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Page from a catalogue, Kunzle Chocolate List, showing two luxury presentation boxes. Date: 1937
Seamstress, Paris, early 19th century, in lace bonnet and collar. Handcolored copperplate engraving by Gatine after an illustration by Louis-Marie Lante from Tradeswomen of Paris, Paris, 1823
Caricature of the Duke de la Force laden with boxes, 1721.. Henri Jacques Nompar de Caumont, Duke de la Force, depicted with columnar legs and laden with boxes and jugs
WW1 - Indian Machine Gun Crews in France Date: 1915
Girls at work making ammunition boxes, WW1Young women manufacturing ammunition boxes, fixing together the dovetailed pieces at an unidentified British factory during the First World War. Date: 1915
WW2 birthday card, ducks in helmetsWW2 birthday card, two ducks in tin helmets with gas mask boxes. Date: circa 1942
Cartoon, A dry telegram, WW1Cartoon, A dry telegram, showing a chef (a spy) writing to his boss, that after eight days the boxes of rubbish have contained nothing of diplomatic interest. Date: 1915
ChimesAn automated musical instrument that chimes, somewhat similar to those used in miniature in musical boxes. See picture 10809687 for a similar chiming machine in action
Scouts landing food, Argostolion, Kefalonia, GreeceScouts landing food at Argostolion, Kefalonia, Greece. Four earthquakes hit the island in August 1953, destroying many buildings; the scouts helped with clearing up and humanitarian aid activities
Lectures at the Front, WW1A lecture on scouting by a British officer in a small theatre behind the firing line on the Western Front. The audience, comprising British officers
J C Vickery sugar boxes, WW1 rationingAdvertisement for J. C. Vickery and their silver sugar boxes, a convenient receptacle for taking sugar to restaurants and cafes when rationing came into force during the latter stages of the First
Opera at Covent Garden, London. Date: 1913
Women taking finished goods to market, GermanyThree young German women taking finished goods to market, Germany
Suffragette Pillar Box Outrage. Well-dressed man, possibly drunk has slipped on pavement next to a red pillar (post) box, losing his top hat. Caption reads, Another Pillar Box Outrage
Votes for Women Bill Posting. Suffragettes Keenly sticking bills on everything - Policemen, letter boxes, dogs and even walls. Date: circa 1910
Firefighters in action, Mitre Wharf, Scrubs Lane, NW10Firefighters in action with hosepipes at a rubber dump fire, Mitre Wharf, Scrubs Lane, NW10, on 5 June 1958. Date: 1958
Firefighters in action, Calders Wharf, East LondonFirefighters in action at a fire in Calders Wharf, East London, 21 May 1955. Seen here with hosepipes, cooling down barrels of collodion cotton and boxes of paint
New LFB recruit being measured for uniformA new LFB recruit being measured for his uniform
New LFB recruit being kitted out with uniformA new LFB recruit being kitted out with his uniform
Dri-ped advertisement with WaC women, WW1Advertisement for Dri-Ped waterproof leather footwear with an illustration depicting a group of women of the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps loading a cargo of Dri-Ped boxes at the docks. Date: 1918
Boys of the 10th Calgary Scout Troop, Canada, fixing up home-made nest boxes in a tree
Eve and her luxuries, WW1Eve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine, pictured surrounded by some of her favourite luxury items - hats, dresses and lingerie
Sewing boxes and baskets, WW1Fitted sewing box and a floor standing sewing box, available from Mark Cross Ltd of Regent Street. Perfect for the many ladies sewing for soldiers and sailors during the First World War. Date: 1914
Maori Ornamental Wooden Carvings - New Zealand. They are an image of Rangihaeata carved by himself, the stern-post of a large canoe, carved boxes for tail feathers, the head of a carved wooden spear
Buying games for the Tatler scheme, WW1Cartoon showing a lady leaving her car after spending a day buying various games to contriubte to the Tatler magazines Games Bureau
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett writing a despatch, Dardanelles, WW1Ellis Ashmead-Barlett (1881-1931), British war correspondent, pictured at his typewriter resting on ammunition boxes after the landing at Anafarta, writing a despatch
A night at Covent Garden Opera House, 1925An impression by the artist Fortunino Matania of the interior of the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in 1925. A performance of Richard Strauss " Elecktra" is portrayed
Stacks of provisions, Western Front, France, WW1Stacks of boxed provisions on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British soldiers with shells, Western Front, WW1British soldiers with a large stack of shells on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Japanese troops carry ashes in TokyoReturned from the front line during the war with China, Japanese troops march through Tokyo carrying boxes containing the ashes of their comrades who have died during the conflict Date: 1937-1945
British soldier with improvised sentry box, WW1A British soldier standing guard outside an improvised sentry box made of German ammunition containers, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Bonzo the cartoon dog springing out of a box. Bonzos Annual, 1935 Date: 1935
LimehouseScene in a Limehouse Street in London with two-horse coal cart ridden by two tradesmen passing a stationary cart piled high with large boxes and crates Date: 1930s
Advert for Dubarry gift cases 1934A seletion of beautifully decorated gift cases from Dubarry, including perfume, flower scented bath crystals, fragant talcum powder, 2 tablets complexion soap and handkerchief puff. Date: 1934
Business card design, woman with shoppingBusiness card design, depicting a woman out shopping with two large boxes containing the latest fashions. Date: 20th century
Waterside scene with jetty, houses and church, ScotlandA waterside scene in Scotland with a jetty, houses and a church. Barrels can be seen piled up on the left
Landing stores at LundyA small rowing boat lands stores on the beach at the Island of Lundy. Around 1645, Barbary Pirates under command of the Dutch renegade Jan Janszoon operating from the Moroccan port of SalÚá»ccupied
The Fishing Fleets in the North Sea: A Night Scene off the DA picture by Fortunio Matania depicting the smaller boats delivering their boxes of fish to a carrier. The large carrier is the first to transport the fish from the trawlers
Musical box by Nicoles FreresMusic boxes by Regina and Polyphon. Also pictured is an Edison phonograph. Date: c.1900
Flying MelonsBoxes of Ogen melons waiting to be loaded onto a plane at Lod (now Ben Gurion International) airport, Tel Aviv, Israel. Date: 1960s
Diabolo RevivalThis young woman, working in a toy shop, shows off many boxes of the game Diabolo, a craze sweeping through the nation. Date: early 1930s
Retail therapyA man accompanying hes wife shopping. Date: 1926
Japan - Geisha Girls eating noodles Date: circa 1905
WW2 - Home front - British housewives queue to buy eggsOctober, 1940 - British housewives queue to buy eggs, both domestically sourced and supplied from the Dominions - in this case, Canada. Date: 1940
The Packing Warehouses - Bournville, Birmingham, EnglandThe Packing Warehouses - Cadbury Chocolate Factory Bournville, Birmingham, England Date: circa 1904
A decorative box seller and three geisha customers - Japan Date: circa 1906
Three boys on a desert island captured by an indigenous man, who nails their packing case clothing to a long pole and carries them away midst weeping sore and wailing. Date: 1898
Three schoolboys on a desert island meet an indigenous man Date: 1898