Strain Collection

German Shepherd Horand
Hektor Linksrhein, known as Horand von Grafrath, founder of a notable German Shepherd strain

Calculating Horse Power / W H Robinson
Calculating the Horse Power of a sports car. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Long Distance Call
The postcard caption is Long distance call. Churchills message on the back is Express your thanks by building tanks. The senders message suggests that the relationship is under strain - My Darling

Womens tug of war team training in Battersea Park
A womens tug-of-war team preparing to " take the strain" while training in Battersea Park, wearing sturdy boots and practical clothes. 1928

INDUSTRY / METALS / IRON
Three young men struggle and strain to push a rail truck full of iron ore uphill as part of their Labour Service training. Date: 1930s

Boys push loaded cart
Two small boys struggle to push a cart heavily loaded with gas cylinders through the streets of Srinagar, Kashmir Date: 1986

Man with sack, Kashmir
A Kasmiri man strains to look up and smile for the camera - he carries a heavy load of sacks on his shoulders Date: 1986

Market porter, Kashmir
A ragged market porter pushes a heavily loaded cart through a street in Srinagar, Kashmir. He really puts his back into it Date: 1986

Fisherman Eyemouth
a fisherman hauls his nets from his boat onto the quayside at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Image first appeared in The Sunday Times Date: circa 1988

Boys Club tug of war circa 1930
One half of a tug of war with members of a Boys Club. Their supporters shout encouragement

Boys Club tug of war 1928
One half of a tug of war with members of a Boys Club. Their supporters shout encouragement

Advert for Sanatogen tonic 1919
Nerves won the War. To recuperate the exhaused shattered nerves, and so fit yourself to make a fresh start in civilian life and work. Date: 1919

Man at the end of his tether with piano-playing singing wife
" Every Morning I feel like shooting." An American man seemingly at the end of his tether with the less-than-tuneful efforts of his enthusiastic piano-playing, singing wife

Cupid Baffled - cannot believe love is not blossoming here
Cupid Baffled - he cannot believe love is not blossoming here... Date: 1907

Married for Love
Amusing American postcard entitled Married for Love, showing a rowing couple, illustrating anything but a partnership with love at the cornerstone! Date: circa 1910s

Figure-of-eight described by trochoidal plane. Hargrave Slide 24. Section of a flying machine strut that has stood a crushing strain of 360 pounds

Georgian Porter carrying large furniture
Georgian Porter carrying a large piece of strapped to his (bent) back. furniture Date: circa 1910s

Coal Merchant, showing a classic example of a leather back support, which enabled such potentially heavy and awkward loads to be transported

Cholera in Egypt
Scene in the courtyard of a house in Cairo. The patients were laid in the courtyard partly because of the cooler temperatures and also because the occupants were afraid of infection

German Shepherd Beowulf

Tug O War / Fortune Mag
One of a Tug o War team taking the strain

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