Shells Collection (page 4)

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

Battle of Vimy Ridge 1917
Pack horses of the Canadian Field Artillery carrying 18 pounder shells at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Sudanese Woman in traditional Costume seemingly emerging from a small localised Nile River mist (!) with the pyramids lightly visible in the rear

The Ionian Cycle
THE IONIAN CYCLE (William Tenn) A space traveller from Earth encounters some interesting fauna emerging from eggs, pods, shells or whatever

Susi - with newly hatched chick. 1950s

A British heavy gun in action, WW1. 1914-1918

Late 19th century Prussian Bathers - Baltic Coastal Resort - this may be Sestroretsk - a municipal town in Kurortny District of the federal city of St

Unexploded German bomb on display, Italy, WW1
Unexploded German bomb on display, Italy, First World War, with an Italian soldier standing alongside. Date: 1914-1918

The Battle of Elandslaagte: enemys shell bursting by the side of General White, during the Second Boer War. Date: 1899

Advertisement, Ministry of Labour Munition Concerts, WW2
Advertisement, Ministry of Labour Munition Concerts, organised by ENSA. circa 1940s

Warfare in the future - as predicted in 1932
An impression of what warfare might look like in 2032, as predicted by The Modern Boy magazine in 1932. It suggests that invading troops might attack via a shell

British troops unloading high explosive shells
Photograph of British troops unloading high explosive shells at a depot in France, nd. From a collection of 23 official photographs by Press Photographer Bayley Harrison, World War One

Soldiers lean on pile of 18-pounder shells nr Becourt Wood
Soldiers leaning on a pile of 18-pounder shells near Becourt Wood on the Somme, September 1916. Lantern slide, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1916

The tools for the job of European Liberation
Photograph: The tools for the job of European Liberation. When the Allies launched the liberation of Europe the quantities of shells required to back up the attack and vehicles in vehicle depots

New Zealand troops loading ammunition limbers near Albert, September 1918. Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1918

Women Munitions Work WW2
A munition worker in green hat, overalls and a dirty face stands proudly in front of a pyramid of shells. The caption reads, May be I do look black but I ain t no slacker

Bombardment of Kum Kale
Turkish guns being blown up by British shells at the entrance to the Dardanelles. Date: 1915

Susi - with fishing net and shells. 1950s

Wills cigarette card - Scallop shells. Date: circa 1935

WW1 Poster, Feed the Guns with War Bonds
Poster, Feed the Guns with War Bonds and Help to End the War. circa 1918

New Year card in the shape of an oyster shell (open), with ships in a harbour. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas and New Year card in the shape of a shell (open), with a seasonal verse and a seascape with crescent moon. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a pink shell (closed). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a shell (open), with a seasonal verse and a seascape with sailing boats. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of an orange shell (closed). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Susi - with newly hatched chicks. 1950s

Primroses on a shell-shaped Christmas card. circa 1890s

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