Falling Collection (page 5)

Comic postcard, Couple leapfrogging on the beach - I m full of fun and fancy free! Date: 20th century

Ice skating accident with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, French boys gathering coal, WW1
Cartoon, French boys gathering stray pieces of coal during a supply crisis. One of them says he will sell a bag to an old gentleman he knows. Date: 1917

Sir Richard Beaumont
SIR RICHARD BEAUMONT owner of Whitley Hall in Yorkshire; he is wearing a falling ruff over his slashed coat. Date: 1574 - 1631

Costumes of the 1640S
Costumes of various European women not all of them ladies of fashion. N.B decollete bodice with lace falling collar & cuffs & gowns hitched up to reveal petticoats. Date: 1640

Cartoon, Pilot falling from plane, WW1
Cartoon, a German pilot falls from his plane towards an airfield below. He doesn t appear to have a parachute, but he feels fortunate to have his little dog mascot with him. Date: 1917

A bearded man stands in front of 3 ornately carved columns
Black and white. A bearded man stands in front of 3 ornately carved columns which are falling into disrepair - one of them has lost its middle section. At least of of the carvings represents Buddha

Baling out of a stricken aeroplane by G. H. Davis
The gentle art of baling out: escape technique. How airmen dive and drift to safety through space. The use of the parachute during the Second World War: methods of escape from stricken aeroplanes

Alexander the Great and the broken ladder, 326 BC
Soldiers, enthused by Alexander the Greats example, swarm up a ladder, used to attack the fortified city walls of the Mallians

Cavalry pack horse takes a fall, Western Front, WW1
A 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

Tobacconists shop in Chester, Cheshire
The House of Bewlay tobacconists shop in Eastgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, where paranormal activity was reported from 1968 onwards

Getting the Wind up - Waverley Steps, Edinburgh, Scotland
Getting the Wind up - Pedestrians suffer the consequences of a sudden gust of Scottish wind on the Waverley Steps, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: circa 1930s

Falling down the stairs - the end result is the same
Voice from above - " Whist, Mick! Are yer for faalen down shtairs?" Mick - " Uts arl roight, oi was comin down, anyhow!" Date: 1896

WWII - Mussolini slips up invading Greece - First Day Cover. A nice pun on Greece and Grease. Date: 1941

Blitz in London -- improvised shoulder protectors
Blitz in London -- the London Fire Brigade innovated to protect its fire crews from injury from falling debris by utilising old rubber tyres, cut to form shoulder protectors

Satirical political cartoon, The Fall of Icarus, showing a plump, naked Earl Temple (Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos)

North Gate at Chateau d Hougoumont
Chⴥ au d Hougoumont is a large farmhouse situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in Braine-l Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium

Evening Dress 1890S
Short puffed sleeves, lace- edged falling tucker, bodice with round waist, cuffs, bodice & waistband ornamented with bead work. She holds an ostrich plume fan open. Date: 1890s

Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (4 / 4)
Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (4/4) A Burmese lady in a beautiful outfit, her long dark hair falling down from her head surrounded by pink flowers, holding a parasol

Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold
The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold - humorous illustrative interpretation of a quote from Lord Byron by Victorian illustrator and postcard publisher Martin Anderson ( Cynicus )

1890S Blouse & Hairstyle
Satin blouse with deep lace falling tucker, puffed half- length sleeves with gathered cuff & frill, checked skirt with Swiss belt waistband. N.B doorknocker top knot hairstyle

Tarot Card 16 - La Maison Dieu (The Tower)

Victorian Scrap - Army Donkey Race. late 19th century

Pranks in the Briny - aqua planing
A group of boys play in the sea. One boy gives aqua planing a go but doesn t stay on long. Date: 1932

Suez at low tide, Egypt
A group of people sitting on the seabed of the Gulf of Suez at low tide with Suez and boats being aground in the background in north-eastern Egypt. Date: circa 1900

The Best of Luck, by Hamilton, Raleigh and Collins
The Best of Luck by Henry Hamilton, Cecil Raleigh and Arthur Collins. First produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, September 1916

River bank of the Nile near Cairo, Egypt
River bank of the Nile at low tide covered with palm trees near Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1908

District Railway line - London Underground - A sudden stop! (see: 10176658) Date: circa 1910

Kitten with ducklings falling out of a basket
Unusual Friends - kitten with ducklings falling out of a basket. 1950s

Queen Sirikit of Thailand in Gstaad, Switzerland
Queen Sirikit (1932-) of Thailand falls over to much hilarity, trying a spot of skiing at the Swiss winter sports resort of Gstaad

Hotel Bill - Helpful Service. circa late 18th century

The Student by H. M. Bateman
A particularly studious student, so engrossed in the book he is reading, accidentally strides off the edge of a cliff. Date: 1925

Fantastic Adventures - Eye of the World by Alexander Blade. Two men parachute over a mountain range, passing by a gigantic jewel

Watching the snow - Two children look at the flakes falling
Watching the snow - Two young children look out of their window at the flakes falling from a grey sky. Date: 1912

Parish Church Cromer - Long aisled Church, Square Tower. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. The Church of St Peter

Two boys and a pig on a Christmas postcard
Two boys and a pig in the snow on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Two pigs skiing on a German New Year postcard. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson, awarded the V. C
WW1 - " Going!, Going!!, Gone!!!" Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson (1895-1918), awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to

Fantastic Adventures - Nine worlds west
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1951, featuring the story Nine worlds west by Clee Garson. Green skinned weird looking man watches a young screaming woman falling into a burning abyss. Date: 1951

American Superfortresses bombing Burma, WW2
American 20th US Bomber Command Superfortresses bombing a Japanese supply depot near Rangoon, Burma, in March 1945 during the Second World War. Date: 1945

RAF parachutists pouring beer while in freefall. Date: 1960s

Phaethons Fall, 1678, by Johann Heiss (1640-1704)
Johann Heiss (1640-1704). German painter. Phaethons Fall, 1678. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic

France. Par?=?s. Notre Dame cathedral. Portal of St. Anne. Synagogue. AllegorycaI statue depicted with his eyes covered, her crown falling on the floor, the tables of the law reversed

Cartoon, The course of the Deutschmark, WW1
Cartoon, The course of the Deutschmark. The nymphs of the goldmine have deserted the waters (a parody of Ovid). Two classical female figures walk away as a group of German civilians look despondently

Cartoon, Dr Hellferich, WW1
Cartoon, Dr Hellferich [Helfferich], German finance minister. He says: Its strange! The higher the costs rise, the lower the Mark falls

Hiroshige woodcut - Shisaku in Snow
Reproduction of a woodcut by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) entitled Shisaku in Snow'. Date: circa early 19th century

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Wing the Airmans Wife. circa 1930s

Happy Families Playing Cards - Master Swift the Runners Son. circa 1930s

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