Jumping Collection (page 7)

Jump for Joy! Date: 1960s

An Indian military tournament at Lucknow showing the Royal Artillery Musical Drive, the Boy Scouts display and a jumping display of a light cavalry regiment. Date: 1917

WW1 messenger dogs - training them to jump barbed wire
Messenger dogs destined for the British Army, being trained to jump and clear barbed wire entanglements during the First World War. Date: 1914-18

Firefighters with jumping sheet, Lambeth HQ, London
Firefighters holding a circular jumping sheet at Lambeth HQ, London, in June 1938, ready for a colleague to jump into it. Date: 1938

People jumping from a burning building -- firefighters hold a sheet below to catch them. Date: 19th century

Firefighters in display at Lambeth HQ, London
Firefighters in a display at Lambeth HQ, London, on 28 July 1937, following a presentation of certificates for bravery by Mr E Cruse, Chairman of the London Fire Brigade Committee

Woman in swimsuit jumping
Woman in a swimsuit jumping. circa 1960s

Army Sports Meeting at Greenwich Park, WW1
A sports meeting, organised by the Y.M.C.A. with various military sporting types competing in a number of competitions in Greenwich Park, London

Cinderella Shoes advert by H. L. Oakley
Advertisement for Cinderella Ladies shoes featuring a silhouette of a horsewoman clearing a hedge by the artist H. L. Oakley. Date: c.1925

Bonzos bath night by George Studdy
Bonzos bath night -- as bath night approaches he gets more and more nervous and jumps at every little sound. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Bonzo gets the surprise of his life by George Studdy
Bonzo gets the surprise of his life -- Bonzo introduces himself to Radio Rex, the electric toy consisting of a dog who jumps abruptly from his kennel in response to any sharp sound acting on his

Lord Reading jumps over trench, Western Front, WW1
Lord Reading, British Lord Chief Justice, jumping over a trench during a visit to the Western Front in France, World War One. Date: circa 1916

Ethel Catherwood
Ethel Mary Catherwood (1908-1987), Canadian athlete and winner of the first womens Olympic gold medal in the high jump at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, setting a world record in the process

Lord Burghley in the steeplechase at Stamford Bridge
400 metres hurdles gold medallist, Lord Burghley, at the water jump in the steeplechase at an athletics meeting at Stamford Bridge, shortly after his win at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games

The Player Who Realised He Had Made a Mistake
Humorous illustration by Fitz, visualising that awful feeling - waiting for it as a tennis player regrets his ill-judged lob against his opponent who leaps up to smash the ball and win a point

The Outsider by H. H. Harris
Humorous illustration showing an episode during the Grand National at Aintree - as all the jockeys and their mounts take a jump

Russian Show-Jumping, Moscow
A small crowd forms as seven Russian show jumpers assemble to perform their first set of jumps in an arena in Moscow. Date: 1910

Baby Scouts -- flying a plane
Baby Scouts -- Scout-Master Peter, flaxen-haired and plump, above the trees and cottages can jump. Date: 1900

William Heath Robinson with a character created by him
Photograph of William Heath Robinson (1872-1944), from a piece in the Bystander of 1924 which also included some of his illustrative contemporaries, such as H. M. Bateman and A. K. Macdonald

Monk with St. Bernard
A monk playing with a St. Bernard dog in the snow at a St. Bernard monastery, Switzerland. Date: early 1930s

The Great Monohan - Record-breaking Roller Skater
G.S. Monohan ( The Great Monohan ) showing off his skills on his roller skates - here jumping cleanly over three chairs. Date: circa 1909

Jolly lady and her bouncy pet dog
A jolly lady and her bouncy pet dog having some laughs and quite a few japes outside what appears to be a temporary military building (a Nissen hut, barracks or mess hall)

US Parachute Troops - WWII Date: 1942

The BAC P35 Jumping Jeep proposal of 1962. Date: 1962

Design for dress silk or print with rabbits, mice and lambs. Gouache and pencil on tracing paper over gouache and pencil on copy paper. Silver Studio. circa 1935

Siler semiglaucus, jumping spider
A close-up head-on view of the four eyes and fangs of the jumping spider (Siler semiglaucus) from Sri Lanka

Wallabia bicolor, swamp wallaby

Epocilla aurantiaca, jumping spider
This species of jumping spider (Epocilla aurantiaca) was photographed in Sri Lanka

Salticus senecus, zebra jumping spider
Scanning electron microscope image of a zebra jumping spider from the UK (x 35). Note the two large eyes that give them excellent binoular vision. Coloured artificially on computer

Catasetum macrocarpum, monkshead orchid
Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Allactaga euphratica, Euphrates jerboa
Afghan jerboa. Annotated watercolour drawing by Oliva Fanny Tonge (1858-1949), from one of 16 sketchbooks presented to the Natural History Museum in 1952

Stable scene (with hidden objects)

Sleeping Beauty Awakened

Ski Jumping in Oslo 1905
Skiers in action during Holmenkollen Day, Oslo. Date: 1905

NFS fitness demonstration, Regional HQ. Lambeth, WW2
Firefighters of the newly formed National Fire Service (London Region) put on a physical fitness demonstration at a review of the fire service in Lambeths drill yard at the Headquarters of the London

LCC-LFB Brigade headquarters jumping sheet drill
Jump sheet demonstration by firefighters at Southwark HQ -- a long gone London Fire Brigade training routine. Jumping sheets were carried on front line London fire engines until late 1941 when

Advertising poster showing two men in classical dress riding four-horse teams during race while spectators in grandstand watch; two vignettes show chariot racing and horse jumping. Date c1892

The water jump. Date c1884

Pawnee Bills Historic Wild West. Beautiful Daring Western Girls & Mexican Senoritas... Cowgirls on horseback. Date c1898. Pawnee Bills Historic Wild West

Fouth of July: Young America celebrating. Date c1857. Fouth of July: Young America celebrating. Date c1857

Optical illusion disc with birds, butterflies, and a man jumping. Date 1833

International Horse Show at Olympia, 1927
A hunter completing a round during the International Horse Show at Olympia in June 1927. Date: 1927

7th Dragoon Guards - Taking the Water Jump. Date: circa 1910s

Cadre Noir - Saumur, France - Leaping a large obstacle
Acrobatic leap by a horse and rider at the French National Horse-Riding School (Cadre Noir), Saumur, Loire Valley, France

Cheltenham Races at Prestbury Park
Amersham jumping the final fence in the Amateur Handicap Hurdle Race at the Cheltenham Steeplechase Clubs Autumn Meeting at Prestbury Park. 1911

Chelsea versus Clapton Orient football match
Scott of Chelsea and Thompson of Clapton Orient compete for the ball in the air at the first league fixture of these two London clubs. The game was played on the Clapton Orient ground

Scout Leaders at a training camp, Grenada, West Indies
Scout Leaders at a training camp in Grenada, West Indies, enjoying some gymnastics. 1949

Here am I little jumping Joan
Advertising postcard for Ovaltine. Here am I little jumping Joan. Artist: Phyllis Cooper Date: circa 1921

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping