Hooks Collection (page 2)

Loot by William Heath Robinson WWI
An unsuspecting gentleman walking his dog is being robbed by a group of Germen soldiers in a zeppelin using a hook and some rope. 1916

Theodore Hooks Grave
THEODORE HOOKs grave Date: CIRCA 1840

Theodore Hooks Home
THEODORE HOOKs home Date: CIRCA 1840

WW2 - Bomb Damage in London - Coats and Hats left on hooks
WW2 - " Wheres George?" - Bomb Damage in London - Coats and Hats left on hooks while the floor has disappeared. Date: 1940

Vietnam - Chinese Butcher
Vietnam - A Chinese Butcher Date: circa 1910s

Arrester gear hooks on the undercarriage of a Sopwith Pup. The curved strip was an airscrew guard

Arrival of Meat at Smithfield Meat Market, London, 1870
Engraving showing the arrival of meat at Smithfield Market, London, in 1870. The meat had just arrived by steam train (which can be seen in the background)

Aborigine woman in a canoe
Engraved title page, showing an Aborigine woman in a canoe, fishing. Book: An account of a voyage to New South Wales by George Barrington

Perfect Curtain Hook
The Perfect Curtain Hook advert, 1885 Date: 1885

Quaint Gate, Moulton, Northampton - A gate formed of agricultural implements. Date: circa 1940

Workhouse, Casual Ward
A workhouse casual ward which the poster on the right suggests is in the vicinity of Reading in Berkshire. The tramps and vagrants who occupied the room slept on hammocks slung between hooks attached

Soldiers cleaning their weapons
A group of soldiers during the First World War cleaning their weapons

Cauldron and kettle at a gipsy encampment
A cauldron and a kettle heating over a log fire in the open air at a gipsy encampment

Iraqi bank official with a large safe, Iraq
An Iraqi bank official with a large safe, somewhere in Iraq

Kitchen scene, Sofia, Bulgaria
A Bulgarian woman baking a cake in a kitchen in Sofia, Bulgaria

State Stables, Buckingham Palace
The interior of the State Stables at Buckingham Palace, London

Sledging Party cooking lunch, British Arctic Expedition, 187
Engraving showing a sledging party of the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876, preparing to have their lunch. In the foreground can be seen their sledge with various equipment attached

Chicago Stockyards 12
Carcases of meat hang from hooks in the huge refrigerated rooms of the Chicago Stockyards

Sale of Deserters Kit
The sale of a deserters kit in barracks

Advert for hairbrushes
An advertisement for a range of hairbrushes in ivory and erinoid from Harrods toilet brush department

Medical Examination
Recruits await their medical examination

Racial / China / Fishermen
Fishing with cormorants, China

Fire-Fighting Equipment
Ideal first-aid fire appliances, originally supplied by Merryweathers to The Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society

Girl Catches Fish
A girl, fishing with rod and line from a river bank, successfully hooks a rather small fish

British Artillery Moving
A British horse-drawn artillery regiment hooks up and moves off

Whaling / Landed Whales
Landed whales in Norway

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