Wire Collection (page 10)

Neck and neck to the wire. Date c1884

Sells Floto circus M lle Beeson, a marvelous high wire Venus. Circus poster showing tight-rope walker Beeson prancing with a parasol. Date 1921

Japanese woman wearing wire spectacles. Ukiyo-e print illustration showing a woman seated at a table dressed in a kimono and wearing eyeglasses. Date 1897

Mr. Hood, on the elastick wire

Herr Granada, Alma Fedora in their own invention, the revolving pyrotechnic fountain marvellous sic high wire artists. Date 189-?

The original and only, Ray Burton the greatest & most novel mid-air juggler & balancer & the only swinging wire rifle shot in the world : three great acts in one. Date ca. 1892

The marvellous Bard, phenomenal trick swinging wire artist. Date ca. 1890

The French Red Cross
" The French Red Cross never forgets them..." A superb stylised postcard praising the efforts of the French Red Cross in World War Two - entering the warzone with supplies to aid

Hotel Roy - Fonda, New York State, USA
Hotel Roy at Fonda, New York State, USA Date: circa 1908

Wartime Lifeboat Crew after a dramatic rescue, Walton
Eight members of the lifeboat crew at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, pictured on the day they rescued three men from the barge Martha

Wire-drawing Machines at Birmingham Wire Works
Wire-drawing machines at the Birmingham Wire Works. Men wind large coils of wire which are then piled up on the floor. Date: 1844

Farmer Blight of Holsworthy, Devon
Farmer Blight of Holsworthy, a market town in West Devon, not far from the Cornish border. He is pictured here standing behind a gate

Caged Orangutan
A caged orangutan behind wire. Date: 1960s

Bird Enclosure - Valmondois, France
Early outdoor wire and mesh bird enclosure, for poultry, pigeons and possibly doves at the Maubuisson Mill at Valmondois, Seine Region, France. Date: 1911

The Brush Maker
Brushmaking - drawing bristles into stock with wire, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1930s

American tanks in action, western front, WW1
American tanks in action on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1918

German prisoners captured at Ancre, France, WW1
German prisoners of war captured by the 39th Division at St Pierre Divion during the Battle of the Ancre (13 November 1916), northern France, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

Wounded German prisoners of war, WW1
Wounded German prisoners of war captured by the British on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American soldiers under cover, France, WW1
American soldiers of a Signal Corps detachment, 102nd Infantry, 26th Division, under cover before laying wire near Chateau Thierry, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 19 July 1918

Russian infantry, Brusilov Offensive, Volhynia, WW1
Russian infantry pick their way through barbed wire as they advance under fire during the Brusilov Offensive at Volhynia (Wolhynien)

Fort no. 3 near Liaoyuan on Russian-Chinese border
Russian Fort no. 3 near Liaoyuan (Liao-yuan, Shuangliao) in north east China on the Russian-Chinese border. Date: early 20th century

American soldiers going into action, France, WW1
American soldiers going into action near Badonviller, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 17 March 1918

Austrio-Hungarian troops in Galicia, Eastern Front, WW1
Austro-Hungarian troops bringing forward wire mattresses and trestles in Galicia, on the Eastern Front, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German prisoners of war, Somme Offensive, WW1
German prisoners of war captured during the Somme Offensive in northern France, First World War. Date: July 1916

American tanks under fire, western front, WW1
American tanks under heavy fire on the western front during the First World War. Date: October 1918

German prisoners at Dernancourt, France, WW1
German prisoners of war arriving at a detention centre at Dernancourt, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Toddler giving dog a bath in the garden

Poster seeking donations for Prisoners of War

Arthur Balfour in France

General Petain visiting the Marne, France, during WW1
General Philippe Petain (1856-1951), French army officer, seen here (centre) on a visit to the Marne, northern France, during the First World War. circa 1914-1918

British soldier checking telephone lines, WW1
British soldier checking telephone lines during the First World War, with low poles high enough to form an air line. Date: 23 October 1917

Country scene with trees and fields
A country scene with trees and fields

Border between Poland and Russia
British macabre sense of humour on a Christmas card.... The Road to Russia The bleak landscape at the border between Poland and Russia

Surgeon 1930S
A surgeon cuts the surgical wire with his scissors following a successful operation. Date: 1930s

Our gallant allies of the far east in action
Japanese forces in action in Kiao-Chau against the Germans. Date: 1915

Old man shopping in supermarket, Bristol
Elderly man shopping in a Bristol Fine Fare supermarket. Date: 1968

World War One humorous postcard by George Ranstead
Humorous illustration on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps and produced a large number of hand drawn postcards during the period

Shoppers at a Grocery Store
Elderly shoppers at a Grocery Store

Camber Sands Holiday Park
An unusual, unflattering, and slightly humorous view of Camber Sands Holiday Park in East Sussex, England, photographed through the barbed wire fencing

Policeman on a bus
A policeman sitting alongside the driver on a London bus

Little girl in a garden with a small dog
A little Edwardian girl in a garden with a small wire-haired terrier dog. She is holding something in her hand for the dog to jump up and catch hold of

Blondin tower, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of a Blondin tower at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. This is part of the high wire carriage system used to move the slate around

Blondin system, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of the Blondin high wire and truck at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Tank breaking through barbed wire barricade
An armoured tank breaking through a barbed wire barricade on a battlefield during the First World War

Three elderly people sitting outside their home
Three elderly people, two men and a woman, sitting outside their home, enjoying a glass of beer and a bite to eat

Man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse
A man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse on a wet day

British countryside
A rural landscape in Britain with a wire fence

Carts meeting on a bridge, Middle East
A horse and cart and a mule and cart approaching each other on a bridge, somewhere in the Middle East

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