Menace Collection

Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclist
The 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 corvette
WW2 - (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/CAR
This 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 weather
WW2 - (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 Seas
WW2 - (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, Tunisia
circa 1910s

Music in Street 1856
THE QUIET STREET The menace of street musicians Date: 1856

STAGE GESTURE / MENACE
MENACE Date: 1807

Congo, Africa - Terrifying Warrior with bullet piercings
A 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 Swoop
On 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 successes
WW1 - 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 nuns
Engraving 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 tendencies
Germany(a roaring Kasier Wilhem II), Britain(Edward VII) and the Balkans grapple for control of territory. Russia(Tsar Nicolas II)smokes nonchalantly

Pantomime Demon
A 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 fleas
French 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 1507
Warriors 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 snakes
THE 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. Davis
Cumulo-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. Davis
Fire 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. Davis
The 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. Davis
Faster 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 cyclist
The 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 cyclist
The 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 cyclist
The 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 cyclist
The 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 cyclist
The 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 George
The Kaiser: " Why, I always thought your Lion was showing his teeth; I see, now, its been intended for a genial smile

Right-Wing Menace
The 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 Irish
THE IRISH MENACE John Bull and his Scottish and Welsh friends refuse to be coerced by terrorism from the Irish

The Soviet Menace
The spectre of Communism terrifies the rest of Europe... Date: 1936

Cliffa at Etretat
The 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 Bear
BEAR 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 Uboats
Uncle Sam, assisted by Labor, cut the German U-boat menace down to size. (America had entered the war by this time.)

Anti-Jesuit Protest
To Frances republicans, the Jesuits were seen as a fearsome menace, intent on taking over public education and brainwashing children with papal perversions

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