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Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclistThe Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclist causing havoc aid his fellow road-users, knocking over a man and his dog. An old take on a current issue! Date: 1904
WW2 - Firing a depth charge at a u-boat from a corvetteWW2 - (1/3) Corvettes and Convoys - the little ships which are grappling with the u-boat menace. Firing a depth charge at a submerged submarine from a corvette - officers scan the sea for signs of
Advert for Mothaks - Meet the Moth Menace with Mothaks, save your clothes from ruin Date: 1936
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La cinquena columna es un perill. Cal destruir-la! (The Fifth Column is a Menace. We Shall Destroy It). Poster by Friedfled for the Partit Socialista Unificat
JOHN COLLINGTON: Ne-er-do-well & wife beater, poacher, hiring hitmen & getting others to menace his neighbours. Buried 6 of his dead children in the orchard to save money! Date: 1696/7 - 1750
Social clubs are even more of a menace to society than pubs - or so a working class wife is represented as telling Asquith when he introduces his licensing bill for pubs Date: 1908
DRYDEN/DIE DAME/120/CARThis illustration is entitled Beauty Competition for Cars in the Bois de Boulogne. With mingling civilian and military dress, Dryden captures lurking menace behind Summer beauty. Date: 1928
WW2 - A corvette in heavy Atlantic Sea weatherWW2 - (2/3) Corvettes and Convoys - the little ships which are grappling with the u-boat menace. A corvette in heavy Atlantic Sea weather. 1941
WW2 - Corvette bucking through heavy Atlantic SeasWW2 - (3/3) Corvettes and Convoys - the little ships which are grappling with the u-boat menace. Corvette bucking through heavy Atlantic Seas 1941
The Ksar, Medenine, Tunisiacirca 1910s
Music in Street 1856THE QUIET STREET The menace of street musicians Date: 1856
STAGE GESTURE / MENACEMENACE Date: 1807
Congo, Africa - Terrifying Warrior with bullet piercingsA Bougbou Tribesman from the region close to the start of the Kotto, a major tributary of the Ubangi right bank, so a sub-tributary of the Congo River - Congo, Central Africa - Terrifying (pre-punk)
On the SwoopOn The Swoop! The Imperial German eagle swoops menacingly over natives of the Congo looking to steal their land
The War of the Worlds - Quietly observing a martian" I began to closely observe this fighting machine, making sure, first, that the hood (cap) contained a species which was actually Martian." Date: First published: 1898
WW1 - Vendome Column shakes at news of German successesWW1 - The Vendome Column shakes in fear at news of German successes in the war. Date: circa 1916
WW1 - Eiffel Tower in Paris is scared of the Zeppelin menace and curls (wobbles/quivers/shakes/shivers). Date: circa 1916
The Devil corrupting a group of nunsEngraving from Thomas Glanvilles " Saducismus Triumphatos", depicting the Devil corrupting a group of nuns. The book affirmed the existence of witches with malign supernatural magical
Expansionist tendenciesGermany(a roaring Kasier Wilhem II), Britain(Edward VII) and the Balkans grapple for control of territory. Russia(Tsar Nicolas II)smokes nonchalantly
Pantomime DemonA popular image of the Devil - more a figure of fun than a menace to be taken seriously
French soldier returns home from the front bearing fleasFrench soldier returns home from the front bearing some unwelcome guests in the form of fleas, which subsequently cause havoc amongst the household following his departure
PHANTOM FROM SPACE From what incredible world did he come, this stranger from the void, with his unimaginable desires, his fearful menace ? Date: 1953
Aerial Battle 1507Warriors and weapons fill the skies, terrifying the German ppulace with their menace of terrible things to come... as indeed they did Date: 1507
Marconi strangles Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph snakesTHE INFANT HERCULES Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), strangling the twin snakes of Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph with his new Wireless telegraph system
What shall we do with our SUFFRAGETTES. Suggestions on how to deal with the suffragette menace by channeling their energy into other areas - Road-breaking, Taxi driving
Menace of Cloudland by G. H. DavisCumulo-nimbus -- the menace of Cloudland. Majestic masses which were a danger signal to aircraft during the Second World War
Fire fighting on the Home Front by G. H. DavisFire fighting on the Home Front during the Second World War. Fighting the incendiary bomb menace in office buildings (left) and in residential districts (right). Date: 1941
Menace of the U-boat by G. H. DavisThe deadly menace of the U-boat: the power and possibilities of Germanys underwater wolves. Some details of the operational methods of enemy submarines working in the Atlantic shipping lanes during
Speed controversy and ship losses by G. H. DavisFaster or slower cargo ships? Some of the outstanding features in the speed controversy over ship losses during the Second World War
Scorchers Progress - Embankment - Errant city cyclistThe Scorchers Progress VI - The Thames Embankment, London - An errant city cyclist finally gets his comeuppance having caused havoc with his erratic cycling across the city
Scorchers Progress - St James Palace - Errant city cyclistThe Scorchers Progress II - St James Palace, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here the mounted guards around St
Scorchers Progress - Royal Exchange - Errant city cyclistThe Scorchers Progress V - The Royal Exchange, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here pedestrians
Scorchers Progress - Whitehall - Errant city cyclistThe Scorchers Progress IV - Whitehall, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here horses rear in alarm, throwing their riders as the cyclist approaches at speed
Scorchers Progress - Trafalgar Square - Errant city cyclistThe Scorchers Progress III - " Twas in Trafalgar Square" - London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users
He used to be A Menace - now he finds himself a fad. Illustration shows a man labeled Foreign Socialist being fated and toasted by high society; a vignette shows a jail cell full of the types of
The tenement - a menace to all. Illustration shows the spirits of alcoholism, opium dens, prostitution, gambling, and street crime, as well as the figure of Death, issuing from a tenement house
Concerning a growing menace. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt standing at a flag-draped podium on the right, pointing to two men on the left
Syphilis Menace to industry : Dont sic lose your pay. Poster showing a man directing a ladle of molten metal as it is being poured. Date between 1936 and 1940
On Closer Inspection - Kaiser and King GeorgeThe Kaiser: " Why, I always thought your Lion was showing his teeth; I see, now, its been intended for a genial smile
Right-Wing MenaceThe Third Republic lives in constant fear of a right-wing coup : police raid the headquarters of the Ligue des Patriotes, a royalist organisation
The Monks Rock, near the Faeroes, is a menace to shipping and has sent many a stout sailor to Davy Joness Locker
Resisting the IrishTHE IRISH MENACE John Bull and his Scottish and Welsh friends refuse to be coerced by terrorism from the Irish
The Soviet MenaceThe spectre of Communism terrifies the rest of Europe... Date: 1936
Cliffa at EtretatThe cliffs et Etretat, on the Channel, are magnificently picturesque, but a menace to shipping - here a sailing vessel has been driven onto the shore
Europe Confronts BearBEAR OR BUG-BEAR? Thou com st in such questionable shape! - Hamlet Europa confronts the Russian Bear
Bewick / Grey Squirrel(sciurus carolinensis) This is the common grey squirrel, familiar to all. They came to Europe from America, where they were a menace to farmers
Americans Versus UboatsUncle Sam, assisted by Labor, cut the German U-boat menace down to size. (America had entered the war by this time.)
Anti-Jesuit ProtestTo Frances republicans, the Jesuits were seen as a fearsome menace, intent on taking over public education and brainwashing children with papal perversions
Tribal ConferenceThe German tribes, normally competing if not fighting among themselves, meet to discuss what they should do about the Roman menace
Battle of PlataeaBATTLE OF PLATAEA The Greeks, led by the Spartan Pausanias, defeat a Persian army twice their size, thereby freeing Greece from the Persian menace
Water Babies / Tom / TroutOut floushed a huge old brown trout, ten times as big as he was ; Toms tormenting of the fish leads him into trouble
