Rope Collection (page 15)

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

Senior Sea Scouts training course, London
Senior Sea Scouts of Greater London attending a training course. Showing a boy walking the rope bridge. 13-15 May 1966

Sea Scouts in cutter under tow
Sea Scouts in a cutter under tow. circa 1920s

Sea Scout on rope bridge, Longridge Centre
A Sea Scout negotiating a rope bridge at Longridge Water Activities Centre. circa 1980

Silhouettes of wartime scenes with soldiers
Silhouettes of wartime scenes, showing soldiers in various situations. From the top: every dog has his day, the last straw, empty vessels cause the most sound, and a couple is not always a pair

Romanian Woman by the well
A Romanian woman standing by the village well. This is likely to be a lever-action well, where the bucket and rope are attached to a long wooden lever

Man with champion shire horse at a County Show, Cornwall
A man with his champion shire horse at a County Show in Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Ploughman with two horses, Hayle, Cornwall
A ploughman with two horses in a field near Foundry Farm, Hayle, Cornwall. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1970s

Dog Jumping 1930S
A woman training a dog jump over a rope. Date: early 1930s

Hunters attempting to trap an elephant, Sri Lanka
Hold Fast -- hunters attempting to trap an elephant in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 1854

New postage stamp design, Fiume, Italy
A new postage stamp design for Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) when under Italian occupation, soon after the First World War. The design shows a short sword cutting a Gordian knot

SKI PULLEY
A ski pulley. Date: 1960s

Little girl with a skipping rope
A little girl with a skipping rope. first published 1881

Chimp with Tyre
A chimpanzee playing with a rubber tyre swinging on a rope. Date: 1960s

Sergeant Dooley and the Puccaun - armed policeman getting into a pickle with a rowdy goat, whilst two maidens and a bull take amusement in his plight from the other side of the hedge

Mountaineering in Canada
Three young men mountaineering in Canada. Date: 1930s

Kingsleys Staircase
A most unusual wooden staircase in the rectory where CHARLES KINGSLEY was rector. The stairs lead to attic rooms. A rope hangs from a rope to act as a safety hold. Date: 1819 - 1875

Tightrope Girl
Standing on a horizontal rope is not unduly easy, but female tightrope artiste Mickey stands on a vertical one and makes it look like a walk in the park! Date: 1940s

Rope Making
Short rope making, keeping the strands together while they are being twisted, in the village of Rope-Walk, Hawes, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1950s

Rope Mat & Railings
Design picture : a study of a rope mat and wrought iron railings. Date: 1960s

Training in an American army camp, France, WW1
A training exercise in an American army camp in France during the First World War. Date: early 1918

Three girls with skipping ropes
Three girls with their skipping ropes on a village green. 1880

Illustration with music, Playtime, showing a group of children playing in the street, and a vase of flowers on the right. first published 1881

Three little girls in straw bonnets on a village green, with a shuttlecock and battledore, a skipping rope and a ball. Their names are Polly, Peg and Poppety. first published 1879

Austrian artillery troops in the Alps, WW1
Austrian artillery troops in the Alps during the First World War, transporting a field gun down a snowy precipice. Date: 1915-1918

A new thrill for bathers: water sport in 1913
Taxi-ing behind a motor boat: a new thrill for bathers. Water planing on a plank towed at 35 mph. Date: 1913

Greek troops landing at Salonika, WW1
Men of the 6th Greek Division landing at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: September 1916

A Crack Truffle-hunting team setting out, France
A Crack Truffle-hunting team setting out, Lot, France. The fruits of their sniffing, snuffling and truffling labours can be seen in the basket on the right. Date: circa 1908

Sailor binding a swab, sitting on a rope, WW1
A British sailor binding a swab, and keeping a rope tight by sitting on it, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Pinnaces landing marines at Ostend, WW1
Pinnaces landing sailors at Ostend during the early part of the First World War. Civilians wave to them from above. Date: 1914

Disembarking from a ship - Mollendo, Peru. Crew members from arriving ships were lifted from their boat via a crane, the Pacific swell being too great for normal landings! circa 1930s

Detraining a Howitzer by moonlight, Palestine, WW1
Men of a siege battery at a railhead, detraining a Howitzer by moonlight in Palestine during the First World War. From a drawing by James McBey, war artist. Date: 1914-1918

Croatia - Rijeka (Fiume) - Fishermen Date: 1906

Poster, Form a Savings Group Now! 20th century

Switzerland - Grindelwald - Mountain Guides Date: 1920s

AKRON ACCIDENT - 2
AKRON : the ship suddenly takes to the air, carrying three men with her : one saves himself by clinging to a rope, but his companions fall 200 metres to their deaths. Date: 1932

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