Blowing Collection (page 4)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rural Guard on horseback, Cuba. Date: circa 1904

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India
Kaiser-I-Hind Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India -- she doesn t look very excited about it

Blowing up old radar station, Beachy Head, Sussex
Blowing up an old radar station at Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex. In 1950 an underground Air Ministry Radio Station was constructed on the cliff top at Beachy Head

Young man blowing a kiss at a demonstration, Paris, France. Date: 1980s

Excuse Me adapted by Herbert C. Sargent from an American farce of the same title by Rupert Hughes, which was first performed in England at the Garrick Theatre on 6th March 1915

People struggling against March winds
Victorian ladies and gentlemen struggle against March winds, with hats blown off, umbrellas blown inside out, and skirts blown up. Date: 1859

Freezing cold winds
Three people wrapped up against freezing cold winds to no avail. Date: 1843

A stout, jolly housewifes enjoys a mid-morning cup of tea and a chat with her cat before getting on with her daily chores

Balloon Puffa Pump -- speedy and hygienic. circa 1960s

Advertisement, Hotel Previtali, London, showing a man in eccentric costume blowing a fanfare trumpet. The Italian-run hotel was in Arundel Street, near Piccadilly Circus. Date: circa 1880

Playing the Alpenhorn on banks of the Falensee, Switzerland
Playing the Alpenhorn on the banks of the Falensee, a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. Date: circa 1930s

Scene on a beach, Tobago, West Indies
Child on a beach with washing on a line, Tobago, West Indies. circa 1967

Bagpiper in the street, Duras, Lot-et-Garonne, France
Man playing bagpipes in the street, wearing traditional costume, in Duras, Lot-et-Garonne, France. circa 1969

Blowing up of the Royal George
Wreck of the HMS Royal George blown up after failure of the attempts to raise her. Date: 1782

The Cutting Short of a Long Story by H M Bateman, this illustration shows a man blowing up the tire on his bicycle. An old man possibly a vicar comes along and starts to tell a story

Boy blowing bubbles Italian street

Players advertisement, 1927
Advertisement for Players cigarettes, featuring an elegant flapper with a sleek blonde bob enjoying a sample and blowing smoke rings. Date: 1927

Father Christmas with presents on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Dog with a hat and balloon in a 1970s living room
A dog wearing a hat stands on its hind legs, with a balloon in its mouth, held by a woman in slippers, in a heavily wallpapered 1970s living room. Middlesbrough, England. Date: 1970s

Hippy man blowing bubbles at Woburn Park
Hippy man blowing bubbles during the Love-In at Woburn Park, Bedfordshire. Date: August 1967

Familiarising horses with the sound of music, to avoid adverse reactions during important state ceremonies. Date: circa 1960s

Fireeater in a circus. Date: circa 1963

Happy Families Animals - Master Seal. circa 1940s

Happy Families - Miss Parker. circa 1940s

Never mind... flakes provided they have drink
A drunken couple after a night out celebrating the New Year. Date: 1928

Two Girls Blowing Bubbles, c. 1880, by Jacob Maris (1837-189
Jacob Maris (1837-1899). Dutch painter. Two Girls Blowing Bubbles, c. 1880. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

The Moor Fountain by Giacomo della Porta. 1576. Rome
Italy. Rome. The Moor Fountain by Giacomo della Porta. 1576. Navona Square. Detail

The Golden Horns of Gallehus. North of Mogeltonder, Southern
The Golden Horns of Gallehus, discovered in Gallehus, north of Mogeltonder, Southern Jutland, Denmark. The horns date to the early 5th century, the beginning of the Germanic Iron Age

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