Breaks Collection (page 2)

Cracker Ball released by electromagnet to crush scrap metal
Steel Cracker Ball released by electromagnet to crush scrap metal Date: circa 1920s

Suffragette Breaks Window Militant. Militant suffragette wields hammer, the caption reads, The suffragettes get wilder daily & smash shop windows oh so gaily. Date: circa 1912

Suffragette breaks Window, Miners Strike. Militant suffragette breaks shop window. Miners and Suffragettes are alike. For now they all begin to strike

Suffragette, Child Breaks Mirror. Delighted mother, on seeing her toddler smash a mirror with a hammer, exclaims, Oh the Darling! The little pet is going to be a suffragette. Date: circa 1912

Toffs versus Roughs
A fight breaks out on the streets of a city between top-hatted gentlemen who throw determined punches at the lower-classes

Inner Earth
The inner earth breaks through the Earths crust. Date: 1735

Schoolmaster reacts angrily as his window is smashed by an errant cricket ball. Date: 1898

The New Compensation Act of 1906
" The New Compensation Act" - " Never mind Bill, we re insured!" - a pair of labourers are not unduly concerned at the blocks of stone falling on their heads

Billiards Illustrated - A Little Too Fine
A fisherman fly fishing in a Scottish Loch is thwarted in his attempts to land a sprightly salmon by his choice of fishing line, which appears to be far too thin

The Fight Interrupted - by Mulready
The Fight Interrupted - a schoolmaster breaks up a playground scrap between two boys, although he has seized the wrong culprit! Reproduction of a painting by William Mulready. Date: 1816

Jeremiah breaking the potters vessels
Jeremiah breaking the Potters vessels. circa 19th century

When day breaks we will be off, Plate 71 of Los Caprichos
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). When day breaks we will be off. etching, burnished

The same Mariano Ceballos, mounted on a bull
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The same Mariano Ceballos, mounted on a bull, breaks short spears

Heinrich V at Rome
When HEINRICH V comes to Rome to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor, he quarrels over the terms, and fighting breaks out in St Peters Date: 1111

Blitz in London -- mobile kitchen serving meals to AFS, WW2
Blitz in London -- a mobile kitchen serving meals to AFS, firefighters. These vehicles were donated to Britains fire services for the war effort by the Canadian Red Cross

This breaks the back of a book!. WPA poster shows a boy doing a handstand on the spine of a book. Date between 1936 and 1940

Food riot in Dungarvon
During the famine in Ireland a food riot breaks out in Dungarvon Date: 1846

The Wolf & the Seven Kids
The wolf breaks open the door, jumps into the pen and devours all of the kids whole. Date: c.1910

Tamarisk Bushes
Tamarisk bushes growing on the beach at Goring, Sussex, England. These bushes are often planted in exposed places, to form wind breaks and to prevent erosion. Date: 1950s

Dispute in a rail carriage
A fight breaks out among business men in a train carriage, who are debating fiscal retaliation. 1903

Zeppelin Lz-7
The Zeppelin LZ-7 is the first designed to carry passengers, but on its first flight it is forced down by a storm and breaks in two in a forced landing in Teutoberg forest. Date: July 1910

British / German Fight
At Milwall Docks, London, a fight breaks out between English and German sailors - a foretaste of things to come! Date: 1892

Macchi Breaks Record
Italian aviator Francesco Agello breaks the world speed record, flying over Lake Garda at 682 km/h. Next year he will do even better, reaching 711 km/h. Date: 10 April 1933

London Bridge Fire
Fire breaks out on the temporary bridge during the rebuilding of London Bridge

Chamberlain Satirised
Joseph Chamberlain depicted as Coleridges Ancient Mariner, with the albatross of the South African republics tied round his neck - as war breaks out with the Boers

Andorra Revolution
Revolution breaks out in the independent republic of Andorra, where Carlist claims and church influence provoke unrest

Armstrong Whitworth 1936
This is the Armstrong Whitworth XXIII, prototype of the Whitley bomber : though relatively advanced, it will be obsolescent by the time war breaks out in 1939

Boucher / Breaks Record
Helene Boucher, French aviator, breaks her own speed record by flying 1000 km at a speed of 444.8 km per hour

Boucher Breaks Record 2
French aviator Helene Boucher, at Istres, breaks the world 1000 kilometre speed record

Registering the finish of a horse race by photograph
A photograph of how the finish of a horse race is photographed. In order to terminate any dispute about the winner in a race, the first horse breaks a tight wire operating the apparatus

Revolt at Gracia
At Gracia, near Barcelona in dissident Catalonia, fighting breaks out against insurgents protesting against the quintes tax

Republican Guards
Guards of the federal republic in the streets of Madrid, as civil war breaks out again between the republican government and Carlist legitimists

Trouble at Geneva 2
Street fighting breaks out in Geneva between the independents and the authorities in regard to the citys religious status. The arsenal is seized by the insurgents

Battle of Sempach 2
The Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria at the battle of Sempach, largely thanks to the heroism of Arnold von Winkelried who breaks the line of the Austrian spearmen

Lucerne Street Fight
Disagreement on religious and social issues leads to an attack on Lucerne by the Free Corps, and civil war breaks out here and elsewhere

Guarding Frontiers
When war breaks out between Prussia and Austria, Switzerland guards her frontiers against any infraction or invasion

Battle of Sempach 3
The Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria at the battle of Sempach, largely thanks to the heroism of Arnold von Winkelried who breaks the line of the Austrian spearmen

Trouble at Geneva 1
Street fighting breaks out in Geneva between the independents and the authorities in regard to the citys religious status

Felipe V at Madrid
Felipe V, formerly duc d Anjou, rides into Madrid with his queen, but the Spanish are less than delighted, war breaks out and he will abdicate in 1724

Trouble at Geneva 3
Street fighting breaks out in Geneva between the independents and the authorities in regard to the citys religious status. The bridges are barricaded

Battle of Sempach 4
The Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria at the battle of Sempach, largely thanks to the heroism of Arnold von Winkelried who breaks the line of the Austrian spearmen

Battle of Sempach 1
The Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria at the battle of Sempach, largely thanks to the heroism of Arnold von Winkelried who breaks the line of the Austrian spearmen

Fort Chambly 1814
Canadians are understandably alarmed when war breaks out between Britain and the USA : Fort Chambly in Quebec province is a strategic defence and site of a camp

Hysterical French Nun
In 17th century France, a hysterical nun breaks loose from her bonds and terrifies the convent with her insistence that she is possessed by demons

FRENCHWOMAN 1789 - 2
A simple dress echoes the mood of the day as the Revolution breaks out and aristocratic luxury becomes politically incorrect

Frenchwoman 1789
A simpler style characterises this Frenchwomans dress and bonnet in the year the Revolution breaks out

Egan / Fire in Hotel Room
An accident while rehearsing in a hotel bedroom - a fire breaks out

1916 / Somme / Maisonette
Dawn breaks at the Maisonette as French troops struggle through the knee-deep mud

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