Wire Collection (page 7)

American barb trousers, WW1 cartoon, Heath Robinson
American barb trousers. For enabling troops to extricate themselves from wire entanglements. Another ingenious idea from the imagination of William Heath Robinson Date: 1918

Calles de la Monterilla, Mexico City, Mexico
Aerial view, Calles de la Monterilla, Mexico City, Mexico. Date: circa 1905

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, White Rabbit, in the Letter Book Series. Showing Snowdrop, a pet rabbit, in her hutch, looking down at a wild rabbit below. Date: 1921

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Monkey House. Date: 1933

The Live Wire, at the St. Martins Threatre 1918
Front cover of The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, showing the cast of the production of The Live Wire, at the St. Martins Threatre

Abandoned trench on the Western Front, WW1
An abandoned trench on the Western Front, WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Interesting houses by a dual carriageway. Date: circa 1930s

WW1 - French success at Steinbach, 3rd January 1915
WW1 - An illustration representing the French reclaiming Alsace from German occupation. The illustration recreates the scene by using the well-known fairytale Sleeping Beauty, to represent the event

Two beachcombers, Hove and Brighton seafront
Two beachcombers rummage in a litter bin on the Hove and Brighton seafront. circa 1960s

Little boy with calf at a childrens zoo, Battersea
A little boy with a calf at a childrens zoo in Battersea Park, London. Date: circa 1960s

Blackburn Skua with arrester wire hook down landing aboard an aircraft carrier

The Three Musketeers - Canadian sharpshooters, WW1
" The Three Musketeers" of Princess Patricias Own (Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry) firing from a mound with a fine view of the German first line trenches

French crossbowman, 13th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

Wire mill, 19th century.. Wire mill, machinery used to manufacture wire, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by W. Lowry after an Illustration by J

Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, on a busy day. Date: circa 1905

South Berwick Junction, York County, Maine, USA
South Berwick Junction, Atlantic Shoreline Railway, York County, Maine, USA, with an " Old 16" trolley car (right). Date: 1907

High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
View of the High Street in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1905

Old tollgate house near Cumberland, Maryland, USA
Old tollgate house (built 1812) and tollgate post, on the National Highway six miles west of Cumberland, Maryland, USA. Date: circa 1940

Children on a mattress, Balham, SW London
Children sitting on a mattress on top of a pile of rubbish in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Cartoon, There are none so deaf, WW1
Cartoon, There are none so deaf, showing a typical pessimist talking about the war to two women in a restaurant. Surrounding them is a border of barbed wire, keeping out any item of good news

Boys on a mattress, Balham, SW London
Four boys lying on a mattress on top of a pile of rubbish in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boys on a pile of rubbish, Balham, SW London
Boys on a pile of rubbish in a Balham street, SW London. Perhaps it has been stacked up ready for bonfire night! Date: circa 1961

Boy playing with junk, Balham, SW London
A little boy playing on a pile of junk in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Telephone Cable Repair
The intricate work of repairing and connecting telephone land lines. London, 1998 Date: 1998

Switzerland - Fribourg, The Suspended Bridge
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Suspended Fribourg Bridge. Built in 1834 by Joseph Chaley, the iron wire bridge was temporarily the longest suspension bridge in the world

Frognal Corner - Black and white lantern slide. View through wire fence across fields to trees.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

Upper Ruxley - Black and white lantern slide. View showing barbed wire fence bordering tracks.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

A Visit to the Alpini by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
You might think the Austrians were safe on top of a place like this - but they re not. Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander showing three Austrian soldiers staked out atop a

Clearing away wreckage at Cuffley by Matania, WW1
A scene at Cuffley, Hertfordshire showing the wreckage of the L-21 German zeppelin airship brought down by Lieut. William Leefe Robinson on the night of 2 September 1916

Learning farming at St Dunstan s
Two blind servicemen are taught how to put up a wire fence, during their training in farming skills, part of the rehabilitation offered at St Dunstans, Regents Park, London

Soldiers on Western Front with gas masks, WW1
Soldiers on the Western Front wearing gas masks. 1916

Golden Gate Bridge cable, San Francisco, California, USA
A section of suspension cable used in the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge at Oakland, San Francisco, California, USA. Seventy thousand miles of wire were used in the finished cables

Indian soldier stands guard during World War I
Indian soldier stands guard outside a wire-enclosed British camp for Turkish prisoners in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: 1916

WW1 messenger dogs - training them to jump barbed wire
Messenger dogs destined for the British Army, being trained to jump and clear barbed wire entanglements during the First World War. Date: 1914-18

Fire safety -- paraffin oil stove
Fire safety -- a Valor Junior paraffin oil stove with a safety guard around it

LFB Engineering Workshop - Hose couplings tied Date: circa 1930s

Wall plaque with ornate border - WWI
Wall plaque with ornate border showing plane, shells, parcels, tins, barbed wire, etc. Centre shows cartoon I likes me drop o rum. Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Beaker - A Souvenir of the Great War
Beaker. Transfer reads Well if you knows. Transfer of bird, tree and barbed wire on the other side. Ornate border to rim. Base reads A Souvenir of the Great War. Bairnsfather Ware

Wall plaque - A Memento of the Great War
Wall plaque with ornate border showing plane, shells, parcels, tins, barbed wire, etc. Centre shows cartoon I likes me drop o rum. A Memento of the Great War on base. Bairnsfather Ware

The joys of Listening patrol. ELP AM CATCHED ON THIS ------------ BARBED ----WIRE. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

The defences of the village of Caestre
Scale 1/2500 of the defences of the village of Caestre - April 1918, showing 11 machine gun positions, trenches and barbed wire produced by 286681, E. North, 90th Field Coy, Royal Engineers

Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire, WW1
Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire with a cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959). Bairnsfather Ware

America in the Field by Heath Robinson, WW1
War Inventions - Not Needed Now! William Heath Robinson imagines America in the field! 2. Barb-pants - to enable infantry to get out of barbed wire. Date: 1918

Thirsty German Prisoners of War
A First World War official photograph showing thirsty German prisoners in a compound enclosed by a barbed wire fence. Date: circa 1916

Military spectacles by Dollands, WW1
Specialist military spectacles with larger lenses and secure hooks, as supplied by Dollands of Oxford Street. The advertisement claims that many civilians are adopting the style due to its obvious

Beach scene with ship, South Shields
Beach scene with ship in South Shields, January 1963. Date: 1963

Ships that pass in the Night by Bruce Bairnsfather
Ships that Pass in the Night " Where do yer want this put, Sargint?" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Our Adaptable Armies by Bairnsfather
Our Adaptable Armies Private Jones (late " Zogitoff" the comedy wire artist) appreciably reduces the quantity of HATE per yard of frontage

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