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Mermaid and SpaniardA Spanish fisherman nets a mermaid, but she begs him to throw her back into the sea Date: 15th century
Natural Phenomena / SeasonVillagers out and about in the snow - the children throw snowballs Date: 19th century
Boy with holly on a New Year cardBoy with holly, dancing in the snow on a New Year card, with a decorative gold and white border. Date: circa 1890s
Girls snowballing on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Farmer and bull on a Christmas cardFarmer thrown into the air by a bull a Christmas and New Year card -- A Rise in the Market. circa 1890s
WW2 poster, And please don t throw FOOD away eitherSecond world war poster by Fougasse, encouraging people not to waste clothing or food. A sailor on board ship throws his trousers to the winds
The Vicars Temptation by William Heath RobinsonAs his parishioners come out of church into a snow-covered churchyard, the vicar bends down to make a snowball, The question is, will he throw it, and if so, at whom? 1947
White bulldog thrown into the water by a bull in a fieldA white bulldog is thrown over a hedge into the water by a bull in a field. Date: 1905
White bulldog thrown into the air by a bull in a fieldA white bulldog is thrown into the air by a bull in a field. Date: 1905
Illustration, White-Ear runs out of the kitchenIllustration, White-Ear the fox runs out of the kitchen as a maid throws boiling water on him. Date: 1912
Boys snowballing in Balham, SW LondonTwo boys snowballing in front of a concrete wall in a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Soldiers throwing snowballs, WW1Soldiers on the Western Front throwing snowballs, with army vehicles in the background. Date: 1917
Native Feast / Throwing the Spear - Maori, New ZealandA Native Feast at Mata-Ta, with Mount Edgecumbe in the distance (above) and Throwing the Spear, the Mode of Salutation (below) - Maori, New Zealand
The aeroplane in warfare by G. H. DavisThe aeroplane in warfare: aeroplanes used for finding the range of the enemys entrenchments. Left: a fire bomb, attached to a parachute, dropped from a Taube monoplane
Reno, Nevada, USA, divorce capital -- a woman joyfully throws her wedding ring into the Truckee River on the day her decree is granted. Date: 1942
Finns v. Russian tanks by G. H. DavisFinns v. Russian tanks: bombing from pits under the snow during the Second World War. How Finnish bombers get to close quarters with tanks by hiding in camouflaged pits
Bonzo persuades a friend to throw a stone by George StuddyBonzo persuades a friend to throw a stone. The stone lands on a man lying on the beach, reading a newspaper, which means that Bonzo and the Bonzolines run right across him
Toffs versus RoughsA fight breaks out on the streets of a city between top-hatted gentlemen who throw determined punches at the lower-classes
Jujitsu ThrowMr. G. Koizumi, the Japanese expert, giving a JUJITSU lesson to female motorists to enable them to deal with bandits. Here a girl does a shoulder of veal throw! Date: 8 September 1932
Japanese - Geisha Girls - Studio PhotographJapanese - Geisha Girl about to pat back a soft ball - Studio Photograph Date: circa 1906
Russians waiting for food - Revolution of 1917Starving Russians in Petrograd (St Petersburg) waiting for food to be thrown down to them from a (possibly foreign) ship - Revolution of 1917. Date: 1917
Lounge Lizard 1930SA bloated man languishing on a luxurious Regency (or Egyptian) style sofa, draped with an extravagant tassled throw. Date: early 1930s
Defenestration (Mucha)DEFENESTRATION OF PRAGUE Bohemian protestants, angry when Catholics destroy two of their churches, throw royal officials from the palace windows Date: 23 May 1618
Dotty Frock & TeaA young woman wearing a floaty frock in a rectangular dot fabric with cap-sleeves leans back on a fur throw while stirring her cup of tea or coffee. Date: 1930s
Boule Players - Brittany, France - Beuzec-Cap-SizunThe Decisive blow Boule Players - Brittany, France - Beuzec-Cap-Sizun. Date: circa 1910s
Austrian troops in trench, Eastern Front, WW1Austrian troops in a trench on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Some are holding rifles, others have hand grenades ready to throw. Date: circa 1914
Mother throws a flower down to her toddlerA mother throws a flower down to her toddler standing in the garden. first published 1879
Dormer WindowThrow open wide your window! The typical Victorian dormer window of a old cottage in Essex, England. Date: 19th century
A Sea Battle - New Guinea
A meeting of the High CourtThe President breaks the ceremonial cup by throwing it violently onto the floor whilst the members, right arm raised, say Amen. Date: 1890s
A domestic differenceA housewife prepares to throw a piece of dough at her husband, who is clearly in the dog house. Date: 1885
John Hassall. The ambuscade (1910)The Ambuscade -- three schoolboys throw snowballs at another schoolboy from a great height. 1910
Card; AirshipChildren throw flowers from an airship circa 1908
Love Locks on display in Odessa, UkraineA display of Love Locks on some railings in Odessa, Ukraine. Lovers attach padlocks to the railings, throw away the key, and believe that this will make their love last for ever
An Attack in the RearA mischievous young boy hides behind a pillar waiting to throw the snowballs that hes carrying at the next unsuspecting passer-by
Carnival gamesA group of young boys and men throw balls, aiming them at the heads of the poor men who have the unlucky job of acting as the targets
An Egyptian woman reclining on an Ottoman covered in a Kelin rug
Crete RevoltEncampment of insurgents : the people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful
Crete Revolt - 2Turkish camp in Souda Bay : the people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful
Crete Revolt - 3The insurgents besiege Castel- Skiphos. The people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful
Crete Revolt - 6Antonoussa Castanopoulos, a Cretan insurgent in the unsuccessful attempt to throw off Turkish rule
Crete Revolt - 5A Cretan insurgent in the unsuccessful attempt to throw off Turkish rule
A sauterelle, or grasshopper, being loaded with grenades by French soldiers. Working on a cross-bow principle, the sauterelle could throw grenades a distance of ninety yards
The GrasshopperA cross-bow device, nicknamed, La Sauterelle or The Grasshopper, used by French soldiers to throw bombs twenty to eighty metres from the trenches
Stone Putting - Olympic Games 1906The Shot Put or Stone Putting showing N. Georgantas of Greece, the winner with a throw of 19.92 1/2 metres at the 1906 Athens Summer Olympics
Keep the Silver PaperDon t throw away the silver paper from your cheese - my husband collects it, a woman implores her companion
Thrown from CarsNever throw anything from a moving car
Suttee, IndiaA widow of Malabar, southern India, prepares to throw herself onto her husbands funeral pyre