Shells Collection (page 3)

An early bomb disposal method to detect unexploded bombs
French soldier holding an electrical induction balance, capable of detecting buried explosive shells. These shells had been causing large numbers of casualties to civilian agricultural workers

French female munitions worker making powder primers 1916
A photograph of a female munitions worker, as she makes the primers and other associated percussion cap parts for shells, in a French munitions factory

FOUNTAIN, 1820
An ornamental fountain with a motif of shells and fish. Date: 1820

FRENCH WOMEN / MUNITIONS
A French woman in a munitions factory imagines what the effect of the shells she is making will be. Date: 1917

PSALM LXXXIX 8. 9
PSALM LXXXIX 8.9 Illustrated with a view of a ship upon a calm sea and a bouquet of sea weeds and shells Date: 1886

PILGRIMS AT LIESSE
Pilgrims at the shrine of Notre-Dame de Liesse pray before the miraculous statue of the Virgin; note the man on the left in true pilgrims garb, cockle shells and all Date: 19th century

WOMEN / MUNITIONS
Women working in munitions factory Date: 1914 - 1918

Fisherman unloads buckies whelks at Port William, Galloway, Scotland

Man on gate outside seafood processing factory shovels ice
A man sits on a gate outside a seafood processing factory and shovels ice into a red skip. The ice is used during the processing of scallops in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland

A rice raft - west of Georgetown, South Carolina, USA
WW1 era - For God and Kaiser - A young officer in the German Military - 7th Company of the Guards Fusilier Regiment. Date: circa 1914

WW1 - New Zealand Anzac Troops loading ammunition, France. Date: circa 1916

WW1 Poster, Thank them with War Bonds
Poster, Thank them with War Bonds. 1918

Cartoon, After the explosion, WW1
Cartoon, After the explosion. A naive new recruit in a trench on the Western Front comments that these shells break as soon as they hit the ground! Date: 1916

Women working in munitions factory, WW1
Women working in a munitions factory during the First World War. 1915

Eugene Turpin, inventor of turpinite, WW1
Eugene Turpin, French inventor and chemist who in 1884, first discovered melinite (picric acid) which produced the worlds first explosive shells

East African Woman - Braided Hair, shell necklace
East African Woman with Braided Hair, shell necklace and extensive additional face and neck jewellery. Date: circa 1930s

Samoan Woman
Beautiful portrait photograph of a Samoan Woman in traditional (un)dress. Date: circa 1910

Pale pink roses on a shell-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Projectiles and cartridges of German Paris Gun, WW1
Projectiles and cartridges of the German Paris Gun (also known as the Emperor William Gun), a long-range seige gun designed and manufactured by Krupp, used towards the end of the First World War

German Gotha G. V heavy bomber, WW1
A German Gotha G.V heavy bomber, introduced in 1917 and used during the latter part of the First World War, mostly for night bombing. Bombs can be seen attached to the undercarriage. 1917-1918

Contrary Mary / Greenaway
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And cowslips all of a row

Shell, coral and ferns on a Christmas card, with decorative silver and white border. Date: circa 1890s

Garden scene with robins and flowers on a Christmas card
Garden scene with robins, flowers, trees and water spouts on a Christmas card with white and gold ornate edging. circa 1890s

Dancing people on a Christmas card, decorated with flowers, trees and fountains. Date: circa 1890s

Shell Workers, by Stanhope Alexander Forbes, WW1
Shell Workers, painting by Stanhope Alexander Forbes, First World War. 1918

Indian factory workers making munitions, WW1: shell making
" How India is doing her bit at home: a munitions factory in the Great Dependency. Shell-making: a general view of the complicated machinery which the Indians handle most deftly." 1915

Indian factory workers making munitions, 1915
" How India is doing her bit at home: a munitions factory in the Great Dependency." Cartridge and shell making in India during World War One by native Indians, for use by the British. 1915

Little boy and girl riding in balloon on a birthday card
Little boy and girl riding in a balloon on a birthday card. The balloon is made from an oval egg, and the basket is made from a birds nest. Date: circa 1890s

Gunners sheltering during a bombardment, 1917, Matania
With our artist on the Western Front - No II. New Series. Front cover of The Sphere featuring the first of a new set of drawings done by the magazines special artist during his latest visit to

A selection of British Shells Date: circa 1920s

Caspian Sea Shore - sand desert with scarce vegetation along the shore - white shells as pebbles on beaches - a view from an abandoned lighthouse. near Krasnovodsk town - Turkmenistan. April

Woman Munition Worker and Shells WW1. A young woman sits posing on a pile of shells in the munitions factory. Caption reads, One of the little ducks helping to hatch the shells Date: circa 1916

WW1 cartoon on postcard - munition worker
Expecting a rise shortly. Humorous, First World War postcard depicting a female munition worker jauntily sitting on a barrel of dynamite with a cigarette. A health and safety nightmare. Date: c.1916

WW2 poster, Use less Water! Less Water -- More Shells. Date: 1940s

British shell cases, Western Front, France, WW1
Empty British shell cases after their contents have been fired on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Types of aeroplane shell guns by G. H. Davis
An answer to the tank during the Second World War: types of aeroplane shell guns. Including the Hispano-Suiza moteur-canon gun, found effective by the French in knocking out tanks

French artillery, Battle of the Marne, France, WW1
French artillery in action with a 75 mm field gun during the Marne and Aisne campaigns, France, First World War. Date: September-October 1914

Lone British gunner near Mons, Belgium, WW1
The Last Gunner -- a lone British gunner of the Royal Field Artillery in action near Mons, Belgium, during the First World War. He carried on valiantly after all his colleagues had fallen

Slogan painted on a British artillery shell
An instance of the grim humours of war. A message for the Germans written across the back of a British artillery shell. Date: 1916

Burkina Faso - Upper Volta, Africa - Samo Dancer
Southern Burkina Faso - Upper Volta, Africa - Dancer of the Samo people. He appears to be playing some form of bowed musical instrument? Date: circa 1910s

Oyster from Margate on a shell-shaped greetings card
Oyster from Merry Margate (Kent) on a shell-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

King Duck, by John James Audubon
King Duck, Fuligula Spectabilis, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Casa de las Conchas (House of Shells). SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. SALAMANCA. Salamanca. House of the Shells, plateresque building (end 15th c.). Renaissance art. Plateresque. Architecture

Rolls Royce armoured car being shelled, WW1
A Rolls Royce armoured car belonging to the Dunsterforce, with explosions from shelling in the background, during the First World War. 1917-1918

Howitzer shell, Iron Ration, WW1
A 15 inch Howitzer shell on the ground, during the First World War, with the ironic words Iron Ration painted on it. Date: 1914-1918

Brighton Winkle Stall
Queueing up at a winkle stall in Brighton, Sussex, England. Winkles are eaten with a pin, to winkle them out of their shells. Date: mid 1960s

Firing a large field gun
A group of soldiers firing a large field gun. There are several shells waiting to be fired in the right foreground

Sudanese Woman with Cowry Shell decoration
Sudanese Woman, wearing a fantastic decorated nosering, headdress made out of small white cowrie (cowry) shells and topped with large feathers. Her dress is also edged with small shells and beads

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