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Car in basement, Claverton Street, London SW1LFB Special Service attempting to lift a car from a basement in Claverton Street, London SW1, on 24 July 1958. It was a difficult exercise, as the car kept getting caught on masonry, etc
Fire prevention officer checking skylight releaseA fire prevention officer checking the quick release mechanism for opening a stage skylight
Helen Fox, suffragetteSuffragette Helen Fox poses with chains, following her House of Commons protest with Muriel Matters on 28th October, 1908, when they chained themselves to the grille of the Ladies Gallery
WWI carved boneFirst World War carved bone decorated with flowers and chains. Inscribed Remembrance 1915, 1916. Knockaloe Internment Camp, Isle of Man. Trench Art
Street scene with oxen, GermanyStreet scene with oxen near Cochem, Germany. Date: 20th century
View of a boat in harbour, the Eva Annie. Date: 20th century
Pug Peter -- chained dog in prison cellPug 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
Representation of Liberty - USARepresentation of Lady Liberty - USA Date: circa 1890
Illustration, A Midsummer Nights Dream -- probably not connected to the Shakespeare play, but depicting a sailor asleep on a ship, dreaming of a mermaid in the water. Date: July 1914
Pugachov in ChainsYEMELYAN IVANOVICH PUGACHOV Russian Cossack soldier who proclaimed himself Tsar Peter III and led a rebellion against Catherine II Date: 1726 - 1775
Benson log raft - Columbia River, USAA fine view of a Benson raft - a huge seagoing log raft designed to reliably transport millions of board feet of timber (at one time - this card says 8 million feet) through the open ocean
Russian Street Lock Seller and Locksmith, his wares hanging across his chest. Date: circa 1901
Queen Elizabeths drag chainsThe total weight of the Queen Elizabeths drag chains, which are coiled on either side of the hull, is nearly 2000 tons
Deck of a German battleshipPart of the deck of an unidentified German battleship
Airship, the Eagle, on display in LondonEngineering drawing of an airship, on display to the public at the Grounds of the Aeronautical Society, Victoria Road, opposite Kensington Gardens, London. With descriptive text below. 1835
Petticoat Lane escapologistAn escapologist is prepared by his assistant for another performance, entertaining the crowds at Petticoat Lane market, London, on a Sunday morning Date: 1945
Caractacus at the Tribunal of Claudius at Rome. Published 1792
Stone walls and chains do not make a prison - for HoudiniStone walls and chains do not make a prison - - for Houdini. Date ca. 1898
Card Series 9Due to the jealousies of other colonists, he is taken back to Spain by Bobadilla in chains. Date: 1446 - 1506
Initiation of the Knight of the East or the SwordThe elected is paraded in a curiously decorated room before the President, chained and dressed as Zorobabel. Date: 1890s
Chain room, Millbank PrisonThe chain room at Millbank Prison, London. The walls are lined with chains, shackles and handcuffs. Date: 1862
British gunners on the Somme, Western Front, WW1British gunners with heavy artillery on the Somme, Western Front, during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918
British 6 inch Howitzer, WW1A British 6 inch (26 cwt) Howitzer, designed by Vickers in 1915 for use during the First World War. It continued in use during the Second World War. Seen here with uniformed men in a workshop
Pietro Aretino / De BrijPIETRO ARETINO Italian writer Date: 1492 - 1556
Chain Workshop 18th CTwo men at work in a chains workshop in the 18th century Date: Circa 1760
Vintage StutzAutomobile (Cars). Stutz automobile parked in front of the Hotel Albemarle; snow chains on tires
Lowering a tram, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North WalesLowering a tram full of slate onto the rails at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. From here the slate will be transported to the dressing sheds
Blondin system, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North WalesView of the Blondin high wire and truck at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales
Slate tram, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North WalesView of a slate tram and part of the main buildings at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales
Shaft inspection, Glyn Pits, Pontypool, South WalesA shaft inspection taking place at Glyn Pits, Pontypool, South Wales
A Suffragettes Appeal to John BullAn illustrated postcard from around 1910 depicts a suffragette, shackled and in a prison cell. She is making an appeal to John Bull - a personification of England - with some lines from The Princess
Chain room, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West LondonThe chain room at Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. The walls are lined with chains and handcuffs. A prison inmate is at work
Adjusting a mould for hydraulic pressA metalworker makes adjustments to a mould, to be used to shape a metal plate on a large industrial hydraulic press. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Laying Railway TracksThree construction workers guide a large rail into position. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Cocoa beans being lifted from a canal bargeTwo workers lift Gold Coast cocoa beans from a low canal barge. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Locomotive construction in a large railway shedA steam locomotive is moved across a large shed by means of a large crane arm with pulleys and chains. The lower section of the photograph shows a more complete locomotive
A revolutionary in shacklesA revolutionary/rebel in Turkey, held in shackles and flanked by two soldiers of the Turkish Army
Ataaw Wallpa / AtahualpaATAW WALLPA INKA (known as ATAHUALPA) Last Inca Emperor of Peru arrested by Pizarro in 1532
Baron Trenck / W MuseumFREDERICK, BARON TRENCK Military spy and conspirator
Gipsy Girl & PuppyA scruffy but pretty little blonde gipsy girl with her hair in plaits, happy to be playing amongst the chained-up dogs and a puppy. Charlwood gipsy camp, Surrey, England
John Howard (Brighty)JOHN HOWARD Prison reformer, depicted visiting a prison (note the chains)
Russian Polit. PrisonersPolitical prisoners in Schlisselburg Fortress
Britannia CrownedBritannia crowned by Victory, trampling upon the chains of France, holding the trident of Neptune, whilst Fame proclaims the glory of her arms by pointing to military triumphs
PROMETHEUSFor stealing fire for mankind, Zeus chains the Titan Prometheus to Mount Caucasus where a vulture devours his liver until he is delivered by Herakles
Dancing Bear / Prize / 1893The dancing bear in chains dances for its owner
Pauls Last ImprisonmentSt Pauls Last imprisonment. Depicted in chains he looks towards the window of his cell. (2 Timothy: IV 6-22)
Captivity of CaractacusCaractacus in captivity with his family addresses the Roman Emperor Claudius
Tolpuddle / Loveless / CoachGeorge Loveless, one of the six Martyrs, in chains at Salisbury, during his journey from Dorchester to a prison hulk, the York at Portsmouth to await transportation