Escape Collection (page 3)

1960s fashion, eloping in Victor Stiebel
A couple elope in the most elegant way possible; she wearing a long evening dress in apple green taffeta by Victor Stiebel, with bows added for extra charm

Harry Houdini
Portrait of Harry Houdini, escapologist

Orphaned Muslim Children at Karachi Refugee Camp
Separated or orphaned children at a refugee camp in Karachi set up for Muslims fleeing from India to Pakistan

The Banner Cross Murder
View near Darnall, the scene of the escape and recapture of the prisoner, Charles Peace. Charles Peace was an infamous cat burglar

Spanish Republican Refugees heading for the French Border, 1
Photograph showing some of the Republican refugees who fled Spain for France after the Fall of Barcelona, January 1939. In the first two days the French border was open in 1939, 35

Robin Hood & Bishop
To escape from the bishop and his men, Robin changes clothes with an old woman : later he deprives the bishop of his gold and makes him sing Mass

Negus Flees / Ethiopia
The negus flees before the advancing Italians

Houdini & Daily MIrror Challenge - handcuffs 1904
The handcuffs with which the Daily Mirror challenged Harry Houdini at the London Hippodrome in March 1904. The cuff was allegedly made by a Birmingham blacksmith, Nathaniel Hart

King James II throwing Great Seal into the River Thames
King James II throwing Great Seal of England into the River Thames near Whitehall. The Seal was used for stamping the kings assent on all important documents

People escaping by boat during the Great Fire of London
People escaping by boat on the River Thames during the Great Fire of London. Date: 1666

Cage of Sir Winston Churchills pet budgerigar Toby
" Waiting" for its vanished occupant: The cage of Sir Winston Churchills pet budgerigar Toby which escaped from a hotel in Monte Carlo on February 14 1961

Convair F-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507
Convair NF-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507 (msn 8-27-01) at NASA Lewis Research Center, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH. registered as NASA 607 Built April 1958

The Sinking of the the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North
Illustration showing the German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst listing to starboard as she sank at the end of the Battle of North Cape, approximately 7.30pm on 26th December 1943

China Clay - Escape. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Abraham Wivell's Improved Fire Escape Date: 1860

Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight on USS Antietam CVA-36
United States Navy - Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight performing touch and goes on the newly installed Angled Deck of USS Antietam CVA-36

The Escape of Grotius, aka Hugo de Groot, Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, poet and playwright. He was imprisoned in Loevestein Castle for his involvement in Calvinist disputes

Kodak Fire Brigade win National Fire Escape Championship
The Kodak Fire Brigade, winners of National Fire Escape Championship Date: 1914

West Chiltington Thatch Cottage
A photograph of nutshell thatch cottage at West Chiltington, near Pulborough, a small residence which attracted motorists who desire to escape from towns at the weekend. Date: circa 1929

Examination of Louis XVI, arrested at Varennes, France
The Examination of Louis XVI, arrested at Varennes, 21 June 1791, when attempting to escape with his family in disguise during the French Revolution Date: 1791

Photographs of methods of escape and rescue from fire, indoor and outdoor scenes. Captioned Help for the unconscious and the conscious: Fire ??Escapes??. Date: 1911

German soldier with pickelhelm, rifle and bayonet
When the Germans over-ran Belgium, refugees began to escape to Holland so the Germans built a 100 miles long 2, 000 volt electric fence to stop them

Underwater escapologist - a boy dives into a swimming pool to help a man untie himself from a chair. (1 of 3) Date: 1967

Some of the Republican refugees who fled Spain for France after the fall of Barcelona. Straggling line of women and children marshalled by French Gardes mobiles, while crossing the frontier

DONATI, ngelo (16th century). Comfortable life may slow Death but it can not escape'. Illustration of the manuscript The Courtship of Death (Il Corteggio della Morte) by Abbot Angelo Donati

Spanish Civil War child refugees arrive at Southampton, 1937
Children from Bilbao waiting to land from the Spanish Compania transaltantic liner Habana at Southampton docks-child refugees evacuated to England during the Spanish Civil War, 1937

Prince Henry and Waldemar of Prussia
Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889-1945) with his father, Prince Heinrich (Henry) of Prussia (1862-1929) at Balmoral in the 1890s. Waldemar was the eldest son of Henry and Princess Irene of Hesse

Pastry making - Slit On Top 1907
Make a slit in the top to let the steam escape. Date: 1907

Lafayette Escape Events France 1815 Condemned
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TOMB OF RICHARD PENDRILL
Memorial tomb to Richard Pendrill, who assisted the defeated King Charles II to escape after the Battle of Worcester (1651), St. Giles Churchyard, London. Date: died 1671

WINIFRED MAXWELL, COUNTESS OF NITHSDALE Wife of William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, English Jacobite. She helped him to escape from the Tower. Date: ? - 1749

Comic postcard, Man and seaside landlady Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman escaping from department store Date: 20th century

RAF pilot in disguise used to escape German army, WW2
RAF fighter pilot wearing the disguise in which he escaped the notice of the German Army during WW2 Date: 1941

The special pair of handcuffs from which Houdini had to extract himself, taking over an hour at a highly publicised event sponsored by the Daily Mirror at the Hippodrome

West Ham turntable combination fire engine and escape Date: 1935

Comic postcard, Man racing for the train, pursued by his creditors Date: 20th century

People of Northwest Canada
Interior of an underground Aleut house in Unalaska 43, native methods of starting a fire 44, and Tlicho or Dogrib people in front of their huts 45. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Landowner discovering poachers netting partriduges on his land, 19th century. Mr. Jorrocks sees Benjamin wringing the neck of a partridge that Joshua Sneakington has handed him from a net

Houdini & Daily MIrror Challenge
Houdinis great lock-picking feat at the London Hippodrome. Harry Houdini shown on stage at the London Hippodrome, having specially made cuffs locked to his wrists in the presence of representatives

Escape of Mary Queen of Scots from Loch Leven Castle. 1568

Prince Arthur leaping from the tower. Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany, was imprisoned and then disappeared - the story of his fall from a tower probably originates in Shakespeares play, King John

Americans queuing to try and leave Britain, September 1939
American nationals queuing outside the United States Lines offices in a n attempt to return home, following the outbreak of war in September 1939

King James IIs flight from Ireland after his defeat by William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne. Date: 1690

Napoleon Bonaparte pursued by Cossacks, 1813
Napoleon Bonaparte escaping out of a window as the front door is smashed in by Russian Cossacks after the Battle of Leipzig, 1813

Fire escape, painters easel and indigo mills
Daniel Maseres original suspension pulley and fire escape machine simplified by Mr. Forster, painters easel and indigo mills. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

America -. Mary Lindley Murray detaining Lord Howe
Mrs.Mary Lindley Murray detaining Lord William Howe over tea at her mansion, allowing Israel Putnam to escape and the American forces to retreat to upper Manhattan, September 1776. Date: 1776

America - Benedict Arnold Escpes
Benedict Arnold Escpes During The American War of Independence. Date: 1780

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