Cracking Collection

Enigma code machine
Four-rotor Enigma encoder used by Germany in World War II to send coded messages. The codes, which were changed daily, were cracked by the Bletchley Park codebreakers in the UK including

Polar bear (ursus maritimus) in Billefjorden, near Pyramiden, in western Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard

Opening a safe by mind reading (via involuntary muscle movement) Date: 1900

There she sat and would have remained sitting a long time if there had not been a rustling
492397 There she sat and would have remained sitting a long time if there had not been a rustling and cracking in the boughs of the nearest tree

Grassy plants and a log in a field in summer, Lower Yukon River, Mountain Village, Alaska, USA
Close-up of wild, green grassy plants in a field with an old fallen tree log in the middle in Summer, Lower Yukon River; Mountain Village, Western Alaska, Alaska, United States of America

Ice Breaker Ermac, 1899 (oil on canvas)
TW427208 Ice Breaker Ermac, 1899 (oil on canvas) by Tolidze, S. (fl.1899); 80.8 x 118.3 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; eTyne & Wear Archives & Museums; out of copyright

Collapsing Floors (Colour Litho)
2777994 Collapsing Floors (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The collapsing floors)

During a school excursion, five young people from a German village had started skating... (colour litho)
2777920 During a school excursion, five young people from a German village had started skating... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The bombing on the ice (colour litho)
2783970 The bombing on the ice (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The ice bombing)

Babies hatching from eggs in eggcups (b / w photo)
3091208 Babies hatching from eggs in eggcups (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Babies hatching from eggs in eggcups. Postcard, early 20th century)

Suede bolete and red cracking bolete
Suede bolete, Xerocomus subtomentosus (Boletus subtomentosus), and red cracking bolete, Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Boletus chrysenteron)

Terrible accident in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris (colour litho)
2779368 Terrible accident in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Terrible accident in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris)

An iced-in British whaleboat is liberated by the suns rays, Baffin Bay, July 1817
STC175884 An iced-in British whaleboat is liberated by the suns rays, Baffin Bay, July 1817, from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne, Volume I, plate 21, by Jules Ferrario

Ice tragedy (colour litho)
2783753 Ice tragedy (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ice tragedy. Eight children skating on the ice of a pond in Pomerania sank into the water due to)

Easter Card (colour photo)
3096122 Easter Card (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Easter Card. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Returning from a baptism, a Romanian family passing by sled over a frozen river... (colour litho)
2778231 Returning from a baptism, a Romanian family passing by sled over a frozen river... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Returning from a baptism)

The expedition to the South Pole by the well-known explorer Larsen has been dramatically cut short... (colour litho)
2778139 The expedition to the South Pole by the well-known explorer Larsen has been dramatically cut short... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Armorel of Lyonesse, A Romance of To-Day, by Walter Besant (engraving)
1626721 Armorel of Lyonesse, A Romance of To-Day, by Walter Besant (engraving) by Barnard, Frederick (1846-96) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Armorel of Lyonesse, A Romance of To-Day)

CREIGHTON GLASS WORKS
Cracking off the end of the glass cylinder at the Creighton glass works, Pittsburgh USA Date: circa 1880

Cracked clay on pan floor at Deadvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Hardap Region, Namibia
Dead trees stand guard over Deadvlei in Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia; the pan once had water from the Tsauchab river

Patterns in mud cracks in drought area

A Cracked Crashed Cracking Ground title object
A Cracked Crashed Cracking Ground (title on object) Several ships series [G] (series title), A Cracked Crashed River with a sloop beside it

There She Sat And Would Have Remained Sitting A Long Time If There Had Not Been A Rustling And Cracking In The Boughs Of The Nearest Tree

Yellow Bush Wildflowers
yellow flowers in the middle of the Australia bush still managed to grow even in these dry conditions. Nature at its finest

Cracked Earth
The cracking up of the earth has not deterred these yellow wildflowers

Flowering Magic
A landscape photograph of wome yellow wildflowers pushing up through the cracked earth

adversity, alone, ar, augmented reality, cloud, color image, computer graphic, concept
Frustrated cracking woman in drought

Barrymores 4 in hand
Lord Barrymore drives his four-in-hand at a cracking pace... Date: circa 1790

Beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica, edible, and red cracking bolete, Xerocomus chrysenteron.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Bairnsfather Ware ashtray - Out since Mons Grimwades
Bairnsfather Ware ashtray. Out since Mons. Grimwades Made by the Girls of Staffordshire. on reverse. Minor cracking. Bairnsfather Ware

Evolution of a chicken within an egg, and a chicken recently emerged from the egg
KW478326 Evolution of a chicken within an egg, and a chicken recently emerged from the egg, from El Mundo Ilustrado, published Barcelona, 1880 (colour litho) by European School

Picture No. 11073576
Musk-Ox spar by cracking heads on the coastal plain Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Two Musk-Ox spar on the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic Ocean

Dried mud along White Canyon, Utah

Severe cracking on an apple fruit in dry weather

Golden delicious apples severely affected by apple scab, Venturia inaequalis

Potato (Solanum tuberosum) crop, flowering in field, with cracks in soil due to dry weather, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, August

Drought, cracked soil at edge of arable field, Sweden, May

Raw egg dripping from eggshell, cracked over flour in glass bowl, side view

Raw egg dripping from shell being cracked over glass bowl, egg carton and whisk by sides of bowl, chopped vegetables on wooden board in background

Hand holding nutcracker, gripping a walnut

Halved walnut, close up

Pieces of dry soil resting in palm of hand above soil surface, close up

Using lobster crackers to crack open claw shells of a cooked lobster

Hands cutting crab claw with nutcracker, close-up

Holding coconut in blue and white towel while hitting shell with hammer, close up

Whole hazel nuts and walnuts, cracked hazel nut by nutcracker

Hands cracking egg over glass bowl, side view

Lobster shell broken open

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"Cracking the Code: From Enigma Machines to Safe Cracking and Beyond" In the world of secrets and mysteries, cracking holds a special allure. Just like the skilled codebreakers who deciphered the Enigma machine during World War II, we find ourselves captivated by the art of unraveling enigmas. Imagine standing before a sturdy safe, its metal exterior hiding treasures or classified documents within. The anticipation builds as you meticulously work through combinations, listening for that satisfying click when you finally crack it open. Meanwhile, in Billefjorden near Pyramiden on western Spitsbergen, an unlikely scene unfolds. A majestic polar bear sits upon icy terrain, surrounded by silence and solitude. But there she sat only briefly before being startled by a rustling and cracking sound from above – nature's way of reminding her that she is not alone. From fairy tales to winter tragedies captured in vivid color lithographs, cracks appear throughout our collective imagination. Arthur Rackham's illustration depicts "The Goose Girl at the Well, " where suspense hangs in the air until a sudden cracking noise breaks the stillness. Nature itself showcases its power with images like "The River That Swallows, " swallowing everything in its path with an ominous crackling sound echoing through canyons. Yet amidst this grandeur lies simplicity too – grassy plants sway gently while logs rest peacefully under summer sun along Alaska's Lower Yukon River. Even man-made structures succumb to forces beyond their control. The Ice Breaker Ermac battles against frozen waters with tremendous force; breaking ice apart with resounding cracks as it paves way for others to follow. But not all cracks bring destruction; some reveal hidden wonders beneath collapsing floors or within eggs hatching delicately into life itself. In these moments of vulnerability and emergence lies hope and new beginnings.