Firework Collection

New Year fireworks, Funchal harbour, Madeira, Portugal
An impressive firework display at Funchal harbour, Madeira, celebrating the arrival of the New Year

Brocks Fireworks Merry-Go-Round Date: 1900s

Crystal Palace Fireworks
Brocks Fireworks at Crystal Palace Date: 1899

Brocks Fireworks Flying Witch Date: 1900s

Advert, Standard Fireworks. 1928

Fireworks at Ryogoku by Utagawa Hiroshige (Edo series)
Fireworks at Ryogoku (Ryogoku Hanabi), No. 98 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) - (see: 10505423 for alternate version). Date: circa 1858

Batgers Fireworks crackers box label
Bright and colourful label for a box of Batgers fireworks crackers depicting a spectacular firework display over a town by a river

FIREWORKS 1747 - 7
Techniques of firework making in 18th century France : various types of whirling and spinning devices

Fireworks on the Tiber
Firework display at the Castel sant Angelo, Rome, with St Peters in the background lit up by the cascade of light

The Palazzo Pazzi (Palazzo della Congiura or Palazzo Pazzi-Quaratesi) - a Renaissance-style palace in Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Caley Crackers, Norwich - Coming To Your Town Date: 1950s

Grand Firework Temple in Hyde Park, London, for the Coronation of Queen Victoria, 28 June 1838 Date: 1838

Watching a firework display to celebrate the Franco-Russian festivities, from the summit of the Tower Date: 1893

Green man from medieval pageants
Pageantry. A green man or monstrous wilde man holding a large firework from 1635. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Wild men from medieval pageants
Pageantry. A wild man dressed in leaves, from a ballad of Robin Good Fellow, and a green man or monstrous wilde man holding a large firework from 1635

3rd Marquess of Salisbury - British Prime Minister
The Marks. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903) - British Conservative statesman and thrice Prime Minister, serving for a total of over 13 years. Date: 1900

Pains Fireworks
The lid of a box of Pains Fireworks. Date: circa 1920s

FIREWORK FACTORY BLAST
The explosion at Madame Cotons Firework Factory, Westminster Road. Date: 1858

VICTORY FIREWORKS
Victory Night scene on the Thames at Westminster, during the flood-lighting and firework display Date: 8 June 1946

GREEN PARK FIREWORKS
A fireworks display at Green Park to celebrate the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle which marked the end of the War of Austrian Succession Date: 1748

Geneva, Switzerland - Night Festival - Kursaal - Fireworks
Geneva, Switzerland - Night Festival - Kursaal (Grand Casino) - Fireworks Date: circa 1902

St Michaels Fireworks Factory, Lija, Malta -- close-up of a workman. Lija is well known for its firework displays, especially during the early August festival period. Date: 1966

Fireworks and crowds, Westminster Bridge, Coronation 1953
Westminster Bridge entirely covered in crowds of people enjoying a firework display on Coronation night. 1953

Parlour Firework Crackers
A colour illustration from a Christmas cracker box

Guy Fawkes Night - lighting firework laden guys
The Boy Who Got There First. A young boy defies health and safety rules by lighting the first of three Guy Fawkes all stuffed full of various fireworks. Date: 1932

Cartoon, The Gaiety Rocket, Pinero
Cartoon, The Gaiety Rocket, with a caricature of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, playwright and stage director, whose play, The Rocket

Susi - Penny for the Guy -- getting ready for Bonfire Night. 1950s

Susi - with jumping jack firework. 1950s

Susi - with white flag and fireworks
Susi - with white flag -- Join My Anti-Fireworks Demo! 1950s

Firework Display
A firework show depicting the Last Days of Pompeii in the Polo Ground, New York, U.S.A. Date: 1930s

Rail / South America
Fireworks at Rio de Janeiro mark the opening of the Pedro II Railway. At Queimados (bottom) the train of honour arrives at the station. Date: 1858

The Scoppio del Carro or Feast of the Dove on Easter Eve - Florence, Italy. Showing the great car outside the Cathedral door, at the moment when the fireworks explode. Date: 1905

Silhouette Calendar -- November, Guy Fawkes Day. Showing a little boy frightening two girls by lighting a firework. Date: 20th century

Firework Display for the Shah of Persia - 1902
Firework Display for the Shah of Persia at Crystal Palace, 24th August 1902. There were 70, 000 spectators! Date: 1902

Queen College Belfast - Fete of 1907 held between 29th May and the 1st June. The card shows fireworks erupting over the water, the waterfront decorated with illuminations. Date: 1907

French park festivities with fireworks and balloon

Watching fireworks from the balcony
Two fashionable women wearing long, figure-hugging dresses, are joined by a suited gentleman to watch a spectacular firework display from their balcony. 1937

Heidelberg Fireworks
A firework display in Heidelberg, Germany. Date: early 1930s

Coronation of George V - Celebrations in Bristol
Firework Show from the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol to commemorate the coronation of King George V on 6th May 1910. Date: 1910

Fireworks over the Lido and Venice
An art deco sketch of fireworks over the Lido and Venice Date: late 1920s

Sky rockets
A group of children stand on a hill top watching a dazzling display of fireworks

Batgers Firework Crackers
A colour illustration from a Christmas cracker box

Firework crackers
A colour illustration from a Christmas cracker box

FIREWORKS 1747 - 8
Techniques of firework making in 18th century France : mounted and stationary devices

FIREWORKS 1747 - 5
Techniques of firework making in 18th century France : rockets

FIREWORKS 1747 - 6
Techniques of firework making in 18th century France : various types of rocket, including spiral, multiple and multi-stage rockets

Fireworks London
Preparing for a firework display in the Park - but which park ? in London ? and what is being celebrated ?

7 Years War Fireworks
The Treaty of Paris, marking the end of the Seven Years War, is celebrated in Londons Green Park with a firework display Date: 10 February 1763

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