Cage Collection (page 7)

Firefly cage. Print shows women and children playing with firefly cages. Date 190-

Choosing Christmas dinner, Manchester
A woman choosing her Christmas dinner goose at one of many stands at the Central Market in Manchester. It was customary in many of the markets of the North of England for geese

Love Birds
From a series of postcards. c.1937

Insect / Field Cricket
A Field Cricket in a cage for photographing. Date: 1960s

Bonsecours, France - Le Bourdon (heavy bell) - The Big Leon is a drone, a big bell of over 6 tons melted in the workshops Drouot in Douai, in the North in 1892

German prisoners captured at Ancre, France, WW1
German prisoners of war captured by the 39th Division at St Pierre Divion during the Battle of the Ancre (13 November 1916), northern France, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

Burmese Pagoda - Kolkata (Calcutta), India
A promotional card for the National Council for Animals Welfare of London. " God gave us the World" - " Man gives us a CAGE" Date: circa 1920s

Rhapsody, by Brunelleschi
Lovely illustration showing an 18th century couple, the man in cloak and mask, listening to the birdsong of a small bird that has been released from its cage. 1927

Humorous Haggis
A wild haggis in its cage - this one is guaranteed to be edible! Date: 1930s

Military Pigeon Loft and attendants - Kazakhstan Date: 1904

FISH EAGLE
A Fish Eagle, sitting on its perch in a cage at London Zoo. Date: 1960s

Fortune Telling Canary
A young woman with a hooked nose, wearing a cloche hat, asks an old gipsy woman if her canary can tell her fortune. Date: early 1930s

Miners - Ironwood, Michigan - Lowered into pit. Date: circa 1910s

German prisoners near Wanquetin, France, WW1
German prisoners of war captured during the Battle of Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Seen here held in the cage or detention centre. Date: April 1917

German prisoners at Dernancourt, France, WW1
German prisoners of war arriving at a detention centre at Dernancourt, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Man with racing pigeons
A man with racing pigeons, sent to London from all over Britain and from European countries to take part in an Old Comrades Show involving over 2000 birds at the Royal Horticultural Hall. circa 1940s

1930s basement dwelling, Stepney
A view down through the rooms only window into a basement dwelling in Stepney in the East End of London. Dinner is on the table and a bird cage is hung above. Date: circa 1936

Decor of the Coronation route, 1953
The statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus is surrounded by a gilded cage, part of the decoration on the Coronation route. Date: 1953

Acrobats Falls / Lion Cage
Two acrobats fall into the lions cage, Paris. The lions are scared which makes them attack the uninvited visitors, although their tamer tries to keep them under control. Date: 1907

Chimpanzee. Close-up of a chimpanzee in a cage

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Naughty boy - monkey
A Monkey Trick. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a naughty boy who pokes a stick at a caged parrott, from a monkey

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Cat - Old Maid
Poor puss. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a crinoline wearing old maid from a cat. Her footstool evolves into a poor man who gets trapped inside her crinoline cage

Cat and three kittens with a birdcage
A cat and three kittens manage to push a birdcage, complete with bird, onto the floor

Polar bears in a cage at Washington D. C. circus
Polar bears in a cage at Washington D.C. circus

Bird market in the East End of London
Men standing in the roadway outside a bird market in the East End of London. The birds are on display in numerous cages. This was possibly in Sclater Street, Shoreditch, near Bethnal Green

Metropolitan Police Animal Catcher
Officer of the Metropolitan Police Dog Handling Unit, wearing protective clothing worn to prevent injury when capturing dangerous animals

Love in a Cage by Flix de Gray
A piece of art by Flix de Gray entitled " Cupid the Slave", depicting Cupid, the spirit of love, trapped in a cage by an aristocratic lady wearing an 18th century wig and dress

Rooks in a Cage

Rabbit Seller - Constantinople
Black North African rabbit seller in Constantinople, with a white bunny available for purchase in the cage at her side

Barnum & Bailey Chimps
Performing Chimpanzees of the Barnum & Bailey circus in Austria

Special fraud-proof double cage sance table
Undated double photograph on one card of special fraud-proof double cage sance table for testing telekinesis, showing inner cage raised and trap door open, and inner cage raised and trap door closed

Lunching with lions in Shepherds Bush
An unusual luncheon party which took place at the Imperial International Exhibition in Shepherds Bush (White City). Twenty people in a large cage with four full-grown lions belonging to Bostocks

Brown Bear Cub Aldin
A brown bear cub tries to catch a badly thrown bun

Husky Pup Aldin 1907
A young husky dog or eskimo puppy

Lion Cub Aldin 1907
A lion cub, attempting to pounce on a bird that has flown into its cage at the zoo

The Bird Shop. A young girl looks up at the piles of filled bird cages in the shop

Pakistan - Peshawar Zoo
The Lions cages and enclosures at the Peshawar Zoo, now in Pakistan, formerly the North West Frontier Province of Northern India on the border with Afghanistan

Painting of a sailor with his kit, a monkey on his shoulder and a parrot in a cage. His shipmates appear to have just dropped him off onto dry land

Welsh collier family in their cottage
This shows the living conditions of Welsh colliers during the strike in South Wales. The interior of the cottage appears to be one room which is crowded with a woman doing the laundry

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - On board hospital ship
The so-called bird cage walk. On board the hospital ship Victor Emmanuel. Two invalids read while recuperating during the Ashanti expedition

Elephants at the Zoo
Two boys enjoy themselves feeding sweets to elephants at the zoo. Caged lions are seen in the background. All in all, hardly an ecological showcase

Ladies visiting the Transvaal gold mines
A ladies visit to the Transvaal gold mines in South Africa showing a cage to transport workers down to the mines

Measuring Cloth
Photograph showing a woman measuring out enough fabric to make her own nightgown

Girls with Bird in Cage
Two little girls hold up some food to their caged bird

Inoculated dog in cage
An image of a dog used in Louis Pasteurs experiments into the treatment of rabies (Hydrophobia). The dog had been inoculated with the rabies virus in order to observe the effects of the disease

Crinoline Shape Mid1860S
An early 20th century stylised depiction of a woman wearing a cage crinoline typical of the shape fashionable from around 1863 until 1867

Crinoline Manufacture
Women in Germany making cage crinolines which are constructed around a wooden frame or template. Judging by the positions they adopt they are not wearing crinolines

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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