Rope Collection (page 14)

Mahomet Caratha
MAHAOMET CARATHA Turkish rope-dancer and Equilibrist during the reign of George II. Date: fl. 1727 - 1760

The Skipping Rope. Russell, George William ( AE ) 1867-1935

The Terrible Bogeyman - who steals away naughty children in his sack if they misbehave. Date: circa 1908

Porter from Bosnia and Herzegovina with rope over shoulder Date: circa 1910s

Naples, Italy - Fishermen pulling in their catch
Naples, Italy - Via Caracciolo - Fishermen pulling in their fish nets, using a human chain. They appear to have been distracted by someone just out of shot

Thessaloniki, Greece - Jewish Porter carrying a pallet
Thessaloniki, Greece - Jewish Porter carrying a wooden pallet Date: circa 1908

Thessaloniki - A corner of the Souk (Market)
Thessaloniki, Greece - A corner of the Souk (Market). Date: circa 1910s

Street Sellers of Rope Tobacco, Kingston, Jamaica Date: circa 1910

Fisherman arriving into port - Trouville-sur-Mer, France
Fisherman arriving into port - Trouville-sur-Mer, a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France

Russian Chimneysweep with his broom and rope. Date: 1905

Tunisia - Basketmakers
Tunisian Basketmakers Date: circa 1910s

Young girl with a skipping rope
Pretty young girl from Manchester with a skipping rope Date: circa 1910s

Oriental Store - Jerusalem, Israel Date: circa 1910s

Etretat, France - working a beachside capstan
Etretat in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France - French Fisherfolk working a beachside capstan to draw in a fishing boat

Design for book cover, In the Summer Holidays
Design for a book cover entitled In the Summer Holidays by Jennett Humphreys. Watercolour and gouache on copy paper. Blackie, London; Silver Studio. 1897

Chorda filum, sea lace
Cut out of mounted specimen of sea lace or Dead mans rope. A brown seaweed, this specimen is 14.5 feet long and held at the Natural History Museum, London

A blind man walks across Niagara Date: 1912

Pandemonium in the farm yard. A tractor has been driven into the pond and many children rush to help

Farmers in a village in the Dordogne, France
A group of farmers with a calf in a village in the Dordogne, south west France. Date: 1951

Irish farmer with horse
An Irish farmer with a white horse. The horse is wearing blinkers. Date: 1966

Camp site in Belgium
A busy camp site somewhere in Belgium with tents, a caravan, parked cars and a few people. Date: 1957

The Scouts
People You See. From Teddy Bear (4 July 1964)

Coal Man
People You See. From Teddy Bear (11 April 1964)

The tight rope walker

Mice playing

Jugend front cover, woman at a well
Front cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting a woman in Italian renaissance costume, leaning against an ornately carved well. Date: 1898

Conrad / Typhoon / Chinese
TYPHOON Short story by Joseph Conrad...the Chinamen were lying prostrate about the decks Date: First published: 1902

Conrad / Typhoon / Parasol
TYPHOON Short story by Joseph Conrad Captain MacWhirr crossed the deck... Date: First published: 1902

Firefighters receiving knots instruction at Southwark HQ

Firefighter using a rope to pull a hose up a building
A firefighter using a rope to pull a hose up a building during a fire

LCC-LFB-AFS training -- tying a knot
The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was created in 1938 to supplement the regular London Fire Brigade. Some 21, 000 volunteer firefighters would be recruited

London firefighters drilling at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction and drill in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth (also a fire station)

Balloon descent, Beuvri near Bethune, France
View of the Plaine de Beuvri (or Beuvry) near the town of Bethune in Artois, north of Paris. Balloon descent by the Robert brothers and Colin Hullin near a windmill

Balloon descent, Chateau de Beuvri, France
Balloon descent by the Robert brothers and Colin Hullin in front of the Chateau de Beuvry, near Bethune. They had ascended from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, earlier the same day

Satirical cartoon, raising a balloon
Satirical cartoon, Moyen infaillible d enlever les Ballons -- a group of commedia dell arte characters trying to raise a balloon on a wooden frame. circa 18th century

Fanciful balloon, La Minerve
Fanciful drawing of a balloon carrying a large ship entitled La Minerve vaisseau airien, designed by Professor Robertson. circa 18th century

Rope curtain. Print shows a child emerging from behind a rope curtain. Date between 1744 and 1751

Abraham Lincoln in 1861, standing, full-length, facing right, holding rope of flag(?), arm upraised. Date c1908

The life of a fireman: the ruins--take up--man your rope.. Date c1854. The life of a fireman: the ruins--take up--man your rope.. Date c1854

Circus poster showing cowboys performing riding and rope tricks. Date c1900

Sea Scouts practising their knotting skills. circa 1970s

Rope Sellers at the Sunday Fair, Huancayo, Peru Date: circa 1910s

Arab well with men and camels
Scene at an Arab well, with men and camels. Date: 20th century

River Police instructing Sea Scouts, London
River Police showing the ropes to a group of Sea Scouts at the London Sea Scout Base, Westminster, to be opened by Lord Amory on 7 December 1976. 1976

Ratcliff Sea Scouts lining a mast. circa 1913

Exhibition on board RSS Discovery
Exhibition about an Antarctic expedition on board the training ship RSS Discovery. circa 1951

Two Sea Scouts hosting a sail on a ship
Two Sea Scouts hoisting a sail on a ship. circa 1930s

Sea Scouts receiving training on RSS Discovery
Senior Sea Scouts receiving training in rope splicing on RSS Discovery. circa 1950s

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