Sacks Collection (#2)

Old Clothes Exchange, Phils Buildings, Houndsditch 1882
The court of Phils buildings was found directly opposite St Mary Axe. A barrier was placed across steps leading up to the court, as there was an admission fee of one penny

DONKEY-POWERED MILL
A Roman donkey-driven Asinus or Jumentarioe Mill. Date: Ancient Rome

VIRGINIA COUNTRY STORE
A Virginia country store Date: 1882

BAYONET DRILL / WW1 / 1918
Highlanders practising bayonet drill, World War One. Date: 1918

MARSEILLE / JOLIETTE
A view of the docks at Marseille - full of sacks and barrels. Date: circa 1900

Crowds possibly at a school sports day or event
A rather unusual photo - possibly a school sports day or a sports event at a smart Boys Private School. The filled bags/sacks in the foreground are raher mysterious

Boys push loaded cart
Two small boys struggle to push a cart heavily loaded with gas cylinders through the streets of Srinagar, Kashmir Date: 1986

Marseille, France - Bassin de la Joliette. Date: circa 1908

Harrods centenary celebrations - Tiny Grocery Shop
As part of Harrods centenary celebrations, this replica of the shop as it was in 1849 was constructed. The world-famous Brompton, Knightsbridge department store began life in Cable Street

Australia - Wool Team crossing the Warrigo River. Date: circa 1910

Scene on the Cumberland River, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Date: 1911

Coalman delivering coal in a street of houses. Date: circa 1970s

Koforidua Station, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa, showing people during the cocoa season, at this major centre for the production and shipping of cocoa. Date: circa 1924

Man driving a Horse and cart with black sacks on a street in
Man driving a donkey with cart carrying black sacks on a street in Cairo. The man is dressed in black traditional Arab work wear, facing the camera

Late Victorian street scene with horse-drawn carriage
A late Victorian street scene with a horse-drawn carriage in the foreground, and various other horse-drawn vehicles in the distance

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - The Grain Courtyard. Date: 1915

Cats enjoying a dance on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

People at a comic sports event in a field
People taking part in a comic sports event in a field, which involves each man being blindfolded and apparently guided by a woman with a piece of string. Date: circa 1910s

Collecting sphagnum moss for dressings, Dartmoor, WW1
Picking up sphagnum moss on the moors on the Royal Duchy of Cornwall estate near Princetown for use in surgical dressings during the First World War

Country road with horse and cart
A country road with a young man driving a horse and cart. A gipsy caravan follows on behind

Kosovo - Street Market at Pristina
Street Market at Pristina (Prishtina), the capital and largest city of Kosovo. Date: circa 1906

Corn and flour merchant - Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Delivering corn to the corn merchant Gledhill & Brook of 11 Victoria Street, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. Holmfirth has become well known as the location of the situation comedy Last of the Summer

Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa Date: circa 1920

RFC crewmen relaxing, Northern France, WW1
Four Royal Flying Corps crewmen relaxing on a pile of sacks outside a corrugated iron hut, somewhere in Northern France during the First World War. Three of them have signed their names on the photo

Arabs and others with oil barrels in an unidentified location. Date: circa 1920s

Interior of a 16th century mill in operation. 16th century

Seville, Andalucia, Spain - The dock. The Torre del Oro (Golden Tower), which can be seen in the right background, dominates the banks of the river Guadalquivir - it is a remnant of the Moorish

Florence Upton playing cards - Making Clothes. circa 1900s

Morocco, North Africa - Mazagen Corn Market - Vendors with sacks and goods. Part of Box 171 Boswell Collection - Morocco. Date: circa 1900

Father Christmas with children on a Victorian scrap
Father Christmas with presents and three children on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Father Christmas with donkey on a Victorian scrap
Father Christmas with a donkey and a bag full of presents on a Victorian scrap. circa 1890s

Docks at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Central America
View of the docks at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Central America, with cargo on the quayside. Date: circa 1905

Illustration, Good King Arthur. Date: 1895

Snap Playing Card - Coals, coalman with his delivery cart. circa 1900s

Camel Caravan close to Valley of Tombs, Palmyra, Syria
Camel Caravan close to Palmyra, Homs Governate, Syria. Dating back to the Neolithic, Palmyra was first attested in the early second millennium BC as a caravan stop for travellers crossing the Syrian

Road Workers Pakistan
Men at work in one of the main streets at Sukkur, West Pakistan. Date: 1984

Music cover, The Lilac Domino, For Your Love I am Waiting, J L Sacks, Empire Production by Charles Cuvillier. 1918

Music cover, Going Up at the Gaiety Theatre, London
Music cover, Going Up at Gaiety Theatre, London - depicting people standing on a flying biplane. Ev rybody Ought to Know How to do the Tickle Toe. circa 1916

Sponge clipping, Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies. Date: 1924

Dockers unload sugar at the West India Docks, London Date: 1889

R T Parkins shop, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA, with Mr Parkin himself, the driver and a female assistant standing in the doorway, shortly before closing time. Date: 1909

Charcoal Carriers, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Two elderly Charcoal Carriers, with heavy sacks on their backs walk up a steep coastal road - Amalfi Coast, Italy. Date: 1904

Cartoon, Cost of food and drink, WW1
Cartoon illustrating the cost of food and drink during the First World War. Various tradesmen comment on the cost of their produce. Date: 1916

Mississippi River landing, Mississippi, USA
Mississippi River landing at Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, with two steamboats, the Belle of Calhoun (left) and the Belle of the Bends (right). Date: circa 1905

People at a sports event in a field, with a row of men about to set off in a sack race. Date: circa 1920s

Scene inside a mill, Holy Land, with the miller at work grinding corn. Date: 1920s

Favourite Sayings - Grasp all and lose all
Black and white lantern slide painted scene of mice in a granary making holes in the sacks of corn.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Grasp all and lose all. Lantern slide creations of C

Favourite Sayings - Empty Sacks
Black and white lantern slide of a man holding an empty sack. Painted background of interior of a barn with sacks along one wall.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection

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