Drops Collection (page 2)

From Plane to Car 1928
JUMPING FROM A PLANE American film actor Reed Howes drops from the wing of a biplane into a car travelling at full speed Date: 1928

When the Raider Drops in by Heath Robinson
Hints 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 hands
Close-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 Rolling
A young lady accidently drops her ball of wool prompting a handsome young man to retrieve it

The Fall of the Year
Cartoon, 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 mangrov
This 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 Exhibition
Dr 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 TRAVEL
A lady flies over a city with her dog on her lap, and suddenly she drops her bag!

NORGE AT NORTH POLE
The Italian-built Norge of the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile expedition drops flags of Italy, Norway and USA at the North Pole

Coal Ships on Tees
Coal is loaded from coal drops into shipping at Middlesbrough, on the Tees : the drops will subsequently be replaced by purpose-built docks

Zeppelin Lz 126 (Zr3)
Zeppelin LZ-126 goes to USA as war reparations : before its departure it flies over Berlin during its test flight and drops a message in the Konigsplatz

Masquerade Party
Woman in a blue dress drops her mask to reveal her identity

Mistletoe / Ally Sloper
Ally Sloper invites some young ladies round to test out the mistletoe; his wife is so shocked, she drops the plum pudding

Boy Carries / Drops Food
A Victorian boy drops a leg of mutton and batter in the street due to the hot dish

Brasidas Drops Shield
The 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 Rewarded
A Frenchwoman drops a coin into the hat of a sleeping beggar, whose dog looks up at her inquisitively

Gulliver & the Monkey
He is seized by a monkey who drops him, whereupon he falls into a gutter whence he is rescued by a servant

Snow White Mother
Snow Whites mother pricks her finger while sewing, and drops of blood fall on the snow- covered windowsill

Baby Abandoned / 1860
A mother abandoning her child at a convent baby wheel

BABY ABANDONED IN TOUR
The " 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-Pail
THE 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

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