Wind Collection (page 12)

Owl Weathervane
A quaint and amusing owl weathevane at Kippford, Kirkoudbrightshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Doggy Brass Band
Two dogs with their trumpets! Date: early 1930s

Pantomime on Ice
Girls in the production of The Merry Doll, a pantomime on ice ! Date: 1930s

Advert for Burberry winter sports wear

Czech Peasant Musician
A Czech peasant plays a large wind instrument in a field at harvest time. Date: 1930s

Weathervane & Web
Large spiders webs are caught in the sunshine, hanging from a weathervane. Date: 1950s

Royal Trumpeters
A fanfare from the Royal Trumpeters at White City, west London. Date: 1960s

Two ladies in autumn coats by Doeuillet and Jean Patou

Two ladies in autumn outfits by Bernard and Premet
Two fashionable ladies out walking in their autumn outfits. On the left, a red crepe de chine dress with decorative pleating, by Bernard

British cartoon, Easily Satisfied, WW1
A British cartoon by H M Brock entitled Easily Satisfied, showing a street scene on a windy day during the First World War

Le Coup De Vent (The Gale)
Le Coup De Vent ( The Gale ) Women dressed in light yellow dress trying to hold a large bouquet of flowers that are being blown away by the wind

Umbrella Adventures in variable weather
Umbrella Adventures, showing a girl and boy in variable weather, from sunshine, to rain, to wind, to a fishing disaster, and a rescue. Date: 1924

Bystander front cover 12 March 1930
Front cover masthead design for the Bystander featuring a couple battling amid blustery conditions. He holds on to a tree for dear life while his lady companion reaches hopelessly after their hats

Bystander front cover, 29 January 1930
Stylised illustration for the Bystander cover masthead showing a couple struggling through a gale that is so strong, it even threatens to uproot a postbox. Date: 1930

Warrington and Robert Baden-Powell sailing canoes
Warrington and Robert Baden-Powell sailing in their Nautilus canoes in the Baltic by Warrington Baden-Powell. circa 1910s

Scout Log Cabin Rockerfeller Centre, New York
A log cabin (with roof and chinks fortified against wind and cold) erected by a Troop of Boy Scouts atop the 70th floor roof of the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center, New York

View of the Bailey Bridge, Festival of Britain site, London
View of the Bailey Bridge across the River Thames, part of the Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London. The bridge, decorated with flags and wind-driven spinners

Piper in Brittany 1905
A blind piper plays on the street, with his hat hanging from his arm for coins. Date: 1905

Stonecutter Windmill
a stonecutter windmill from 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Toad in Disguise / Grahame
Toad in disguise: " She arranged the shawl with a professional fold, & tied the strings of the rusty bonnet under his chin." Date: First published: 1908

The Girl Drummers
An American Army of Two Patriotic Girl musicians. Date: 1812

NPL Wind Tunnel Experiment
NPL wind tunnel experiments with a model LNER locomotive. Date: 1932

Weather, March winds
A windy day in the month of March. A school boys hat gets blown off while a woman walks into the wind holding on to hers

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Windbag
Windbag. (Boanerges Mowther, Esq.) His rotund body and slim legs casting the perfect shadow of a pair of bellows. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H

Mans top hat blown off on a windy day in March
A mans top hat is blown off over a cliff on a windy day by the sea in March. He waves his rolled umbrella in annoyance, but his dog seems unconcerned

Military band with instruments in front of a tent
A military band, the Brecknockshire Battalion South Wales Borderers, together with their instruments, including six drums, posing for their photo in front of a tent

Scene on a shooting range, with collapsed tent
Scene on a shooting range, where men have been doing target practice before the outbreak of the First World War. A gale has blown one of their tents down

Gasworks after a gale, Haverfordwest, South Wales
View of the gasworks, blown down in a gale in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Horse and wind tower in a misty field
A horse stands silhouetted near a wind tower and various wooden fences in a misty field

Woman in black, with pearls and brooch
A woman in a hot country, dressed completely in black, apart from her white pearls and metallic brooch. Her coat is billowing above her head as if blown by the wind

Moorland landscape
A figure struggles across a windswept moorland landscape while clouds gather ominously above

Flying kites by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two children run up a hill to fly their jolly looking kites

Hanging out the washing
A young housewife takes advantage of a breezy day and hangs out her washing on the line

Anon. Cats cradles
A little boy kitten obediently helps a lady cat with her knitting wool

Kites by John Hassall
A group of boys fly a number of kites on a hill, resulting in a few accidents

Glendurgan, Cornwall, after the 1987 hurricane
Scene at Glendurgan, a National Trust garden in North Falmouth, Cornwall, after the 1987 hurricane. A man stands behind a large tree which has been completely uprooted

Fishing nets hanging on racks at Mudeford, Dorset. There is also a pile of lobster and crab pots stacked in the shade of the building on the right. Pencil study by by Raymond Sheppard

Chidren and an Austin A40
A girl and her younger brother leaning against the front of A fine Austin A40 on a windy day

Monte Tiberio, Capri - Italy
Monte Tiberio (Tiberio Mountain) seen in the background of this fine photograph of the Island of Capri, dominated by the magnificent wind-shaped silhouette of a umbrella pine tree

Windy Weather 1918
When windy weather blows a good coat, shawl or fur wrap will protect a girl from the cold. Failing that a passing soldier will do just as well

Sunbeam in a Rainstorm
Even with the wind blowing and the rain pouring down, this young woman still manages to smile through it all from beneath her umbrella

A large group of Musicians - Constantinople
The Choice Artists and musicians directed by the Amiable Band Leader Mr Lange, Constantinople

Sudan - Sandstorm
A sandstorm in the Sudanese desert - an immense cloud of sand rises up over the horizon and the buildings of the capital, Khartoum

Storm at Dover 1881
The seafront at Dover, Kent being battered by storm of 18th January 1881. Wreckage of the pier and parade visible

Snowstorm at Ryde 1881
The snow storm of 18th January 1881 battering the railway pier at Ryde, Isle of Wight

The Band That Blew Too Hard by Hynes
Humorous illustration showing a band in a club or restaurant blowing their brass instruments so hard, that diners and dancers find themselves struggling against a gale force wind - wigs are blown off

Its an Ill Wind. Native Swiss profiting by the misfortunes of an eminent skier using him as a bridge after his skiing accident

Its an Ill Wind by Dudley Tennant
Humorous cartoon depicting British made toys marching past an assortment of German manufactured dolls and teddy bears who have been put in an internment camp for the duration of World War One

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