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Background imageLifted Collection: The bow framework of Graf Zeppelin II LZ 130 being lifted

The bow framework of Graf Zeppelin II LZ 130 being lifted
The bow framework of Graf Zeppelin II, LZ 130, being lifted into position outside the hangar at Friedrichshafen, 11 February 1937. Date: 1937

Background imageLifted Collection: Blitz in London -- vehicle on roof in Peckham Hill Street

Blitz in London -- vehicle on roof in Peckham Hill Street
Blitz in London -- the trajectory of the vehicle lifted by a bomb blast from Bonar Road onto the roof of a house in Peckham Hill Street, SE London

Background imageLifted Collection: LFB trailer pump competition at Brigade HQ, Lambeth, WW2

LFB trailer pump competition at Brigade HQ, Lambeth, WW2
Two trailer pump crews engaged in a competition in the headquarters drill yard. The trailer pump had to be set into the water in the emergency inflatable dams

Background imageLifted Collection: Titanic survivor

Titanic survivor
Survivor from RMS Titanic being lifted aboard the Carpathia, April 1912 April 1912

Background imageLifted Collection: Dhule, India - A beggar is carried in a two-man litter

Dhule, India - A beggar is carried in a two-man litter
A beggar is carried in a one-man litter (with two bearers) at Dhule, India - a city and a Municipal Corporation in Dhule district in northwestern part of Maharashtra State. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageLifted Collection: Business Notes Illustrated - Receiving an Unexpected Rise

Business Notes Illustrated - Receiving an Unexpected Rise A Gentleman is accidently lifted aloft by a warehouse crane outside a warehouse. Date: circa 1909

Background imageLifted Collection: Chicago Bridge

Chicago Bridge
Chicago harbour : State Street bascule bridge lifted for the passage of an excursion steamer. Date: 1916

Background imageLifted Collection: Disembarking from a ship - Mollendo, Peru

Disembarking from a ship - Mollendo, Peru. Crew members from arriving ships were lifted from their boat via a crane, the Pacific swell being too great for normal landings! circa 1930s

Background imageLifted Collection: Lear / Nonsense / Wales

Lear / Nonsense / Wales
There was a Young Lady of Wales, who caught a large fish without scales; When she lifted her hook, she exclaimed, Only look! that ecstatic Young Lady of Wales

Background imageLifted Collection: Indian child gymnast atop a long pole

Indian child gymnast atop a long pole
A tiny Indian child Gymnast rather precariously held aloft by a long pole!

Background imageLifted Collection: Captured frogs bid for Freedom

Captured frogs bid for Freedom
A young schoolboy in his full school uniform get a nasty surprise when the frog he has captured makes a daring bid for freedom, leaping out and away as soon as the airhole-added lid has been lifted

Background imageLifted Collection: Sinking British Merchant Ship, 1916

Sinking British Merchant Ship, 1916
Photograph showing a sinking British Merchant ship, after she had been torpedoed by a German submarine, 1916. In this picture the ships funnel has reached the waterline

Background imageLifted Collection: German Workers Re-erecting a Free Passage Sign, Berlin, 19

German Workers Re-erecting a Free Passage Sign, Berlin, 19
Photograph showing German workers re-erecting a Russian and German sign declaring Free Passage on the border between West Berlin and the Soviet Sector at the end of the Berlin Blockade, May 1949

Background imageLifted Collection: Interior of a Transport Airplane filled with coal, 1948

Interior of a Transport Airplane filled with coal, 1948
Photograph showing the interior of a Dakota airplane loaded with kitbags full of coal, destined for Berlin during the airlift of 1948

Background imageLifted Collection: Unloading an airplane, Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1948

Unloading an airplane, Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1948
Photograph showing a generator set being unloaded from a York aircraft at Gatow Airport, during the Berlin Airlift, 1948. Between April 1948 and May 1949 Stalin, leader of the USSR

Background imageLifted Collection: Royal Air Force York at Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1949

Royal Air Force York at Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing a Royal Air Force York transport airplane, after landing at Gatow Airport, carrying the millionth ton of supplies during the Berlin Airlift of 1949

Background imageLifted Collection: Exchanging Clothes at a Second-hand Depot, Berlin, 1948

Exchanging Clothes at a Second-hand Depot, Berlin, 1948
Photograph showing several citizens of West Berlin bringing their old woollen garments to a second-hand clothing depot, Berlin, August 1948

Background imageLifted Collection: West Berlin Train Crew Prepare to Travel, Berlin, 1949

West Berlin Train Crew Prepare to Travel, Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing the crew of a West Berlin locomotive hoisting the banner Greetings to Western Germany onto the front of their train at the end of the Berlin Blockade, May 1949

Background imageLifted Collection: The First Bus out of West Berlin after the Blockade, 1949

The First Bus out of West Berlin after the Blockade, 1949
Photograph showing the first civilian bus to leave West Berlin after the end of the Soviet blockade, May 1949. The bus shown was heading for Hanover and proudly bore the banner Hurra

Background imageLifted Collection: Citizens of West Berlin outside the Schoeneberg Town Hall, 1

Citizens of West Berlin outside the Schoeneberg Town Hall, 1
Photograph showing up to 500, 000 West Berliners gathered outside the Schoeneberg Town Hall to celebrate the end of the Berlin Blockade, 12th May 1949

Background imageLifted Collection: The Statistics Board at Frankfurt Airport during the Berlin

The Statistics Board at Frankfurt Airport during the Berlin
Photograph showing American aircrew studying the achievement board at Frankfurt-on-Main showing the daily and overall tonnage of supplies flown from Frankfurt to Berlin, during the airlift of 1948

Background imageLifted Collection: Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1948

Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1948
Photograph showing a York transport airplane at Gatow Airport, during the Berlin Airlift, 1948. In the background of the image, extension work on the runway can be seen being undertaken

Background imageLifted Collection: The East-West Frontier in Berlin, 1949

The East-West Frontier in Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing a West Berlin policeman (on left) talking to a Soviet Sector policeman over an East-West frontier barrier, in Berlin, 1949

Background imageLifted Collection: Map at the Berlin Air Safety Centre, during the Berlin Airli

Map at the Berlin Air Safety Centre, during the Berlin Airli
Photograph showing a large wall map of Berlin and its air corridors, in the Berlin Air Safety Centre, during the airlift of 1948

Background imageLifted Collection: German Boys on a disused Railway, Berlin, 1948

German Boys on a disused Railway, Berlin, 1948
Photograph showing two German boys playing on a railway track leading into the American Sector of West Berlin, November 1948

Background imageLifted Collection: Landing Oranges at Fresh Wharf, London Bridge, 1874

Landing Oranges at Fresh Wharf, London Bridge, 1874
Engraving showing the belly of a cargo ship, being unloaded of oranges at Fresh Wharf, London. The oranges, in rectangular crates

Background imageLifted Collection: Brighton Stagecoach

Brighton Stagecoach
Boarding the London to Brighton Stage : travellers take their seats, and luggage is lifted on board

Background imageLifted Collection: Digging a Rail Cutting

Digging a Rail Cutting
The construction of the Tring Cutting. Railway navvies dig out the earth and rock by hand with the spoil lifted up to the top of the bank by horse- powered winches

Background imageLifted Collection: Windy Day on the Quais

Windy Day on the Quais
A windy day on the quais of the Rive Gauche : the bouquinistes aren t doing much business at their bookstalls, but les messieurs enjoy the lifted skirts of the ladies

Background imageLifted Collection: Marriott Levitation

Marriott Levitation
Professional magician Williams Marriott excelled in exposing mediums tricks. A table is lifted - by the spirits - or by human agency ?

Background imageLifted Collection: Joseph in Prison

Joseph in Prison
In prison due to Potiphars wifes false accusation, he interprets the dreams of the chief cup-bearer and the chief baker - both will have their heads lifted in differing ways

Background imageLifted Collection: Perils of Crinolines

Perils of Crinolines
Voyeurs can cop an eyeful in Hyde Park on a windy day thanks to the latest fashion. A lady is lifted off the ground as her crinoline inflates scaring her pet dog & page boy Date: 1859



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