Aftermath Collection (#2)

The fatal explosion at a percussion-cap manufactory in Graham-Street, Birmingham:...the ruins, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The fatal explosion at a percussion-cap manufactory in Graham-Street, Birmingham: view of the ruins, 1862. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. W. Hart

Effects of the late storm in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Effects of the late storm in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 1865. '...the mail-steamer Athens, belonging to the Union Steam Navigation Company...was destroyed by the great storm in Table Bay

The War in Denmark: the town of Sonderburg in ruins after the bombardment..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: the town of Sonderburg in ruins after the bombardment, 1864. Engraving '...from a sketch taken by Mr

Illustrations of the War in Denmark: the Düppel Windmill in ruins, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Illustrations of the War in Denmark: the Duppel Windmill in ruins, 1864. Engraving '...from a sketch by our Special Artist...[showing] the aspect of Duppel since the storm of war has swept over

Ruins of Colonel Colt's patent firearms factory at Hartford, Connecticut,...destroyed by fire, 1864
Ruins of Colonel Colt's patent firearms factory at Hartford, Connecticut, [USA], recently destroyed by fire, 1864. 'The extensive factory at Hartford, Connecticut

Illustration depicting the aftermath of an explosion in Rue des Bons Enfants, Paris, 1892 (engraving)
5616307 Illustration depicting the aftermath of an explosion in Rue des Bons Enfants, Paris, 1892 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Scene of the explosion of gunpowder magazines near Erith, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the explosion of gunpowder magazines near Erith, 1864....a general view, taken from the embankment looking down the river

The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Silver's house, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Engraving from...a photograph taken with the newly-invented panoramic camera by the "London Pantascopic

The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Illustration of...what is left of the house of George Rayner, storekeeper to the magazine of Messrs

The Great Fire in the City: ruins of Haberdashers Hall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire in the City: ruins of Haberdashers Hall, [City of London], 1864. In a conflagration of a calamitous extent...one of the oldest of our civic halls - that of the Haberdashers Company

Ruins of the village of Billinghay, Lincolnshire, after the late fire, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the village of Billinghay, Lincolnshire, after the late fire, 1864. We give a View of the ruins of a part of the village of Billinghay, which was destroyed by fire on Friday

Hotel de Ville, Arras, 26 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Hotel de Ville, Arras, 26 May 1917. Ruins of the Hotel de Ville, Arras, France on May 26, 1917 during World War I

Arras Cathedral, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Arras Cathedral, 1917. The Cathedral in Arras, on the Western Front in France taken from the top of one of its walls, 30 April 1917 after the Battle of Arras during World War I

Rest after inspection, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Rest after inspection, 1917. American soldiers sitting in a field at Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids Island, New Rochelle, New York

Scene of the late accident on the North London Railway, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the late accident at the Camden-road station of the North London Railway, 1864. Our Illustration...shows the place where the engine and tender

Rue Bellan [i.e. Bellon], Senlis, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Rue Bellan [i.e. Bellon], Senlis, 1914. Re Bellan bombed by the Germans

Choisy Au Bac, Houses burned by Germans, 6 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). Creator: Bain News Service
Choisy Au Bac, Houses burned by Germans, 6 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). A street with houses in Choisy-au-Bac, France which were damaged by German forces during World War I

Bomb wrecked houses, Yarmouth, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bomb wrecked houses, Yarmouth, 1915. Homes in Great Yarmouth, England which were damaged by bombs dropped by the German Zeppelin L3 on January 19, 1915 during World War I

House burned by Germans, Choisy Au Bac, 16 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
House burned by Germans, Choisy Au Bac, 16 Nov 1918 (date created or published later). A house burned by German soldiers in France during World War I

Senlis, Rue de la Republique, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Senlis, Rue de la Republique, 1914. War damage from German bombs in Senlis, France, during World War I

Church in Neidenburg destroyed by Russians, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Church in Neidenburg destroyed by Russians, between 1914 and c1915. A church in Neidenburg, German Empire, (now Nidzica, Poland) which was damaged by Russian forces during World War I

Burying horses, Battlefield of Haelen, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Burying horses, Battlefield of Haelen, 1914. Dead horses being buried in a trench after the Battle of Haelen which was fought by the German and Belgian armies on August 12, 1914 near Haelen

Haelen after battle, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Haelen after battle, 1914. Damaged buildings in Haelen, Belgium after the Battle of Haelen which was fought by the German and Belgian armies on August 12, 1914 during World War I

Belg.[i.e. Belgium], burying horses after battle, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Belg.[i.e. Belgium], burying horses after battle, 1914. People looking at a dead horse in the road after the Battle of Haelen which was fought by the German and Belgian armies on August 12

After the battle of Haelen, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
After the battle of Haelen, 1914. Dead horses in a road after the Battle of Haelen which was fought by the German and Belgian armies on August 12, 1914 near Haelen, Belgium during World War I

Soissons after bombardment, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Soissons after bombardment, 1914. Buildings in Soissons, France after bombardment by German forces during World War I

Burning of Vise, Aug 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Burning of Vise, Aug 1914. Ruins in Vise´, Belgium, after destruction of town by German forces during World War I

Ruins of the Late Fire at the London Docks, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Late Fire at the London Docks, 1858. The fire...originated in the South Stack Warehouse on the South Quay building, several floors high, each filled with gutta percha, saltpetre, sugar

Les pommiers coupes a Cuts (Oise), 1917. Creator: Francois Flameng
Les pommiers coupes a Cuts (Oise), 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Le Recit (Noyon, mars 1917), 1917. Creator: Francois Flameng
Le Recit (Noyon, mars 1917), 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Les entonnoirs de Ham, 1917. Creator: Francois Flameng
Les entonnoirs de Ham, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Dans les villes liberees (mars 1917); Soldats anglais dans les vieux remparts de Peronne, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Hours of Victory; The ruins of La Malmaison farm, recaptured on October 23, 1917, 1917, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Hours of Victory; The ruins of La Malmaison farm, recaptured on October 23, 1917, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

The Battle of La Malmaison; A German 150 gun in the park of the Castle of Pinon... 1917 Creator: Unknown
The Battle of La Malmaison; A German 150 gun in the park of the Castle of Pinon, taken with all its servants; in the foreground, shells fitted with their fuses, 1917

Shipwreck, c18th century. Creator: Unknown
Shipwreck, c18th century

Noah's Sacrifice after the Deluge, between 1650 and 1655. Creator: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Noah's Sacrifice after the Deluge, between 1650 and 1655

Scene of the Late Fatal Explosion of Fireworks at Lambeth, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Late Fatal Explosion of Fireworks at Lambeth, 1858. A large order caused extra work, and filled the factory brimful of dangerous missiles...after the men had left

De la joie pour Tous; Entoures par les enfants d'un village reconquis, des cyclistes anglais ont i Creator: Unknown
De la joie pour Tous; Entoures par les enfants d'un village reconquis, des cyclistes anglais ont imagine de leur donner ce rare bonheur de les promener sur leurs bicyclettes

Dans Peronne Saccagee: La profanation du monument de Catherine de Poix, dite Marie Foure: la statue Creator: Unknown
Dans Peronne Saccagee: La profanation du monument de Catherine de Poix, dite Marie Foure: la statue de l'heroine de la defense de Peronne, en 1563, contre les troupes de Charles-Quint

Dans Peronne Saccagee: Les ruines du precieux hotel de ville du XVI siecle et l'inscription que l'e Creator
Dans Peronne Saccagee: Les ruines du precieux hotel de ville du XVI siecle et l'inscription que l'ennemi jugea plaisant d'y laisser: Ne pas se facher: admirer seulement>>. 1917

Delivres ! ; La population enfantine d'un village libere se presse autour d'un brasero improvise pa Creator
Delivres ! ; La population enfantine d'un village libere se presse autour d'un brasero improvise par les Anglais, 1917

Le Royaume de la Mort'; La rue Saint-Eloi a Chauny: en y rentrante le 19 mars 1917, nos troupes trouverent la petite ville totalement detruite, 1917

Cathedrale de Peronne, 1917. Creator: Francois Flameng
Cathedrale de Peronne, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Le Champ de Bataille de Combles; Les restes d'une installation allemande dans le chemin creux de Co Creator
Le Champ de Bataille de Combles; Les restes d'une installation allemande dans le chemin creux de Combles a Morval ; des cadavres allemands a l'entree d'un poste telephonique, 1916

Le Champ de Bataille de Combles; Un canon allemand de 150 abandonne par l'ennemi dans le bois Louag Creator
Le Champ de Bataille de Combles; Un canon allemand de 150 abandonne par l'ennemi dans le bois Louage qui dominait Combles au Sud, 1916

Le Champ de Bataille de Combles; Vue generale de Combies la prise de la ville, le 26 septembre 191 Creator: Unknown
Le Champ de Bataille de Combles; Vue generale de Combies la prise de la ville, le 26 septembre 1916, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris

Hera Hiding during the Battle of the Gods and Giants, after c.1643. Creator: Govaert Flinck
Hera Hiding during the Battle of the Gods and Giants, after c.1643

Notre offensive du 15 decembre 1916; Cadavres allemands, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Notre offensive du 15 decembre 1916; Cadavres allemands, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

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