Taking Collection (page 7)

What are we coming to? Camera fiend taking a record snapshot. A photographer hides beneath a hedge waiting for that perfect shot of a horse rider jumping overhead. Date: 1896

Lady taking breakfast in bed. circa 1900

Moorish rebels taking cover, Spanish War in Morocco
Moorish rebels taking cover during the Spanish War in Morocco. 1925

King Charles I taking leave of his family. 1649

Idea for an air port on the Thames, London 1940
Artists (quite ludicrous) idea, suggesting a central London airport on the River Thames near Charing Cross station. Date: 1930

The Capture of Tabasco 1847
The capture of Tabasco by U.S. naval forces under Commodore Perry. Two American paddle steamers and a small ship move up the river on their way to San Juan Bautista

Whitney Straight in a Maserati at Mount Ventoux
Whitney Straight taking his Maserati through a banked turn at Mount Ventoux. 20th century

Cartoon, Taking him at his word

Ladies having a chat over Afternoon Tea. Date: 1905

Stylish ladies at the golf club
1920s stylish ladies taking tea at the golf course on a windy day. Illustration from Ladies Home Journal June 1923. Artist anon. Date: 1923

Afternoon tea
Jello - 1920s ladies taking afternoon tea at home. Illustration from the Ladies Home Journal March 1923. Artist John Newton Howitt. Date: 1923

Taking a pie from the oven
Woman taking baked pie from oven. Illustration from Delineator magazine 1928. Artist anon. Date: 1928

The Kirkham and the Assaye at Henleys Cable Factory
The Kirkham and the Assaye taking in telegraph cable at Henleys Cable Works at north Woolwich, 1863 Date: 1863

Advert for Ensign camera 1918
British-made Ensign film and cameras featuring a illustration of a young woman taking a family photograph. Date: 1918

Water Tournament
Old English Sports - A Water Tournament taking place in a medaeval setting. Date: 1908

Quintain
Old English Sports - Quintain, akin to jousting, taking place in a medaeval setting. Date: 1908

Jousting
Old English Sports - Jousting taking place in a medaeval setting. Date: 1908

Falconry
Old English Sports - Falconry taking place in a medaeval setting. Date: 1908

Archery
Old English Sports - Archery taking place in a medaeval setting. Date: 1908

Having a drink
Two seated Bandsmen taking a break at a cafÚáºarden Lucerne Switzerland Date: circa 1958

Cromwell dissolving the English Parliament
This illustration shows Cromwell asserting his authority in dissolving the English Rump Parliament on 20 April 1653. He is shown ordering the removal of the golden mace from Parliament. 1653

A German observer taking aerial photographs using a pistol-camera over the side of his aircraft. Date: 1916

Taking the Oath to join the British Army 1901
British military oath taken in front of a magistrate, during the Second Boer War. Date: 1901

Before Sebastopol: Artillery taking Lancaster guns down to the first parallel, by night Date: 1855

MUSSOLINI GOES TO WAR
BENITO MUSSOLINI During World War Two, he displays his courage and risks his life by taking part in naval operations, meeting a convoy in the open sea Date: 1883 - 1945

Druine D. 31 Turbulent G-ARCZ
Druine D.31 Turbulent G-ARCZ, at Redhill aerodrome circa 1970. Written off (damaged beyond repair) on 1 June 1984 when crashed near Stapleford, Essex

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper Mk. III G-AVKT
Tipsy Nipper Mk.III G-AVKT (msn 70), prototype of the Mark III, at an air display in the Netherlands, circa 1969, parked next to Le Manchots (the Penguins) aerobatic display team

Piper PA-23 Apache G-ASHC
Piper PA-23-160 Apache G-ASHC Crashed 21 March 1964 at Melling, near Aintree village, on Grand National Day, killing all five persons on board (pilot and four passengers)

Caspar C. 29
Caspar C.29 reconnaissance floatplane. The sole C.29 was built by Dansk Aero in Denmark, with the intention of taking part in the Deutschen Seeflugwettbewerb in 1926 at Warnemunde

Pigeon Scout
Pigeon Fraser Scout 117, delivered to Langley Field November 1917, transferred o McCook Field for testing, but crashed soon after taking off on its first flight, killing the pilot

Folland Fo. 139 Midge G-39-1
Folland Fo.139 Midge G-39-1, taxiing for take-off at Chilbolton, Follands flight test base. First flown at Boscombe Down on 11 August 1954, the Midge was used to demonstrate the feasibility of W.E.W

United States Navy - North American AJ-1 Savage 124161 of the Naval Air Test Centre (NATC - NAS Patuxent River) call-sign 161. Struck off charge on 19 July 1957

Mother and Son taking a hair raising ride on the cliff side. Date: 1904

Indian troops take their Maxim machine guns into the firing line on the Western Front in France. The ammunition is carried in boxes behind Date: 1915

Russian workers taking their communal meal out in the open air Date: 1890s

The Wishing Well, Upwey, Dorset
1906

Comic Postcard - Dog called Buttons
Comic postcard - Why do you call your dog, BUTTONS? Owner - Because its so often attached to TROUSERS circa 1920s

River Vispa (Visp, Viege) - Matter Valley near Zermatt, Valais Canton - Switzerland. Note the photographer is setting up his camera to take the perfect photo of Mont Cervin circa 1910s

Rue de la Montagne Saint-Aignan, Senlis, a commune in the northern French department of Oise, France. Date: circa 1900s

Small Aircraft Date: 1948

Horticulturist Burbank Date: 1950

Six staff nurses in the grounds of Brook Fever Hospital, taking tea. Informal group of six nurses in the grounds of Brook Fever Hospital. Reverse reads All staff nurses training at the Brook 1933-35

Prince Albert - House of Lords as the Duke of York - Robes
Prince Albert (future King George VI) (1895-1952), now Duke of York and therefore able to take a seat in the House of Lords

Berenguer Ramon II taking the city of Tarragona, Catalonia
Berenguer Ramon II the Fratricide (c.1053-c.1099). Count of Barcelona. Ramon Berenguer II taking the city of Tarragona, Catalonia. Engraving in Spain Illustrated History, 19th century

WW2 greetings card, RAF pilot
WW2 pop-up greetings card (inside), RAF pilot shaking hands with a colleague. Date: circa 1942

Distribution of Plants to Poor Londoners, Victoria Park
A series of scenes during a distribution of plants to Londons poor, held in Victoria Park, London, in the autumn of 1879. The images show (clockwise from top left)

Covent Garden Market Women 1873
Group of the female workers of Covent Garden Market taking a rest, next to a pile of baskets and boxes, London. Beside them a small dog sits, looking tired. Date: 1873

A London Tea Garden 1790
Fmily group taking tea in a London Tea Garden, 1790. Date: 1790

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