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Great Tit - ruffles up its plumage in freezing weather - tucks in one foot away from cold - tries to keep warm at -35 degrees celsius (Parus maior L.)
HMS Suffolk, British cruiser, frozen in ice, ChinaHMS Suffolk, British Monmouth class armoured cruiser, frozen in ice at Chin-Wang-Tao, China. Date: circa 1908
Winter conditions in Yser, 1914Winter conditions in the Yser country : how the cold is affecting friend and foe. German prisoners and British soldiers alike frozen in the icy winds and snow in winter 1914. Date: 1914
Horse-drawn carriage on frozen riverHorse-drawn carriage and a crowd of people on a frozen river, possible the River Thames, London. Date: late 19th century
Trade catalogue for ice cream machines 1911Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing ice cream making and freezing machines. 1911
Snowy WindowSnow and ice on the panes of an old window. Date: 1930s
Jean Raffaelli PhotoJEAN FRANCOIS RAFFAELLI French artist, painter of the freezing faubourgs of Paris : about 1891. Date: 1850-1924
Ship Covered in IciclesA ship covered in ice and icicles due to freezing weather conditions. Date: early 1930s
American Military Propaganda Postcard - WW2 eraAmerican Military Recruitment/Propaganda Postcard - WW2 era. This is either a depiction of a cold soldier tempted by the thought of service abroad
London Street Chestnut Seller - " All Hot". Date: 1894
Advertisement for refrigeration equipment for shipsAdvertisement for the Dry Air Refrigerator or Freezing Machine, from the Haslam Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd of Derby, showing refrigeration equipment for ships. circa 1883
ICICLESA study of icicles. Date: 1930s
Frozen River ThamesThe frozen River Thames at Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, Date: 1940s
Thames IcebreakerAn Icebreaker on the frozen River Thames, near Chertsey, Surrey, England. Date: 1940s
I ve broken the iceDog with his nose frozen after dipping it in an icy bucket of water. Date: circa 1920
The Sphere Christmas Number 1938 - Frozen Thames 1683Front 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
Weather / Snow / Cold 19CA very cold fellow stands up to his ankles in the snow. Fortunately, he has items available at home to warm him up. Date: late 19th century
Czech guards at Kurgan1918Czech guards guard a provisions wagon, clad in suitable clothing for the freezing temperatures at Kurgan, Russia
French travel & transport posterAmusing poster issued by the French Ministry of Travel and Transport which appears to be advising intrepid aviators to plan their route in advance, or suffer the consequences
The Hostess who Invited a few Friends to Skate in her PrivatHumorous illustration by H.M. Bateman showing a distraught society lady, aghast at the sight of her house guests standing chest deep in the not very frozen lake she had encouraged them to skate upon
Settling the Bargain- Fishmongers shop in St. PetersburgFreezing conditions at a market stall showing fish being weighed and the fishmonger totting up the total on an abacus
Fleet Street SnowstormFleet Street during the snowstorm of Tuesday night of January 18th 1881 showing horses and coaches trapped in the snow
Cars stuck in snow at Pease Pottage, 1963A long line of cars stranded at Pease Pottage Hill on the London to Brighton road in deep snow during the ferocious winter of 1963
Jets to clear snow drifts in Wales in 1947Men engaged in fitting jet units to the rear of a wagon on a snow encrusted stretch of line near Brecon, an ingenious way of clearing the disabling snow drifts preventing trains carrying coal
Benfleet Creek during the winter of 1947Benfleet 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 1947An 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 1947An 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, 1947Jet 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 1947An 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
Freezing Human TissueSuspended animation by freezing human tissue may not only be the way to cure many incurable diseases, but could be a way to suspend and re-animate life itself !
An old snowman says Happy ChristmasAn old snowman (5 degrees below zero !) says A Happy Christmas on this greetings card
French Spad on AirfieldFrench ground crew return the SPAD aeroplane to its hangar, in order to protect it from the freezing weather
HELLThose who were guilty of envy during their lifetimes are punished by being immersed in a freezing lake
Open air baptism in the western USAIn the western USA, Baptists baptise their converts at sub-zero temperatures in the open air, trusting to their faith to keep them warm