Mounting Collection (page 2)

Hotchkiss Machine Gun
Hotchkiss machine-gun on a parapet mounting, adapted for use as a fortress defence Date: August 1914

WW1 - French / Serbian Artillery position in Serbia Date: circa 1915

Boy getting on to his new Bicycle
Interesting photograph of a boy getting onto his new Bicycle. He is obviously used to riding a Penny Farthing as his method of mounting the bicycle is akin to the way one had to mount a Penny

George Cayleys design (side elevation) for contra-rotating tandem airscrews for airship propulsion; the airscrews have curved blades mounted on rods radiating from the hubs; the whole mounting can be

Westland-built naval DH4 with built-up Scarff ring mounting

Nikko - Japan - Hotel Kanaya - Mounting butterflies after Kirifuri walk. Date: 1952

Yorktown, Virginia. Battery No. 4 mounting 13-inch mortars. South end. Date 1862 May

17th Lancers - Mounting
Despatch Orderly mounting outside the troop stable - 17th Lancers. A clean and smart turnout is required! Date: circa 1916

Too Talkative - Distracted lady driver
Too Talkative - A distracted lady horse cab driver, deep in conversation with her smartly-dressed male fare, forgets where she is heading and mounts a kerb - Place de la Concorde, Paris, France

Bonsecours, France - Le Bourdon (heavy bell) - The Big Leon is a drone, a big bell of over 6 tons melted in the workshops Drouot in Douai, in the North in 1892

Horse Mounting Steps
The old stone mounting steps at Adel Church, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, reminding us of the days when people went to church on horseback. Date: 1950s

Horse Mounting Block
An ancient horse-mounting block of steps, well worn over the centuries, at Burford, Oxfordshire, England. It was made from a solid piece of Cotswold stone. Date: 1950s

Indian troops operating Lewis gun, WW1
Indian troops operating a Lewis gun on a mounting against hostile aircraft during the First World War, probably in Palestine. Troops in the background can be seen taking shelter in trenches

French 320 mm gun on railway mounting, WW1
A French 320 mm gun on a railway mounting, in action north of Mailly, northern France, during the First World War. An aeroplane can be seen flying overhead. Date: 15 May 1918

British 14 inch gun on railway mounting, WW1
A British 14 inch gun on a railway mounting, used on the Western Front in 1918 during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

British gunners at work beneath a flak-filled sky, WW2
British gunners at work beneath flak-filled sky during the Second World War. They are using a Vickers 3.7 inch a (anti-aircraft) gun on a static mounting. Date: 1939-1945

British 12 inch Howitzer on railway mounting, WW1
A British 12 inch Howitzer on a railway mounting during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Groom with saddled stallion, Mid Wales
A groom with a saddled stallion in front of a stone wall, probably somewhere in Mid Wales

Railway mounted gun emplacement
A railway mounted gun emplacement and soldiers during the First World War. The gun and mounting have been camouflaged with two shades of paint

Three machine guns on display
Three machine guns on their tripods on display in front of a shed during the First World War

Mountain Guard at Buckingham Palace
Guard Mounting (or Changing of the Guard ) ceremony at Buckingham Palace - guards musicians playing their instruments in a circular formation inside the gates of the Palace

Native pre-marital rite - Jakarta (Indonesia)
A native girl of Jakarta (Indonesia) straddling a specially-designed wooden mounting block draped with a white cloth in order to catch the blood

French Front 1916
12 inch gun on railway mounting in action at Maricort, Somme on the French Front in France during World War I in 1916

Anti-airship battery
A sketch of war. One of the first anti-aircraft guns - a French artllery team with a gun on a rotating mounting, specifically used to target airships

British Motor-Launch in the North Sea, Second World War, 194
Photograph showing the deck of a Royal Navy motor-launch (M.L.) on patrol in the North Sea, 1942. This photograph clearly shows the three gun turrets on the rear of the launch

HMS Argonaut steaming at high speed; Second World War, 194
Aerial photograph showing the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Argonaut steaming at high speed during the Second World War, 1945. HMS Argonaut was a Dido class cruiser of 5450 tons, mounting ten 5.25-inch guns

Elizabethan Warship, 1588
Illustration of an Elizabeth warship, circa 1588, from the Illustrated London News, 2nd March 1929. This image depicts a typical warship of 500 tons, mounting 28 guns

Whitworths Rifle Rest
Whitworths rifle rest - side elevation and plan views

American Raincoat 1907
American water-proof overcoat or raincoat with fly-front, cuffs & pocket flaps worn with jodhpurs, riding boots with spurs, wing collar & tie & a bowler or derby hat

Cavalry Mounting
United States cavalrymen mounting, during the fighting against native Americans which culminated in the battle of the Little Big Horn. Date: 1876

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