Trying Collection

Biba Style
A woman trying on a minidress in one of Londons hippest boutiques, Biba. (Photo by Stephan C Archetti/Getty Images)

Scene From Last Of The Mohicans
Illustration of a scene from James Fenimore Coopers 1826 novel Last of the Mohicans: a Narrative of 1757 shows two men on horseback in European clothes

Testing Aircraft
14th October 1943: A Royal Airforce Mosquito being tested at the de Havilland factory. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Unites States Westward Expansion
Illustration of emigrants trying to cross the plains during a harsh winter. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Gas Masks
7th April 1927: Scots Guards trying on their gas masks before sailing to China. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cat Operator
16th February 1934: Ginger, a young cat trying to join in the conversation, when the phone is answered. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Captured Tanks
circa 1917: Germans testing the climbing powers of captured British tanks, redecorated in German colours. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Unlucky Romeo
circa 1860: An aspiring Romeo tries to climb to his beloved Juliets balcony but finds the lid of a water butt is not safe to stand

Trying To Watch The Game
A group of children trying to watch a baseball game at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York circa 1920. (Photo by Paul Thompson/FPG/Getty Images)

Take Off
18th August 1908: The Bellamy aeroplane at full throttle trying to fly during its trials at Petersham Meadows, Weybridge. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Seven Day Challenge
1926: Unskilled builders undertaking a challenge to break the worlds record in house building by trying to build a two storey workmens dwelling in less than seven days

Otter Hounds
1911: The Northern Counties Otter Hounds at work on the edge of a river, trying to find the kill. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Kings Cutter
28th May 1930: The Kings cutter Britannia during a special Solent Regatta of the Royal Thames Yacht Club arranged for the testing of Sir Thomas Liptons Americas Cup challenger Shamrock V

Crowded Buses
3rd February 1919: Crowds trying to board buses during a London tube strike. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bucking Bull
29th July 1927: A competitor in the Calgary Rodeo attempting to stay on a bull which is attempting to shake him off. (Photo by W. J. Oliver/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bluebell Backstage
November 1955: Jacquie Pring of Torquay tries on costumes backstage as she begins her career as a Bluebell Girl in the famous Paris Lido show in France. (Photo by John Sadovy/BIPs/Getty Images)

Station Commotion
circa 1860: Crowds trying to get into the carriages at Crystal Palace railway station at the end of a fete day. Original Artwork

Hindenburg Fire
The German-built dirigible Hindenburg (Zeppelin LZ 129) catches fire in the stern while trying to land at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey

Thunderbolts
15th March 1944: US Thunderbolts lined up for testing after their arrival in Britain prior to the D Day invasions. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Keystone/Getty Images)

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