Taking Collection (page 8)

Covent Garden Market Women 1873
Group of the female workers of Covent Garden Market taking a rest, next to a pile of baskets and boxes, London. Beside them a small dog sits, looking tired. Date: 1873

A London Tea Garden 1790
Fmily group taking tea in a London Tea Garden, 1790. Date: 1790

TAKING PRINT C18
Taking a print in a French engravers workshop, Date: circa 1760

TAKING PRINT FROM PRESS
An engraver takes a print in a French workshop. Date: 1852

SHORT SKIRTS SAVE FABRIC
Patriotic German woman does her bit by taking the new fashion for short skirts to an extreme to save on fabric. Yet her long boots / gaiters must require a lot of material? Date: 1916

COAT & GERMAN SHEPHERD COAT & GERMAN SHEPHERD
Gent wears a herringbone tweed double-breasted 3/4 length coat, trilby hat & spats while taking his German Shepherd dog for a walk. Date: 1927

SOCIAL / WALKING DOGS 1913
Two elegant ladies in the latest fashions, taking their dogs for a walk in Paris Date: 1913

CARD PLAYERS IN KITCHEN
The Card Players: a game of cards taking place in the country kitchen of a poor rural home Date: circa 1807

PIX FOR MUTOSCOPE
Taking photographs for the mutoscope requires a camera capable of taking a great many pictures in rapid succession, which will later, when projected, suggest movement. Date: circa 1897

NUN IN THE RAIN
Taking the veil may protect her from contact with sin, but even a nun needs an umbrella to keep off the rain... Date: 1900

WIFE AS HOME DOCTOR
A German housewife can - and indeed should - become a home doctor, skilled at taking care of her family and neighbours Date: 1905

TATTERSALLS / HORSE C1820
Tattersalls, London: Tom taking Jerrys advice when buying a horse Date: circa 1820

FEMALE TYPE / GIRL & TEA FEMALE TYPE / GIRL & TEA
A young girl taking tea dressed in her grandmothers gown Date: circa 1790

FEEDING THE HENS 1847
The farmers wife is traditionally responsible for taking care of the poultry : here she feeds her hens in the poultry-yard Date: 1847

BAPAUME BATTLE 1871
Battle of Bapaume taking place in the snow during the Franco-Prussian War Date: 3 January 1871

TSARINA PHOTOGRAPHING
When she and the Tsar are invited to attend the French manoeuvres, Alexandra whips out her camera to photograph the new French field-gun - high-level espionage indeed ! Date: 1901

A PHOTOGRAPH EXPEDITION
Amateur photographers liked to go on expeditions, comparing notes : here, photographers look for picturesque subjects in Shanklin Chine, on the Isle of Wight Date: circa 1895

USING MAGNESIUM FLASH
Taking a studio photograph with magnesium flash Date: circa 1900

RE-TAKING / VENTADOUR
The surrender and re-taking of the strong castle of Ventadour Date: 1390

HOMELESS FAMILY / ADELPHI
Taking the census in the dark arches of the Adelphi. A bulls-eye lamp illuminates the misery of a homeless family sheltering under the arches. Date: 1861

HOMELESS IN ST JAMESS
Early morning - the Enumerator taking the census in St Jamess Park. The homeless are woken and interviewed. Date: 1861

Census - Cruikshank
Taking the Census. The head of an oversized, extended family has difficulty remembering the names of his kin and servants let alone how many there are! Date: 1851

CENSUS IN WEST END HOME
The census in the West End: taking the tale of his household. The head of the house interviews the staff Date: 1901

TURKISH BATH / DAVENPORT
Treatment taking place inside and Egyptian Turkish Bath. Date: circa 1800

WIDOW & MAUSOLEUM WIDOW & MAUSOLEUM
Pretty young widow of an elderly Naval officer takes tea with a handsome young man while she views the architects plans for her husbands mausoleum Date: 1820s

VENDEANS AT NANTES
After successfully taking Saumur and Angers, the Vendeans are defeated at Nantes Date: 29 June 1793

DUKE ENTERING CHARTRES
The Duke of Burgundy having received the commard of an expedition from his brother, Charles the Fifth of France, after taking several towns, retires to Chartes. Date: 1370s

FABIAN SOCIETY 1892
The Fabian Society meets at Essex Hall, London Date: 1892

Dr Syntax taking possession of his living
Doctor Syntax taking possession of his living - entering his drive in a horse and carriage with his wife by his side. Date: circa 1813

LACING UP A LADY
A ladys maid laces up her mistress who ought to be taking LES SELS CLARKS in her bath to reduce her obesity Date: 1924

OLYMPIC PARADE 1928
Athletes taking part in the parade during the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Date: 1928

Drake taking the Spanish Galleon Capitana 1588
Drake taking the Spanish Galleon Capitana, one of the Armada to Torbay. Date: 22 July 1588

LAW / POLICE / BRITAIN
A review of the police is taking place in the street outside the Police Station Date: 1837

AFTERNOON TEA IN PARIS
Taking tea in a Paris hotel Date: 1893

P. 166 at Farnborough
Piaggio P.166DL3 I-PJAG taking off at Farnborough 1976 Date: 1976

SaB 105 at Farnborough
SaB 105 SE-XBZ taking off for an air display at Farnborough 1976 Date: 1976

Quite Still Please! A Fairy Photographic Session Date: circa 1940s

The New Compensation Act - 1906 - Butler takes a tumble
The New Compensation Act - Butler " Heres a go. I m goin to break me leg" - a Butler is not unduly concerned at his tumble down the stairs to the wine cellar

Mrs Rosling at Bisley
Mrs Rosling, who scored 40 out of 42 with the revolver at Bisley in 1901. Quite the shot. Date: 1901

A man takes a photograph of the Isle of Man from Knockbrex
A man stops to take a photograph of the view from Knockbrex, near Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Isle of Man can be seen over 20 miles away beyond the Solway Coast in the Irish

Two men in Djerba cafe
Two men, one white wearing djellaba sit in a street cafe, Djerba Date: 1987

Cool old man in seaside shelter
Old man in dark glasses and cloth cap sits back in a deck chair and enjoys the sunshine in a seaside promenade shelter, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Battleships undertake target practise. Date: circa 1910s

Sedan Chair porters and occupant - at Mont-Dore, France
Sedan Chair porters and occupant - at the Galerie Pasteur, Mont-Dore (Mont Dor in Occitan), formerly called Mont-Dore-les-Bains, a commune in the Puy-de-Dome department in Auvergne in central France

Alexandre Baudot - Malakoff Historical Clarion - Bugler
Mr. Jean Louis Alexandre Baudot (1834-1911), delegate of the Society of Combatants of Gravelotte and the Army of the Rhine, at the Commemorative Ceremony on August 16 at Mars-la-Tour

Flight of a Belle - Witty French postcard showing a glamorous beauty taking flight over the countryside !!! Date: 1905

Dornier Wal
A Dornier Wal Floatplane Taking-Off from the Sea Date: 1930s

A British Waitress in a restaurant or teahouse
A British Waitress working in a restaurant or teahouse - delivering a tray of hot drinks. Perhaps her slightly downcast expression is in part due to the fact that gratuities to serving staff were

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