Rope Collection (page 16)

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

Great Eastern wheelhouse
The Wheelhouse and steering apparatus of Brunels massive steamship. Date: 1859

Plan of the engine taken above the working beam Date: 1795

Top of the connecting rod Date: 1795

Gear, front and side view

Longitudinal section of the boiler houses and chimneys Date: 1795

Cross section of engines and boiler houses Date: 1795

Side view of the engine framing Date: 1795

Cross section of the boilers Date: 1795

Front view of the engine Date: 1795

Edge view of the rotative motion Date: 1795

Plan of the engine and boiler houses Date: 1795

Alfreno Acrobats. Female acrobat walking a tight rope while a man and several children watch

Sailmaker - Penzance, Cornwall
An elderly sailmaker (Arthur Willoughby), working in the traditional way in Penzance, Cornwall

Rowing boat, the Kathryn Anne, off the Devon coast
A rowing boat, the Kathryn Anne of Exmouth, moored off the Devon coast. (2 of 2)

Policeman investigating a river barge
A policeman investigating a barge on the River Thames in London

Prizewinning bull and farmer, Mid Wales
A prizewinning bull with the farmer on the left, in a garden in Mid Wales

Riverboat on a river in the Far East
A riverboat on a rather murky looking river, with smoke coming out of its funnel, somewhere in the Far East

Family at the beach in Pembrokeshire, South Wales
An Edwardian family with their two dogs at the beach in Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The sea is visible in the background, with two boats

Tramway, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of part of the tramway at the top of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales, with rope haulage and brake equipment

Large field gun at night
A large field gun at night, with soldiers and a large pile of shells

Old steam engine still in use
An old steam engine, puffing away in a field, still in use for something or other

Five boys swinging on a rope, having a great time

Lieutenant Campbell R. N
Lieutenant Campbell, a member of the Scott expedition of 1910-12, viewing some difficult work being carried out on the Terra Nova

Car being loaded onto a train, Middle East
A car being loaded onto a train, somewhere in the Middle East

Cars on a rope ferry, Middle East
Two cars on a rope ferry, about to be transported across a stretch of water somewhere in the Middle East

Old women picking oakum in a Casual Ward
The womens casual ward (vagrants ward) of a workhouse, thought to be at Lambeth, south London. Three women in workhouse uniform sit on benches

Music cover for The Cavalier, a song sung by Miss Poole, with words by W H Bellamy, music by Charles W Glover. A very elaborately dressed Cavalier of the 17th century is depicted with a guitar under

Champion South Devon Bull at the Royal Cornwall Show
A champion South Devon Bull and its minder at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Shire Horse Parade at the Royal Cornwall Show
A man with two horses at the Shire Horse Parade at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Champion bull at the Royal Cornwall Show
A champion bull and its minder at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Siblings playing with toys near the fire
A sister and brother playing with their playing with their toys in front of the fire. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Bluejackets - Skylarking
A group of British Naval Divers (Bluejackets) messing about on deck

Tunisia - Arab Grocer
Arab Grocer in Tunis, Tunisia. Some of the items for sale include hand brushes, vegetables, candles, bottles containing drinks or potions, sieves, pans, baskets and rope

Porter Carrying an upright piano - Tunisia
An arab porter moves an upright piano by carrying the weighty instrument with his head, Tunisia

Moorish Woman at the well
A Moorish Algerian woman raising water from a well in a small wooden bucket

Ice Grotto - Eiger Glacier
An Ice grotto cut into glacier on the lower slopes of the Eiger Mountain, Switzerland

Man at work in Kashgar, western China
A man at work in the open air in Kashgar, western China. He is hammering a wooden contraption with rope attached, perhaps a primitive agricultural implement

Europe - Your Rope
Pre World War One political cartoon attacking Europe - A prison guard offers Europe, in prisoners fatigues, a metaphorical rope

Bursa - Turkey - Turkish merchants
Turkish street merchants outside a general hardware store at Bursa - Turkey. Fourth largest city and the first Ottoman Capital

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