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Dropping from a Kite Balloon 1917A British observer drops from the car of a kite balloon, attached to the parachute which is hanging over the side of the basket. His colleague has already jumped and is on his way to the ground
Pharmacist (Maxims)A pharmacist measures out drops for the megrims (winter blues)
Father Cmas / Chimney / CarFather Christmas stands on his rope ladder among the snowy rooftops and drops a toy car down a lucky childs chimney
Syntax Star-GazingDr Syntax shows a lady the stars through a telescope, while the butler trips over a dog on the stairs and drops his tray of crockery
Fortune flying through the sky on the wheelFortune, sprinkling a cornucopia of money and flowers on the lucky, is transported across the clouds atop the Wheel of Fortune.... Date: circa 1902
Taking a tumble has its compensations" The New Compensation Act" - " Hooray! I believe I ve broken my arm!" - a hotel chambermaid is not unduly concerned at her fall
The CastleAn architectural etching of a distant castle, perched on a rocky peak, with sheer drops on each side. Date: circa 1918
Douglas A-25 Invader bomber over Germany, April 1945Vintage World War II photograph - official US military photo: Douglas A-25 Invader bomber drops its load, somewhere over Germany, April 1945
World War II - Russian cavalry ManchuriaVintage World War II photograph - RAF Liberator bomber drops its load on Na Nien Thailand in the war against Japan
World War II RAF Liberator bomber Na Nien ThailandVintage World War II photograph - RAF Liberator bomber drops its load on Na Nien Thailand in the war against Japan
Hotel guest beset by salespeople in the parlour of the Hotel des Quatre Nations, Paris, 18th century. The room is full of furriers, lace sellers, hatters, mercers, hairdressers, tailors
Visiting gentlemen refused entry to a house by a servant. The Inflexible Porter. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed by Henry Bunbury
Awanda in the kitchenOh dear, there goes our breakfast. Awanda drops an egg on the floor watched by her dolls. Date: circa 1924
Coral drops or elegant bessera, Bessera elegans. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G
Coral drops, Bessera elegans (Hollow-leaved pharium, Pharium fistulosum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by William Herbert from Sydenham Edwards Botanical
Annual procession of the Holy Blood, Bruges, Belgium -- supposedly drops of Jesuss blood brought from the Holy Land in 1150 by Theodoric, Count of Flanders, preserved in a chapel in the Grand Place
A lady feeds her pet birds, some inside an elaborate aviary, so roaming free... She is using her skirt as a holder for her birdseed! Date: circa 1820s
(insert)Comic Postcard - Don t try to enter by the Exit Door or you will get Squeezed! - A smart young Gent is trapped neither within or without this packed rush hour District Line London Underground
Empire Theatre
MISHAP WITH A GUNA gentleman drops his gun as he climbs a gate, spattering both himself and his companion with shot Date: 1836
Maruyama Okyo - Womans shock at dropping a water container Date: late 18th century
The Nodding Renealmia, engraved by Caldwall after Henderson, in a book entitled The Temple of Flora by Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837). The book was published between 1799 and 1807. Date: 1801
Susi - walking in the rain under umbrellaSusi - walking in the rain and catching drops of water from an umbrella. 1950s
WW2 - Pilots Sketch of his Spitfire Squadrons OfficersWW2 - A fun sketch by Pilot Christian Mazo of his Spitfire Squadrons Officers, playfully bombing a hapless German. No. 329 Squadron appears to have connections to the Free French (note livery)
Fountain. Water jet. Italy
Niagara Bridge StuntLaurence Donovan drops 200 feet from Niagara Bridge Date: 1886
Advert / Cough Drops 1950Nican cough drops - dissolve a cough instantly Date: 1950
Pixie silhouettePixies in silhouette making diamonds from rain drops at night-time.Date: circa 1938
Cartoon, The imperial eagle, WW1Cartoon, The imperial eagle. He will return to his eyrie devoid of feathers, never to return. A comment on a German retreat during the First World War. Date: 1916
WW1 - Commodore Bigsworth drops bombs on zeppelin, 1915WW1 - Air Commodore Arthur Wellesley Bigsworth (1885-1961) was a pioneer aviator who had a distinguished military career in the service of the British armed forces
WW1 - French air reconnaisance, 1914WW1 - French air-scouts on a Breguet biplane. A Sergeant of Engineers is piloting, one passenger is observing the country below, the other throws out a cylindrical case containing a message
Switzerland - Lauterbrunnen, the StaubbachColoured lantern slide of a view through the town of Lauterbrunnen. In the background is the Staubbach Falls. The waterfall drops about 300 metres from a hanging valley that ends in overhanging
Piers by night, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1920s
French biplane dropping propaganda leaflets, WWIHow the French army contradicts German misstatements. A French biplane drops leaflets over German land hoping to prove to the German soldiers the falsity of the statements made to them by their
Cartoon, This Years Sea Serpent, WW1Cartoon, This Years Sea Serpent, depicting the Russian allies in the early stages of the First World War as a sea creature with the head of a Cossack
Sir Wilfrid Lawson with Labouchere, Healy and Gibson BowlesThe Story of the Wicked Wags (cont.). Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet (18291906) an English temperance campaigner and radical
Theatrical Lodging House Keeper who drops her h sTheatrical Lodging House Keeper: " What name did you say, Sir? Harlton?" Actor (about to take apartment): " No, not Harlton - Arlton." T.L.K: " Oh
North American X-15 56-6670 drops awayNorth American X-15, 56-6670, drops away from its Boeing B-52B mothership
The Old Curiosity Shop, Swiveller in the public houseThe Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841
Rain on a SkylightRain on a skylight. Date: 1939
Maid Drops TrayMaid drops the tray Date: circa 1900
Family ShoppingA family shopping expedition in London. The little boy drops a doll as he struggles to carry all his new toys. Date: circa 1890
When the Raider Drops in by Heath RobinsonHints for householders for when a German raider drops in during World War I. Don t surrender - do sit on him until help arrives
Gipsy womans handsClose-up of a middle-aged gipsy womans hands, blemished with hard work. She is wearing several rings on both hands, and a man-sized watch
Setting The Ball RollingA young lady accidently drops her ball of wool prompting a handsome young man to retrieve it
The Fall of the YearCartoon, The Fall of the Year. The sort of unfortunate happening that must spoil the efforts of film-makers. A leaf drops between a kissing couple
The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Native carriers crossing mangrovThis shows the difficulties of the native bearers as they tried to cross the mangroves on the river banks of the river Prah
Baby incubators at the Berlin ExhibitionDr Lions baby incubators proved to be a great attraction at the Berlin Exhibition. Babies aged between five and eight months old were kept alive in warm temperatures and nourished with drops of milk
AIR TRAVELA lady flies over a city with her dog on her lap, and suddenly she drops her bag!
Coal Ships on TeesCoal is loaded from coal drops into shipping at Middlesbrough, on the Tees : the drops will subsequently be replaced by purpose-built docks
Masquerade PartyWoman in a blue dress drops her mask to reveal her identity
Mistletoe / Ally SloperAlly Sloper invites some young ladies round to test out the mistletoe; his wife is so shocked, she drops the plum pudding
Boy Carries / Drops FoodA Victorian boy drops a leg of mutton and batter in the street due to the hot dish
Brasidas Drops ShieldThe Spartan admiral Brasidas, bombarded by Athenians defending the fortress of Pylos, drops his shield into the sea, an omen to the Greeks, who soon defeat him
Sleeping Beggar RewardedA Frenchwoman drops a coin into the hat of a sleeping beggar, whose dog looks up at her inquisitively
Gulliver & the MonkeyHe is seized by a monkey who drops him, whereupon he falls into a gutter whence he is rescued by a servant
Snow White MotherSnow Whites mother pricks her finger while sewing, and drops of blood fall on the snow- covered windowsill
Baby Abandoned / 1860A mother abandoning her child at a convent baby wheel
BABY ABANDONED IN TOURThe " tour" in which parents could place infants they wished to abandon. When the bell was pulled the sisters would revolve the tour 180 degrees and collect the baby
The Maid & the Milk-PailTHE MILKMAID & THE MILK A dairymaid, daydreaming about what she ll do with the money for the milk at market, drops the pail and the milk is wasted
