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Background imageSurvives Collection: Ruined Stalingrad

Ruined Stalingrad
The ruins of the city, after its liberation. A sculpture of dancing children survives, though battered, like Stalingrad itself

Background imageSurvives Collection: Capt Webb / Niagara / Scrap

Capt Webb / Niagara / Scrap
Captain Matthew WEBB survives Niagara Falls

Background imageSurvives Collection: Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine TA369 Red Gauntlet

Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine TA369 Red Gauntlet (msn 3798) at the 1959 Andover Steam Fair. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines, agricultural machinery)

Background imageSurvives Collection: Albemarle and Sassacus

Albemarle and Sassacus
In the North Carolina sounds, Confederate ram Albemarle rules the waves : she survives ramming by the Sassacus but will be sunk by a torpedo attack later in the year

Background imageSurvives Collection: Mary Celeste / Fosdyk 1872

Mary Celeste / Fosdyk 1872
ABEL FOSDYKs STORY All the crew, except Fosdyk, are eaten by sharks : he survives on drifting wreckage of the fallen quarter-deck (almost certainly a hoax)

Background imageSurvives Collection: Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive WB9110 Perseverance II

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive WB9110 Perseverance II (msn 3483), built in 1913 with an 8 Nhp compound steam engine. Seen at an auction at Walford Cross near Taunton in 1959

Background imageSurvives Collection: Burrell Devonshire General Purpose Traction Engine

Burrell Devonshire General Purpose Traction Engine TA1849 Jellicoe (msn 3368), with Coeur De Lion 5nhp Engine, built 1913, at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. With Aveling & Barford Steam Roller YA2197

Background imageSurvives Collection: Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine PW 6287 Firefly

Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine PW 6287 Firefly number 4032, with 7nhp single-cylinder Engine, built in 1925. Seen at York on 16 May 1971

Background imageSurvives Collection: HAUNTED TEMPLE

HAUNTED TEMPLE
Jogen approaches the haunted temple in Inaba province, where no one can pass a night. He survives the night but is found paralysed, and dies of shock from seeing the ghosts Date: 1908

Background imageSurvives Collection: Morane-Saulnier MS. 317 F-BCNL (msn 6527/273) Date: circa 2000

Morane-Saulnier MS. 317 F-BCNL (msn 6527/273) Date: circa 2000
Morane-Saulnier MS.317 F-BCNL (msn 6527/273) Date: circa 2000

Background imageSurvives Collection: FRANKENSTEIN / CHURCH 1990

FRANKENSTEIN / CHURCH 1990
FRANKENSTEIN the village church survives, but the castle is in ruins Date: first published 1818

Background imageSurvives Collection: Hippodrome, London - stage effects 1906

Hippodrome, London - stage effects 1906
When THE EARTHQUAKE is staged at the Hippodrome in Leicester Square, London, the stage is flooded and buildings collapse but the heroine survives... Date: 1906

Background imageSurvives Collection: Burrell Steam Tractor VLD346 Furious

Burrell Steam Tractor VLD346 Furious, (msn 3191), built in 1907, at the 1959 Andover Steam Rally. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines, agricultural machinery)

Background imageSurvives Collection: Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive Prince of Wales HR6658

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive Prince of Wales HR6658 (msn 3887), at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam Rally. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines, agricultural machinery)

Background imageSurvives Collection: Burrell General purpose Tarction engine TA369 Red Gauntlet

Burrell General purpose Tarction engine TA369 Red Gauntlet
Burrell General purpose Traction engine TA369 Red Gauntlet (msn 3998), at the 1959 Andover Steam Rally. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines, agricultural machinery)

Background imageSurvives Collection: Burrell Road Tractor CYB558

Burrell Road Tractor CYB558 at Walford Cross, near Taunton, with the 1926 Babcock and Wilcox 6 ton Steam Roller - Toby. Works No. 95/4009 - Reg. No. YB 7976

Background imageSurvives Collection: Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive HO5993 May Queen

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive HO5993 May Queen (msn 3447), built 1913, at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam rally. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines)

Background imageSurvives Collection: Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive PB9624 King George VI

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive PB9624 King George VI (msn 3489), built 1913, at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam rally. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines)

Background imageSurvives Collection: The Torrent & the River

The Torrent & the River
THE TORRENT AND THE RIVER A man survives the rushing and roaring of a torrent, but an apparently calm river he takes for granted, and he and his horse drown in the deep water

Background imageSurvives Collection: Earl Spencers house

Earl Spencers house
The magnificent home of George John (1758 - 1834), 2nd earl Spencer in St James, off Green Park, London, completed 1766 though altered at various times; it survives as offices

Background imageSurvives Collection: Hannah Powell-Cotton, Commandant of Kent / 178

Hannah Powell-Cotton, Commandant of Kent / 178
A studio photograph of Hannah Powell-Cotton in her uniform as Commandant of the Birchington Voluntary Aid Detachment, without hat. This jacket survives at Quex Park today (2015)

Background imageSurvives Collection: C Ward. Quex Park Vad Hospital

C Ward. Quex Park Vad Hospital
C Ward, Quex Park VAD Hospital. This ward was located in the second gallery of the Powell-Cotton Museum. B Ward, in the first gallery, was through the archway on the left of the photograph

Background imageSurvives Collection: Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna

Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna
Engraving from a photograph of Empress Maria Feodorovna, later Dowager Tsaritsa, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928), wife of Tsar Alexander III

Background imageSurvives Collection: Vendee : Heroic Woman

Vendee : Heroic Woman
Renee Bordereau, aka l Aangevin, saw her father butchered and lost 40+ relatives fighting the Revolution : usually in male dress, she is captured and imprisoned but survives. Date: circa 1793

Background imageSurvives Collection: Lansdown Crescent, Bath

Lansdown Crescent, Bath, England, built by John Palmer, is one of the citys architectural gems. Much of the handsome Georgian ironwork survives. Date: 1950s

Background imageSurvives Collection: John Harper, Publisher

John Harper, Publisher
JOHN HARPER : Anerican publisher, in partnership with his brother James : the publishing empire they created still survives. His neckties, too, have been much admired. Date: 1797 - 1875

Background imageSurvives Collection: Glastonbury Abbey Bell

Glastonbury Abbey Bell
The Fire Bell, practically all that survives of St. Patricks Chapel, Glastonbury Abbey ruins, Somerset, England. Date: 1950s

Background imageSurvives Collection: Whitfields Mount

Whitfields Mount
A protuberance on the Heath where methodist preacher George Whitefield (correct spelling) addressed the crowds. It survives, but is less protuberant today

Background imageSurvives Collection: Grand PrincessTatiana of Russia

Grand PrincessTatiana of Russia
Grand Princess Tatiana Nikolaievna (1897-1918), daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, granddaughter of Princess Alice

Background imageSurvives Collection: Construction of Blackfriars Bridge, 1868

Construction of Blackfriars Bridge, 1868
Engraving of the construction of Blackfriars Bridge, London, viewed from the south bank of the river looking towards St. Pauls Cathedral

Background imageSurvives Collection: France Solesmes

France Solesmes
The Benedictine Abbaye de Saint-Pierre has been periodically closed by the authorities, but survives and flourishes as the revivers of Gregorian chant

Background imageSurvives Collection: Cape Aardvark

Cape Aardvark
Orycteropus species - Cape Aardvark : despite defective sight, the aardvark survives thanks to its sense of smell, which can detect an ant or termite however concealed

Background imageSurvives Collection: Admiral Attacked

Admiral Attacked
Admiral Dubasoff, assaulted walking in a St Petersburg park, is only one of some 2000 officials and VIPs to be attacked by terrorists : but he survives bomb and gunshots

Background imageSurvives Collection: Loris-Melikov Attempt

Loris-Melikov Attempt
Minister Lors-Melikov is shot by nihilists, but survives

Background imageSurvives Collection: Alexander II Survives

Alexander II Survives
After surviving Solovievs attempt on his life, Alexander II rides through the streets of St Petersburg : but he won t always be so lucky

Background imageSurvives Collection: Abbots Bromley Horn

Abbots Bromley Horn
ABBOTS BROMLEY HORN DANCE: Has elements of a mock hunt: 6 deersmen, a fool, a hobby horse, a Maid Marian, 1 boy & crossbow, 1 boy & triangle dance through the town

Background imageSurvives Collection: Meyerbeer Africaine Lib3

Meyerbeer Africaine Lib3
Act three - the warriors of Selika, queen of Madagascar, board Don Pedros ship and massacre the Portuguese : Vasco survives, but only just

Background imageSurvives Collection: Sappho in Rough Sea

Sappho in Rough Sea
British sailing warship, depicted encountering heavy seas off the coast of Honduras. However, she survives another ten years before sinking in 1859

Background imageSurvives Collection: John the Evangelist

John the Evangelist
SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST In the background he is being boiled alive in a cauldron of boiling oil by the emperors orders, yet he feels no pain and survives !

Background imageSurvives Collection: Japan : Jimmu Conqueror

Japan : Jimmu Conqueror
Kamu (later known as Jimmu Tenno), great grandson of the Sun, is guided by the Crow of the Sun towards the east, where he founds the Japanese empire which still survives

Background imageSurvives Collection: Pyne - Admiral

Pyne - Admiral
AN ADMIRAL Britannia survives by ruling the waves, and her admirals are her greatest heroes. This one wears full uniform with the Order of the Bath

Background imageSurvives Collection: Diocletian Retires

Diocletian Retires
After establishing a degree of stability in the Empire thanks to the tetrarchy system, emperor Diocletian retires to Split in Croatia, building a huge palace which survives

Background imageSurvives Collection: Escaping, Guyana

Escaping, Guyana
Four prisoners succeed in escaping from their prison in Guyane, but only one of them survives the horrors of the jungle

Background imageSurvives Collection: Birdman

Birdman fails to fly at Frankfurt, but survives accident



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