Recover Collection

Wounded Indian Troops - Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Indian soldiers wounded in action during the First World War, convalesce in the Royal Pavilion at Brighton

Ward at Kings College
Wigram ward of Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E. London

Cody Kite Recovered
The Royal Navy recover one of Codys military kites from Portsmouth Harbour. Date: 1903

WW1 German Navy recovering an enemy French Biplane Date: 1915

Turkey. Caravanserai of Kuchuk Chemetche
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Caravanserai of Kuchuk Chemetche. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vormser and Lepetit. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk N6715A
Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk N671SA (msn 67001), at the SBAC Farnborough Airshow, held between 1-8 September 1974. N6715A crashed while conducting a low-level aerobatic demonstration at the Farnborough

CALANDER SAYS NO
The CALANDER (a kind of lark) knows if sick people will recover ; held over the sickbed, if it turns towards the patient s/he will recover, if not (as here) s/he won't

Postcard design artwork - Obey your Doctor and your Nurse. A nurse approaches a sickly child bearing a LARGE bottle of medicine. Date: circa 1937

Postcard design artwork - Get well soon. A child in bed is offered a spoonful of medicine by their pet Scottie Dog. Date: circa 1937

Salvage operations, sunken submarine M2
Salvage operations on the sunken submarine M2, September 1932. 1932

Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, the site of many deaths and rescues. Seen here are members of the rescue team at the top of the cliff, transporting a piece of lifting equipment

NASA - Rogallo wing to recover Gemini spacecraft
NASA considered using a Rogallo wing to recover the Gemini spacecraft

Crusoe & the Captain
Crusoe offers his assistance to the English captain and helps to recover his vessel

HMS Pegasus alongside HMS Marlborough recovering seaplane
HMS Pegasus alongside HMS Marlborough recovering her seaplane (detailed on this card as " Her small child" !). HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy

Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, the site of many deaths and rescues. Seen here are members of the coastguard rescue party, setting off on an emergency call with ropes and other equipment

Guillaume-Cliton
GUILLAUME-CLITON DE NORMANDIE son of Robert III, duc de Normandie, failed to recover estates deprived by Henry II of England, made Comte de Flandres, but not popular. Date: ?1102 - 1128

Convalescing soldiers and WaCs, Western Front, WW1
Convalescing soldiers and WaCs playing basketball near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Cattle Recovered
Imperial forces recover the cattle which had been sequestered by the Flemish rebels. Date: 1485

A recuperating wounded WW1 soldier gets his comeuppance - initial delights at the idea of a massage from nurse on the Monday turns into stark realisation tat this might not be quite so pleasurable

Bristol Type 133, R-10, after it had crashed on a field at Longwell Green following its failure to recover from a flat spin

Silhouette of a woman in an armchair, relaxing with a cigarette and a teatime tray. The caption reads: It takes her from Monday to get fit again for Friday

L Wain. The coconut shy
The Coconut Shy. Artist: Louis Wain. Happy cats having fun shying at coconuts as their brave companions recover the ammunition Date: 1904

The boys recover their cricket score sheet
Jack Sparrow opens his beak to speak, and the boys recover their cricket score sheet. Jack flies off. Date: 1937

Hangover after the Party
A kindly maid brings her misstress a l eau minerale to help her recover from the hangover she is bound to be suffering. By the look of the mess it was a hell of a party!

Buoys and Grapnels used in recovering the Atlantic Telegraph
Engraving showing the buoys and grapnels that were used to recover an Atlantic Telegraph Cable, September 1866. The telegraph cable, which was laid in 1865 by the Great Eastern

C. Crusade / Leisure Hour
Procession of children during their Crusade, started by Stephen, a shepherd boy who was persuaded by a priest that he was appointed by heaven to recover the holy sepulchre

Le Cour Des Miracles
Le cour des miracles - the haunt of beggars, who were miraculously cured every evening, only to recover their afflictions the next morning

CALANDER SAYS NO
The CALANDER (a kind of lark) knows if sick people will recover; held over the sickbed, if it turns towards the patient s/he will recover, if not (as here) s/he won t

Madness of Ahari Joan
Priest Ahari Joan, mad for love of a girl, seeks to recover his senses by meditating on a sacred text, but unable to find its meaning he becomes a skeleton-ghost

Oliver Twist / Nancy
Nancy is revived by Fagin, the Artful Dodger and Oliver

Germany & Russia Arise
Russia and Germany return from the grave -they recover after the defeats of World War One

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