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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 LimitPoster warning drivers to Obey the Speed Limit, which is 30 mph in built-up areas. 20th century
Dutch poster warning against the Black MarketDutch 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 NoticeFive 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 MaidThe butler inspects the new housemaid, warning her that her progress is in his hands Date: 1906
The Warning of ErdaScene Four : Erda, the Earth Goddess, warns the Gods
Guy Fawkes reprimands trespasserA 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 armsPalemon 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
A cold reprimandA young lad faces a reprimand from a tall and imposing-looking London Metropolitan Police Officer after deciding that a naked swim in a London lake was the best idea for a sunny summers day!
Trackside Railway Warning SignMidland and Great Northern Joint Railway - Trespassers will be Prosecuted by order - Railway trackside warning sign
New Year card - two children on a sled in the snow (albeit in a photographic studio!). One would imagine that the shout of warning for the impending swift arrival
The Royal Train Pilot
A Spooner Travelling ovenA immense Spooner Travelling Oven - with the dough for loaves of white bread entering the immense baking oven section of the machine
Warning notice at Keswick StationMetal notice at Keswick Station in the Lake District, UK, warning people not to trespass on the railway line belonging to the Cockermouth Keswick and Penrith Railway Company
Gas attack rehearsal 1938Gas attack rehearsal in Nottingham in 1938. A man with bell and rattle gives a warning of a gas attack in a simulated practice which was filmed to give instruction to other people in the UK
Scooter girlA policeman shouts out an anxious warning to a little girl who is merrily riding her scooter on the road forcing a chauffeur driven car to slow down
Gdansk, Poland - the Lighthouse - Nowy Port East Breakwater Light
Husky Pup Aldin 1907A young husky dog or eskimo puppy
Allied truck watering Italian roads; Second World War, 1944Photograph showing an Allied truck employed in watering dusty Italian roads, 1944. The warning sign on the right-hand side gives the reason for the watering
Insurgents on CustodyInsurgent prisoners are marched through the streets of Paris as a warning to the populace to put up with the provisional government
India Indus RiverThe Indus river at Hazara, in the Black Mountains. [Warning : this may be in Pakistan, not India]
The Imperial German NavyGerman officers and men aboard the Moltke. Manned chiefly by conscription, the German navy was criticised for disrespecting International Law and sinking Allied merchant-ships without warning
Statue of the Child Christ dressed as a Republican MilitiamaPhotograph showing a statue of the child Christ, which had been removed from a church and dressed as a Republican militiaman, with gun and red flag, near Cordoba, 1936
DonCharming illustration by John Morgan (1823-1885) first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1885 showing two small children being measured in height by an older sibling
No Hawking NoticeMetropolitan Police notice warning against the selling or hawking of goods or newspapers by shouting, in London
The Dog in the StreetDo not play with a dog in the street, for the animal, in its spirit of fun, forgets previous warning not to stray
Lusitania RecruitmentWWI recruitment poster imploring men to join up and avenge the Lusitania, a passenger ship which was torpedoed without warning by a German U-boat in May 1915
Leningrad Warning SignThe sign reads Citizens! During artillery fire, this is the most dangerous side of the street. Palace Square and the Winter Palace are in the background
Paul Reveres RidePAUL REVERE American inventor of rolling mill, more famed for his midnight ride from Boston to Lexington, warning that the British were on the march
Cholera Poster / 1866Board of Works, for the Limehouse District issue a poster warning about the effects of cholera
Wansford BridgeShepherd Barnaby is forewarned about a tidal wave & takes his sheep to the top of the church tower & rings the bell in warning so that others might escape
Leap Year / Phiz / 1864A solemn warning to single men Ladies take advantage of the custom of proposing to men on February 29th
Deflationary NoticeA sign in Spalding, Lincolnshire, warning that any motorists who park their cars in the cattle market without paying the 2/6 fee will have their tyres deflated
Noah Builds the ArkHaving received a flood warning from God, Noah sets about the construction of an Ark in which he, and two of every living creature, can survive
Sickness / Laying of StrawStraw is laid outside a sick persons house
Skating in Central ParkSkating on the ladies skating pond in Central Park, New York
Cigarettes in AshtrayA close-up photograph of an ashtray full of cigarette butts, with a government health warning, torn from a cigarette packet, in the centre
Pudding ConsequencesChristmas pudding...and its consequences!
SHIPWRECKAn early warning of the risks involved in crossing the Atlantic at high speed
Patrick Henry speaking against the Stamp ActPatrick Henry, in the Virginia House of Burgesses, introduces radical resolutions opposing the Stamp Act, warning King George III that he could go the way of Caesar and Charles I
