merchant, showing a classic example of a leather back support, which enabled such potentially heavy and awkward loads to be transported

Turkish porter carrying two suitcases
A Turkish porter bent double under his load of two suitcases, a selection of Gentlemans canes and a fez hatbox!

Izmir (Smyrna) - Carpet porter
A carpet porter from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

India - Acrobats / contortionists. One man stands on another who is completely rolled up in a ball. A small band of onlookers watch from a respectable distance

Drummer Spencer John Bent, East Lancashire Regiment, awarded the V.C

Making Model Trains
Two skilled young women making toy locomotives in a British factory. The engines are carefully cut and bent into shape and then hand painted

Self-Preservation
The conservation of species - fashionably dressed animals make their way to the Ark : a satirical comment on society, each is bent on preserving his/her own

Borodin - Igor - 9
Khan Kontchak, though a Tartar bent on attacking Putivl, turns out to be very decent chap who allows Vladimir to marry his daughter and respects Igors gallantry

Thonet Furniture Shop
The THONET-HAUS in Stefansplatz, Vienna - the furniture manufacturer noted for its invention of bent-wood chairs

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