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Catapulted aeroplanes by G. H. DavisCatapulted aeroplanes help to protect the merchant service during the Second World War. Merchant ships carrying their own fighter planes, proving themselves a match for the four-engined
Transport methods used by soldiers, WW1Methods used by soldiers for transporting their equipment during the First World War. Showing a French cyclist scout aiming his rifle with his cycle on his back
Bringing goods ashore - Port Elizabeth, South Africa Date: late 19th century
Maid with tray of drinksHarlequin illustration, showing a maid with a tray of drinks. Date: 1923
Advertisement for Atora suetThe Recipe book of Atora, the good beef suet Date: 1929
Nursery Rhymes -- Jolly Miller, Tom ThumbNursery Rhymes. Above, the Jolly Miller, carrying a sack. Below, a woman sits at a table, watching Tom Thumb riding a tiny horse. Date: early 20th century
Romanian Woman - carrying waterYoung Romanian Woman carrying water across a small stream or shallow river. Date: 1910
Mother and babyPortrait of a mother with her beautiful baby Date: c. 1910
Women carry vegetables through a cactus plantation - Israel (then under Ottoman control). Date: circa 1916
The Milkwoman on Her RoundsThis photograph, specially taken for The Sphere, shows a milkwoman, wearing a smock and breeches and a leather pouch and carrying a milk pail
Repeating Pattern - Father Christmas with Sack. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
LFB strength test for recruitsLFB strength test -- every recruit must carry a man of approximately his own weight 100 yards in one minute
The pilot and navigator carry out final checks of a de ?The pilot and navigator carry out final checks of a de Havilland Firestreak air-to-air missile on a de Havilland Venom at Hatfield prior to firing the weapon over the test range at Aberporth
Suffragettes, Irish Nationalists and Unionists unite for WW1WW1 - Another Triple Alliance - " We ve Stopped Hostilities - Now for the Germans!" - Suffragettes, Irish Nationalists and Ulster Unionists put aside their own social
Japanese girls (some carrying babies)Street photograph of Japanese girls (some carrying babies, perhaps their little sisters). Date: 1905
Loading timber-carrying Mules - Mexico Date: circa 1904
Nassau, Bahamas - Woman takes fowls to Market, A brace of Tureys in a box on her head and a couple of chickens in her arms. Certainly not a paltry load! Date: circa 1910s
A Mexican Criada (House Servant) carrying a large jar on her shoulder. The caption to this card states that: " All the work about native households is performed by Such Women." Date
Chinese woman carrying her wares to market in two bags tied to the end of a yolk across her shoulders. Note the wonderful spelling mistake: " Happy New Year and Maxs" !! Date: 1910s
Carrying pigs to market - China Date: circa 1908
Two young Moroccan Girls with buckets on their heads Date: circa 1930s
Three boys on a desert island captured by an indigenous man, who nails their packing case clothing to a long pole and carries them away midst weeping sore and wailing. Date: 1898
China - Shanghai - Chinese Funeral Procession with Dragon model carried aloft before the funerary bier. Date: circa 1950s
Chinese Funeral Procession, Shanghai, China Date: circa 1950s
South Korea - Children making a Ying Yang design Kite Date: circa 1910s
Sedan Chair and porters - Seoul, Korea Date: circa 1907
WW2 - Comic Postcard - Sandcastle with lack of barbed wireWinston Churchill: " This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm!". Lady in deckchair watching her son build a sandcastle in a garden sandpit: " There
Maori Woman and child - Tauwhitu House, Ohinemutu, NZMaori Woman carrying her child on her back - pictured in front of the Tauwhitu House, Ohinemutu, New Zealand. The house was owned by Te Kahuranga, also known as Wiremu Matene. Date: 1909
South Africa - Women carrying mealie-meal - a relatively coarse flour made from maize (called mielies or mealies). A staple food in South Africa, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi
Madagascar - A Filanzane, a sedan chair used for passenger transport. Date: circa 1916
WW1 - German soldiers carry spare wing for Fokker BiplaneWW1 - German soldiers carry spare wing for a Fokker Biplane near the front line at Reims Date: circa 1916
Thessaloniki, Greece - Jewish Porter carrying a palletThessaloniki, Greece - Jewish Porter carrying a wooden pallet Date: circa 1908
Japanese children - some carrying their younger siblings Date: circa 1910s
Greetings from Egypt - Water Carrier and Ramesseum, ThebesGreetings from Egypt featuring inset photographs of a Water Carrier Girl and The Caryatids of the Ramesseum at Thebes Date: circa 1910s
Istanbul, Turkey - Open Air market, Porters carrying loadIstanbul, Turkey - Open Air market and Porters carrying a load using poles. Date: 1898
Istanbul, Turkey - Water Seller and his customers Date: circa 1908
Lebanon - Two Bedouin Women with children on their backs Date: circa 1910s
Porter and Water Carriers, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1897
Yams & Canes taken to market - Constant Spring Road, JamaicaYams taken to market by women (baskets carried on the head) along with canes transported by a solitary donkey - Constant Spring Road, Jamaica Date: circa 1910s
A rather basic bridge - Senegal, West AfricaA rather basic bridge (likely far more secure than it looks!) - Senegal, West Africa Date: circa 1910s
Japan - Japanese woman carrying bunch of daikon and packageJapan - Japanese woman carrying bunch of daikon and a package wrapped in brown paper. Daikon (white radish), is a traditional Japanese staple vegetable used for takuan or bettarazuke dishes
Japan - Japanese woman with basket, teapot and Baby Date: circa 1910
A Cosy Diner - Workmen have lunch amid the air raidsKeep Calm and Carry On. A quite fantastic photograph showing two workmen engaged in repairing air raid damage in the London area continue with their private luncheon although the sirens have sounded
A Lakeland Shepherd on horseback carrying a sick eweA Lakeland Dalesman Shepherd on horseback bringing home a sickly ewe, Cumbria - his trusty dog trots alongside Date: 1913
Mexico - Street Basket and basket vendors. Date: circa 1910s
Russian Dyer with his vat and belt pouches Date: 1905
A Newlyn Fishwife, Cornwall. Date: 1893
Carrying Native Beer - South AfricaFour children (of varied ages) carrying Native-brewed ( Kafir ) Beer - South Africa Date: circa 1903