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Precariously Collection

Background imagePrecariously Collection: No Fear

No Fear
A curmudgeonly workman, balanced precariously on a chimney, looks at an aircraft during World War I and mutters, " Blowed if I d risk my bloomin neck"

Background imagePrecariously Collection: Precariously perched Studebaker Six - Yosemite

Precariously perched Studebaker Six - Yosemite
On June 10, 1916 photographer Arthur Clarence Pillsbury broke the driving time record from Oakland to Yosemite in his new Studebaker Six

Background imagePrecariously Collection: Picking Apples 1878

Picking Apples 1878
A boy hangs precariously from the tree and throws apples down to the girl waiting below with their dog

Background imagePrecariously Collection: Tiger attempting to reach big game hunter

Tiger attempting to reach big game hunter
A Tiger attempts to get at a big game hunter, sat rather precariously on a tree branch

Background imagePrecariously Collection: Lorry sheds its load, Trafalgar Square, London

Lorry sheds its load, Trafalgar Square, London
A lorry after shedding its load near St Martin-in-the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London. An engineer crouches precariously under the vehicle. Date: circa 1930s

Background imagePrecariously Collection: The Higher the Fewer says Gran pop by Lawson Wood

The Higher the Fewer says Gran pop by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing his orang utan character, Gran pop sitting in precariously in a homemade hot air balloon. A little piglet falls out of the bottom of the basket

Background imagePrecariously Collection: Swing Roundabout

Swing Roundabout
Children flying precariously through the air on the swing chairs of a roundabout at Hampton Court fair. Date: circa 1960

Background imagePrecariously Collection: Brebieres 1916

Brebieres 1916
The Tower of the Church of Notre Dame de Brebieres, in Albert. At the top of the tower the golden figure of the Virgin Mary holding aloft the infant Jesus hangs precariously

Background imagePrecariously Collection: Can He Stay There by Alfred Leete

Can He Stay There by Alfred Leete
Uncle Sam, representing the United States of America, balances precariously on a tightrope of neutrality in 1915 trying to maintain its isolation status during World War One

Background imagePrecariously Collection: Balancing Bear / Rountree

Balancing Bear / Rountree
A small bear walks precariously along a telegraph wire while balancing a red ball on his nose, thinking, I Wonder What It Is?

Background imagePrecariously Collection: Skyscraper Building

Skyscraper Building
A man hangs precariously from a line during the construction of a skyscraper in New York

Background imagePrecariously Collection: Crinoline Spoils Dancing

Crinoline Spoils Dancing
The men are forced out of the ballroom. There is barely enough room to accomodate the crinolined belles. A page in an attempt to serve tea tilts forward precariously

Background imagePrecariously Collection: French Signwriter C18Th

French Signwriter C18Th
A French signwriter astride a wooden plank pauses from painting a carved inn sign to accept a glass of red wine from a barmaid who leans precariously from a balcony. Date: 18th century


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