Carrier Collection (page 12)

Egypt - Fig Seller
Egypt - Street Fig Seller and a water carrier/seller Date: circa 1910

Sopwith Pup taking off from HMS Furious, WW1
A Sopwith Pup biplane taking off from the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War

Slingsby Truck - 5
Express carrier tricycle (This is just one of 100s of trucks etc in this catalogue) Date: circa 1900

Damascus Gate
A bagel carrier and tourists at Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, Israel. Date: late 1960s

HMS Argus aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Argus, aircraft carrier painted in dazzle camouflage, launched 1917, seen here at sea during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

HMS Hermes seaplane carrier, WW1
An aerial view of HMS Hermes, the first experimental seaplane carrier of the Royal Navy, a refitted Highflyer-class cruiser. Sunk in October 1914 by a German U-boat. Date: circa 1914

HMS Riviera aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Riviera, Royal Navy aircraft carrier during the First World War. Formerly a fast Cross-Channel steamer, returned to civilian use in 1919, then served again during the Second World War

HMS Furious aircraft carrier, WW1
The aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War. Launched in 1916, HMS Furious served in both World Wars and was scrapped in 1948

Sopwith Pup landing on deck of HMS Furious, WW1
A Sopwith Pup biplane landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War

Biplane coming in to land on HMS Argus, WW1
A biplane coming in to land on the flight deck of HMS Argus, one of the first aircraft carriers, launched 1917, watched by crew during the First World War. circa 1917-1918

George Lester - Mail Carrier at Cortland Post Office
George Lester - Mail Carrier No.1 at The Cortland Post Office, NY, USA. Date: circa 1915

Sopwith aircraft on deck HMS Furious, WW1
Sopwith biplanes on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War

Biplane landing on HMS Argus, WW1
A biplane coming in to land on the flight deck of HMS Argus, one of the first aircraft carriers, launched 1917, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

An oil transport ship
A carrier of the new fuel: the petroleum. An oil transport ship which can carry over 6000 tons of oil fuel. Date: 1910

Machine gun carrier with Vickers gun, WW1
Machine gun carrier no. 2 with a Vickers machine gun, belonging to the 2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment, during the First World War. Seen here on a parade ground. Date: 1914-1918

Malawi, Blantyre - Water Carrier
Malawi, Blantyre (Mandala) (British Central Africa) - Young female Water Carrier Date: circa 1920

Carrier pigeons at Sorrus, France, WW1
Carrier pigeons enjoying a bath in a baking tin full of water at Sorrus, France, during the First World War. Date: 2 June 1918

Princess Elizabeth uses the Pigeon Post
Photograph of the Queen Elizabeth (b. 1926) when Princess Elizabeth, together with her sister Princess Margaret in the grounds of Buckingham Palace

Wartime shopping bag
Instructions from Weldons Ladies Journal on how to make a gay, easy-to-make shopping bag which folds up when not in use, and is a useful alternative to the paper wrappings becoming increasingly

Water Carrier, Palestine
A little girl water carrier with the water jar on her head, Palestine. Date: early 1930s

H. M.s Glorious
Originally commissioned as a light cruiser, HMS GLORIOUS was later converted into an aircraft carrier. Destroyed by SCHARNHORST after she aided in the evacuation of Norway, 1940 Date: 1930s

FURIOUS AIRCRAFT CARR
Aircraft carrier which was built during World War One and served in World War Two : she is seen here in the 1930s with a flight of Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers Date: launched 1916

Racial / Africa / Egypt 19C
A man and woman from Port Said, with a water-carrier Date: late 19th century

French pigeon communications WWI
French communications via carrier pigeons during World War I

Cairo, Egypt - Pot Seller
A pot seller in Cairo, Egypt with his wide selection of pottery in varied shapes and sizes. He sits in the open entrance to his shop and talks to a passing fresh water carrier / seller

Egypt - buying corn from a donkeys panniers
An Egyptian water seller / carrier buying corn on the cob from a trader with a laden donkey, struggling under some very full basketwork panniers

Rue Sidi Abdalah - The Kasbah, Algiers
Rue Sidi Abdalah in the Kasbah, Algiers. A kasbah or Qassabah is a type of medina, an Islamic city, or fortress

A Huddersfield Horse cab
A fine photograph of an equally fine horse-drawn cab, with an open soft top, driven by the proprietor of the firm, W Haigh. Mr Haigh specialised in furniture removals, cabs and as a Daily Carrier

Portugal - Water carrier
A colourful depiction of a Portuguese water carrier, with a large barrel on his back. An ornate stone water fountain is in the background of the scene

A free water vendor, Turkey
A free water vendor, who nonetheless would always receive a token payment for his liquid provision

Elderly Water Vendor
Elderly itinerant water vendor from Constantinople, Turkey

French supply ship Cheval de Troie - Dardanelles
War in the Dardanelles - 1915. A view of the French supply ship or personnel carrier Cheval de Troie (Trojan Horse) moored up at Sed Dul-Bahr

Supply ship - Sed Dul-Bahr, Dardanelles 1914
Asiatic coast of the Dardanelles, following the landing of Allied forces. A French supply ship or troop carrier Cheval de Troie ( The Trojan Horse)

Two women with full veils on the Galata Bridge
When Ataturk came to power and established the Republic, he felt it essential for the veil to be abolished in a modern society

Barnum & Bailey Chimps
Performing Chimpanzees of the Barnum & Bailey circus in Austria

Guatemala - Crab sellers
Street Crab sellers in Guatemala

Guari wood carrier, Northern Nigeria, Africa - she is standing on a Train Station platform

Egypt - Open Air Restaurant and Water Seller
An open Air restaurant in Egypt and a water seller / carrier

Igorote woman carring water pots and a baby. Igorot are the people of the Cordillera region, on the Philippino Island of Luzon

Experimental Diplock Pedrail Tractor (Landship or Infantry Carrier idea) during World War I

Constantinople - Water Carrier with donkey

Mali - Timbuktu - Water Carrier and Banana plant
Timbuktu, Mali. A water carrier standing alongside a Banana plant

Zodiac Tile / Aquarius
Hand painted Illustration on an original glazed clay tile, possibly used as a floor tile, approx 25cm x 25cm

Egyptian scenes
A very early Egyptian postcard with scenes from the country including dhows and feluccas on the River Nile (set within a crescent motif) and a water carrier loading up a donkey

Port Said - Water Carriers
A Water carrier fills up his water skin at a street standpipe in Port Said, Egypt

Princess Elizabeth of York uses the Pigeon Post
Photograph of the Queen Elizabeth (b. 1926) when Princess Elizabeth, together with her sister Princess Margaret in the grounds of Buckingham Palace

HMS Ark Royal listing to starboard, Second World War, 1941
Photograph showing the Royal Navy aircraft-carrier HMS Ark Royal listing heavily to starboard, after being torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea in November 1941

Flight Deck of HMS Colossus, Second World War, 1945
Illustration showing a Barracuda bomber landing on the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft-carrier, HMS Colossus, in the Pacific Ocean, 1945

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