Threat Collection (page 2)

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Date: 1906

Sir Francis Drake, The Spanish Armada is in Sight (19 July 1588) -- despite which, according to legend, he stayed and finished his game of bowls on Plymouth Hoe. 1588

Iraq-Kuwait tensions 1961 - helicopters leaving HMS Bulwark
Britains spearhead in Kuwait - men of 42 Marine Commando embarking in helicopters of H.M.S. Bulwark to land in Kuwait in July 1961 in support of the Sheikhs request for reinforcement against

Am Tag, Heath Robinson 1. German Spies in Epping Forest
Am Tag! Die Deutsche Kommen (Very)! Incidents of the Coming German Invasion of England, by Heath Robinson. 1. German spies in Epping Forest

Secret Toad-Headed Agama - dispays its collar when being disturbed - sand dunes - desert (Phrynocephalus mystaceus Pallas). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. April

Secret Toad-Headed Agama - dispays being disturbed - sand dunes - desert (Phrynocephalus mystaceus Pallas). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. Spring - April

UK General Election 1906 - Winners as the True Blue
The General Election - Comic postcard showing the delight amid the working class at the landslide defeat for the Conservative Party and their Liberal Unionist allies

Cockney Argument between a fat man and a thin man
Fat Party (after a War of words) - " If you come our court to-morrer and bring a bit o fat with yer, I ll bloomin well eat yer." !! Date: 1895

Homo neanderthalensis, Neanderthal man model
A model reconstruction of a Neanderthal family situated within a cave. Neanderthal lived between 135, 000 to 35, 000 years ago

Lord Howard of Effingham on the quarterdeck of the Ark Royal
Engraving of Lord Howard of Effingham, Admiral of the English Fleet, knighting some of his captains for their distinguished action in attacking the Spanish Armada

Punic War: Cato
PUNIC WARS Cato throws fresh figs on Senate table, to show that Carthage is still a threat to Roman sovereignty; he demands its destruction

Shakespeare - King John - Arthur: O, save me, Hubert, save me! circa 1830

WW1 - London in wartime searchlights over the River Thames Date: circa 1917

Cartoon, acrobats advised to emigrate
Cartoon showing acrobats being advised to emigrate, possibly with their livelihoods under threat because of the Dangerous Performance Bill

Young girl on Grandfathers shoulders by Danger sign
A humorous photograph of a young girl sitting on her Grandfathers shoulders stand next to a Danger sign close to the edge of a cliff (likely at a British coastal resort). Date: circa 1930s

WW1 - Ad for repirators - threat of gas attack by Zeppelins
WW1 - Advertisement for Freers Repirators from Cooper & Son of King Street, Gravesend, to counter the threat of attack by poison gas bombs, dropped from Zeppelins during an air raid. Date: circa 1915

Gold ceremonial mask. Calima art. Jewelry. COLOMBIA. CUNDINAMARCA. Bogotᮠ Gold Museum

WWI Poster, Germany over All
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Germanys Battle Cry is " Germany over All". Britain is fighting not only for the Freedom of Europe but to defend your mothers

WWI Poster, The Kaisers Insult, Enlist Now
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Kaisers Insult, Enlist Now. Quoting from the Kaisers threatening words of 19 August 1914. Date: 1915

Group of men with policeman, Vienna, Austria
A threatening-looking group of men, watched closely by a policeman, Vienna, Austria. Date: 1920s

Suffragette Mouse in Houses of Parliament. Mouse sitting on inkwell in Houses of Parliament has a plan to eradicate the suffragette threat

Zeppelin raids by G. H. Davis
The Zeppelin raids: some notes on the airships and their weapons. How a Zeppelin goes aloft when attacked -- the working of the elevators and the release of the water ballast. Date: 1915

Measures for foiling troop carriers by G. H. Davis
Meeting the threat of airborne invasion in Britain during the Second World War: suggested measures for foiling German troop carriers

Vought-Sikorsky helicopter by G. H. Davis
Hovering death for U-boats: the Vought-Sikorsky helicopter, in use during the Second World War. Details of a unique aircraft joining in the Battle of the Atlantic. Date: 1943

Seaport of Alexandria, Egypt, by G. H. Davis
Alexandria, Egypts chief seaport since 330 BC, and chief naval base of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet during the Second World War

Lufthansa airlines in Latin America by G. H. Davis
German threat to America and Panama: Lufthansa airlines in Latin America. A map showing how German-controlled airlines, capable of a converging war movement against the Panama Canal

Patriotic British postcard, bayonet practice, WW1
First World War patriotic postcard, showing an imaginary German soldier standing behind the dummy used for bayonet practice

Barricade - Rue Royale, Nantes - June, 1903
The Events of 14th June 1903 - Barricade at the junction of Rue Royale and Rue Ogee, Nantes, France. This was in response to fears of violence between clerical and anti-clerical groups. Date: 1903

Body confidence of a diminutive ruffian
" Shure, if oi was as big a ye-self oid woipe the flure wid yez, little as oi am!" Date: 1900

Orphan girl responds to threat from man in the street
" Garn! You won t tell me Mother, cos I aven t got such a thing." Date: 1897

Scorchers Progress - Embankment - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress VI - The Thames Embankment, London - An errant city cyclist finally gets his comeuppance having caused havoc with his erratic cycling across the city

Scorchers Progress - St James Palace - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress II - St James Palace, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here the mounted guards around St

Scorchers Progress - Royal Exchange - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress V - The Royal Exchange, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here pedestrians

Scorchers Progress - Whitehall - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress IV - Whitehall, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here horses rear in alarm, throwing their riders as the cyclist approaches at speed

Scorchers Progress - Trafalgar Square - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress III - " Twas in Trafalgar Square" - London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users

Petticoat Lane Market, London, 1903
Illustration showing a large crowd of shoppers and sellers at the Petticoat Lane Market on a Sunday in 1903. This market, actually in Middlesex Street

Tailor sewing by a stream

Oslo National Gallery
The empty picture frames left behind in the National Gallery, Oslo, Norway, following the removal of the paintings due to the imminent threat of World War Two. Date: late 1930s

Lucky Horseshoe on Door
A horseshoe is nailed to a farm door to keep away the devil or any other evil threat Date: 1922

The Red Peril
Soviet Russia perceived as a threat in American science - fiction : in Captain Macks The Red Peril Russian craft, protected by force fields, defy the U.S. defences Date: 1929

A Giant Amoeba
CAPTAIN BRINK OF THE SPACE MARINES (Bob Olsen) The Space Marines face the threat of giant amoebas on Titan - highly intelligent amoebas they are, moreover. Date: 1932

Puss in Boots talks to reapers mowing a meadow, persuading them to tell the King that the meadow belongs to his Master. Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697

WW1 Propaganda
A sinister, if rather coy, note from German soldiers to British soldiers during World War One." Dear Tommy, You are quite welcome to what we are leaving

Daily Mirror Boy Army
The Daily Mirror Boy Army approved by Lord Raglan and a movement growing by leaps and bounds in 1906 as Britain worries about the threat of invasion

The Egyptian Temple Island of Philae, Egypt flooded
The Egyptian Temple Philae, Egypt under flood water. The Temple, under threat from the Nile throughout history, was eventually moved brick by brick to a new location in 1970 to prevent complete

German navy on landing manouevres
A photograph showing the German navy engaged on landing manouevres. Invasion of Britain by German forces remained a threat throughout World War I and II

Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe
Photograph of Admiral John R. Jellicoe (1859-1935), supreme commander of the British fleets in 1914. Although criticised at the time of the Battle of Jutland for failing to categorically defeat

The Civil War in America; some of Wilsons boys in wooden
From a sketch by an ILN special artist. Headquarters in the camp of the 2nd New York regiment. Colonel Wilson defends Staten Island from the Confederate threat

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