Blocked Collection

Ships trapped in Suez Canal, Six-Day War
Fifteen ships trapped in the Suez Canal as a result of the Six-Day War (5-10 June 1967) between Israel and Egypt. Although the war was short

Luttrell Psalter. 14th c. Blocked cart pulled by horses and helped by men. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. UNITED KINGDOM. London. The British Museum

The benefits of taking the water at Bad Wildungen, Germany
Comic 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

But Who Will He Belong To? General Election 1910
Adapted drawing from a painting by Joshua Reynold of United Kingdom not knowing which way the election would go. The general election was resulted in a hung parliament

Wreck of the ship Gipsy at Bristol
The stranded Waterford Steam Navigation Companys steamer, the Gipsy, on, May I2th, 1878. The boat left Cumberland Basin for Waterford in the early morning. It was then high water

Comic postcard, People watching the Coronation - or trying to Date: 20th century

The blockade of London Bridge, 1859. The congested and overcrowded state of the streets of London, particularly those in the City. Date: 1859

Two knocked-out German tanks blocked the road, and a diversion had to be constructed to bypass the obstruction during World War II Date: September 1944

BADLY SMOKING CHIMNEY
Beginning fires for the winter - something wrong with the chimney: a blocked chimney pours smoke back into the room causing people to cough and choke Date: circa 1850

New York harbour, ice over 1940
New York: the harbour blocked by ice Date: January 1940

Train snowed in, Wales in the winter of 1947
A train and locomotive brought to a standstill by snow drifts on the line between Merthyr and Abergavenny following the renewed blizzards of early March during one of the coldest recorded winters in

Snow blocked road in Kent, 1963
A snow plough bulldozes its way through deep snow on Westerham Hill in Kent on a road that had been impassable for days during the very cold conditions of the winter of 1963

Buying A House by H M Bateman is an illustration on the dangers of buying a house. The couple dance in the big rooms and run up and down the stairs and buy impulsively

Two pieces of Carboniferous sandstone from Ballycastle
Blocked-out view of two pieces of Carboniferous sandstone from Ballycastle. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Ballycastle). Date: circa early 1900s

Kaiser as Excursionist 1914
The Excursionist, Tripper Wilhelm: " First Class to Paris." Clerk: " Line Blocked." Wilhelm: " I must go somewhere - I promised!" Date: 1914

Accident - Commercial Union Assurance Company Building
The Commercial Union Assurance Company Building, Cornhill, London fell at midnight on 6th August 1927. Being a Saturday the premises were empty and nobody was killed or injured

An overturned lorry spills its load, Cheyne Walk
Road traffic accident - an overturned lorry spills its load of water coolers across the road at 91 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea

Commercial progress blocked. Illustration shows a Native man standing on the shore of the Panama Canal with his burro loaded with local products, possibly some sugarcane. Date 1913 July 9

Rain causes house to collapse, Cwmbula, Wales
Rain caused the side of a house to collapse at Cwmbula near Swansea, Wales. People in bed found themselves hanging out over a 25 foot drop and had to be helped down with ladders

Playing with the garden hose
Classic 1930s family illustration, depicting a young boy sitting with his sisters and Mother in the garden in the summer sun and fixing the blocked nozzle of the garden hose sprinkler

Train Blocked by Snow
Train passengers discover they are stuck in the snow during the storm of Tuesday 18th January 1881

Cars stuck in snow at Pease Pottage, 1963
A long line of cars stranded at Pease Pottage Hill on the London to Brighton road in deep snow during the ferocious winter of 1963

Jets to clear snow drifts in Wales in 1947
Men engaged in fitting jet units to the rear of a wagon on a snow encrusted stretch of line near Brecon, an ingenious way of clearing the disabling snow drifts preventing trains carrying coal

Abbas I / Egypt / Anon Eng
Abbas I/Egypt/Anon Eng

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