Weight Collection (#7)

Balloon launched from Artillery Ground
Balloon launched from the Artillery Ground, watched by a crowd of spectators. 25 November 1783

Fixing the Propeller - Hamburg-America Line
Fixing the Propeller for a vessel of the Hamburg-America Line, Germanys largest shipping company at this time. Date: circa 1910s

Delivery of the mail at Rand Airport - Johannesburg
Card issued for the Empire Exhibition - Johannesburg, South Africa. The airmail section of the General Post Office in Johannesburg

Poster promoting luggage delivery by bus
Overloaded? Hand in your parcels for speedy delivery by bus. circa 1960

Abplanalp exercise regime advertisement
Advertisement for Abplanalp, a Swiss system of exercise and weight loss, showing a before and after photograph of a man whose waistline has improved considerably in the space of just two months

John C. Heenan, Champion of the World. (The Benicia Boy.) Born in West Troy, New York, May 2 1835, Height 6 feet 1 1/2 inches, Fighting weight from 185 to 195 lbs

Ecuador - Quito - Lumber Seller Date: circa 1909

Fisherman and record trout
An extremely dapper Fisherman (the sender of this card!) with the largest trout ever caught in Dean Clough Reservouir, Great Harwood, Lancashire

International Stores, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Interior view of The International Stores at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, showing biscuit containers (Mitre Biscuits) in front of the counter, and stacks of tins and packets on shelves behind. 1963

Fish & Chip shop, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Behind the counter view of Blooms Fish & Chip shop at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. circa 1966

John Ennis. The Celebrated Pedestrian. Born at Richmond Harbour, County Longford, Ireland, June 4th 1842. Height 5 ft. 8 ins. Weight 150 lbs

Woman of the Italian Lakes with straw backpack
A woman of the Northern Italian lakes region carrying a large wicker backpack containing what apears to be hay. This traditional mode of transporting such goods is often depicted in the postcards

Mexican Porter - Carrying massive wooden crate
Mexican Porter - Carrying a massive wooden crate on his back. The card is captioned as: " The Poor Mans Burden in Mexico". Date: circa 1909

Woman from Lombardy carrying hay in a large backpack - taking (a well-deserved) rest against a low wall. Date: circa 1910s

Namibia - Ovambo water carriers
Owambo (Ovambo) water carriers, Namibia, Africa Date: circa 1910s

Girl Pumping Water
A little girl puts her weight behind the old village water pump on the village green at Lullington, Somerset, England. Note the massive oak timbers of the canopy. Date: 1950s

On the cards 1918
Rationing was introduced into Britain at the end of World War One, February 1918. Conscience of the response to an effective U-boat campaign, to ensure that food shortages never occurred

The Olympic Games - London, 1908
Scenes from the 1908 Olympic Games, held at Shepherds Bush stadium in London. 1. R. W. Rose (U.S.), winner of Putting the Weight, 46ft 7 1/2 in. 2. Gymnastic Team Competition - Swedish. 3. H

Bugatti 3. 3
Italian racing car popular in Britain because it conforms to the new Grand Prix specification - engine any size, but weight under 750 kg. Date: 1936

German bomb used in Gotha heavy bombers, WW1
A large German bomb, taller than a man and weighing 300 kg (660 pounds), of the type used in the Gotha heavy bomber during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

Kiwi Swordfish Catch
New Zealand fishermen proudly show off their splendid swordfish catch. The total weight of the catch was 703 lbs! Date: 1930s

Georgian Porter carrying large furniture
Georgian Porter carrying a large piece of strapped to his (bent) back. furniture Date: circa 1910s

Weight Loss Formula - Mexicain Tea
To lose weight without compromising health - The Mexicain Tea of Doctor Jawas is required. The product is 100% vegetable and available at all Pharmacies. The box costs 9 Francs 50.... 1928

Advert for Leichners slim figure bath 1928
Keep slim and fit. Safe, simple and convenient reduction in weight - better health - a clearer skin - all yours bedtime bath a packet of new and wonderful Leichners slim figure bath No.1001

Strongmen at the athletics Club Thule, Trelleborg, Sweden 1898. Date: 1898

Large Trout Catch
A record catch. Such large fish (1 ft. 7 inches and 41 pounds in weight) are rare. The normal weight of a grown trout is 1 pound. The big red skin spots are typical. Date: 1930s

Weighing Baby
A nurse weighing a baby in a wicker basket on a set of weighing scales. Date: 1930s

Record-breaking cauliflower
A gigantic record-brealing cauliflower and the very proud gardener responsible for this remarkably-leaved vegetable! Date: circa 1894

Expressions and Impressions, 1948 London Olympic Games
A selection of striking athletic images captured at the 1948 London Olympic Games. Date: 1948

Bridal fashions 1928
For a spring wedding, the bride in a 3/4 length shirmp-pink enriched lace satin dress with panels to the sides, wearing a matching long net train

Pyrenean Mountain Men carrying ice
Pyrenean Mountain Men carrying large blocks of ice on their heads, France Date: circa 1910s

Slimmer Extraordinaire! Before & After
Before & After - the remarkable results of going on a diet and how it affects ones choice of corset.... circa 1909

Packet for Balloon Post
An actual envelope for a letter sent by balloon post out of Paris during the Siege. The letters were limited to a weight of 4 grams ! Date: 1870

Card; Weighing Machine
TRY YOUR WEIGHT Date: circa 1890

Roman Weights
Roman weights

Weighing Machine
A lady on a weighing machine wonders if she ought to cut down on polysaturates Date: circa 1890

Boyles hydrostatic apparatus for weighing materia medica 1691

Weight Lifters, portrait

An advertisement for Clarks slimming bath salts
An advertisement featuring Clarks bath salts, which are advertised as thinning. The picture shows a young woman, having emerged from her bath, draped in a towel and wearing slippers

End to rationing / W H Robinson
Facing up to an unrationed world after the end of world war two. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Sri Lanka - Picking and weighing tea
Picking and weighing Green Tea in Sri Lanka

Marshall Britannia Boiler transported - India
The transportation of a Marshall Britannia boiler across the Indian countryside by a vast team of oxen and men. Many thousands of portable steam engines were made between the 1840s and 1920s

Laos - Sacks of cardamom being weighed. A very superior French overseer takes down the details in a jotter

Man on a weighing machine, Austria
A man poses on a roadside weighing machine somewhere in the Austrian countryside

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo - Market traders weighing large sacks of grain in the main Sarajevo Market

Porter Carrying an upright piano - Tunisia
An arab porter moves an upright piano by carrying the weighty instrument with his head, Tunisia

Loading up a camel - Algeria. There is a set of scales (and administration desk) in the background to make sure the weight of the goods is correctly recorded prior to departure

Apple Salesman with a gigantic pannier - Turkey
Apple seller standing alongside his large pannier, filled to the brim with fruit. The weight of this woven backpack must have been immense

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