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Keep a Pig posterPoster 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
Advertisement for Morses distemper with a decorator lying flat while painting the walls. Date: c.1924
Buckets and spades at the seasideTwo little girls on the beach at an unidentified British seaside resort, carrying their buckets and spades. Date: 1950s
Opening of the Anglesey HuntAn 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
Wassailing Apple TreesIn 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
Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail barA 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
Lyme Regis PromenadeAn old man with a bucket over his arm walks along the sea front at Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
Retro poster, Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly CarteRetro poster for Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte, character from HMS Pinafore. 1960s
Llewellin Churn Works, Haverfordwest, South WalesA group of employees, mostly women, of the Llewellin Churn Works at North Gate, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
Sand Pies by Muriel DawsonA small blonde girl in a sunsuit and sun bonnet studiously mixes sand in a bucket
Children / Paddling 1922Three children paddling in the sea; one carries a bucket, another inspects a toy boat
Young Uyghur Girl - Kashgar, XinjiangYoung indigenous Uyghur girl of Kashgar. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Range of bakery tools and ingredientsA range of bakery tools and ingredients, including a pair of scales, a bucket, a sieve, mixing paddles and a sack of flour
Advert / Calverts CarboliCALVERTs CARBOLIC SOAP for floors
Young girl preparing chips - Fish & Chip Shop, MorecambeA young girl (likely the daughter of the shop owner) prepares chips at a Fish & Chip Shop in Morecambe Lancashire
Stunt woman rides through flames on motorbikeSue, 23, one of a team of stunt women, rides her motorbike through a twenty-foot long tunnel of burning hay bales
Poster advertising Norway, showing a pretty milkmaid with a yoke and two buckets. 20th century
Comic postcard, Little girl at the seaside, marooned on a pile of sand. Date: 20th century
English Royalists 1640-9English Royalist soldiers: doublet & breeches, lace falling collars, lace-edged boot hose tops, bucket-top boots, plumed hats, cloak
Bolsover MinersMiners from the Bolsover branch of the National Union of Mineworkers, Derbyshire, collect money for the strike fund Date: May 1984
Comic postcard, Outside the builders merchants - man with bucket and toilet seat Date: 20th century
Shelling Mussels / 1906Shelling mussels, Cromasty, Scotland Date: 1906
Frontispiece illustration, Peter, the fox terrier. Date: 1912
Prams on Brighton BeachA mother and her young children play on the pebbled beach at Brighton, almost hidden behind three large prams Date: Early 1960s
Cleaning Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl wields a mop, while a little boy kneels down and scrubs the floor
Beach DressA 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
Children Play at SeasideRather 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
Women Window CleanersA group of newly trained Georginas set off for their first job, carrying their ladders and buckets. Date: 1940s
Ritemp Washing MachineA housewife prepares to drain her English Electric Ritemp washing machine, simply and rapidly, into bucket or drain, according to the instruction book
Shire horse and foal, Trewey Farm, Zennor, CornwallShire horse Bluebell with her week-old foal at Trewey Farm, Zennor, Cornwall
Cottage on Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, ScotlandA cottage on the island of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, northern Scotland, with inhabitants and cattle. Date: 1936
English Village WellA mother and child fetch a pail of water from the well in the village of Old Basing, Hampshire. England. Date: 1930s
Scrubing Doorstep / 1920SA Charwoman, who goes to work in her motorcycle and side car, kneels whilst scrubbing the steps of no. 47
Girl and goose on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Off to the Sea by Muriel Dawson -- a little child ready for the summer holidays. Date: 1940
Children Run on SandTwo children and their dog scamper across the sand, carrying their spade and bucket. Date: 1913
Pembrokeshire fisherman and familyA Pembrokeshire fisherman and his family outside their cottage. The woman on the left is washing clothes in a wooden bucket
Elephant Washing AldinAn elephant washing itself with water from a bucket
Woman Feeds ChickensAn 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
Couple / Pink ChampagnePassion and pink champagne: a heady mixture
Children on Beach 1 of 4Four children on the beach, wanting to make friends but feeling a bit shy
Christmas card in the shape of a boy in a sailor suit with bucket and spade. Date: circa 1890s
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
Comic postcard, Large woman in red swimsuit on the beach Date: 20th century
Young women taking bath at home, late 19thc. JapanYoung women taking a bath at home, late 19th century Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph
Rubber Plantation - Malaysia - Overseer and Coolies. Date: circa 1910s
Ferguson tractor with bucket lift. Date: circa 1960
Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred
Agnes Reston (1771-1856), known as The Heroine of Matagorda, wife of Sergeant Reston of the 94th Regiment of Foot
Comic postcard - plump woman on beach - I Can t See My Little Charlie Date: circa 1949
Comic Seaside Postcard - I Can t See My Little JohnnyI Can t See My Little Johnny - Humorous saucy seaside postcard design by Donald McGill (1875-1962). Date: circa 1949
Young man in fashionable outfit with top hat and cane, 1912. Mise d un jeune homme
Russian banya or sauna, 18th centuryRussian banya, sauna or public baths, 18th century. Men and women scourging themselves with birch leaves, men throwing buckets of water on hot stones
Poster, Keep a Pig, save waste and make food, WW2Poster, Keep a Pig, save waste and make food. 1940s
Toddler at seaside by Muriel DawsonToddler at the seaside by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s
A Sketchbook - Mothers and Children. Date: 1921
White Star Line, Goldsmiths silver plated champagne bucketWhite Star Line, First Class Goldsmiths silver plated champagne bucket with flag logo. 6ins
White Star Line, crystal ice bucket with logoWhite Star Line, rare crystal ice bucket with house logo. 6ins. 7ins
Mappin and Webb Orient Line ice bucketOCEAN LINERS: Mappin and Webb Orient Line ice bucket. 5ins
WW2 Home Front Window CleanerThis 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
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
Milk maid with a cowVictorian milkmaid with bucket, ready to milk the cow. Date: circa 1890s
The SuitorAn 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
Lever Brothers Vim AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Vim, a cleaner for metal and even woodwork, such as utensils, taps, floorboards, baths etc
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret playing in a sandpitPrincesses Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) (1926-) and Margaret (1930-2002), daughters of the Duke and Duchess of York playing in a sandpit at St
White Star Line - crystal ice bucket and glass side plate, both with flag logo. Date: 20th century
Advert, J Tylor and Son's registered garden syringe, small and large sizes Date: 1856
Mrs Furrow the Farmer's Wife
Children climbing down to the beach with bucket and spade
Photographing the Family on the Beach - original pencil sketch by unknown artist
New Year Greetings Card - young couple - kiss on the cheekA 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
Life on a North Sea trawler - aerial view onto the deck - man in raincoat and trilby hat, carrying a shopping bag. Date: 1960s
Man with bucket and rope ladder on a Christmas cardMan with a bucket and a rope ladder on a Christmas card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, WW1Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, showing Emperor Franz Josef of Austria lying in state (although he was still alive at the time)
Sequences of a man carrying - first a 20 kg dumb-bell, second a full bucket. Date: 1887
Tom Walls with horse and jockey, racing fixturesRacehorse owner Tom Walls with horse and jockey, racing fixtures Date: 1930
Advertising publicity leaflet, Warners Commodes, for hospitals, sick rooms, and invalids use Date: 1881
Comic postcard, Three children building sandcastle Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Dissatisfied customer in fish shop Date: 20th century
Market Day in the French Basque RegionElderly woman on Market Day in the French Basque Region. Date: circa 1920s
Local Women fetching drinking water from a well - Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1901