Dangerous Collection (page 9)

Westminster Builders
Workmen on precarious scaffolding, building the new Westminster Bank buildings high above Throgmorton Street, London. Date: 6 February 1930

Schrepfer and Spirits
Johann Georg Schrepfer (also known as the baron de Steinbach) (1730-1774) conjures spirits at Dresden, but shoots himself when things start to go wrong Date: 1773

A French wolf charmer
The Wolf-Charmer -- le meneur de loups -- a folklore figure of rural France who is able to tame and control a pack of wolves. Date: 19th century

Fire from gas explosion on a London street
Fire from a gas explosion on a London street near the Princes Theatre, with a fireman standing nearby. Date: circa 1928

Young girl on Grandfathers shoulders by Danger sign
A humorous photograph of a young girl sitting on her Grandfathers shoulders stand next to a Danger sign close to the edge of a cliff (likely at a British coastal resort). Date: circa 1930s

WW1 - Journalists greeted by German shells at Reims
Journalists (chosen by the French government) are greeted by German shells at Reims! Date: 1915

Great Fire Pit, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, USA. A man stands on the edge, looking down. Date: 1920

Torpedo torpedo, or eyed electric ray, also known as Common Torpedo, Ocellate Torpedo, Cramp Ray, Turpaena and Numbfish. It can deliver a strong electric shock of up to 200 volts. Date: 1862

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

Rock climbing near Porthcurno, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

French fishing boat wrecked, Dollar Cove, Lands End
French fishing boat wrecked in Dollar Cove, Lands End, Cornwall. Date: 1986

Nefeli wrecked at Dollar Cove, Lands End
A cargo ship, the Nefeli, wrecked at Dollar Cove, near Lands End, Cornwall, October 1972. 1972

Woman and lion in a cage, New Hampshire, USA
Sampson and Dililah -- a woman and a lion in cage, photographed by B W Kilburn of Littleton, New Hampshire, USA. Date: 1896

Two boys having mock fight, Balham, SW London
Two boys having a mock fight on a street in Balham, SW London. The boy on the right seems to be holding a rather dangerous-looking knife. Date: circa 1961

WW1 - Primitive Royal Air Force Bombers and Hangars
WW1 - Primitive Royal Air Force Bombers and their targets - the Zeppelin Sheds in Dusseldorf. The picture shows 1) The Zeppelin shed at Bickendorf, 2) The Zeppelin shed at Dusseldorf, 3) An air-bomb

WW1 - The German Ambassador to France delivers ultimatum
Baron Wilhelm von Schoen, German ambassador in Paris at the beginning of World War I assuring interim for Foreign Affairs M

Bruce Bairnsfather, The Professional Instinct Again
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, The Professional Instinct Again, published in The Bystander, 1916. A juggler in civilian life practises with hand grenades. Date: 1916

Rodeo scene at Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, part of the annual Cheyenne Frontier Days event. 1929

Can t Help Lovin that Man! by Helen McKie
A red-haired woman staring into the eyes of her lover - a magnetic but dangerous looking Apache man, an allegedly savage member of the Parisian underworld haunting areas such as Montmartre

Tiger Scratch / Pug Marks - outside village house

WWI Poster, Men, to delay is dangerous
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Men, to delay is dangerous when your country needs you. Enlist Now. Date: 1915

My Visit to the Italian Front by Bruce Bairnsfather
(Left picture): A Visit to the Alpini: " The chauffeur says a car fell over here last week" " Oh!" Autobiographical cartoon from Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander

Herrmann in Mercedes, Pedralbes, Spain
Hans Herrmann in a Mercedes-Benz W196 at the Spanish Grand Prix, Pedralbes, Spain 24 Oct 1954. Date: 1954

Fire safety in the kitchen -- a burning frying pan

Fire safety for children -- a boy and girl playing near a wrecked car. The boy is about to strike a match near the open fuel cap

Fire at supply depot, Limmer Wharf, Barking, Essex
Panoramic view of a fire which broke out at a Ministry of Supply depot, Limmer Wharf, Barking, Essex, on 27 October 1947. Seen here is the fire in its early stages

Books stacked on staircase, London SE15
Books indiscriminately stacked on a staircase between first and second floors, discovered during a four-pump fire in Lyndhurst Grove, London SE15, on 27 January 1963. Date: 1963

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

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