Releasing Collection

Releasing carrier pigeon from tank, France, WW1
A human hand releasing a carrier pigeon through the porthole of a tank, near Albert, Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 9 August 1918

Barabbas Released
Offered a choice between releasing Jesus or the robber Barabbas, the crowd choose Barabbas

Woman Bird Cage 1929

Releasing a carrier pigeon from a British tank near Albert, 9th August 1918

WW1 - Releasing a carrier pigeon from a tank near Albert, France - 9th August 1918

Low Beveridgewell, Dunfermline
A photograph which shows some countryside cottages by a steep bank in Low Beveridgewell, Dunfermline, used to highlight the potential for releasing the stream from Culvert

Kaiser Wilhelm II depicted in the role of Aladdin but instead of releasing a genie, he releases the spectre of death through his actions. Date: 1914

DRYDEN/DIE DAME/7/CAGE
Finished artwork, almost certainly for a Die Dame cover featuring a woman releasing a small woman from a bird cage Date: Spring 1928

French regimental pigeonnier releasing a carrier pigeon. Pigeons were found useful in World War One to send messages and had not been entirely superseded by wireless telegraphy. Date: 1916

Suffragette Cat and Mouse Act McKenna. Shows Reginald McKenna, Home Secretary in Asquiths government, sitting on a pedestal, labelled, Fiat Justitia (let justice be done)

Bomb dropping apparatus of German Aviators 1915
German avaitors in The Roland biplane bomber. This diagram shows observer operating the pedal board to release the plate in the floor of the fuselage, ready for bombs to be dropped

Wooden Creels With Hinged Base - a side view of a boy and donkey and creels in a field, showing the hinge for releasing turf, on the creels. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Pigeons for message-carrying WWI
Going going gone! During the First World War, homing pigeons were used extensively to transport messages back to their home coop behind the lines. 1917

Racing pigeons released in the early morning
Racing pigeons released from the side of a van in the early morning. Date: circa 1963

Hunting / Deer
Releasing the stag from the cart Date: circa 1820

Sierra Leone - Making Palm Oil - crushing the fruits to release the oil. Date: circa 1910s

Victoria Cross exploits in the Indian Mutiny
Some Victoria Cross exploits in the Indian Mutiny -- Private Dempsey rescuing Ensign Erskine (centre), Mr Mangles dressing Taylors wound (top left)

At the school for Strafing
At count zeppelins evening classes for bomb droppers. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1916

Scouts releasing pigeons at Olympics
Scouts releasing pigeons as part of the opening ceremony of the 1948 London Olympics at Wembley Stadium. 1948

Festive Card / Bystander
A Christmas card opens, releasing a whole host of festive imagery: dancers, Santa, music, balloons, and plenty of cheer!

Princess Louise launching screw-corvette, Druid at Deptfor
Princess Louise (1848-1939) releasing the dog-shore for the launch of the screw-corvette ship, Druid at Deptford Dockyard, London in 1869

Hand and Dove
Hand, with lace and flowers, releasing a white dove

Fumigator / Medical Adv
A vapour-releasing contraption..great value in Whooping Cough, Croup and other spasmotic coughs. It is of great value in Diptheria... simple and inexpensive

Leturrs Birdman Project
Leturr cleverly solves the problem of getting airborne by releasing himself from a balloon : alas, his design is not so clever, and he plunges fatally to the ground

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