Ropes Collection (page 6)

In the appalling, muddy conditions of Serbia, German motoris
Men and horses struggle to move heavy equipment through the mud, using ropes. A German staff car is stuck up to its axles. Date: 1916

Hondarribia, Spain - House in the Marina Neighbourhood with its many occupants! Date: circa 1910s

Diamond Mine - Kimberley, South Africa Date: 1877

Notre Dame Bay Fishermen, Newfoundland, Canada. Date: 1902

Rock climbing - Abseiling - Switzerland Date: 1920s

Regimental Tailor at a country show - displaying uniforms made for the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. Date: circa 1910

Rapids on the Mekong River, Laos
Riding the Rapids on the Mekong River, Laos. Riverbank ropes aid the passage of a canoe across a treacherous rising stretch of water. Date: circa 1907

Travel & Transport Building - Worlds Fair, Chicago
Travel and Transport Building - Worlds Fair, Chicago - with a suspended dome - part of the " A Century of Progress" exhibition. Date: 1933

Etretat, France - working a beachside capstan
Etretat in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France - French Fisherfolk working a beachside capstan to draw in a fishing boat

Hunting book (15th c. ). Making traps with ropes
Hunting book (15th c.). Making traps with ropes. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly. Mus饠 Cond頨 Cond頍 useum)

Camp site in Belgium
A busy camp site somewhere in Belgium with tents, a caravan, parked cars and a few people. Date: 1957

Jugend front cover, woman at a well
Front cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting a woman in Italian renaissance costume, leaning against an ornately carved well. Date: 1898

Firefighters receiving knots instruction at Southwark HQ

London firefighters drilling at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction and drill in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth (also a fire station)

Balloon descent, Beuvri near Bethune, France
View of the Plaine de Beuvri (or Beuvry) near the town of Bethune in Artois, north of Paris. Balloon descent by the Robert brothers and Colin Hullin near a windmill

Balloon descent, Chateau de Beuvri, France
Balloon descent by the Robert brothers and Colin Hullin in front of the Chateau de Beuvry, near Bethune. They had ascended from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, earlier the same day

Technical diagram of a flying machine, with pilot
Technical diagram of a flying machine, with measurements and annotations, and a pilot seated at the controls. circa late 18th century

Ballooning event, Champ de Mars, Paris
A balloon held by ropes, the burning of a wooden castle, and a chariot race going on around them, on the Champ de Mars, Paris. late 1790s

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

South Africa - Transfer by basket at East London
South Africa - Passengers transferred by basket from the Mail Steamer at East London Date: circa 1910s

Five technical illustrations show network of ropes and apparatus for securing multi-passenger platforms on captive balloons; arrangement of ropes for netting;

Lower part of a large captive balloon moored to a launching platform showing network of ropes and balloon basket with about 10 occupants. Date between 1880 and 1890

Design drawing for system to raise and lower a captive balloon, controlled by four ropes forming a pyramidal shape and operated by winches on the ground below. Date between 1820 and 1870

Sea Scouts sailing offshore on the Norwind (or Nordwind, or Northwind). 1960

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

Prince Philip sailing in his youth
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured as a young man on a boat. Date: c.1936

Sea Scout climbing rigging
A Sea Scout climbing the rigging of a ship. circa 1920s

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

Groveferry, Kent - The Ferry
Grove Ferry (Kent, England) took its name from a hand-drawn ferry that crossed the River Great Stour, shown here in this early 20th century postcard photograph

Mr Adrian Ross at Home
Arthur Reed Ropes (1859 - 1933), better known by his pen name of Adrian Ross, pictured at home at Addison Mansions in London

Spanish Bullfighting Series (12 / 12)
Spanish Bullfighting Series. The dead bull is dragged away. Date: 1913

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

SKI PULLEY
A ski pulley. Date: 1960s

Climbing a Glacier
Climbing a glacier with ropes through a hazardous tangle of ravines. It takes 7 hours to advance up the 4500 feet face of the glacier. Date: 1930s

Dunure Fishing Ropes
Fishing ropes drying in a corner of the little harbour at Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland, with its castle in the background. Date: 1950s

Wounded British troops, Salonika, WW1
Wounded British troops in a field hospital marquee at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Fighting the weather on the Western Front 1916

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

Climbing Foothold
Climbing a sheer rock face should not be attempted without appropriate boots and socks, pegs and safety ropes. Date: 1930s

Boys Helping Glider
A group of boys with ropes, attempting to guide a glider plane down to a safe landing. Date: 1930s

Buffalo hunt, Sri Lanka
The Charge of Sixpences -- a buffalo hunt in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 1854

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

Inflating German observation balloon, Western Front, WW1
Men inflating a German observation balloon on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Brtish observation balloon near Ypres, Flanders, WW1
A British observation balloon coming to earth after a mornings work over enemy lines, near Ypres, Flanders, around the time of the Battle of Broodseinde during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

General Sir Henry Rawlinson and others, WW1
General Sir Henry Rawlinson (1864-1925), British army officer, with others on wooden decking at the side of a boat, either during or just after the First World War. Date: circa 1918-1919

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