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Background imageTerrible Collection: HMS Terrible

HMS Terrible
Photograph of HMS Terrible, a battle cruiser used as a troop carrier during World War I Date: 1914

Background imageTerrible Collection: Scholl Photo

Scholl Photo
AURELIEN SCHOLL French writer, l enfant terrible des journalistes de l Empire, photographed in 1868. Date: 1833 - 1902

Background imageTerrible Collection: H. M. S. TERRIBLE

H. M. S. TERRIBLE
A sailor wearing the hat of his ship, the unfortunately named H.M.S. Terrible, a British Royal Navy vessel, launched in 1895. late 1890s

Background imageTerrible Collection: The Music of the East

The Music of the East
Humourous postcard entitled The Music of the East, depicting a braying Egyptian donkey, singing out to an empty desert... Date: 1908

Background imageTerrible Collection: HMS Terrible and HM Yacht jigsaw puzzle

HMS Terrible and HM Yacht jigsaw puzzle
A colour illustration of HMS Terrible, a Royal Navy armoured cruiser launched in 1895. Below is a jigsaw puzzle box of His Majestys Yacht at Cowes on the Isle of Wight

Background imageTerrible Collection: Temple Bar Removed

Temple Bar Removed
The removal of Temple Bar, which, however picturesque, was a terrible obstacle to traffic : it was re-erected in Theobalds Park, near Waltham Cross where it was sadly neglected

Background imageTerrible Collection: Lear / Nonsense / Nepaul

Lear / Nonsense / Nepaul
There was an Old Man of Nepaul, from his horse had a terrible fall; But, though split quite in two, by some very strong glue, they mended that Man of Nepaul

Background imageTerrible Collection: War Nerves - Terrible Effect of a Clap of Thunder

War Nerves - Terrible Effect of a Clap of Thunder
An edgy population descend into panic on hearing a clap of thunder, convinced it is a zeppelin bomb. The result of propaganda and the spread of hysteria in the opening months of World War One

Background imageTerrible Collection: Aphis Vastator, potatoe disease

Aphis Vastator, potatoe disease
These are illustrations of Aphis Vastator, the supposed cause of the potatoe disease which struck Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century with terrible consequences

Background imageTerrible Collection: British Frivolity During a Raid

British Frivolity During a Raid
Terrible revelation of British frivolity during a raid on the East coast. A Zeppelin knocks down a vertiginous house revealing a kissing couple

Background imageTerrible Collection: A Black Outlook

A Black Outlook
Two Sikh soldiers, with bayonets fixed, wait to ambush a German Uhlan on horseback. Apart from the terrible pun of the title, the Indian divisions fighting with the Allies were greatly respected

Background imageTerrible Collection: Holmfirth Reservoir

Holmfirth Reservoir
Terrible inundation and loss of life at Holmfirth when the reservoir burst its banks in 1852

Background imageTerrible Collection: Red Army Aid the Poor

Red Army Aid the Poor
War and revolution have brought terrible hardship to the general public : Red Army soldiers distribute supplies to the needy

Background imageTerrible Collection: San Francisco, California, 1851

San Francisco, California, 1851
Engraving showing the city of San Francisco with Yerba Buena Island in the background. On 3rd May 1851 San Francisco was subject to a terrible fire and only days later, on 15th May

Background imageTerrible Collection: The premature end of the Paris-Madrid automobile race

The premature end of the Paris-Madrid automobile race
An illustration of the premature end of the Paris-Madrid automobile race, showing the arrival at Bordeaux of the first car driven by M. Louis Renault

Background imageTerrible Collection: Wizard of Oz / Lion and Oz

Wizard of Oz / Lion and Oz
When the Cowardly Lion enters the Throne Room to see the Great and Terrible Oz, he finds that the Wizard has taken the form of a ball of fire

Background imageTerrible Collection: Wizard of Oz / The Wizard

Wizard of Oz / The Wizard
When the Scarecrow enters the Throne Room he sees that the Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz has taken the form of a beautiful lady Date: First published: 1900

Background imageTerrible Collection: Russian Procession

Russian Procession
A religious procession in Moscow, during the reign of Ivan the Terrible

Background imageTerrible Collection: Ivan in Old Age

Ivan in Old Age
Ivan the Terrible in old age

Background imageTerrible Collection: Workmens Duel

Workmens Duel
Two American ironworkers, longtime enemies, fight with red-hot bars : their mates separate them, but not before each has received terrible burns Date: 1907

Background imageTerrible Collection: Knighting the Sirloin

Knighting the Sirloin
Henry VIII, dining with the Abbot of Reading, is so pleased with the beef that he knights it Sir Loin, a fine example of how royalty can get away with terrible jokes

Background imageTerrible Collection: Scavengers / 1919

Scavengers / 1919
Mounted police drive off scavengers from the potato fields during the terrible shortages that followed the war

Background imageTerrible Collection: Russia / Chancellor Visit

Russia / Chancellor Visit
The English seaman Richard Chancellor is received by tsar Ivan IV. Their meeting results in a trade agreement between Russia and England

Background imageTerrible Collection: Sverre Seeks Help

Sverre Seeks Help
To avoid his enemies King Sverre Sigurdsson and his band are forced into the mountains & are caught in a terrible storm. Prayer succeeds in clearing the sky

Background imageTerrible Collection: Germans in Belgium

Germans in Belgium
German infantry leave Brussels to attack Antwerp, which is at present the centre of Belgian resistance; it will shortly fall, with heavy losses and terrible destruction

Background imageTerrible Collection: Woolwich Arsenal Explode

Woolwich Arsenal Explode
A terrible explosion in the lyddite works at Woolwich causes great damage and the loss of several lives

Background imageTerrible Collection: Fedoroff and Ivan

Fedoroff and Ivan
Tsar Ivan IV ( the Terrible ) visits the printing establishment of Ivan Fedoroff

Background imageTerrible Collection: Mother / Chatterbox Dtr

Mother / Chatterbox Dtr
A mother scolds her daughter for being a terrible chatterbox

Background imageTerrible Collection: IVANs SON MURDERED 1581

IVANs SON MURDERED 1581
Ivan IV Vasilyevich, known as The Terrible, clasps the bloody head of his son Ivan, whom he murdered in a fit of anger

Background imageTerrible Collection: Events / Russia / Ivan IV

Events / Russia / Ivan IV
Coronation of Ivan IV (the Terrible)

Background imageTerrible Collection: Ivan / Terrible

Ivan / Terrible
IVAN IV IVAN THE TERRIBLE Russian Royalty

Background imageTerrible Collection: Ivan / Terrible / Spanier

Ivan / Terrible / Spanier
IVAN IV IVAN THE TERRIBLE Russian Royalty



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