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Background imageStork Collection: AFS car and trailer pump at LCC-LFB HQ, Lambeth

AFS car and trailer pump at LCC-LFB HQ, Lambeth
Beresford Stork light-trailer pump with saloon car. Such combinations were utilised by the Auxiliary Fire Service in London to supplement the full time force in preparations for the forthcoming

Background imageStork Collection: Arrival of the storks to their nest - Strasbourg

Arrival of the storks to their nest - Strasbourg (now in Alsace, France, then in Germany). Date: circa 1905

Background imageStork Collection: The storks lay a precious egg in their nest - Strasbourg

The storks lay a precious egg in their nest - Strasbourg (now in Alsace, France, then in Germany). Date: circa 1905

Background imageStork Collection: Bird life in Salonika: Macedonian stork & British areoplane

Bird life in Salonika: Macedonian stork & British areoplane 1917

Background imageStork Collection: A Question of Precedence by Dennis Mallet

A Question of Precedence by Dennis Mallet
Father Christmas and a stork bringing a new baby find they have arrived at a chimney pot at the same time. Date: 1938

Background imageStork Collection: Caliph Stork, an eastern tale

Caliph Stork, an eastern tale -- the Caliph asks Selim the Learned to decipher a document for him which he has bought from the peddler

Background imageStork Collection: Mascot of the HMS Stork

Mascot of the HMS Stork
Buster, mascot of the HMS Stork, active during WW2. Date: 1942

Background imageStork Collection: Frog and stork on a cutout Christmas card

Frog and stork on a cutout Christmas card, with verse (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageStork Collection: Stork on a cutout Christmas card

Stork on a cutout Christmas card, with verse (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageStork Collection: Spain. Avila. Section of the medieval walls, 12th century

Spain. Avila. Section of the medieval walls, 12th century. In the background, the belfry of Carmens Gate (Puerta del Carmen), 17th century

Background imageStork Collection: Japanese art postcard - Golden bird perched in blossom tree

Japanese art postcard - Golden bird perched in blossom tree Date: circa 1909

Background imageStork Collection: Zoological Misfitz - The Complete Angler

Zoological Misfitz - The Complete Angler. early 20th century

Background imageStork Collection: Stork : Get it Up

Stork : Get it Up
The stork says En l air ! (Get it up !) encouraging French parents to replenish the population after World War Two Date: 1950s

Background imageStork Collection: Stork Brings Baby

Stork Brings Baby
A stork brings William Elmer Didelius to his expectant family, on 19 December 1908, carrying 11 lb (about 5 kg) of baby, plus wrapping, in its beak Date: 1908

Background imageStork Collection: Victoria Opens Albert Hl

Victoria Opens Albert Hl
Queen Victoria opens the Royal Albert Hall of arts and sciences

Background imageStork Collection: Birds and flowers on a circular Christmas card

Birds and flowers on a circular Christmas card with an oriental plate pattern. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageStork Collection: Dog, stork on nest and moonlight scene on a Christmas card

Dog, stork on nest and moonlight scene on a Christmas card
A little dog, a stork on its nest on a roof, and a moonlight scene with water on a Christmas card -- all part of a trompe l oeil assembly of three pictures pinned to a wooden board. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageStork Collection: Stork with basket on an audible good luck card

Stork with basket on an audible good luck card (German). Date: circa 1890s

Background imageStork Collection: Mycteria ibis, Yellow-billed stork

Mycteria ibis, Yellow-billed stork
Watercolour by Claude Finch-Davies, 1918 Date: 1918

Background imageStork Collection: WW1 - Guynemer gets his Captains stripes, 3rd March 1917

WW1 - Guynemer gets his Captains stripes, 3rd March 1917
WW1 - Georges Marie Ludovic Jules Guynemer (1894 -1917) was a top air fighter for France during World War I. He became an ace by his fifth victory in February 1916

Background imageStork Collection: Painted stork, Mycteria leucocephala Near threatened

Painted stork, Mycteria leucocephala Near threatened
Painted stork, Mycteria leucocephala. Near threatened.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Background imageStork Collection: Roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja, and yellow-billed

Roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja, and yellow-billed
Great tinamou, Tinamus major (near threatened), and western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science

Background imageStork Collection: White stork, Ciconia ciconia, and jabiru, Jabiru mycteria

White stork, Ciconia ciconia, and jabiru, Jabiru mycteria.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France

Background imageStork Collection: Hamerkop or hammerhead stork, Scopus umbretta

Hamerkop or hammerhead stork, Scopus umbretta, and Asian openbill stork, Anastomus oscitans.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science

Background imageStork Collection: White stork, Ciconia ciconia

White stork, Ciconia ciconia.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Background imageStork Collection: Stork on the dole - falling birth rate in the 1920s

Stork on the dole - falling birth rate in the 1920s
On the Dole! by David Wilson. Cartoon showing a stork feeling rather unemployed as he sits on a chimney pot above the roof tops of a snow covered town

Background imageStork Collection: Marabou Stork - At sunset

Marabou Stork - At sunset (Leptoptilos crumeniferus). Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Background imageStork Collection: Stork Nest Turckheim Alsace

Stork Nest Turckheim Alsace
A stork nesting on a platform erected over the Porte de la France entering Turckheim, a town in the Gewurztraminer wine region west of Colmar in Alsace

Background imageStork Collection: Fire at Bush Hotel, Shepherds Bush Green, West London

Fire at Bush Hotel, Shepherds Bush Green, West London
Fire at the Bush Hotel, Shepherds Bush Green, West London, 12 June 1955. Showing the escape ladder in position after the rescue of Miss O Donnell. Date: 1955

Background imageStork Collection: Illustrated page, stork and baby, by Muriel Dawson

Illustrated page, stork and baby, by Muriel Dawson
Illustrated page, showing a stork and baby, with a verse below, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Background imageStork Collection: Title page design for The Stork, by Muriel Dawson

Title page design for The Stork, by Muriel Dawson. Showing a little baby riding on the neck of a stork. Date: 1920s

Background imageStork Collection: Decorative Stork Christening Cake

Decorative Stork Christening Cake Date: 1936

Background imageStork Collection: Seasonable Cakes, Stork or Christening Cake

Seasonable Cakes, Stork or Christening Cake Date: 1936

Background imageStork Collection: Aesops Fables

Aesops Fables
This picture depicts small snapshots of some of Aesops most famous fables like the hare and the tortoise and the fox and the grapes

Background imageStork Collection: TOY STORK

TOY STORK
A toy stork, a mascot made of wire and wool. Date: early 1930s

Background imageStork Collection: Japan - Woman her two children disturb a stork

Japan - Woman her two children disturb a stork
Japan - A Woman with her two children disturb a stork from the rushes beside a river or pool. Date: 1905

Background imageStork Collection: Porte de la France - Turckheim, Colmar, Alsace, France

Porte de la France - Turckheim, Colmar, Alsace, France
Porte de la France (Porte d entree Ouest) entering Turckheim, a town in the Gewurztraminer wine region west of Colmar in Alsace - note the stork nest/platform on the top! Date: circa 1910s

Background imageStork Collection: Albania - Vlore - Plaza del Comando - Minaret and Stork

Albania - Vlore - Plaza del Comando - Minaret and Stork
Albania - Vlore - Plaza del Comando - Minaret (under repair) with a (lucky) Stork taking up residence at the top. Date: 1917

Background imageStork Collection: Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, black-necked stork

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, black-necked stork
Watercolour 302 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New-Holland Jabiru

Background imageStork Collection: LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695)

LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695)

Background imageStork Collection: Postman stork rings the bell

Postman stork rings the bell

Background imageStork Collection: Stork with new baby

Stork with new baby
Stork standing at the front door of a house with new baby. Date: c.1920

Background imageStork Collection: Iraq - Iraqi Man with a stork - Baghdad

Iraq - Iraqi Man with a stork - Baghdad
A truly superb photographic postcard of an Iraqi man sat at the base of a set of steps watching a stork (his pet?) in Baghdad, Iraq Date: circa 1910s

Background imageStork Collection: After You, Madam

After You, Madam
Arrival of Father Christmas and a stork, both with Christmas deliveries Date: 1927

Background imageStork Collection: Painted Stork

Painted Stork
A Painted Stork. Date: 1960s

Background imageStork Collection: Painted & White Storks

Painted & White Storks
A Painted Stork and a White Stork. Date: 1960s

Background imageStork Collection: Adjutant Stork

Adjutant Stork
A rather formidable-looking Adjutant Stork! Date: 1960s

Background imageStork Collection: Study of a bird

Study of a bird, possibly a stork



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