Rope Collection (page 10)

A young American cowboy with his packet of Balto Cigarettes
A young American cowboy with his packet of Balto American Taste Cigarettes. Date: 1934

Happy Families Animals - Miss Penguin. circa 1940s

Outward bound school, Devon
Two boys and a teacher preparing for rock climbing at an outward bound school in Devon. Date: 1960

Luis de Morales, the Divine (c. 1510-1586). Ecce Homo
Renaissance Art. Espana.16th century. Luis de Morales, the Divine (c. 1510-1586). Spanish painter. Ecce Homo. Cathedral Museum. Avila. Castile and Leon

Astronomicon. Engraving
Measuring the distance. Engraving in Astronomicon by Gaius Julius Hyginus. 1st century. Incunabula 283. Edition of 1485. Venice. Library of the University of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Roman mosaic. Pula. Croatia
Croatia. Pula. Roman Mosaic depicting two peacocks on a platter. 1st century - 2nd century. Archaeological Museum

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Miss Churn the Dairymans daughter. 1928

Book of Trades, The Rope Maker. 1841

New Year card, Children with skipping rope
New Year card, Four children with a skipping rope. late 19th century

Collecting eggs from a cliff-face
A group of people collecting eggs from a cliff-face. A man is lowered on a rope to steal the sea-birds eggs. Date: C.1860

Women police officers in a tug-of-war contest, Hyde Park
Women police officers having fun in a tug-of-war contest as part of a training exercise in Hyde Park, London. Instructing them is Sergeant Ridley of A Division. Date: circa 1919-1920

George V and Queen Mary official visit, WW1
King George V and Queen Mary on an official visit to a munitions factory during the First World War. On the left behind a rope is a large group of women munitions workers

George Ernest Studdy, giant tortoise and frog
George Ernest Studdy, illustration for an animal book. I know I ve always been slow, said Mrs Giant Tortoise, so today being my hundredth birthday I m going to learn to skip! Date: 1941

Goblins with a pink flamingo on a Christmas card
Goblins dragging a reluctant pink flamingo through the snow on a Christmas card. Perhaps all the shops had sold out of turkeys. Date: circa 1890s

Four frog acrobats on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

VAD Hospital patient with donkey, Quex Park
A VAD hospital patient is standing with a donkey outside the back door to Quex House. On the reverse of the photograph is written Jenny

Goblins with a turkey on a Christmas card
Goblins dragging a live turkey along with ropes on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Refuse Boat
Refuse is tipped onto barges moored at Hammersmith, on the River Thames, London Date: late 1960s

Man and woman exercising, using weights and pulley rope. Date: 1917

French Oil Street Lamp
Close-up of a French oil street lamp : the rope holding it could be lowered so that the lamp man could refill it with oil without having to climb a ladder to reach it. Date: late 18th century

FAIRBANKS
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS (SENIOR) (real name: JULIUS ULLMAN) American film actor, making a dramatic entrance onto the Rex to join his wife, Mary Pickford Date: 1933

Industry / Rope 1827
A rope maker reels out newly made rope across his garden with the help of an assistant operating a wheel at the other end. Date: 1827

Abelard / Heloise / Burney
ABELARD & HELOISE Abelard has climbed the garden wall to see his lover Heloise Date: 1079-1142; 1101-1164

Girl Skips in Garden
A young girl plays with her skipping rope in her back garden. Date: 1950s

Yorkshire Line Swinglers
Line swinglers preparing hemp for rope Date: 1814

Skipping
Keep it up. Two Dutch boys at either end of a skipping rope while their girl friend skips. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: circa 1911

Advert for Jays womens mantles 1884
Two women wearing fashionable mantles for winter. 1884

Practical joke in university town, c. 1820
Students at Oxford or Cambridge play a practical joke on their professors by stretching a rope across a staircase and tripping them up, c.1820 Date: C.1820

General shop, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa
General shop, with trader, selling pots, baskets and food, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa. Date: circa 1910

Rope by Patrick Hamilton
Promotional postcard for Rope by Patrick Hamilton. First produced at the Ambassadors Theatre, 25th April 1929 (apart from one performance at the Strand Theatre)

Advert for Debenham & Freebody dressing gown & negligee 1937
Models wearing fashionable high neckline night wear, a satin dressing gown and full length nightdress with rope tassel. Date: 1937

Getting a rise in the World 1912
Photograph of the tallest skyscraper (at the time) being built in New York by the Woolworth Company. Workman holding on with nothing but rope chains and without any safety equipment

Bessie Benson photographed in front of her Bathing Machine
A jolly Bessie Benson photographed in front of her Bathing Machine at a south coast resort. Date: circa 1920s

Fisherman with lobsters and cat, St Ives, Cornwall
Fisherman with his catch of lobsters, and a cat on his shoulders, St Ives, Cornwall. circa 1970s

New Year greetings card with nautical objects and closed gates. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Fisherman with lobster pots, Brixham Harbour, Devon. circa 1950s

Two boys with boats on a pebbly beach, Devon
Two boys with boats on a pebbly beach in Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Patients in A Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital
Two patients in bed near the garden window in A Ward in the Drawing Room of Quex House. Alongside them stand two members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment

Boys and fishing boats in Newlyn Harbour, Cornwall
Two little boys admiring the fishing boats in Newlyn Harbour, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Three children in historical costume on a Christmas card, pulling branches of holly through the snow. Date: circa 1890s

Girl in a garden with a cat on a Christmas card
Girl in a garden with a cat and skipping rope on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cats and kittens skipping on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Artist at work on a canvas, Brixham Harbour, Devon
Artist at work on a canvas at Brixham Harbour, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Three angels ringing bells on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1900s

Study of a mule with decorated harness and rope nose-bag - near the Porta Romana, Florence, Italy. Date: 1905

Pine Woods and Carrara Mountains at Viareggio, Italy
The Pine Woods and Carrara Mountains at Viareggio, Italy - in the foreground the rope-makers are shown at work. Date: 1905

Indian Rope Trick Middlesbrough docks 1970s Date: 1970s

Two fishermen in Brixham Harbour, Devon
Two fishermen leaning on nets in Brixham Harbour, Devon. Date: circa 1980s

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