Rope Collection (page 9)

Greetings card in the shape of a boat, depicting three men fishing -- Waiting for a bite. Date: circa 1890s

Little boy ringing a bell on a cutout New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Little boy ringing a bell on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge, Ballycastle, Co Antrim
a view of Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge, Ballycastle, Co Antrim taken in Aug. 1907, looking down. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Carrick-a-Rede). Date: circa early 1900s

Rope Thatched Dwelling - a view of a white thatched dwelling. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Rope Thatched Dwelling and Outhouses - Two women in shawls walk to a thatched dwelling, to the right is a turf stack. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Christmas card in the shape of a lifebelt, with swallows in flight. Date: circa 1890s

A farmyard scene with rope thatched buildings and two ladies standing outside, there is a turf stack and cart and hens in the foreground. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Rope maker, Japan, 1870s. Date: 1870s

Rope Bridge, Carrick-A-Rede - an elevated view looking down to the famous rope bridge with a man on the middle of the bridge. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Carrick-a-Rede)

Docks at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Central America
View of the docks at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Central America, with cargo on the quayside. Date: circa 1905

Athletes and sportsmen on a sheet of Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Children skipping in a street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Children skipping in a street in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Street scene, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Street scene in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with children playing round a lamppost. Date: 1969

Lifeboat practice drill, Eastbourne, Sussex
RNLI lifeboat practice drill in progress off Eastbourne, Sussex. early 1960s

Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, the site of many deaths and rescues. Seen here are members of the coastguard rescue party, setting off on an emergency call with ropes and other equipment

A young American cowboy with his packet of Balto Cigarettes
A young American cowboy with his packet of Balto American Taste Cigarettes. Date: 1934

Happy Families Animals - Miss Penguin. circa 1940s

Outward bound school, Devon
Two boys and a teacher preparing for rock climbing at an outward bound school in Devon. Date: 1960

Luis de Morales, the Divine (c. 1510-1586). Ecce Homo
Renaissance Art. Espana.16th century. Luis de Morales, the Divine (c. 1510-1586). Spanish painter. Ecce Homo. Cathedral Museum. Avila. Castile and Leon

Astronomicon. Engraving
Measuring the distance. Engraving in Astronomicon by Gaius Julius Hyginus. 1st century. Incunabula 283. Edition of 1485. Venice. Library of the University of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Roman mosaic. Pula. Croatia
Croatia. Pula. Roman Mosaic depicting two peacocks on a platter. 1st century - 2nd century. Archaeological Museum

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Miss Churn the Dairymans daughter. 1928

Book of Trades, The Rope Maker. 1841

New Year card, Children with skipping rope
New Year card, Four children with a skipping rope. late 19th century

Collecting eggs from a cliff-face
A group of people collecting eggs from a cliff-face. A man is lowered on a rope to steal the sea-birds eggs. Date: C.1860

Women police officers in a tug-of-war contest, Hyde Park
Women police officers having fun in a tug-of-war contest as part of a training exercise in Hyde Park, London. Instructing them is Sergeant Ridley of A Division. Date: circa 1919-1920

George V and Queen Mary official visit, WW1
King George V and Queen Mary on an official visit to a munitions factory during the First World War. On the left behind a rope is a large group of women munitions workers

George Ernest Studdy, giant tortoise and frog
George Ernest Studdy, illustration for an animal book. I know I ve always been slow, said Mrs Giant Tortoise, so today being my hundredth birthday I m going to learn to skip! Date: 1941

Goblins with a pink flamingo on a Christmas card
Goblins dragging a reluctant pink flamingo through the snow on a Christmas card. Perhaps all the shops had sold out of turkeys. Date: circa 1890s

Four frog acrobats on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

VAD Hospital patient with donkey, Quex Park
A VAD hospital patient is standing with a donkey outside the back door to Quex House. On the reverse of the photograph is written Jenny

Goblins with a turkey on a Christmas card
Goblins dragging a live turkey along with ropes on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Refuse Boat
Refuse is tipped onto barges moored at Hammersmith, on the River Thames, London Date: late 1960s

Man and woman exercising, using weights and pulley rope. Date: 1917

French Oil Street Lamp
Close-up of a French oil street lamp : the rope holding it could be lowered so that the lamp man could refill it with oil without having to climb a ladder to reach it. Date: late 18th century

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