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Cap Spartel, near Tangier, MoroccoVintage 19th century photograph - Cap Spartel, near Tangier, Morocco
Evening News and Star headlines warn of train delays due to snow. Date: circa 1960s
WW2 - Comic Postcard - Table turned on the diner - " See that you re polite to our Waitresses - we can get plenty of customers." 1945
A dinner party ruined by the arrival of a stinking game dishA dinner party ruined by the arrival of a game dish that has gone off. Miseries of the Table. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Men painting warning signs for unexploded bombs, Sept 1939ARP volunteers painting wooden boards with; " keep clear unexploded bomb" to be used as a warning to civilians when a bomb fails to explode. Date: 1939
Londoners travelling to work amid wartime delays 1939Londoners photographed as they travel after experiencing delays due to air raid warnings. The Sphere describes " three hours suburban traffic" but reports that " by 9.30 and 10 a.am
Warning Against Non - Kosher MeatA warning poster to the Jewish public from the Board for the Affairs of Shecheta warning against purchasing and eating non kosher meat. Date: circa 1900
Poster, take care! Official Secrets ActsPoster, take care! you must not lose documents or drawings, see the notice, Official Secrets Acts, it concerns you. circa 1950
Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall Date: 1980s
Suffragette chained to prison windowSuffragette poems cover illustration: Beware! A warning to Suffragists by Cicely Hamilton, sketches by M Lowndes, D Meeson Coates and C Hedley Charlton: Artists Suffrage League, 1908 Date: 1908
Boeing 707-379C PP-VJK (msn 19822, line number 726) of VARIG (Viacao Aerea RIo-Grandense). First flown on 28 June 1968, VJK was delivered to VARIG on 4 November 1968
School - the pictorial traffic sign which replaced a former torch sign, warning motorists to be aware that schoolchildren might be crossing the road. Date: 1930s
WW1 - Hands Off. The Engish have landedWW1 - Marianne to Kaiser Wilhelm II - Hands Off! The Engish have landed. Warning to Germany not to set her sight on France as the English will be on hand to defend her border... Date: 1914
Boat trip to Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isles of ScillyPeople on a boat trip to the Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it
Baby Scouts -- signallerBaby Scouts -- A girl scout signaller you notice here, she warns the camp when enemies are near. Date: 1900
LE HAVRE, CIRCA 1840A Seine steamboat comes down- river, as a warning to the sailing vessels in the harbour that their days are numbered. Date: circa 1840
OBEYING THE LAWA law-abiding American bather, seeing a notice warning that one-piece bathing suits must not be worn, dutifully takes hers off... Date: 1924
MAN-TRAP / HEATHMan alarmed by man-trap warning Date: 1837
Beware camels sign, JordanBeware of camels - a triangle road sign on the desert road in Jordan Date: circa 1995
Avro 696 Shackleton AEW-2Avro 716 Shackleton Aew.2 Wr963 Raf
Crossing to Lindisfarne, Holy Island Causeway, Northumberland, with danger signs to warn drivers of high tide. Date: circa 1960s
Illegal Printing Press - Revolution of 1905 - RussiaThe Revolution of 1905 in Russia - Illegal Printing Press in operation - The lookout issues a warning that the Tsarist Police are approaching
WW2 poster, Beware of SpiesWW2 poster, Warning! Beware of Spies! Don t Talk. The Enemy Has Ears Everywhere. Published in September 1939, on the outbreak of the Second World War. Date: 1939
WW2 Poster -- Dysentery and DiarrhoeaDysentery and Diarrhoea. Colour lithograph information poster, after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. The poster poses questions relating to the dangers and causes of disease, and provides helpful hints
WW2 Poster -- Typhus, How Is It Spread?Information poster on typhus and how it is spread. Colour lithograph, British Army anti-typhus medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper
Cholera Poster, prevention of Cholera, remedies recommended by Government from the anti-Cholera tincture depot
Medieval PorterThe porter or warder, gate keeper of a castle, with his mastiff and his mighty club to discourage unwelcome visitors, his horn to sound a warning, and of course his keys. Date: 1480
POLAR BEARA group of polar bears in an icy landscape. One has caught a fish and is warning the others off with a fierce growl. Date: 1865
Fawkes / Monteagle LetterAnonymous letter sent to Lord Monteagle warning him not to attend parliament (this alerted the government to the plot)
People at the zoo on a Christmas card -- irritating the lions. Date: circa 1890s
Comic postcard, Couple flying in a monoplane at night, with searchlights across the sky Date: 20th century
People at the zoo on a Christmas card -- breaking the rules and feeding the birds. Date: circa 1890s
Road sign in Scottish Highlands, Devils ElbowRoad sign on the Cairnwell Pass in the Scottish Highlands, warning drivers that they are approaching Devils Elbow, a dangerous double hairpin bend. Date: 1960s
Italy warned by Menelik of dealing with the Ottoman SultanThe Italians in Libya - Italo-Turkish War. Menelik I, the Emperor of Ethiopia (who had defeated Italy in 1889) warns Italy
Rasputin as Ruin of TsarGRIGORI RASPUTIN Caricatured as The ruin of Tsardom, a lesson to all good people, the story of the serpent, a warning to Russian children Date: 1872 - 1916
Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut, WW1Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut -- a new take on a fable of Aesop during the First World War, where the fox will never be able to get the crow to open his mouth and drop the nice piece of cheese
Secret Toad-Headed Agama - dispays its collar when being disturbed - sand dunes - desert (Phrynocephalus mystaceus Pallas). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. April
Secret Toad-Headed Agama - dispays being disturbed - sand dunes - desert (Phrynocephalus mystaceus Pallas). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. Spring - April
Floods at Youngs Park, Goodrington, Paignton, Devon. Strong east winds and high tides caused waves 50 feet high to break over the sea wall, flooding the park to a depth of eight feet
WW2 Poster -- Your Release can be delayed with VDYour Release can be delayed with VD! Colour lithograph, British Army anti-venereal disease medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper
WW2 Poster -- Mosquitoes Mean Malariabut my dear! You must try the troops. Don t give them the chance - Mosquitoes Mean Malaria! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper
WW2 Poster -- Malaria Strikes the UnprotectedMalaria Strikes the Unprotected, Darkness brings Danger, Be Prepared. Colour photolithograph poster published by the Times of India Press, Bombay, warning against malaria
Map showing distant early warning line for defenceDistant early warning line (DEW line) of all-round radar defence. A map of North America, showing the various systems and devices of Conad
Public warning poster identifying enemy & friendly aircraftAn official British war poster designed to teach the public to distinguish between enemy and friendly aircraft, with German airships and aeroplanes on the left and British on the right. Date: 1915
Gas alarm for Austro-Hungarian troops, Volhynia, WW1A gas alarm for Austro-Hungarian troops of the Landwehr Reserve Batallion at Volhynia (Wolhynien) on the eastern front in north-west Ukraine during the First World War. Date: 14 October 1916
Irish drinker receives warning at Taproom door from Priest" Ye re not goin into that Public House, are ye, Tim?" " Shure, oi am, Yer Riverance." " Then, do ye know the Divel in goin in wid ye." " Faith, thin
Tirrenio warns Palemon to be faithful to OndineTirrenio, Lord of the Mediterranean, warns Palemon that if he is unfaithful to Ondine he will lose his life. Illustration to a fairytale by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, first published 1812
Palemon sees a vision of OndinePalemon, now married to Berta, sees a vision of Ondine during his wedding celebrations and realises that it is she whom he really loves