Warning Collection (page 4)

Ringing the gas alarm on the Western Front by Philip Dadd
A British gas sentry rings a medieval church bell bearing figures of saints and armorial insignia (formerly hung in the shattered belfry shown in the background)

WW2 Poster -- Flies Foul Food
Flies Foul Food. Your health depends on wholesome food - keep it covered from flies! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper

WW2 Poster -- Be Prepared
A Story and a Warning, .Darkness brings Danger, Be Prepared. Colour photolithograph poster, published by The Times of India Press, Bombay

WW2 Poster -- be discreet
You may be a walking RAF - but don t let everyone know it! Be discreet! Colour lithograph by Sgt Norman Tiger Harrison, Royal Corps of Signals, India

French church bell used as gas warning alarm, 1917, WW1
The church bell of a destroyed village church in the Upper Marne, France, in use by the French for warning the neighbourhood, and the trenches, of impending poison gas attacks in 1917. Date: 1917

Air Raid Warning - Take Cover, WW1
Side view of a motor car driven by a special constable with a sign informing the public of the all clear following an air raid

WW2 poster, Achtung! Achtung! The Lancaster strikes by night, the Fortress strikes by day. Date: 1940s

Bonzo Quite Agrees! by George Studdy
Bonzo Quite Agrees! He falls into a hole in the road, which confirms that the maintenance work is necessary. Date: 1923

Keeping track of German raiders by G. H. Davis
Keeping track of German raiders during the Second World War: the method pictorially explained, from the moment their approach is noted until the sounding of the alert in the threatened areas

Blackout warning by G. H. Davis
A blackout warning: how one light may help raiders during the Second World War. Date: 1940

Radar warning and control system by G. H. Davis
A powerful new aid for the navy: the radar warning and control system installed in HMS Victorious. Date: 1958

Cartoon, Holidays as Usual, WW1
Cartoon, Holidays as Usual. Mr Jones goes bathing at a seaside resort in the early days of the First World War, not heeding the warnings about submarines being on the lookout for the enemy

Vehicle preceded by flag, 1883
A man precedes a steam vehicle waving a red flag, to warn road users of its presence and to enforce a speed limit, in keeping with the Locomotive or Red Flag Acts of Parliament

Photographic film envelope
Photographic envelope for a roll of Selo Panchromatic film. Date: 20th century

Baby Scouts -- warning notice
Baby Scouts -- A scout once crossed the world right to the edge, and lay down carefully upon the ledge. The notice reads: Danger -- this is the end of the world. Date: 1900

Paris air raid precautions WWII
A Paris Air Raid Precautions (ARP) decontamination squad at work during rehearsal. The signs used for warning Parisians of a gas attack are certainly grim reminders Date: May 1940

Jewish Beds Burned
A German soldier stands proudly by a bonfire of beds taken from Jewish homes - a symbolic gesture warning Jews that they will no longer be tolerated in Poland. Date: 1939/1940

Frabrizio Ruffo
FABRIZIO RUFFO Italian naval commander [Warning - there are many persons with this name] Date: ? - 1692

The Embankment, London on wet night with Policeman and Trams
A truly superb postcard photograph of The Embankment, London on wet night. The lights cast a strange eerie glow on the scene, magnified through the windows of a row of parked trams

South Stack Lighthouse - Holyhead, Wales. Date: circa 1910s

South African gas alarm post trench sentry, 1917
Soldier ready to ring the bell to give warning to a gas attack. In the Western Front they took gas attacks as " all in the days work"

Glider invasions of Britain by G. H. Davis
Official warning about the possibility of glider invasions of Britain, an Air Ministry warning poster during the Second World War. Date: 1940

Firing a Torpedo
Charging a torpedo-tube aboard a U-boat, of the type which sank three British cruisers in the North Sea during the first weeks of World War One - a warning of things to come... Date: September 1914

Illustration of an 18th century Bellman and Billman
A London night-watchman who gave warning of fire and who was meant to take first-aid measures to stop small outbreaks of fire. (Original print in the London Guildhall Library)

Blitz in London -- firewatchers at observation post, WW2
Blitz in London -- firewatchers on duty on the clock tower of the Smith Building, Albert Embankment, SE1, next to London Fire Brigade Headquarters

Blitz in London -- Smith Building, SE1
Blitz in London -- the Smith Building was located next to the London Fire Brigade Headquarters on the Albert Embankment, SE1

A timely warning. Illustration shows the Republican elephant wearing a hat labeled GOP. and High Protective Tariff and a swimsuit labeled Tariff-Protected Trusts

A ghostly warning to certain presidential aspirants. Illustration shows the ghost of General Winfield Scott Hancock offering a warning to presidential aspirants General Nelson A

Warning to royal brides. Do not marry him if the seal is broken. Illustration shows a royal wedding where the groom is enclosed in packaging labeled Guaranteed Under the Pure Prince Act

Warning! Consider the possible consequences if you are careless in your work. Poster showing an airplane crashed in the ocean, with survivors and a rescue plane. Date 1917

Customers from The Gin-Shop by Cruikshank
These are the Customers, youthful and old, That drink the strong drinks which are sold night and day At the bar of the Gin-shop, so glittering and gay. Illustration no

A Flutter in the Boudoir by A. K. Macdonald. An elegant late 18th century lady wearing the tiniest of outfits is warned of the imminent arrival of a youthful-looking male suitor

War trophies -- German gas alarm bells, WW1
War trophies captured by the Allies during the First World War -- five alarm bells used to warn of gas attacks, taken from captured or abandoned German trenches. Date: 1914-1918

Tank Crossing
A sign warning drivers to look out for tanks crossing the road! Date: 1960s

Dont Go down Mine - 3
DON T GO DOWN THE MINE, DAD the father tells his son that he must go to work despite his sons warning dream... Date: circa 1900

Jennie Sparrow calling to Jack from the eaves, to warn him of a cat. Date: 1937

German poster giving air raid instructions, WW1
A German poster giving air raid instructions, warning of danger from enemy aircraft, and telling vehicles not to stop in this location. Date: 1914-1918

Poster warning about safety on the airfield. Watch that prop. Careless walk costs lives. Showing a pilot losing his head by walking into a spinning propeller. 1940s

French poster warning against Communism. They want to destroy the army... remember Budapest, Berlin, Prague, Dantzig... 1940s

Dutch poster about blackout precautions during the Second World War. circa 1942

Wartime poster warning against careless talk. A man wishes an RAF pilot " Good luck tomorrow", he is overheard, and there are unfortunate repercussions. Careless Talk Costs Lives. 1940s

Poster, Obey the Speed Limit
Poster warning drivers to Obey the Speed Limit, which is 30 mph in built-up areas. 20th century

Dutch poster warning against the Black Market
Dutch poster warning people that the Black Market is a form of theft -- don t steal from your countrymen, ensure equal distribution for all! Showing a rat eating grain from a torn sack. 1940s

Dogs Reading Notice
Five dogs read a notice warning them not to trespass on the property - for if they do, they are liable to be shot. Date: 1912

Butler & New Maid
The butler inspects the new housemaid, warning her that her progress is in his hands Date: 1906

The Warning of Erda
Scene Four : Erda, the Earth Goddess, warns the Gods

Guy Fawkes reprimands trespasser
A life-like effigy of the famous Gunpowder Plot conspirator reprimands a schoolboy who has trespassed, having climbed a ladder over a fence to take fruit from the store shed

Palemon kisses Ondine and dies in her arms
Palemon kisses Ondine, despite knowing that this will be fatal, and dies in her arms. Illustration to a fairytale by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, first published 1812

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