Ladder Collection (page 26)

Queueing in Playground
A group of young children queue to climb the ladder in the playground

Fire Engine 1940S
A fire engine from the Durham County Fire Brigade

Eloping
Engraving showing a young woman escaping a house by step ladder in order to elope, during a snowstorm

Climbing Factory Chimney
These brave men are climbing a huge factory chimney, risking life and limb in the process

Decorating a Door / 1940S
A woman, wearing a floral over dress, stands on a step ladder to give a door a fresh coat of paint

Thatching a Cottage
A thatcher at work, thatching the roof of a cottage at Great Comberton, Worcestershire, England

Making a Large Haystack
Four men, two horses and an extremely long ladder make a very large haystack

Girl in Hay Loft / Woof
A young woman, posed against a ladder in a hay loft, wears a red & white striped shirt with a batou neck & red shorts with cuffs

50S Swimwear / Photo
Pretty, blonde model, balancing on a ladder, poses in a one-piece bathing costume with cut out back detail & halter neck

Lopping Trees in Paris
Lopping branches off trees in the streets of Paris

Firefighters Ladder
French sapeurs-pompiers use a long ladder to reach the highest floors of a burning building

Observing Room / Greenwich
GREENWICH OBSERVATORY The old observing room

Houdini Chained to L dr
Harry Houdini chained by the neck, hands and feet to a ladder which would later be submerged in water

Painting the Garage
A house-proud British man, up a step ladder, painting the door and surrounds of his garage

Mending a Lamp Post
A crowd gathers to watch a workman up a ladder mending a broken lamp post, England

Advert / Bill Poster 1930S
Bill posting in Woolwich, south-east London

Michaelmas Geese 1886
Michaelmas Day: Goose and Gander are a little concerned that the Cook and Tom are getting ready to make some sauce and stuffing

Fire Brigade & Engine
The Romsey Fire Brigade and their horse pulled engine

Jacobs Dream Ladder
He dreams of a ladder leading to (and from) Heaven, used as a pathway by angels when they want to spare their wings

1848 / Fighting in Rome
Fighting in Roman streets

Fire / Opera Comique / 1887
As fire takes hold of the Opera Comique theatre in Paris, firefighters attempt to rescue those trapped on the roof by ladder

Transport / By Horse / Stage
Coaches were generally made of tough ash wood, with mahogany panels and leather upper parts; the finest made coaches commanded the best wages

Industry / Glass 1827
A glass-blower rests the molten glass on a stool while he blows it into shape

Wheeled Siege Ladder
Wheeled ladder for scaling city walls

Floral Print Dress
Alluring young woman wears a sleeveless floral print frock with square neckline & full skirt with piped edged tiers - perfect for a day in the country

Ours is a Hopi Home
The homes of the Hopi people of Arizona (built and owned by the women) are on three levels : access to the upper floors (used for storage and such) is by ladder

40S Two-Piece Costume
A young lady about to ascend the ladder to the diving board wears a striking two-piece swim-suit in black & white, with a design of knotted ropes

Oil Lamplighter
A London lamplighter climbs his ladder to refill a lamp with oil

Butler Dusting Books
In the library I found, to my surprise, William on a ladder dusting books

Shop Windows Smashed
The windows of Swan & Edgar Ltd smashed by suffragettes

Fox Talbot Photo
WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT Three men, a ladder, a doorway, shadows - a moment of time caught by what Talbot termed the pencil of Nature -

Polemomium Caeruleum
JACOBs LADDER

A Nun Makes a Bolt
A French girl, incarcerated against her will in a convent at Marseille, makes a dramatic escape by clambering over a wall, where passers-by rush to her aid with a ladder

Menai Tubular Bridge
Construction of the main tube on the staging of Stephensons Britannia tubular bridge across the Menai Strait

Girl Feeds Nestlings
The foster-mother - A girl climbs a ladder to give food to nestlings who have lost their mother

Fire-Fighting Hose / Tower
A fireman operates a hose from a tall water tower

Merryweather Turntable
In 1908 Merryweathers designed and constructed the first motor fire-ladder built on the one-engine principle, using the same motor which propelled the vehicle

Bristol Chemical Engine
Horse-drawn chemical engine, supplied by Merryweathers for the City of Bristol. The copper cylinders held the chemical fire-fighting compounds

Hose and Ladder Carriage
Hose and ladder carriages by Merryweathers. Each ladder was provided with sockets so that they could all be fitted together to form one long fire-escape

Fire Escape Shute / 1884
Merryweathers fire-escape ladder and canvas chute, enabling persons to descend rapidly from a burning building

NATIONAL FIRE ESCAPE
National fire-escape in use. The second or smaller portion of the ladder was fixed at a point on the main ladder and lifetd outwards when required

Merryweather Fire Engine
One of two motor fire engines completed by Merryweathers in 1927. This vehicle is a six- wheeled version, with a Hatfield pump capable of delivering 400 gal a minute

Tin Miners / Camborne
Miners climbing from the sixty- to the fifty-fathom level in King Edwards mine, near Camborne, Cornwall

French Signwriter C18Th
A French signwriter astride a wooden plank pauses from painting a carved inn sign to accept a glass of red wine from a barmaid who leans precariously from a balcony. Date: 18th century

Hungarian Window Cleaner
A window cleaner in Budapest, Hungary, who also washes down doors

Window Cleaning Girl
Georgina, replaces the male window cleaner whilst he is in the army during World War Two. She wears an apron, a ladder on her shoulder and a bucket over her capable arm

Louvre, 18th Century
Perspective view of the Academie Royale of painting and sculpture in the Louvre - even with the ladder provided, visitors would have difficulty inspecting the highest items

Wembley Workmen 1930
Workmen fixing goal posts at Wembley Stadium two days before the 55th F.A. Cup Final, when Aresenal defeated Huddersfield Town (2-0), in front of a 98, 488 crowd

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