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Background imageDifficult Collection: Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together

Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men - an act of vandalism for which it is difficult to forgive them

Background imageDifficult Collection: Famous Golfers Caught In The Act. No. 13. Roger Wethered

Famous Golfers Caught In The Act. No. 13. Roger Wethered
This famous amateur is seen here playing one of the most difficult shots of the game, recovering from heather. His short follow through and the lowness of his club during this shot are noticeable

Background imageDifficult Collection: FINN / RUSS BAYONET MELEE

FINN / RUSS BAYONET MELEE
Finland : a bayonet melee between Finns and Russians in the snow - both sides in white uniforms, which must make it difficult to distinguish friend from foe ! Date: January 1940

Background imageDifficult Collection: British Dominon - Investment Life Assurance Policy Advert

British Dominon - Investment Life Assurance Policy Advert. A man crosses a difficult chasm (in life) thanks to a Policy from British Dominion

Background imageDifficult Collection: Comic Postcard - Sport - Billiards - Cannon off the cush

Comic Postcard - Sport - Billiards - Cannon off the cush (1/2) Date: circa 1905

Background imageDifficult Collection: Cartoon, Bismarck and Gambetta

Cartoon, Bismarck and Gambetta. Leon Gambetta, French statesman, is looking for some stolen property (Alsace and Lorraine), which Otto von Bismarck, German Chancellor, is hiding behind his back

Background imageDifficult Collection: Nakajima C6N-Saiun Myrt -capable of reaching nearly 3

Nakajima C6N-Saiun Myrt -capable of reaching nearly 380mph, this carrier-going reconnaisssance type was difficult to catch

Background imageDifficult Collection: WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers advance in snow

WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers advance in snow
WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers shovel through the winter snow to aid the passage of an advancing artillery regiment

Background imageDifficult Collection: A Human Cork

A Human Cork
A human cork ! One of the most difficult feats in Royal Life Saving Societys Diploma tests is raising arms above ones head and even reading a newspaper whilst floating! Date: 1930s

Background imageDifficult Collection: Anti-German cartoon, Germans at Verdun, WW1

Anti-German cartoon, Germans at Verdun, WW1
An anti-German cartoon by a Belgian cartoonist showing the German Kaiser Wilhelm II and his son, Crown Prince Wilhelm, having difficulties on the battlefield at Verdun, north eastern France

Background imageDifficult Collection: Doulton Bathroom Suite

Doulton Bathroom Suite
Green and white is always a good colour scheme for a bathroom, although this is difficult to judge in black and white! An Art Deco Doulton bathroom suite - stylish!

Background imageDifficult Collection: Tennis / Dashing Man Plays

Tennis / Dashing Man Plays
Dashing man plays a difficult tennis shot

Background imageDifficult Collection: Victorian scrap - French drapeau rough

Victorian scrap - French drapeau rough
Victorian scrap - Political Types - French Drapeau Rough. late 19th century

Background imageDifficult Collection: Victorian scrap - Facts in Argument

Victorian scrap - Facts in Argument
Victorian scrap - Political Types - Facts in Argument. late 19th century

Background imageDifficult Collection: Communist China - communication team in water

Communist China - communication team in water
Adults and children, members of a philosophy communication team, crossing a river in the mountainous area of Dabie, in Henan (He Nan)

Background imageDifficult Collection: Bagram Belly

Bagram Belly, Afghanistan, 2002. Watercolour on paper by Gordon Rushmer, 2002. Portable latrine used by troops in Bagram Air Base, Parwin Province

Background imageDifficult Collection: Muddling through the mud of Flanders, 1917

Muddling through the mud of Flanders, 1917
A trio of pictures that appeared in The Graphic in 1917, showing the difficult working conditions that horses on the front lines had to face in World War One. 1917

Background imageDifficult Collection: Transporting supplies to Handeni, East Africa, WW1

Transporting supplies to Handeni, East Africa, WW1
British troops having difficulty transporting medical supplies to Handeni, East Africa (now in Tanzania), during WW1. 1916

Background imageDifficult Collection: George Ernest Studdy, baby penguins on ice

George Ernest Studdy, baby penguins on ice
George Ernest Studdy, illustration for an animal book. Baby penguins have such short legs, they find it difficult to walk on the ice. Date: 1941

Background imageDifficult Collection: Disabled Dance Class

Disabled Dance Class
Disabled children are taught to dance by teacher Miss Betsy Adlard, using the special methods invented by Miss Margaret Morris. It is difficult for them, but fun. Date: 1930s

Background imageDifficult Collection: Felling Trees

Felling Trees
Two men tackle a difficult tree that is leaning over. Their aim is to get the saw as close to the base as possible Date: 1930s

Background imageDifficult Collection: Norwegian Snow Plow

Norwegian Snow Plow
A Norwegian snow plow, drawn by eight or ten horses - in this snow, its difficult to count them ! Date: 1905

Background imageDifficult Collection: Difficult Choice 1924

Difficult Choice 1924
A young lady faces a difficult choice at the shoe shop - which pair of Perugia shoes to go for. Perhaps the crocodile skin pair of lace-ups? Date: 1924

Background imageDifficult Collection: Cartoon, Trying to stop a taxi

Cartoon, Trying to stop a taxi. A man tries to attract the attention of a cabbie in a Paris street. He comments that it was hard enough trying to stop the Boche for four years

Background imageDifficult Collection: American settlers on a difficult journey

American settlers on a difficult journey
American settlers on a long and difficult journey. Date: 1890

Background imageDifficult Collection: Cartoon, Difficult extraction, WW1

Cartoon, Difficult extraction, WW1
Cartoon, Difficult extraction. French soldiers undertake some impromptu dental work for a colleague. Don t worry, old friend, we ll get them! Date: 1916

Background imageDifficult Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, inspector counting hounds

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, inspector counting hounds
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- an excise officer counting hounds in the days when dog licences were required. Not surprisingly, he is having difficulty counting sixty couples who keep moving around

Background imageDifficult Collection: The Swift, Atherstone Hunt area, Leicestershire

The Swift, Atherstone Hunt area, Leicestershire
View of the Swift, a difficult stretch of water to jump in the Atherstone Hunt area, Leicestershire. Date: 1936

Background imageDifficult Collection: Soldiers and horses on the Western Front, WW1

Soldiers and horses on the Western Front, WW1, travelling through the snow. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageDifficult Collection: Rumpler D I German fighter biplane

Rumpler D I German fighter biplane (serial no. 1589/18) which came too late to take part in the First World War. It was apparently difficult to build

Background imageDifficult Collection: Junkers Ju 88A -Germanys standard light bomber through

Junkers Ju 88A -Germanys standard light bomber throughout the war Its speed made it difficult to intercept

Background imageDifficult Collection: Common Sandpiper - on the nest; common but difficult

Common Sandpiper - on the nest; common but difficult to find on taiga forest floor near river Negustyah, (Totanus hypoleucos)

Background imageDifficult Collection: Scouting trek in Ghana, West Africa

Scouting trek in Ghana, West Africa
Scouting trek after heavy rains in Ghana, West Africa, with the recently appointed Commissioners Jack Stapleton and George Djabanor Date: 1948

Background imageDifficult Collection: Traffic congestion, Covent Garden, London WC2

Traffic congestion, Covent Garden, London WC2
Traffic congestion in the Covent Garden area, London WC2, 26 March 1959, looking down towards The Strand, with the corner of Maiden Lane, and the offices of The Lady magazine on the left

Background imageDifficult Collection: Car in basement, Claverton Street, London SW1

Car in basement, Claverton Street, London SW1
LFB Special Service attempting to lift a car from a basement in Claverton Street, London SW1, on 24 July 1958. It was a difficult exercise, as the car kept getting caught on masonry, etc

Background imageDifficult Collection: Cars blocking Lisle Street, London WC2

Cars blocking Lisle Street, London WC2. Parking was allowed on both sides of this one-way street, making it difficult for fire services to get through in an emergency

Background imageDifficult Collection: Difficult provisioning condition on the Yser Plain

Difficult provisioning condition on the Yser Plain.. Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874-1939)

Background imageDifficult Collection: Two boys with teddy bears, Redruth, Cornwall

Two boys with teddy bears, Redruth, Cornwall
Two boys with teddy bears, en route to a Teddy Bears Picnic at their school in Redruth, Cornwall

Background imageDifficult Collection: Grooming a mule, WW1

Grooming a mule, WW1
Three soldiers struggling to groom an unruly mule in his stall with one of them grumbling, " Nah tehn, Undred Legs!" Date: 1916

Background imageDifficult Collection: Halting a mule, WW1

Halting a mule, WW1
A soldier has difficult trying to bring an unruly mule to a halt at an Army Remount Depot, as a mule has no " mouth" in the same way a horse responds to a bridle). Date: 1916

Background imageDifficult Collection: Trying to shoe a mule, WW1

Trying to shoe a mule, WW1
Men at an Army Remount Department attempt, with difficulty, an unmanageable mule during the First World War. Date: 1916

Background imageDifficult Collection: Allied troops in Burma by G. H. Davis

Allied troops in Burma by G. H. Davis
How the Allied troops in Burma are kept fit: fresh meat and vegetables carried great distances in refrigerators. Showing the system of transport of fresh supplies by rail

Background imageDifficult Collection: Deck flying by G. H. Davis

Deck flying by G. H. Davis
Deck flying: problems met by pilots of the Fleet Air Arm. The arts of flying from and landing on naval aircraft carriers: difficulties created by rolling and pitching ships, by bumpy air

Background imageDifficult Collection: Getting quickly on deck from cabins by G. H. Davis

Getting quickly on deck from cabins by G. H. Davis
The difficulty of getting quickly on deck from cabins: the maze inside a modern liner. A suggested illuminated sign, and a photograph of the newly designed Gaskin Hart lifeboat at the West India

Background imageDifficult Collection: British midget submarine attack by G. H. Davis

British midget submarine attack by G. H. Davis
One of the Second World Wars most daring exploits: the British midget submarine (XE3) attack which gained VCs for Lieutenant Ian Fraser RNR and Leading Seaman James Magennis

Background imageDifficult Collection: Doyen Photo

Doyen Photo
EUGENE-LOUIS DOYEN French surgeon noted for his treatment of difficult cases such as Siamese twins : here he is being painted by Carrier-Belleuse in 1906. Date: 1859 - 1916

Background imageDifficult Collection: Henry Lord Hyde

Henry Lord Hyde
HENRY viscount Cornbury and baron HYDE friend of Bolingbroke [the titles of this family are particularly difficult to disentangle... be warned !] Date: 1710 - 1753

Background imageDifficult Collection: WW2 - Keep em Flying - Off the Beam

WW2 - Keep em Flying - Off the Beam - It looks as if our plucky pilot was a bit out of line and is now facing the consequences!! Date: 1942



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