Barrel Collection (page 11)

Man in a crowd in a Yugoslavian street
A man in a crowd in a Yugoslavian street. He is carrying a wooden barrel, possibly containing cheese. Date: September 1965

John Robertson Whisky
A Scotsman in traditional dress holds a glass whilst sitting on a barrel of whisky Date: 1893

Montage of images of parish fire pumps
Four examples of manual parish fire pumps. The top image is typical of the manual pump used in London by the Insurance fire brigades prior to the creation of the London Fire Engine Establishment

Professor Bourguet, balloon ascent, Berlin
Head and shoulders portrait of Professor Bourguet, who made a balloon ascent in Berlin, Germany. 23 May 1804

Fanciful balloon, La Minerve
Fanciful drawing of a balloon carrying a large ship entitled La Minerve vaisseau airien, designed by Professor Robertson. circa 18th century

A man lifting a sake barrel. Print shows a man from behind lifting a sake barrel and holding it aloft with one arm. Date between 1804 and 1818

Bobby Leach, and his barrel. Postcard showing a composite photograph of daredevil Bobby Leach standing in the steel barrel he used to successfully go over Horseshoe Falls, July 1911

A sidewalk dance. Date c1894 Oct. 25

Man drinking from a barrel
A man drinks straight from a barrel. Date: circa 1670

Street music: Barrel organ in Paris
A rather surly looking musician plays a barrel organ on the streets of Paris. Date: 1740

Bloater industry, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
A vast array of barrels used in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, when the bloater industry was at its peak. Great Yarmouths connection with the fishing trade stretches back into ancient history

The Old Curiosity Shop, Mr Quilp seated on beer-barrel
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

Thomas Hardy Drama Festival, Dorchester
At the Thomas Hardy Drama Festival in Dorchester, Dorset, this scene shows the Excisemen discovering the concealed barrels under an apple tree

Street music: Barrel organ in Amsterdam
A man plays a barrel organ on the streets of Amsterdam, accompanied by a singing lady

Fiddler in Thomas Hardy Drama Festival, Dorchester
At the Thomas Hardy Drama Festival in Dorchester, Dorset, Henry Bailey, the old fiddler, played the College Hornpipe in the play The Three Wayfarers

Making a herring barrel, Lowestoft
A cooper making a herring barrel in Lowestoft, Suffolk. By the mid-1960s, fish catches from Lowestoft were greatly diminishing, particularly the herring. Date: 1909

Canteen, Marylebone Police Station, London
The police canteen at Marylebone Police Station, London, showing food, refreshments and remedies lined up on lace-edged shelves. (2 of 2) Date: 1920s

Street music: organ grinder, 1789
An organ grinder plying his trade, surrounded by various other musicians. A buxom lady plays a stringed instument, while a boy and his dog look on. Date: c.1789

German heavy railway-mounted gun in action, WW1
A German heavy railway-mounted gun in action during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Street music: hopeful organ grinder
An organ grinder looks up hopefully whilst plying his trade at the kerbside. Perhaps he is serenading someone in a upper window

Turkish Porters carry large barrel
Turkish Porters carrying a large strengthed barrel (possibly containing oil?) on two long yolks Date: circa 1900

Evaporated milk barrels
Evaporated milk in barrels for export. Malmo, Sweden May 1947. Date: 1947

Sap gathering in an American Maple Orchard, Vermont after the first fall of sugar snow. The large sap vat is being pulled by an ox team. Date: circa 1910s

Street music: organ grinders quarter, 1875
An Italian colony in London: the organ grinders quarter near Hatton Gardens. Date: 1875

Dinant, Belgium - Street Scene Date: circa 1905

Young boy with his dog cart - Bruges, Belgium
A young boy with his milk dog cart - Bruges, Belgium Date: circa 1910s

Newspaper Kitten
A clever little kitten discovers that a crumpled old newspaper in a barrel makes a comfortable bed! Date: 1960s

Warehouse Lorry
A Long Vehicle lorry, delivering a load of barrels to a London warehouse. Date: 1960s

Cornish Sunset
Sunset over Barrel Rock, Bude, Cornwall, England. Date: 1930s

Street music: Barrel organ grinder, c. 1890
A barrel organ grinder plying his trade. Date: c.1890

Dugouts on the Western Front, WW1
Dugouts on the Western Front, probably used by Austrian troops, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Fractured barrel of German Paris Gun, WW1
The fractured barrel of the German Paris Gun (also known as the Emperor William Gun), a long-range seige gun designed and manufactured by Krupp, used towards the end of the First World War

Street music: 1892 slum scene
A noisy street scene of 1892:children dance to a barrel organ, competing with an accordion, penny whistle and the hubbub of passers by. 1892

Street music: organ grinder claimant, 1873
The " nobleman" organ grinder: a claimant to a title whilst on tour through the Irish provinces. Though he refused to name himself

Mascot of Royal Welsh Fusiliers, WW1
The puppy mascot of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, with two soldiers, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Greek fire launcher
Machine for attaching Greek fire to fortress gates

RGA crew with Howitzer named Bunty, Western Front, WW1
Crew of the RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery) posing for their photo with a 12 inch Howitzer named Bunty, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Gunners with Howitzer named Bunty, Western Front, WW1
British gunners posing for their photo with a 12 inch Howitzer named Bunty, on the Western Front in France during the First World War. The crew are stripped to the waist, ready for hot work

British 6 inch Howitzer, WW1
A British 6 inch (26 cwt) Howitzer, designed by Vickers in 1915 for use during the First World War. It continued in use during the Second World War. Seen here with uniformed men in a workshop

Greek fire ship
A 13th century covered galley, equipped to drop barrels of Greek fire

Barrack canteen interior, 1872
Soldiers of the Army Service Corps relaxing in the canteen on Bottle Bush Down during their Autumn Campaign in Wiltshire, England

Austrian Village Ensemble, featuring, yokels, musicians and a variety of age groups! The caption reads Aineter Militia. Date: 1928

Abstract design with various shapes
An abstract design with various shapes, including an empty set of shelves and a red brick wall floating in the air

Children and Bulldog
Two children pass nervously through a gateway, guarded by a bulldog whose kennel is a barrel. 1890s

Irving / Rip / Koatskill Mtn
Rip encounters the odd inhabitants of the Koatskill Mountains. Date: First published: 1819

WARSHIP STRASBOURG
French battleship Date: 1930s

Game / Barrel-Boating 1911
Four boys in their swimsuits have a barrel-boat race Date: 1911

Social / Marbles Champ
A group of men at a championship game of marbles at Tinsley Green, Sussex (held every Good Friday): the winner receives a cask of beer Date: 1950s

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