Fireworks Collection

Entrance to Castle grounds, Dudley, West Midlands, with a statue of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, on the right. Date: 1905

Balloon event, Charles Green, Stowmarket
Charles Green ballooning poster, advertising his 413rd ascent, from the Vicarage Grounds, Stowmarket in his Royal Victoria Balloon

Advert, Standard Fireworks. 1928

Shops at Caledonian Road, North London. Date: circa 1905

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

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

Travel poster, New York World's Fair, 1939
Travel Poster, 1939 New York World's Fair, lithograph in colours by Albert Staehle (A) 20ins x 13ins. Date: 1939

Queen Victoria's Coronation Fair, with fireworks, Hyde Park, London, on the night of 28 June 1838 Date: 1838

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

Fte Venetiene Sur La Seine
This woodcut depicts some magnificent sparkling fireworks erupting at a Venetian party on the River Seine, in France, lighting up a scene consisting of boats packed with people attending the party

Edinburgh Castle floodlit during the Tattoo, when signalling maroons and rocket were fired. The twin towers of Stewart's College and dome of the Bank of Scotland on left. Date: 1960s

Queen Elizabeth I, entry into Kenilworth Castle, with fireworks Date: 1575

Scenes in Egypt, 1820
The great ruins of the Colossi of Memnon in Luxor in south Egypt 73, raft of earthenware pitchers on the Nile 74, and women carrying water pitchers on their heads 74

Guy Fawkes procession on bonfire night. 19th century

The Infernal used by the English Navy at St. Malo s. A floating mine constructed in a vessel with sand, gunpowder, masonry, bombs and fireworks. Copperplate engraving by N.C

Advert, Pains Fireworks. 1927

Spanish scene with lady, lanterns, cafe and street musician
Spanish night scene with a smiling lady in traditional costume, lanterns, fireworks, a typical roadside cafÚá│erving food, and a boy with a street organ on wheels. Date: circa 1930s

Fireworks display, Dusseldorf Exhibition, Germany
Fireworks display and illuminations by Pain during an Arts and Horticultural Exhibition, Dusseldorf, Germany. Date: 1904

Penny for the Guy
Country folk carrying the Guy, asking " A penny for the Guy!" at neighbouring houses. circa 1850s

Guy Fawkess Day
Please remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot, I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot, with verse. 1867

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

FESTIVAL JULY 1790
Celebrating the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille, Parisians enjoy fireworks and dancing on the Champs Elysees throughout the night. Date: 18 July 1790

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

Prince of Wales on board May Frere, viewing Bombay fireworks
Visit of the Prince of Wales to India. The Prince (later King Edward VII) on board the May Frere, viewing the fireworks in Bombay harbour. Date: 1875

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

Chinese Hardware Store, Shanghai. Date: circa 1910s

Fancy Dress - Miss Dora Langroyd as Fireworks
Miss Dora Langroyd dressed as fireworks for the Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball in 1898. She is covered in a variety of fireworks, which, for the sake of her health and safety, one hopes are fake

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

Quixote - Flying Horse
He and Sancho take what they perceive to be an aerial voyage... on a wooden horse stuffed with fireworks Date: First published: 1605-15

Italian New Year Custom
The citizens of Napoli, Italy, celebrate the New Year with fires and fireworks on every balcony Date: 1921

Francois Villette, French engineer
Francois Villette (1621-1698), French engineer, noted for his burning mirrors and his fireworks. circa 1680

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

Firework manufacture or pyrotechny, 18th century.. Firework manufacture or pyrotechny, including rockets, firecrackers, catherine wheels and others, 18th century

SIGNORINI, Giovanni (1808-1858). Fireworks over the River Arno in Florence. View of the bridge of Carrara. Oil on canvas. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Galleria d Arte Moderna

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

William Spottiswoode
WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE mathematician, expelled from Eton for setting off fireworks, rowed in the boat race, wrote travel book about Russia. Date: 1825 - 1883

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

Fireworks on the River Seine, Paris, on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Louise Elisabeth of France (the eldest daughter of King Louis XV) to the Infante Philip

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