Icy Collection (page 2)

Robins and trellis on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

Birds and leaves on a cutout Christmas card
Birds and autumn leaves on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Mishap on the Ice
First Aid A mishap on the ice, as a young boy out walking his dog falls through into the icy water below Date: 1920s

Four dogs in an arch on a Christmas card, with ice and snow. Date: circa 1890s

Jack Frost on a Christmas and New Year card, wearing skates and turning the water to ice. Date: circa 1890s

Snow scene with star on a circular Christmas card
Snow scene with star and church on a circular Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Ranunculus glacialis
Botanical illustration of Ranunculus glacialis Date: 1896

Bears on a toboggan
Winter scene of two happy bears enjoying the icy slopes on a toboggan. Date: circa 1908

Horse-drawn carriage on frozen river
Horse-drawn carriage and a crowd of people on a frozen river, possible the River Thames, London. Date: late 19th century

British gunners walking on ice, Western Front, WW1
British gunners walking on ice, carrying ammunition on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Row of Nissen huts at a rest camp, Western Front, WW1
A row of Nissen huts at a rest camp on the Western Front during World War One. The semi-cylindrical Nissen hut was invented by Major Peter Norman Nissen in 1916. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers taking in water, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers taking in water for their train transport on their way up to the trenches on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Russian Wind Propelled Skier
A Russian skier clutching a large sail, used to provide propulsion via harnessing wind. Date: Circa 1900

Russian Market Scene
A Snow-covered, bustling Russian food market from around the middle of the 19th century. Date: circa 1850

Winter Palace Outdoor Party
A snow covered outdoor party at the Winter Palace in St petersburg (then Petrograd) held in 1917. Date: 1917

Advert for Icy-Hot vacuum flasks 1916
Keeps contents ice cold for 72 hours; hot for 24 hours, comes in container enameled in leather effect, with nickel-plated shoulder and drinking cup. 1916

Winter Bathers 1930S
Three girls in bathing costumes brave the winter weather at Margate, Kent, England, for a dip in the icy sea! Date: early 1930s

Linnaeus Slips
CARL VON LINNE, known as LINNAEUS Swedish naturalist, depicted in a tricky situation while botanising in the icy north. Date: 1707-1778

Reginald Heber
REGINALD HEBER British churchman in India, bishop of Calcutta, author of hymn From Greenlands icy mountains etc. with his autograph Date: 1783 - 1826

New Years Eve

Titanic - Danger Field of the Atlantic with routes through i
A diagram or map showing the dangerous area of the Atlantic Ocean indicating steamer routes that cut through fog and ice. It was here that the Titanic hit an iceberg on 15 April 1912

Ice Mounds at Niagara Falls
The Ice Mounds and frozen water at Niagara Falls in Winter - taken from the American side. Date: circa 1920s

Harbour with ice
Winter at Borstahusen harbour Landskrona, 1940s Date: 1940s

Greenland Melville
Greenlands icy mountains, on an inlet of Baffin Bay on the northwest coast. Date: 1850

Hungarian Parliament
The Houses of Parliament reflected in the icy waters of the River Danube, Budapest, Hungary. Date: 1930s

ICICLES
A study of icicles. Date: 1930s

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

Frozen River Thames
The frozen River Thames at Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, Date: 1940s

Thames Icebreaker
An Icebreaker on the frozen River Thames, near Chertsey, Surrey, England. Date: 1940s

Christmas. On a sledge. Artist: Ivy Millicent James. Child on sledge hurtling down an icy slope Date: circa 1910

Christmas. 2 boys on a sledge. Artist: Anon. 2 boys on sledge hurtling down a steep icy slope Date: circa 1906

Battleship covered in ice, WW1
A battleship covered in ice during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - pulling sledge over ice
A view showing how sledges were rushed from one ice floe to another, with a sled pulling team waiting for two floes to meet and quickly dashing across

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - seals and ice
Seals basking on newly formed pancake ice off Cape Evans, captured by photographer Herbert Ponting during the ill-fated Scott Polar Expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1912. Date: 1913

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - glacial cave
Awe-inspiring curved cavern within an iceberg, found by the Scott polar expedition shortly after the arrival of the Terra Nova at Antarctica

The Sphere Christmas Number 1938 - Frozen Thames 1683
Front 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

Cabhorse Slips on Ice
A cab-horse slips on the icy streets of wintry Copenhagen - passers-by, including a policeman and a soldier - cope with the situation while the passengers dismount. Date: 1888

Advert / Cadburys Cocoa
Keeps you warm in an icy climate Date: circa 1890s

Double page spread in a diary for 10-15 December
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 10-15 December. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Stream with ice and frost
An unidentified stream with ice and frost

Policeman with three boys and their bicycles
A policeman chats with three boys, who are out and about with their bicycles on an icy day

Blackfriars Cross and Ruins, Hereford
13th century ruins of Blackfriars Monastery and Preaching Cross, Hereford

French travel & transport poster
Amusing 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

Lake Baikal, Russia
A completed ice-bound boat on Lake Baikal, Russia

A Dash for the Pole by Ethel Parkinson
Two children, wrapped up warm against the cold, enjoy a sleigh ride pulled by a tamed polar bear across an icy glacier

Benfleet Creek during the winter of 1947
Benfleet Creek in Essex, haunt of motor boat enthusiasts and summer bathing belles wears a forbidding aspect during the big freeze of 1947

Brit Expedition Climb
Members of the British Everest Expedition walk through an icy corridor

Woodlands in the Snow
A disconsolate duck walks on an icy pond among snow-covered bushes and trees

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