Danger Collection (page 3)

William Wallace rescuing a child at Cartland Craigs, Lanarkshire, Scotland Date: 13th century

Lifeboat rescue, and every soul was saved alive Date: circa 1890

The Fritzsche brothers - German Bicycle Acrobats from Leuben, Dresden, Germany. Date: circa 1907

A bare-faced steal! A large bear takes a fancy to the contents of a large metal drum on the bacl of a country wagon. Date: 1906

Hill Climbers, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England
Hill Climbers (Abraham Brothers - George and Ashley), climbing near Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England. They made a photographic record of the exploits of many of the climbing pioneers

Doctor Faustus conjuring Mephistopheles Date: 1929

The Lifeboat Going to the Rescue, by Thomas Brooks Date: 19th century

The Great Blondini - walking the high wire above four lions
A slightly fanciful illustration of French tightrope walker Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet) (1824-1897) - walking the high wire above a pit of four large male lions. Date: circa 1850s

ARP Cleansing and decontamination facility
Air Raid Precautions (ARP) - Gas Cleansing and decontamination facility. Date: 1937

Underwater escapologist - a boy dives into a swimming pool to help a man untie himself from a chair. (1 of 3) Date: 1967

Stunt woman rides her motorbike through a glass plate, shattering it as she speeds through. Date: circa 1970s

A stunt car flies through the air over a row of other cars, watched by spectators. Date: 1960s

A stunt car flies through the air over a bonfire of tyres, watched by spectators standing in the rain. Date: 1960s

Eddie Merton, superstitious stuntman, who always slept in a coffin on the night before a dangerous stunt. Seen here sitting up in the coffin in his hotel bedroom for his morning cup of tea. Date: 1971

Death of a stuntman, Eastbourne
Death of a stuntman at Arlington Stadium, near Eastbourne. John Bell, aged 23, was being towed behind a car on a wooden sledge when, as part of the stunt

Politics Political People London 1972 1970s 70s
politics, political, people, london, 1972, 1970s, 70s, seventies, protesting, housing, problem, problems, pavement, street, message, protest, corner, powis, square, notting, hill, west, may, slogans

Cartoon, Railway Undertaking. An undertaker offers a puzzled traveller a business card: a comment on the dubious safety of rail travel. Date: 1852

Spanish Civil War. Jovenes sindicalistas! Madrid esta en peligro! (Syndicalist youth! Madrid is in danger!). Propaganda poster from the Republican side encouraging Madrid's defense

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La Patria en peligro llama a su hijo (The Homeland in Danger Calls her Son). Poster with republican border guards (1936)

British plane crash with dead pilot, WW1
A crashed British plane with the dead pilot lying on the ground during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

African orphan behind weapons
A Mozambiquan orphan boy stands behind a rack of g-3 machine pistols belonging to Portuguese colonial soldiers who murdered his parents in the midst of the Portuguese Colonial War (19611974)

Dead shark and window-shopping holidaymakers
Holidaymakers window shopping for souvenirs, Devon right next to the dramatic form of a dead (and very real!) hanging shark. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd Date: 1957

TIGHTROPE ACCIDENT
Acrobat Giacomo Gullotti dies when his tightrope wobbles violently while performing the stunt over the Piazza Nicastro. Date: 1930

BLOOD DONATING DOCTOR
Doctor Corbin, of Bordeaux, gives his own blood to save a patient in danger of death Date: 1921

SAN FRANCISCO DEBRIS
The first consequences of the quake - streets piled high with debris, buildings in danger of collapse, horses pulling wagons and carriages lying dead among the rubble Date: April 1906

The derelict is the most potent of all the dangers that threaten the seafarer Date: 1905

Damocles dines with a sword hanging over his head
Damocles, member of the Greek court of Dionysius of Siragusa (Syracuse), Sicily, dines dangerously, with a sword hanging over his head. Date: 404 BC

The Vinh-Long, French naval vessel (a 5500-ton screw steamship, which was built in 1881) - on 16 November 1922, while carrying 495 persons

The Duke of Marlborough in danger, Battle of Ramillies, Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium), 23 May 1706, part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Date: 1706

Rescue of the Duchess di Popoli by the Earl of Peterborough during the Siege of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 14 September to 19 October 1705, part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)

Storming of Badajoz towards the end of the Siege of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, 6 April 1812, by Wellingtons Anglo-Portuguese forces against the French, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814)

Bravery of Private Samuel Johnson of the Green Howards, Capture of Belle Ile, Brittany, France, 1761, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763)

Ulysses and His Companions escaping the Sirens, passing between Scylla and Charybdis. Date: circa 1790

Comic postcard, Boy and girl fallen through the ice Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Bald head in the sea, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, An Englishmans Home Date: 1909

Comic postcard, Protection for rollerskating Date: early 20th century

Loading and elephant onto a ship with a crane, Burma
Loading an elephant onto a ship with a crane, Burma, c.1880 s

Hunters skinning a deer in snow, Canada
19th century vintage photograph - hunters skinning a deer in snow, studio composition by William Notman, Canada, c.1880s

The World, Boston Theatre Company, USA - Tableau II, a dramatic scene from The Infernal Machine. Date: late 19th century

Lorry sheds its load, Trafalgar Square, London
A lorry after shedding its load near St Martin-in-the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London. An engineer crouches precariously under the vehicle. Date: circa 1930s

Couple standing by Keston Ponds, Kent
Affectionate couple standing by Keston Ponds, Keston, Kent. Date: circa 1930s

Comic postcard, Couple stuck up a tree with an angry bull below Date: 20th century

Omnibus nuisances. Caution to ladies who like to occupy the seat next to the door. A mans hobnail boots kick a woman on the head as his feet swing in from the window of the omnibus. Date: 1853

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - When am I goin to see you again
On the back of the card is a plaintive message to David.. Do you still miss us my darling? I will be delighted to have a little card from you

World War II exhuming Norwegian corpses Trandum Forest
World War II vintage photograph - exhuming Norwegian corpses from mass graves in the Trandum Forest Trandumskogen Norway

WW II Liberator bomber exploding Germany, 1944
Vintage World War II photograph - B-24H Liberator bomber of 783rd Bomb Squadron, 465th Bomb Group, US 15th Air Force exploding in mid air after being hit by anti-aircraft fire over Germany, 1944

World War II - fighting in the streets of Cologne Germany
Vintage photograph World War II - fighting in the streets of Cologne Germany, near the cathedral, American tank hit by a shell

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