Bursting Collection (#4)

WW2 - Austerity - Getting by with Shreds and Threds
WW2 - Austerity - Getting by with Shreds and Threads. Lovely card by Evelyn E Morris, relating to the need for austerity during wartime and hence a lack of available cloth for new clothes or repairs

WWI - Sweet Remembrance from France - Shell through wall
WWI - Sweet Remembrance from France - The Same to you, and many of them! A resting soldier is seemingly unperturbed by a large artillery Shell bursting through the wall above his bed

WWI - Propaganda postcard - Kaisers dream bubbles burst
WWI - Propaganda postcard - The German Kaisers dream bubbles are popping before his eyes. By this point however (late 1914)

Picture No. 10946964
Champagne cork shooting out of the bottle. Date:

Picture No. 10946963
Champagne cork shooting out of the bottle. Date:

Cartoon by Harry Furniss of a meeting of the (Royal) Zoological Society, London. Richard Owen is in the left foreground, next to Mr Punch, holding an Apteryx bursting from its egg

A New Way To Pay The National-debt, Cartoon Shows King George Iii And Queen Charlotte Standing Before The Treasury, Moneybags Under Their Arms

Exciting Scene at the New York Aquarium, Bursting of One of the Fish Tanks, Engraving 1876, Us, Usa, America, United States

SPRING. The trees are bursting into bud and bloom; The hills lie blue beneath a sapphire sky; The birds breath music, and the flowers perfume

Ectopic pregnancy, artwork C016 / 8737
Ectopic pregnancy, artwork. This is a pregnancy where the embryo (upper left) implants outside the uterus, usually as here in the Fallopian tube that should channel the fertilised egg to the uterus

Satirical images of an Air Balloon
Set of 12 satirical images with captions of an Air Balloon, showing filling, flying, reaching the moon, coming back to earth, and bursting. 1784

Pictures of otsu bursting forth. Print shows an artist in the foreground and figures of a characters in the background (a demon holding an anchor, a samurai with a falcon, a man with long pike)

Howitzer smoke barrage, Salisbury Plain, WW1
A smoke barrage from a 4.5 inch Howitzer, formed by ten shells bursting similtaneously, during the First World War. Probably at the Chemical Warfare School at Porton on Salisbury Plain

Game / Balloon Football
The ladies have balloons on the end of their strings - the gentlemen try to jump on them. He who succeeds in bursting a balloon has won... its all frightfully jolly... Date: 1911

Polymer sphere for drug delivery
Drug delivery capsule. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a burst drug delivery capsule revealing smaller capsules (blue) inside it

Hantavirus bursting from a cell
Hantavirus infection. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of hantavirus particles (yellow/green) bursting from a human cell

Over-ripe figs on a tree. Over-ripe fruit of a fig tree (Ficus carica) that have split open after autumn rains. Photographed in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy

Stroke, conceptual artwork
Stroke. Conceptual computer artwork of a stroke, showing a cut-away of a human head and a blood vessel bursting in the brain. A stroke is also known as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

Hero Worship - postcard by Lawson Wood
Hero Worship - a postcard by Lawson Wood showing a housewife doting on her portly husband (bursting out of his uniform), having served him a meal and provided him with an ale and a comfy chair

Armetieres 1918
A British shell bursting in Armentieres and a soldier running to evacuate the town on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1918

Battle Menin Road Ridge 1917
Shells bursting on the main road to Zonnebeke running over newly captured ground at the Battle of Menin Road Ridge in France on the British front during World War I on 20th September 1917

Battle of Festubert 1915
German first line trenches with shells bursting in the distance. The ditch between the British and German lines was at some point 15 feet wide

A zeppelin raider
A photograph showing a German Zeppelin air-ship over London on October 13th 1915, with shells from anti-aircraft guns bursting upon it

Wearing respirators in a trench
Photograph of British soldiers wearing respirators while digging a trench to guard against fumes from bursting shells. The Germans first used poison gas at Ypres on 22nd April 1915

The damaged gun of H. M.s Thunderer, condition of the turret
H.M.S Thunderer, the damage caused by the bursting of the 38 ton gun. The gun exploded during a practice exercise because of a fault

The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir, spreading destructio
The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir. Much destruction was caused by the flooding, bridges lost and buildings demolished

Laughing Augurs
Cicero wondered how two augurs could meet without bursting into laughter at the absurdity of their profession

James Craggs
JAMES CRAGGS English politician who accepted 30, 000 in South Sea Company stocks. Deeply implicated in bursting of South Sea Bubble"

High-Explosive Shell
A German high-explosive shell bursting near a British ammo dump hidden in a wood

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"Bursting with Heroism: Unforgettable Moments from the Battlefields" In the midst of the chaos and devastation of war, there are moments that capture the essence of bravery and resilience. From Flanders to Mons en Chaussee, these snapshots in time depict scenes where courage bursts forth against all odds. Amidst the muddy trenches of World War I, British soldiers could be seen rescuing a horse trapped in a treacherous ditch. Their determination and compassion burst through as they risked their lives for an innocent creature caught in the crossfire. Periscopes peering out from trenches became symbols of hope during this tumultuous era. These ingenious inventions allowed soldiers to observe enemy movements while keeping themselves hidden. A burst of innovation amidst despair. A little boy's joyous face bursting through paper on Easter morning reminds us that even in times of conflict, innocence can prevail. In his hands, an egg symbolizes new beginnings and renewed hope for a brighter future. World War II brought its own tales of heroism, with British infantrymen donning desert fatigues as they fought against formidable adversaries. Their unwavering spirit burst forth like a beacon amidst vast stretches of sand. The haunting image captured by Picture No. 10946965 freezes time as German shells explode over Mons en Chaussee, France during World War I. The deafening noise and destructive force serve as reminders that war is never far away when peace hangs by a thread. Under cover of darkness, German star shells illuminated Ploegseert in March 1916 - bursts of light revealing both beauty and danger simultaneously. Amidst such chaos, soldiers stood firm with hearts bursting with resolve to protect their comrades at any cost. Even fairy illustrations couldn't escape the clutches of war's grasp; their whimsical world disrupted by harsh realities bursting into existence beyond imagination's reach. Yet within those pages lie dreams waiting to be rekindled once peace returns.