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Blowing Collection (page 3)

Background imageBlowing Collection: CHILDREN BLOWING BUBBLES

CHILDREN BLOWING BUBBLES
Three smocked youngsters blow bubbles from a dish of soap suds Date: 1886

Background imageBlowing Collection: WORLD MAP / MOSAIC 6

WORLD MAP / MOSAIC 6
A world map with Greek and Latin inscriptions, showing various rivers and seas, and the four winds blowing Date: 6th century

Background imageBlowing Collection: PROSPECT OF WHITBY

PROSPECT OF WHITBY
Three girls standing on the doorstep of the Prospect of Whitby, Londons Oldest Riverside Inn, Wapping, London. Date: 1960s

Background imageBlowing Collection: BOY CROP-MINDER

BOY CROP-MINDER
This boy is supposed to keep animals away from the crops by blowing his horn, but alas, he has allowed the cow to go into the meadow and the sheep into the cornfield ! Date: circa 1860

Background imageBlowing Collection: Crystal Palace, glass blowers

Crystal Palace, glass blowers
Glass blowers at Chances Works, Spon Lane, Birmingham manufacturing glass for the Crystal Palace Date: 1850

Background imageBlowing Collection: GLASS MANUFACTURE 1850

GLASS MANUFACTURE 1850
The kiln, glass house and weighing room of a glass manufacturers Date: circa 1850

Background imageBlowing Collection: PAN / ROMAN ANTIQUITIES

PAN / ROMAN ANTIQUITIES
Pan, carrying his pipes but blowing a horn

Background imageBlowing Collection: GLASS BLOWING, BROOKLYN

GLASS BLOWING, BROOKLYN
Glass blowing at a Brooklyn (New York) glassworks - note the number of small boys employed on the minor tasks Date: circa 1876

Background imageBlowing Collection: GLASS WORKS, 1830

GLASS WORKS, 1830
An old English glassworks - blowing and spinning glass around the furnace Date: circa 1830

Background imageBlowing Collection: COMPRESSED AIR BLOWING

COMPRESSED AIR BLOWING
The introduction of compressed air for blowing glass put an end to the occupational ailment of glassblowers whose lungs were destroyed by their work Date: 1883

Background imageBlowing Collection: Lady Lavender, musical play, Empire Theatre, Oldham

Lady Lavender, musical play, Empire Theatre, Oldham
Lady Lavender, a new musical play, at the Empire Theatre, Oldham. circa 1911

Background imageBlowing Collection: A woman on the north promenade at Blackpool

A woman on the north promenade at Blackpool
A woman looks out to sea across the sands from the north promenade at Blackpool, Lancashire, England. The wind catches and blows her skirt up. Date: 2011

Background imageBlowing Collection: Elderly couple brave strong winds, West Pier, St Ives

Elderly couple brave strong winds, West Pier, St Ives
An elderly couple brave strong winds on the West Pier of St Ives harbour, Cornwall, England. Black clouds loom and the old lady holds on to her hat

Background imageBlowing Collection: Hot air balloon

Hot air balloon
Silhouette of a man helping to inflate a hot-air balloon ready for launching. First published The Independent Date: 1987

Background imageBlowing Collection: Wash day River Cavado, Portugal

Wash day River Cavado, Portugal
A woman pegs out her washing in her tide flooded garden on the banks of the River Cavado, Portugal. first published The Sunday Times 1989 Date: 1989

Background imageBlowing Collection: Greece - Greek Infantry troops in action on manoeuvres

Greece - Greek Infantry troops in action on manoeuvres. Date: circa 1907

Background imageBlowing Collection: Domestic Gas Accident - Explosion blows man out through roof

Domestic Gas Accident - Explosion blows man out through roof
Song Titkes Illustrated: " I Arise from my Dreams of Thee". Domestic Gas Accident - An explosion blows a sleeping man out through his roof after his wife has unwisely investigated a strange

Background imageBlowing Collection: Angels with trumpets on a Victorian Christmas scrap

Angels with trumpets on a Victorian Christmas scrap
Three angels with trumpets on a Victorian Christmas scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBlowing Collection: Angel with trumpet on a Victorian Christmas scrap

Angel with trumpet on a Victorian Christmas scrap
Angel with a trumpet on a Victorian Christmas scrap. circa 1890s

Background imageBlowing Collection: Art nouveau style autumn trees

Art nouveau style autumn trees, with leaves blowing in the wind. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBlowing Collection: WWI Poster, Fall In

WWI Poster, Fall In
Design by E J Keeley, Fall In, answer now in your countrys hour of need. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster showing a rallying bugler. Date: 1916

Background imageBlowing Collection: Bottlenose dolphins - blowing air bubbles underwater

Bottlenose dolphins - blowing air bubbles underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions. Complex play / creative behaviour

Background imageBlowing Collection: Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air bubble

Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air bubble (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions. Complex play / creative behaviour

Background imageBlowing Collection: Bottlenose DOLPHIN - two, facing, one on top of the other

Bottlenose DOLPHIN - two, facing, one on top of the other (tursiops truncatus)

Background imageBlowing Collection: Bottlenose DOLPHIN - blows bubbles from blow hole

Bottlenose DOLPHIN - blows bubbles from blow hole, facing camera (Tursiops truncatus). air bubbles rising. Complex play / creative behaviour

Background imageBlowing Collection: Reducing the Gas Bill

Reducing the Gas Bill
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing a Scottish man blowing into his gas supply in an attempt to reduce bills watched by his son in a tartan kilt

Background imageBlowing Collection: Woman and Dog in Wind

Woman and Dog in Wind
A borzoi dog and its owner brave the bracing breezes of Biarritz, France Scarf blowing in the wind Pet animal

Background imageBlowing Collection: Cherub with a trumpet on a German greetings card

Cherub with a trumpet on a German greetings card with white and gold ornate edging. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBlowing Collection: Comic postcard, Scotsman in windy weather Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Scotsman in windy weather Date: 20th century

Background imageBlowing Collection: Major J. C. A. Roseveare Bridge Memorial, River Dives

Major J. C. A. Roseveare Bridge Memorial, River Dives
Major Roseveare commanded 3rd Para Sqn RE which was charged with blowing up five bridges over the River Dives. In his jeep, in the early hours of D-Day

Background imageBlowing Collection: Angel with trumpet on a Victorian Christmas scrap

Angel with trumpet on a Victorian Christmas scrap
Angel with a trumpet on a Victorian Christmas scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBlowing Collection: Boy with trumpet and whip on a Victorian scrap

Boy with trumpet and whip on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBlowing Collection: WW1 - German Propaganda - A Call to Arms Like Thunder

WW1 - German Propaganda - A Call to Arms Like Thunder. Date: 1914

Background imageBlowing Collection: WWI - Military observation balloon shot down by German plane

WWI - Military observation balloon shot down by German plane
Hot time for a " sausage". A British observation balloon is shot down by enemy planes during the First World War

Background imageBlowing Collection: Rural Guard on horseback, Cuba

Rural Guard on horseback, Cuba. Date: circa 1904

Background imageBlowing Collection: The Sphere cover - RAF Display at Hendon by Matania

The Sphere cover - RAF Display at Hendon by Matania
Meeting an artificial hurricane - an odd sensation at the great R.A.F. display at Hendon. Visitors at the Hendon Air Display experience the full force of an air propeller. Date: 1925

Background imageBlowing Collection: The Merry Family, 1668, by Jan Havicksz Steen (c. 1625-1679)

The Merry Family, 1668, by Jan Havicksz Steen (c. 1625-1679)
Jan Havicksz Steen (c.1625-1679). Dutch painter. The Merry Familiy, 1668. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Background imageBlowing Collection: Wind Elves teasing a child

Wind Elves teasing a child
Wind Elves tease a child by blowing the blackberries out of her reach. Date: 1917

Background imageBlowing Collection: Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air bubbles underwater

Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air bubbles underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions. Complex play / creative behaviour

Background imageBlowing Collection: WW2 Poster -- Auxiliary Territorial Service

WW2 Poster -- Auxiliary Territorial Service
Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), the new womens service, recruitment poster. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO. Showing a woman in uniform blowing a bugle. Date: 1940

Background imageBlowing Collection: Launching Draughts by Heath Robinson

Launching Draughts by Heath Robinson
Another genius German tactic, depicted by Heath Robinson. Here, the Germans are blowing with the intention of starting an awful chill in the British trenches

Background imageBlowing Collection: Bubbles by Muriel Dawson

Bubbles by Muriel Dawson, showing a little child blowing bubbles from a toy pipe. Date: 1927

Background imageBlowing Collection: Pinocchio -- snail at a window

Pinocchio -- snail at a window
Pinocchio -- A window in the lower storey opened, and the same snail appeared at it. Date: 1911

Background imageBlowing Collection: Vicar captured by Cannibals

Vicar captured by Cannibals
Shakespeare Up to Date ! Quote from Pericles - Act IV. Sc. 2: " If you require a little space for prayer, I grant it

Background imageBlowing Collection: Getting the Wind up - Waverley Steps, Edinburgh, Scotland

Getting the Wind up - Waverley Steps, Edinburgh, Scotland
Getting the Wind up - Pedestrians suffer the consequences of a sudden gust of Scottish wind on the Waverley Steps, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageBlowing Collection: Ash Tree Branches

Ash Tree Branches
Ash tree branches and leaves, blowing in the wind against a cloudy sky. Date: 1930s

Background imageBlowing Collection: Poster, More Men and Still More

Poster, More Men and Still More until the Enemy is Crushed -- a quotation from Lord Kitchener. Showing a soldier blowing a bugle. circa 1914-1915

Background imageBlowing Collection: Napoleon Exiled on Elba

Napoleon Exiled on Elba
Napoleon exiled to Elba - a French view which accuses him of blowing himself up so big that finally he burst !



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