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Agricultural Collection

Background imageAgricultural Collection: UK Dairy Show - Feeding the goats

UK Dairy Show - Feeding the goats
Feeding the prize goats at the UK Dairy Show of 1911, held at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, London - now the Business Design Centre and former venue for the BAPLA Picture Buyers Fair

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Mitchells Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota, USA

Mitchells Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota, USA
Mitchells Corn Palace, The Worlds Only Corn Palace at Mitchell, South Dakota, USA. The card notes that this building is redecorated annually at a cost of $10

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Agricultural Show, Penistone, Sheffield, England

Agricultural Show, Penistone, Sheffield, England
Agricultural Show, Penistone, Sheffield, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. Showing the mills in full operation. Date: 1905

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Harvesting barley with a combine harvester, Suffolk

Harvesting barley with a combine harvester, Suffolk
Harvesting barley with a combine harvester on a farm in Suffolk, England

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Porthgain lime workings, Pembrokeshire, West Wales

Porthgain lime workings, Pembrokeshire, West Wales
View of Porthgain lime workings on the Pembrokeshire coast, West Wales. Limestone was shipped in from South Pembrokeshire to produce lime

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Caterpillar track steam engine by R. Hornsby & Sons

Caterpillar track steam engine by R. Hornsby & Sons
The first and original Caterpillar or walking engine made by R. Hornsby & Sons of Grantham. R. Hornsby & Sons grew into a major manufacturer of agricultural machinery, at their Spittle Gate Works

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Threshing Machine

Threshing Machine
Combined Thrashing and Stacking Machine, by Wilkinson, Wright of Boston, Lincolnshire

Background imageAgricultural Collection: A pair of Suffolk Punch working horses pull a plough

A pair of Suffolk Punch working horses pull a plough in a stubble field in Suffolk, England. A young woman leads the horses and a man handles the plough Date: 2010

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Tacuinum Sanitatis. Late XIV century. Women making a crown w

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Late XIV century. Women making a crown w
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Tile representation of handicrafts. Catalan school

Tile representation of handicrafts. Catalan school, 17th-18th c. Ceramics. Proc: SPAIN. CATALONIA

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Allis-Chalmers Company plant, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Allis-Chalmers Company plant, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, manufacturers of agricultural machinery such as tractors. Date: circa 1909

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). The Gleaners (1856). Orsay

Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). The Gleaners (1856). Orsay
Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). French painter, one of the founders of the Barbizon School. The Gleaners (1856). Orsay Museum. Paris. France

Background imageAgricultural Collection: The Farming Year by Pauline Baynes

The Farming Year by Pauline Baynes
The Farming Year, painted in the style of a medieval stained glass window by Pauline Baynes, showing the agricultural activities of a farmer of the Middle Ages month by month

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Foden Tractor UX 9728

Foden Tractor UX 9728
Foden Tractor, regn. UX 9728, number: 13784. Built in 1932 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a 6 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine TA369 Red Gauntlet

Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine TA369 Red Gauntlet (msn 3798) at the 1959 Andover Steam Fair. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines, agricultural machinery)

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Cow over stone wall, Yorkshire

Cow over stone wall, Yorkshire
A curious cow looks over a dry stone wall in Rosedale, Yorkshire. An old stone barn is in the background. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1991

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Old farmer with dog in orchard

Old farmer with dog in orchard
Farmer, Tom Herring with his old sheepdog in the orchard of his farm Walterstone, Herefordshire Date: circa 1975

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Loading sugar cane in a field, Cuba

Loading sugar cane in a field, Cuba. Date: circa 1910

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Chinese Farmer with Palmleaf Raincoat carrying hoe

Chinese Farmer with Palmleaf Raincoat carrying hoe and smoking a cheroot. Date: circa 1905

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Boys in field, Essex Boys Industrial School. Chelmsford

Boys in field, Essex Boys Industrial School. Chelmsford
A garden squad doing agricultural work at Essex Boys Industrial School, Chelmsford. A cart bears the name of the institution. (See also the image of card reverse in this collection.) Date: circa 1906

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Aveling and Porter Steam Roller UR1881

Aveling and Porter Steam Roller UR1881, built ca 1929, at Ferndown in Dorset. (Aveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steamroller (road roller) manufacturer

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Old Sugar Mill, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873

Old Sugar Mill, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Jugend front cover, people in a horse-drawn carriage

Jugend front cover, people in a horse-drawn carriage
Front cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting a group of rich people in an open horse-drawn carriage, riding through the countryside, while farm workers harvest the fields in the middle distance

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Harvest workers, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Harvest workers, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Harvest workers in a field above the town of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Ministry of Labour poster

Ministry of Labour poster
Poster for the Ministry of Labour, encouraging people to use the Employment Exchange Service for all agricultural jobs

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Prizewinning bull at the Smithfield Show

Prizewinning bull at the Smithfield Show
One of King Edward VIIs prizewinners at the Smithfield Show in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, North London

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Listers Agricultural Chemical Works, Newark, New Jersey

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works, Newark, New Jersey
Listers Agricultural Chemical Works, Newark, near Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Date: 1911

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Champion goat at the Royal Cornwall Show

Champion goat at the Royal Cornwall Show
A championship goat and its keeper at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Harvest workers near St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Harvest workers near St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Harvest workers gathering and threshing near St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Smithfield Cattle Show, Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1862

Smithfield Cattle Show, Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1862
Engraving showing the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, held in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, London, 1862

Background imageAgricultural Collection: POLE VAULT, 1871

POLE VAULT, 1871
Athletics meeting at the Agricultural Hall, Islington - vaulting the pole

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Lesson in Agriculture

Lesson in Agriculture
A group of farmworkers receive instruction in agricultural methods

Background imageAgricultural Collection: White shorthorn heifer exhibited at Smithfield

White shorthorn heifer exhibited at Smithfield
Champion white shorthorn heifer exhibited at Smithfield in December 1874

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Postcard booklet, workers in the cotton fields, USA

Postcard booklet, workers in the cotton fields, USA
Postcard booklet, workers in the cotton fields, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Wallis & Steevens Steam Roller Simplicity

Wallis & Steevens Steam Roller Simplicity (msn 8023), built 1930, at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam rally. (Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke, Hampshire, England produced agricultural equipment)

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Aveling & Porter Steam Roller BY2185

Aveling & Porter Steam Roller BY2185 (msn 2185), built 1886, of Croydon Corporation, at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam Rally

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Farmers in old pub. Herefordshire

Farmers in old pub. Herefordshire
Three mature male farmers sit in the parlour bar of The Carpenters Arms, Walterstone, Herefordshire, and enjoy a chat and a pint together Date: circa 1975

Background imageAgricultural Collection: An exhibition of far-eastern produce

An exhibition of far-eastern produce at a Munich agricultural fair in June 1962 Date: 1962

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Pinzgauer bull

Pinzgauer bull
A farmer parades his prize Pinzgauer bull at a Munich Agricultural show in May 1955. Date: 1955

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Garrett Showman;s Tractor number 33987, 'The Leader'

Garrett Showman;s Tractor number 33987, 'The Leader', reg. BJ 5597, built in 1920. (Richard Garrett & Sons was a manufacturer of agricultural machinery, steam engines and trolleybuses)

Background imageAgricultural Collection: General view of Manchester and Salford

General view of Manchester and Salford as they were in 1730, before the industrial revolution changed the emphasis from agriculture to factories and machinery. Date: 1730

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Maud Muller, poem by John Greenleaf Whittier

Maud Muller, poem by John Greenleaf Whittier
Maud Muller, the title character in a poem of 1856 by John Greenleaf Whittier (18071892). circa 1856

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Stratford-upon-Avon, Mop Fair 1899

Stratford-upon-Avon, Mop Fair 1899
Standing for Hire, Stratford-upon-Avon, said to be the largest fair in England, regarded by the agricultural class in the district as the chief holiday of the year

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Egyptian woman from Cairo wearing traditional clothing. Date: 1902

Egyptian woman from Cairo wearing traditional clothing. Date: 1902

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Texas Ag-1 N222

Texas Ag-1 N222. The first of the specialised agricultural aircraft, designed and built at Texas A&M College Aircraft Research Center by Fred Weick

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Aveling and Porter Road Roller DM 3079

Aveling and Porter Road Roller DM 3079
Aveling & Porter BHO class Road Roller, regn. DM 3079, number: 7632. Built in 1912 by Aveling & Porter at Rochester, powered by a 5 Nhp single-cylinder steam engine

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Fowler Showmans Road Locomotive Supreme EU 5313

Fowler Showmans Road Locomotive Supreme EU 5313
Fowler B6 class Showmans Road Locomotive, regn. EU 5313, number: 20223, Supreme. Built in 1934 by John Fowler & Co. in Leeds, powered by an 10 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Foden 6-ton rigid 6-wheeler Tractor Matilda TD 3236

Foden 6-ton rigid 6-wheeler Tractor Matilda TD 3236
Foden Tractor, regn. TD 3236, number: 11788, Matilda. Built in 1925 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach as a 6-ton Wagon, later converted to Tractor

Background imageAgricultural Collection: 6-ton rigid 6-wheeler Wagon Merlin UR 1328

6-ton rigid 6-wheeler Wagon Merlin UR 1328
Foden 6-ton rigid 6-wheeler Wagon, regn. UR 1328, number: 13156, Merlin. Built in 1928 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a compound steam engine

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Plum picking at Evesham, Worcestershire

Plum picking at Evesham, Worcestershire
circa 1910s

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive WB9110 Perseverance II

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive WB9110 Perseverance II (msn 3483), built in 1913 with an 8 Nhp compound steam engine. Seen at an auction at Walford Cross near Taunton in 1959

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Burrell Devonshire General Purpose Traction Engine

Burrell Devonshire General Purpose Traction Engine TA1849 Jellicoe (msn 3368), with Coeur De Lion 5nhp Engine, built 1913, at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. With Aveling & Barford Steam Roller YA2197

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Marshall single cylinder steam traction engine OD177

Marshall single cylinder steam traction engine OD177 (msn 86265), at Upton Pyne. (Marshall, Sons & Co. was a British agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in 1848)

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Kazakh man cutting hay with a scythe

Kazakh man cutting hay with a scythe
A Kazakh man wearing a chapan (Kazakh quilted dressing gown) and kalpak, working in a field with a scythe, cutting hay. 20th century

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Old man in cloth cap - Thassos, Greece

Old man in cloth cap - Thassos, Greece
Portrait of an old man wearing cap and old cardigan as he stands beside a blue-painted window. Thassos, Greece Date: circa 1995

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Farm worker with scythe - 1

Farm worker with scythe - 1
Farm worker Tommy Watkins cutting long grass with a scythe in Herefordshire, England. Tommy wears a cloth cap and smokes a pipe as he works. Full length portrait Date: circa 1975

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Farmer rolling the ground, Victorian period

Farmer rolling the ground, Victorian period

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Agricultural workers

Agricultural workers

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Agricultural workers Victorian period

Agricultural workers Victorian period

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Kenninghall early 1900s

Kenninghall early 1900s

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Wallis and Steevens Steam Roller ACG 760 Mallard

Wallis and Steevens Steam Roller ACG 760 Mallard
Wallis and Steevens Advance-class steam roller ACG 760 Mallard (msn 8096), built 1935, at the Peterborough Steam rally on 26 August 1973

Background imageAgricultural Collection: WW2 - Peggy Speeds The Plough

WW2 - Peggy Speeds The Plough
An illustrated front cover of a WW2 children's book, Peggy Speeds The Plough, written by Madge S. Smith. The images portray wartime agricultural working women, land girls

Background imageAgricultural Collection: The Threshing Ground or Summer, 1786, by Goya

The Threshing Ground or Summer, 1786, by Goya
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. The Threshing Ground or Summer, 1786. Detail. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine PW 6287 Firefly

Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine PW 6287 Firefly number 4032, with 7nhp single-cylinder Engine, built in 1925. Seen at York on 16 May 1971

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Garrett Showman's Tractor number 33987 The Leader BJ 5597

Garrett Showman's Tractor number 33987 The Leader BJ 5597, built in 1920. Converted from a Garrett 4nhp 5 ton General Purpose engine. Seen at Newark on 12 June 1971

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Transland Ag-2 N8330H and N8831H

Transland Ag-2 N8330H and N8831H
Transland Ag-2 N8830H and N8831H, 1st and 2nd prototypes. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Transland Ag-2 N8330H

Transland Ag-2 N8330H, the first prototype in flight. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co

Background imageAgricultural Collection: WW2, Women's Land Army Tractor Driver

WW2, Women's Land Army Tractor Driver
An illustration showing a young woman wearing yellow, driving a blue tractor, doing agricultural work for the Women's Land Army

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Laird LC-1B300 N10402

Laird LC-1B300 N10402 (msn 188), in use as an agricultural sprayer in the 1950s Date: circa 1955

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Plant Soya Beans!

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Plant Soya Beans! Date: circa mid-1970s

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Gulf of Guinea. Coffee plantation on the island of Sao Tome

Gulf of Guinea. Coffee plantation on the island of Sao Tome
History of Africa. 19th century. Gulf of Guinea. Coffee plantation on the island of Saint Thome. Alvaro Caminha founded the colony of Sao Tome in 1493. Engraving

Background imageAgricultural Collection: White Heat

White Heat
An oil painting of a strong, white workhorse, led closely by a farmer, with another man trailing behind, by the agricultural equipment being dragged along. Date: circa 1920

Background imageAgricultural Collection: The Roller

The Roller
This oil painting shows an old farmer leading a pair of work horses, coloured brown and black, along earthy terrain, they are dragging an agricultural roller, for compacting the ground

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Cavalry Display by the Third Hussars

Cavalry Display by the Third Hussars
A Cavalry Display by the Third (King's Own) Hussars at the Royal Military Tournment at the Agricultural Hall. Originally created in 1685

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Advert, Turner's Oat Crushing and Bean Splitting Mill

Advert, Turner's Oat Crushing and Bean Splitting Mill, St Peter's Iron Works, Ipswich Date: 1856

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Advert, Samuelson's lawn mowing machines

Advert, Samuelson's lawn mowing machines
Advert, Samuelson's Registered Budding's lawn mowing machines, Britannia Works, Banbury Date: 1856

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Advert, J Tylor and Son's registered garden syringe

Advert, J Tylor and Son's registered garden syringe, small and large sizes Date: 1856

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Advert, Isaac James liquid manure distributor or water cart

Advert, Isaac James liquid manure distributor or water cart
Advert, Isaac James of Cheltenham, liquid manure distributor or water cart Date: 1856

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Advert, Parkes steel digging forks and draining tools

Advert, Parkes steel digging forks and draining tools
Advert, Messrs Burgess and Key, wholesale agents for Parkes steel digging forks and draining tools Date: 1856

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Advert, William Dray and Co, Reaping Machine

Advert, William Dray and Co, Reaping Machine
Advert, William Dray and Co, Upper Thames Street, London, Patent Reaping Machine Date: 1856

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Advert, T Green's lawn mowing and rolling machines

Advert, T Green's lawn mowing and rolling machines
Advert, T Green's New Invention in Lawn Mowing and Rolling Machines Date: 1856

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Advert, John Warner and Sons, London

Advert, John Warner and Sons, London
Advert, John Warner and Sons, Jewin Street, London, Galvanised Iron Tub Garden Engine with Warner's Registered Spreader Date: 1856

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Advert, B Samuelson, Britannia Iron Works, Banbury

Advert, B Samuelson, Britannia Iron Works, Banbury - Turnip Cutters, Chaff Cutters and Corn Bruising Mills Date: 1856

Background imageAgricultural Collection: Beet-lifting, 1893, by Leon Wyczolkowski (1852-1936)

Beet-lifting, 1893, by Leon Wyczolkowski (1852-1936)
Leon Wyczolkowski (1852-1936). Polish painter of Young Poland movement. Beet-lifting, 1893. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018



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