Falling Collection (page 10)

Cliff erosion, Black Rock, Brighton, Sussex
The recent landslip at Black Rock, Brighton, Sussex

A Happy Christmas by Ethel Parkinson
A Happy Christmas -- a little Dutch girl and boy shelter from the falling snow under a large umbrella

Dutch girl and boy in the snow
A little Dutch girl and boy stand chatting in a snowy landscape. The girl is holding a basket over her arm, and shelters from the falling snow under a large umbrella

Russia - Trans Siberian Railway
A protection of the line from falling rocks (the Eastern Portal) on the Trans Siberian Railway. The description translates as To The Pacific Ocean

Humourous photographer card
A very silly postcard depicting a photographers subject suffering a rather revealing fate, falling backward over some sticks

A boy falling from a ships mast
A boy who had been observing from the topmast of a ship, looses his balance and is on the verge of falling off when a friend reaches out to pull him back on

Should Autumn Come Before Fair Summers Call
A dancer in a fantastic costume suggestive of autumn and falling leaves

A Sovereign Remedy
John Bull holds the hand of a rather unhealthy looking pound note in a satirical illustration which alludes to the falling value of sterling against the dollar in 1920

Will it Come to This
A possible scenario due to the falling value of the pound against the dollar in 1920. A brashly dressed cigar-smoking American changes a dollar at a bank and when asked how he would like it, replies

Nero
A rather drunk looking man smoking a pipe and playing an accordian sits ignoring the British pound note beside him going up in flames

A Gentle Reminder
The Dollar: Say, you two guys are looking a bit chippy; whats happened? The Sovereign & the Franc: Oh, just a bit of a scrap in France, old son: had you forgotten

Golden Grain
A satirical picture of an American reaper with a huge scythe representing the rate of exchange being sharpened with a lathe representing sterling currency

Maple Fall. A fine autumnal maple tree overhanging a small stream on a bright sunny day. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Pinocchio meets Jack and the Beanstalk
A composite illustration of two childrens stories -- Geppetto making Pinocchio at a table (right), and the Giant falling off the Beanstalk (left)

Northern Gateway - Great Wall of China. A Chinese postcard, posted from Kobe, Japan to Kensington, London from a tourist on a cruise aboard the Franconia Steam liner

Ups-a Daisy
A sensible provision now made on some of the nursery slopes, whereby the plump skier may, with the minimum of effort, regain his or her feet after a fall

Egypt - Cairo - Al Ashraf Mosque
Egypt - Cairo - Sultan Al Ashraf Barsbay (Barsbey) Mosque

The Arrival Of Miss Autumn, by Juan de Sirra
A whimsical illustration of a lady dancing through falling leaves

Portrait of Princess Alice Maud Mary (1843-1878), Grand Duchess of Hesse, third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

German Allies at the top of the pole
A terrific fold-out card depicting the German allies as the dominant holders of a spot at the top of the European maypole as their enemies fail to cling on as they attempt an ascent

Interior of a mud cabin in Kildare, Ireland
A woman and young girl indoors in a mud cabin in Kildare. They sit next to the fire over which a kettle hangs on a chain. This is a poor ramshackle dwelling with the door nearly falling apart

Bombs falling on Knapsack Power Station; Second World War, 1
Aerial photograph, taken from the interior of a Royal Air Force Blenheim bomber, showing bombs dropping towards Knapsack power station, near Cologne in Germany, 12th August 1941

An avalanche in Piedmont, Northern Italy. Great destruction
An avalanche in Piedmont. Avalanches are common in the Piedmontese side of the Alps, much destruction is caused by the falling boulders and snow

Attack on the Communards, Place Vendome; Paris Commune, 1871
Illustration showing the attack, by Government troops, on the Communards in the Place Vendome, 1871. This was one of the last pockets of Communard resistance against the French Army

Cyrano De B / Visits Moon
SAVINIEN DE CYRANO DE BERGERAC French writer visiting the moon, in a story combining science fantasy with political satire

The Tango trouser, 1913
Trousers especially designed for dancing the Tango. The outfit was made up of a skirt slit to the thigh, worn over a pair of Turkish trousers held at the ankle by a band of crystal beads

Long Skirts in Ballroom
Perils of trained skirts in crowded ballrooms when your partner has two left feet! A man steps on the long skirts of two women simultaneously & lands on the floor

Fire Alarm Panic
Rushing feet sometimes become entangled. A child trips up and slips to the floor, tripping up the next and the next child, in a domino effect caused by fire alarm panic

Pin-Up / Bathrobe & Hay
Self-assured, confident brunette gazes at the viewer as she leans against a haystack with her terry towelling bathrobe falling off her shoulder

Hedgehog & Bear 1555
A hedgehog and a bear in a forest

Claude Perrault / Langlois
CLAUDE PERRAULT physician & architect wearing plain, modest clothes of breeches, hose (stockings), falling collar, a cloak with cape collar & shoes without buckles

Draped Brim Hat 1929
A soft, black hat with a soft draped brim turned up at the front and falling in a flap at the rear; green hat with the brim drawn in at the ears

Child with Cat 1922
A young child sits on a garden wall and watches a small kitten playing with the falling leaves from the branches above

Evictions Saxony 1920S
Farmers in northern Saxony try to prevent an eviction as the police look on. Small farmers were hard hit by falling agricultural prices in these years

Dress Reform - Sandals
A party of pedestrians walk through the streets of Berlin, wearing sandals for their healths sake, despite falling snow and the curious looks of passers-by

Myttons Upturns Gig
English eccentric Jack (John) Mytton (1796-1834) deliberately capsizes a gig by driving it into a rabbit hole in order to scare a nervous passenger

Alice Falls down Well
Alice finds herself falling down what seems to be a very deep well

Far-Sighted Man
THE FAR-SIGHTED MAN prepared for every accident, from flying machines falling on his head to gas leaks and biting dogs, from runaway cars to old-fashioned rain

A player falls during a football match -- is it a foul?

Jack and Jill filling a pail of water
Jack lowers his pail into the water while Jill prevents him from falling in by holding tightly to the back of his jacket

Boy on stilts
A boy on stilts smiles out at the reader

French Grenadiers
Grenadiers of the Garde Imperiale in action in falling snow at the indecisive battle of Eylau against a combined Russian and Austrian army

Churchill / Gulbransson 15
WINSTON CHURCHILL German satirical comment on the failure of Churchills Dardanelles expedition - he is kicked out of the War Office

Walking Dress / Muff 1819
Grey kerseymere pelisse with long sleeves falling over the hands. Trimmed with ruby coloured velvet at cuffs, epaulettes, and round the perimeter of the garment

Yellow Frock 1836
Redingote: embroidered trim, deep falling tucker, skirt en tablier, sleeves en bouffant at the middle of the arm & trimmed with ribbons & roses. Shown in pale yellow & in pink

Grape-Trimmed Dress 1840
Dress adorned with bunches of grapes: with a lace falling tucker, pointed waist & short puffed sleeves. The skirt is pinned up on one side. Worn with a plumed tudor style hat

Ice Skating / 18th Century
Sledging, skating - and falling - on the Glaciere at Gentilly, outside Paris

C17 Ball Timekeeper
The FALLING BALL TIMEKEEPER has a central band which slowly rotates; the time is indicated by a pointing figure

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