Pigeon Collection (page 8)

Homing Pigeon Contest at the Alexandra Palace, 1875
Engraving showing a number of scenes from the Great Homing Pigeon Contest, held at the Alexandra Palace, London, 1875

Pigeon Container on a British Paratrooper, Second World War
Photograph showing a pigeon container strapped to the stomach of a British paratrooper, 1944. Pigeons are one of the oldest and most reliable forms of military communication

Franco-Prussian War. A Friend in Need
A Lady and her maid catch their pigeon as it returns home with a message

Mail Sorting Office
Postal workers at the General Post Office (Britain), manually sorting mail into pigeon holes

Pigeon Used in Crash
During World War One, a British flying-boat is forced to ditch in the sea : a homing pigeon is released to summon help

Pigeon in Alices Face
As Alice stretches a large pigeon flies into her face

Live Pigeon Shooting
Sportsmen shooting live pigeons as they are released from cages: Theres no rural sport surpasses pigeon shooting, the text says

German Pigeon Post 1915
Carrier pigeons used by the German army during the First World War

Pigeon Flock / Ascot
A flight of pigeons over Ascot

Sheraton Desk 1805
Desk by Thomas Sheraton, with pigeon-holes for your insurance certificates, bank statements and billets-doux

Pigeon with Message
A messenger pigeon with message strapped to foot (Columbidae species)

Balloon Lightened
A scene in the basket of a balloon. One man consults the altimeter : another empties sand to lighten the balloon and gain height, a third releases a carrier-pigeon

Pigeon Show, London
Visitors at the Philo- Peristeron Societys annual pigeon show, London

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