Crawling Collection

WW1 - Battle of Albert - Patrol crawling towards German trenches during the attack on Beaumont Hamel - 1st July 1916

Dahlia Terrace
A childrens short story illustration which shows some earwigs crawling amongst grasses and flowers, observing a sign which advertises Dahlia Terrace. Date: circa 1944

Sequence of crawling child. Date: 1887

CHILD CRAWLING (sequence of six). Date: 1887

Cartoon, Horrible Incident in Real Life
The master of a household visits the kitchen to get a little supper after the servants have gone, only to find it crawling with cockroaches. 1852

Toddler playing in a garden -- an 18 month old boy called Philip. Date: circa 1970s

WW1 - The German eagle still on top
WW1 - The German offensive illustrated here as an eagle, dominating the top of the mountain. Representing Germanys success in ruling the war

Car on Wet Street
A mysterious car lurks at night beside a wet pavement on the corner of North Barrack Road... spooky

Crawling to the German trenches under fire, WW1. 1914-1918

Little girl in a garden on a Christmas card
Little girl in a garden with pink blossom on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Tullia Crushes Father
When her father, Servius Tullius, king of Rome, is disgraced and stabbed, Tullia, meeting him crawling in the street, orders her carriage to drive over him Date: 534 BC

The Parricide by E Hill-Mitchelson
Promotional postcard for The Parricide by E. Hill-Mitchelson. Postmarked Barnsley, 14th February 1919. Date: 1919

Little girl with a kitten on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1870s

Two toddlers on a greetings card
Two toddlers (one black, one white) on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Great Adventure. Pat follows her pet terrier Tatters through a hole in the roots of an old oak tree. Date: 1921

WW1 - Eastern Front - Dinner for Austrian soldiers delivered
WW1 - Eastern Front - Austrian soldiers crawl to deliver rations to soldiers in shallow trenches whilst under Russian shell-fire. Date: 1915

French cub scouts in a field
French cub scouts taking part in an outdoor activity in a field

Hullo, Mummy, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1927

Two men, one on his hands and knees crawling, the other is sitting on the first mans back, facing forward, holding a paddle over his head, about to strike the man on his exposed buttocks

Peaceful scene in cemetery
Wild flowers grow and intertwine in this peaceful cemetery scene, with a bird perched on a leaf singing, and a snail crawling along slowly below. 1925

Arras 1917
10th Scottish Rifles raiding party waiting in sap for the signal to go. Shortly after a shell fell in the trench killing seven men on the Western Front in France during World War I in March 1917

Locating sappers by ear
Illustration showing British soldiers crawling close to the ground at night in No-Mans Land, in a bid to locate enemy sappers by ear

Bicycle Obstacle Race for Girls, 1898
Photograph showing a bicycle obstacle race, known as The Innocents Race, for young ladies under the age of seventeen held at Esquimalt, British Columbia, 1898

Dog in a Creche
A chilled-out dog arouses the curiosity of three crawling babies in a London creche!

A crawling experiment at the London Hospital
Crawling used as an exercise for the treatment of spinal curvature for patients up to the age of sixteen. It was administered three times a week for twenty minutes at a time

Muybridge -Various Walk
lion, tiger, human, baby, leopard, sloth, monkey - each walking or crawling in its own way

British Move Inland
Camouflaged British troops in Normandy, France, make their way inland

Mother / Baby Crawling Rug
Mother and baby sitting on a crawling rug which is decorated with pictures of animals

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