Danger Collection (page 4)

World War II Mosquito bombers attack Aarhus Denamrk
Vintage World War II photograph - Mosquito bombers attack the German Gestapo headquarters in Aarhus Denamrk

WW II - American chaplain leads prayers Le Shima, Pacific
Vintage World War II photograph - American chaplain leads prayers for fallen soldiers on the island of Le Shima after victory on the island over the Japanese

WW II - US Airforce crew return to USA - Monotonous Maggie
World War II - US Airforce crew prepare for return to USA following end of war in Europe and possible redeployment in Japan. Bomber named Monotonous Maggie

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Gulf of Naples, Campania, Italy
EVintage 19th century photograph: ruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius, Gulf of Naples, Campania, Italy

WW2 - Corvette of the Wild Waterbird class which transported the ILN special artist C E Turner around various UK ports accompanying a merchant fleet. 1941

WW2 - Corvette Screening Merchantmen from Enemy attacks
WW2 - A corvette screening a convoy of Merchantmen, bringing them safely home protected from enemy attacks. 1941

Medieval knights in armour on horseback on a stormy night. Sir Ethelbert becomes separated from Alan on a mountain road. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

English tourists on a boat near the basalt pillars
English tourists falling overboard on a boat in choppy seas near the basalt pillars of Staffa, Inner Hebrides. Doctor Prosody proves the inconvenience of a timid companion at Staffa

English tourists watch fishermen opening pearl oysters
English tourists watch Scottish fishermen opening pearl oysters on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Doctor Prosody fishing for pearls in the Isle of Sky

English tourists attacked by Northern gannets in the Orkneys
English tourists losing hats and wigs when attacked by Northern gannets in the Orkneys. Seabirds protecting their nests and eggs. Doctor Prosody attacked by Soland fowl in the Orkneys

Cartoon, Sliding on Thin Ice (Roman Catholicism)
Cartoon, Sliding on Thin Ice -- a satirical comment on the Roman Catholic Church, the Popes claim to infallibility, and the attraction of High-Church Protestant Anglo-Catholics towards Catholicism

Cartoon, Don t You Smell Fire? (Mr and Mrs Bull)
Cartoon, Don t You Smell Fire? Mrs Britannia Bull tells her husband John that he should investigate a nasty smell of something smouldering -- smoke can be seen on the right

Herr Seeth in a den of lions at the London Hippodrome
Herr Julius Seeth and his twenty-one forest-bred lions, a hugely popular act at the newly-opened London Hippodrome in early 1900. The lions were presented to Seeth by King Menelik of Ethiopia

London Hippodrome, Madame Heliot & her lions
Madame Claire Heliot feeding raw beef to her lions (and a couple of dogs), in the arena of the London Hippodrome in 1901 in what The Sphere describes as " a very daring performance"

Lady badly burned in an accident with a paraffin lamp. Date: 1871

Motor racing along a country lane - ParisMadrid race 1903
The notorious ParisMadrid race of May 1903 was an early experiment in auto racing, organized by the Automobile Club de France and the Spanish Automobile Club, Automovil Club Espanol

The Cresta Run
Daredevil tobogganists take a thrilling turn at the second bank of the Church leap at the famous Cresta Run at St. Moritz with the grand stand visible in the background. Date: 1924

Harold Davidson, former rector of Stiffkey, Norfolk
Harold Davidson (1875-1937), defrocked former rector of Stiffkey, Norfolk, seen here lion taming at Skegness in July 1937. Unfortunately, this kind of activity led to his being attacked and killed

Comic postcard, Golf in other lands, Egypt. Date: circa 1910

Emigration - Strolling in the Woods. 19th century

Emigration - Fall into the Hands of Cannibals. 19th century

Emigration - Crocodile in the Marsh. 19th century

Confession of Japanese Penitents
Confession of Japanese penitents ( a person repenting their sins). If the penitents fail to make a proper confession, the priest causes the balance to project them down the mountainside. Date: 1844

Holding up the pillar
Three men and two small children pretend to be supporting the weight of a rather precariously leaning pillar - part of quite a grand countryside entrance way. Date: late 1930s

Skating in the Parks - Another Man in! 1857
Skating on a frozen pond in public park, with men fallen into the thin ice and been rescued with the means of a funny looking contraption. Date: 1857

Ministry of Health leaflet, To Parents, WW2
Ministry of Health leaflet to parents during the Second World War, advising them not to bring their evacuated children home during the Easter holidays. Date: 1941

Christmas card, Little Red Riding Hood
Christmas card by Robert Dudley, Little Red Riding Hood as a goose (meeting the wolf, observed by robins). (2 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Engagement of British Fleet and Spanish Armada
Engagement of the British Fleet and the Spanish Armada off the Isle of Wight, 25 July 1588. 1588

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf. early 19th century

Waterspout near a ship
A waterspout dangerously close to a ship. 19th century

Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Flight into Egypt
Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Mary and Josephs flight into Egypt with Baby Jesus

Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus in storm
Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus asleep in the storm

Sporting with Winter Sports by H. M. Bateman - tobogganning
A tobogganist takes a rather steep hill, wins the cup but limps away bruised and bandaged. Date: 1912

William Tell, Commencement of the Liberty of Switzerland -- the famous scene in which Tell shoots an apple on his sons head. circa 1307

Convoys in Peril, by Claude Muncaster, WW1
Convoys in Peril, by Claude Muncaster, First World War. Showing a British freighter dead in the water after a torpedo attack, with the crew escaping by lifeboats. 1914-1918

Italian poster, German Peace, WW1
Italian poster, design by Sergio Canevari, La Pace Tedesca (German Peace), First World War. 1917

Letter from Albert Auerbach from Rouen, France, WW1
First page of a letter dated 30 April 1916 from Albert Auerbach of the Royal Fusiliers to his sister Lucy from No.1 Territorial Base Depot, Rouen, Northern France

Buck & John Thornton caught in the rapids. Date: First published: 1903

WW2 / AIR OPS / GREECE 1941
German planes fly across the mountains into Greece. Date: 1941

A lifeboat on its way back to shore and safety. Date: 1886

Paris in danger from communards

The government declares that the nation is in danger and this is reinforced by public manifestations in all the public places of Paris on the 22 July, with guns firing Date: 11 July 1792

Ivain of the White Hands, with Giron le Courtois, are warned of danger by two travellers

Yachting Terms Illustrated - A Dog Watch
circa 1906

Easter Greetings postcard - Faith hanging on to her belief
circa 1905

Madras Juggler imprisoning girl in basket - Jill in the Box
Jill in the Box - The Madras Juggler imprisoning his girl in a basket. Performed at Wemblet in 1925. circa 1925

St Pauls Cathedral in danger: why the Dean is opposing the tramway scheme. Sectional view from the south east showing the position of the waterline below the cathedral

SPAIN GOYA WAR C1808
That Is Not To Be Looked At: innocent victims amongst the Spanish population during the Peninsular War. Date: circa 1808

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