Deep Collection (page 6)

Shell hole on road, Western Front, France, WW1
A shell hole in a road on the Western Front in France during World War One. It was the result of a British shell striking the road near a German ammunition wagon

Luminous Deep-Sea Fish by G H Davis
Various fish capable of luminescence, along with a diagram of the organs that the fish possess that cause this luminescence. Date: 1927

The Puente Nuevo, Ronda, Southern Spain
The Puente Nuevo (New Bridge) spanning the deep chasm of the Guadalev� River in Ronda, Southern Spain. Drawing by Miss C. M. Griffiths

Women wearing an ostrich feather hat 1923
Women wearing a black ostrich feather hat. Date: 1923

Turkish Woman
Turkish women are excluded from Mosques. They stand for hours deep in prayer, outside the railed-off windows of the outer wall, gazing into the courtyard. Date: 1930s

Deep-sea diving suit, for salvage work on HMS M1 subrine
German deep-sea diving suit brought from Kiel for examining the lost submarine M1. On 21 November 1925, while on an exercise in the English Channel

Gujarat, India - Garba or Circular Gujarat Dance
Garba - a form of dance which originated in Gujarat, India. The name is derived from the Sanskrit term Garbha (womb) and Deep (a small earthenware lamp)

Mali - Timbuktu - The Ponds (Mares) - Fetching water
Mali - Timbuktu - The Ponds (Mares) - Large excavations dug out of the sand to draw up water from the depths. Date: circa 1910

Black opal
131-carat black opal found in the Lightning Ridge area of New South Wales, Australia

Pteraster acicula, starfish
Pteraster acicula from the classification Asteroidea: Spinulosida: Pterasteridae. This species of starfish is found from Florida to the west Gulf of Mexico, below 260m

Agnostid trilobite of Cambrian age, found in deep water. It is a blind trilobite of only a few millimetres long, with only two thoracic segments

Syngnathus acicularis, deep-bodied pipefish

Equipment used on H. M. S. Challenger (1872-1876)
H.M.S. Challenger was supplied with dredges and trawls to collect animals from the sea bed. Here a beam trawl is suspended over the deck while sailors deal with the catch

Bathymodiolus elongatus, giant vent mussel
Specimen of the giant vent mussel (Bathymodiolus elongatus). Thes huge mollusc are know only the north Fiji basin where they live in hydrothermal vents at a depth of 2800m

Hoplostethus atlanticus, orange roughy
Photograph of three orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus). These handsome and widespread, deep-living fish are already suffering from overfishing in some places

Anarhichas lupus, Atlantic catfish
A specimen of the Atlantic catfish (Anarhichas lupus). Technically a wolffish and not a catfish this deep-sea, bottom-dwelling fish can be found in temperate

Coryphaenoides sp. rattails
Four specimens of rattails on sand

Coccolithus pelagicus
Coccosphere of Coccolithus pelagicus, a common cold water coccolithophore. Collected from the British Continental shelf, North West of Scotland. Specimen diameter 15m. False-coloured SEM image

Jurassic seascape
Artists impression of a Jurassic sea with Ichthyosaur, Plesiosaur and Pterosaur. The Jurassic period was 205-144 million years ago

Deglutition in Chauliodus
Illustration of main movements of the anterior part of the body and the head of Chauliodus when it catches and swallows large prey

Sylligheri hirsuta
Tiny creature that lives in deep sea mud

Gephyrocri nus grimaldii
Tiny creature that lives in deep sea mud

Tobrilos allophysis
A tiny worm-like creature that lives in deep sea mud

Melanocoetus johnsoni, deep sea angler
Specimen of the deep sea angler (Melanocoetus johnsoni), a small predatory fish which lives in the extreme depths of the ocean

Chalk
A piece of flintless white chalk from the Upper Chalk, Flamborough, Yorks. Chalk is a sedimentary rock formed in deep seas

A curly-haired boy playing with wooden building bricks
A young boy takes a break from playing with his wooden building bricks, clearly in deep contemplation about something. c. 1915

Pink cassia - Rangoon - deep apple blossom, pea family leaf Date: 1952

Rusty shield bearer - Rangoon - deep gold yellow, tight clustered blossoms, pea family Date: 1952

Brick making clay pit - Rangoon - Deep clay pits with sweating Indians carrying up baskets of the rich clay on their heads, . Date: 1952

Climbing Ski Slope 1931
A female skier makes her way up the slope, trudging through knee-deep snow. Date: 1931

Annie Fay Poster
Poster for one of Fays first stage appearances in England - note that they were described as entertainments - no deep spiritual involvement, evidently ! Date: 1874

NFS (London Region) Southall horse rescue, WW2
Firefighters from K2Z Southall fire station area attempting to rescue a horse that fell into a deep, water filled ditch and was unable to get out unaided

Between the devil and the deep sea. Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as a large red-suited devil sitting on cliffs at seaside; a diminutive GOP

Deep Bottom, Va. US gunboat Mendota (in service May 2, 1864) on the James. Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy - the Federal Navy

Deep Sea Scouts on board HMS Theseus, a Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. 13 March 1951

Chalk Soil Ploughing
A fine example of deep ploughing on chalk soil, for the planting of conifers, near Bryants Puddle, Dorset, England. Date: 1950s

Coreopsis Geese - natives of Australia, the ones here were kept as pets at Hale, Cheshire, England. They are pugnacious and utter loud grunts deep than a pig! Date: 1950s

Now the Day is over - 2
NOW THE DAY IS OVER A child kneels in prayer for sailors tossing on the deep blue sea - perhaps Daddy is a sailor ? Date: circa 1915

Treasure island by Will Owen
Two British soldiers in a waterlogged trench. Sometimes soldiers found themselves waist-deep in water, usually due to atrocious weather

Fighting the weather on the Western Front 1916

Inuit milking Reindeer, Newfoundland
Laps (blanket term at the time for the indigenous Inuit people) milking reindeer at the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen Station, near St

Braich-Y-Pwll Inlets
Deep water and rocky inlets at Braich-y-Pwll, on the far end of the Lleyn Peninsula, Carnarvonshire, Wales. Date: 1950s

Underwater House
A diver from the Imperial College / Enfield College (London) expedition to Malta, examines the outer structure of their underwater house. Date: late 1960s

Thames Pastimes
Fishing and cycling on the banks of the River Thames at Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. Date: 1940s

Deep Thatched Cottages
Deep thatched cottages at Wherwell, Hampshire, England. Date: 1950s

Ancient Standing Stone
The standing stone beside Lyneham Long Barrow, Oxfordshire, England, said to be 3 feet deep in the ground, 6 feet high, 5 feet wide and 1 feet 6 inches thick. Date: BC

Hardanger Fjord, Norway. Date: 1960s

Two ladies in outfits by Philippe et Gaston and Beer
Two fashionable ladies at the seaside. On the left, a three piece in blue crepe trimmed with matching frills, by Philippe et Gaston

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