Escapes Collection

Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert
Undated coloured poster for Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert featuring illustrations of his tricks and performances. HPF/5B/18

Queen of Scots Escapes
Mary Queen of Scots escapes from Loch Leven Castle in a rowing boat

Matilda Escapes Stephen
Empress Matilda escapes in white clothing over snow and ice from Oxford, where she had been besieged by King Stephen

LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark
An early electric wheeled escape ladder vehicle, Cedes battery-driven pump/50ft escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard at Southwark Headquarters

LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark HQ
An early electric wheeled ladder escape vehicle, a Cedes battery-driven pump/50 foot escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard of Southwark Headquarters

Queen of Scots Escapes
Mary Queen of Scots escapes from Loch Leven Castle

Westland Whirlwind Series 1 G-ANFH and Bell 47B-3 G-AKFN
Westland Whirlwind Series 1 G-ANFH (msn WA15) at Gatwick. Built 1953 and delivered from Yeovil to Gatwick on 2 November 1954 for British European Airways

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

London Fire Brigade with fire engines
Petrol-driven fire escapes and steam-driven motor fire engine, London Fire Brigade Date: 1923

Devonport Orphanage, Plymouth, Devon
Children line the fire escapes at the Devonport Orphanage, Plymouth Date: circa 1905

Fantastic Adventures - The living Dead
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, November 1941, featuring the story The living Dead by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A tiger with pincers fights a weird looking red lion while a woman climb up a tree to

LAWYERS ARRESTED
After the trial of general Travot, even his advocats are arrested : but he escapes the death penalty, sentenced to 20 years in prison, where he dies insane. Date: 1816

MUSSORGSKY/KHOVANSCCHINA
Costume for Martha, a widow, mystic, former mistress of Andrei Khovanski, son of Ivan K : she escapes being drowned, dies throwing herself into a fire

Napoleon Lands Antibes Events War Napoleonic
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America - Arnold Escapes
Benedict Arnold Escapes During The American War of Independence. 1780

Charles Is son Charles hides in an oak at Boscobel
King Charles Is son Charles is hiding up an oak to hide from Cromwells soldiers after the Battle of Worcester. The oak at Boscobel House was called " The Royal Oak ". 1651

Matilda escapes Oxford wearing a white cloak
In 1141, Matilda was trapped in Oxford on a snowy winter night. Stephens solders were all around. When the food ran out she put on a large white cloak and escaped over the wall

Ranulf Flambards escape from The Tower of London
The escape of Bishop Ranulf Flambard (circa 1060-1128) from The Tower of London (he had been imprisoned by William Rufus successor Henry I of England)

CRIME / JACK SHEPPARD
Jack Sheppard (1702-1724); English thief; committed almost daily robberies in or near London. Captured through Jonathan Wild. Daring escapes from Newgate prison; hanged. Date: 1724

Bonnie Prince Charlies escapes 1746
Prince Charles Edward escapes from Long Island disguised as the servant-girl Betty Date: 1746

Jack Sheppard
Engaving depicting Jack Sheppards many escapes from jail. 19th century. Date: 19th century

The Royal Infirmary, Bradford, West Yorkshire. Date: 1938

LCC-LFB Bromptons Dennis pump at Lambeth HQ
Station A8 was Brompton fire station. Here its dual-purpose petrol Dennis pump is seen standing at Lambeth headquarters

Cyclops & Ram
Odysseus escapes from the cave of Polyphemus the Cyclops (who has now been blinded) by clinging to the underbelly of a ram

Anarchist Paracutist
A parachutist escapes from the Attila - the aptly-named flying machine of the evil- minded anarchist Hartmann - while on a bombing raid. (Story only guessed at) Date: 1902

A London Fire brigade wheeled ladder escape vehicle
Outside the London County Council boundary, Penge, to the south of London, was one of many fire brigades which had just one fire station covering its geographical area

LCC-LFB rescue drills at Brigade HQ
Two escape ladders and two hook ladders at work on the Headquarters main drill tower and firefighters performing rescues by carrying down and lowering by line using live casualties

GLC-LFB Headquarters, Lambeth fire station
The pump-escape, pump and turntable ladder from Lambeth fire station stand on the forecourt of the Brigade Headquarters. Lambeth fire station occupied the ground and first floor of the main building

St Paul Escapes Damascus
St Pauls escape from Damascus

Crusoe Escapes the Moors
Robinson Crusoe escapes from the Moors

Strogoff Title Page
He escapes his pursuers by a reckless leap... Date: first published 1876

Anna Pavlova / Popolo Swan
ANNA PAVLOVA One of the Russian ballet dancers swans escapes into the streets of London Date: 1881 - 1931

Charles II and Jane Lane
Charles II escapes with Jane Lane. Date: 1651

Napoleon III escaping from life imprisonment
Napoleon III, disguised as a labourer, escapes from the Chateau de Ham, where he had been condemned to life imprisonment in 1840. The escape was successful -- two days later he turned up in London

Street in Chinatown, New York City, USA, with shops and restaurants. Date: circa 1940

Bonzo gets that spring feeling by George Studdy
Bonzo gets that spring feeling when confronted by a bull in a field. Chee-Kee the Pekingese escapes the easy way by slipping under the five-bar gate rather than being head-butted over it

Marie De Medici - 2
Marie de Medici escapes from France and seeks refuge in Amsterdam, where her arrival is applauded by the Dutch because they see it as recognition of the republic. Date: 1638

Marie De Medici - 3
Marie de Medici escapes from France and seeks refuge in Amsterdam, where her arrival is applauded by the Dutch because they see it as recognition of the republic. Date: 1638

Marie De Medici - 4
Marie de Medici escapes from France and seeks refuge in Amsterdam, where her arrival is applauded by the Dutch because they see it as recognition of the republic. Date: 1638

Marie De Medici - 1
Marie de Medici escapes from France and seeks refuge in Amsterdam, where her arrival is applauded by the Dutch because they see it as recognition of the republic. Date: 1638

Three boys escape on a mustang
Three boys (fleeing their savage captors) escape on a mustang and ride all the way to the seashore. Date: 1898

Three boys escape their savage captors during the night
Three boys escape their savage captors (drunk on brandy) during the night, grabbing some of their clothes to wear in the process. Date: 1898

Cheeky young Puppy avoids bathtime
A cheeky young pup escapes the possibility of bathtime by making a run for it from his wooden tub. Brother and Sister are about to give chase! Date: circa 1950s

Liquid oxygen vapour escapes during pre-launch checkout of the first Thor IRBM launched in a training exercise by a three-man RAF launch crew at Vandenberg

Boy sitting in garden
A boy sits on a little stool in his beautiful garden, so engrossed in whittling a twig that he doesnt notice his bird escaping from its cage. c. 1910

LCC-LFB motorised pump-escape at Greenwich
LCC-London Fire Brigade motorised pump-escape at Greenwich, SE London. This fire engine also carried an in-built 60 gallon chemical extinguisher which fed through a hosereel

LCC-LFB solid tyre Turntable Ladder
LCC-London Fire Brigade solid tyre Turntable Ladder

LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder drill
London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark SE1, with firefighters taking part in escape ladder drill, using an extension ladder to gain additional height

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