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Farmer and team of working horses plough a fieldA team of two heavy horses plough a field, watched by a large crow and a pet springer spaniel. Watercolour painting by Malcom Greensmith Date: circa 1980
A Miner Success by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon" They must ave ad some good news or somethin, Alf; you can ear em cheerin quite plain." Two British Tommies, Bill and Alf
When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman. 1892
Two miners in a narrow coal seam, South WalesTwo miners, one of them quite young, working in a narrow coal seam in a mine in South Wales
Dig for Victory poster - WWIIWorld War Two poster encouraging British civilians to dig for victory, featuring somebody doing just that
Digging Golf BunkerMen busy preparing the 8th bunker at Princes golf course, Sandwich, Kent, in readiness for the Open Championship in June
WW2 - Recycling cans to aid war effort in East Ham, LondonWW2 - Recycling tin cans to aid the war effort in East Ham, London - April, 1940. Date: 1940
Petrie at DaphneThe Pharoahs Palace at Daphne being excavated by renowned archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853 - 1942) who devoted his life to studying Egyptian culture
Sikh Troops DiggingSikh infantry in the British army digging communication trenches and laying cables to connect up advanced positions
Rasselas and Imlac digging a tunnelRasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, together with his companion, the wise man Imlac, digging a tunnel in order to escape the Happy Valley and see what life is like beyond it
Raleigh / Potatoes / IrelandSIR WALTER RALEIGH English navigator supervising the first planting of potatoes in Ireland
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Tsarevitch, Grand Duchess TatianTsar Nicholas II of Russia pictured with two of his children, the Grand Duchess Tatiana and Alexei, the Tsarevitch, building a fortification from snow in the grounds of the Imperial Palace at
Shetland Islands - Cutting a peat bankA Crofter cutting a peat bank on The Shetland Islands, Scotland. Date: circa 1920s
Pompeii Excavation, 1751Carlo III di Borbone visits the first excavations at Pompeii
Leonardesque model. Trench-digging machine. Model. TechnologLeonardesque model. Trench-digging machine. Drawing of a digger for excavating trenches or channels. Manuscript L, sheet 76v, 1497-1502. Model. The science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci
Mine and Countermine by Heath RobinsonA tunnelling stand off between a British and German soldier with the German soldier eventually burrowing so deeply he falls out of the other side of the world. Date: 1915
Hard lines on the hard court by George StuddyHard lines on the hard court -- the Bonzolines dig in their search for the ball, which Bonzo is holding in his mouth. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo
Rabbits, I believe by George StuddyBonzo and brother cannot think what a nice round hole if for unless it be a rabbits doorway! Bonzo, the comic, canine creation of George Studdy totally ruins the ninth hole on a golf course by
Digging for gold in ScotlandThe Sutherlandshire gold diggings in Scotland. A sketch of men searching for gold at Kildonan Burn
Hissarlik (Troy) DiggingA clear example of the excavation style of Heinrich Schliemann at Hissarlik, cutting through later occupation levels, actually missing Homerian deposits!
Salt mine, near Cracow 1870Salt mine of Wielitska, near Cracow, Poland, workmen deep down in the mines, chipping away at the salt. Date: 1870
Hulluch underground system 1918Hulluch underground system known as Charing Cross near Loos. The 3rd Australian Tunnel Company engaged in defensive work on the Western Front in France during World War I in January 1918
Aa Parmentier / P JournalANTOINE-AUGUSTIN PARMENTIER Centenary celebration of the man who introduced the potato to France
Sappers & Miners / Hill 60Sappers and miners of the Royal Engineers drive a tunnel under Hill 60 at Ypres, obliterated by a mine fired by the British in April 1915
Clam Diggers sorting and grading their pickings, Boston, USAClam Diggers sorting and grading their pickings - Boston, Massachusetts, USA Date: circa 1910s
Peabody and John BullGEORGE PEABODY the American philanthropist shames John Bull into digging into his own pocket to help Londons homeless. Date: 1860S
A Devon beach sceneA Devon Beach Scene. Two young boys in coast and caps build a sandcastle. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
CLAN ROSEClan ROSE engaged in digging peat
Miner at coal face -3Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990
Miner at coal face -2Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990
Trinidad and Tobago - Pitch Lake at La Brea - Loading Pitch - British West Indies.. This particular truck has an M.G.W (Maximum Gross Weight) of 3 tonnes. Date: circa 1910s
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - There is still a lot to doThe war is over. The message on the back by Churchill exhorts There is still a lot to do. The card, captioned Love for Love, carries the senders message Dear Granny
Trades in Regency England: blacksmith, Jappanner and goats. Blacksmith with hammer and anvil in front of a forge in the Forest of Dean 43, man showing a Japanned or lacquered tray in Pontypool 44
Poster, The need is growing, Dig for Victory still, WW2Poster, The need is growing, Dig for Victory still. 1940s
Boys and girls taking part in a Communist Youth labour camp in former Yugoslavia. They were working on a river project. Date: 1963
Labourer Mr Idris Silman takes a break, Tredegar, WalesMr Idris Silman, a manual labourer, takes a short break while digging up the road in Tredegar, South Wales. He sits on the raised pavement with his shovel. The Sunday Times Date: 1988
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 2Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 1Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Miner at coal face -1Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990
Potato digging machines Moorhead Minnesota USA early 1900s
WW1 Training Lord Kitchener's Army, trench digging
WW2 Birthday Card, Digging Up Good Luck!A WW2 birthday greetings card, Getting down to it and digging up a bumper crop of good luck for your birthday. The illustration portrays a boy digging up some horseshoes beside a black cat
WW2 Birthday Card, Digging For VictoryA WW2 birthday greetings card, Hoping you're full of beans and digging for victory! The image shows a man carrying his fork and rake towards the allotment of good wishes. Date: circa 1940s
A family taking their summer holiday on the South Coast of England - seated in deckchairs on the beach, the couple's young baby havig great fun digging in the sand. Date: 1936
WW2, Digging For VictoryAn illustration of a young boy helping with the Digging For Victory campaign set up by the British Ministry of Agriculture to encourage civilians to grow their own food during times of harsh
VillegiatureThis sketch displays a scene in which an elderly man is standing in a hole that he has started digging, speaking with a larger gentleman above him
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret playing in a sandpitPrincesses Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) (1926-) and Margaret (1930-2002), daughters of the Duke and Duchess of York playing in a sandpit at St
Henry III granting licence to dig coal in 1234. Different historical moments when coal was first noted to be used. The King is seen here giving permission to men in Newcastle to dig coal