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Bucket Collection

Background imageBucket Collection: Keep a Pig poster

Keep a Pig poster
Poster from the Small Pig Keepers Council encouraging the keeping of pigs during wartime - save waste and make food - illustrated by a man in cardigan and hat with a bucket of slops for the pig

Background imageBucket Collection: Advertisement for Morses distemper with a decorator lying flat while painting the walls

Advertisement for Morses distemper with a decorator lying flat while painting the walls. Date: c.1924

Background imageBucket Collection: Buckets and spades at the seaside

Buckets and spades at the seaside
Two little girls on the beach at an unidentified British seaside resort, carrying their buckets and spades. Date: 1950s

Background imageBucket Collection: Opening of the Anglesey Hunt

Opening of the Anglesey Hunt
An opening custom of the Anglesey Hunt, whereby hot coppers or small change (heated in a bucket by the fire) are thrown from the balcony of the Bulkeley Arms Hotel following the hunt ball

Background imageBucket Collection: Wassailing Apple Trees

Wassailing Apple Trees
In Devon and Somerset, apple growers wassail orchards on 17 January, with songs and a bucket of hot cider; a tree is lightly sprinkled, then the wassailers drink the rest

Background imageBucket Collection: Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail bar

Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail bar
A flapper girl from the 1920s sitting at a cocktail bar on a high stool. She is slim, wears a slinky dress, and has a cigarette in a holder in her mouth. On the bar is her glass of champagne

Background imageBucket Collection: Lyme Regis Promenade

Lyme Regis Promenade
An old man with a bucket over his arm walks along the sea front at Lyme Regis, Dorset, England

Background imageBucket Collection: Retro poster, Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte

Retro poster, Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte
Retro poster for Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte, character from HMS Pinafore. 1960s

Background imageBucket Collection: Llewellin Churn Works, Haverfordwest, South Wales

Llewellin Churn Works, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A group of employees, mostly women, of the Llewellin Churn Works at North Gate, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Background imageBucket Collection: Sand Pies by Muriel Dawson

Sand Pies by Muriel Dawson
A small blonde girl in a sunsuit and sun bonnet studiously mixes sand in a bucket

Background imageBucket Collection: Children / Paddling 1922

Children / Paddling 1922
Three children paddling in the sea; one carries a bucket, another inspects a toy boat

Background imageBucket Collection: Young Uyghur Girl - Kashgar, Xinjiang

Young Uyghur Girl - Kashgar, Xinjiang
Young indigenous Uyghur girl of Kashgar. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Background imageBucket Collection: Range of bakery tools and ingredients

Range of bakery tools and ingredients
A range of bakery tools and ingredients, including a pair of scales, a bucket, a sieve, mixing paddles and a sack of flour

Background imageBucket Collection: Advert / Calverts Carboli

Advert / Calverts Carboli
CALVERTs CARBOLIC SOAP for floors

Background imageBucket Collection: Young girl preparing chips - Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe

Young girl preparing chips - Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe
A young girl (likely the daughter of the shop owner) prepares chips at a Fish & Chip Shop in Morecambe Lancashire

Background imageBucket 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

Background imageBucket Collection: Poster advertising Norway

Poster advertising Norway, showing a pretty milkmaid with a yoke and two buckets. 20th century

Background imageBucket Collection: Comic postcard, Little girl at the seaside, marooned on a pile of sand

Comic postcard, Little girl at the seaside, marooned on a pile of sand. Date: 20th century

Background imageBucket Collection: English Royalists 1640-9

English Royalists 1640-9
English Royalist soldiers: doublet & breeches, lace falling collars, lace-edged boot hose tops, bucket-top boots, plumed hats, cloak

Background imageBucket Collection: Bolsover Miners

Bolsover Miners
Miners from the Bolsover branch of the National Union of Mineworkers, Derbyshire, collect money for the strike fund Date: May 1984

Background imageBucket Collection: Comic postcard, Outside the builders merchants

Comic postcard, Outside the builders merchants - man with bucket and toilet seat Date: 20th century

Background imageBucket Collection: Shelling Mussels / 1906

Shelling Mussels / 1906
Shelling mussels, Cromasty, Scotland Date: 1906

Background imageBucket Collection: Frontispiece illustration, Peter, the fox terrier

Frontispiece illustration, Peter, the fox terrier. Date: 1912

Background imageBucket Collection: Prams on Brighton Beach

Prams on Brighton Beach
A mother and her young children play on the pebbled beach at Brighton, almost hidden behind three large prams Date: Early 1960s

Background imageBucket Collection: Cleaning Day, by Ethel Parkinson

Cleaning Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl wields a mop, while a little boy kneels down and scrubs the floor

Background imageBucket Collection: Beach Dress

Beach Dress
A perfect outfit for the seaside: sleeveless dress with fitted bodice, bow detail, 3/4 length skirt with contrasting fringing, strappy sandals, straw hat & bucket bag

Background imageBucket Collection: Children Play at Seaside

Children Play at Seaside
Rather than entrust their boat to the waves which might sweep it away, these children construct an inshore pool where it will be safe though its voyages will be short

Background imageBucket Collection: Women Window Cleaners

Women Window Cleaners
A group of newly trained Georginas set off for their first job, carrying their ladders and buckets. Date: 1940s

Background imageBucket Collection: Ritemp Washing Machine

Ritemp Washing Machine
A housewife prepares to drain her English Electric Ritemp washing machine, simply and rapidly, into bucket or drain, according to the instruction book

Background imageBucket Collection: Shire horse and foal, Trewey Farm, Zennor, Cornwall

Shire horse and foal, Trewey Farm, Zennor, Cornwall
Shire horse Bluebell with her week-old foal at Trewey Farm, Zennor, Cornwall

Background imageBucket Collection: Cottage on Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Cottage on Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
A cottage on the island of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, northern Scotland, with inhabitants and cattle. Date: 1936

Background imageBucket Collection: English Village Well

English Village Well
A mother and child fetch a pail of water from the well in the village of Old Basing, Hampshire. England. Date: 1930s

Background imageBucket Collection: Scrubing Doorstep / 1920S

Scrubing Doorstep / 1920S
A Charwoman, who goes to work in her motorcycle and side car, kneels whilst scrubbing the steps of no. 47

Background imageBucket Collection: Girl and goose on a Christmas card

Girl and goose on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBucket Collection: Off to the Sea by Muriel Dawson

Off to the Sea by Muriel Dawson -- a little child ready for the summer holidays. Date: 1940

Background imageBucket Collection: Children Run on Sand

Children Run on Sand
Two children and their dog scamper across the sand, carrying their spade and bucket. Date: 1913

Background imageBucket Collection: Pembrokeshire fisherman and family

Pembrokeshire fisherman and family
A Pembrokeshire fisherman and his family outside their cottage. The woman on the left is washing clothes in a wooden bucket

Background imageBucket Collection: Elephant Washing Aldin

Elephant Washing Aldin
An elephant washing itself with water from a bucket

Background imageBucket Collection: Woman Feeds Chickens

Woman Feeds Chickens
An older woman in a long dress and wide-brimmed hat throws handfuls of chicken feed on to the ground for the chickens to peck at and scratch in the straw

Background imageBucket Collection: Couple / Pink Champagne

Couple / Pink Champagne
Passion and pink champagne: a heady mixture

Background imageBucket Collection: Children on Beach 1 of 4

Children on Beach 1 of 4
Four children on the beach, wanting to make friends but feeling a bit shy

Background imageBucket Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a boy in a sailor suit

Christmas card in the shape of a boy in a sailor suit with bucket and spade. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBucket Collection: Lord Howes Victory off the French island of Ushant, 1 June 1794, Fourth Battle of Ushant

Lord Howes Victory off the French island of Ushant, 1 June 1794, Fourth Battle of Ushant, also known as the Glorious First of June, during the French Revolutionary Wars. Date: 1794

Background imageBucket Collection: Comic postcard, Large woman in red swimsuit on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman in red swimsuit on the beach Date: 20th century

Background imageBucket Collection: Young women taking bath at home, late 19thc. Japan

Young women taking bath at home, late 19thc. Japan
Young women taking a bath at home, late 19th century Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageBucket Collection: Rubber Plantation - Malaysia - Overseer and Coolies

Rubber Plantation - Malaysia - Overseer and Coolies. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBucket Collection: Ferguson tractor

Ferguson tractor with bucket lift. Date: circa 1960

Background imageBucket Collection: Ferguson tractor

Ferguson tractor with bucket lift. Date: circa 1960

Background imageBucket Collection: Ferguson tractor

Ferguson tractor with bucket lift. Date: circa 1960

Background imageBucket Collection: Ferguson tractor

Ferguson tractor with bucket lift. Date: circa 1960

Background imageBucket Collection: Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1

Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred

Background imageBucket Collection: Agnes Reston (1771-1856), known as The Heroine of Matagorda

Agnes Reston (1771-1856), known as The Heroine of Matagorda, wife of Sergeant Reston of the 94th Regiment of Foot

Background imageBucket Collection: Comic postcard - plump woman on beach - I Can t See My Little Charlie Date

Comic postcard - plump woman on beach - I Can t See My Little Charlie Date: circa 1949

Background imageBucket Collection: Comic Seaside Postcard - I Can t See My Little Johnny

Comic Seaside Postcard - I Can t See My Little Johnny
I Can t See My Little Johnny - Humorous saucy seaside postcard design by Donald McGill (1875-1962). Date: circa 1949

Background imageBucket Collection: Young man in fashionable outfit with top hat and cane, 1912

Young man in fashionable outfit with top hat and cane, 1912. Mise d un jeune homme

Background imageBucket Collection: Russian banya or sauna, 18th century

Russian banya or sauna, 18th century
Russian banya, sauna or public baths, 18th century. Men and women scourging themselves with birch leaves, men throwing buckets of water on hot stones

Background imageBucket Collection: Poster, Keep a Pig, save waste and make food, WW2

Poster, Keep a Pig, save waste and make food, WW2
Poster, Keep a Pig, save waste and make food. 1940s

Background imageBucket Collection: Toddler at seaside by Muriel Dawson

Toddler at seaside by Muriel Dawson
Toddler at the seaside by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Background imageBucket Collection: A Sketchbook - Mothers and Children

A Sketchbook - Mothers and Children. Date: 1921

Background imageBucket Collection: White Star Line, Goldsmiths silver plated champagne bucket

White Star Line, Goldsmiths silver plated champagne bucket
White Star Line, First Class Goldsmiths silver plated champagne bucket with flag logo. 6ins

Background imageBucket Collection: White Star Line, crystal ice bucket with logo

White Star Line, crystal ice bucket with logo
White Star Line, rare crystal ice bucket with house logo. 6ins. 7ins

Background imageBucket Collection: Mappin and Webb Orient Line ice bucket

Mappin and Webb Orient Line ice bucket
OCEAN LINERS: Mappin and Webb Orient Line ice bucket. 5ins

Background imageBucket Collection: WW2 Home Front Window Cleaner

WW2 Home Front Window Cleaner
This illustration portrays a woman who working as a window cleaner during WW2, she is carrying a ladder over her shoulder and a bucket in her hand. Date: circa 1941

Background imageBucket Collection: Carry On Kiddies!

Carry On Kiddies!
An illustration of a little boy dressed in the uniform of a British Army WW2 soldier, he is washing his hands in a bucket outside his tent. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageBucket Collection: Milk maid with a cow

Milk maid with a cow
Victorian milkmaid with bucket, ready to milk the cow. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBucket Collection: The Suitor

The Suitor
An illustration of a gentleman looking confidently casual as he speaks with a woman leaning forwards to pick up a bucket from the well. Date: circa 1901

Background imageBucket Collection: Lever Brothers Vim Advertisement

Lever Brothers Vim Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Vim, a cleaner for metal and even woodwork, such as utensils, taps, floorboards, baths etc

Background imageBucket Collection: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret playing in a sandpit

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret playing in a sandpit
Princesses Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) (1926-) and Margaret (1930-2002), daughters of the Duke and Duchess of York playing in a sandpit at St

Background imageBucket Collection: White Star Line - crystal ice bucket and glass side plate

White Star Line - crystal ice bucket and glass side plate, both with flag logo. Date: 20th century

Background imageBucket 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 imageBucket Collection: Mrs Furrow the Farmer's Wife

Mrs Furrow the Farmer's Wife

Background imageBucket Collection: Children climbing down to the beach

Children climbing down to the beach with bucket and spade

Background imageBucket Collection: Photographing the Family on the Beach

Photographing the Family on the Beach - original pencil sketch by unknown artist

Background imageBucket Collection: New Year Greetings Card - young couple - kiss on the cheek

New Year Greetings Card - young couple - kiss on the cheek
A New Year Greetings Card, featuring a young German couple sharing a bottle of bubbly and a kiss (above a small incidental table!) - The Passing hours of New Year seem - As peaceful as a happy dream

Background imageBucket Collection: Life on a North Sea trawler - aerial view onto the deck - man in raincoat and trilby hat

Life on a North Sea trawler - aerial view onto the deck - man in raincoat and trilby hat, carrying a shopping bag. Date: 1960s

Background imageBucket Collection: Man with bucket and rope ladder on a Christmas card

Man with bucket and rope ladder on a Christmas card
Man with a bucket and a rope ladder on a Christmas card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBucket Collection: Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, WW1

Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, WW1
Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, showing Emperor Franz Josef of Austria lying in state (although he was still alive at the time)

Background imageBucket Collection: Sequences of a man carrying - first a 20 kg dumb-bell, second a full bucket. Date: 1887

Sequences of a man carrying - first a 20 kg dumb-bell, second a full bucket. Date: 1887

Background imageBucket Collection: Tom Walls with horse and jockey, racing fixtures

Tom Walls with horse and jockey, racing fixtures
Racehorse owner Tom Walls with horse and jockey, racing fixtures Date: 1930

Background imageBucket Collection: Advertising publicity leaflet, Warners Commodes

Advertising publicity leaflet, Warners Commodes, for hospitals, sick rooms, and invalids use Date: 1881

Background imageBucket Collection: Comic postcard, Three children building sandcastle Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Three children building sandcastle Date: 20th century

Background imageBucket Collection: Comic postcard, Dissatisfied customer in fish shop Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Dissatisfied customer in fish shop Date: 20th century

Background imageBucket Collection: Market Day in the French Basque Region

Market Day in the French Basque Region
Elderly woman on Market Day in the French Basque Region. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBucket Collection: Local Women fetching drinking water from a well - Venice

Local Women fetching drinking water from a well - Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1901



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