Collecting Collection (page 4)

Fairy collects berries in the evening light
A fairy clad in greens, collects dark berries in a sack. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Maid collecting water. 1890

British troops collecting air-dropped supplies into the Admi
Photograph of British troops collecting air-dropped supplies into the Admin Box in Feb 1944; from collection covering Middle and Far East, World War Two. Date: 1944

Cartoon, Sir Michael Costa and Sir Julius Benedict
Cartoon -- Benefit Knights. They are (left) Sir Michael Andrew Angus Costa (1808-1884), an Italian-born conductor and composer, and (right) Sir Julius Benedict (1804-1885)

Burmese monks (hpongyees) collecting alms, Burma. Date: circa 1905

First and last postbox, Lands End, Cornwall, with Longships Lighthouse in the distance. Date: 1940s

Occupations 1882 - The Old Clothes Man. 1882

Mowing Corn With Scythes, Toome, Co. Antrim - a view in a field of men scything and ladies collecting the corn. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Toomebridge). Date: circa early 1900s

Reaping the Corn, Toome, Co. Antrim - a view in a field of a horse drawn reaper, reaping the corn with people collecting the cut corn. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Toomebridge)

Susi - Penny for the Guy -- getting ready for Bonfire Night. 1950s

Hungary - Maboe XVII - Stamp Day (Philatelia Day). Date: 1940

WW2 - Home Front - Agricultural workers - Harvesting crops
WW2 - Home Front - Agricultural workers (including a group of land girls on left) - Harvesting crops Date: circa 1942

A gang of young rice harvesters - Rural China Date: circa 1902

Chinese country boy with rake and laden backpack. Date: circa 1910s

Myanmar - Village Scene - Women drawing water from the well Date: circa 1910

Roman Art. Syria. Farming. Collecting dates. Mosaic. Theatre of Bosra. 2nd century. Hauran region

Myanmar - Mandalay - Riverside Pagoda - Irrawaddy River
Myanmar - Mandalay - Riverside Pagoda on the banks of the Irrawaddy River Date: circa 1910s

Collecting eggs from a cliff-face
A group of people collecting eggs from a cliff-face. A man is lowered on a rope to steal the sea-birds eggs. Date: C.1860

Japan, Two children digging for shellfish, low tide riverbed
Japan - Two children digging for shellfish on a low tide riverbed. Both hold small picks/shovels suited for this purpose. Date: 1906

Gandhi in India 1930
MAHATMA GANDHI collecting ritual salt in Poona, India. Date: 1869 - 1948

Dog Collects for Wool
Southville Beau, a Yorkshire Terrier, has collected three thousand pennies for the Wool Fund to knit socks and balaclava helmets for our boys in the trenches. Date: 1914 - 1918 war

Stamp Fair 1930S
A stamp fair in France; a girl looking at the sets of stamps for sale. Date: 1930s

Maoris Collecting Water
Two Maoris collecting water in gourds from a geyser in a rocky part of New Zealand Date: early 1930s

1920 / Russia / Food Rations
Workers collecting their food rations from official bureaux. Date: 1920

Snow Covered Winter Farm
A farm in winter time : gathering firewood, while sheep browse and ducks head for the icy pond

Patriotic German children
Seht nur, was an Liebesgaben wir mit Fleiss gesammelt haben? (Just look at what we ve collected with love) Children collecting provisions in their toy carts. World War 1.(LD) Date: 1915

French Red Cross Dog
French Red Cross dog : serving with la Societe du Chien Sanitaire. Date: 1914

Boys picking apples, c. 1800
Boys picking (or probably scrumping) apples from a tree, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Train spotters
Young boys collecting train numbers as they pass by at speed. Date: c, 1915

Collecting holly
Girl collecting holly branches. From Merry Winter series of postcards published by Raphael Tuck.Date: 1908

Girl collecting firewood on a New Year card
Girl collecting firewood in an autumnal wood on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Little girl and boy with hens on a Christmas card
Little girl and boy with hens and eggs on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Locals collecting water at a public spring, Matanzas, Cuba Date: circa 1900

Transporting Giant tortoises
In 1897 Walter Rothschild despatched explorer Charles Harris to the Galapagos islands to collect a large number of giant tortoises

Collecting water from the well
Watercolour scene from Ethiopia c. 1842. Johann Martin Bernatz. Date: circa 1842

Natives collecting turtle eggs on the banks of the Orinoko river.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Collecting and branding horses, WW1
Wanted for the Army -- collecting and branding horses for troops at the stables of W H Smith, the famous newsagents, on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914

The General Friendly Collecting Society, Liverpool, England. Window over door says Chief Office. Date: 1900s

Boy scouts fundraising, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), WW2
Boy scouts in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). They are collecting waste paper and old tins to help raise money for the War Fund, probably during the Second World War

Charles Roach Smiths collection of London antiquities in his house in Liverpool Street, City of London, purchased for the British Museum

WW1 knitting, woollen belts - gift to the troops from Queen
Gift to the Troops at the Front from the Queen and the Women of the Empire. Leaflet giving instructions on how to knit woollen belts for troops during the First World War

Dutch cub scouts collecting items, Holland
Dutch cub scouts collecting items on a cart, perhaps for a fundraising sale, Holland

Greek sea scouts on the seashore, apparently collecting seaweed

Collecting holly for Christmas Decorations
A family driving out in the snow to gather holly for their Christmas decorations. Date: 1931

Woman railway officials on the Underground, WW1
Two women in uniform working on the London Underground during the First World War in jobs which were previously carried out by men. Date: 1914-1918

Bystander- Military officer collecting images of Gaby Deslys
A military officer, second in command, collecting images of the actress Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), as a way of improving the morale while fighting abroad. Date: 1916

Alexandra Day Collecting Box with photo of the Queen, and the tin still has its original cloth handle. This item includes a postcard dated 1917 showing flag day collectors accompanied by a couple of

Boy Scout on Ascension Island, South Atlantic
A Boy Scout on Ascension Island, South Atlantic, collecting scrub wood for the fire on the lava flows. Date: 1981

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