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Womens Institute activities during the First World War, making jam and wicker baskets to help with the war effort. 1915
Welsh Girls in Traditional Costume 1908A group of seven Welsh girls in traditional costume. One of them holds a large doll on her lap, and three are holding baskets
Three cockle women of Pembrokeshire, South WalesThree cockle women of South Wales, in a posed photograph. They are probably from the coastal village of Llangwm, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Large fig factoryThe scale of the fig industry at Izmir is demonstrated in this postcard showing a huge warehouse with a multitude of baskets and workers
Oyster Catch / WhitstableOysters, found to be a valuable remedy for the influenza epidemic, are sorted and packed by fishermen in Whitstable, Kent, for distribution to the hospitals
Hop Picking in Kent - Boughton District Date: 1907
Cotton weavers at their looms, Preston, LancashireWomen operating cotton weaving looms at the works of Messrs Horrockses, Crewdson and Co Ltd of Preston, Lancashire
Smithfield Market 1870The arrival of an early meat train at Smithfield Market in London: porters unload and move baskets and crates
Hereford Industrial School Basket MakingBoys sitting making baskets at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s
Poster depicting cocoa pod gatheringPoster for the Empire Marketing Board depicting the gathering of cocoa pods
Aberdeen Fish MarketTwo market traders walk through Aberdeen Fish Market, Scotland, where thousands of fresh fish are set out in crates and wicker baskets
Window GardeningA Victorian woman sits in a comfortable armchair reading a book, proud of her verdant display of plants decorating a large window
Frome Market 1930SWell-dressed ladies carrying heavy wicker baskets of shopping, next to the fruit and vegetable stall at Frome farmers market, Somerset, England
Sorting Post 1930SOne of the hundreds of groups of auxiliaries at the General Post Office (GPO), dispatching parcels to distant colonies during the usual Christmas postal rush
Borough Market 1870A busy day at the Borough food market
Champion Basket CarrierA champion basket carrier steals the show at Covent Garden Market, London
Four Japanese women amid bamboo with a young childFour Japanese women stand amid bamboo with a young child seated in the front and surrounded by hanging baskets of food and Japanese flags and figurines
Sorting Post 1930SA postal worker at the General Post Office (GPO), at Mount Pleasant, north London, sorts out parcels on a conveyor belt in the warehouse
Covent Garden MarketCOVENT GARDEN Early morning; a 21 year-old chap (Alfred John Lewis) in a flat cap, stands surrounded by baskets and crates of apples, fruit and vegetables
Poster, Connemara, Great Southern Railways, IrelandPoster, Connemara, The Old Bog Road, Great Southern Railways, Ireland. Date: circa 1920
Pulling the Hops - Hop Pickers - West Malling, Kent. Date: 1938
A succesful crop of potatoes grown using Hadfields ManureA succesful crop of potatoes grown using Hadfields Special Potato Manure - George Hadfield & Co. Ltd. (Established 1820) - Bone, fertilizer & Vitriol Works, Liverpool. Date: circa 1910s
Japanese Pearl Divers Date: circa 1930s
A cockle woman of Pembrokeshire, South WalesAn elderly cockle woman of South Wales, in a posed photograph with a painted backdrop behind her. She is probably from the coastal village of Llangwm, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed
Vietnam - Children working as porters - SaigonVietnam - Children working as porters - at a Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) market. Date: circa 1910s
Jolly Grape PickersA grinning group of grape pickers pose for the camera in a vineyard in Champagne, France. Date: early 1930s
Noonday, GranadaThis painting shows a busy street corner of Granada, a city in Andalusia, southern Spain, with men and women carrying shopping baskets and a white packhorse stood on the right. Date: circa 1915
The Flower Market - Nice, France (see: 10438642). Date: circa 1910s
Blitz in London -- salvaged mail, Calthorpe Street, WW2Blitz in London -- following the bombing of Mount Pleasant Post Office on 18 June 1943, salvaged mail was temporarily piled up in nearby Calthorpe Street. Date: 1943
Collecting Eggs at Flamborough HeadCollecting seagulls eggs at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. A traditional practice for farmers whose land adjoined the cliff edge
London Life - A Flower Seller in Piccadilly Circus Date: circa 1940
Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, SenegalMoorish Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, Senegal Date: circa 1950s
Fig sorting - Djanik Elmassian Fig Factory, Izmir, TurkeyFig sorting at the Djanik Elmassian Fig Factory and depot at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey. A very traditional scene in the main fig-producing region in Turkey. Date: circa 1910s
Market Reports Series - Country Ducks arrivingOne of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Country Ducks arrived in excellent condition. Date: 1903
Aylesbury Prison LaundryInterior of laundry at Aylesbury prison. Uniformed women handle the washing on trolleys and in baskets which bear the convict arrow insignia. Date: circa 1900
Bosnian Market Scene - SarajevoMarket Scene in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
Laundry at National Childrens Home, Harpenden, HertsGirls iron and fold clean washing in the laundry at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Billingsgate Fish Market - Fresh HaddockFresh Haddock brought to Billingsgate Fish Market in London on large wagons Date: 1912
Shop interior, Egypt Date: circa 1900s
Basket Making, Gawleys Gate. Loch NeaghBasket Making, Gawleys Gate. L. Neagh - a view of three men outside making baskets. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Lough Neagh). Date: circa early 1900s
Street Banana Seller, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Date: circa 1910s
South Africa - a toddler looks down guiltily at broken eggsSouth Africa - a toddler looks down guiltily at some broken eggs, spilled out from their laden basket. Date: circa 1930s
Clam Diggers sorting and grading their pickings, Boston, USAClam Diggers sorting and grading their pickings - Boston, Massachusetts, USA Date: circa 1910s
Basket seller, JapanA Japanese man selling baskets from an overloaded cart Date: Late 19th Century
St Nicholas Church on The Old Town Square in Prague. This famous baroque Church decorated with sculptures by Antonin Braun was completed in 1735
Carrying Turf / IrelandA girl carrying peat in baskets strapped to a donkey
Woman & WheelbarrowA woman gardening with her wheelbarrow in a very well- kept garden full of roses, hanging baskets and other flower borders
Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with CooksCover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a West Country scene with people playing on a sandy beach, fishing nets and seagulls