The Car That Touched a Policeman by H. M. BatemanAn entire queue of traffic, as well as pedestrians stop and look on in horror as a couple driving a small, yellow car accidentally bump an incandescently irate policeman in the middle of the road
Satire on PhrenologySatire on the study of Phrenology - a Free Knowledgey - illustrating the worst elements of human behavious illustrated in different zones of the head (including Obscene Language, criminal activity)
Comic postcard, Sale of wrong product - customer and barber Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man at the seaside with a large stick of rock and some seaweed Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Plump man and boy on the beach Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couples dancing at a party, and bumping into each other Date: 20th century
Poster, Super Dodgems at the Fairground
Central Park Date: 1856
Cambridge Boat Club crew and spectators on the River Cam near Ditton Corner, for the traditional Lent or May Bumps races. Date: circa 1900
Music cover, Boomps-A-Daisy, a new old-fashioned party dance, words and music by Annette Mills. 1939
STUMBLING FOX TROTI stepp d right on her toes, And when she bump d my nose, I fell and when I rose, I felt asham d and told her, Thats the latest step, my honey ! Date: 1922
Maternity fashion, 1961Two maternity dresses featured in The Tatler in July 1961. On the right, a wild silk short evening dress that flares from two wide flat bows on the shoulders, available from Motherhood, Baker Street
Maternity evening wear by Just Jane, 1965Mrs John Hardy, aka the model Suzanne Kinnear wearing a maternity evening dress in soft black faconne silk with a soft, high-waisted skirt beneath a dÚú»lletÚáóodice centred by a big full-blown rose
White Saxaul trees - on sand dunes with tracks of insects - track in foreground ends with a small sand bump where a large darkling beetle has hidden itself during the day heat (Haloxylon persicum)
Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits lose their wayBumps and Bruises -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits lose their way and get bumped and bruised. Date: 1912
Crash on the dancefloorTwo girls crash into each other on a dancefloor and exclaim, Why does a girl have to dance backwards?. Date: 1955
French WW2 Propaganda postcard - Siegfried Line leakingFrench WW2 Propaganda postcard showing the German Defensive Siegfried Line having been attacked and sprung a leak! The fish is wittily asking the bashed-up German soldiers
Proterozoic ocean floorA restoration of Proterozoic ocean floor with bun-shaped stromatolites
PsilomelaneA bright black botryoidal mass of psilomelane. Psilomelane comprises of (barium manganese oxide hydroxide). Specimen from Monkstone mine, Brent Tor, Devon
Ammonite, scaphites nodosusA Cretaceous ammonite from Badlands, South Dakota, USA. This specimen retains much of its original shell giving it a beautiful pearly lustre
Pagrus auratus, red snapperDrawing no 64 by George Raper, 1789
Scarus coeruleus, blue parrotfishHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby
Our own Manchu dynasty, which is about due for a bump. Illustration shows the Republican elephant labeled GOP. as an emperor during the Manchu Dynasty
American Scouts paddling boatsGroups of scouts sit in large boats on a lake and attempt to paddle without crashing into one another. circa 1960s
Quadrille AccidentsAccidents in Quadrille Dancing Mishaps to avoid on the dance floor while doing a back-to- back or dos a dos. A lady & gentleman bump backsides to the amusement of the band
