Hazards Collection

WW2 - Flower-Class Corvette in heavy seas - Atlantic Convoy
WW2 - Weather hazards which the convoy escorts in the Atlantic Ocean have to face in Winter - a Flower-Class Corvette, of 930 tonnes, being thrown high out of the water by a heavy sea. Date: 1943

The Zulu war. Scene of the Battle of Isandula (Isandhlwana)
After the Battle of Isadhlwana. A description by Lieutenant Crealock reads, Day waned and the night hung over the hill, when we reached the last ridge, beyond which lay what had been our camp

RMS Titanic - shipping chart of North Atlantic for the month of April 1912, Sheet 133, Meteorological Office, London. The chart is in colour and displays wind, sea current, sea temperature

Leslie Henson Golfing
Comedian Leslie Henson (1891-1957) posing on the golf course. At the time he was appearing in the farce It's A Boy! at the Strand Theatre. Date: 1931

Cartoon: At Northward Ho!
Cartoon by Laurie Tayler showing the challenges of playing an arctic round of golf. Date: circa 1924

Native Australians
The hazards of a settler's life - a night attack by native Australians. Date: 1850s

WASP AT A PICNIC
Awful appearance of a wopps at a picnic: picnic guests are severely bothered when a rather large wasp takes an interest in their food, one of the hazards of outdoor eating Date: circa 1840

The Death of Kalulu, Kalulu Falls, Central Africa, 1876
Engraving showing the death of Kalulu, at the Kalulu Falls, during Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Anglo-American expedition of 1874-1877

Music cover, Whoa ! Back-Pedal ! - words by Worton David, music by Henry E Pether, sung by T E Dunville. Date: 1900

LCC-LFB - Safety in the home, fire prevention campaign
A photograph from the Brigades fire prevention campaign. The hazards of drying cloths and teatowels over a lit gas cooker are highlighted, showing how this could lead to fires

Les hazards heureux de l escarpolettes

One of the hazards of driving over Kentucky mountain roads. Near Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky. Date 1940 July-Sept.?

Frozen Puddles
The hazards of a country lane in winter - frozen puddles. Date: 1960s

Trackside Railway Warning Sign
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway - Trespassers will be Prosecuted by order - Railway trackside warning sign

The Discomforts of the carriage - a young man suffers the result of Nanny attentiveness to Babys botty needs!!!

What every golfer wants
Cartoon, What every golfer wants. Golfers using unusual golf clubs for playing golf in difficult places and their hazards

Smoking Club
At the smoking club, men gather to smoke and drink oblivious of health hazards : the waitress holds the hand of one, receives a note from another

Robin Refuses Cage Life
A robin refuses a small girls doubtless well-meant offer of a secure home in a cage instead of the hazards of life in the wilds

Learning to Drive, Paris
Paris traffic presents problems, even in 1899, so cabbies and bus-drivers learn to avoid jaywalkers, cyclists, dogs, nurses with prams and other hazards of the streets

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