Carriers Collection (page 2)

FRENCH PORTEUR DEAU
A French porteur deau or water carrier. Date: 1850

CORN DEALING IN PARIS
Measurers of corn and hay carriers in Paris go about their business. Date: circa 1528

GERMAN INVASION DEVICES
France : the German Armys invasion is so rapid because they make good use of high- tech military equipment, such as rail-mounted gun carriers Date: June 1940

RUM RUNNING USA 1923
RUM ROW Liquor carriers outside American territorial waters, off New Jersey, wait to unload their wares Date: 1923

PARISIAN WATER CARRIER
A Parisian water carrier Date: 1774

17th century Water Carriers
Two water carriers carry their water in a heavy container suspended from a yoke. Date: 17th century

A country girl fetching water from a spring, in a matching pair of pots. Date: 1888

The Swan with Two Necks was once a coaching in in the City of London. Until the arrival of the railways, it was one of the principal departure points for travel to the north of England

Blue Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of a Blue Carrier Cock standing in full-length. The Blue Carrier Cock (Blue Bar), is one of the oldest English fancy breeds of pigeon

Black Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of the Black Carrier Cock shown in a countryside landscape, with three of its kind visible in the background. The Black Carrier Cock is an English fancy breed of pigeon

Diagram of aircraft-carriers during WWII
Diagram showing the comparative strengths of the rival aircraft-carriers during WWII. Date: 1941

Maitos, Dardanelles, with HMS Argus and Ark Royal
Maitos, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, with HMS Argus and Ark Royal in the bay. Date: circa 1922

Aichi D3A1 Navy Type 99 Dive bomber Val flown off carriers was employed with impressive effect in Pearl Harbor strike

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Native Carriers
Black and white lantern Slide of Native Carriers - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection. Slide number 52 Native Carriers Date: circa 1890s

Water carriers, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Identification of enemy aircraft by G. H. Davis
A guide to the identification of enemy aircraft during the Second World War: German fighters, bombers and troop carriers. Including the Dornier flying pencil and Heinkel III. 1940

Carrying a lady in a Sedan Chair
Turkish carriers and attendants transport a noble lady in a finely decorated sedan chair, Constantinople, Turkey

Summoning bearers to Cape Coast Castle, 1874
Natives from protected tribes are summoned with a bell and shouts to act as bearers or carriers for the British in the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

S駯u, Senegal
View of the administration district in S駯 u, a village near the southern border of Senegal (then French West Africa), with a line of people carrying baskets on their head following the road

Moses Fountain in Suez, Egypt
Moses Fountain encircled with palm trees and with a cottage in the background in Suez, north-eastern Egypt. Date: circa 1900

Carrier inspection, Bura Camp, Kenya, WW1
Inspecting African carriers, Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1916

Transporting cheeses - Alkmaar, the Netherlands
Transporting round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is famed for its traditional cheese market. circa 1910s

Water carriers, Cairo, Egypt, circa 1890s. Date: circa 1890s

Water carriers filling their bags, Egypt, circa 1880. Date: circa 1880

Dyak women from the island of Borneo
Two Dyak women looking after a baby. Date: 1890

Pueblo water-carriers from New Mexico, here showing a man carrying two ceramic pots with the help of a strap handle

Native American Sioux, carrying baby with a squaw
Native American Sioux, carrying her baby on her back with a squaw

Parisian Water Carrier
A L EAU ! A Parisian water vendor carries two pails of water suspended from a shoulder- yoke. Date: circa 1815

FRENCH CARRIER BEARN
The Bearn of the French navy spent World War Two at Martinique to keep her out of German hands : by that time she was too slow for front line work, but did ferrying Date: launched 1920

Aircraft Carrier Langley
The U.S.S. Langley plane carrier of the American navy, carries planes on both its upper and lower decks Date: 1927

Leaving Home
Going to service a girl takes leave of her mother while her sister puts her things in the carriers wagon, on the way to a job as a servant Date: 1870

London water carrier in Hampstead
A London water carrier in Hampstead. He is carrying two wooden buckets hanging from a yoke across his shoulders. Date: 1850

Workers with delivery cart, Brighton, Sussex
Group of workers with delivery cart belonging to a Brighton company, but taken by a Hastings photographer. 19th century

Charcoal Carriers, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Two elderly Charcoal Carriers, with heavy sacks on their backs walk up a steep coastal road - Amalfi Coast, Italy. Date: 1904

White Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of a White Carrier Cock standing in full-length with one other of its kind nesting in the background. The portrait brings to attention its distinctive features

Dun Carrier Cock Pigeon
A full-length portrait of a Dun Carrier Cock. The Dun Carrier Cock is an English fancy breed of pigeon. The large cere above the beak is one of the characteristics

Vought F4U-1 Corsair -these of US Marine Fighting Squadron 323 in Pacific, 31 Dec 1944 Because of delays in flying the type from carriers, the Marines were first user

Jamaican Banana Carriers, Jamaica. Printed by the Colonial & Continental Church Society Date: 1904

Spain - The Water Carriers at Toledo
Black and white lantern slide of two men next to their water jugs, with a woman and children sitting on the edge of a fountain-like structure

Distributing water, Golden Gate, Jerusalem
Distributing water at the Golden Gate, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

British ammunition carriers
During an offensive, two British soldiers haul a box of ammunition forward to a newly captured trench. In such situations

Regional African music: Zambesi
Musicians perfoming together next to the Zambesi river, Africa. Women with water pots listen to the music of the marimba, sansa and pan pipes

Water carriers, India. Date: circa 1890s

Mass production of aircraft by G. H. Davis
Potentialities of mass production of flying boats as troop carriers and heavy freighter airplanes during the Second World War

Measures for foiling troop carriers by G. H. Davis
Meeting the threat of airborne invasion in Britain during the Second World War: suggested measures for foiling German troop carriers

New instrument of total war by G. H. Davis
A new instrument of total war: British and German troop carriers. Invasion by parachute armies: Germans improve on a Soviet device. 1940

Deck flying by G. H. Davis
Deck flying: problems met by pilots of the Fleet Air Arm. The arts of flying from and landing on naval aircraft carriers: difficulties created by rolling and pitching ships, by bumpy air

Aeroplanes and warship construction by G. H. Davis
Aircraft and sea warfare: the influence of aeroplanes on warship construction and naval strategy during the Second World War

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