Blown Collection (page 2)

Pink flowers on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, March goblins, showing an old lady teased by the March winds and squally showers. Date: 1919

Fat Macaroni 1772
THE FULL-BLOWN MACARONI A rather fat " Macaroni" (dandy) sports all the latest fashion trends including a wig and trihorn hat. Date: 1772

Pink and red roses in a flower arrangement
An arrangement of pink and red roses, some in bud, some fully blown. 19th century

John Gilpins hat and wig run down the road after him
John Gilpins ride on the back of an out-of-control horse - his hat and wig run down the road after him - from a comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper - here he loses his hat and wig

John Gilpins loses his hat and wig
John Gilpins ride on the back of an out-of-control horse - from a comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper - here he loses his hat and wig! Date: 18th century

Man with umbrella in the snow on a Christmas card
Man with a black umbrella blown the wrong way, in the snow on a Christmas card. He has dropped some of his shopping, and two children are laughing at him. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation, by James Gillray. Showing a scene outside Heaven, with St Peter at the gate of Popish Supremacy and a crowd of Catholic priests and clergy

Railway bridge blown up, Carpathian Mountains, WW1
Railway bridge blown up at the Uzsoker Pass in the Carpathian Mountains, West Galicia, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Damage to Jozef Poniatowski Bridge, Warsaw, Poland
Damage to Jozef Poniatowski Bridge, on the Vistula River, Warsaw, Poland, blown up by the Russian Army on 5 August 1915

Damage to Kierbedz Bridge, Warsaw, Poland
Damage to Kierbedz Bridge, on the Vistula River, Warsaw, Poland, blown up by the Russian Army on 5 August 1915

Destruction of the bridge at Li觥, Belgium at the beginning of World War I. So rapidly were the Belgians forced to retreat that they had no time to blow up the twelve Meuse bridges

Vis頂ridge destroyed
The wreck of the iron bridge across the Meuse at the Belgian town of Vis鬠 blown up by the Belgian defenders in an attempt to hinder the German advance Date: 1914

Man and dog crossing bridge in stormy weather
A man crossing a bridge with his dog in stormy weather has his hat blown off. Wood engraving by Thomas Bewick. Date: C.1790

Romania - Fire in Moreni
Moreni - a town in Dambovita County, Romania, located about 100 km north-west of Bucharest. This postcard shows an oil fire which raged for about 6 weeks in September/October 1925

Making a Glass Bottle
A young man in a British glass factory, finishing off a freshly blown glass bottle. Date: 1933

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Army blow up Sungshushan Fort
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Army blowing up the Sung-shu-shan fort (Pine Tree Hill) - Port Arthur. Date: 1904

Pretty Young Girl - Fresh as a Flower Just Blown. Date: circa 1910s

Northrop F-15A Reporter Pilots Ira Williams and Gayle York
Northrop F-15A Reporter. Pilots Ira Williams, left, and Gayle York underneath the largest pice of plexiglass then blown, April 1946

Blown sand hills, Bermuda 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Blitz in London -- Whitechapel fire station, WW2
Blitz in London -- a close up view of Whitechapel fire station, in Whitechapel Road, EC1, which suffered heavy blast damage following a bombing raid

Dynamited Street - WWI - Northern France
A Street dynamited after German attack during invasion in World War One - Peronne, France Date: circa 1910s

Urquhart Castle
A Norman castle on the banks of Loch Ness, Scotland, built 13th century on an earlier wooden fort. It was blown up by the government in 1691 to prevent use by the Jacobites. Date: 13th century

Bomb damage to a house next to Reims Cathedral
A photograph of a family, along with their pet dogs, as they survey the damage caused by a heavy German artillery shell which has blown out the walls of their house

Makusi Weapons
The war weapons of the Makusi tribe of the Rupununi River, British Guyana. The round gourd contains the curare poison. The dart is dipped in this and blown with the pipe. Date: 1930s

Sanctuary Stone
The Monks Stone, a sanctuary stone, connected with Tynemouth Priory. Since this photograph was taken, the stone has been blown down in a severe storm. Date: 1930s

Damaged bridge in north eastern France, WW1
A damaged bridge in north eastern France during the First World War. The French adopted the tactic of blowing up bridges to halt the German advance. Date: 1914

German cemetery blown up by American shell, WW1
A German cemetery blown up by an American shell on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1918

Miss Zena Dare blowing a large bubble
Miss Zena Dare (Actress) blowing a large bubble out of a long clay pipe Date: 1905

Derelict ship being blown up, WW1
A derelict ship being blown up during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Todder blowing bubbles
A young toddler sat atop a padded stool playing with a large bubble, that he has blown through a pipe Date: circa 1906

Bystander front cover 12 March 1930
Front cover masthead design for the Bystander featuring a couple battling amid blustery conditions. He holds on to a tree for dear life while his lady companion reaches hopelessly after their hats

Mans top hat blown off on a windy day in March
A mans top hat is blown off over a cliff on a windy day by the sea in March. He waves his rolled umbrella in annoyance, but his dog seems unconcerned

Scene on a shooting range, with collapsed tent
Scene on a shooting range, where men have been doing target practice before the outbreak of the First World War. A gale has blown one of their tents down

Gasworks after a gale, Haverfordwest, South Wales
View of the gasworks, blown down in a gale in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Woman in black, with pearls and brooch
A woman in a hot country, dressed completely in black, apart from her white pearls and metallic brooch. Her coat is billowing above her head as if blown by the wind

Destroyed Oise Bridge WWI
The Oise bridge near Villiers Cotterets was blown up by the French in retreat. The 18th Ambulance 6th Division is crossing the river by bridge of boats

Battle of Messines Ridge 1917
Soldiers on the rim of a huge mine crater blown up on the morning of the battle of Messines Ridge on the British Front in France during World War I in June 1917

Fanning the Kipper game
A girl enjoying herself playing fanning the kipper whereby a fish fashioned from tissue is blown along a course using a fan

Blown up at Sheerness with the loss of between 700 and 800 lives: H. M.s Bulwark
Blown up at Sheerness with the loss of between 700 and 800 lives: H.M.S Bulwark

Blown-up bridge in Warsaw
A bridge over the Vistula at Warsaw, blown up by the Russians in their retreat through Poland. In May 1915, the combined forces of Austria-Hungary

Franco-Prussian War. The Bridge at Corbeil, blown up by the F
In order to stop the Prussian advance the French troops destroyed strategically placed bridges. In early October 1870 the French were surrounded by the Prussians

SS Great Western in a Heavy Gale, North Atlantic, 1846
Engraving showing the Steamship Great Western being struck amidships in a gale during a crossing from Liverpool to New York in 1846

Notre Dame bombed
A front page Illustrated London News photograph showing the hole blown in the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on October 11th, 1914 by a German aeroplanes bomb

Expedition to Kertsch
EXPEDITION TO KERTSCH The Allied troops disembark, and the Saint Paul Battery is blown up

Fleeing An Exploding Star
THE STAR KINGS by Edmond Hamilton. Red spacecraft speed away from an exploding star, three being blown apart having not got far enough away

Girl & Dog / Windy Day
The wind has carried her bonnet away, causing her to drop her basketful of buns : will her faithful dog fetch her hat, or just stop and eat his windfall of buns ?

Crinoline in High Wind
The fate that befalls fashion conscious women when visiting places susceptible to high winds. A womans skirts are blown over her head revealing her cage crinoline

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