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Damage Collection (#4)

In the midst of bomb damage at New Cross, a resilient woman finds solace in a simple cup of tea, defying the destruction that surrounds her

Background imageDamage Collection: Human brain showing damage due to head injury

Human brain showing damage due to head injury

Background imageDamage Collection: Nerve damage and stem cells, artwork

Nerve damage and stem cells, artwork
Nerve damage and stem cells, computer artwork. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can produce other types of cell when they divide

Background imageDamage Collection: Bomb damage in Plymouth

Bomb damage in Plymouth
The morning after the raid - Plymouth. Mr Widdicombe walks through the bombed streets to salvage what he can of his belongings

Background imageDamage Collection: Salonika - damage after French attacks

Salonika - damage after French attacks
The damage caused by bombardment by the French 75th Division close to Doiran on Salonika during the Mediterranean Campaign

Background imageDamage Collection: Baptist chapel in Hartlepool hit by German east coast raid - WWI

Baptist chapel in Hartlepool hit by German east coast raid - WWI
The Baptist Chapel in Hartlepool (now situated in an area called The Headland and sometimes known as Old Hartlepool), located on the corner of Baptist Street and Regent Street

Background imageDamage Collection: Indian / Asian Elephant striping bark Corbett National Park, Uttaranchal, India

Indian / Asian Elephant striping bark Corbett National Park, Uttaranchal, India
JR-904 Indian / Asian Elephant striping bark Corbett National Park, Uttaranchal, India Elephas maximus Jagdeep Rajput Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageDamage Collection: London from St Paul s

London from St Paul s
London, looking east towards Monument and Tower Bridge, from the top of St. Pauls Cathedral. Note the bomb sites still in evidence after the World War Two blitz

Background imageDamage Collection: Emden Shells Madras

Emden Shells Madras
The German cruiser Emden bombards the oil tanks in the harbour of Madras, India, and causes substantial damage to shipping. But she, too, will be destroyed

Background imageDamage Collection: The Harmful Effects of the Corset, illustration from La Vie Normale et la Sante

The Harmful Effects of the Corset, illustration from La Vie Normale et la Sante
CHT171318 The Harmful Effects of the Corset, illustration from La Vie Normale et la Sante by Dr Jules Rengade (b.1841) c.1880 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale

Background imageDamage Collection: A firefighter extinguishes a burning car early this morning during the New Years eve

A firefighter extinguishes a burning car early this morning during the New Years eve celebration in Lille January 1, 2012

Background imageDamage Collection: Skeleton of a dead goat lies in the veld on a farm near drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet

Skeleton of a dead goat lies in the veld on a farm near drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet
The skeleton of a dead goat lies in the veld on a farm near drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, November 16, 2019. Picture taken November 16 2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Background imageDamage Collection: FIA GT Championship

FIA GT Championship
The damaged JMB Racing Maserati MC12 of Andrea Bertolini (ITA) / Karl Wendlinger (AUT). FIA GT Championship, Rd5, Brno, Czech Republic, 26 June 2005. DIGITAL IMAGE

Background imageDamage Collection: 1994 San Marino GP

1994 San Marino GP
IMOLA, ITALY - MAY 01: Ayrton Senna's Williams FW16 Renault is removed after his fatal accident during the San Marino GP at Imola on May 01, 1994 in Imola, Italy. (Photo by Rainer Schlegelmilch)

Background imageDamage Collection: Extreme E 2022: Punta del Este

Extreme E 2022: Punta del Este
NOVEMBER 27: Laia Sanz (ESP) / Carlos Sainz (ESP), Acciona | Sainz XE Team during the Punta del Este on November 27, 2022. (Photo by Charly Lopez / LAT Images)

Background imageDamage Collection: Formula One World Championship

Formula One World Championship
This Ecurie Pan Am sports car met a sorry end on one of the Grand Prix support races. Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 24 May 1964.

Background imageDamage Collection: 1992 French GP

1992 French GP
CIRCUIT DE NEVERS MAGNY-COURS, FRANCE - JULY 05: Ayrton Senna, McLaren MP4/7A Honda, is taken out by Michael Schumacher, Benetton B192 Ford

Background imageDamage Collection: Formula One World Championship

Formula One World Championship
The damaged car of Alessandro Nannini after a practice crash prior to one of the best races of his life German GP, Hockenheim, Germany, 29 July 1990

Background imageDamage Collection: Formula One World Championship

Formula One World Championship
The damaged guardrail and front end of the Ensign N176 of Jacky Ickx (BEL), which pitched into the guardrail on lap 15, ripping the car in two and caught fire

Background imageDamage Collection: Wreck of '20th C.', between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Wreck of "20th C.", between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Wreck of "20th C.", between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageDamage Collection: BRIDGEPORT wreck, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

BRIDGEPORT wreck, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
BRIDGEPORT wreck, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageDamage Collection: Damage done by London Suffragettes, March 1912, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Damage done by London Suffragettes, March 1912, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Damage done by London Suffragettes, March 1912, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageDamage Collection: Work of mob at St Quentin in food price riots, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Work of mob at St Quentin in food price riots, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Work of mob at St Quentin in food price riots, 1911. Shows broken windows at a cafe in Saint-Quentin, France.

Background imageDamage Collection: Dreamland burned, Coney Island, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Dreamland burned, Coney Island, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Dreamland burned, Coney Island, 1911.

Background imageDamage Collection: Fire at Coney Island, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Fire at Coney Island, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Fire at Coney Island, 1911.

Background imageDamage Collection: Moissant aero. Wrecked, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Moissant aero. Wrecked, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Moissant aero. Wrecked, 1910.

Background imageDamage Collection: Champigny, 2 December 1870, c1875-77. Creator: Alphonse de Neuville

Champigny, 2 December 1870, c1875-77. Creator: Alphonse de Neuville
Champigny, 2 December 1870, c1875-77. Eight French soldiers--desperate, wounded, and lacking provisions--making a final stand in a small, badly damaged garret

Background imageDamage Collection: Tree stripped by Geneva, N.Y. cyclone, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Tree stripped by Geneva, N.Y. cyclone, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Tree stripped by Geneva, N.Y. cyclone, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageDamage Collection: Bow of USS Maine, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Bow of USS Maine, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bow of USS Maine, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageDamage Collection: Damage by suffragettes, London, Mar. 1912, Bond St., 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Damage by suffragettes, London, Mar. 1912, Bond St., 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Damage by suffragettes, London, Mar. 1912, Bond St., 1912.

Background imageDamage Collection: Meiji Maru ashore after typhoon in Japan, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Meiji Maru ashore after typhoon in Japan, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Meiji Maru ashore after typhoon in Japan, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageDamage Collection: Town Hall, Louvain, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Town Hall, Louvain, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Town Hall, Louvain, between c1914 and c1915. Shows a town hall which was damaged during World War I, Louvain, Belgium.

Background imageDamage Collection: Peronne retaken, 1918, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Peronne retaken, 1918, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Peronne retaken, 1918, 1918 (date created or published later). The ruins of the Grande Place of Pe´ronne, France which was damaged in World War I. The townhall is on the right.

Background imageDamage Collection: Sections of the hull of H.M.S. Terpsichore, showing effect of the torpedo explosion at Chatham

Sections of the hull of H.M.S. Terpsichore, showing effect of the torpedo explosion at Chatham, 1865 Creator: Unknown
Sections of the hull of H.M.S. Terpsichore, showing effect of the torpedo explosion at Chatham, 1865. Official drawings '...by Mr. P

Background imageDamage Collection: The breaking of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on board the Great Eastern, 1865. Creator: Unknown

The breaking of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on board the Great Eastern, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The breaking of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on board the Great Eastern, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Robert Dudley. '...the galvanometer detected a flaw of electricity which indicated a

Background imageDamage Collection: 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. 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

Background imageDamage Collection: The screw steam-ship Royal Standard in collision with an iceberg...home voyage from Melbourne

The screw steam-ship Royal Standard in collision with an iceberg...home voyage from Melbourne, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The screw steam-ship Royal Standard in collision with an iceberg on the home voyage from Melbourne, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Captain G. H

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

Background imageDamage Collection: The War in Denmark: the Austro-Prussian Squadron at Cuxhaven after its defeat off Heligoland

The War in Denmark: the Austro-Prussian Squadron at Cuxhaven after its defeat off Heligoland, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The War in Denmark: the Austro-Prussian Squadron at Cuxhaven after its defeat off Heligoland, 1864. '...a view of the Austro-Prussian squadron lying off Cuxhaven, at the mouth of the Elbe

Background imageDamage Collection: Illustrations of the War in Denmark: the Düppel Windmill in ruins, 1864. Creator: Unknown

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

Background imageDamage Collection: 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,...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

Background imageDamage Collection: The midships saloon of the City of New York, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The midships saloon of the City of New York, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The midships saloon of the City of New York, 1864. 'The steam-ship City of New York, one of the ships belonging to the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company

Background imageDamage Collection: Destruction of the fortifications of the Ionian Islands: the escarp of the Keep of Vido..., 1864

Destruction of the fortifications of the Ionian Islands: the escarp of the Keep of Vido..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Destruction of the fortifications of the Ionian Islands: the escarp of the Keep of Vido after the explosion on March 11, 1864

Background imageDamage Collection: 1976 Rouen-Les-Essarts

1976 Rouen-Les-Essarts
ROUEN-LES-ESSARTS, FRANCE - JUNE 27: Tom Pryce, Chevron B35 Hart, crashes out as Freddy Kottulinsky, Ralt RT1 BMW, passes during the Rouen-Les-Essarts at Rouen-Les-Essarts on June 27

Background imageDamage Collection: Formula 1 1975: Race of Champions

Formula 1 1975: Race of Champions
BRANDS HATCH, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 16: Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell 007 Ford passes the abandoned McLaren M23 Ford of Jochen Mass

Background imageDamage Collection: Formula One World Championship

Formula One World Championship
It took over half an hour to free Ian Ashley (GBR) from the wreckage of his Hesketh 308E that somersaulted and hit a television tower during practice

Background imageDamage Collection: World Rally Championship

World Rally Championship
Roman Kresta (CZE), Peugeot 206 WRC, gets it wrong and rolls during Rallye Deutschland shakedown, World Rally Championship, Rd8, Rallye Deutschland, Germany. 23 July 2003. DIGITAL IMAGE

Background imageDamage Collection: Formula One World Championship

Formula One World Championship
Rupert Keegan (GBR) is put into the circuit ambulance having crashed his Hesketh 308E (Right) into the back of the Surtees TS19 of Hans Binder (AUT) on lap 33. Keegan escaped with severe bruising




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In the midst of bomb damage at New Cross, a resilient woman finds solace in a simple cup of tea, defying the destruction that surrounds her. The scars left by war are evident as we witness the aftermath of air raids in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath during World War II. Yet amidst this chaos, there is hope; Brudenell Magna Carta symbolizes our enduring spirit and determination to rebuild what has been damaged. Flamborough Head stands tall against the relentless waves crashing upon its shores - a testament to nature's power and ability to cause both beauty and damage. James Clark captures the haunting image of The Bombardment of Hartlepools, reminding us of the devastating toll war takes on innocent lives. Kilgour Road bears witness to another chapter in London's history marked by destruction caused by bombs during World War II. Meanwhile, far away from these scenes lies Machu Picchu in Peru where Llama FG 8898 roams freely amidst ancient ruins - a stark contrast between natural serenity and man-made devastation. Winston Churchill emerges as an iconic figure who led Britain through one of its darkest periods with unwavering resolve. His words echo through time: "We shall not falter nor fail. " Ambulance sirens wail along Ladywell in Lewisham during Blitz attacks, showcasing humanity's courage even amid chaos. The mysterious crash site at Aztec, New Mexico raises questions about extraterrestrial encounters and potential otherworldly damage inflicted upon Earth. Balham High Road bears witness to yet another scene from London's Blitz era - shattered buildings standing as silent reminders of resilience amidst adversity. NFS (London Region) Pimlico V1 bombing attack serves as a chilling reminder that danger can strike unexpectedly even within our own communities during times of conflict. Through it all, we learn that damage is not merely physical but also emotional and psychological – scars etched upon the collective memory of a nation.