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Background imageBroken Collection: SS Great Eastern

SS Great Eastern
Isambard Kingdom Brunels steamship the Great Eastern was launched on 31st January 1858 and broken up in 1888. (Photo by James Valentine/Getty Images)

Background imageBroken Collection: Illustration of dinosaur hatching from egg

Illustration of dinosaur hatching from egg

Background imageBroken Collection: Old abandoned shack by Mersey

Old abandoned shack by Mersey
Collapsing shelter on pier by the side of the Mersey in Liverpool at sunset

Background imageBroken Collection: Vehicle engine scrap metal

Vehicle engine scrap metal

Background imageBroken Collection: Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Background imageBroken Collection: Abandoned Farmhouse in Rural Washington State

Abandoned Farmhouse in Rural Washington State
Looking past gnarled trees towards the porch and front door of an abandoned farmhouse in rural Washington State, with a faded border

Background imageBroken Collection: Sneferus Bent Pyramid, 2600 BC, Dahshur Necropolis, Dahshur, Egypt

Sneferus Bent Pyramid, 2600 BC, Dahshur Necropolis, Dahshur, Egypt

Background imageBroken Collection: Funny Egg Illustration

Funny Egg Illustration
Three funny coloured eggs in row

Background imageBroken Collection: 19th-Century Print of Rioters Attacking Brownstones

19th-Century Print of Rioters Attacking Brownstones
The event took place during the New York Draft Riots which happened in July of 1863

Background imageBroken Collection: Oldsmobile Broken Down on a Country Road

Oldsmobile Broken Down on a Country Road
(Original Caption) Car Breakdown: A bovine version of the "Get a Horse" motto. 1923 Oldsmobile broken down on New Jersey country road saved by farmer and his team of bulls

Background imageBroken Collection: USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerriere by Thomas Birch

USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerriere by Thomas Birch
WAR OF 1812: THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BRITISH GUERRIERE, AUGUST 19, 1812.(ALSO SEE E.2536)

Background imageBroken Collection: Statue of Rameses II at the Ramesseum

Statue of Rameses II at the Ramesseum
(Original Caption) Egypt: View of the crumbling statue of Rameses II, at the Ramesseum. Undated photograph

Background imageBroken Collection: Etching of Eric the Red Battling Icelandic Chief

Etching of Eric the Red Battling Icelandic Chief
(Original Caption) Red Erik (Eric the Red) killing icelandic chief

Background imageBroken Collection: Woman Sitting with Broken Dishes

Woman Sitting with Broken Dishes
(Original Caption) Pretty young thing sitting on the floor surrounded by her fallen tray and broken dishes. Old time movie still

Background imageBroken Collection: 19th-Century Woodcut of the Murder of Colonel H.F. O'Brien

19th-Century Woodcut of the Murder of Colonel H.F. O'Brien
The event took place during the New York Draft Riots which happened in July of 1863

Background imageBroken Collection: USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerriere by Thomas Birch

USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerriere by Thomas Birch
This historic painting by Thomas Birch shows the U.S.S. Constitution blasting away at the British ship Guerriere in an engagement off Nova Scotia during the war of 1812

Background imageBroken Collection: Buster Keaton Holding Broken Umbrella in Steamboat Bill, Jr

Buster Keaton Holding Broken Umbrella in Steamboat Bill, Jr
(Original Caption) Buster Keaton and Ernest Torrence in "Steamboat Bill, Jr."

Background imageBroken Collection: Glass Negative

Glass Negative
The original 5" x 7" glass negative of the famous "Construction Workers Eating Lunch" image

Background imageBroken Collection: Police Standing Next To Broken Window

Police Standing Next To Broken Window
(Original Caption) 3/19/1935-New York, NY: An unfounded rumor that a Negro boy had been badly beaten in a 5-10-25 cent store on West 125th Street as he was caught taking a cheap bag of candy

Background imageBroken Collection: Crime Scene of Dutch Schultz Shooting

Crime Scene of Dutch Schultz Shooting
(Original Caption) 10/23/35-Newark, New Jersey: Left to right, Officer Mills and Police Chief Harris at scene of Dutch Schultz shooting in Palace Bar and Grill

Background imageBroken Collection: Store With Damaged Window

Store With Damaged Window
(Original Caption) 11/17/1938-Kristallnacht: Berlin, Germany:Although only an infinitesimal fraction of the total destruction wrought

Background imageBroken Collection: Cleaning Up After Detroit Race Riot

Cleaning Up After Detroit Race Riot
(Original Caption) 6/23/1943- Detroit, MI: Making repairs after riot

Background imageBroken Collection: Drug-Store Clerk Selling Soda Out Window

Drug-Store Clerk Selling Soda Out Window
(Original Caption) 7/20/1944-Port Chicago, CA- The absence of windows, which were shattered by the Port Chicago munitions ship blast, doesn't hamper this enterprising drug store proprietor

Background imageBroken Collection: Broken Pavement Awash W/Water On Street

Broken Pavement Awash W/Water On Street
(Original Caption) 5/25/45-New York, New York- A portion of Madison Avenue between 77th and 78th streets was uprooted today

Background imageBroken Collection: Ozzie Smith with Broken Bat On Swing

Ozzie Smith with Broken Bat On Swing
(Original Caption) 5/7/1990-St. Louis, MOSt Louis Cardinals Ozzie Smith breaks his bat on a checked swing against Cincinnati Reds pitcher Tom Browning in the third inning

Background imageBroken Collection: Cast of I Love Lucy

Cast of I Love Lucy
(Original Caption) Battling foursome consists of Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, William Frawley and Desi Arnaz

Background imageBroken Collection: Cathedral Nave Showing Major Fire Damage

Cathedral Nave Showing Major Fire Damage
(Original Caption) 12/23/1952-Manchester, NH- The charged remains of St

Background imageBroken Collection: Rocky Marciano Headshot In Headgear

Rocky Marciano Headshot In Headgear
(Original Caption) 4/14/1953-New York

Background imageBroken Collection: Gleason On Crutches, Four Ladies Rehears

Gleason On Crutches, Four Ladies Rehears
(Original Caption) 3/18/1954-New York

Background imageBroken Collection: Scarecrow with Crow on His Shoulder

Scarecrow with Crow on His Shoulder
(Original Caption) Photograph ca. 1955 of a scarecrow with crow sitting on his shoulder

Background imageBroken Collection: Rock Hudson Wheels Director

Rock Hudson Wheels Director
Rock Hudson pushes the wheelchair of his director on Battle Hymn, Douglas Sirk, while his co-star Dan Duryea kneels beside the chair. 1956

Background imageBroken Collection: Henry Fonda and Vera Miles in The Wrong Man

Henry Fonda and Vera Miles in The Wrong Man
(Original Caption) 1957-Henry Fonda and Vera Miles are shown in a movie still from "The Wrong Man, " directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Background imageBroken Collection: Marilyn Monroe Holds Broken Dress Strap

Marilyn Monroe Holds Broken Dress Strap
(Original Caption) 2/9/56-New York: Marilyn Monroe exhibits no panic as she holds a broken dress strap and a small army of photographers keep their cameras busy, Feb

Background imageBroken Collection: Wrong Door Joe DiMaggio Broke

Wrong Door Joe DiMaggio Broke
(Original Caption) This is a photograph of the "Wrong Door" that has been the focal point of the state Senate "Private Eye" probe in Los Angeles

Background imageBroken Collection: Mrs. Roy Campanella

Mrs. Roy Campanella
(Original Caption) 1/28/1958-Glen Cove, NY: Mrs

Background imageBroken Collection: Cast of Green Acres Looking at Washing Machine

Cast of Green Acres Looking at Washing Machine
(Original Caption) A scene from the long-running television series Green Acres

Background imageBroken Collection: Marilyn Monroe's Broken Bedroom Window

Marilyn Monroe's Broken Bedroom Window
The bedroom window of actress Marilyn Monroe was broken by the doctor who found her dead from suicide. The doctor had to break into the locked room after he was called by a housekeeper

Background imageBroken Collection: Firefighter Examining Bars over Window

Firefighter Examining Bars over Window
(Original Caption) 11/4/1964- Chicago, IL- Eight persons, including five members of one family died 11/4, in a fire that swept through an apartment hotel here

Background imageBroken Collection: M. Rooney, J. Mathis & Judy Garland

M. Rooney, J. Mathis & Judy Garland
(Original Caption) 9/14/1965-Hollywood, CA: Mickey Rooney, Johnny Mathis and Judy Garland seem to be enjoying themselves royally as they perform

Background imageBroken Collection: Steam Pours From Sewer On Flooded Street

Steam Pours From Sewer On Flooded Street
(Original Caption) 9/20/65-New York, New York- Steam pours skyward from manhole on 3rd Avenue and 41st Street early Sept

Background imageBroken Collection: Rob and Laura Petrie with a Broken Telephone

Rob and Laura Petrie with a Broken Telephone
Actors Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore portray husband and wife characters, Rob and Laura Petrie, on the Dick Van Dyke Show

Background imageBroken Collection: Boy Seen Through Broken Window

Boy Seen Through Broken Window
(Original Caption) 8/8/1968-Miami, FL A Negro youth is framed by the shattered window of a store hit by the riot. Negroes looted stores in the slum area of the city

Background imageBroken Collection: Boys Peer Under Buckled Concrete Road

Boys Peer Under Buckled Concrete Road
(Original Caption) 2/9/71-Sylmar, Califronia-Two boys look under a section of buckled concrete in downtown Sylmar, CA, about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles

Background imageBroken Collection: Damage Done to Pieta by Michelangelo Buonarroti

Damage Done to Pieta by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo's sculpture was seriously damaged by a hammer-wielding Hungarian resident of Australia, Laszlo Toth. | Located in: St. Peter's Basilica

Background imageBroken Collection: Night Flood In Midtown Street W/Cars

Night Flood In Midtown Street W/Cars
(Original Caption) 12/4/77-New York, New Yok- A water main at 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue here broke late 12/3, buckling the pavement, sinking manhole covers and knocking out service to some 11

Background imageBroken Collection: Willie Stargell W/Splintered Bat

Willie Stargell W/Splintered Bat
(Original Caption) 10/13/1979-Pittsburgh, PA- No, the Pirates aren't playing the World Series with broken bats. Willie Stargell just splintered his

Background imageBroken Collection: Darryl Dawkins Shatters the Backboard

Darryl Dawkins Shatters the Backboard
Philadelphia center Darryl Dawkins shatters the backboard support with a slam dunk 38 seconds into the third period

Background imageBroken Collection: Death Of A Chimney

Death Of A Chimney
July 1928: A tall chimney breaking in half as it falls into a graveyard, at Dover in southern England. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBroken Collection: Pinned fractured hip, X-ray

Pinned fractured hip, X-ray
Pinned fractured hip

Background imageBroken Collection: Op art

Op art

Background imageBroken Collection: Breakers Yard

Breakers Yard
October 1966: Defunct cars ready to be broken up and recycled at the Kernahan and Son Ltd scrapyard at Hammersmith, London. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Background imageBroken Collection: La Fontaines Fables - Man and the Wooden Idol

La Fontaines Fables - Man and the Wooden Idol
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. Man and the Wooden Idol

Background imageBroken Collection: La Fontaines Fables - Milkmaid and the milk pail

La Fontaines Fables - Milkmaid and the milk pail
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Milk maid and the milk pail

Background imageBroken Collection: The beaten knight and his squire

The beaten knight and his squire
" The beaten knight and his squire, a scene from Don Quixote. Engraving from 1870. Engraving by Gustave Dore, Photo by D Walker."

Background imageBroken Collection: La Fontaines Fables - Milk Maid and the Milkpail

La Fontaines Fables - Milk Maid and the Milkpail
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Milk Maid and the Milk Pail

Background imageBroken Collection: Public phones lying on sidewalk

Public phones lying on sidewalk
abandoned, broken, communication, communications, conceptual, day, mobile, nobody, outdoor, pay, phone, public, receiver, sidewalk, still life, talk, telephone, traditional, trash, useless

Background imageBroken Collection: West Pier Remains Brighton

West Pier Remains Brighton
The Pier was designed and engineered by Eugenius Birch to attract visitors and survive in the hostile environment of the seashore

Background imageBroken Collection: Black and white illustration of jar containing flour, mixing bowl and egg shells

Black and white illustration of jar containing flour, mixing bowl and egg shells

Background imageBroken Collection: Statue of the goddess Nike, Ephesus, Turkey

Statue of the goddess Nike, Ephesus, Turkey
Stone carving of the goddess Nike at the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus. The sports equipment company Nike, Inc. is named after the Greek goddess Nike

Background imageBroken Collection: Anatomy, Biology, Broken, Close-Up, Color Image, Colored Background, Forearm, Fracture

Anatomy, Biology, Broken, Close-Up, Color Image, Colored Background, Forearm, Fracture, Healthcare And Medicine, Human Arm, Human Bone, Human Figure, Human Hand, Photography, Radius, The Human Body

Background imageBroken Collection: Woman changing flat tire on car

Woman changing flat tire on car
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Woman changing flat tire on car

Background imageBroken Collection: Hills eroded after deforestation and air pollution for copper mining near Queenstown

Hills eroded after deforestation and air pollution for copper mining near Queenstown, Lunar Landscape, Tasmania, Australia

Background imageBroken Collection: Dead wood with insect gnaw marks and holes in the wood, Germany

Dead wood with insect gnaw marks and holes in the wood, Germany

Background imageBroken Collection: Messy torn wire end

Messy torn wire end
Still life of cut thick wire end all fuzzy and messy

Background imageBroken Collection: Alarm clock broken down into individual parts

Alarm clock broken down into individual parts

Background imageBroken Collection: Abu Simbel palace in Egypt

Abu Simbel palace in Egypt

Background imageBroken Collection: Ruined marble columns in front of Parthenon

Ruined marble columns in front of Parthenon
Athens, Attica, Greece

Background imageBroken Collection: Men fighting around a table

Men fighting around a table
A convivial evening with friends goes all wrong when all the men start fighting each other, on and around the table. From Handley Cross; or, Mr

Background imageBroken Collection: arches, architecture, building, broken, black & white, black + white, black and white

arches, architecture, building, broken, black & white, black + white, black and white
arches, architecture, building, broken, black & white, black + white, , Vintage Black & White, 86498674

Background imageBroken Collection: Medium group of abandoned mannequins in warehouse

Medium group of abandoned mannequins in warehouse, hifg angle view

Background imageBroken Collection: Alluring Doorways

Alluring Doorways
Fine Art Storehouse Subjects: Alluring Doorways

Background imageBroken Collection: Old London Building 1802

Old London Building 1802
Beaumont House, Butcher Row, Temple Bar, ašetching Published in London ašView of the old houses on Butcher Row; street traders on pavement in front

Background imageBroken Collection: The West Prospect of Rochester Cathedral, 1660

The West Prospect of Rochester Cathedral, 1660
This is an antique print from the series The Cathedrall and Conventuall Churches of England and Wales Orthographically delineated

Background imageBroken Collection: Foxy Michelin Man - River Sligachan Ice Abstraction #3

Foxy Michelin Man - River Sligachan Ice Abstraction #3
Isolated ice pockets create interesting visual abstract shapes, textures, and patterns

Background imageBroken Collection: Ice Serpent - River Sligachan Ice Abstraction #7

Ice Serpent - River Sligachan Ice Abstraction #7
Isolated ice pockets create interesting visual abstract shapes, textures, and patterns

Background imageBroken Collection: Frozen bubble

Frozen bubble
A macro shot of a frozen soap bubble on freshly fallen snow, at sunset. You can clearly see the structure of the freezing frost and purple and green colours in the soap bubble. Nice bokeh background

Background imageBroken Collection: Ruins in Harran

Ruins in Harran
Tonnaja Travel Photography, 485007085

Background imageBroken Collection: Abandoned residence engraving 1873

Abandoned residence engraving 1873
Facts for Farmers - Materials fror Land-owners about Domestic Animals, Gardens and Vineyards, Edited by Solon Robinson in Two Volumens New York, A.J.Johnson 1873

Background imageBroken Collection: Jean-Baptiste Greuze A girl with a broken jug

Jean-Baptiste Greuze A girl with a broken jug
Illustration of a Jean-Baptiste Greuze A girl with a broken jug

Background imageBroken Collection: Home sweet home

Home sweet home
Abandoned derelict hut on the isle of Harris

Background imageBroken Collection: Liberty - River Sligachan Ice Abstraction #4

Liberty - River Sligachan Ice Abstraction #4
Isolated ice pockets create interesting visual abstract shapes, textures, and patterns

Background imageBroken Collection: Leaf frozen in lake at sunset

Leaf frozen in lake at sunset
A colorful fall oak-tree leaf frozen on the icy surface at Devils Lake State Park during sunset, Baraboo, Wisconsin



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