Suspended Collection (page 3)

The original Airspeed factory in York with assembly work proceeding on the first prototype Airspeed AS4 Ferry, G-ABSI. The fuselage of the AS1 Tern is suspended from the roof

Bristol Sycamore Mk4 G-AMWI carrying a suspended load
Bristol Sycamore Mk4, G-AMWI, carrying a suspended load of two oil drums

Aerialist wearing wings strapped to his shoulders and feet while suspended from a balloon. Date between 1870 and 1900

Hypnotist directing a group of people to do unusual things: men pretending to race while seated on man suspended between two chairs and audience volunteering for military duty with brooms as rifles

Fishing Boats on the River Erdre, Nantes, France. These bateau-style boats have a small flat bottom with straight sides and were used as early as 1671 on the Saint Lawrence River, French Quebec

Flying Mermaids
Flying mermaids! Mermaids suspended with wires, which are being operated by the men underneath them. Date: 1930s

Locomotive Construction
A brand new giant locomotive under construction, suspended from a steel girder. When finished, it will grace the Canadian Pacific Railway. Date: 1930s

The Meteora, Greece - Kalabaka
The Meteora (" suspended rocks", " suspended in the air" or " in the heavens above" ) - one of the largest

TS Exmouth - At mess
Boys dining in groups or messes on the Training Ship Exmouth. The tables are suspended so as to stay level in rough waters

Unicorn Restaurant, Festival of Britain site, London
View of the outdoor Unicorn Restaurant or Cafe, with its suspended umbrellas and angled flagpoles, part of the Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London

Suspended garden - Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo
The suspended garden of the Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo Date: 1920s

Double page spread in a diary for 23-28 October
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 23-28 October. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Two Edwardian children in a garden, Mid Wales
Two Edwardian children in a garden in Mid Wales. The girl on the left sits on a swing which is suspended by ropes from a wooden pole

Child spanker / W H Robinson
A neat apparatus for punishing a child without hurting its feelings! The child is suspended, backside protruding while a mechanical hand, or four to be precise

WWII recycling: Anderson hammock / W H Robinson
The old Anderson shelter making a comfortable place to lounge on a fine day, suspended from a tree. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

Anti-Vibration seat / W H Robinson
To minimise vibration and maximise driver comfort. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Men painting the side of a large boat
Three workmen sit on suspended planks and paint the hull of a large steamship. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Carrying children in baskets - China
Chinese beggar woman in Shanghai carrying her two young children in baskets suspended from a yolk on her shoulders

French civil war
Members of the French national guard hanging on to a rope that leads down far into the ground, during the civil war

Date Sellers - Marrakesh, Morocco
A stall selling dates - Marrakesh, Morocco. The trader sits halfway up the immense pile of the dried fruit, which he can weigh on the suspended scales alongside his perch

A Ducks egg
Illustration by Raphael Kirchner taken from The Kirchner Album of twelve prints issued by The Sketch during World War I. Picture depicts a suspended egg

Hatches
Illustration by Raphael Kirchner from The Kirchner Album, a portfolio of twelve colour prints issued by The Sketch during the World War One period

The sleeping cabin of Lord Nelson
The interior of the famous H.M.S. Victory as shown for the first time in colour after its redecoration and restoration as it would have appeared at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

The preparation of a kite-balloon before take-off
Allied soldiers photographed putting the finishing touches to the envelope of a kite-balloon shortly before take-off. Such balloons remained tethered to the ground

Fall of Clovis
The bishop of Albi sees the sword of god suspended over Clovis, king of the Franks, despite his conversion to the Christian faith

Chimpanzee / Wild Beasts
ANTHROPOPITHECUS TROGLODYTES A chimpanzee suspended from a tree

An airmans altitude helmet, for high altitude flights
The 25th year of heavier-than-air machines, an airmans altitude helmet. A dinner for the anniversary was staged at the Science Museum, the historic biplane, loaned by Orville Wright

R. M. S. Queen Mary, Clydebank, December 1931
Photograph of the R.M.S. Queen Mary at the John Brown shipyard, December 1931. Work on the ship, then known as Cunard No. 534, had been suspended on 13th December as Cunard had run out of funds

German Sniper in a tree, Normandy, 1944
Illustration showing a German sniper, suspended in a tree by a parachute-style attachment, taking aim at nearby Allied troops, Normandy, 1944

Moustiers Sainte Marie
Picturesque provencal village; the star suspended between two cliffs dates from the Crusades, though it has periodically fallen and been replaced

Astrakhan Prayers
Tartar merchants of Astrakhan (Russia) at prayer before a kind of suspended altar containing figures, contrary to Islamic teachings

Koran Protection
Before setting out a journey camels pass beneath a suspended copy of the Koran, which protects them from accidents and injuries

Coup: High Court
The High Court of Justice is suspended when troops loyal to Napoleon invade the chamber

Broadcasting a violin recital with sound and vision. Two television cameras record the performer from different angles. The microphone is suspended to obtain the sound recording

A flying roundabout; Sir Hiram Maxims latest invention
Illustration of Sir Hiram Maxims latest invention, which may be described as a roundabout in which the revolving bodies are suspended in the air in cars that are attached by steel wire ropes

A Workman above the average
A telephone operator suspended on a wire outside the Law Courts in London in 1909

Vegetable Seller, Japan
A Japanese street trader of vegetables carries the produce in baskets suspended from the ends of a long pole

French Cabriolet
A French Cabiolet carriage containing some well-to-do folk pauses beneath a suspended street lantern to take a drink from a roadside salesman with a one-man bar

Brooklyn Bridge 1876
In a boatswains chair, brave engineer Frank Farrington is the first person to cross the bridge. Suspended by a single cable, he raises his hat to the crowds 227 feet below

Schwebebahn Overhead Rly
SCHWEBEBAHN Elevated suspended railway linking Barmen and Elberfeld

German Strawberries
A countrywoman from the Hamburg region dressed in her picturesque costume carries two heavy baskets of erdbeeren - strawberries - suspended from a yoke on her shoulders

Fairy Tale / The Turnip
A man riding on a horse waves to another man who for reasons best known to himself is suspended in a sack from a tree with his head sticking out

Young Gypsy Girl & Pot
A young gypsy girl holding a spade stands close to a large suspended cooking pot at an encampment in Surrey

Cooking Christmas Goose
An old lady in overalls cooks her Christmas goose on an open fire. She uses an old method, whereby the goose is suspended by and revolves on twisted worsted. Somerset, England

Channel Bridge 1
Project for a railway bridge : signal lamps warn shipping to steer clear of the supports for the suspended monorail

Social / Japanese Postman
A barefoot Japanese postman bears a sign to indicate his status, carrying letters in a box suspended from his neck

Bombers of Zeppelin
In order to improve the safety and accuracy of airship bombing, bomb-aimers survey the landscape below the clouds by using a suspended car

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