Holes Collection (page 3)

Shoe design in pink and green. Date: circa 1930s

Shoe design in blue. Date: circa 1930s

Shoe design in blue and yellow. Date: circa 1930s

Shoe design in maroon and pink. Date: circa 1930s

Early WW1 trenches in the Aisne district, October 1914
Interior view of a trench constructed by the British in the Aisne district, an early example of the trench system which would come to dominate warfare on the Western Front during the First World War

Clemenceau visits ruined and formerly-occupied Alsace
October 1918 - French Prime Minister Clemenceau visits ruined Alsace. Note the official German signs remaining on the formerly-commandered/occupied buildings. Date: 1918

Group of men in snow, Dove Holes, Derbyshire, outside a cottage in January 1908 Date: 1908

Favourite Sayings - Grasp all and lose all
Black and white lantern slide painted scene of mice in a granary making holes in the sacks of corn.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Grasp all and lose all. Lantern slide creations of C

Wooden wedges are used to fix a leakage - an old pipe-line carrying chemicals. desert near Kumdag -Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Siberian Lemming muzzle adult nibbles grass by the entrance of the burrow (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Forest dormouse, adult, climbs out of its shelter (a tree-hollow) (Dryomys nitedula). in deciduous forests of South Ural Mountains, nocturnal; South Russia, summer

Sand Martins - quarrel over nest holes in a sand wall of a ravine near river Bolshoi Ugan (Riparia riparia). near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia, Russia; spring

Steppe / Horsfields Tortoise - burrows for shelter in the soil - for the night (Agrionemys horsfieldii ). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. Testudo - April

Steppe Tortoise - emerges from an overnight shelter under bushes (Agrionemys horsfieldii). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. Horsfields Tortoise - Testudo - April

Sphere cover - artillery negotiating shell craters, Matania
British artillery in difficulty among shell craters in August 1918. Shell craters were created by explosions, could easily subside and filled with water in wet weather

Suffragette Votes for Women Match Holder
A ceramic figure of an Old Maid suffragette painted in the colours of the W.S.P.U. She wears a Votes for Women sash and a rather sour expression. Below is the caption, A Match for Any Man

Bullet & shrapnel holes in a Farman biplane, WW1
Diagram showing the extensive bullet and shrapnel damage to a much strafed Maurice Farman Long Horn biplane. Every black hole represented a bullet hole though the machine was still able to fly

Using a shell hole as a wash-tub, WW1
French peasant women on the Western Front display a keen sense of carrying on as they use a water-filled shell-hole measuring twenty-five feet in diameter

Training dogs at the British War Dog School, WW1
Part of the training ground at the War Dog School, which trained dogs in readiness for serving at the front during First World War in various roles such as sentries and messengers

The Seven Good Deeds of Bonzo (Friday) -- he removes an infernal machine (a leaking hot water bottle) from the bed. Date: 1923

Ruined brickwork in Le Barque, Western Front, WW1
A close-up of ruined brickwork in Le Barque, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1917

British troops away from front line, Western Front, WW1
British troops taking a break away from the front line, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Ground defence against enemy air attacks, WW1
Examples of ground defence against enemy air attacks during the First World War. Showing bomb-dropping by hand from an aeroplane, an aeroplane being transported on a military motor

German armoured car with bullet holes - Munich
A German armoured car with nine bullet holes marked on it, which took part in the civil unrest in Munich - May 1st and 2nd 1919.. Date: 1919

Mr Asquith inspecting a plane, Western Front, WW1
The British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, visiting the Western Front during World War One. He is inspecting a plane full of bullet holes which has just returned from a flight

Advert for Mary Black Model 1934
1930s black dress with high boat neckline, tassel belt around the waist and diamond shape holes down the long sleeves. 1934

Knitting pattern 1944
A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a tuck in blouse and three-toned jacket. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing

The Gentle Art of Excavating - A New Multi-Movement Drag Sho
A new multi-movement drag shovel excavating for the foundations of a new cinema. A typically convoluted digger, made from recycled bits of houses

Bullet-holes in the walls and windows of an Ypres convent
War damage in a church belonging to a convent of nuns in the French town of Ypres during the First World War. 1916

Making Ivory Brushes
A man in a flat cap, boring small holes into an ivory hairbrush handle for the bristles. Date: February 1933

Prairie wigwam - home to an indigenous Mother and Uncle
Prairie wigwam - home to the indigenous mans Mother and Uncle, both of whom peep out of suitable holes in the decorated canvas covering. It looks as if the Uncle has already hit the bottle

Macedonia - Bitola - Damage to Turkish Officers Mess
WW1 - Macedonia - Bitola - Damage to the rather ancient building used as the Turkish Officers Mess after allied bombardment. Date: circa 1918

Motor car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed
Motor car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, the Duchess of Hohenberg were murdered by Gavrilo Princip (one of a group of six Bosnian Serb assassins coordinated by Danilo Ilic)

LCC-LFB Fire scene in an East London street
The aftermath of a fire with clear evidence of the severity of the fire, judging by the damage to the roof covering

Belgian Peter Pan statue shot by Germans in World War II
A statue of Peter Pan, a replica of the original sculpted by George Frampton and erected in Kensington Gardens, which is situated in the grounds of the Palais d Egmont in Brussels, Belgium

Fighting the weather on the Western Front 1916

Driving from the eighth tee at the Royal Malta Golf Club
The Malta links have nine holes and surround the fortifications. Date: 11th April 1903

The Doveholes
The Dove Holes caves, Dovedale, Derbyshire, England. Between 1860 and 1865, Midland Railways built a tunnel here. It was an arduous task and the navvies lived in these caves. Date: 1950s

American infantry in action near St Mihiel, France, WW1
American troops of the 167th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division, dug in and defending a farm used as a temporary stronghold, near St Mihiel, north eastern France, during the First World War

American army recruit taking aptitude test, WW1
An American army recruit (left) taking an aptitude test during the First World War, fitting wooden shapes into holes. The man on the right is timing him with a stopwatch. Date: 1917-1918

Aerial photograph of shell holes, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of a large number of shell holes in the Ypres district, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 30 September 1917

Sudan - The Mahdis Tomb - showing damage
Sudan - The Mahdis Tomb, Omduran - showing damage. Tomb of Muhammad Ahmad, self-declared Mahdi in 1881. In his reform of Islam he replaced the pilgrimage to Mecca with the obligation to serve in

Dove or pigeon box

German bombing patrol WWI
German bombing patrol in a shell hole on the Western Front during World War I. Note the Disc grenades being taken from special carrier attached to messenger dog

Gallipoli camp WWI
Funk holes and dug-outs on the cliffs at Gallipoli during World War I

An Andean Harpist with his harp
The harp migrated from Europe to Mexico and South America with the Conquistadores and Missionaries. The South Americans adapted it and it sometimes called the Highland Harp

Poster advertising Port Elizabeth for golf
Poster advertising Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with its all the year round golf. The Humewood Golf Links offer 18 holes

Soldiers washing 1917
Soldiers washing in a shell hole in Blangy on the British Front in France during World War I on 5th June 1917

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