Wind Collection (page 9)

Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Boys Band
The Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. The boys wind band, dressed in sailor suits, pose with their instruments. Date: circa 1907

Man carrying holly through the snow on a Christmas card
Man carrying a bundle of holly through the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Victorian Scrap, little boy playing concertina
Victorian Scrap, little black boy playing concertina. circa 1880s

Text explaining how American Visas work - Tall Ship picture
Text explaining how American Visas work and an inset illustration of an elegant tall ship, a three-master, possibly a tea clipper? Date: 1920s

Cartoon, The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver. Scene: Gulliver manoeuvring with his little Boat in the Cistern. By James Gillray. A satire on King George III and Napoleon Bonaparte. Date: 1804

WW1 - German gas attack
WW1 - Illustrating a gas attack in the eastern war zone from an aerial viewpoint. The poisonous cloud rolls before a westerly wind towards the Russian lines

Junkers RI wind tunnel model

By-the-wind sailor, little sail, Velella velella.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

By-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, Velella velella.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Men on Rock in Wind River, Carson, Washington
Men on Rock in Wind River, Carson, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington, USA. Date: 1910s

COURBET, Gustave (1819-1877). Woman in a Podoscaphe. 1865. Realism. Oil on canvas. JAPAN. HONSHU. TOKYO. Hajiochi. Murauchi Art Museum

The Freedom of the Seas, by Bairnsfather
The Freedom of the Seas " I wish they d old this war in England, don t you, Bill?" (No answer) A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring Old Bill and Bert 1916

Saxaul Trees - on wind-shaped sand dunes (Haloxylon sp.). Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Saxaul trees and a mixture of other trees and bushes - on wind-shaped sand dune (Haloxylon sp.). Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Sand dunes in a wind - Karakum desert encroach on a road. near Kumdag - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Wind and rain erosion of mountains of ash - lahar - formed from fallen ash of volcano Pinatubo, erupted in 1992. Mount Pinatubo in Luzon, Philippines

Dutch wind band playing in open air, Holland
A Dutch wind band playing in the open air, Holland

Sea Scouts playing bagpipes, Gibraltar
Gibraltar Sea Scouts playing the bagpipes and drums, practising for their visit to Edinburgh for the 15th Scottish International Scout Jamboree at Blair Atholl Castle, Scotland. Date: 1970s

Scouts and Sea Scouts playing bagpipes, Edinburgh
Scouts from Edinburgh and Sea Scouts from Gibraltar playing the bagpipes in a combined band, leading a parade of over 800 scouts

Boy scouts with trumpets, Denmark
Two Danish boy scouts, blowing ancient Danish trumpets

WW1 cartoon - The Super-Patriot - knitting
A biddable gentleman is disturbed from his armchair nap and used by two ladies of the house to wind wool. Knitting comforts for troops was a nationwide activity during the First World War

Fire uniform heat tests at Lambeth HQ
Demonstration of the Teled Noflam Protective Suit at Brigade HQ, 29 November 1965. The firefighter is retrieving a motor cycle tyre from a burning oil tray, in crouch position

WWI Military Hunter pocket watch
First World War Military Hunter pocket watch with enamel dial with seconds counter and key-wind, jewelled lever movement, by Rothermans, London

Wind up at 2 AD, WW1
Wind up at 2 AD. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Wind Band at St Thomass Home, Preston, Lancashire
The St Thomass Home wind band pose with their instruments. The home was established in 1901 as an Industrial School for Roman Catholic Boys. Date: 1920

York Industrial School Band at Copmanthorpe Show
The wind band from Yorks Industrial School for boys perform at an agricultural show at Copmanthorpe, a village to the south-west or York. A marquee and horses can be seen in the background. Date: 1913

Queen Mary ocean liner: Innovations on the bridge
New methods of wind-deflection; How the watch-keeping officers on the bridge will be protected from the weather by a screen of high-pressure air

String and wind instrument manufacture, 1855
The interior of the factory of Pierre Louis Gautrot, showing the manufacture of wind and stringed musical instruments in 1855. Date: 1855

Peruvian music: mass accompanied by native instruments
Music of north Africa: Berber mountaineers at a marriage feast. A curious ensemble, including a a pipe player, who appears to have sheep heads slung on to his belt, and a child drummer

South American music: the nose flute
A Guarani man playing a nose flute

Bystander masthead 1922
Masthead design for The Bystander magazine showing fashionably dressed people braving the blustery spring weather. Date: 1922

Turkish musicians, Turkey
Five Turkish musicians, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

Match box with wind screen, World War One
A combined silver match box and wind screen, a novelty but nevertheless extremely useful to men at the front and available from Charles Packer and Co of Regent Street, London

Man and dog crossing bridge in stormy weather
A man crossing a bridge with his dog in stormy weather has his hat blown off. Wood engraving by Thomas Bewick. Date: C.1790

When Autumn Winds Do Blow by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl out walking in the countryside. Date: 1939

The Windy Hill by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl watches two birds in a tree. Date: 1941

Effects of varying speeds, wind, and height on bombing 1917
The race for raiding: Problems of bombing for Briton and Boche. Top, a comparison with a British bomber and a Gotha heavy German bomber

Sailing without sails by G. H. Davis
Sailing without sails: wind action on rotating cylinder masts. Partly driven and partly drawn forward by the action of wind on rapidly revolving cylinders

Instruments of the Far East
A variety of stringed and wind instruments from the Far East. A Chinese organ, flagolet, oboe and trumpet are shown

Magondi music used by snake charmers
A magondi, an Indian musical wind instrument similar to a bagpipe, made from the outer coating of a gourd. Shown here in use by snake charmers

Russian Wind Propelled Skier
A Russian skier clutching a large sail, used to provide propulsion via harnessing wind. Date: Circa 1900

Siege Weapon - Wind out bridge
A military wind out bridge, designed as a siege weapon enabaling armies to overcome moats. Date: 1588

Mother Goose illustration -- a smiling miller with his windmill in the background. Date: 1915

Woman huddled against the wind
A woman in a blue fur-trimmed coat with pink lining, blue hat, and fur muff huddles against the wind. Date: 1920s

Business card design, man on windy autumn day
Business card design, depicting a man in a yellow coat walking along smoking on a windy autumn day. Date: 20th century

Woman with tent and car, Stratheyre, Isle of Skye, Scotland
A woman standing between a parked car and a circular open tent with a wind breaker at Stratheyre, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Date: 1930

Double-Slided Trombone
Mr. W.S. Wilkinson of Keighley, Yorkshire, England, is over 80 years old and the only living man who has succeeded in playing this double-slided trombone! Date: early 1960s

Polish Bagpipes
An old man playing the bagpipes in the Tatra mountains of Poland. His costume is made of embroidered goatskin and his dog is a breed peculiar to the area. Date: 1930s

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