Scare Collection

Woman raising her skirts to scare off the devil. Perretta flashing the devil. The devil of Pope-Fig Island. Le diable de Papesiguiere

Salem Witches
At Salem, Dr Wilkinson is pursued by a sinister wolf which, in the prevailing climate of panic, is linked to the witchcraft scare

The Thunderstorm by Edmund Blampied
A woman cowers under her bed covers as a thunderstorm is in progress outside. Date: 1914

The Courage to Heal, a Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis, the book that fueled the American abuse scare of the 1980s/1990s

WW2 - Comic Postcard, Home Front - Intruder Raid - A little girl (with ginger pigtails) is alarmed at the sight of a small brown mouse and has leaped up onto the piano stool. Date: 1944

A Map of New Zealand
A truly outstanding, and large scale, Empire Marketing Board poster map designed by Leslie MacDonald ('Max') Gill

A Map Of Irish Free State And Northern Ireland
a, map, of, irish, free, state, and, northern, ireland, 1929, truly, outstanding, large, scale, empire, marketing, board, poster, designed, by, leslie, macdonald, max, gill, this, design, for,

A Map of Scotland
A truly outstanding, and rare, original Empire Marketing Board poster by the master of decorative map making, Leslie MacDonald ('Max') Gill

Photograph of crowds, at the Birkbeck Bank Scare: the scene outside the Bank's Premises, Southampton Buildings. From a section, The World's Pageant'

MOONLIT CHURCHYARD
The full moon shines on a churchyard, encouraging the dead to rise from their graves and scare passing villagers till cockcrow sends them scurrying back... Date: circa 1870

Nut-tree tussock and plumed prominent
Nut-tree tussock, Colocasia coryli, and plumed prominent, Ptilophora plumigera. Phalaena coryli, Phalaena plumigera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann

Women waiting to in St Stephens Hall, Feb 1908
Women waiting to be " fetched" in St Stephens Hall, guarded by policemen, as a result of concerns over the actions of the Suffragettes in the House of Commons

Cartoon, Sir Julius Benedict, composer and conductor
Cartoon, Sir Julius Benedict, German-born composer and conductor - Let us hope he will be spared for many years yet. 1885

Stellate rabbitfish, parrotfish and palecheek parrotfish
Stellate rabbitfish, Siganus stellatus, parrotfish, Sparisoma cretense, and palecheek parrotfish, Chlorurus japanensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by David after an illustration by

Cretan scar-fish and beetles
Rhinoceros scarab beetle, Golofa porteri 1, Cretan scar-fish, Scarus creticus 2, and Scarites buparius beetle 3. Scarabee, Scare, Scarite

BOY SCARING CROWS
A country boy and his dog scare away crows with a rattle Date: 1888

WW1 - Vendome Column shakes at news of German successes
WW1 - The Vendome Column shakes in fear at news of German successes in the war. Date: circa 1916

WW1 - Eiffel Tower in Paris is scared of the Zeppelin menace and curls (wobbles/quivers/shakes/shivers). Date: circa 1916

Greek refugees at Gallipoli Town during Chanak Crisis
Greek refugees at Gallipoli Town awaiting passports during the Chanak Crisis (Chanak Affair, Chanak Incident) - a war scare in September 1922 between Britain and Republic of Turkey

Camel train at Cannakale, Turkey - Chanak Crisis
A camel train at Cannakale returned from provisioning the front line during the Chanak Crisis (Chanak Affair, Chanak Incident) - a war scare in September 1922 between Britain and Republic of Turkey

WW2 - Prams with possessions return with Evacuees going home
WW2 - Prams containing possessions return to Euston, London, following Evacuees heading home after the passing of the V1 and V2 rocket attack scare - September 1944. Date: 1944

Christmas card, scarecrow and snowman -- Scare away all troubles this Christmas. circa 1905

Greek sailing ship loaded with refugees during Chanak Crisis
Greek sailing ship loaded with refugees during the Chanak Crisis (Chanak Affair, Chanak Incident) - a war scare in September 1922 between Britain and Republic of Turkey

Father Christmas apparition on a Christmas card
Father Christmas awful apparition on a Christmas card -- he appears to be terrorising three edible birds with strings of sausages and onions. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, During the bombardment, WW1
Cartoon, During the bombardment. A British soldier eats from a hamper during a bombing raid. He tells another soldier, Jim, that when he eats quickly he gets the hiccups -- can he suggest a remedy

Mother goose and goslings in a fright after one of them has been stolen by the fox. Date: circa 1933

The Man Who Stayed at Home - German spy play, WW1
Scenes from the play, The Man Who Stayed at Home starring Dennis Eadie and Isobel Elsom, a play about a German spy in England which played at the Royalty Theatre, London in December 1914. Date: 1914

Spy-scare toys, WW1
The war in the nursery - toys that feed the British suspicion of German spies. The left hand picture shows King Albert of Belgium, Sir John French

Long Jock by William Heath Robinson
Canny Kiltie Camouflage. A mischievous pair of Highland soldiers terrify a German soldier into imagining he really will have to tackle some great Scots

Punch Pasteur Joke
THE CANINE SCARE - the fame of Pasteur spreads to England. Date: 1886

The power behind the scare-crow. Illustration shows a scarecrow in a corn field labeled Nomination; it is fashioned out of pieces of cloth labeled with the names of several states Indiana, Illinois

TIGRE WARSHIP
An aggressive-looking vessel of the French navy intended for coast protection - she looks like she d scare most would-be invaders away... Date: 1874

War Scare in Berlin
A run on a Berlin savings bank at nine o clock in the morning in August 1914. The news that diplomatic relations between Austria-Hungary and Serbia had been broken off caused stampeding upon banks

Horsemen Scare Aztecs
Because they have never seen horses before, the Aztecs flee in sheer terror from the Spanish horsemen, taking them to be satyr-like monsters

A scare-crow
A Scare-crow

Myttons Upturns Gig
English eccentric Jack (John) Mytton (1796-1834) deliberately capsizes a gig by driving it into a rabbit hole in order to scare a nervous passenger

Agitators Behind Bars
Left-wing agitators behind bars

Scaremongering Newspaper
THE CATCH-PENNY Policeman - " Now then, you mischievous young rascal, - stop that!" (Scare-mongering newspapers)

The Bird Boy
A country boy employed as a bird boy to scare birds away from a ripening crop

Fleeing Earthquake 1750
LONDON EARTHQUAKE SCARE Following an earlier quake, many Londoners believe the city will be destroyed on 4 April 1750, and flee to Windsor and such places

Boy Scaring Crows 1888
A country boy and his dog scare away crows with a rattle

Vietnam Custom
The Maqui Festival in which Annamese children of Vietnam wear grotesque masks to scare away demons and spirits, but they will prove ineffective against Americans

Police Protection
The Chartist scare : police wait in strength in Bonners Fields, London - but the expected violence doesn t materialise

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