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Background imageCarries Collection: ANTS RETURNING TO NEST

ANTS RETURNING TO NEST
The return of ants after a battle; one carries the body of a dead ant. Date: circa 1870

Background imageCarries Collection: POLICEMAN IN GAS MASK

POLICEMAN IN GAS MASK
A traffic policeman on point duty carries on regardless, wearing his gas mask, during a tear-gas exercise outside the Rendezvous Cafe in Kingston- upon-Thames, Surrey, England. Date: early 1940s

Background imageCarries Collection: A game vendor in China carries a variety of meat for sale on a long pole Date: circa 1890

A game vendor in China carries a variety of meat for sale on a long pole Date: circa 1890

Background imageCarries Collection: FINE RABBITS FOR SALE

FINE RABBITS FOR SALE
Fine rabbits! cries a girl, looking to sell the five dead rabbits she carries on a pole over her shoulder Date: 1812

Background imageCarries Collection: VICTORY AT TRAFALGAR

VICTORY AT TRAFALGAR
The forty-year old warship carries Nelson to victory and death at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 Date: 1805

Background imageCarries Collection: C17 CARRIAGE

C17 CARRIAGE
A French carriage carries a group of ladies, while their male companions ride or walk. Date: close of 17th century

Background imageCarries Collection: ROMAN FUNERAL

ROMAN FUNERAL
A Roman funeral procession carries the dead man's corpse to the funeral pyre, where the widow stabs herself to the alarm of her friends ; note the weeping mourners Date: circa 1st century

Background imageCarries Collection: ANGEL WITH CORPSE

ANGEL WITH CORPSE
An Angel of Death raises a female corpse from its grave and carries it heavenward Date: late 19th century

Background imageCarries Collection: 1928 WOMAN LIPMANN

1928 WOMAN LIPMANN
Spring fashions on the cover of Die Dame - a woman carries her handbag under her arm Date: March 1928

Background imageCarries Collection: ANGEL OF DEATH

ANGEL OF DEATH
The Reaper and the Flowers - the Angel of Death carries a little baby, which it proposes to take up to Heaven Date: 1851

Background imageCarries Collection: Christmas greetings card - Little girl brings in the pudding

Christmas greetings card - Little girl brings in the pudding
Christmas greetings card - Little girl brings in the Christmas pudding, topped with a sprig of holly. Date: circa 1937

Background imageCarries Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Whos making the Brave New World

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Whos making the Brave New World
The Caption verse is Whos making the Brave New World - lets see - Whos making the Brave New World? You-and-Me! This is a reference to Aldous Huxleys dystopian novel Brave New World - a world that you

Background imageCarries Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Washing up

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Washing up
The caption on the postcard is Washing up - probably a play on sorting things out now that the war is over. The reverse carries a message from Winston Churchill We must now devote all our strength

Background imageCarries Collection: Anthropomorphic Cat

Anthropomorphic Cat
A young cook carries in the Christmas pudding on a tray. Date: circa 1890

Background imageCarries Collection: A winged genius carries Emperor Antoninus Pius to heaven

A winged genius carries Emperor Antoninus Pius to heaven
A winged genius carries Emperor Antoninus Pius and his wife Faustina to heaven. Campus Martius holds an obelisk at left, and Roma in armour sits at right with shield depicting Romulus and Remus

Background imageCarries Collection: Poet and Doctor Colonel John McCrae Memorial

Poet and Doctor Colonel John McCrae Memorial
McCrae, who served in the Boer War, is popularly remembered as the author of what is probably the best-known poem of the First World War -In Flanders Fields

Background imageCarries Collection: Memorial to poet and musician Ivor Gurney, Belgium

Memorial to poet and musician Ivor Gurney, Belgium
Similar in design to those for Ledwidge and Chavasse, the memorial was unveiled on 12 September 2007, the initiative of Piet Chielens and the Friends of the In Flanders Fields Museum

Background imageCarries Collection: Christmas Truce Memorial, Peace Village, Messines

Christmas Truce Memorial, Peace Village, Messines
The memorial carries the words A Lull in the Hate and refers to the football match played between the Germans and the British at Christmas 1914

Background imageCarries Collection: Memorial to Irish poet Francis Ledwidge, Artillery Wood

Memorial to Irish poet Francis Ledwidge, Artillery Wood
The memorial, mounted on a brick plinth, carries a photo of the poet. Beside it the Irish flag flies, there is an information board and behind is an apple tree planted in his memory on 27 March 2010

Background imageCarries Collection: Allied Forces Memorial, Golfe de Caen, Normandy

Allied Forces Memorial, Golfe de Caen, Normandy
This truncated stone pillar has a simple bas-relief representation of the southern coastline of England and the stretch of beaches where the landings took place

Background imageCarries Collection: Regina Rifle Regiment Memorial, Courseulles, Normandy

Regina Rifle Regiment Memorial, Courseulles, Normandy
This plaque, which is on a small pillar at the entrance to Juno Beach at Courseulles, carries the Regimental badge with battle honours of WW1 - e.g. Passchendaele, Mount Sorrell, Cambrai and Vimy

Background imageCarries Collection: Rebels carrying powder from Fort William and Mary

Rebels carrying powder from Fort William and Mary
Rebels carrying powder away from the captured Fort William and Mary - December, 1774. Date: 1774

Background imageCarries Collection: Countrywoman carrying a pot over a bridge, 1890s

Countrywoman carrying a pot over a bridge, 1890s
A young countrywoman carries a pot of water on her head over a rustic and rudimentary bridge, 1890s Date: 1890s

Background imageCarries Collection: Laos - Luang Prabang Province - Leaving for the Market

Laos - Luang Prabang Province - Leaving for the Market Date: circa 1910s

Background imageCarries Collection: Sir John Voce Moore leading Joseph Chamberlain

Sir John Voce Moore leading Joseph Chamberlain
A Couple of Js. Serjeant-at-Arms Sir John Voce Moore (18261904), English businessman and Lord Mayor of London (1898) leading Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) into the House of Commons. Date: 1900

Background imageCarries Collection: Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour
The Indefinite Article - Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour (1848-1930) - Prime Minister (1902-05). Date: 1900

Background imageCarries Collection: Turkish Porter with a heavy load - Istanbul, Turkey

Turkish Porter with a heavy load - Istanbul, Turkey
1964

Background imageCarries Collection: Thanksgiving Date: 1941

Thanksgiving Date: 1941

Background imageCarries Collection: All-Weather Fisherman Date: 1950

All-Weather Fisherman Date: 1950

Background imageCarries Collection: Couples Relax Together Date: 1947

Couples Relax Together Date: 1947

Background imageCarries Collection: Newlyweds Beginning Date: 1947

Newlyweds Beginning Date: 1947

Background imageCarries Collection: Heroine with Sword, Apple

Heroine with Sword, Apple

Background imageCarries Collection: A Snowy Morning Date: 1856

A Snowy Morning Date: 1856

Background imageCarries Collection: Pigs in Cart

Pigs in Cart

Background imageCarries Collection: Arab Women carrying large Amphorae - Cairo, Egypt

Arab Women carrying large Amphorae - Cairo, Egypt
Arab Women carrying large water Amphorae - Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1904

Background imageCarries Collection: Costume of Dorlis, Muscadin in the fashion of 1796

Costume of Dorlis, Muscadin in the fashion of 1796.. Costume of Dorlis, Muscadin in the fashion of 1796. He wears a small bicorn cocked hat, long jacket with huge lapels and cuffs, high-collar shirt

Background imageCarries Collection: Costume of an Incroyable

Costume of an Incroyable.. Costume of an Incroyable. Second costume of Lagorille, dressed for a gala. Tall claque hat (bicorn), perruque (wig) suit of striped silk, cravat

Background imageCarries Collection: English man in the fashion of August 1803

English man in the fashion of August 1803.. English man in the fashion of August 1803. He wears a rabbit-ear cravat, green jacket, and Casimir breeches, and boots. He carries a stick and top hat

Background imageCarries Collection: Dress of the reign of King Richard II, 1377-1399

Dress of the reign of King Richard II, 1377-1399.. She carries the kings badge or cognizance, a white hart with a crown of gold on its neck

Background imageCarries Collection: DERBYSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE

DERBYSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE
Monsal Dale, Derbyshire, England, viewed from Headstone Head. This view shows the hill Fin Cop on the left, and the railway viaduct which carries the main Manchester-Derby line Date: 1960s

Background imageCarries Collection: STANDARD BEARER 16TH C

STANDARD BEARER 16TH C
A standard bearer with ruff and jerkin with puffed sleeves carries a magnificent flag Date: 1587

Background imageCarries Collection: BRIGHTON VIADUCT

BRIGHTON VIADUCT
This dramatically sweeping viaduct carries the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway eastwards from Brighton. Date: 1846

Background imageCarries Collection: GRANDPARENTS 1940S

GRANDPARENTS 1940S
A grandmother gives her young grandson a comforting hug, during the uncertainty of the war years. Grandfather carries on reading his book, regardless. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Background imageCarries Collection: C12 COUPLE AND FALCON

C12 COUPLE AND FALCON
The kings companion carries a falcon on her wrist, but he seems to have hunting of a different sort on his mind... Date: 12th century

Background imageCarries Collection: THIEVING MAGPIE - 1

THIEVING MAGPIE - 1
The famous thieving magpie of Palaiseau, near Versailles, France, carries a spoon and fork in his bill to his nest. Date: circa 1750

Background imageCarries Collection: THE FLYING TRUNK

THE FLYING TRUNK
Most travellers carry their luggage, but in this Hans Andersen tale, its the luggage that carries the traveller !

Background imageCarries Collection: GOOD RESOLUTIONS

GOOD RESOLUTIONS
Good resolutions - a child carries food to a man and his son tramping the roads. Date: circa 1860

Background imageCarries Collection: TARN VIADUCT, FRANCE

TARN VIADUCT, FRANCE
The viaduc de Garabit carries the railway high over the Gorges du Tarn in southern France. Date: circa 1900



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