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Florence Upton playing cards - Breaking Ice. circa 1900s
Little girl in a garden on a Christmas cardLittle girl in a garden with pink blossom on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Breaking Basalt for Road Metal, Co. AntrimBreaking Basalt forRoad Metal, Co. Antrim - an outside view of a breaker for making the blocks of Basalt smaller. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s
Primitive Method of Breaking Flax for Hand Scutching, ToomePrimitive Method of Breaking Flax forHand Scutching, Toome - an outside shot showing a man and a woman breaking flax by hand, in the background are buildings
Preparing Raw Material for Crushing, Belleek PotteriesPreparing Raw Material forCrushing, Belleek Potteries - an outside view with two men sitting astride large rocks which they are breaking. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Fermanagh: Belleek)
Christmas card with a clown breaking through, and a comic verse. circa 1890s
Boy and girl with toys on a Victorian scrap. He is riding a horse which is breaking through a large eggshell; she is holding a doll. Date: circa 1890s
Jean Batten (1909 - 1982), Pioneering aviator from New Zealand. 1937
HMS Marlborough - A Torpedo breaking surface before its runHMS Marlborough - A Torpedo breaking surface before starting its run. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill
Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves, c. 1875-1885, by Hendrik WiHendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915). Dutch painter. Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves, c. 1875-1885. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
Linear Gothic. Spain. 14th century. St. Catherine of AlexandLinear Gothic. Spain. 14th century. Priory chair of Blanche of Aragon and Anjou (c.1301-1348), nun and prioress. Inside the chair arms are depicted St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Agnes. 1322
Happy Familes Playing Cards - Mrs Wood. circa 1935
Cheery Families - Master Clamp the Carpenters Son. 1890s
Willow Park, PhiladelphiaWillow Park, also known as Willow Grove Park due to its location within Willow Grove, Philadelphia. Operated as an amusment park from 1896-1975
George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo and broken windowGeorge Ernest Studdy, Bonzo walks past a window just as a brick crashes into the glass. Will he get the blame? Originally published as Valentine postcard no
People on the ice on a comic Christmas cardTwo men on the ice on a comic Christmas card by Ernest Griset, with the thin man falling through and the plump man being saved by his dog. Date: circa 1890s
Planting PotatoesAn old male farm worker, plants potatoes from the sack over his shoulder in the Wirral, Cheshire. Back- breaking work, especially in heavy, stiff clay soil. Date: 1950s
Two Dance in GardenA romantic couple have been dancing all night and now dawn is breaking - but they continue to dance, and their friend continues to accompany them on his fiddle... Date: early 19th century
Mrs A. B Marshalls patent ice breaker 1899Ice breaker that can break large chunks of ice into pieces about the size of a chestnut or very small pieces. Date: 1899
Mrs A. B Marshalls ice breaker 1890sIce breaker with handheld lever, from Mrs A. B Marshall s, useful for hotels, confectioners, refreshments and cabins, butlers and pantries. Date: 1890s
General Strrike 1926: The Lever BrakesThe Lever Breakes the Trades Union Congress tries, unsuccessfully, to use the General Strike to topple the Government. May 1926
Australian Cheese MakingManufacturing cheese in Australia - the home farm - milking the cows - the cheese room - breaking up the curd Date: 1891
Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle erected, LondonBreaking up the " Cleopatra" so that the Needle may be erected on the Thames Embankment, London. Date: 6th July 1878
Mrs A. B Marshalls patent ice breaker 1890sIce breaker with handheld lever, from Mrs A. B Marshall s, specially adapted to the wants of hotels, restaurants, confectioners and creameries. Date: 1890s
Icebreaker in Baltic SeaOperations of icebreaking in the Baltic Sea have started again and our photo shows one of the icebreakers in action. Date: 24 January 1930
Little dog breaking through paper on a Christmas cardLittle dog breaking through a sheet of paper on a Christmas card, with seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s
Three cherubs fighting on a New Year cardThree cherubs fighting and breaking things on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Delivery man on a Christmas card, holding a large basket upside down and spilling the contents, including a goose, a bottle of wine and several apples. Date: circa 1890s
Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the White RabbitAlice in Wonderland, Alice sticks her arm out of the window and the White Rabbit falls into a glass frame. Date: early 20th century
Poster, the Moody Blues new disc, Go NowPoster in strip cartoon style, advertising the Moody Blues new disc, Go Now. Released in late 1964, it reached the top of the charts in late January 1965. Date: circa 1964
Breaking light draught horses at Army Remount Depot, WW1The First Time in Harness - breaking in light draught horses at an Army Remount Depot during the First World War. Date: 1915
Cracker Ball released by electromagnet to crush scrap metalSteel Cracker Ball released by electromagnet to crush scrap metal Date: circa 1920s
Albert Fileux, engineer, passenger of John MoisantAlbert Fileux, mechanical engineer, passenger of John Moisant on many of his pioneering flights, including a cross-Channel trip from France to Britain on 17 August 1910. Date: circa 1910
Suffragette Window Breaking Campaign. A notice put in the window of a jewellers shop, at the height of the militant window smashing campaign in early 1912. Date: circa 1912
What shall we do with our SUFFRAGETTES. Suggestions on how to deal with the suffragette menace by channeling their energy into other areas - Road-breaking, Taxi driving
Suffragette Breaking Window Gem Library. An issue of The Gem Library in which a suffragette hurls stones through the window of a grocers shop in a story entitled, The Suffragette and the Sack
Suffragette in Dock Battered Policeman. A large defiant suffragette is charged with breaking a window, not with a hammer, but with a policeman. Date: 1914
Firefighters in action, Waterden Road, London N1, 23 January 1956. The basement windows had been bricked up, which caused delay in reaching the seat of the fire
The brass plate at the German Embassy removed during WWIA sign of diplomatic relations breaking down at the outbreak of World War One was the removal of the brass plate at the German Embassy in London
Illustration from Paris Plaisirs number 85, July 1929" Illustration " La Grand Conseil by Pem from Paris Plaisirs number 85, July 1929" Date: 1929
Grooming a mule, WW1Three soldiers struggling to groom an unruly mule in his stall with one of them grumbling, " Nah tehn, Undred Legs!" Date: 1916
Monday morning exercise, Army Remount Depot, WW1Unruly mules proving hard to control during a Monday morning exercise at an Army Remount Depot with mounted N.C.Os rounding them up. Date: 1916
Halting a mule, WW1A soldier has difficult trying to bring an unruly mule to a halt at an Army Remount Depot, as a mule has no " mouth" in the same way a horse responds to a bridle). Date: 1916
Trying to shoe a mule, WW1Men at an Army Remount Department attempt, with difficulty, an unmanageable mule during the First World War. Date: 1916
Sgt. Major Pete Robinson, cowboy horse breaker, 1916Sergeant Major Peter Robinson, an ex-cowboy, who was engaged in breaking in army horses in the South of England during the First World War. Date: 1916
Poppette Ginnette breaking in horses for the Army, WW1A war worker, Miss Poppette Ginnette, who was formerly a circus rider, seen with a lasso, in her role helping her father break in Army horses in London suburb during the First World War. Date: 1916
Taming Vicious War Mules, WW1Mr Fred Ginnett, a horse trainer, breaking in refractory mules for the Army, assisted by several Mexican boys who are expert with lasso. Date: 1915
Breaking in colts for the Army, WW1Hussars breaking in colts for use by the Army in a Surrey village during the First World War. Date: 1915
