Thrown Collection

WW2 - Flower-Class Corvette in heavy seas - Atlantic Convoy
WW2 - Weather hazards which the convoy escorts in the Atlantic Ocean have to face in Winter - a Flower-Class Corvette, of 930 tonnes, being thrown high out of the water by a heavy sea. Date: 1943

Poole Pottery - Shaping a pot on the potters wheel
Shaping a pot on the potters wheel. Poole Pottery was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in 1999

Hall at Borley Rectory
Undated photograph of the hall at Borley Rectory, into which many things were thrown from above. HPG/1/3/4 (iv)

Getting Off at the Seaside
If you want to " Get Off" at the seaside, do it THIS way - not THIS way! A man has more success getting off with the ladies than he does from an irate beach donkey! Date: circa 1910s

Fox hunter is thrown and falls on his head
A fox hunter is thrown when his horse refuses a fence, and he lands on his head in the next field

Cowboys / Saloon Brawl
A brawl in cattle town - cowboys get into a fight in a saloon. Aside from guns being fired, chairs are thrown and cracked over peoples heads

The German as a grenadier 1918
Two distinct kinds of grenades were used by the Germans in World War One, these were namely, those which rely on explosive effect alone, and those which supplement by bursting into fragments

Opening of the Anglesey Hunt
An opening custom of the Anglesey Hunt, whereby hot coppers or small change (heated in a bucket by the fire) are thrown from the balcony of the Bulkeley Arms Hotel following the hunt ball

John of Nepomuk
SAINT JOHN OF NEPOMUK Bohemian priest who quarrelled with king Wenzel IV, who had him tortured then murdered and thrown into the Moldau

Jack Chapman, dirt track speedway
Jack Chapman, Australian dirt track speedway rider, thrown from his bike during the Puritan Cup at Audenshaw. Date: 1929

A Fantasy
A theatrical artwork showing performers wearing Elizabethan costumes upon a black and white tiled floor, a younger boy receives praise in the form of thrown flowers. Date: circa 1914

Bear, The Little Stowaway, illustration by Cecil Aldin
Illustration of a Bear with food thrown at him, captioned, The Little Stowaway, by Cecil Aldin. Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (28 April 1870 ?? 6 January 1935), artist and illustrator. Date: 1895

SAINT PRISCA, a Roman virgin and martyr, may have been the wife of Aquila. Thrown to the lions, one licked her feet, and after her death her corpse was guarded by an eagle. Date: 3rd century

Babylonian court official SHADRACH, together with ABEDNEGO and MESHACH, are thrown into a fiery furnace when they refuse to bow before a gold image of Nebuchadnezzar Date: circa 550 BC

Tarpeia crushed to death by the Sabines
The legendary Tarpeia, having offered to betray Rome to the Sabines in return for gold, is crushed to death by their shields and thrown from the Tarpeian Rock. Date: 747 BC

Comic postcard, Woman falls from window into dustbin Date: 20th century

Chambermaid pulling on a sleeping guests wooden leg mistaking it for a warming pan. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Young English gentleman arriving back home after the Grand Tour. He rides a four-horse carriage and is welcomed by his family

Balboa attacked by the Dabaibe Indigenous people
Vasco Nunez de Balboa and his men fight with the indigenous people that lived in the Dabaibe region of what is now Columbia

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

Spry Maid Snags Bouquet Date: 1950

Wedding - Lady Rachel Cavendish to James Gray Stuart
Wedding of Lady Rachel Cavendish, daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire (1902-1977) to Cpt. the Hon. James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn (1897-1971) on 4th August 1923. Date: 1923

CONCEPT : SUCCESS
Success! Bouquets of flowers are thrown on stage and a dove is let loose for a popular actress. Date: 1879

OLYMPICS / 1932 / DISCUS W
Discus won by Lillian Copeland (USA) Date: 1932

Five Stones game
Three girls enjoy a game of five stones: the pebbles must be picked up individually while the rest are thrown in the air until all five pebbles are in the hand. Date: late 19th century

STREET ARABS / EGG IN CAP
Three street boys play a game of Egg in the Cap: An egg is thrown into a cap, the owner of which must attempt to strike one of his fellow players as they flee Date: late 19th century

BASKET SACRIFICE, DAHOMEY
In the Basket Sacrifice of Dahomey, captives from other tribes are tied in a basket and thrown down from a tower to the eager crowd below... Date: circa 1860

ELISHAS BONES MIRACLE
A Person assassinated, being thrown into the Tomb of Elisha, immediately revives, on touching the reliques of the Prophet Date: circa Ist century

VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
The Primrose family join their father when he is thrown into a debtors prison by the evil Squire Thornhill. Date: First published: 1766

DEMO IN GENEVA 1936
Italian journalists being thrown out of the League Palace at Geneva, following a protest against Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, whom they called Slaver, etc. Date: 30 June 1936

Types of grenades in WWI
The Marten Hale hand grenade, which can be also fitted to any type of service rifle. Hale time grenade, bomb is thrown, the ignition of the time-fuse does not occur until the grenade reaches a

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

King Boris III of Bulgaria with wife Giovanna de Savoie
King Boris III of Bulgaria (1894-1943) (reigned 1918-1943) pictured with wife Giovanna de Savoie (daughter of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy) (1907-2000) Date: circa 1920s

Alexandra Feodorovna in Traditional Costume
The final Empress of Russia: Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova, here wearing an extravigant traditional Russian costume before an Imperial ball. Date: 13th February 1903

Tsar Nicholas II in Traditional Costume
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia on 13 February 1903, sitting on a thrown in extravigant traditional Russian costume before an Imperial ball. Date: 13th February 1903

Swimming a Witch
The art of Swimming a witch. The lady floating is the witch, who by dint of her buoyancy has failed the test. At the bottom right-hand corner you can see the feet of the woman who passed the test but

SPAIN. Madrid. Spain (1906). Assassination attempt on king Alfonso XIII in his wedding day. Calle Mayor (Main street) after the bomb thrown by Mateo Morral exploded. Madrid

Rome / Tarpeian Rock 1891
Traditionally, traitors against the Roman state were thrown from this rock to their deaths : it was named after Tarteia who opened the gates Date: 1891

Anaesthesia - Diebel
At Vienna, miner Paul Diebel demonstrates to the Austrian Society for Psychical Research the fakirism whereby he feels no pain even when knives and daggers are thrown at him

Rider thrown from his horse. circa 1825

Canadian Chap is thrown jovially into the air by his chums, who hopefully are as adept at cathcing as they are at throwing... Date: circa 1910

WW2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Scramble to get cigarettes
WW2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Scramble to pick up cigarettes thrown from a moving train carriage by returning British RAF personnel

Italy. Venice. Saint Marks Basilica. Mosaic. Joseph Thrown in a Well by his Brothers. 14th centuries

Loubet Visits London
President Loubet of France has a banquet thrown in his honour at the Guildhall during his visit to London Date: 1903

Russian Hen Party
At Christmas time, grain is thrown onto the floor and a hen invited to eat it : the girl before whom the hen stays longest will be the first in the group to get a husband Date: 1894

Jezebel Body Murdered
Jehus companions find bits of Jezebel, the wicked queen, whom Jehu murdered by having her thrown from a window because she insulted him

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

White bulldog thrown into the water by a bull in a field
A white bulldog is thrown over a hedge into the water by a bull in a field. Date: 1905

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