Bucket Collection (#13)

J Hassall. Jack & Jill
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water... 20th century

VIIIme Exposition Suisse D Agriculture (2 / 3)
Promotional postcard for the VIIIme Exposition Suisse D Agriculture (8th Swiss Agricultural Exhibition) at Lausanne, Switzerland (2/3) Date: 1910

Family & Beach Cricket
A family pose for a photograph on the beach at Weston-super-Mare in front of the Grand Pier with all their beach toys: cricket bat and stumps, a racquet and ball

Washing Oysters / Photo
OYSTER INDUSTRY - fishermen washing oysters Date: 1930

Wheel of gipsy caravan with bucket
The wheel of a gipsy caravan with a metal bucket sitting next to it

His Artistic Temperament by Muriel Dawson
A little boy in yellow shorts tests out his creativity on a pail of paint that has been rather carelessly left on the floor

Sunny Boy by Muriel Dawson
A jolly little boy in a bathing suit having fun on the beach

Off We Go by Muriel Dawson
A little girl, laden with toys, bucket and spade heads off excitedly to the beach

Part of a room to let, East End of London
Interior of a house in the East End of London where the demand for cheap accommodation was such that even a part of a room might be sub-let as indicated by the notice on the window

House interior, East End of London
The interior of a house in the East End of London. A woman has her hands in a wooden wash tub and further buckets are on the floor nearby

Girl pouring water from a tin into a bucket
A girl in a summer dress pouring water from a large tin into a plastic bucket

Three workmen stop for a cup of tea on a snowy day
Three workmen stop for a welcome cup of tea on a snowy winters day. (2 of 2)

Woman filling a bucket from an outdoor tap
A middle aged woman filling a bucket with water from an outdoor tap near the sea. She is wearing dark clothes and a headscarf

Summer Holidays in the British Isles with Thomas Cook
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a little girl in a swimsuit with a bucket and spade, playing in a rock pool on the beach

High Tide by Muriel Dawson
A child in a striped bathing suit and large green straw hat, has fun in the sea playing with a bucket. Date: c.1930

One Pail Full by Muriel Dawson
A small child with a shock of blonde curls gets busy at the beach filling a bucket with sea water

Oh Look by Muriel Dawson
A toddler sits playing in the sand on a beach wearing a green sun dress and a huge wide brimmed sun hat, and is surprised to see a small crab appear in her bucket of sand

The Sunbather by Muriel Dawson
Back view of a little girl dressed in a swimsuit and sun bonnet while playing with a bucket on a sandy beach

Feet First by Muriel Dawson
A toddler wearing a sunsuit ventures cautiously into the shallows at the seaside carrying a bucket and spade

Little girl paddling, with bucket
A little girl paddling, with a bucket in her hand. She is wearing a knitted swimsuit

Man and woman of Vienna, Austria. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

New Year Card - Girl with feather in her hat

Family group on a Channel crossing
A happy family group pose for their photograph on the ferry as they cross the English Channel for a holiday. There are two women, two girls and a boy

Mother and daughter on the rocks
A mother and her daughter sit on the rocks at a seaside resort. The little girl is trying to mend the handle on her bucket, which has a picture of Mickey Mouse on it

Nurse dries baby after bath
A hospital nurse dries a baby with a towel after bathing it

Sidi-bou-Medine, Algeria - The Koubba Wells
A superb photograph of a man and a young boy at the Wells of Koubba at Sidi bou Medine, Algeria. The gentleman (right) is possibly the Well operator?

Beppu Hot Springs, Japan - the seashore
Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred

Moorish Woman at the well
A Moorish Algerian woman raising water from a well in a small wooden bucket

Beppu - Sand Baths at the Hot Springs
Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred

A free water vendor, Turkey
A free water vendor, who nonetheless would always receive a token payment for his liquid provision

Salonica - Group of Women from Kiretch-Kieuy, drawing water from a well (albeit one in the photographers studio!)

Istanbul - Ancient Fountain at Scutari (Uskudar)

The milk maids morning
A young milk maid walks down the path, carrying her stool and bucket, ready for a morning spent milking

Street coffee House - Constantinople
A street coffee house in Constantinople (Istanbul). The gentleman seated on left is smoking a pipe of great length, whilst the standing coffee house owner on the right holds a coffee cup

Elderly Turkish wandering Dervish. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Phyllis is my Only Joy
Two Dutch children walk along the coast, bucket and fishing rod in hand, the boy gazing fondly at the girl

Gas Council advertisement 1954
Advertisement by the Gas Council stressing that the gas industry makes the best use of the nations coal, allowing busy housewives the luxury of instant hot water with Mr Therms Sink Water-heaters

Collecting water in Kashgar, western China
People collecting water in Kashgar, western China, and carrying it in buckets on poles across their shoulders. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

People collecting water, Kashgar, western China
People collecting water in Kashgar, western China, using buckets on poles. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Filling water jara at a well - Syris
Syria - Three chaps filling up large water jars at a well

Playing on the Beach
A group of holidaying children play on the beach, making sandcastles, finding starfish and digging with a bucket and spade

Pistachio nut seller - Izmir, Turkey
A Pistachio nut seller from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Baby Camel Dromedary
A baby camel with a rather flat looking hump -- it will need to drink more water

The Ironmongers Shop. A little girl amid the metal tools, pails, buckets, kettles, cans, scythes and rakes in an Ironmongers store

Great Well - Carisbrooke Castle
The Great Well at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, powered by a donkey in a wheel!

Shadoof - Egyptian irrigation system
Two Egyptian men operate a Shadoof - Egyptian irrigation system - the pivot arm lifts a bucket which raises water onto a higher field level

Seaside scene - Turn of the Century
A seaside/holiday scene from the turn of the 19th/20th century. Children play in the sand and in the surf while elegantly dressed parents promenade

Children paddling and finding sea creatures
Four young girls paddling at the edge of the sea and examining the crabs and starfish they have found in the shallow water and placed in their buckets. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

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