Strong Collection (page 9)

Map of Mah󮠷ith the San Felipe castle, 18th
Map of Mah󮠷 ith the San Felipe castle, 18th c. Engraving

SPAIN. Roncevaux. Collegiate Church of Santa
" SPAIN. Roncevaux. Collegiate Church of Santa Mar� Spain. Reconquest. Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) with Sancho VII " the Strong"

Toulon in 18th c. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

MOROCCO. Rabat. Walls of the Chellah necropolis

United States of America. Arizona. Fort Apache
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ARIZONA. Fort Apache Indian Reservation. Cemetery of Fort Apache. Tomb of the unknown soldier

MOROCCO. Rabat. Entrance to the Chellah Necropolis

Buddha - Pegu - Strong Siamese influences of Pegu Buddha, being the starting point for endless raids against Siam. The armies, after meditation at the Shwemedaw

Horse and foal in a car park, Ireland
A horse and its foal in a pub car park in Ireland. (1 of 3) Date: 1966

Verdun : too Strong
The battle of Verdun : the German finds that the French defences are too solid for him to batter down ! Date: May 1916

London Fire Brigade - Tug of War Team
London Fire Brigade - Tug of War winning team (F District) group photo

LCC-MFB Recruitment strength test
There were many applications to join the MFB and there were about 99% rejections. A stern standard of physical fitness was laid down by the LCC and the Brigade

Franklin. E. Smith hose coupling, WW2
A firefighter demonstrating the strength of a Franklin.E. Smith hose coupling

A strong tip. Illustration shows two boys talking on a busy city sidewalk next to a produce stand. Date 1904 April 6

The new education Theres the world before you, young man! Do you want to see it? Learn a trade and live a strong healthy life? If so enlist and be happy - you can t beat this!

The land of the living a strong drama : by Frank Harvey. Date 1895

St Bernard dog in a landscape
A St Bernard dog in a landscape setting. Date: circa early 20th century

The Bill Met With Strong Opposition
Parliamentary Notes illustrated - The Bill Met With Strong Opposition! Date: circa 1905

United we are strong, united we can win. World War II poster showing cannons, each with the flag of an allied power, blasting into the sky. Date 1943 (, e Washington, DC :

Native man from the Congo with striking hair
Fantastic portrait of a man from the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) - from the region between Bangui and Mobaye on the Ubangi River Date: circa 1910s

Silhouette of ploughing scene
Silhouette of a ploughing scene, with a man guiding his manual plough across a field with the help of two farm horses

Customers from The Gin-Shop by Cruikshank
These are the Customers, youthful and old, That drink the strong drinks which are sold night and day At the bar of the Gin-shop, so glittering and gay. Illustration no

The Landlord from The Gin-Shop by Cruikshank
This is the Landlord who coins his bright gold, Out of the ruin of youthful and old, Who drink the strong liquors he sells night and day, At the bar of the Gin-shop, so glittering and gay

Silhouette of a British bulldog

Drunken Husband arrives home
Weather Forecast - " Stormy" (Thunder and Lightning to follow) A drunken husband arrives home to find his wife still up and awiting his return sat at a table with clock

Poster advertising the Territorial Army. Lets be prepared to defend the peace we re working to win. Volunteer with me for the Territorial Army, 9 divisions strong, with modern equipment

The Scarecrow
A young girl talks about the perfect man for marriage - one who can support her as well as the scarecrow! She also extols the virtues of the scarecrow to frighten away the crows ! Date: circa 1908

Leap Year Matrimony - Strong Women
I Wed Him. Leap Year Matrimony - Strong Women take fullsome advantage of their right on a leap year to ask for the hand in marriage of their chaps

Strongmen at the athletics Club Thule, Trelleborg, Sweden 1898. Date: 1898

Racial Types / Lapland
In summer Laplanders live in tents, moving from pasture to pasture with their reindeer. The reindeer move in vast herds, often many thousand strong. Date: 1930s

Bulldog in a doorway

Strongman by George Ranstead
Humorous drawing on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps, of a strong man being rejected from a competition

Bystander front cover, 29 January 1930
Stylised illustration for the Bystander cover masthead showing a couple struggling through a gale that is so strong, it even threatens to uproot a postbox. Date: 1930

Weight-lifters and wrestlers, 1948 London Olympics
This full page of the Sphere shows weight-lifters Joe de Pietro of America (top) and Shams of Egypt (bottom right), and wrestlers Anderberg of Sweden and Toth of Hungary. Date: 1948

Hercules strikes Cacus, and view of Rome
Page of text with marginal drawings. At the top in the left margin is a picture of Rome. In front of the city stand two men, one of whom is wearing armour. There are birds flying over their heads

Test your Strength
A man tests his punch at a fairground sideshow, while some impressed onlookers gather round to watch. Date: 1950s

Coffee Sold in Istanbul
A street trader selling strong coffee in Istanbul Date: 1906

Absinthe drinkers in a Paris cafe
Absinthe drinkers (Verlaine and his companions) in a Paris cafe. Date: 1907

Mrs Kitty Godfree, English tennis player
A depiction of Mrs Kitty Godfree (nee McKane), English tennis player, by a rival player, the American Helen Wills. Both of them were appearing at Wimbledon. Godfree has just finished a backhand drive

Old gipsy woman eating cabbage
An old gipsy woman standing in a field, eating cabbage. In her hair can be seen grips and curlers

Czech Republic - Sokol Rally in Prague
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Memorial to Russian Navy, Sevastopol, Ukraine
View of the Soviet Memorial to the Russian Navy of World War Two, in Sevastopol, Ukraine, with marines on parade. Sevastopol is where Russias Black Sea Fleet is based

Male head study by Raymond Sheppard
Study of mans head - viewed full face. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

A Centaur pulling a plough
A Greek humourous postcard depicting a rather chastened centaur (possibly representing Italy??) pulling a plough, operated by a very sturdy female Greek farmers wife

Turkish Wrestler (2 of 4)
A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, lifts enormous dumbells whilst another strongman colleague sits on his shoulders. A series of cards (2 of 4) depicting a Turkish wrestler, juggler, weightlifter

Children pushing a snowball by Florence Hardy
A long push and a strong push. Three children all pushing a large snowball together

Boys Club, carrying milk churns 1935
Four boys from a boys club demonstrate how to carry three large milk churns between them

Dog Fights Tiger Rug
After eating so many cakes, Towser feels strong enough to fight the tiger rug

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