Catch Collection (page 7)

Russian Bear Trap
Russian country men catch a bear in their trap, and debate what to do next. Date: 1913

Baskets of Babies
Take a basket to the river, you ll soon catch all the babies you could want ! Date: circa 1905

Billingsgate / Dore 1
BILLINGSGATE fish market : auctioning the days catch Date: 1870

English ladies 15th Century
- My, where DID you get that hat ! exclaims one lady to another, holding up her hands in amazement : the third lady, understandably, doubts if it the style will catch on... Date: 15th century

We Gladstone / Thorny Wood
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister making his way through a thorny wood, in an attempt to catch the Irish Vote Date: 1809 - 1898

HUGE CRABS
Sailors, shipwrecked on their way to India, catch and eat huge crabs Date: circa 1600

French Postbox
La petite Poste aux Lettres a lady posts a letter in a Paris street, a man comes hurrying to catch the post, the postman waits till its time to collect the mail Date: 1831

Fishermen hauling fish onto a junk, China
Two fishermen hauling a catch of fish up onto a junk, China. Date: circa 1930

Hope springs eternal
Boy and girl fishing in a pond hoping for a catch. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1914

Girl & ticket collector
Silhouette of young girl hurrying to catch a train passing through the ticket barrier.Date: circa 1930

Boulogne-sur-Mer - The washing of the days catch of fish on the quayside. Date: 1913

Fisherman with lobsters and cat, St Ives, Cornwall
Fisherman with his catch of lobsters, and a cat on his shoulders, St Ives, Cornwall. circa 1970s

Fishermen landing mackerel, Newlyn, Cornwall
Three fishermen landing mackerel at Newlyn, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Fisherman with pollock, Lands End, Cornwall
Fisherman landing a four pound eight ounce pollock near Lands End, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Kitten and butterfly on a New Year card
Kitten in a garden trying to catch a butterfly with a net on a New Year card. Date: circa 1900s

Cartoon, Art in 1916, WW1
Cartoon, Art in 1916. A sitter comments to her artist that his latest portrait doesn t look at all like her. He replies that the war is to blame! Date: 1916

Cartoon, The right way, WW1
Cartoon, The right way. An old soldier chats to other old soldiers in the square of a French town. They are all too old to enlist in the war

Eaton Fishing Band, Eaton, Ohio, USA
Men of the Eaton Fishing Band with their musical instruments, Eaton, Ohio, USA, and a line of fish strung up in front of them

Bull terrier with hare
A bull terrier running with a hare in its mouth -- Cracker catches the hare (Aldins own dog). Date: 1930

Illustration, stopping a runaway pony
Illustration, Robin riding Jerry attempts to stop Dumpling from running off with Elizabeth on her back. Date: 1930

Illustration, escaped pony
Illustration, a boy and his father try to catch an escaped pony. Date: 1930

Cat lets mouse out of trap
The cat lets the mouse out of the trap -- Mr and Mrs Mouse are reunited. Date: circa 1933

Illustration, The Jolly Anglers, showing a happy group of men fishing and relaxing on a riverbank. Date: 1832

Women helping to catch rabbits on a farm, WWI
Women helping to catch rabbits on a farm in Cheshire during the First World War. 1918

Curtiss L-1-an early American attempt to catch up with European fighter development

Standard Vintage Car, England. Dressed up as The Silver Catch Date: 1920s

Small boy with football in Balham, SW London
Small boy catching a football in front of a concrete wall in a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Under-ice net fishing, typical in Russia and particularly in Siberia; the boat is being pulled around for safety and for carrying the catch (mostly local salmons) as a sledge

Cricket Catching
A fielding performing the right way to catch. Date: 1888

People jumping from a burning building -- firefighters hold a sheet below to catch them. Date: 19th century

Cricket Caught and Bowled
A batsman is caught out and bowled out. Date: 1888

Fisherman Opening Nets, Aldeburgh
Local fisherman opening his catch on the pebble beach at Aldeburgh, 1965 Date: circa 1965

Fisherman with a sailfish in dock, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Inlet Dock, Palm Beach Florida, USA - Proud fisherman with his catch of the day - a sailfish. Date: circa 1955

Pug Peter -- chained dog in prison cell
Pug Peter -- Catching the Mice with Cheese. A chained dog in a prison cell, with a crowd of mice at the open door converging on a piece of cheese. Date: 1905

The Ice Hole Clam Spearer by Heath Robinson
An ingenious, though perhaps rather complicated device to catch clams through ice in the frozen north, part of a series of drawings in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News entitled

A Mako Shark Hooked
A huge Mako shark being hooked off the coast of New Zealand. Date: 1928

A revolving house by G. H. Davis
A revolving house the owner can turn while in his bath. Rotated like a turntable to catch the sun at any point: the Villa Tournesol

Pinocchio -- pursued by a sea monster
Quick, Pinocchio... but it was too late! The monster had overtaken him. Date: 1911

Nursery Rhymes -- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go. A white cat catches Uncle Rat (above), and a white goose catches the Frog (below). Date: early 20th century

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk - Landing Herring at the harbour Date: circa 1907

The Parcs at low tide - Dieppe, France - Trap for fish
The Parcs at low tide - Dieppe, France. These constructions of long supported poles and igh nets were arranged as a trap for fish

Naples, Italy - Fishermen pulling in their catch
Naples, Italy - Via Caracciolo - Fishermen pulling in their fish nets, using a human chain. They appear to have been distracted by someone just out of shot

Three boys on a desert island attract a passing ship using their robes and spears as signal flags. Date: 1898

Catch of Giant Pike near Port Washington, Ohio, USA
Catch of (quite unbelievable!) Giant Pike near Port Washington, Ohio, USA Date: circa 1916

Cameroon - Douala - Arrival of the fish catch for market on the banks of the Wouri River. Now the richest city in Central Africa

Fishwives - Brittany, France
The Return of the Fishers - Fishwives carrying the catch ashore - Brittany, France Date: 1906

14th July Festival - Thu Dau Mot - Vietnam
Vietnam - Thu Dau Mot, the capital city of Binh Duong Province. Public celebrations of July 14th. Children try and catch treats suspended on the end of fishing rods

Fisherman arriving into port - Trouville-sur-Mer, France
Fisherman arriving into port - Trouville-sur-Mer, a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France

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