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Background imagePulls Collection: The Sleigh by Charles Robinson

The Sleigh by Charles Robinson
A wheelbarrow has been transformed into a sleigh by removing the wheels. We see a young girl standing up in it being pulled by two other children. Date: 1906

Background imagePulls Collection: Mayford School, Woking - Agricultural Training

Mayford School, Woking - Agricultural Training
Mayford School, near Woking, Surrey. Boys in a large field work with fork, rake and plough. A horse pulls a plough tended by a man and boy. Date: circa 1930

Background imagePulls Collection: Bunty Pulls the Strings at the Garrick and the chorus in Tap

Bunty Pulls the Strings at the Garrick and the chorus in Tap
Two scenes from London stage shows: top the second act from Bunty Pulls the Strings at the Garrick Theatre and bottom, the chorus in Tapping one of the features of Puppets at the Vaudeville Theatre

Background imagePulls Collection: Tin of Sardines

Tin of Sardines
A useful sardine server and opener, the handle pulls apart and can be used for opening the tin. Available from Staines, Victoria Street, London, 1s/3d. Date: 1930s

Background imagePulls Collection: French Dog Cart

French Dog Cart
At Gien, France, a dog pulls an elegant little two-seater carriage for a mother and her daughter. Date: 1930s

Background imagePulls Collection: Belgian milk cart

Belgian milk cart
A panting dog slowly pulls this Belgian milk cart containing both passengers and milk cans. Date: 1910

Background imagePulls Collection: Electric Tram London 2

Electric Tram London 2
Londoners line the pavements and a fire engine pulls aside as Londons first electric tram heads for Clapham. Date: 1903

Background imagePulls Collection: Festiniog Railway 3

Festiniog Railway 3
FESTINIOG RAILWAY - Fairlie engine pulls train at Tan-Y-Bwlch station Date: 1884

Background imagePulls Collection: WW1 - British submarine rescues German sailor

WW1 - British submarine rescues German sailor
WW1 - A British marine seen saving the life of a German sailor belonging to a war-ship sunk in the North Sea. The marine is hauling the man on board using a life-line which has been flung to him

Background imagePulls Collection: Pulls Ferry, Norwich, Norfolk

Pulls Ferry, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Date: 1900s

Background imagePulls Collection: Pulling an Xmas cracker

Pulling an Xmas cracker
Young girl anticipates the crackers loud bang as she pulls it with her brother. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

Background imagePulls Collection: Favourite Sayings - He looks one way and pulls the other

Favourite Sayings - He looks one way and pulls the other
Black and white lantern slide of a man leaning over the prow of a ship calling to another man in a rowing boat which is about to collide with the ship. Painted scenery of waves surround them

Background imagePulls Collection: Dromedary Camel / Arabian Camel / One-humped Camel

Dromedary Camel / Arabian Camel / One-humped Camel - Turkmen old man in fur-hut - with a boy following him - pulls a one-humped Dromedary Camel - with a young camel following along a road near Kumdag

Background imagePulls Collection: Suffragette Children Votes for Women Cart

Suffragette Children Votes for Women Cart. A small boy pulls a hand cart with VFW painted on the side. Three small girls sit inside, one waving a purple, white and green flag. Date: circa 1914

Background imagePulls Collection: Suffragette Women Writers Suffrage League

Suffragette Women Writers Suffrage League. The W.W.S.L was founded in 1908 by Cicely Hamilton and Bessie Hatton. This shows a banner designed for the league in 1909 by William Henry Margetson

Background imagePulls Collection: Bonzo is hoist with his own petard! by George Studdy

Bonzo is hoist with his own petard! by George Studdy
Bonzo is hoist with his own petard! He pulls at the tablecloth, and manages to break a plate and cover his bone with some kind of sauce or custard. Date: 1924

Background imagePulls Collection: Primitive ox-pulled threshing device

Primitive ox-pulled threshing device
Simple threshing device pulled by a team of oxen. Possibly in India (?). Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePulls Collection: John Morley MP pulled out by Labby and Campbell-Bannerman

John Morley MP pulled out by Labby and Campbell-Bannerman
The Story of Johnny Head-in-Air (cont.). John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (18381923) - British Liberal statesman

Background imagePulls Collection: Earl of Halsbury and Erskine try to control Irish MP Tanner

Earl of Halsbury and Erskine try to control Irish MP Tanner
The Story of Rackety Tanner (cont.). Hardinge Stanley Giffard, The Earl of Halsbury (1823-1921) - Three times Lord Chancellor of Great Britain and Sir Henry David Erskine (1838-1921)

Background imagePulls Collection: Have a Pain-free Year - Danish New Years Card

Have a Pain-free Year - Danish New Years Card
Have a Pain-free Year - Humorous Danish New Years Card showing a Gent atop an early aeroplane approaching his victim with tooth-removal pliers. Date: 1905

Background imagePulls Collection: Statuesque blonde beauty teasingly pulls at her waistband

Statuesque blonde beauty teasingly pulls at her waistband
Teasin to Please! a statuesque blonde beauty teasingly pulls at the waistband string on her ever-so-skimpy undergarment. The flowers on her shoes are of the same colour. Date: early 1940s

Background imagePulls Collection: Pulling a ridiculous expression

Pulling a ridiculous expression
A German man pulls a ridiculous, daft, absurd and frankly rather manic facial expression! Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePulls Collection: Boy carrying Christmas presents home on his sledge

Boy carrying Christmas presents home on his sledge c. 1910

Background imagePulls Collection: Small boy pulled along in sledge

Small boy pulled along in sledge
A young boy carrying presents and a holly sprig, is pulled along in a sledge through the snow. c.1920

Background imagePulls Collection: Pulls Ferry, Norwich, England

Pulls Ferry, Norwich, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imagePulls Collection: Pulls Ferry, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Pulls Ferry, Norwich, Norfolk, England Date: 1910s

Background imagePulls Collection: Australian Fisherwoman

Australian Fisherwoman
An Australian woman pulls on the rubber wading boots, that fit right over her clothes. They take the place of the housewifes apron in a unique catch-and-cook demonstration! Date: 1940s

Background imagePulls Collection: Woman working in a Munitions Factory - WWII

Woman working in a Munitions Factory - WWII. Women took the place of 100, 000 men working in heavy industry during the war, many in highly skilled engineering roles. Date: circa 1944

Background imagePulls Collection: Clowning Around

Clowning Around
A clown pulls a funny face! Date: 1930s

Background imagePulls Collection: Sporting Angler

Sporting Angler
Sporting angler and the communal fisherman. This trout fisherman fishes without a spool. He pulls the fishing line, which cannot break, and which has a severe hook. 1930s

Background imagePulls Collection: Hawaiian Cattle Farming

Hawaiian Cattle Farming
Cattle farming in Hawaii, U.S.A : The swimming cattle try to make a last escape bid, but the boat pulls towards the inter-island steamer. Date: 1930s

Background imagePulls Collection: Black Forest Milk Cart

Black Forest Milk Cart
A working dog which pulls a milk cart in the Black Forest, Germany. Date: 1930s

Background imagePulls Collection: Putting on a corset - with assistance

Putting on a corset - with assistance
A lady requires some assistance in the tightening of the laces of her corset. The rather caustic caption reads: " Reducing the Surplus" !! Date: circa 1905

Background imagePulls Collection: St Marys - The Atlantic Hotel - Donkey Cart

St Marys - The Atlantic Hotel - Donkey Cart
St Marys Island, Isles of Scilly - The Atlantic Hotel - Donkey Cart used to transport your baggage from the harbour up to the hotel

Background imagePulls Collection: A Centaur pulling a plough

A Centaur pulling a plough
A Greek humourous postcard depicting a rather chastened centaur (possibly representing Italy??) pulling a plough, operated by a very sturdy female Greek farmers wife

Background imagePulls Collection: A batsman exhibitis four different shots

A batsman exhibitis four different shots
A combination action photograph of a batsman, in full cricket kit, plays four different shots, from the classic forward defensive shot (left) through to a cover drive (right)

Background imagePulls Collection: Newfoundland, St Bernard

Newfoundland, St Bernard
Newfoundland and Saint Bernard dogs, both good at rescuing - the first pulls children out of ponds, the second saves Alpine travelers stuck in the snow

Background imagePulls Collection: Children / Holly & Toys

Children / Holly & Toys
Two boys and two girls with holly and umbrellas: one girl carries a doll, a boy pulls a toy train

Background imagePulls Collection: Samson Pulls down Temple

Samson Pulls down Temple
Samson pulls down the pillars of the Temple

Background imagePulls Collection: Boy Pulls Sledge C1950

Boy Pulls Sledge C1950
A young boy pulls his sledge through the snow

Background imagePulls Collection: 8-Horse Rolling Wagon

8-Horse Rolling Wagon
A team of eight horses pulls a heavy wagon with an undercarriage mounted on four rollers. The text below gives instruction for the operation and loading of the wagon

Background imagePulls Collection: Trapping Partridges

Trapping Partridges
Stalking partridges in Scandinavia : a hunter pretends to be a harmless cow, but at the crucial moment he pulls a net down on the birds

Background imagePulls Collection: Tiny Tales for Tiny Folk back cover

Tiny Tales for Tiny Folk back cover
A child pulls a toy wagon along a garden path alongside a herbaceous border

Background imagePulls Collection: French Street Traders

French Street Traders
A man pulls a water cart, a minstrel sings along to his hand-cranked music box and a lady sits mending socks, on a street with a dentist, upholsterer and oyster shop

Background imagePulls Collection: Horse Sledge on Ice

Horse Sledge on Ice
A horse pulls a sledge laden with casks along the ice

Background imagePulls Collection: Festiniog Railway 2

Festiniog Railway 2
FESTINIOG RAILWAY TAN-Y-BWLCH STATION Fairlie engine pulls train, horse & carriage wait

Background imagePulls Collection: FRANCE & JAPAN / 1933

FRANCE & JAPAN / 1933
France pulls Japans strings

Background imagePulls Collection: Lohengrin Restores Godf

Lohengrin Restores Godf
Lohengrin transforms the swan that pulls his boat into Elsas brother Godfrey : from now on he ll make do with a Holy Dove



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