Crack Collection (page 2)

Baltic amber with caddis fly
A Caddis fly, Trichoptera preserved in Baltic amber. The cracks in the amber are filled with crystals of iron pyrite. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Mud volcanoes vent, Baku 1992
Mud volcano vent, Baku peninsula, Azerbaijan, 1992

Salix fragilis L. XXII 2, crack willow
An illustrative plate of crack willow foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Acacia sp. babul tree
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge (1858-1949). From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Natural History Museum in 1952

Salix fragilis L. CCXVII, crack willow
An illustrative plate of crack willow foliage and catkins from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Septarian nodule

By the Stream. From Once Upon a Time no. 135 (11 September 1971)

A Crack sloop in a race to windward: Yacht Gracie of New York. Date 1882. A Crack sloop in a race to windward: Yacht Gracie of New York. Date 1882

A Crack team at a smashing gait. Date 1869. A Crack team at a smashing gait. Date 1869

American and Scottish Scouts
An American and a Scottish Scout play the age old game of crack the other fellows knuckles, at the Boy Scout ranch in New Mexico

Double page spread in a diary for 22-27 November
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 22-27 November. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

German crack troops WWI
German crack soldiers on the Western front during World War I

Cricket Players / Grace
A group of crack gentleman cricket players in 1871 including the legendary W.G. Grace, third from left. Pictured at Lords cricket ground in 1871

Fishing through Ice / 1555
Two fishermen break open the ice and fish through these holes with lines and nets

London Eggs Seller
A woman with a basket of eggs on her arm cries New-laid eggs, eight a groat; crack em and try em!

Little Women / Amy / Ice
Amy falls into the ice but is saved by Laurie with the aid of a hockey stick

Lucifer Falls
Lucifer, leader of the angels who rebelled against God, is defeated, and exiled to Hell whose entrance is a crack in the globes surface

Trying the Ice /
Two Norwegian children prudently try the thickness of the ice on a pond before venturing to skate on it - and just as well, for it cracks ! Date: 1909

Water Babies / Tom / Cabinet
Lured by the temptation of the sea-lollipops, Tom creeps among the rocks & finds the mother-of-pearl cabinet in a deep crack in the rocks containing them; & behold! it was open!

Salzburg New Year Custom
SALSKAMMERGUT - On several Sundays after the New Year, the young men of Salzburg (Austria) crack whips to wake nature from her winter sleep

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