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Boil Collection

Background imageBoil Collection: Boiling eggs at the Beppu Hot Springs, Japan

Boiling eggs at the Beppu Hot Springs, Japan
A sign advertising the option to boil an egg at the Beppu Hot Springs, Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred

Background imageBoil Collection: Cartoon, It Will Soon Boil! (John Bright)

Cartoon, It Will Soon Boil! (John Bright)
Cartoon, It Will Soon Boil! A satirical comment on John Brights efforts in promoting Reform, in particular an extension of the franchise to working men, in the year he became MP for Birmingham

Background imageBoil Collection: Native Americans preparing, steaming and smoking

Native Americans preparing, steaming and smoking
Native Americans grilling and roasting fish, boiling meat with hominy, and a couple seated on a mat eating from a plate between their legs. From illustrations by John White

Background imageBoil Collection: Two women cooking - near mosque, Uchisar, Cappadocia, Turkey

Two women cooking - near mosque, Uchisar, Cappadocia, Turkey
Two Turkish women cook food over an open fire beneath the walls and minaret of a mosque in Uchisar, Cappadocia, Turkey Date: 1992

Background imageBoil Collection: Maori Women Boiling water in a hot pool - Rotorua

Maori Women Boiling water in a hot pool - Rotorua, New Zealand. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBoil Collection: A Co. Antrim Farm Kitchen With Dog Stone Fireplace

A Co. Antrim Farm Kitchen With Dog Stone Fireplace - an interior with a man and woman sitting at each side of a fire with a pot on the boil. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim)

Background imageBoil Collection: City gent in a park

City gent in a park, using an ingenious water-boiling spirit-powered stove stored in his bowler hat -- an invention by Alistair McBride. The stove has sufficient fuel to boil three kettles per day

Background imageBoil Collection: Owakudani - Hakone National Park, Japan - Boiling Waters

Owakudani - Hakone National Park, Japan - Boiling Waters
Owakudani ( Hell Valley ) - brave (or foolish!) tourists getting close to the boiling sulphuric volcanic springs at the Hakone National Park Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBoil Collection: Stopping in the Snow

Stopping in the Snow
A train halts on a Scottish moor when the water goes off the boil, lowering pressure to the point where it is insuf- -ficient to turn the wheels. Passengers must be patient. Date: 1876

Background imageBoil Collection: Robins on a New Year card

Robins on a New Year card, preparing for a tea party. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBoil Collection: Hungry Gipsy Boy

Hungry Gipsy Boy
A hungry gipsy boy, sulking, hands in pockets, as he waits impatiently for his supper to boil in a cauldron on the campfire. Date: 1973

Background imageBoil Collection: Joseph Chamberlain as Mephistopheles boiling Radicals

Joseph Chamberlain as Mephistopheles boiling Radicals
The Radical Inferno. Joseph Chamberlain as Mephistopheles boiling his Radical political opponents (who were against his proposals for Tariff Reform) - including Henry Campbell-Bannerman (foreground)

Background imageBoil Collection: Boiling eggs at the Beppu Hot Springs, Japan

Boiling eggs at the Beppu Hot Springs, Japan
A sign advertising the option to boil an egg at the Beppu Hot Springs, Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred

Background imageBoil Collection: Brewing tea on a motorbike trip

Brewing tea on a motorbike trip
Arriving at a campsite, a pair of motorcyclists are helped to boil a kettle for a cup of tea by some helpful girls

Background imageBoil Collection: Boys Club, food preparation 1932

Boys Club, food preparation 1932
Two older boys from a Boys Club help with food preparation. Big pots of food need to be heated and stirred over an open fire whilst a kettle comes to the boil

Background imageBoil Collection: Lear / Nonsense / Poole

Lear / Nonsense / Poole
There was a Young Lady of Poole, whose soup was excessively cool; So she put it to boil by the aid of some oil, that ingenious Young Lady of Poole

Background imageBoil Collection: St Nicolas / Myra / Manche

St Nicolas / Myra / Manche
SAINT NICOLAS, bishop of Myra, depicted with a tub full of children whom he has just rescued from a butcher who planned to boil them as sausage-meat

Background imageBoil Collection: Poas Volcano, Costarica

Poas Volcano, Costarica
Every thirty to sixty minutes, the sulphur lake starts to boil (2nd picture of three)


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