Pickaxe Collection

1922 British Mt Everest Expedition - Norton and Mallory
1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - Major Edward " Teddy" F. Norton (1884-1954) and George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886-1924) at nearly 27, 000 feet. Date: 1922

Les Travailleurs De l'Enlaidissement
An illustration of a tightly packed group of debating members of the Municipal Council, accompanied with a descriptive caption as follows

Gravedigging
This illustration shows a man holding a pickaxe, standing in a grave that he has dug, with a gentleman at ground level facepalming at the situation. Date: 1901

Cartoon, A Block on the Line (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, A Block on the Line -- a satirical comment on a delay in the progress of electoral reform, with rival political parties offering to sort it out

Political poster, Chinese Labour -- a commentary on British gold mining activities in the Transvaal, South Africa. circa 1906

CLIMBING GLACIAL ICE
A mountaineer climbing glacial ice with his pickaxe, in the highlands of the Mount Baker National Forest Park, Washington State, USA. Date: 1930s

MINERS AT COAL FACE
Two miners working at the coal face, one with an electric drill and the other with a pickaxe. Date: 1940s

Distress in Lancashire: mill-hands work on Preston Moors
The distress in Lancashire: mill-hands at work on Preston Moors. Unemployed operatives levelling waste ground on the north side of the town, over seen by inspectors

Greek Art. Greece. Iron tools. Olympia
Greek Art. Greece. Iron tools of everyday use from the sanctuary of Olympia. Archaeological Museum of Olympia

Communist China - civilians laying a landmine
Communist China - Chinese civilians playing their part in the conflict by laying a landmine to hold back the Japanese invaders during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). circa 1940s

Babies in a large bag with flowers. Date: circa 1900s

Entrance to the Great Cairn, Carrowkeel, Co. Sligo - with a pickaxe at the door for scale. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Sligo: Carrowkeel). Date: circa early 1900s

Young Archaeologists
Archaeology students on a dig at the site of a Roman amphitheatre at Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Illustration, Clever Elsa -- When she saw the pickaxe just above her head, Clever Elsa burst into tears. Date: 1909

A Pick Nick Down Under by William Heath Robinson
A sharp thrill in the Antipodes: one of the dangers of very deep mining. A man tunnelling through te earth with a treacherous looking pick axe surprises an Australian having managed to dig entirely

British soldiers breaking down German strong point, WW1
British soldiers breaking down a German strong point on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers at work, Western Front, France, WW1
British soldiers at work on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are army navvies, recycling bricks from a ruined building to construct roads. Date: circa 1917

Excavations for Pool
Excavations under sea level, working night and day to have the new sea water supply for warm baths ready for Easter at Cliftonville Bathing Pool, near Margate, Kent, England. Date: 1932

John William Mackay (1831-1902) - an American industrialist, one of the four Bonanza Kings, a partnership which capitalised on the wealth generated by the silver mines at the Comstock Lode

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