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Growing Collection (page 5)

Background imageGrowing Collection: Tresco - Scilly Islands - The Old Abbey Ruins

Tresco - Scilly Islands - The Old Abbey Ruins - Dracaena (dragon tree) in bloom. Date: 1910s

Background imageGrowing Collection: French Happy Families - Farmer

French Happy Families - Farmer
French Happy Families - La Famille Courtepaille, Grandmother, Farmer. early 20th century

Background imageGrowing Collection: Cartoon, The distracted gardener, WW1

Cartoon, The distracted gardener, WW1
Cartoon, The distracted gardener. A man is having trouble remembering what he planted in his garden. He thinks it might have been a bag of sugar! Date: 1917

Background imageGrowing Collection: Snap Playing Card - All a Growing

Snap Playing Card - All a Growing, flower seller. circa 1900s

Background imageGrowing Collection: Cartoon, Matinees! Matinees!! Matinees

Cartoon, Matinees! Matinees!! Matinees!!! Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre

Background imageGrowing Collection: Cheery Families - Mr Grub the Gardener

Cheery Families - Mr Grub the Gardener. 1890s

Background imageGrowing Collection: Flowers growing in a shoe on a Christmas card

Flowers growing in a shoe on a Christmas card
Blue forget-me-nots growing in a white shoe on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGrowing Collection: Snowdrops growing in a shoe on a greetings card

Snowdrops growing in a shoe on a greetings card
Snowdrops growing in a purple satin shoe on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGrowing Collection: Flowers growing in a shoe on a greetings card

Flowers growing in a shoe on a greetings card
White and purple flowers growing in a red satin shoe on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGrowing Collection: Plant growing in a shoe on a Christmas card

Plant growing in a shoe on a Christmas card
Plant growing in a blue and white shoe on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGrowing Collection: Colourful flowers on a Christmas card

Colourful flowers on a Christmas card
Colourful flowers growing in a cornfield on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGrowing Collection: Thomas Creech

Thomas Creech
THOMAS CREECH : classical scholar, noted for his translations of Lucretius &c. Sadly, a growing melancholia - and a thwarted amour - drove him to take his own life. Date: 1659 - 1700

Background imageGrowing Collection: Street Arabs, & Country

Street Arabs, & Country
The life of children growing up in the country, flying their kite in sunlit meadows, contrasted with town waifs, living as best they can with no home to go to. Date: 1896

Background imageGrowing Collection: Picking Flower in Wall

Picking Flower in Wall
Trying to reach a flower growing out of a wall Date: circa 1890

Background imageGrowing Collection: Anglo-Bavarian Brewery, Shepton Mallet

Anglo-Bavarian Brewery, Shepton Mallet, England. The growing floor Date: 1889

Background imageGrowing Collection: Chinese tea industry

Chinese tea industry
Tea cultivation in China : processing on a plantation Date: circa 1840

Background imageGrowing Collection: A large Stove Conservatory

A large Stove Conservatory. Date: 1873

Background imageGrowing Collection: Beards greenhouse

Beards greenhouse Date: circa 1850

Background imageGrowing Collection: Picking berries by the roadside, 1927

Picking berries by the roadside, 1927
A family group pause from their motoring trip to pick berries by the side of the road. Date: 1927

Background imageGrowing Collection: Church in Italian Swiss vineyards, Asti, California, USA

Church in Italian Swiss vineyards, Asti, California, USA
Barrel-shaped church in the Italian Swiss colony vineyards, Asti, Sonoma County, California, USA. Date: circa 1950

Background imageGrowing Collection: Scene in Monte Vista Valley, California, USA

Scene in Monte Vista Valley, California, USA
Scene in Monte Vista Valley, Los Angeles County, California, USA, showing a ranch, orchards, and the San Gabriel Mountains. Date: circa 1920

Background imageGrowing Collection: Lady repotting a plant

Lady repotting a plant
A lady in a greenhouse, repotting a plant. Date: 1891

Background imageGrowing Collection: Giant cactus in shape of cross, California, USA

Giant cactus in shape of cross, California, USA
Giant cactus in the shape of a cross, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

Background imageGrowing Collection: Irrigated orchard, California, USA

Irrigated orchard, California, USA. Date: 1919

Background imageGrowing Collection: Chinese workers pruning trees, California, USA

Chinese workers pruning trees, California, USA
Chinese workers pruning trees on a peach farm, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

Background imageGrowing Collection: Elderly man tending Tokay grapes, Lodi, California, USA

Elderly man tending Tokay grapes, Lodi, California, USA
Elderly man tending Tokay grapes, in the Lodi area of San Joaquin County, California, USA. Date: circa 1910

Background imageGrowing Collection: Great hop-pickers demonstration 1908

Great hop-pickers demonstration 1908
Dense crowds in Trafalgar square, demonstrating against a threatened industry of foreign hop imports, large crowds gathered in Trafalgar Square, London, estimated forthy to fifty thousand people

Background imageGrowing Collection: Man and boy, seed drill, field near Plymouth, Devon

Man and boy, seed drill, field near Plymouth, Devon
Man and boy with horse and seed drill in a field near Plymouth, Devon. circa 1960s

Background imageGrowing Collection: WW2 poster, teacher and pupils on allotment

WW2 poster, teacher and pupils on allotment
WW2 poster (For Freedom series before lettering is added), showing a teacher and her pupils on allotment with rhubarb leaves

Background imageGrowing Collection: Its My Turn. Stockton-on-Tees 1970s

Its My Turn. Stockton-on-Tees 1970s 1970s

Background imageGrowing Collection: Coffee ranch in the state of Veracruz, Mexico

Coffee ranch in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. The inset image shows a native worker shelling the beans. Date: circa 1895

Background imageGrowing Collection: Anchor on a hillside, Kobe, Japan

Anchor on a hillside, Kobe, Japan. Date: circa 1920

Background imageGrowing Collection: Conscientious objectors on Dartmoor

Conscientious objectors on Dartmoor
Conscientious objectors at Princetown Prison working on the Prince of Waless Duchy of Cornwall Estate (which included the prison)

Background imageGrowing Collection: ANTINOܓ(110-130). Young Greek famous because of

ANTINOܓ(110-130). Young Greek famous because of
ANTINOܓ (110-130). Young Greek famous because of his beauty, favourite of Emperor Hadrian. Roman art. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. UMBRIA. Perugia. National Archaeological Museum of Umbria

Background imageGrowing Collection: Boy drinking up champagne from a feast

Boy drinking up champagne from a feast
Rests of the feast. 1885. Engraving. Date: 1885

Background imageGrowing Collection: Un bodeg󮠤e Madrid a las doce del d�A doce

Un bodeg󮠤e Madrid a las doce del d�A doce
Un bodeg󮠤 e Madrid a las doce del d� A doce cuartos el cubierto! (A tavern in Madrid at noon. Twelve cuartos (coins) cover charge). Illustration published in El Museo Universal, 1861

Background imageGrowing Collection: ASIA. CHINA. HONAN. Anyang (Henan). Gu ritual vessel

ASIA. CHINA. HONAN. Anyang (Henan). Gu ritual vessel used to drink wine or to offer ritual libations. Bronze polychrome. Chinese art. Shang period. Jewelry. SINGAPORE. Lee Kong Chian Art Museum

Background imageGrowing Collection: CAIN, Henri (1859 - 1937). The Workers Lunch

CAIN, Henri (1859 - 1937). The Workers Lunch, from Le Petit Journal, 1891 (colour litho). Private Collection. Engraving

Background imageGrowing Collection: HOUASSE, Michel-Ange (1680-1730). The Harvest. Baroque

HOUASSE, Michel-Ange (1680-1730). The Harvest. Baroque art. Oil on canvas

Background imageGrowing Collection: Gutierrez Solana, Jos

Gutierrez Solana, Jos
GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos頨 1886-1945). Still Life of the saint. 1926-1927. Contemporary Art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Reina Sofia Art Centre National Museum

Background imageGrowing Collection: Attic cup with. warship

Attic cup with. warship
Attic cup woth warship. 5th c. BC. Black-figure pottery. Classical Greek art. Ceramics. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum

Background imageGrowing Collection: Berries and leaves

Berries and leaves
Slide showing a picture of a bush with berries, with ivy growing through it. Part of Box 366. Date: circa 1900

Background imageGrowing Collection: India - The residency where Havelock

India - The residency where Havelock
Black and white. Large Westernised building which has fallen into disrepair. There is ivy growing up the outside walls, and some of the walls have fallen away

Background imageGrowing Collection: The Observatory

The Observatory
Slide showing a black and white photograph of an Observatory in the city of Melbourne in Australia. Melbourne Observatory was founded in 1862 to serve as a scientific research institution for

Background imageGrowing Collection: Mangroves - growing in the sand

Mangroves - growing in the sand. Kosi Bay - South Africa

Background imageGrowing Collection: Allotments in Fleet Street, London, WW1

Allotments in Fleet Street, London, WW1
Quite possibly the innermost allotment in London, a plot between Fleet Street and Fetter Lane cultivated by two sisters, the Misses Kersey, where they grew cabbages, cauliflowers, beetroots

Background imageGrowing Collection: Growing food in Chancery Lane, WW1

Growing food in Chancery Lane, WW1
Mr Hubert Hall, resident officer of the Public Record Office in Chancery Lane, pictured hard at work in the gardens of the old Rolls House, where

Background imageGrowing Collection: Our Growing Army by H. M. Bateman

Our Growing Army by H. M. Bateman
Our Growing Army - No, not the LIGHT infantry. A humorous cartoon showing a group of portly soldiers by H. M. Bateman. Date: 1915



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