Baskets Collection (page 10)

Two young boys on an Easter egg hunt
Two brothers carry empty baskets as they begin an Easter egg hunt Date: c. 1920

Baskets by a cottage wall, Scotland
A collection of wickerwork baskets by a rustic cottage wall, Scotland

Two boys with pony on country lane, Scotland
Two boys with a pony on a country lane in Scotland. The wickerwork basket contains peat (cut turf)

Woman in back yard with two cats
A woman in a back yard with two cats sitting on a chair

Harbour scene with seagulls
A harbour scene with fishing boats and seagulls. A Shell-Mex BP vehicle is parked on the right

People on horseback, going to collect peat
Two people on horseback, a man and a woman, going with their wickerwork baskets to collect peat (cut turf). Date: 1920s

Japanese women sorting grain
Japanese women sort, grade and winnow grain. Date: circa 1910s

Indian Fisherman
Southern Indian Fisherman carrying his catch on two baskets hanging off a long yoke. Date: 1910s

Les Halles Market, Paris
The salad and vegetable market stalls at Les Halles Market, Paris, France Date: 1906

Women carry vegetables through a cactus plantation - Israel (then under Ottoman control). Date: circa 1916

Grape Pickers 1930S
Grape pickers in Champagne, France. Date: early 1930s

Grape Pickers in Love
A young couple laden with baskets of freshly picked grapes, looking very happy and in love, Champagne, France. Date: early 1930s

Italian Peasant Girls
Two Italian peasant girls in traditional dress, selling goods from baskets carried by a donkey. Date: early 1930s

Gold Washing Machine
Baskets containing freshly mined gold, being washed on a water wheel at a New Zealand gold mine. Date: early 1930s

Repeating Pattern - Roses in a Basket. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk - Landing Herring at the harbour Date: circa 1907

Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms feeding on mulberry leaves Date: circa 1909

Mount Fuji, Japan - from Numadzu
A fantastic view of Mount Fuji, Japan - from Numadzu, with a labourer carrying some baskets suspended off a yolk on his shoulder. Date: circa 1910s

Carrying pigs to market - China Date: circa 1908

Man with Game Cocks - Stone Sails - Guadalupe, Mexico
Inset photograph of a man carrying Game Cocks and the Stone Sails Monument (in the grounds of the Basilica de Santa Maria de Guadalupe) - Guadalupe, Mexico. Date: circa 1910s

Bohemian Woman - Coumara Nut Seller - Istanbul, Turkey. Coumara nuts are the seeds of the Tonka Bean Tree, used in medicines, perfumes and (in Asia) as a substitute for Vanilla. Date: circa 1904

Chinese food seller in front of a Brothel, Shanghai, China
A rather extraordinary card of a Chinese food seller in front of a Brothel, Scott Road, Shanghai, China. Date: circa 1910s

Zhenjiang, China - Labourer pull cart of rocks - street Date: 1920

Japan - Woman buying food from a street vendor, possibly rather grateful to be able to rest his heavily-laden yolk of wares. Date: circa 1906

The El Krana Souk (Market) at Tunis, Tunisia. Date: circa 1910s

Turkey, Istanbul - Farm Cart with Oxen Date: circa 1930s

Fisherwomen - Vietnam Date: 1910s

Yams & Canes taken to market - Constant Spring Road, Jamaica
Yams taken to market by women (baskets carried on the head) along with canes transported by a solitary donkey - Constant Spring Road, Jamaica Date: circa 1910s

A rather basic bridge - Senegal, West Africa
A rather basic bridge (likely far more secure than it looks!) - Senegal, West Africa Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Japanese woman with baskets in hand and on her back (containing a large bunch of pink flowers). Date: circa 1910

Peat Carriers, Scotland
Scottish Peat Carriers, their heavy loads tied into wicker backpacks. Date: circa 1908

Landing Herring at Minehead, Somerset (and the fleet)
Landing Herring at Minehead, Somerset (and the fleet setting out in the inset image). Date: 1904

Street scene and street markets - Lugano, Switzerland Date: 1920s

Fishwives - Brittany, France
The Return of the Fishers - Fishwives carrying the catch ashore - Brittany, France Date: 1906

Bohemian Street Fruit Seller, Istanbul, Turkey
A Bohemian Gypsy vendor of soft fruits. She sells her wares in little wicker baskets. These small baskets are attached to the larger basket on her back

Gathering Roses in Rumelia (Balkans)
Gathering Roses in Rumelia (a historical term describing the area now referred to as the Balkans or the Balkan Peninsula when it was administrated by the Ottoman Empire). Date: 1880s

John, A Chinaman in Sydney, Australia Date: 1892

A Newlyn Fishwife, Cornwall. Date: 1893

Pap and cake sellers, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa. Pap is a traditional porridge / polenta made from mielie-meal (ground maize). Date: circa 1920s

Country scene on a plantation in Jamaica, West Indies
Country scene of workers on a plantation in Jamaica, West Indies. Date: circa 1908

Mexico - Street Hat and basket vendor. Date: circa 1907

A Buryat (or Buriyad) man - Siberia, Russia
A Buryat (or Buriyad) man - the largest indigenous group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia

Flower Girls at Piccadilly Circus, London
Flower Girls on the steps of the Eros Statue at Piccadilly Circus, London Date: 1903

Type of French Fisherwoman from Northern France, with some impressive conch shells in her basket. Date: circa 1905

Morocco, North West Africa - Market, Sale Date: circa 1950s

Bogota, Colombia - Basket Market (Plaza de las Cruces)
Plaza de las Cruces (Square of the Crosses), Bogota, Colombia - Basket Market. Date: circa 1920s

Co-operative Wholesale Societies - Women Picking Tea
English and Scottish - Co-operative Wholesale Societies - Picking Tea. Only the young leaf fom the BEST Gardens is used! Date: circa 1905

A Korean Basket Seller - Seoul, South Korea. He is carrying well over 40 baskets! One would imagine they are empty... Date: circa 1910s

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