Rope Collection (page 3)

Car transported across the Lufira River, Lubumbashi, Congo
A car (an Austin) being transported by raft/rope ferry across the Lufira River, a tributary of the Lualaba River near Lubumbashi (Elisabethville, Elisabethstad)

A hiking party in Switzerland, roped together for safety. Date: circa 1910

Unusual period lifeboat davit block, discovered in a Southampton salvage yard. 18 inches

Football brothers, Frank and Fred Swift, on their boat
Famous football brothers, both goalkeepers, Frank Swift, Manchester City and Fred Swift, Bolton Wanderers, on their boat at Blackpool Date: 1946

Divers and Diving, The Reservoir Diving Suit Date: 1884

Cover design, Busy Brownies by George E Hobbs, 1910 Date: 1910

The Ducking Stool, Fordwich, Kent Date: 1909

Programme of Events on board RMS Queen Mary
Cover design, Programme of Events, 27 April 1953, on board Cunard liner RMS Queen Mary Date: 1953

Horse and cart making deliveries in a flooded street
The flood is in Watford and someone in an upper story of a house has a basket hanging on a rope and the baker in the horse and cart is putting things in it. Date: 1903

Boy church bell ringers, young campanologists Date: circa 1890s

Boys in Tug of War Date: 1907

EoN Olympia 460 (EoN Type 10), having the tow rope attached, prior to launch. (EoN - Elliott's of Newbury Date: circa 1979

Princes Albert Victor and George on HMS Bacchante
Princes Albert Victor and George crew on Royal Navy HMS Bacchante, learning rope splicing. Date: 1880

Diver at work in sea diving suit Date: 1880

Life on a North Sea trawler - two men on deck in raincoat, jacket, and flat caps, close to shore. Date: 1960s

Life on a North Sea trawler - aerial view onto the deck - man in raincoat and trilby hat, carrying a shopping bag. Date: 1960s

Underwater escapologist - a boy dives into a swimming pool to help a man untie himself from a chair. (1 of 3) Date: 1967

Parachute training in a hangar. Date: circa 1960s

Fire drill at Southwark headquarters. Date: 1896

London Fire Brigade - Southwark Headquarters 1896
Rescue drill at Southwark headquarters. Date: 1896

Man with bucket and rope ladder on a Christmas card
Man with a bucket and a rope ladder on a Christmas card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Santa Claus with a doll on a Christmas card
Santa Claus with a doll and a rope ladder on a Christmas card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

The Hanged Farmer, Mexico -- he had been hanged by soldiers. circa 1900s

Funerary Monument - Anchor. circa 1900s

Girls & dog with skipping rope - Silhouette depicting girls & dog with skipping rope. From The Book of Games published by Ward Lock. Date: 1920

Messrs Glasse and Elliott's Atlantic Telegraph Cable Works yard at East Greenwich, London. The 1, 250 tons of telegraphic cable being laid out in five coils to go on-board the H.M.S

Illustration of a dead wolf
Hand coloured. Illustration of a dead wolf which has been hung around the neck with a rope from a tree branch. It is dark and a full moon is visible.. Part of Box 365, Miscellaneous Part 1

How to Make it Hard for the Invader!
British Home Front are using a makeshift contraption to pinch a screwdriver making it impossible for the Germans to assemble an air-borne tank. Date: 1940

CARRIED ALOFT BY BALLOON
An Italian soldier gets entangled with a balloon's mooring rope, and is swept 300 metres into the air before falling to his death. Date: 1899

Mice playing with a skipping rope by Rosamund Martin

Rabbits, ducklings, mice and hen playing with skipping rope
Rabbits, ducklings, mice and a hen playing with a skipping rope by Rene Cloke

Scene on deck before the Fourth Battle of Ushant, also known as the Glorious First of June, 1 June 1794. It was the first and largest naval action between Great Britain

Ringing the Curfew Bell, Lincolns Inn Chapel, London Date: 1921

William Terriss and W L Abingdon in The Fatal Card
William Terriss as Gerald Austen and W L Abingdon as James Dixon, in The Fatal Card Date: 1890s

Comic postcard, Two women watch a man bathing in the sea Date: 20th century

WW2 poster, Join your savings group, now! Date: circa 1944

Waiting to tie up barge, Canning Town, London
Canning Town, East London, waiting to tie up a barge at Royal Victoria Docks. Date: circa 1950s

Comic postcard, Two children at the seaside in a boat Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Edinburgh Exhibition - man collides with woman Date: 20th century

Rope Bridge Carrick-a-rede Co Antrim coast road Northern Ire
Vintage 19th century photograph: Rope Bridge Carrick-a-rede, Co Antrim coast road, Northern Ireland

Historical views of Japan. Japanese woman riding in a sedan chair on wheels 22, Japanese Christians forced to step on a crucifix (fumie) in Nagasaki, 17th century 23

English gentleman on trial in a religious tribunal in Avignon. He takes out a page with the legend of St. Clara of Falkenstein to the astonishment of an old hag and chaste Clara

Regency gentleman riding a horse while another falls from the saddle. How to Prevent the Horse Slipping his Girths. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustration by

Farmers of the town of Salzburg, Austria, 18th century. Contadini del Salisburgh. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

English tourists on a boat near the basalt pillars
English tourists falling overboard on a boat in choppy seas near the basalt pillars of Staffa, Inner Hebrides. Doctor Prosody proves the inconvenience of a timid companion at Staffa

Girl skipping rope at the beach in white dress and bonnet decorated with flowers. Costume d une damoiselle de 6 a 8 ans. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Woman in evening gown for dinner at Bois. Robe pour diner au Bois. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Armand Vallee from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et des

Woman in afternoon coat of lemon yellow duvetyn with huge buckle. Manteau d apres midi en duvetyn citron avec une boucle de moire

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