Collects Collection

Pearly King / Collection
A pearly King collects money for charity from a group of women enjoying a picnic

Druids (ancient Priests) collect mistletoe
The Druids were highly respected by the Britons because of their wisdom and used to collect mistletoe to give to people on feast days

Mlle. Lyska Kostio and her collection of dolls
One of the latest crazes in Paris in the early 1910s was doll-collecting. Apparently Mlle. Kostio took all her dolls with her when she travelled, and looked after them all herself

A woman of the Auvergne collecting walnuts
A woman of the Auvergne region of France loading a wickerwork pannier backpack with the walnuts she has been collecting in her straw basket Date: 1910

English Rural Postman
An English rural postman collects the mail from a letter-box

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

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

Thanksgiving Date: 1941

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

Collecting Oysters - Arcachon, Southwestern France
Arcachon is a seaside resort town in southwest France thats known for oyster harvesting Date: 1909

The First and Last Postman - Lands End, Cornwall. Date: 1964

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

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

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

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

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

Charles V collects the fallen brush for Titian. 19th c. PARRA, Jos順 elipe (1824-1864). Historical anecdote that occurred in 1530 during the visit of the Emperor to the painter in his studio of

Collecting for the Princes Fund, WW1
A small little girl collects money for the Prince of Wales fund during the First World War. Date: 1914

Collection of TV Rental
Collection of TV rental from two housewives Date: 1930s

A French woman collects the tickets on the Paris Metro
As the need for more soldiers grew, many jobs normally carried out by men, women were brought in and trained to do their tasks

Milkman Collects empty
A milkman collects an empty milkbottle from a doorstep, next to a potted geranium. Date: early 1970s

Milk Industry 1950S
The British milk industry - a lorry from the factory collects milk churns from the farm on a daily basis. Date: 1950s

Japan - Women collecting mussels on the beach at low tide. Date: circa 1910s

18, 000 farthings for London Slum Childrens Breakfasts
18, 000 farthings collected in 1907 by R Arnold of 15 Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells, Kent for the charitable purchase of London Slum Childrens Breakfasts. Date: 1907

Collecting the mail on Christmas Eve - Ashley Street, London
Collecting the mail on Christmas Eve 1955 - Ashley Street, London. The postal van bears the slightly humorous slogan (in regard to the date this photograph was taken) Post Early for Christmas !

Raking Fir cones
Women raking up and gathering fir cones into wicker backpacks Date: circa 1910s

Picking Tea Leaves - Kobe, Japan Date: circa 1933

Collecting Albatross eggs - Laysan Island
Collecting Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) eggs on Laysan Island, Hawaii (for sale in the markets of Honolulu) Date: 1905

Gathering Limpets - Birsay, Orkney
An old man gathering Limpets from the rocks on the beach at Birsay, Orkney, Scotland Date: 1908

Jack, Firemans Dog
Jack, the Firemans Dog, collects in aid of firemen, though whether to buy them a new fire engine, or better living quarters, is not stated. Date: early 20th century

A machine collects coloured yarn onto rolls
An employee checks a machine which is collecting different coloured wool yarns onto large rolls at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

A Machine Collects Woollen Thread on spools
A factory worker checks a machine rolling yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Serbian Woman collecting Water
A Serbian Woman collecting water at the Allied Troops Well during the First World War

English postman
A postman collects the mail from a red letterbox on a snowy winter morning

Girl in yellow bonnet collecting flowers
Cartoon-style illustration by Malcolm Greensmith of a young girl in yellow spotted dress and bonnet, pausing for a rest on a tree stump on her way back from collecting flowers

Keep the Silver Paper
Don t throw away the silver paper from your cheese - my husband collects it, a woman implores her companion

Conductor Collects Fares
High class men and women aboard an Omnibus are asked by the conductor for their ticket money with a mixture of annoyance and acceptance

Musaeus Collecting
The German writer J K A Musaeus collects traditional stories from peasants, which he worked up as fairy-tales and published in 1782+

Speed-King Steel Scooter
Speed-King all-steel scooter, offered for only $1.29 to any Boy or Girl who collects forty bottle tops from drinks manufactured by the Lansford Bottling Works

Bottle Collection
A brewery worker collects empty bottles from a cellar

Month of May C18Th
A man collects roses

Pyne - Dustman
THE DUSTMAN He actually pays a fee for his contract, for there is money to be made by scavenging through the rubbish he collects from house to house

Pyne - Milk Woman
A MILK WOMAN She collects her milk before dawn from the dairy and carries it to her customers until about 10 am, then does it all again in the afternoon

Man with Holly
An archer collects holly in the woods

Poodle and Presents
Performing dog collects presents thrown into the Circus ring

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