Rope Collection (page 18)

Sheep on Leads
Sheep on rope leads being led to a truck to be transported to a livestock market near Clun, Shropshire, England

Nautical Equipment
Nautical equipment for the seasoned sailor, including a Captains cap, compass, hurricane lamp, rope, etc

Tortoise & Rope Edging
A tortoise climbing over some rope edging onto a lawn

Fakir hanging over a fire, India
A fakir in India hangs over a fire for three hours without manifesting any signs of pain

Second incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu
The second incarnation (avatar) of the Hindu god Vishnu

Indian Rope Trick
The Indian Rope Trick photographed by an unknown soldier in India, probably in the 1920s

Entertainment / Tricks
INDIAN ROPE TRICK performed by Karachi (Arthur Claud Darby) and his son Kyder : a demonstration

A Rehearsal of the Wild West Show by Ralph Cleaver
A series of sketches depicting preparations for a Wild West show at Olympia, London on Boxing Day by the performers in Colonel W. F. Codys troupe. Date: 1902

The Late Arrival
An American passenger, late for her transatlantic liner at Cherbourg, is taken by steamboat to join it, and hoisted aboard with a rope

Quadruple Alliance / 1891
The Quadruple alliance - Italy, England, Germany & Austria

Whale and Steamship
A whale captured by a steamship

French Whaler 1850
French whaler standing with his rope and harpoon

Playing Horses
Three little boys play horse, by putting a rope round two of their waist, while the other one drives

AKRON ACCIDENT - 1
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

Greek Hanging Game
In the delightful hanging game of the Ancient Greeks, if you don t cut the rope quickly enough, you lose the game (and your life)

Children Using the Rope
French children using la corde - a safety rope which, so long as they hold on to it, will prevent them being swept out to sea and drowned

Muckross Lane
A pair of horses are led along with a rope on a lane in Muckross, Killarney, Co. Kerry

Fireman / Lewes Circa 1890
A Fireman, Lewes

S American Rope Bridge
A rope bridge over a river at the entrance to a lake in the South American countryside, drawn by Alexander von Humboldt during his travels

Rope Making: C1760
Manufacture of rope in the mid-eighteenth century

Horse-Drawn Barge
A horse pulls a barge full of coal along the canal towpath

Peruvian Rope Bridges
Three different kinds of rope bridge : apart from the usual walk-across type with its handrails on either side, there is a kind for carrying animals and a hammock variety

Modern Zodiac - Libra
The Modern Zodiac: An Artists Almanac of English Society. A woman in straw boater & sailor blouse surrounded by seaside & hunting scenes & a couple out sketching in oils

Warship / Ist Draught
First Draught of a Ship of the First Rate. A profile cross- section of a warship showing the structure, framework, layout of decks, canons & how provisions are stowed

Otis Hydraulic Lift
Two ladies bravely enter an OTIS hydraulic lift, which the operator will cause to descend by hauling on the rope, the weight of the lift being counterbalanced with water

Stone Age Skins & Rope
Early man scraping skins and making rope, probably during the late Stone Age

Egan / Actor Elopes
The elopement of an actor and his beloved

Children Running
Children running with a skipping rope

Children Skipping
Silhouette of children playing with a skipping rope

Sport / Unconventional
THE ROPED-HEAD GAME A Bavarian contest, in which two men seek each to pull the other with the rope which links both their necks

Little girl in green skipping with a rope
A little girl dressed entirely in green, skipping with a rope

Tightrope walker crossing falls near Quebec, Canada
Hardy, a well-named American, crosses the falls at Sault- Montmorency, near Quebec, Canada, performing feats for an hour

Man & Boy / Costume 1827
Man: grey D-B overcoat, full skirts, gigot sleeves, hip pockets & beaver fur collar. Boy: quartered cap with pom- pom & Athenienne coat with mother-of-pearl buttons

Baron Munchhausen climbs to the Moon

Richard E Byrd, American aviator and explorer
American aviator and explorer, Richard E BYRD (1888-1957), later promoted to Admiral

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