Dangerous Collection (page 10)

Cartoon, Coiffure in the Trenches, WW1
Cartoon, Coiffure in the Trenches. Keep yer ead still, or I ll ave yer blinkin ear off. By Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

WW2 safety poster, Don t Take Risks, Take Care. Use a ladder to top bins or the unexpected is just what is to be expected! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 safety poster, Use Your Head Brother! Unpack and handle all materials with care. By Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Tourists clambering up the slopes of Vesuvius
Carrying a sedan chair up Vesuvius on the Grand Tour during the 19th Century. Date: mid 19th century

Army artist making sketches of enemy lines, WW1
A British Army artist shown working from the slender cover on top of the first line trenches in order to sketch the enemy lines. 1915

Bonzo in search of his forefathers by George Studdy
Bonzo finds a trace of his ancestral courage in an old tapestry -- he notices his ancestor running away from a wild boar, while bigger and braver dogs confront it. Date: 1924

Pug Peter -- dog at sea with seagulls
Pug Peter -- Dangers of the Deep. A dog in a red box in a storm at sea, confronted by seagulls. Date: 1905

Zeppelin raids by G. H. Davis
The Zeppelin raids: some notes on the airships and their weapons. How a Zeppelin goes aloft when attacked -- the working of the elevators and the release of the water ballast. Date: 1915

With the British navy off the Dardanelles, WW1
With the British navy off the Dardanelles during the First World War. Top: HMS Agamemnon and the arrival of a big transport. Middle: a British battleship under fire from enemy shrapnel

How to avoid the submarine pirate by G. H. Davis
How to avoid the submarine pirate during the First World War. The advantage of showing a clean pair of heels and other devices for checkmating the submarine. Date: 1915

What to do in the case of air or sea raids, WW1
What to do in the case of further air or sea raids during the First World War. Showing cross sections of buildings, and photographs of air raid damage to buildings in Kings Lynn

The aeroplane in warfare by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane in warfare: aeroplanes used for finding the range of the enemys entrenchments. Left: a fire bomb, attached to a parachute, dropped from a Taube monoplane

Mine problem in North Sea by G. H. Davis
The mine problem in the North Sea. The mine layer at work, showing the way in which the mine is held below the water and how it is exploded by a passing ship

Ships during winter months by G. H. Davis
Naval notes of the week (lightships and buoys). Above: revictualling a lightship during the winter months. Below: hold tight for your life -- attending to the Mariners Fingerposts in winter

Storm and stress at sea by G. H. Davis
Storm and stress at sea: the two thrilling shipping incidents of the week. Above: how the Snowdon Range was driven hither and thither in her long voyage from Philadelphia across the Atlantic

Speed of the great liners by G. H. Davis
The speed of the great liners: a factor which makes head lights and other precautions necessary. Above: a dotted outline shows where the ship would be after 30 seconds movement

Destructive force of flying bomb by G. H. Davis
Blast -- the main destructive force of the flying bomb in use during the Second World War. How and why it creates widespread damage

Tenby life boat, 1857
The Tenby life boat proceeding to the rescue of the crew of the Spanish ship Nuevo Torcuvato, 1857. The life boat bears the mark of the National Life Boat Institution. Date: 7th December 1857

Lifeboat, 1830s
A lifeboat of the 1830s, encountering a storm. Date: 1830s

Pentathlon fall, 1932 Olympic Games
Olympic riding at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Retnehazy, a Hungarian athlete, take a nasty fall during the cross country ride in the pentathlon

French cartoon, Iron Cross, WW1
First World War cartoon depicting a German Iron Cross with a shark-like image in each space. Date: 1914-1918

Nursery Rhymes -- Jack and Jill, Polly Flinders
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack and Jill falling down the hill. Below -- Little Polly Flinders sitting among the cinders. Date: early 20th century

Silhouette Calendar -- November, Guy Fawkes Day. Showing a little boy frightening two girls by lighting a firework. Date: 20th century

Cartoon, German officer and Turk as animals, WW1
Satirical cartoon depicting a German officer and a Turk as animals during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Lifeboat man rescuing a baby
A lifeboat man swinging across the waves on a lifebelt, holding a baby in his arms

Lifeboat men in a rough sea
Lifeboat men rowing their boat in a rough sea, wearing cork lifebelts

Poison gas attack, aerial photograph, WW1
Aerial photograph of a poison gas attack during the First World War. Date: 1917

Home Perm 1920S
A young woman gives herself a home perm in front of her bedroom dressing table, using some rather dangerous looking electric apparatus - lets hope its earthed! Date: late 1920s

Comic Postcard - unfolding drama on the broken bridge - Ernest is regretting his boast to Letty, Agnes, Dot and Prunella that the structure would take their combined weight. Date: circa 1905

Polar Bear Hunting in Alaska, USA Date: circa 1910s

The Electric Tram is Coming! A warning to pedestrians (in danger of being run down), horses (packed off to the slaughterhouse)

Iceland - Car on road within Almannagja Canyon, Thingvellir
A car gingerly navigates along a pass within the Almannagja Canyon - a natural fault line within the Thingvellir National Park in Iceland. Date: circa 1910

The Knife Throwing Denvers - UK US Wild West Act
The " Knife Throwing Denvers" - UK US Wild West Act - famous for being the first " circus style" act to appear on the newly formed BBC Television Service in 1936. Date: circa 1940

A dangerous Barber with a flippant attitude having won a bet
The Dangers of Betting " Yes Sir; they re very strict ere, Sir. Why, if we scratches a customer we re fined threepence, and if we cuts one we re fined sixpence

Anywhere to escape from the wife
Wife (to Lion Tamer who has been out late) - " You Coward!" Date: 1892

Kenyan boy scaling a tree trunk on the hunt for honey Date: 1930s

Indian street Gymnastic and Acobatic Display Date: circa 1910s

Scorchers Progress - Embankment - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress VI - The Thames Embankment, London - An errant city cyclist finally gets his comeuppance having caused havoc with his erratic cycling across the city

Scorchers Progress - St James Palace - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress II - St James Palace, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here the mounted guards around St

Scorchers Progress - Royal Exchange - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress V - The Royal Exchange, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here pedestrians

Scorchers Progress - Whitehall - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress IV - Whitehall, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here horses rear in alarm, throwing their riders as the cyclist approaches at speed

Scorchers Progress - Trafalgar Square - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress III - " Twas in Trafalgar Square" - London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users

Crocodile at London Zoological Gardens, Regents Park, London. The zoo has the modern branding ZSL, the initials of the Zoological Society of London (established in 1826)

The Charm of a London Night Fog - amazing lighting effects as the beam of a street light diffuses through the shape of a roadside tree. Date: 1919

John Bull disagreeing with Joseph Chamberlains Policies
Mr Bull: " What have you gor there Joe?" Joe: " Protection." Mr Bull: " Put it away or you ll hurt yourself." John Bull alarmed by Joseph Chamberlains dangerous policy

Monsieur Turpin - French Gas warfare specialist - WWI
French Chemist Francois Eugene Turpin (1848-1927) in his Laboratory - French Gas warfare specialist - WWI. France broke the Hague Conventions in August 1914

Sudan - Africa - Shilluk Hippo Hunters at Hillet Abbas
Shilluk Hippo Hunters at Hillet Abbas, Al Wusta, Sudan, Africa. The Shilluk (who now prefer to be known as Chollo), are a major Nilotic ethnic group of Southern Sudan

The Undercut of a Californian redwood
The immense Undercut required in the felling of a Californian giant redwood tree Date: circa 1906

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