Freeze Collection

Thames Estuary during the winter of 1947
A scene during the great freeze of 1947, one of the harshest winters known in Britain. At Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, a boatman is pictured rescuing his dinghy from the encircling ice which makes

Frozen pond with back light, Church Eaton, Staffordshire, England Date: 2000

Photograph of Niagara Falls frozen, with skiers at base. Captioned, The Frost King at Niagara'. With description, There is no place in the world where the Frost King creates a more beautiful

People campaigning on behalf of London teachers
A group of people campaigning on behalf of London teachers. The placards read: "Where have London teachers gone? Gone to the provinces every one

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LAST COUPLE ON EARTH
The last couple on Earth freeze to death in a new Ice Age. Date:

Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Canada, in the snow
Vintage 19th century photograph: Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Canada, in the snow

Porters at Mukojima, Tokyo, Japan
19th century vintage photograph: porters at Mukojima, Tokyo

Bow River Falls, Banff National Park, Canada
Vintage 19th century photograph: Bow River Falls, Banff National Park, image by Bailey studio, Vancouver Canada, c.1890

Hunters with guns out shooting in the snow, Canada
19th century vintage photograph - hunters with guns out shooting in the snow, studio composition by William Notman, Canada, c.1880s

Fukliage Garden, Tokyo Imperial Palace - Japan
Vintage 19th century photograph - Japan - from the studio of Baron Raimund von Stillfried. Fukliage Garden, Tokyo Imperial Palace

Frozen fountain, Trafalgar Square, London
A frozen fountain in Trafalgar Square, London, during a harsh winter. Date: circa 1963

Frost fair on the River Thames, 1814
The last frost fair on the River Thames, London, in February 1814, looking upstream towards Blackfriars Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral

Convair YB-58A-1-CF Hustler 55-670 (msn 11) of the 6592nd Test Squadron, Carswell AFB, TX, with markings for Operation Deep Freeze, the climatic testing of the B-58 carried out at Eglin AFB

Woman in red coat in Kirkcudbright snowy graveyard
Woman in red coat walks through the snow among the gravestones in Kirkcudbright graveyard, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland Date: 1986

Niagara Falls, USA - The Ice Mountain Date: 1913

Niagara Falls, USA - The Cave of the Winds in Winter Date: 1913

The Niagara Falls Frozen in winter, NY State, USA Date: circa 1890

Barbed wire party freeze under enemy star shell, WW1
A detachment of British soldiers, busy setting up barbed wire defences freeze momentarily as the area is lit up by an enemy star-shell

The frozen Mersey: looking from Birkenhead to Liverpool. Date: 1895

Train snowed in, Wales in the winter of 1947
A train and locomotive brought to a standstill by snow drifts on the line between Merthyr and Abergavenny following the renewed blizzards of early March during one of the coldest recorded winters in

Snow blocked road in Kent, 1963
A snow plough bulldozes its way through deep snow on Westerham Hill in Kent on a road that had been impassable for days during the very cold conditions of the winter of 1963

Columns of Ice - Frozen Niagara Falls, USA Date: circa 1890

Partially-frozen Niagara Falls, NY State, USA
Blocks of ice at the foot of the partially-frozen Niagara Falls, NY State, USA. Date: circa 1890

Advert for Marshalls patent freezer 1899
Mrs. A. B Marshalls patent freezer, showing a fan inside which remains still while the pan revolves and scrapes up the film of ice as it forms on the bottom of the pan. Date: 1899

The River Rhine frozen at Oberwesel, Germany
The River Rhine frozen at Oberwesel, a town on the Middle Rhine in the Rhein-Hunsreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Date: 1929

Straw on a Water Pump
When winter comes in the village of Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire, England, the wise villagers cover their water pump with straw, so that their supply does not freeze! Date: 1950s

The Sphere Christmas Number 1938 - Frozen Thames 1683
Front cover of the Sphere magazine for Christmas 1938 featuring an illustration showing the Thames frozen in 1683. The river was frozen for long enough for the famous Frost Fair to take place with

Life / A Greek Freeze, 1924
A Greek Freeze (Greek Frieze) play on words. Five pretty young women parade merrily through the snow, in a similar fashion that might be found upon a Greek Frieze

Cars stuck in snow at Pease Pottage, 1963
A long line of cars stranded at Pease Pottage Hill on the London to Brighton road in deep snow during the ferocious winter of 1963

Benfleet Creek during the winter of 1947
Benfleet Creek in Essex, haunt of motor boat enthusiasts and summer bathing belles wears a forbidding aspect during the big freeze of 1947

RAF Binbrooke cut off during the winter of 1947
An aerial view of the airfield and aerodrome buildings at Binbrooke, Lincolnshire, as men came out from their huts to pick up the supplies which had been dropped by two Dakotas of Transport Command

Bredhurst isolated by snow in 1947
An aerial view showing squads of men cutting their way through drifts to the village of Bredhurst which, although only four miles from Chatham in Kent

Experiment with jets to clear away snow in Wales, 1947
Jet engines or gas turbines, acting like blow lamps, eat their way through the snow as a truck advances down the railway line in the hills of South Wales

The Big Freeze of 1947
An aerial view of Goxhill, near Barton-on-Humber which lay under a thick mantle of snow after the blizzards of January and February 1947, during one of Britains worst winters

Skating on St. Jamess Park lake during winter of 1947
A cheerful crowd disporting on the ice in front of Buckingham Palace. During one of the coldest winters experienced by Britain, nearly all London lakes were available for skaters

Working out of Doors
Munitions worker in outdoor factory

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