Climbing Collection (page 13)

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire
A firefighter climbing a 50 foot wheeled escape towards a colleague already in the burning warehouse. A hose line is lying on the ladder

LFB Southwark fire station and Brigade HQ, SE1
View of the headquarters building of the London Fire Brigade with an extended turntable ladder on the right. The site was developed in 1911 when the present Southwark fire station was opened

LCC-LFB - Junior firemen training scheme
The Junior Firemen was created in the latter days of the London County Council. Boys aged 16 to 17 were eligible to join the scheme

Mountain climbing pilgrims

Pilgrims climbing. Print shows pilgrims climbing toward a mountain cave filled with monks. Date 1834

Courtesan climbing stairs

German Organ Grinder with small monkey attracts a crowd of appreciative children (the girl in the foreground is celebrating her birthday), drawn by the music and the spectacle

Several people gathered at the base of the Great Pyramid, others climbing. Date between 1867 and 1899

Sea Scout climbing rigging
A Sea Scout climbing the rigging of a ship. circa 1920s

Hibiscus angulosus grandiflorus, yellow hibiscus flower, a climbing plant with yellow flowers. 1893

Childrens Playground - Bad Munster am Stein-Edernburg
Childrens Playground at Bad Munster am Stein-Ebernburg in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, district of Bad Kreuznach. Date: circa 1910s

Rock Climber
Rock climbing. Date: 1960s

Cairmgorms Summit
A family on the rocky summit of one of the Caingorm range of mountains, Scotland. Date: 1960s

English Rose
A young woman, an English Rose, smells her pink climbing roses outside her idyllic country cottage. Date: 1965

Climbing a Glacier
Climbing a glacier with ropes through a hazardous tangle of ravines. It takes 7 hours to advance up the 4500 feet face of the glacier. Date: 1930s

Allied soldiers climbing a ladder, WW1
Allied soldiers climbing a ladder into what looks like a huge oil drum during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Frazer-Nash Sports Car
The Frazer-Nash Shelsley two seater is a supercharged four- cylinder sports car has a maximum speed over 100 mph. Excellent road-holding and hill-climbing. Date: 1936

Mountaineering in Canada
Three young men mountaineering in Canada. Date: 1930s

Ascending Skiers
A group of skiers climbing a hill on their skis. Date: 1930s

Thorpe Cloud
Climbers on the slopes of Thorpe Cloud (900 feet high), looking towards Thorpe Village, Derbyshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Snowdonia Mountaineer
A mountaining climbing up a rock face, Snowdonia, Wales. Date: 1960s

Girl Rock Climber
This woman rock climber doesn t look very safe as she straddles two rocks! Date: 1930s

Climbing Foothold
Climbing a sheer rock face should not be attempted without appropriate boots and socks, pegs and safety ropes. Date: 1930s

Alpine Crevasse
Mountainous Alpine scenery - climbing a glacier through a narrow crevasse in the rocks, through which melting water flows. Date: 1930s

Bear Garden in Bern, Switzerland
Bears in their enclosure at the zoo in Bern, Switzerland. The bear is the emblem of the city. Date: circa 1908

Two Six-Ton Tanks Climbing a Hill, H Townsend, WW1
Reproduction of a painting or sketch entitled Two Six-Ton Tanks Climbing a Hill, by the American artist Captain Harry E Townsend

Illustration, To Mystery Land, showing two girls climbing a ladder to who knows where. 1885

Last public appearance by Queen Victoria
The last public visit by Queen Victoria (1819-1901), aged 80 - pictured leaving the Herbert Hospital, Woolwich on 22nd March 1900 after visiting soldiers wounded in the Boer War. Date: 1900

The Fast Denver Ltd. Locomotive climbing Soldier Summit
The Fast Denver Ltd. climbing Soldier Summit, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, USA Date: circa 1910s

Lady in Harem pants draws amazed reactions
A rotund lady draws breath (it appears she has been wound in to a VERY tight corset!) as she ascends some steep stares, but also draws gasps of astonishment from three gentleman

Air Scouts climbing on plane with Lord Olivier
Air Scouts climbing on a Fairey Albacore plane with Lieutenant/Sir Laurence Olivier. 1940s

Rapunzel by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Group of people on Mount Pilatus, Switzerland
A group of people described as a Polytechnic Party, enjoying a day out on Mount Pilatus, Switzerland. Date: August 1908

Prince Andrew (now Duke of York) climbing a tree at the age of six

Private No Entry
A mischievous boy ignores a sign on a gate stating, Private - No Entry and squeezes through. c.1945

British troops in training, WW1
British troops in training for combat during the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Tank climbing a steep slope, Lincoln, WW1
A " Mother" tank climbing a steep slope at Burton Park, Lincoln, during the First World War. Date: January 1916

From Cinderella by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Shinto priest climbing Mount Fujiyama on pilgrimage. The summit of Mount Fuji is a pilgrimage site for the Shinto religion. Date: circa 1900

Bears - Zoo - Bern, Switzerland
Three bears climbing a tree in their enclosure at the zoo in Bern, Switzerland. The bear is the emblem of the city. circa 1908

Switzerland - Ascending a glacier
Switzerland - Fice climbers scale a glacier Date: circa 1910s

Sierra Leone - Picking Pine Kernels Date: circa 1905

Jungfrau Mountain Allegory
A stylised (and rather bizarre) view of the Jungfrau Mountain, depicted as... a Jungfrau! Date: 1908

Rock Climbing in Lakeland The Man above (pointing to the aeroplane): " Reckless Beggar! Thats what I call asking for it ". !! circa 1920s

Children / Playground 1957
Children on the climbing frame in the playground of Branfield Primary School, Suffolk. Date: July 1957

Austrian Alps Climb C20
A climber stands at the summit of the Glocknerspitze, in the Austrian Alps. Date: early 20th century

Derbyshire Climbing
Two climbers make their way up a steep rockface. Date: 1950s

Rapunzel / Climbing Hair
The witch climbing up Rapunzels hair

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