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Life Collection (page 7)

Background imageLife Collection: Tampax advertisement, 1965

Tampax advertisement, 1965
Go, Girl, Go! Advertisement for Tampax tampons from the 1960s encouraging women to join millions of young moderns this very month ! Date: 1965

Background imageLife Collection: Salmo ferox, or Ferox Trout

Salmo ferox, or Ferox Trout, also known as Lake Trout, or Great Lake Trout. Date: 1879

Background imageLife Collection: Tinca tinca, or Tench

Tinca tinca, or Tench. Date: 1879

Background imageLife Collection: Gobio gobio, or Gudgeon

Gobio gobio, or Gudgeon, a freshwater fish. Date: 1865

Background imageLife Collection: Gaidropsarus vulgaris, or Three-Bearded Rockling

Gaidropsarus vulgaris, or Three-Bearded Rockling, also known as Whistler and Whistle-Fish. Date: 1864

Background imageLife Collection: WW1 - Lifebelted passengers - Torpedoing of RMS Falaba

WW1 - Lifebelted passengers - Torpedoing of RMS Falaba
WW1 - Aboard the RMS Falaba on 28th March 1915, the photographer captures a moment showing passengers putting on their life-belts

Background imageLife Collection: Tapestry of Creation. 1st half 12th c. Central detail

Tapestry of Creation. 1st half 12th c. Central detail. Creation of the heaven, earth and animal and vegetal life. Romanesque art. Tapestry. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Gerona

Background imageLife Collection: Life of Charles Dickens - Newgate Prison Barnaby Rudge

Life of Charles Dickens - Newgate Prison Barnaby Rudge. Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works) slide no. 3 Date: circa 1890s

Background imageLife Collection: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - Coloured slide with handwritten inscription - Lorry reads the dispatch Recalled to Life

Background imageLife Collection: Life of Charles Dickens - Entrance to Newgate Prison. London

Life of Charles Dickens - Entrance to Newgate Prison. London.. Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works), slide no. 4 Date: circa 1890s

Background imageLife Collection: Life on a barge, Henley-on-Thames

Life on a barge, Henley-on-Thames - early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Background imageLife Collection: Lowestoft Fishermen

Lowestoft Fishermen
Taking nets from a drifter for repairs at Lowestoft Harbour, Suffolk, England. Date: 1950s

Background imageLife Collection: Village life at Whixley, North Yorkshire

Village life at Whixley, North Yorkshire Date: circa 1910s

Background imageLife Collection: BERJON, Antoine (1754-1843). Bouquet of Lilies

BERJON, Antoine (1754-1843). Bouquet of Lilies

Background imageLife Collection: The Turn of the Tune

The Turn of the Tune
Traveller Playing the Arkansas Traveller. The Turn of the Tune. Date: 1870

Background imageLife Collection: The launch of the lifeboat - Appledore, Devon

The launch of the lifeboat - Appledore, Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Background imageLife Collection: French Shrimpers

French Shrimpers
Shrimp-girls of Arcachonin southwest France, in their traditional dress

Background imageLife Collection: Lerwick Fishing Fleet

Lerwick Fishing Fleet
A fleet of fishing trawlers docked at Lerwick harbour, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Background imageLife Collection: Fishing / Sport / Angling

Fishing / Sport / Angling
Angling in the 18th century

Background imageLife Collection: Chinese Pig-Bonze

Chinese Pig-Bonze
The Chinese bonze Tchou Pa- Kiai is the unhappy victim of an unfortunate mistake during reincarnation, forced to live this life half-pig, half-man

Background imageLife Collection: A Trout and a Char

A Trout and a Char
A trout and a char

Background imageLife Collection: Children Drinking C1840

Children Drinking C1840
Two young children share a jug of gin outside a tavern. Are they beginning a life of intemperate misery, foulness and degradation in the eyes of God?

Background imageLife Collection: Guillemette and the Wolf

Guillemette and the Wolf
A wolf carries young Guillemette to meet its master, Satan : in the forest, it becomes an old hag, who presents the girl to the Devil, assuring him she will serve him all her life

Background imageLife Collection: A young girl plays in Eccles

A young girl plays in Eccles Date: circa 1977

Background imageLife Collection: Shelling Mussels / 1906

Shelling Mussels / 1906
Shelling mussels, Cromasty, Scotland Date: 1906

Background imageLife Collection: Greatheads Lifeboat 2

Greatheads Lifeboat 2
In a heavy sea, Greatheads lifeboat puts out to the aid of a vessel in distress : the helmsman stands aft, the look- out in the bows, the ten oarsmen row as best they can. Date: 1791

Background imageLife Collection: Poster, French Line

Poster, French Line
Poster, Live the life you love, travel French Line. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageLife Collection: Sicily - Palermo Monte Pellegrino Saint Rosalies Chapel

Sicily - Palermo Monte Pellegrino Saint Rosalies Chapel
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of the Chapel of Saint Rosalie. Saint Rosalie lived a hermit life in the caves of Mount Pallegrino

Background imageLife Collection: An ammunition column passing through Ypres, 1917

An ammunition column passing through Ypres, 1917. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holidays Early Life Was Spent In St

Background imageLife Collection: Breaking ice for water, Tientsin, China

Breaking ice for water, Tientsin, China
Men breaking ice on a frozen river for water and hauling it on sledges in Tientsin (now Tianjin), China, around 1911. Date: C.1911

Background imageLife Collection: London, Edinburgh & Glasgow Assurance Company Ltd

London, Edinburgh & Glasgow Assurance Company Ltd. - advertorial flyer Date: 1882

Background imageLife Collection: BERLINGHIERI, Bonaventura (1215 - ca. 1274)

BERLINGHIERI, Bonaventura (1215 - ca. 1274). Saint Francis. 1235. Saint Francis surrounded by scenes of his life. Renaissance art. Trecento. Tempera on wood. ITALY. Pescia. Church of St. Francis

Background imageLife Collection: Life of George Washington The Christian death /

Life of George Washington The Christian death /. George Washington on his death bed attended by family and friends. Date c1853

Background imageLife Collection: Procession of Horse Guardsmen - London

Procession of Horse Guardsmen - London Date: circa 1910s

Background imageLife Collection: Fishing Near Venice

Fishing Near Venice
Fishing at Chioggia in the lagoons of Venice. Date: 1939

Background imageLife Collection: Littlebury Cylist

Littlebury Cylist
The old-time centre of village life is the Village Pump at Littlebury, Essex, England. This pump is still in use and is being admired by a young man on a bicycle! Date: 1940s

Background imageLife Collection: Fresh Salmon Catch

Fresh Salmon Catch
A fine bag of freshly caught salmon. Date: 1930s

Background imageLife Collection: Gondwanaland - a reconstruction

Gondwanaland - a reconstruction
A pictoral map of the Gondwana continent as it probably appeared before it was submerged millions of years ago. Reconstruction of typical Gondwana landscape

Background imageLife Collection: Shrimping by the Sea

Shrimping by the Sea
A family shrimping at the seas edge. Date: 1920s

Background imageLife Collection: Microscopic Marine Life

Microscopic Marine Life
Various forms of microscopic marine life, described by Sibly as Animalcules Date: 1794

Background imageLife Collection: Throwing snowballs

Throwing snowballs
A group of cheeky monks, step outside of their monastery to throw snowballs and unsuspecting passers-by

Background imageLife Collection: Farmers walk and lead a team of working horses

Farmers walk and lead a team of working horses across a harvested cornfield. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageLife Collection: OCTOPUS / 1885

OCTOPUS / 1885
Tritaxeopus Cornutus

Background imageLife Collection: Whaling from Small Boat

Whaling from Small Boat
Whaling from a small boat

Background imageLife Collection: Restored by Aesculapius

Restored by Aesculapius
Poseidons sea-monsters so terrify the horses of Hippolytus that they drag him to death; fortunately Asklepios is able to restore him to life

Background imageLife Collection: Rendering Whale Oil

Rendering Whale Oil
Rendering whale oil in Holland

Background imageLife Collection: Fishing with Cormorants

Fishing with Cormorants
Fishing using cormorants in China

Background imageLife Collection: Friars Shot Pool Fishing

Friars Shot Pool Fishing
Scottish salmon fishermen fishing in the Friars Shot Pool of the River Ness. In the background is the town of Inverness with its castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland



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