Carrying Collection (page 14)

Jamaican export of bananas 1890s
Loading unripe bananas on a ship for there long journey. Date: circa 1890s

VENETIAN WATER CARRIER
A female water carrier carrying metal buckets of water on her shoulders with a wooden yoke, Venice, Italy. Date: 1870s

WET DAY IN TRAFALGAR SQ
A November afternoon in London. A fine study of a wet day in Trafalgar Square. Two business men walk across the square carrying umbrellas. Date: 1950s

FIELD HOSPITAL
A British Red Cross encampment (field hospital) on the Western Front, showing baskets of medical supplies, soldiers carrying a stretcher and an officer giving direction. Date: 1918

BIERGARTEN WAITRESS 1899
Biergarten waitress carrying tankards of beer. Date: 1899

SPANISH AGUADORES 1876
Aguadores - water carriers - of Madrid, filling their barrels at a public fountain before carrying them away on their shoulders to their customers. Date: 1876

Dressing - Theatre 1910
Showgirl at her dressing table, visited by an admirer carrying a bouquet of flowers. Date: 1910

SOCIAL / COTTAGE C1880S
A picturesque country cottage, with cottager carrying two heavy buckets Date: circa 1880s

Racial Types - Japan - Postman
A barefoot Japanese postman, carrying a sign to indicate his status, delivers a letter Date: circa 1905

KITE FLYING C1860
Two boys carry their kites towards a windmill on a hill, where kites can be seen flying. Date: circa 1860

FALL / DOBERMANN / 1940
Unnamed dobermann with cropped ears owned by Wechsel. The dog is sitting carrying a briefcase by its handle in its mouth. Date: 1940

BOY IN BEST CLOTHES 1880
Small boy in his best clothes, including a shiny top hat, carrying a book. Date: 1880s

FRENCH MILK SELLER
La laitiere, a French milk seller carrying churns Date: 1850

Errand Boy
London characters: when you go shopping, you dont have to carry your purchases home, the ERRAND BOY does that, like this butchers boy carrying your uncovered Sunday joint. Date: circa 1870

CARRYING BANANAS / WINDIE
A fruit market at Fort de France, Martinique. One man carries a tray of melons on his head, while a woman carries an enormous bunch of bananas on hers. Date: 1931

ST CHRISTOPHER
SAINT CHRISTOPHER Christopher carrying Christ across the river Date: 3RD CENTURY

Cartoon, result of a football match
Cartoon, result of a rugby match -- Whos won? - Weve lost - What have you got in that bag? - The Umpire! Date: 1889

SAINT DENIS AND HEAD
SAINT DENIS surprises a girl by walking about carrying his head after it had been removed from the rest of his body by his persecutors Date: ? - 258

Costume - Men - Saxon Chief
A Saxon warrior chief, fully equipped for battle in helmet and body armour, and carrying a long spear Date: MEDIEVAL GERMANY

TARTAR WARRIOR CHIEF
A Tartar warrior chief of medieval Hungary, equipped for battle in helmet and armour, and carrying a heavy sword Date: medieval

ROMAN INFANTRY ON MARCH
Two Roman infantrymen on the march, carrying their equipment tied to their spears

Roman Lictors
Roman lictors carrying fasces - an axe within a bundle of sticks - which are used as symbols of their authority. Date: circa 200 BC

Victorian women and child 1869
Women and little girl wearing polonaise with train & sleeves, picking fruit and putting them in a basket. Date: September 1869

FRENCH FEMALE PORTER
A Parisian porteuse de modes - a delivery girl carrying fashionable clothes to a customers house Date: circa 1840

MAY DAY GARLANDS
Village children process round the village carrying garlands - May Day is also known as Garland Day Date: 1890

BLUNT / AQUARIUS / PLATE 48
The constellation of Aquarius, a figure of a man carrying a jar of water. Date: 1849

CRUSADER PRAYING
A French Chevalier banneret (horseman carrying a banner) prays before leaving for the Second Crusade Date: 1146

XMAS SHOPPING
She does the buying, he does the carrying... Date: 1899

Perseus on Pegasus
Perseus, carrying the severed head of Medusa in his hand, rides away triumphantly on the winged horse Pegasus

PAN / ROMAN ANTIQUITIES
Pan, carrying his pipes but blowing a horn

SAINT DENIS / VORAGINE
SAINT DENIS First bishop of Paris, martyred and buried at Saint Denis; because his head was cut off, he is generally depicted carrying it Date: died circa 258

NORMANDIE HOTEL MAID
Servant at an inn of Pont- Audemer, Normandie, carrying a travellers luggage Date: circa 1830

Milkmaid selling milk in the streets of London. On the first of May and the five or six days following, all the pretty young country girls that serve the town with milk dress themselves up very

MARCH OF THE ISRAELITES
The march of the Israelites, carrying the Ark of the Covenant containing the two tablets of the Law, regarded as the basis of the covenant between Yahweh and Israel

CHINESE RICE SELLER
A Chinese seller of rice Date: 1814

AMBULANCE / GERMANY, 1902
Man-powered ambulances used in Germany. Date: 1902

A fantasy baker, with his head inside a hopper, and a basket of bread in his hand. Date: circa 1700

Brother and sister have built a snowman
Our Snow Man - a brother and sister smile with a sense of achievement, having built a snowman. Date: 1911

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

Father Christmas and Old Father Time Date: 1886

Cat & Roast Turkey
Tabby cat (as the cook) carrying a roast tukey to the table. Artist: (Possibly) Louis Wain. Date: circa 1895

Travel Through Egypt
Girls of Araby. Arabian women in traditional costume carrying fruit and wine. Hilda Dix Sandford illustrated this image as her ship passed through the Suez Canal en rooute to Australia circa 1908

Lake Windermere Ferry carrying a coach bound for Furness Abbey, 25 miles away. Date: circa 1885

Sinbad, pantomime, Putney Hippodrome, SW London
Sinbad the Sailor, grand pantomime, Putney Hippodrome, SW London. early 20th century

Good & Gay, revue of revues, Alexandra Theatre, Hull
Good & Gay, the revue of revues by Frank Ashworth, at the Alexandra Theatre, Hull. 1915

HRH Princess Victoria (1868-1935) - the fourth child and second daughter of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark, and the younger sister of King George V. Date: circa 1909

At Full Throttle - two cartoon mice on their motorbike
At Full Throttle - two cartoon mice (rather similar to their more famous cousin in the USA...) zoom along on their motorbike, hinking the horn and transporting a pot plant! Date: 1922

A woman carrying a heavily laden basket on her head, India
A woman, in a red sari, and carrying a heavily laden basket on her head, walks past a peacock in a street in Dundlod in the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan in India

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