Ladder Collection (page 24)

Fanciful balloon, La Minerve
Fanciful drawing of a balloon carrying a large ship entitled La Minerve vaisseau airien, designed by Professor Robertson. circa 18th century

Exhibition of Airports and Airways Poster
Poster, Exhibition of Airports and Airways, arranged by the Royal Institute of British Architects, admission free. 20th century

Exterior view of store on the corner of the street with merc

Darktown hook and ladder corps-going to the front. Date 1891

Changing Role of Women in the UK
The Girls reckon they can do anything without us men now-a-days - But can they? Interesting postcard highlighting the changing role of Women in the UK workplace in the early years of the twentieth

Pictorial aids to Sunday School blackboard excercises. The ladder and pillar. Date c1869

The ladder of life a grand spectacular production : a realistic melo-drama. Date c1897

Coronation fancy dress party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Men of the 16th Lancers in a farmyard
A member of the 16th Lancers taking observations up a ladder, watched by his colleagues under cover of a farmyard. circa 1911

Fire at Carlton Hotel, London
Street scene showing The Carlton Hotel in London, which suffered severe damage by fire. The fire brigade have arrived and erected their ladders. circa 1911

Coronation fancy dress party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

The Coronation Bonfire on St James Hill, Norwich
Coronation Bonfire on St James Hill, Norwich, Norfolk. This was a gift to the local populace from the Lord Mayor of Norwich and stood 30ft high and was 20ft in diameter at its base. 22nd June 1911

Drawing of a cottage
A pencil drawing of a cottage, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. 1846

Two young men thatching a cottage
Two young men at work, thatching a cottage, somewhere in the West Country. Date: 1970s

Salmon Fish Ladder
The salmon fish ladder on the River Tummel, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Date: 1960s

New Compensation Act - 1906 - Gardener takes a fall
" The New Compensation Act" - " I ken see a life of ease for me!" - a Scottish Gardener is not unduly concerned at his tumble off a ladder and into the greenhouse

Framing and plating the hull of a ship, WW1
Framing and plating the middle portion of a ships hull during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Chinese Carpenter building a house
A Chinese Carpenter building a house using traditional techniques. Date: circa 1910s

At home with the Bristlewoods - Coronation effort. 1937
Mr Bristlewoods is putting up bunting outside his home, for the celebration of the Coronation of King George VI, while his wife peers through the window in horror. 1937

Model Athlete
A young woman in a ruched swimsuit hangs upside down from wooden exercise bars. Date: 1930s

Allied soldiers climbing a ladder, WW1
Allied soldiers climbing a ladder into what looks like a huge oil drum during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Penshurst, Kent
Rebuilding work in progress at Penshurst, Kent, home of the Sidney family. Date: 1843

Gardening Equipment 18Th
Various gardening tools from the 18th century. Date: Circa 1760

Scotland / Pitlochry
Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. A view of the River Tummel, looking down from part of the Dam and Hydro-Electric Station. On the right is the salmon fish ladder. Date: 1960s

French Fruit Pickers
French girls picking fruit with a ladder up a tree, in an unspecified region of France. Date: 1930s

Step-Ladder Stile
A curious step ladder stile next to a sign post, near Dedham, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Dugouts on the Western Front, WW1
Dugouts on the Western Front, probably used by Austrian troops, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Illustration, To Mystery Land, showing two girls climbing a ladder to who knows where. 1885

German Friedrichshafen G. III bomber plane, WW1
A German Friedrichshafen G.III medium bomber plane with two Mercedes engines, in service towards the end of the First World War. Seen here on an airfield, with crew. Date: 1917-1918

Mail delivery to ASC workshop behind the lines, WW1
A delivery of mail to men at an ASC (Army Service Corps) travelling workshop, working behind the lines during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Kensitas cigarettes advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes showing a domestic scene where a man, engaged in the masculine task of hanging a picture, is offered a Kensitas cigarette to steady his nerves. Date: 1953

Oil derricks at Binagadi, north of Baku, Armenia, WW1
Oil derricks at Binagadi, north of Baku, Armenia, towards the end of the First World War. August 1918

Torpedoed British ship in dock, WW1
A torpedoed British ship in dock during the First World War. Date: 9 September 1915

The Library, House of Commons, London
View inside the Library, House of Commons, London. Date: circa 1910s

A Good Rainfall
A delightful postcard illustrated by Lance Thackeray, entitled A Good Rainfall from the Amateur Gardening series. A girl watering her high hedge soaks her male companion and then tells him to go

The Library, House of Lords, London
View inside the Library, House of Lords, London. Date: circa 1910s

Granpop Gets Down to Brass Tacks by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood featuring his orang utan character, Granpop, descending a ladder only to stand painfully on some brass tacks. His porcine companion seems to find this hilarious

N Dalla Tando, Angola - Meteorological Station - a fantastic use of the massive old trunk of a Boabab tree Date: 1902

Dogs and Ladder
An adult dog stands on its hindlegs, while with its forelegs it holds up a ladder on which its puppies can play. Date: 1890s

Urban Chicken
Why did the chicken cross the road? A cheeky chicken becomes the talk of the town. Date: 1930s

Jacobs Ladder / German Ms
Two illustrations depicting Jacobs dream and his subsequent ladder

Tiling a Roof, France
Workers tile the roof of a building in a French town while two well-to-do gentlemen look on Date: Circa 1760

Guy Fawkes reprimands trespasser
A life-like effigy of the famous Gunpowder Plot conspirator reprimands a schoolboy who has trespassed, having climbed a ladder over a fence to take fruit from the store shed

Harvest - Gathering the Hay

Thatcher, Sidney Chun - thatching a roof at Marlborough
A thatcher, Sidney Chun (1903-1985), at work thatching a roof at Marlborough, Wiltshire, England - date: 1950s

Thatcher, Sidney Chun, thatching a roof at Marlborough
A thatcher, Sidney Chun (1903-1985), at work thatching a roof at Marlborough, Wiltshire, England - date: 1950s

Early London to Paris flight, aircraft and passengers
A group of passengers with an aircraft taking them on a London to Paris flight, in the early days of aviation. The pilot stands on the left, with his goggles up on his forehead

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