Heads Collection (page 6)

Chinook family
Chinook tribe, showing a man and woman carrying their baby on the mothers back, a method of flattening the babies forehead was used

Two frogs fighting over a snail on a Christmas card -- Heads I win, tails you lose. Date: circa 1890s

First journey of Londons electric tram 1903
Londoners throng the pavements of Westminster Bridge Road to watch the first journey of Londons first electric tram as it heads for Clapham. Date: 1903

Army over Sleeping Men
THE DREAM OF GLORY Over the heads of the sleeping soldiers, a visionarmy sweeps forward to glorious victory... Date: 19th century

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Micky and Cracker, an Irish Wolfhound and a Bull Terrier. Seen here behind his desk, growing bored by the story about the monkey. Date: 1927

Cartoon, Promis d Horrors of the French Invasion, or, Forcible Reasons for negotiating a Regicide Peace, Vide, The Authority of Edmund Burke, by James Gillray

CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). Cartoon called A Radical Reformer, i.e. A Neck or Nothing Man! Dedicated to the Heads of the Nation. It was published by Thomas Tegg of Cheapside on 17 September 1819

India - Bullock Cart with six oxen
Black and white. A loaded cart with six white oxen outside a row of buildings. There are two young boys beside it with baskets on their heads.. Part of India Box, Boswell Collection

European Bison - adult male bull lying down - mixed forest (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

Leopard - in a tree looking for prey (Panthera pardus). Ndutu area between Serengeti and Ngorongoro - Tanzania - Africa

Palawan Bearded Pig - young (Sus barbatus ahoenobarbus). Sabang, Palawan, Philippines. February. Formerly a subspecies of Sus barbatus now considered a separate species

Eritrean Girl - Wearing headwear. Massawa - Eritrea - Africa

Small Japanese Field Mouse - showing incisor teeth (Apodemus argenteus)

Young Pine Marten - close-up on forest floor (Martes martes). Ural Mountains, Russia

Bottlenose Dolphin - two, smiling (Tursiops truncatus)

Great Indian / One-horned RHINOCEROS / rhino - Close up of head in water, side on. (Rhinoceros unicornis). Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Smooth otter - tamed wild animal, plays with visitors in Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary (Lutra (Lutrogale) perspicillata). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Plate design - Heads of State and flags of the Allies - WWI
Unmarked plate. Transfer shows portraits of Heads of State and flags of the Allies, and reads 1914 - THE ALLIES - HONOUR - DEFENCE - PEACE. Good condition. Commemorative Ware

Fantoft Stave Church near Bergen, Norway
View of Fantoft Stave Church near Bergen, Norway, dating back to the 12th century. Built of wood, it is decorated with stylised horses heads, influenced by the Asa, or horse worship of the Vikings

Three cartoons at the start of the First World War: at the top, a comment on needing another war to collect the debts for this one

Cartoon, body parts after the battle, WW1
First World War cartoon entitled After the Battle, showing German soldiers trying to match up body parts before loading them onto a train. Date: 1914-1918

The Cotton Harvest at Bondoukou, Ivory Coast
The Cotton Harvest at Bondoukou (Bonduku, Bontuku) a town in the Bondoukou Department of Ivory Coast, located in the Zanzan Region. Date: circa 1910s

Two Horses and a pair of dogs
Fine portrait of two Horses and a pair of dogs. Date: circa 1910s

Africa woman carrying maize on her head
A Native Beauty - Africa. A superb photograph of a young woman carrying corn (maize) in a basket balanced on her head. Date: circa 1930s

The Doctors dream
Having fallen asleep in a room lined with books, Dr Syntax dreams that the books have grown wings and heads of various acquaintances and are flying around above him. Date: 1813

Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa Date: circa 1920

Turkish Women 1940S
Turkish women in traditional costumes and headscarves, some of them carrying goods on their heads. Date: 1940s

Phnom Penh, Cambodia
A boy stood in front of a remarkable statue in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, of a seven-headed cobra snake, guarding a bridge within the Palace complex

Meadow in Summer 1904
A profuse proliferation of dandelion heads in a German meadow in high summer

Gossip about Fairies 38
Scylla, a beautiful water nymph, is beloved by Glaucus, but a jealous rival, Circe, will turn her into a monster with six heads, each with three rows of teeth

Religion / Egypt / Hapy
The God of the annual Nile inundation : because there is both an Upper and a Lower Nile, he is often depicted in dual form, with aquatic plants on each of his heads

Brother and sister on holiday, Brighton, Sussex
Brother and sister (Harold and Lucy Auerbach) on holiday in Brighton, Sussex, having their photograph taken on Brighton Pier with their heads in the holes of a comic painted board. Date: 1912

A Cuckoo in the Nest by Ben Travers (12 November 1886 18 December 1980). First produced at the Court Theatre in Liverpool, and at the Aldwych Theatre on 22nd July 1925

A Chinese Honeymoon by George Dance. Whereas Dance sometimes leased out his shows to other touring managers, he had many touring companies of his own, as seen here

Entrance to Great Pagoda, Pondicherry, Puducherry, India
Entrance to the Great Pagoda, Pondicherry, Puducherry, India. Date: circa 1905

Stand Easy by H. M. Bateman
Guards wearing bearskin helmets rest their heads for a moment. Date: 1927

A. O. F. Theatre at Avenue Roume in Dakar, Senegal
A. O. F. (Afrique occidentale fran硩 se) Theatre at Avenue Roume with women carrying bowls and baskets on their heads in Dakar, the capital of Senegal (then French West Africa). Date: circa 1910

Head of a statue of Pharao Amenhotep III
Head from monumental red granite statue of Amenhotep III (reigned circa 1390 - 1350 BC, 18th dynasty), exhibited in the British Museum, London, since 1823

Alabaster heads from Tutankhamuns tomb
Three Alabaster heads portraying Tutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC) from his tomb, as discovered by Howard Carter among others in 1922 in the Valley of Kings

Omani elders stand with heads bowed in Oman
Salalah Sultanate of Oman. Groups of men standing with heads bowed on the beach. Young boys wearing traditional clothes and hats. Man holding rifle. Date: 1977

Communist China - training exercise in water
Swimmers in the water in Communist China, taking part in a training exercise to build up their mental and physical strength. They are male and female, some of them carrying rifles. circa 1970

People on a boat off the coast of Venice, Italy. circa 1970

Old Japanese Matchbox label with Dragons and mens heads
Old Japanese Matchbox label with trademark and safety matches and Dragons and mens heads made by T. Iwasaki in Yokohama, Japan Date: c. 1910s

New Year card, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
New Year greetings card from Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, decorated with silk and ribbons. Date: circa 1890

Bilbao, Spain - Giant Figures - Festival
Semana Grande Festival, the gigante of modern fiestas of Bilbao, Spain - Many Latin festivals include costumed figures known as gigantes y cabezudos, roughly, Giants and Big-Heads. Date: circa 1905

Turkmenistan - Muslims pray outdoors after a storm - Friday prayers. Date: circa 1910s

Fantastic Adventures - The Robot Men of Bubble City by Peter Worth. A spaceship shaped like an angry face blasts off from an unknown planet

Flower Festival Competition Winner - Decorated Bicycle
A fabulous card showing an English Flower Festival Competition Winner (First Prize) with her Harvest theme decorated bicycle

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