Danger Collection (page 6)

Team of stunt women posing with a stunt bicycle Date: circa 1970s

Scenes from the German film Gefahren der Brautzeit, 1930 or Le Danger Des Fiancailles or Dangers of the Engagement. The film starred Marlene Dietrich, Willi Forst

Comic Postcard - Perils of the Demon Drink - Hallucinations caused by taking Littel drops of Whisky and Little Drops of Beer !! Date: circa 1903

Young man sits by fire outside his teepee in the woods
Young man sits by a fire outside his teepee in the woods - a rifle across his knees in case of danger. Date: circa 1890s

Road sign in Scottish Highlands, Devils Elbow
Road sign on the Cairnwell Pass in the Scottish Highlands, warning drivers that they are approaching Devils Elbow, a dangerous double hairpin bend. Date: 1960s

Victorian scrap - Guy Fawkes and two of his co-conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot, 1605. late 19th century

Martin-Baker ejection seat, as used in British aircraft during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Victorian Christmas Card snow scene - Skating on Thin Ice. 19th century

Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on trail
Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on a narrow Himalayan Mountain trail by means of suspending two poles on ropes and man-handling the animal across. Date: 1907

Italy warned by Menelik of dealing with the Ottoman Sultan
The Italians in Libya - Italo-Turkish War. Menelik I, the Emperor of Ethiopia (who had defeated Italy in 1889) warns Italy

David Livingstone attacked by a lion in Africa
David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer, attacked by a lion in the Mabotsa Valley, Africa. Date: 1843

Illustration, A Song of the English, Barren Landscape
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Captain Loxley of the Formidable, WW1 bravery
Clear Off - Submarines About: Captain Loxley of the Royal Navy, his terrier Bruce by his side, pictured giving his last order to another ship, warning of the danger of torpedoes

Giant Pill Millipede rolls into a ball in danger. lowland rainforest floor in Kinabatangan river floodplain; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June. Class Diplopoda

Barbed wire party freeze under enemy star shell, WW1
A detachment of British soldiers, busy setting up barbed wire defences freeze momentarily as the area is lit up by an enemy star-shell

The Little Red Hen, the picture of domestic efficiency, sweeps her front doorstep while an nterested looking fox lurks nearby. Date: c.1915

WW2 Poster -- Malaria Strikes the Unprotected
Malaria Strikes the Unprotected, Darkness brings Danger, Be Prepared. Colour photolithograph poster published by the Times of India Press, Bombay, warning against malaria

Paris, France - Satirical comments on street dangers
Satirical comments by Robida on the dangers faced as a pedestrain on the streets of Paris, France. Date: 1903

WW1 cartoon on postcard - munition worker
Expecting a rise shortly. Humorous, First World War postcard depicting a female munition worker jauntily sitting on a barrel of dynamite with a cigarette. A health and safety nightmare. Date: c.1916

Blitz in London -- Westminster Bridge Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with hoses at John Oakey & Sons, Westminster Bridge Road. The building is at risk, as the wall is bulging. Date: 1940s

Road safety poster, A Long Way Off? Drivers travel much faster than we do! Showing two children trying to cross a busy road, with two scenarios

German land mines by G. H. Davis
German land mines: an important weapon used on a large scale by retreating German armies during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Cartoon, Atlas with Kaiser Wilhelm on a globe, WW1
Cartoon showing Kaiser Wilhelm II jumping around on top of a globe, supported by the mythological figure of Atlas, at the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

Cartoon, The Glorious Twelfth -- the Bird to be brought down this August being not a Grouse but a Mad Eagle. A comment on the warmongering Kaiser Wilhelm II

Poison gas attack, Hulluch, France, aerial photograph, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of smoke from a poison gas attack during the Battle of Hulluch, France, First World War. It was chlorine gas, released by the Germans. Date: 27 April 1916

Getting the Wind up - Waverley Steps, Edinburgh, Scotland
Getting the Wind up - Pedestrians suffer the consequences of a sudden gust of Scottish wind on the Waverley Steps, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: circa 1930s

Florida Tourist Postcard - Waiting Alligators
Florida Tourist Postcard - Alligators awaiting the descent of a boy from a coconut palm tree, up which he has escaped. Their mocking message to the unfortunate youth: " Honey, come down

LCC London Fire Brigade asbestos protective suit
Carried on emergency tenders (ETs) an asbestos suit allowed a firefighter to approach a serious fire at close quarters for the purpose of closing down a control valve or a similar task

Poster - Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme
Mothers - let them go - give them a chance of greater safety and health. Public Information poster issued by the Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme circa 1942

Kislovodsk - Russia - a humourous card
A humourous card depicting an unlucky airship passenger dangling rather precariously over the mountains near Kislovodsk, Russia, suspended only by his jacket and the strength of the anchor rope

Woman on a Beach
A young woman walks home along a deserted beach at dusk. Date: 1940s

Three acrobats doing balancing act on a high wire
Three acrobats doing a balancing act on a high wire in the open air

Dr Syntax in danger. Syntax is unwell and tended to by a doctor who asks him to put his tongue out; servants panic and one rushes in with a dish of boiling water accompanied by an excitable dog

Wolf attack in Camporeggiano, Umbria, Italy
Peasants of Camporeggiano in Umbria, Italy, are attacked by a huge wolf -- a mother snatches her child from its jaws !

Hungarian wolves attack a wedding party
A pack of hungry Hungarian wolves attack a wedding party at Hidos (Hidas, Hidasch)

The Danger Tree
The remains of the Danger Tree, pictured in 1927 with an explanitory sign, with a tin hat and the remains of a machine gun next to it

The Modern Boy front cover - the Khyber Pass
Front cover of The Modern Boy magazine featuring a photograph of roads around the Khyber Pass with a signpost pointing in one direction for cars and another for camels and horses

Guy Fawkes Night - lighting firework laden guys
The Boy Who Got There First. A young boy defies health and safety rules by lighting the first of three Guy Fawkes all stuffed full of various fireworks. Date: 1932

Dangerous aerial stunt by Dick Grace
Stunt men undertaking a double leap from aeroplanes for a movie stunt, the film in question being The Lost Squadron. One of the men featured is Dick Grace

Motorcycle racing
Thrill-fiends on wheels! An exciting motorcycle race in which one competitor skids and flies into the air. Date: 1933

Dirt track rider, 1930s
A dirt track rider motorcycling at speed past a group of cheering boys. Date: 1932

Motorcycle stunt riders
Stunt rides on a motorbike and sidecar perform one of their tricks, loosening and throwing away the sidecars wheel while continuing to ride at speed. Date: 1932

Racing car smashing its way to victory
Racing cars smashing around a course but carrying on regardless. Date: 1932

Victorian scrap - Red hot republican
Victorian scrap - Political Types - Red Hot Republican. late 19th century

Jack Cade attacking London by night. 1450

Shakespeare - King John - Arthur: O, save me, Hubert, save me! circa 1830

The Thunder Storm -- a woman and two children shelter under a tree. 19th century

Henry VI Part II - title page - Jack Cade, rebel leader. 1862

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