Collecting Collection (page 2)

Bubonic plague in China
Bubonic plague outbreak in China: collecting and carrying the dead in Tientsin (now Tianjin). Date: 1911

Lord Beaverbrook's appeal for aluminium 1940
Lord Beaverbrook the Minister for Aircraft Production appealed for objects wholly or partly made of aluminium for the manufacture of aeroplanes

Lord Beaverbrook the Minister for Aircraft Production appealed for objects wholly or partly made of aluminium for the manufacture of aeroplanes

A Warm Welcome for Every Parachutist
Sixth column strategy: Foresight plans, if London gets invaded by landing Germans dropping from the skies dressed as British civilians they would be collected up by cyclist with tubs of hot boiling

Peat Collecting 1877
Peat collection in Loch Maree, Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Date: 1877

That's the advantage of collecting statuary, it's not as easy to steal as the Mona Lisa. Date: 1911

Cadbury's; the factory at Frampton-on-Severn. The milk- condensing factories have subsidiary collecting and cooling stations

Man gathering peat, to keep the home fires burning through the winter. Date: 1890s

Children collecting holly in the snow
Children - December. Winter/Christmas, collecting holly in the snow. Seasons series (one of 12) by Flora White

Local Women fetching drinking water from a well - Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1901

Comic postcard, Making money on the horses, one way or another Date: 20th century

Buddhist priests collecting alms, Burma, Myanmar, c.1890

Waste paper vehicle catches fire, East Ham, London
A vehicle collecting waste paper in East Ham, London, catches fire, and the fire brigade is called out, watched by crowds. Date: circa 1930s

Rag and Bone man collecting in London mews
A Rag and Bone man (or totter) collecting material in a London mews. Date: circa 1960s

Homeless man asks for donation from PDSA collector
A homeless man asks PDSA collector for donation, Central London. Date: circa 1950s

Comic postcard, Man behind bars. In the Asylum - picture postcard collecting. Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man on the beach, almost blind! Date: 20th century

Women collecting water from a well, India
19th century vintage photograph: Women collecting water from a well, India

Gipsy
A gipsy woman collecting water in a jar. Artist: Anon. Date: 1902

Postman
Edwardian postman collecting mail from a letterbox and a young girl giving him a letter

Woman dressed as winter, swaddled in rag and carrying fire wood. Date: c. 1915
Woman dressed as winter, swaddled in rag and carrying fire wood. Date: c.1915

Save your old waste paper for conversion into munitions: a vital contribution to the war effort. Double page spread from The Illustrated London News. Date: 1941

Girl guides collecting holly
Two girl guides walking through woods, one pulling cart loaded with holly, one carrying holly branches. Artist: DM Elliot Date: circa 1910

Cartoon, The Dream of the Cigarette Card Collector
Cartoon, The Dream of Cigarette Card Collector. 1923

November, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

Carnival in Torquay, Devon -- people in costume. Date: circa 1930

Burning bits of wood in a mobile furnace on an area of wasteland. 1920s

Gathering wood violets 1872
Two young women gathering wood violets, sweet scent of this flower was popular in Victorian times and was used in sweets and baked goods. Date: 1872

Gathering cowslips 1872
Two young girls picking wild cowslips from the woods. Date: 1872

Collecting ice at Serpentine, Hyde Park 1857
Scene in Hyde Park on the lake Serpentine, due to the cold weather labourers collected huge pieces of ice and transported them on small carts drawn by donkeys

Bird Market, Paris, France
The Bird Market, Paris, France Date: 1893

Fruit-picking for Covent Garden market 1909
Autumn season, where in kent workers are busy collecting plentiful baskets of fruit for Covent Garden market, London. Date: 1909

Collecting firewood
Countryside locals collecting firewood, or possibly looking for birds nests or mushrooms in an old tree trunk, 1890s Date: 1890s

Rural types
Two young countrywomen greet a boy who has been collecting a bundle of sticks, 1890s Date: 1890s

Postcard booklet, collecting gum from pine trees, USA
Postcard booklet, turpentine industry, collecting gum from pine trees, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937

Railway Orphanage Charity Collecting Dogs, December 1907. 1907

Countrywoman going to the spring
Picturesque scene of a rustic woman going to a stream to collect water, 1890s. She has an armful of flowers. Date: 1890s

Collecting hens eggs - Young girl in the farmyard proudly collecting fresh eggs from the hens. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1927

Aldgate pump located at the junction where Aldgate meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street. People thought that the water had medicinal purposes and collected bottles on Sundays

A Typical Egyptian Village. Date: circa 1890

WW1 - A group of young girls collecting for wounded soldiers
WW1 - A group of young girls dressed as nurses collecting for wounded soldiers in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France circa 1915

Formal group of ten nurses with collecting boxes, and lady, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. Formal group of ten nurses with collecting boxes reading in aid of Royal Victoria Infirmary

Old Clothes Exchange, Phils Buildings, Houndsditch 1882
The court of Phils buildings was found directly opposite St Mary Axe. A barrier was placed across steps leading up to the court, as there was an admission fee of one penny

The Illustrated London News - post office van 1845
Post Office collecting sacks of magazines from The Illustrated London News. been collected from the main office. Date: 1845

Threshing chestnuts trees in Greenwich Park 1857
Yearly tradition, for three weeks young youths poured into Greenwich Park, London to collect conkers. Climbing up chestnut trees, even using ladders to reach their prize

Carting seaweed in Normandy 1872
Seaweed or vraic, which it was locally called being raked and put on primitive-looking carts at the coast of Normandy. Seaweed was mainly employed for manure; was processed my chemical properties

HOSPITAL SATURDAY
In the streets of London passers-by contribute to Hospital Saturday, putting their guineas in the collection box. Date: 1874

Shrimping at Ambleteuse 1858
French woman drags her net through the shore to collect shrimp. Date: 1858

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