Extreme Collection (page 4)

The Parrot, by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoon, 1918
" THE PARROT" In the first half of the cartoon a young politician is shown standing up in the Commons during WWI claiming that the country has reached the extreme crisis of the war

Extreme Biplane Comparison, Airfield, Germany. A six foot man on top of the plane!. Date: 1910s

Group of Edwardian men in countryside on Eyam Moor
The purpose of this gathering is not known, only the man at extreme left is know and he is George Barnshaw, a manager at Battersbys Hat Factory in Stockport

Snow in Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, seen here looking deserted after a snow storm. Date: 1895

Flooding in Port Arthur, Texas, USA, 16-17 August 1915. Showing people standing in deep water at the corner of Austin Avenue and Proctor, near the First National Bank (right). Date: 1915

Pony in the snow, West Country. Date: 1962-1963

Car in a snowdrift near Crediton, Devon
A car driving through the middle of a snowdrift near Crediton, Devon. The road has been cut through by a bulldozer. Date: 1963

Blizzard over St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
A blizzard over St Michaels Mount, Cornwall. Date: 1987

W. S. P. U Fife and Drum Band 1909
W.S.P.U Fife and Drum Band 1909. The W.S.P.Us Fife and Drum band was formed in early 1909, and first appeared in public in May 1909 to advertise the Womens Exhibition at the Princes Skating Rink

Anti-Suffrage Army of Militants. Extreme German view of the English Army of Militant Suffragettes with their weapons of war - bombs, guns, axes, acid and scissors. Date: circa 1913

Coastline from Denmark to Ushant by G. H. Davis
From sandy dunes to rocky cliffs: the coastline from Denmark to Ushant (Brittany), a distance of about 1200 miles. The terrain of the European shores from Denmark to the extreme of Brittany

Fashionable gentleman aping the Frenchman
A satirical illustration about fashion for English gentlemen aping extreme French fashions in revolutionary France. This affected gentleman wears a Parisian-style tall hat

Aircraft Personnel
The Captain (extreme left), Cabin Crew and Air Hostesses of an Air France aeroplane. Date: late 1950s

Aberytwyth Harbour
A low-tide view of the harbour at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales, with its castle keep in the background, on the extreme left of the photograph. Date: 1960s

John Allen, right, of the Avro Weapons Research Division?
John Allen, right, of the Avro Weapons Research Division, discussed the extreme launch accuracies needed for lunar probes at a lecture to the Graduates

John Allen, left, of the Avro Weapons Research Division, ?
John Allen, left, of the Avro Weapons Research Division, discussed the extreme launch accuracies needed for lunar probes at a lecture to the Graduates

Man carries a lamp on an Egyptian street - Egyptian Darkness
Egyptian Darkness - a phrase meaning very intense darkness, which comes from Exodus X.21-2: God then said to Moses, Stretch out your hand towards heaven, and let darkness

The Gondola of Auguste Piccard
The Gondola of Prof. Auguste Piccard and Monsieur Cosyns used for the second ascent into the stratosphere on August 18th, 1932. The maximum height reached was 16, 940 metres (10 1/2 miles)! Date: 1932

Wilbur (centre) and Orville Wright, Prof Huntington and Griffith Brewer (extreme right) at Shellbeach, 4 May 1909. Date: 1909

Environmental degradation in El Salvador
Photo of environmental degradation in El Salvador

SPAIN. Madrid. Funeral of five Labour lawyers murdered by extreme right gunmen in the neighbourhood of Atocha, Madrid (1977)

Spain. Demonstration of the extreme right-wing at the Plaza de Oriente in Madrid (1st October 1975). Demonstration supporting Franco

Spain. Extreme right-wing demonstration in Plaza de Oriente, Madrid (October 1, 1975) supporting Francos regime after

Depiction sacraments of Extreme unction and Confession. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Climbing a Glacier
Climbing a glacier with ropes through a hazardous tangle of ravines. It takes 7 hours to advance up the 4500 feet face of the glacier. Date: 1930s

Old Baslow Bridge, which spans the River Derwent, Derbyshire, England. On the extreme right can be seen the Toll-House, one of the smallest in Britain. Date: built 1603

Langdale Pikes
Hardy climbers on snowy summits of Langdale Pikes, Cumbria, Lake District, England Date: 1950s

Northants Farmhouse
The entrance to a farm at Wicken, a village in the extreme south of the county of Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1960s

Chinese Beggar Date: circa 1910s

Stunt Car over Flames
A stunt car flies through the air over a bonfire of tyres and the crowd, standing in the rain, are loving it! Date: 1960s

Parachutes 1960S
Sky divers are relieved when their parachutes open at 2000 feet above ground. Date: 1960s

Sky Divers 1960S
Sky divers freefalling.. with their parachutes open? Date: 1960s

Lieutenant Rex Warneford - WWI Ace Hero
On 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Reginald ( Rex ) Alexander John Warneford, VC (1891- 1915), a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

Warneford attacks Zeppelin at Ghent
On 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Reginald Alexander John Warneford, VC (1891- 1915), a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

The suffrage debate: two extreme portraits
The anti-suffragette as seen by the suffragette, and the suffragette as seen by the anti-suffragette: a coy and slightly demonic looking young woman in evening wear simpers at the viewer

Lear / Nonsense / Russia
There was a Young Lady of Russia, who screamed so that no one could hush her; Her screams were extreme, no one heard such a scream as was screamed by that Lady from Russia

Venice - The Extreme outer border of Venice, marked by a small island and statue of the Virgin Mary. The distinctive Venetian skyline is visible in the background

Cars stuck in snow at Pease Pottage, 1963
A long line of cars stranded at Pease Pottage Hill on the London to Brighton road in deep snow during the ferocious winter of 1963

Jets to clear snow drifts in Wales in 1947
Men engaged in fitting jet units to the rear of a wagon on a snow encrusted stretch of line near Brecon, an ingenious way of clearing the disabling snow drifts preventing trains carrying coal

Benfleet Creek during the winter of 1947
Benfleet Creek in Essex, haunt of motor boat enthusiasts and summer bathing belles wears a forbidding aspect during the big freeze of 1947

RAF Binbrooke cut off during the winter of 1947
An aerial view of the airfield and aerodrome buildings at Binbrooke, Lincolnshire, as men came out from their huts to pick up the supplies which had been dropped by two Dakotas of Transport Command

Bredhurst isolated by snow in 1947
An aerial view showing squads of men cutting their way through drifts to the village of Bredhurst which, although only four miles from Chatham in Kent

Experiment with jets to clear away snow in Wales, 1947
Jet engines or gas turbines, acting like blow lamps, eat their way through the snow as a truck advances down the railway line in the hills of South Wales

Skating on St. Jamess Park lake during winter of 1947
A cheerful crowd disporting on the ice in front of Buckingham Palace. During one of the coldest winters experienced by Britain, nearly all London lakes were available for skaters

North Bank of the Thames from Blackfriars Bridge to London B
Engraving showing a view of the North bank of the River Thames from Blackfriars Bridge (extreme left) to London Bridge (extreme right), 1865

North Bank of the Thames from Westminster to Temple, London
Engraving showing a view, across the River Thames, towards the North bank stretching from the Houses of Parliament (on left) to the Inner Temple (extreme right), London, 1865

French at Sebastopol
The extreme right of the French positions before the besieged city

Vietnam River Scene
Native boats on the river Taifo in Cochin-China, the extreme south of Vietnam

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