Flattened Collection

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - 4000 US planes shot down - a very unhappy US President Richard Nixon, flattened by the news. Date: 2nd half of the 20th century

The Bokhara Coat
A portrait oil painting of an uninterested looking young woman sat in a green arm chair, with red, blue and green cushions neatly placed behind her, she is wearing a decorative gown

Virginia springbeauty, Claytonia virginica. Claitonia della Virginia. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Not Really by H. M. Bateman
It happened thus one frosty day A profiteer when on his way To meet a friend at Christmas lunch, Beneath his motor heard a crunch

Curtis British Entomology Plate 75
Coleoptera: Licinus depressus (Flattened Licinus) [Plant: Anagallis arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel)] Date: 1824-39

Ruins of Saint-Pierre, Martinique - Eruption of Mount Pelee
Ruins of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, entirely destroyed by the eruption of Mount Pelee which had been supposed extinct. Date: 1902

WWI Flechette Dart with a flattened top and pointed end
First World War Flechette Dart with a flattened top and pointed end.. Firearms & Equipment

Guam - Houses undamaged after Typhoon
Guam - Morning after the Typhoon of November 13th 1913 - the houses look remarkably unscathed - testament to clever local architectural design!!! Date: 1913

Frogs playing with a ball on eight Victorian scraps. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Scorchers Progress - Embankment - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress VI - The Thames Embankment, London - An errant city cyclist finally gets his comeuppance having caused havoc with his erratic cycling across the city

Collapsed building on a summit, China
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Tunguska meteorite damage, Siberia
Trees flattened on a hillside by an explosion in the atmosphere probably caused by a small piece of comet which fell on 30 June 1908. Photo taken in 1929

Eruption of Mt. Pelee - Devastation at Saint-Pierre
Eruption of Mt. Pelee on Martinique - May 8th 1902 - This card depicts the devastation at Saint-Pierre, with the remains of a Rum Distillery at Place du Mouillage. Date: 1902

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (2 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people (2/9). Date: 1923

Tenerife - Itinerant Re-sellers
Two women in traditional costume on the Island of Tenerife. The card caption translates as re-sellers - these ladies are likely to be itinerant traders of goods of some description

American Indians. The Indian trouble. Chief of the Crows
Indian Chief on horseback, wearing flattened feather head dress

Rendelsham Scene
Any attempt to reconstruct the extraordinary events of 27 December 1980 are foiled by the Great Storm of 1992, which flattened most of the trees. Were aliens responsible ?

Tunguska Trees
Taken in a valley, the photograph shows nearby trees still standing. However, the trees on the slope have been flattened

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