Carries Collection (page 9)

Sierra Leone - A Snake Charmer
Sierra Leone, West Africa - A Snake Charmer Date: circa 1910s

Married for Company
An amusing American postcard entitled: Married for Company, showing a Mother who has certainly gained company through her marriage, in the form of ten children (and a pet dog)!! Date: circa 1910s

Corsica - Corsican woman with bucket on her head
Corsica - Corsican woman carrying a hard timber wooden bucket on her head, her other hand holding a jar (possibly containing oil?). Date: 1920s

Cricket Illustrated - Run Out! A rather sozzled gent is escorted from the premises (a Music Hall) by the doorman. His helpful Junior understudy follow behind with the wobbly chaps overcoat

Going to market - Jamaica Date: circa 1910s

Lisbon, Portugal - Fish Seller carrying two wide wicker baskets of fresh fish on a pole over his shoulder - he is wearing traditional national costume

Portugal - Lisbon - Baker Boy Date: circa 1910

Northrop RF-61C (previously designated F-15A), 45-59300, operated by NACA carries a body to altitude. After release, the body exceeded the speed of sound, 24 September 1950

Girl carrying basket of Christmas presents
A girl carries a basket laden with presents, so full in fact that some have fallen to the ground Date: c. 1915

Elderly woman with a bucket on her head Date: 1905

Christmas silhouette
Silhouette of fashionable woman carrying a present and miniature Christmas tree. c. 1925

Beautiful woman carrying holly through the snow
A woman dressed in a festive red dress with white fur trim, walks through the snow carrying holly. c. 1925

Father Christmas followed by a colourful group of children
Father Christmas marches through the snowy countryside followed by a long line of brightly dressed children, heavily laden with presents. c. 1920

Nassau Warship
With three sister-ships, the Nassau is the first dreadnought in the German fleet : she carries twelve 280mm and twelve 150mm guns which will soon come in handy. Date: launched 1908

Two men walking, one carrying a shoulder pole with barrel-like containers, the other carries a long-handled mallet. Date 18--

Dhule, India - A beggar is carried in a two-man litter
A beggar is carried in a one-man litter (with two bearers) at Dhule, India - a city and a Municipal Corporation in Dhule district in northwestern part of Maharashtra State. Date: circa 1910s

Two men from Lajes do Pico, Azores
Costumes of two men from Lajes do Pico, a municipality on the Island of Pico in the Azores. Date: circa 1910s

Reverend Charles Wesley, A. M
Portrait of Reverend Charles Wesley, A. M. God Buries His Workmen, But Carries on His Work. Date: 1846

Ecuador - Quito - Lumber Seller Date: circa 1909

Carrying grapes - Portugal. A line of men with large heavy baskets of grapes leave the vineyard. The baskets are supported with thick leater head straps

Empire Exhibition - South Africa
Empire Exhibition - Johannesburg, South Africa, 1936. A group of native ladies carrying large gourds filled with beer on their heads

Costume of a Woman Of Lake Como, Italy
The costume of a Woman from near Lake Como, Northern Italy. She carries an immense bundle of hay on her back and is taking a short (and seemingly well-deserved/required) rest from her labours

Betsimisaraka man carrying reeds
A Betsimisaraka man from Madagascar carrying two large bales of rushes/reeds, canes. The Betsimisaraka constitute the second largest group (15%) of Madagascars population. Date: circa 1910s

Women porters of the Italian Lakes with mules
Women porters of the Italian Lakes region with a man, a young boy, a mule and a young calf. Date: circa 1909

Spring Voices - A K Macdonald
Spring Voices by A. K. Macdonald. A glamorous young lady (taking a stroll through the park on her way home from a serious hat-purchasing spree)

Woman of the Italian Lakes with straw backpack
A woman of the Northern Italian lakes region carrying a large wicker backpack containing what apears to be hay. This traditional mode of transporting such goods is often depicted in the postcards

Jar Salesman
A wandering itinerant Mexican jar seller, his wares on a frame across his back (however, is he earning pots of money?). Date: circa 1905

Mexican Porter - Carrying massive wooden crate
Mexican Porter - Carrying a massive wooden crate on his back. The card is captioned as: " The Poor Mans Burden in Mexico". Date: circa 1909

Filtering drinking water - Cairo, Egypt. An egyptian man has collected water from the River Nile in his animal skin container and now transfers this water to a large terracotta pot

Ambala - Hill Milkmen. Ambala is in the state of Haryana, Northern India, Date: circa 1908

France - Elderly water carrier
A really extraordinary photographic postcard of an elderly lady water carrier smoking a pipe at Morlaix, Brittany, France Date: circa 1910s

Oberammergau 1934 - 2
Jesus carries his cross - signed by the actor, Alois Lang. Date: 1934

Dog with a Bird
A dog proudly carries the bird it has caught, in its mouth. Date: 1930s

Old French Water Carrier smoking a pipe
Old French Water Carrier from Morlaix, Brittany - smoking a pipe. Date: circa 1910s

Guinea, Africa - A Fula Girl
A young Saussai girl, from Senegal, West Africa, carrying her baby. Date: circa 1910

Bolivian Woman carrying many baskets - she is Fruit seller Date: circa 1910s

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

Madagascar - Girl carrying a large round jar
Madagascar - A young Girl carrying a large round jar on her head Date: circa 1908

Egypt - Woman carrying a child
Egypt - Woman carries her child on her shoulder, whilst holding a rather lovely glass water pitcher in her left hand. Date: 1902

Georgian Porter carrying large furniture
Georgian Porter carrying a large piece of strapped to his (bent) back. furniture Date: circa 1910s

Ship Manitou
The Manitou carries passengers from Chicago to Mackinac Island, a popular resort in the Great Lakes. 1916

Gandria - Lake Lugano - Alleyway
Backstreet in Gandria on the shore of Lake Lugano, Switzerland. A woman walks up a steep cobbled passageway with a wicker basket on her back, past a large wood store

Bringing home the turf
A Colleen (a young unmarried Irish girl) bringing home a wicket backpack full of cut turf. Date: 1909

River Days - Couple going boating
A young couple spending River Days out boating The gentleman is doing the gentlemanly thing and carrying the picnic hamper, the cushions and the oars! Date: circa 1906

Rue Saint Vincent - Old Montmartre, Paris
An itinerant singer, his guitar strapped to his back, strolls along Rue Saint Vincent - Montmartre, Paris, France. Date: circa 1910s

Coronation. Queen Mother enters the Abbey
The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret enters the Abbey through the West Door. 1953

John Mark carrying the Olympic torch, opening ceremony, 1948
The athlete and Surbiton medical student John Mark, a former Cambridge blue and quarter-miler, circles Wembley Arena with the Olympic torch. Date: 1948

Stele-carrying turtle - Ming Tombs Nanjing, China
Stele-carrying turtle at the Ming Dynasty Tombs Nanjing, China Date: circa 1910s

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