Thrower Collection

The Man who Threw a Snowball at St. Moritz
An aghast crowd of skiiers and holidaymakers looking towards a dejected snowball-thrower who is trudging away into the distance. St

House to house fighting in Stalingrad, USSR
House to house fighting during the bitter battle amongst the ruins of the battered city of Stalingrad (Volgograd), USSR

German Freikorps
The German Freikorps with an armoured car and a flame thrower

Poet and discus thrower, Mlle. H. Konopacka
Halina Konopacka (1900 - 1989), famous athlete and the first Polish Olympic Champion (1928, Amsterdam). She took part in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam, where she won a gold medal in discus throw

Olympics Games - Paris - 1924
A souvenir card from the Olympic Games in Paris, France in 1924 Date: 1924

Ancient Roman athletes throwing the discus

Javelin - Olympic Games, London 1908
Classic Games at Shepherds Bush - Four positions in throwing the javelin. Series of four photographs showing a javelin thrower in action at the Olympic Games in London, 1908. Date: 1908

Burying the Hatchet
A terrible accident during a street circus act where a knife-thrower misjudges his aim and hits his woman assistant in the head with his throwing hatchet

Ballista. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration
Ancient Age. Ballista or bolt thrower, ancient missile weapon. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Throwing Mills Grenades in Trenches 1917
Drawing showing the proper way in which a hand grenade should be thrown, safety pin removed, holding the lever down then pulling back, and lobbing it high into the air towards the enemies trenches

A man forming articles upon the potters wheel: a thrower. Date: 1913

Couple waiting for a coach, Place de la Concorde
Couple waiting for the Saint-Cloud coach, Place de la Concorde, 1806. She in deep bonnet and high-waisted coat, he in hat, coat, breeches and boots. Saint Cloud was part of the Malmaison estate

Scene at Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester
Scene at the Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester -- a potters wheel, with a thrower, ball maker and wheel turner at work. 1843

Pierriers firing stones at a ship in a bay. Type of swivel cannon used in the middle ages. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army

Tinkers mortar grenade thrower
Tinkers mortar which was fixed on a stick and used to throw grenades. Copperplate engraving by J. Hamilton from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army

TV Celebrity Gardeners
Geoffrey Smith, Alan Titchmarsh, Percy Thrower, Charlie Dimmock, Bob Flowerdew, Geoff Hamilton, Diarmuid Gavin, Monty Don - TV Celebrity Gardeners

British soldier about to throw a hand grenade, during the storming of a German trench

Pottery processes
Various pottery proceses : 1. The Thrower 2. The Turner 3. The Biscuit Oven 4. Printing 5. Ornamenting. Date: 19th Century

The marriage of Olga Fikotova and Harold Connolly
The marriage of the American Olympic hammer-thrower, Harold Connolly, and the Czech gold medal discus-thrower, Olga Fikotova. They wed at the Catholic Cathedral in Prague

Knife-Thrower Accident
In a London theatre, a cry from the audience causes the knife-throwers assistant to move her head; fortunately the wound is not fatal Date: 1939

Somali boys practicing spear throwing
Somali boys at one of their first lessons in spear throwing. Date: circa 1910

British troops repelling a German liquid fire attack, WW1
Fighting the flames on the battlefield - British troops repelling a German liquid fire attack. German soldiers, armed with flame throwers

Austrian troops using flamethrower, WW1
Austrian troops in action using a flamethrower during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Javelin thrower, 1913
The graceful pose of a javelin thrower published to accompany an article by F. A. M. Webster in The Bystander suggesting reasons for Britains failure in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games was down to a

Playing the Game 1905 and 1915
Cartoon contrasting a schoolboy aiming snowballs with his older self, ten years later, transferring his skills in the trenches and readying himself to show some grenades

The latest warfare, bomb thrower in action, WW1
Stopping a counter attack after carrying the first line of enemy trenches. A British bomb thrower, backed up by support, hurls a bomb or grenade towards German reinforcements. Date: 1915

With British Bombers on the Western Front
Bombing along an enemy trench with the Mills grenade. The bomb throwers throw grenades across the traverse of the trench as indicated allowing the riflemen to charge ahead

Suffragette, Hammer Thrower. The Hammer Thrower - as she was (taking part in Sport) and As she is, shrieking VFW and aiming a hammer at a shop window. Date: circa 1913

Grenade thrower. English School

British troops practising with new catapult
British troops practising with new bomb thrower catapult, for use in trenches Date: 1915

French catapult
French using catapults, where the trenches were close together, using lengths of steel springs or even resilient tree branches as propellants

The Knife Throwing Denvers - UK US Wild West Act
The " Knife Throwing Denvers" - UK US Wild West Act - famous for being the first " circus style" act to appear on the newly formed BBC Television Service in 1936. Date: circa 1940

The fit-thrower. Illustration shows a man labeled Infant Industries having a seizure in front of Uncle Sam and Columbia; Columbia, holding a purse labeled High Protection, is giving him a hand-out

Greek fire launcher
Machine for attaching Greek fire to fortress gates

German flame throwers in action against British tank, WW1
German flame throwers in action against a British tank during the First World War, with black smoke billowing. Date: 1914-1918

Knife-Thrower Assistant
The knife-throwers assistant Date: 1928

Knife-Thrower & Camera
A knife-thrower is photographed in action by an intrepid photographer Date: 1939

German dummy trenches WWI
Germans from Berlin viewing dummy trenches and a dummy mine thrower in Germany during World War I

Turkish Wrestler (3 of 4)
A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, throwing knives. One knife is painted on the backdrop is if in mid-air! A series of cards (3 of 4) depicting a Turkish wrestler, juggler, weightlifter

German Flame-thrower; First World War, 1916
Photograph showing a captured German flame-thrower, displayed in a yard behind the French lines, 1916. This flame-thrower, or flammenwerfer, was captured during one of the battles of the Somme

Olympic Games - Javelin throwing
A javelin thrower at the 1906 Olympic Games in Athens. The fourth modern Olympic games, these games were held in Athens and staged as a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the resumption of

Grenade Thrower 1917
German soldier with a grenade thrower

Greek Discus Thrower
A Greek discus thrower

Knife Thrower / Circa 1880
A knife thrower in leotard and tights prepares to throw another blade at his blindfolded assistant who is tied down to make sure she doesn t accidently flinch

Gladiators / Sword & Net
A swordsman versus a net- thrower on open ground

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