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Perranporth Rock ArchThe Rock Arch, an unusual formation, on the beach at Perranporth, Cornwall, England. Date: 1960s
The Barbarine - first climbed 1905 - GermanyThe Barbarine - the best-known, free-standing rock formation in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The pinnacle is the symbol of Saxon Switzerland
High Tea above LondonA young man defies gravity by perching on a pole on the roof of the new BBC Broadcasting House building and having a truely High Tea! Date: early 1930s
CLIMBING IS DANGEROUSPressed against a sheer rockface, buffeted by a howling gale, a climber gains a vivid insight into the narrow gap betwixt life and death. Date: late 19th century
Narrow gorge with precipitous walkway, ItalyNarrow gorge with precipitous walkway, Northern Italy (1 of 2) Date: circa 1920s
Music cover, The Man on the Flying Trapeze, song waltz, words by George Leybourne, music by Alfred Lee, performed by Shaw and Weston. 1934
TWO MEN UP LADDERSTwo sign guilders at work on a large commercial building in Berlin, Germany. The angle the picture was taken makes the perspective of the photograph appear distorted. Date: 1933
Woman saving child by walking narrow ledgeTo save her child from fire, Madame Pauquelin of rue St Maur, Paris, walks a narrow ledge from her 5th floor apartment, which she could not have done in her normal state of consciousness. Date: 1906
View from the top of Bishop Rock lighthouse, Isles of Scilly, 160 feet above sea level
Italy. Lucca. Guinigi Tower. 14th century. Inside
Westminster BuildersWorkmen on precarious scaffolding, building the new Westminster Bank buildings high above Throgmorton Street, London. Date: 6 February 1930
Vertigo sp. marsh whorl snailsNo.14 V. antivertigo, No.15 V. moulinsiana, No.16 V. pygmaea, No.19 V. pusilla, No.20 V. anguistor, No.21 V. edentula. Plate 4 from The Collectors Manual of British Shells by L E Adams (1896)
Stephansdom, ViennaView taken from the top of St. Stephens Cathedral (Stephansdom), Vienna, Austria, showing traffic and the bustling streets below. Date: 1930s
Lincoln from CatherdalA fine view, looking westwards, from the main tower of Lincoln Cathedral, with the tops of its twin towers and the Castle Gateway below, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1950s
View down from the top of the Eiffel TowerLooking straight down from the top of the Eiffel Tower - not the best position for a photographer with vertigo! Date: circa 1910s
Housewives Stunt SchoolHousewife Teresa Vincent leaps from the first floor of a building onto cardboard boxes and mattresses 20 feet below. It makes a change from washing up, she explained. Date: 1960s
Climbing Factory ChimneyThese brave men are climbing a huge factory chimney, risking life and limb in the process
Brooklyn Bridge 1876In a boatswains chair, brave engineer Frank Farrington is the first person to cross the bridge. Suspended by a single cable, he raises his hat to the crowds 227 feet below
Wireless MastA man working on a radio mast in Berlin, Germany
Broadcasting House JapesA young man defies gravity by perching on a pole on the roof of the new BBC Broadcasting House building!
Oiling a Crane PulleyTwo construction workers risking life and limb to oil the pulleys on top of a huge crane
Overcoming VertigoThe would-be aviator should overcome sensations of vertigo by familiarising himself with the sight of terrestrial scenes observed from a height
Oiling Bridge PulleysThis brave workman risks his life to oil one of the pulleys used to construct the new Lambeth Bridge, designed by George Humphreys, opened by George V in 1932