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The climb of Rio-Frio barricaded by the MexicansA battalion of soldiers march up the Rio-Frio pass, with two officers on horseback watching as groups of soldiers ahead try to drag fallen trees and logs from the path. Date: 1863
Skiing misfortuneA Skiing misfortune as a skier takes a tumble trying to navigate through a clump of trees on a Swiss alpine slope. Date: 1924
Skating in the Parks - Another Man in! 1857Skating on a frozen pond in public park, with men fallen into the thin ice and been rescued with the means of a funny looking contraption. Date: 1857
Curtis British Entomology Plate 709Hemiptera: Harpocera burmeisteri Curtis = Harpocera thoracica (Fallen) [Plant: Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Fox-tail)] Date: 1824-39
Pillars of the Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, LebanonThe six golden pillars of the Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Lebanon. Date: circa 1940s
The fallen statue of Seostris, Memphis, Egypt, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s
The top three images show members of the Salvation Army who, described as slum saviours, went to live with the poorest London people to help and provide for them
St. Andrews Church, Hempstead, Essexcirca 1910s
St. Andrews Church, Hempstead, Essex - The Fallen Towercirca 1910s
Family Fun on Patio Date: 1948
White-Tailed Deer Date: 1948
Lost and Found Date: 1948
HELPING FALLEN CLIMBERA climber who has fallen into a crevasse is helped out by two mountaineers. Date: circa 1930
STAGE GESTURE / FALLEN GTFALLEN GREATNESS Date: 1807
Girl with dogs, cats and dollsA little girl with her arms full of dolls: her two puppies fight over a doll which has fallen to the floor, while her cat drinks milk from a bowl. Date: circa 1890
WW1 - Home Front - Daylight Air Raid - Damage to GPO, LondonWW1 - Home Front - Daylight Air Raid - Damage to the General Post Office building, London. Date: 1917
Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - Tomb of Queen HatshepsutThebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - The Ramesseum, the mausoleum of Egyptian Pharoah Rameses II, with the fallen statue of Rameses - famed as the part-inspiration for the poem Ozymandias by Percy
The road down in Izmir - a Camel Caravan approachingThe road down in Izmir, Turkey - a Camel Caravan approaching. Date: circa 1910s
The Colonnacce, Forum of Nerva, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1900s
Grosseto - Italy - Monument to the Fallen for the FatherlandThe Monument to the Fallen for the Fatherland (Tomb of the Unknown Soldier) in Piazza della Vasca - built in 1896 by Hippolytus and Giuseppe Luciani. Date: 1901
Grosseto - Italy - StatuesGrosseto in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), by Tito Sarrocchi (1824-1900)
Earthquake - Damage to the Cathedral, Messina, SicilySicily, Italy - 12th Century Norman Cathedral of Messina badly damaged during an earthquake in 1908. King Conrad is buried inside, alongside several archbishops
WW2 - Germany - Bombed-out young girl with her doll Date: circa 1945
Road accident involving a bus, Elgin Avenue, LondonRoad accident involving a bus which has fallen down a large hole in Elgin Avenue, West London, on 5 May 1946. The advert on the side of the bus says: Look Your Best in Windsmoor. Date: 1946
St Faiths House of Mercy, Lostwithiel, CornwallThe St Faiths House of Mercy at Lostwithiel provided a home and support for fallen women such as unmarried pregnant girls. Date: Date unknown
GLC-LFB Turntable ladder overturned on roadwayLack of stability at speed and when manoeuvring very occasionally resulted in fire engines overturning, because of the relatively high centre of gravity (loading) of the turntable ladder
Canadian Inuksuk Monument Utah Beach MuseumIt is estimated that about 3, 000 Native Canadians (Inuit, Metis and others) fought in WW2 of whom some 200 died. The Memorial, built by Inuk Elder Peter Irniq was unveiled on 30 October 2005
Ice skating accident with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
The Novice Who Ticked Off The Bridge Expert by H M BatemanThe Novice Who Ticked Off The local Bridge Expert by H M Bateman. This illustration shows a man who is so unused to being contradicted that his monocle has fallen from his eye
Baalbek, Lebanon - Temple of Bacchus - Interior Decoration. Date: circa 1910s
19th century reconstruction of the Aegina West Pediment. TemAegina West Pediment. Sanctuary of Aphaia, Aegina Island, Greece. Reconstruction by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1884). 19th century. Athena and warriors. Glyptothek Museum. Munich. Germany
Pergamon Altar. Theia, giant fallen and SelenePergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy: south frieze
Eighty Years War (1568-1648). Sack of Antwerp (4 November 1576) by Spanish tercios during the reign of Philip II of Spain. Facsimile of a copper engraving of F. Hogenberg. Colored
Cartoon, Two young Frenchwomen, WW1Two women in winter coats which echo the fashionable silhouette: high waisted, voluminous skirts & high all round collars. Hats now have high crowns & narrow brims. Date: 1918
Franciscan monks beggingBefore the order was reformed in 1528, the Franciscans had fallen from the high standards set by Francesco d Assisi... begging, and chatting up the girls... Date: 15th century
Francisco FrancoGeneral Francisco Franco visiting the works of Valle de los Cas (Valley of the Fallen)
A young Common Monitor Lizard rests (sunbathing in order to raise the body-temperature) on a tree-trunk, fallen in a small stream in rainforest (Varanus salvator)
Scene after a storm in Nome, Alaska, USAScene after a great storm in Nome, Alaska, USA, showing damage to buildings. The storm took place on 6 October 1913. Date: 1913
Blitz Bomb damage - Banqueting Hall, Guildhall, LondonBomb damage at the Banqueting Hall of the Guildhall, City of London, on 29th December 1940 during the Second World War. Date: 1940
House of Mercy, Great Maplestead, EssexThe Great Maplestead House of Mercy provided a home and support for fallen women such as unmarried pregnant girls. Date: Date unknown
Map of Okinawa island by G. H. DavisOkinawa island, the Key to Japan, whose capital, Naha, had just fallen towards the end of the Second World War. It was a vital base for the air war on Japan. Date: 1945
Cavalry pack horse takes a fall, Western Front, WW1A cavalry pack horse takes a fall down a steep bank on the Western Front in France during World War One. Three soldiers try to help the animal up. Date: circa 1916
Lone British gunner near Mons, Belgium, WW1The Last Gunner -- a lone British gunner of the Royal Field Artillery in action near Mons, Belgium, during the First World War. He carried on valiantly after all his colleagues had fallen
The final moments of Hayreddin Barbarossa, Ottoman AdmiralA fanciful depiction of the final moments of the life of Hayreddin Barbarossa (Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha) (1478-1546), Ottoman Admiral of the fleet. Date: 1546
Falling down the stairs - the end result is the sameVoice from above - " Whist, Mick! Are yer for faalen down shtairs?" Mick - " Uts arl roight, oi was comin down, anyhow!" Date: 1896
Ruins at Hisarlik / TroyRuins at Hisarlik (" Place of Fortresses" ), the modern name for the site of ancient Troy. The unoccupied archaeological site lies approximately 6.5 km from the Aegean Sea
Battle of Uhud (23rd March 625). Hind, woman of Abu-Sufiyan and other pagan women of Mecca mutilate the fallen in Uhud. Miniature Painting. TURKEY. Istanbul. Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
The Doctors dreamHaving fallen asleep in a room lined with books, Dr Syntax dreams that the books have grown wings and heads of various acquaintances and are flying around above him. Date: 1813