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Thaw Collection

Background imageThaw Collection: John Thaw, English actor of stage and screen

John Thaw, English actor of stage and screen
John Edward Thaw (1942-2002), English actor of stage and screen. Seen here (right) with another actor. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageThaw Collection: Evelyn Nesbit and Mr Clifford

Evelyn Nesbit and Mr Clifford
Evelyn Nesbit, aka Mrs Harry Thaw, pictured with Mr. Clifford with whom she was performing at the London Hippodrome revue, Hello Ragtime in 1913

Background imageThaw Collection: TV detectives

TV detectives
Columbo (Peter Falk), Tom Barnaby (John Nettles), Frost (David Jason), Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury), Miss Marple (Joan Hickson), Inspector Wexford (George Baker), Poirot (David Suchet)

Background imageThaw Collection: Gloria Vanderbilt and Mrs Benjamin Thaw

Gloria Vanderbilt and Mrs Benjamin Thaw
Gloria Vanderbilt and her sister Mrs Benjamin Thaw (Consuelo Vanderbilt) sisters of Thelma, Lady Furness pictured dressed fashionably in wide legged palazzo pants

Background imageThaw Collection: Discovery of the Adams mammoth, 1799

Discovery of the Adams mammoth, 1799
Discovery of a frozen mammoth in Siberia. A local chief spotted the creature, encased in transparent ice, on the banks of the river Lena in 1799

Background imageThaw Collection: MRS THAW

MRS THAW Actress Date: early 20th century

Background imageThaw Collection: British vehicle stuck in mud, Western Front, WW1

British vehicle stuck in mud, Western Front, WW1
A British vehicle stuck in the mud after a thaw on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageThaw Collection: Thaw in London

Thaw in London
Effects of a thaw in the streets of London Date: 1865

Background imageThaw Collection: Winter in the Californian Mountains, 1853

Winter in the Californian Mountains, 1853
Engraving showing two gold-miners returning to their hut with provisions, during the particularly harsh winter of 1852-3. Over 20 feet of snow fell on the mountains of California

Background imageThaw Collection: Horsedrawn Artillery

Horsedrawn Artillery
Horse-drawn Soviet artillery pulled through the mud of a Russian thaw

Background imageThaw Collection: Baron Munchausen / Raspe

Baron Munchausen / Raspe
The notes of a postillions horn are frozen inside it, but they sound when they thaw out, placed near a fire

Background imageThaw Collection: Spring Time Thaw / 1909

Spring Time Thaw / 1909
The first thaw. The snow slowly begins to melt on the fields

Background imageThaw Collection: Thaw on the Somme, Wwi

Thaw on the Somme, Wwi
British artillery ploughing its way through mud and water to Gommecourt after the thawing of the Somme

Background imageThaw Collection: Napoleonic / Russian Camp

Napoleonic / Russian Camp
The retreating French attacked as they try to cross the Berezina river; after the thaw, 36, 000 bodies were recovered


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