Throwing Collection (page 2)

Birthday Card, rabbit snowballed by squirrels. 20th century

Variations of throwing games or shove ha penny
The game of palet or la patte aux Jettons, variations of throwing games or shove ha penny. After an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella

The game of tonneau or barrel
The game of tonneau (a throwing game where players try to throw pellets into a barrel with small holes in the top). Handcoloured lithograph after Decamps from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports

The game of tonneau, 19th century
The game of tonneau, a throwing game where players try to throw pellets into a box with small holes in the top, 19th century

Counterweight machines for throwing darts and stones from Lipsius and others. One double that fires a stone from a sling. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a

Editor in the throws of composition
Cartoon, Literary Study - an editor in the throws (throes) of composition. 1898

Expeditionary Corps at Queretaro
The entrance of the French expeditionary forces in the town of Queretaro. Soldiers march down the street as crowds of people line the street and surrounding buildings, waving and throwing their hats

Rioters throwing furniture, Spanish Revolution, 1931
Rioters throwing furniture from a burning Jesuit convent during the Spanish Revolution. 1931

Accepting the challenge 1387
King Richard II overseeing an Appeal of Treason. This process was used three times during Richards reign, the first one being in November 1387, when the Duke of Gloucester

Wedding tradition, Throwing the Slipper. 19th century

Three cats in the snow on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Golden Santa Claus with snowballs on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Boy with cat and birds on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

German print - Four Seasons - Winter
German print - Four Seasons, children in a winter scene, with a snowman and sleds. 19th century

The Six Swans - Scene from The Six Swans. Elsa, throwing shirts over her brothers to permit them to regain their human form. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1909

Scottish rebel against English Prayer Book
The congregation rise up against the imposition of the Scottish Episcopal Book of Common Prayer as demanded by King Charles I and Archbishop Laud

AZTEC SACRIFICE
Aztec priests of Mexico sacrifice prisoners to their gods, extracting their hearts and throwing the rest down the temple steps

SNOWBALLING GIRL
Girl throwing a snowball, after having herself been hit more than once Date: 1927

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

The General Election - Free Fooders
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Free Fooders. Candidates at a hustings face the warth of the electorate and also face a barrage of eggs and vegeatbles

Blast Furnace Breakdown Date: 1948

XI Deutsches Turnfest - Frankfurt, Germany
XI Deutsches Turnfest (11th German Gymnastics Festival) - Frankfurt, Germany - July 1908 - inset scenes of two brick throwers, The opera House

Albert, Duke of York - ex-Servicemens fete - Hall Place
Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - at Hall Place, Bexley for the Glentworth ex-Servicemens fete - enthusiastically throwing at Aunt Sally Date: 1920

Potters throwing clay 1836
Potters in the act of throwing clay. Date: 1836

Cock-throwing on Shove Tuesday
Cock throwing on Shove Tuesday, also known as cock-shying or throwing at cocks, was a blood sport widely practised in England, where a rooster was tied to a post

DEUCALION AND PYRRHA
After the Deluge, Deucalion and Pyrrha are instructed by the Oracle of Thetis to repopulate the Earth by throwing the bones of their mother behind them

DARTS IN THE PUB / 1930S
A young couple play a game of 301-down in the pub. Date: 1930s

SATIRE ON STEAMBOATS
An early steamship, which like a giant kettle has built up too much pressure and exploded throwing its unwitting passengers overboard. The rowing boat appears safer. Date: circa 1830

SCOTSMAN THROWS STONE
A kilted Scotsman launches a heavy stone during a stone throwing contest. Date: 1847

SCOTS STONE THROWING
A kilted Scotsman throws a stone whilst his competitors, and a few bonnie wee lassies, look on. Date: 1848

DELIVERY BOY C 1910
An errand boy in a snowball ambush. Date: circa 1910

FURFOOZ BATTLE FRANCE
A Stone Age battle at the Furfooz site, France Date: Prehistory

STONEAGE BATTLE / FURFOOZ
Stone age battle at the Furfooz site, France. Date: Prehistory

Roman Javelin Contest
A herdsmens javelin contest in Rome Date: ancient

Humber Bridge, Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Parents and their children throw pebbles into the River Humber below the Humber Bridge, at Hessle, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England Date: 1992

Female cheerleaders, or baton twirlers
A group of female cheerleaders, or baton twirlers, practise outside the premises of Ely Garnett and Son in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. See also Mary Evans Picture number 12445364 Date: 1988

Women police officers in self-defence exercise
Two women police officers taking part in a self-defence demonstration exercise at an outdoor event. One of them is Inspector Sheila Ward. Date: circa early 1970s

A Diabolo player by German photographer Reinhold Thiele
Composite photograph of a Diabolo player by noted photographer (Karl Anton) Reinhold Thiele (1856-1921), born in Hamelin, Germany

Men at a fairground on a Christmas and New Year card
Men playing a fairground game on a Christmas and New Year card -- It is a fortunate head that never aches. Date: circa 1890s

Farmer and bull on a Christmas and New Year card
Farmer thrown into the air by a bull a Christmas and New Year card -- A Rise in the Market. Date: circa 1890s

Bomb party using cigarettes to light fuses, WWI
A bombing party detachment of the Buffs at Bethune using cigarettes to light fuses in the pouring rain before throwing. The men held off the Germans for 17 1/2 hours

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

St Stephen stoned - Acts 8. circa 1688

Eloff Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Junction of Eloff Street and Pritchard Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, with people throwing snowballs after a snowstorm in August 1909. Date: 1909

WW2 - Patriotic Czech League in London - Way to go to it. Many of the Czech soldiers (and civilians) that had managed to escape from Czechoslovakia when Germany invaded in 1939

Egyptian Art. Tomb equipment of Gemniemhat. Saqqara, c. 1990 BC. Middle Kingdom. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Two Greek soldiers. Hoplite and Helots
Two Greek soldiers. Hoplite, heavy infantry, with helmet, shield and armor and Helots, unprotected and with javelin. Colored engraving

Jam-tin, hand-throwing grenade 1914
British soldiers in the early part of World War One at the front. Using Jam-tin, a home-made grenade which was made with jam and bully beef tins filled with small pieces of iron

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