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Horse-drawn harvesterTwo shire horses pull a farmer sitting asride an basic harvesting machine. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
WWI - Battle of Champagne - Spent shell casingsWWI - Spent shell cases from just one battery after the first day of the Battle of Champagne (25th-30th September 1915) Date: 1915
London - Billingsgate Fish Market - Standing amid the catchOh My Cod! London - Billingsgate Fish Market - Standing amid the catch. Date: circa 1908
Covent Garden MarketCOVENT GARDEN A view of the market setting up early in the morning with piles of crates and sacks lying around. Date: Spring, circa 1930
Mental Cruelty by H. M. BatemanA banks customer struggles to control his reactions at seeing piles of money being handled by the staff behind the counter
Clamping Turf in a Fermanagh Peat Bog - a view of a group of workers stacking turf into piles over the peat bog. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Fermanagh). Date: circa early 1900s
Greens Motors charabanc outing, Haverfordwest, South WalesA Greens Motors charabanc outing, with five charabancs in total, makes its way through the streets of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
The Hay crop from Suttons Grass SeedsA promotional postcard for Suttons Seeds, Reading - showing women harvesting the hay crop, grown from Suttons Grass seeds
Playing a piano amid the destruction - The BlitzOne of the men working on debris clearance in London succeeded in wresting a tune from this battered piano - circa late 1940
General view of Nome, Alaska, USAGeneral aerial view of Nome, Alaska, USA, in winter. Date: circa 1910
Gathering Seaweed at Le Hocq, Jersey, Channel Islands - the principle growing agent for the famed Jersey Royal Potatoes, although used less these days. Date: circa 1910s
Damascus, Syria - Ancient Walls (St. Pauls escape)Damascus, Syria - Ancient Wall - connected (in some way) to the flight of Saint Paul, forced to flee the city under the cover of night after explosive reactions from Jews opposed to his teachings
Melon Market, Naples (Napoli), Italy. Date: 1899
Laundry at National Childrens Home, Harpenden, HertsGirls iron and fold clean washing in the laundry at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Ottoman Empire Views (2 / 5)Cabinet de Toilet in an Arab Bath house
The Mills on the River Marne at Meaux, FranceThe Mills, built on wooden piles on the River Marne at Meaux in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Ile-de-France region in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. Date: circa 1900
American Samoa - Pago Pago - production of copraPago Pago, Capital of American Samoa - the cultivation of Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) for the production of copra, the dried flesh of the coconut
Richard Sickert and wife in his litter-ary studioWalter Richard Sickert and his wife seen in his studio at Broadstairs, the state of which brings new meaning to the word, untidy. Date: 1938
Straw hats return to favour in 1930 - factory in LutonStraw hats return to favour! Luton, the centre of the straw hat industry had suffered from lean years since 1914; khaki was the wear of choice until 1918
The Salt Works, Aden, Yemen - a line of wagons pulled along railway tracks by a camel circa 1920s
Men at work with paving stones and bricks near docks, UKMen at work in a storage area, surrounded by piles of paving stones and bricks near docks, somewhere in the UK. Date: circa 1910s
Bales of cotton, ready for shipment - USA. Date: circa 1911
Archangel, Russia - The Surkow & Shergold Timber Deal YardArkhangelsk (Archangel), Russia - The Surkow & Shergold Timber Deal Yard. The Shergolds arrived in Russia from Britain in the late 18th century
Loaves were brought from all the bakers, by Muriel BainesIllustration, Loaves were brought from all the bakers, by Muriel Baines Date: 20th century
Wood for cremations, Benares (Varanasi), IndiaWood piled up in preparation for cremations at Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s
Sorting through old clothes in Londons East EndSorting through old clothes on a stall in a market in Londons East End. Date: circa 1950s
WW1 - Attack on London - St. Batholomew the Greatcirca 1910s
Rose-combed Dorking cock, Gallus gallus domesticus, John Martins Champion, cups at Stroud and Newport 1870, Cheltenham Southampton and Crystal Palace 1871, Dublin 1872
Putting up flood barricades, Bermondsey, LondonPutting up sandbags as flood barricades in Rotherhithe Street, Bermondsey, London. 1928
Base Post Office near fighting lines, WW1A Base Post Office on the Western Front near fighting lines, 31 October 1914, First World War. 1914
Postcard booklet, workers cutting sugar cane, USAPostcard booklet, workers cutting, shocking and stocking in the sugar cane fields, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937
Postcard booklet, making syrup, Dixieland, USAPostcard booklet, making syrup for hot cakes in the open air, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937
In the folding room, busy workers checking, sorting and putting in order the pages, of the weekly Graphic, before it is sent out to the general public. Date: 1881
The Bazaars, Cairo, Egyptcirca 1910s
Roquefort - Cheese Manufacture - Aveyon - France - The Caves. Date: circa 1910s
Building a Cofferdam, Thames Embankment Improvements 1866Cutting of piles which formed a cofferdam, during the Thames Embankment improvements of 1866. Date: 1866
INDIAN CLOTH MERCHANTA white European woman looks carefully through piles of fabrics, brought to her home by a cloth merchant in colonial India. Date: 1930s
AUSTRALIAN WOOL SCHOOLThe Wool Room at a Technical College in Sydney Australia, where students learn how to shear sheep, etc. Date: early 1930s
Westman Islands, Iceland - Puffin Catching. Date: circa 1903
Hunstanton beach, Norfolk - 2A woman walks her two dogs on the deserted beach at Hunstanton, Norfolk Date: 1990
Hunstanton beach, Norfolk - 1Two people excercise their dogs on the beach at Hunstanton, Norfolk, England. In the foreground are wooden piles and the picture is taken into the light Date: 1990
Bait digging, Lorient, FranceA man digs bait at low tide amidst the rotting wooden piles on a beach near Lorent, Brittany, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988
The De-Lousing Establishment at Samsun, TurkeyThe De-Lousing Establishment/Station/Building at Samsun, Turkey Date: 1923
Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - LaundryStaff stand amongst piles of washing in the laundry at Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum
Bomb damaged street during WW2A bomb damaged street in Germany during the Second World War, with rubble piled up on either side of the road. Date: circa 1940s
Fitting of Metropolitan Police uniform, south east LondonA Metropolitan Police officer is fitted with his uniform at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London. There are rows of helmets and piles of clothes on counter tops
Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Votes for WomenA girl sneaks in to the offices of the militant suffragettes to see piles of newspapers, hammers, whips and stones. All part of the W.S.P.Us arsenal
Djibouti - Charcoal Depot at the Port. Date: 1920