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Bales Collection

Background imageBales Collection: Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland

Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland
Panoramic view of Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland - The view from Gallow Hill

Background imageBales Collection: Lancashire Cotton Barge

Lancashire Cotton Barge
Barges loaded with bales of raw cotton, destined for the cotton mills, Leeds - Liverpool Canal, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Date: 1930s

Background imageBales Collection: Murraygate, Dundee - Celebration of the Jute Industry

Murraygate, Dundee - Celebration of the Jute Industry - this, along with its other major industries gave Dundee its epithet as the city of " jute, jam and journalism"

Background imageBales Collection: Shire horse pulling a hay wagon

Shire horse pulling a hay wagon
A heavy working horse pulls a high hay wagon along a country lane. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageBales Collection: Good Luck card with two cricket bats, a ball and a wicket

Good Luck card with two cricket bats, a ball and a wicket. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBales Collection: Stunt woman rides through flames on motorbike

Stunt woman rides through flames on motorbike
Sue, 23, one of a team of stunt women, rides her motorbike through a twenty-foot long tunnel of burning hay bales. Wearing only a T-shirt and hot pants she entered the tunnel at 60 mph

Background imageBales Collection: The Hay crop from Suttons Grass Seeds

The Hay crop from Suttons Grass Seeds
A promotional postcard for Suttons Seeds, Reading - showing women harvesting the hay crop, grown from Suttons Grass seeds

Background imageBales Collection: Cotton Warehouse 1930S

Cotton Warehouse 1930S
Men loading a wagon with bales of cotton from a warehouse in Manchester, England. Date: 1930s

Background imageBales Collection: Hay bales in the evening light

Hay bales in the evening light
A view of a field with stacked bales of hay in the evening light. Pencil and watercolour sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Background imageBales Collection: Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi-donkey with load & Armenian d

Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi-donkey with load & Armenian d
Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - a donkey with its load and its Armenian driver. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageBales Collection: Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - Bowled

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - Bowled
Run-It-Out card game - Bowled. mid-20th century

Background imageBales Collection: Alabama - Cotton Compress at Birmingham

Alabama - Cotton Compress at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama - The Cotton Compress. Birmingham was founded on June 1, 1871, by cotton gin promoters who sold lots near the planned crossing of the Alabama & Chattanooga

Background imageBales Collection: Liebig / Cotton 6

Liebig / Cotton 6
Transporting bales of cotton on steamboats on the Mississippi river, USA

Background imageBales Collection: Bales of cotton, ready for shipment - USA

Bales of cotton, ready for shipment - USA. Date: circa 1911

Background imageBales Collection: Shipping cotton bales, St Vincent, Caribbean

Shipping cotton bales, St Vincent, Caribbean Date: early 1900s

Background imageBales Collection: Shipping cotton bales from St Vincent early 1900s

Shipping cotton bales from St Vincent early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Background imageBales Collection: Death greets the Merchant after he has survived

Death greets the Merchant after he has survived a perilous voyage.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

Background imageBales Collection: Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers - Washing 1907

Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers - Washing 1907
After the ostrich feathers complete there journey from Cape Town, South Africa, bales of cruelly plucked feathers arrive by boat to London, the Worlds feather market

Background imageBales Collection: Cotton bales for loading onto a ship, India

Cotton bales for loading onto a ship, India
Cotton bales on dock for loading onto a ship, India, c.1870 s

Background imageBales Collection: Bull, ox cart loaded with bales, Japan

Bull, ox cart loaded with bales, Japan
19th century vintage photograph: Bull, ox cart loaded with bales, Japan

Background imageBales Collection: Farm workers packing bales of rice, Japan

Farm workers packing bales of rice, Japan, late 19th century

Background imageBales Collection: Harvesting the rice crop in Japan

Harvesting the rice crop in Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageBales Collection: Shipping cotton, Norfolk Harbour, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Shipping cotton, Norfolk Harbour, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1915

Background imageBales Collection: Bales of wool being transported from Riverina, Australia

Bales of wool being transported from Riverina, Australia
Bales of wool being transported on bullock-drawn carts from Riverina, New South Wales, Australia, destined for the mills of Yorkshire, England. Date: 1922

Background imageBales Collection: Womens Auxiliary Army Corps, WW1

Womens Auxiliary Army Corps, WW1
Members of the Womens Auxiliary Army Corps in a clothing store, packing uniforms into bales for recruits, First World War. 1914-1918

Background imageBales Collection: Manchester Cotton Shed

Manchester Cotton Shed. circa 1900

Background imageBales Collection: Aerostatic Machine, Ballooning

Aerostatic Machine, Ballooning
George B Bales, newly invented Aerostatic Machine - Ballooning. circa 1850

Background imageBales Collection: People in a field at harvest time with tractor

People in a field at harvest time with tractor
People in a field at harvest time, riding on hay bales being drawn by a red tractor. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageBales Collection: Toorak sheep station, Julia Creek, Queensland, Australia

Toorak sheep station, Julia Creek, Queensland, Australia
Toorak sheep station at Julia Creek, Queensland, Australia -- men and women on a truck loaded with wool bales. Date: mid-1910s

Background imageBales Collection: Fort Erin from the South - Isle of Man

Fort Erin from the South - Isle of Man
circa 1910s

Background imageBales Collection: Unloading Bales

Unloading Bales

Background imageBales Collection: WOOL BALES IN ARGENTINA

WOOL BALES IN ARGENTINA
Argentinian wool industry: transporting bales of wool Date: 1885

Background imageBales Collection: Horse and hay cart Portugal

Horse and hay cart Portugal
A farm couple making hay and loading a horsedrawn hay cart by hand. Near Porto, Portugal Date: 1991

Background imageBales Collection: Australia - Wool Team crossing the Warrigo River

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

Background imageBales Collection: Boatmens Children - pounding rice - India

Boatmens Children - pounding rice - India Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBales Collection: A working heavy horse

A working heavy horse
A Shire horse, with collar, tack, bit, blinkers and horse brasses, standing alone in a cut cornfield. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageBales Collection: Team of stunt women

Team of stunt women posing with a stunt bicycle Date: circa 1970s

Background imageBales Collection: LCC-LFB Aftermath of a warehouse fire, Palmers Wharf

LCC-LFB Aftermath of a warehouse fire, Palmers Wharf
Stacked bales of goods affected by heat and water following a fire at Palmers Wharf, Prince Street, Deptford, SE London

Background imageBales Collection: Collecting hay bales

Collecting hay bales
Collecting bales of hay in a horse-drawn wooden wagon. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageBales Collection: Threshing 1930S

Threshing 1930S
Harvest time, Essex. The ripe barley is being fed into the thresher, the straw forced out is then compressed into bales, wired up and then carried up to the stack to be stored

Background imageBales Collection: Cotton on the quayside, Galveston, Texas, USA

Cotton on the quayside, Galveston, Texas, USA
Bales of cotton on the quayside, Galveston, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1910

Background imageBales Collection: Flatbed truck loaded with SBA bales, USA

Flatbed truck loaded with SBA bales, USA. Date: circa 1920

Background imageBales Collection: Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - Run Out

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - Run Out
Run-It-Out card game - Run Out - Hows That? mid-20th century

Background imageBales Collection: History. World War II. Latvia. Bullets found in the field of

History. World War II. Latvia. Bullets found in the field of Battle near and More. Over 200 Latvians died between September 26 to 29, 1944

Background imageBales Collection: Mississippi Cotton Steamer, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Mississippi Cotton Steamer, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
A cotton steamer on the Mississippi River at New Orleans. Horses and wagons line up to transport bales of cotton. Date: circa 1895

Background imageBales Collection: Western Canada - Wheat Field

Western Canada - Wheat Field. Date: 1928

Background imageBales Collection: Loading cotton, Pensacola, Florida, USA

Loading cotton, Pensacola, Florida, USA
Men loading cotton on board a steamer for export, Pensacola, Florida, USA. Date: 1912

Background imageBales Collection: Haymaking in a field

Haymaking in a field
People haymaking in a field. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBales Collection: Brazilian farmer riding a horse loaded with

Brazilian farmer riding a horse loaded with bales of cotton to market.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageBales Collection: Young villagers on bales of straw, France

Young villagers on bales of straw, France, 18th century, from a painting by Nicolas Lancret.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F

Background imageBales Collection: Two firefighters at King George V Dock, East London

Two firefighters at King George V Dock, East London
Two firefighters in action at No.9 Shed, King George V Dock, Port of London Authority, East London (E16), on 29 December 1974 -- a 30-pump fire

Background imageBales Collection: Distorted rails after fire in Hackney, East London

Distorted rails after fire in Hackney, East London
Distorted rails after a fire at Wallis Road, Hackney, East London, 16 August 1955. The fire involved baled cork in the arch under Clarnico Bridge on the railway line between Stratford

Background imageBales Collection: Women working land in Cley, Norfolk, WW1

Women working land in Cley, Norfolk, WW1
Women sent by the Womens Political Union to a farm at Cley, Norfolk for training in farm work during the First World War. Date: 1916

Background imageBales Collection: Men with rice bales on cart, Japan

Men with rice bales on cart, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBales Collection: Ox cart with rice bales, Japan

Ox cart with rice bales, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBales Collection: British soldiers with anti-aircraft gun, Western Front, WW1

British soldiers with anti-aircraft gun, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers with an anti-aircraft gun camouflaged by bales of hay at harvest time, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBales Collection: Railway with supplies for British troops, WW1

Railway with supplies for British troops, WW1
A railway train bringing supplies for British troops on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBales Collection: Man with pony on country lane, Scotland

Man with pony on country lane, Scotland
A man with a pony carrying bales of hay on a country lane in Scotland

Background imageBales Collection: Making Hay Bales

Making Hay Bales
Making hay while the sun shines. Date: late 1960s

Background imageBales Collection: Typical Harvest Scene, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Typical Harvest Scene, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Date: circa 1930s

Background imageBales Collection: French Coutryfolk - Lunchtime for Reapers / Harvesters

French Coutryfolk - Lunchtime for Reapers / Harvesters
French Countryfolk - Lunchtime for Reapers/Harvesters Date: circa 1905

Background imageBales Collection: British and French soldiers awaiting transport to the front

British and French soldiers awaiting transport to the front
Jacques and Tommy at a Railhead. British and French soldiers awaiting transport to the front Date: circa 1917

Background imageBales Collection: Stouks near Uderns - Schwaz district of Tyrol, Austria

Stouks near Uderns - Schwaz district of Tyrol, Austria
Stouks in the fields near Uderns, a municipality in the Schwaz district of Tyrol, Austria. Date: circa 1947

Background imageBales Collection: Kortrijk - sheafs of corn

Kortrijk - sheafs of corn
Stooks in a field - sheafs of grain at Kortrijk, Belgium Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBales Collection: Farmers carrying straw-bales. Hindu art. Miniature

Farmers carrying straw-bales. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Background imageBales Collection: San Lawrenz church with hay bales

San Lawrenz church with hay bales Date: 2011

Background imageBales Collection: Hay bales, Ta Pinu National Shrine

Hay bales, Ta Pinu National Shrine, Ghammar / Ghasri, Gozo Date: 2011

Background imageBales Collection: Coloured Cloth Hall, Leeds, Yorkshire

Coloured Cloth Hall, Leeds, Yorkshire
The Coloured Cloth Hall at Leeds in Yorkshire. Large bales of coloured cloth are arranged in piles with the producers negotiating prices with customers. Date: 1844

Background imageBales Collection: Betsimisaraka man carrying reeds

Betsimisaraka man carrying reeds
A Betsimisaraka man from Madagascar carrying two large bales of rushes/reeds, canes. The Betsimisaraka constitute the second largest group (15%) of Madagascars population. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBales Collection: Transporting corn or wheat - Italy

Transporting corn or wheat - Italy
Spedaluzzo, near Greve (not too far from Florence), Italy - an ox cart transporting bales of corn Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBales Collection: The Scarecrow

The Scarecrow
A young girl talks about the perfect man for marriage - one who can support her as well as the scarecrow! She also extols the virtues of the scarecrow to frighten away the crows ! Date: circa 1908

Background imageBales Collection: India - The Harvest

India - The Harvest of corn Date: circa 1907

Background imageBales Collection: Farmer and laden ox cart

Farmer and laden ox cart
Farmer and his Oxen cart transporting a large volume of hay - Bearnais region. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBales Collection: Shortsighted young cricketer is bowled out

Shortsighted young cricketer is bowled out
A shortsighted young cricketer is bowled out -- the bales are flying off the stumps

Background imageBales Collection: Press for packing Indian cotton

Press for packing Indian cotton
Indian workers operate machinery for compressing cotton into neat bales

Background imageBales Collection: Cotton Store, Bombay

Cotton Store, Bombay
A group of Indian cotton workers relax amongst the cotton bales

Background imageBales Collection: Grass Cutters - Mules bringing in the fodder

Grass Cutters - Mules bringing in the fodder - India

Background imageBales Collection: Japanese packhorse with bags of rice

Japanese packhorse with bags of rice

Background imageBales Collection: Loading up a camel - Algeria

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

Background imageBales Collection: Firewood Carrier - Japan

Firewood Carrier - Japan
An old man carries two very large and very neat bundles of firewood on a yolk, Japan

Background imageBales Collection: Scotland - Abbey Church - St Mary, Iona

Scotland - Abbey Church - St Mary, Iona. Existing building founded in c.1203 by Benedictines near the site of St Columbas Church c.563

Background imageBales Collection: Riverside scene - Pakistan

Riverside scene - Pakistan
A Pakistani man gathering tall reeds/rushes growing alongside a small stream. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Background imageBales Collection: Men and women collect and tie reed bundles

Men and women collect and tie reed bundles
Collecting and tieing reed bundles by a stream in a province formerly part of India and now wiithin modern Pakistan. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Background imageBales Collection: Building a mill at an outdoor hay store at Oran, Algeria

Building a mill at an outdoor hay store at Oran, Algeria
Construction of a mill out of hay at Oran; also transliterated as Ouahran. From the Berber word Wahran, the plural of Wahra, i.e. " lion"



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