Corn Collection (page 4)

PLANTS / SPERGULA ARVENSIS
CORN SPURREY Date: early 20th century

Lurking demon in the corn
A demon lurks among the cornstalks, waiting to ensnare the innocent girl as she pursues a butterfly, symbol of frivolity... Date: 1866

BOYCOTT HARVESTS CROPS
CAPTAIN BOYCOTT harvests his corn crop under police protection, despite threats from the Land League Date: Summer 1880

Corn Exchange building in Mark Lane 1845
The Corn Exchange building in Mark Lane, London. Date: 1845

A fantasy farm labourer, dressed in a costume made up of the tools of his trade. Date: circa 1700

A fantasy miller, dressed in a windmill costume. Date: circa 1700

Druse women of the Lebanon grinding corn Date: 1822

St Michael ad Bladum or St Michael-le-Querne. A parish church in the Farringdon within ward. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666 and not rebuilt

Comin thro the Rye, Wimbledon Theatre, SW London
Comin thro the Rye, a play by Constance Stuart based on a story by Helen Mathers, at The Wimbledon Theatre, SW London, starring Ena Grossmith and full West End company

Solitary oak tree in harvested corn field in Malvern Hills
A solitary oak tree in a freshly harvested corn field in the Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, England. The Sunday Times Date: 1991

Cleobury Mortimer mill wheels
The miller grinds corn on original mill wheels at the Cleobury Mortimer mill, Shropshire England. First published The Times Date: 1986

Harvest in Germany
Germany Harvest - Farmers, their families, and their children cut the corn and operate a winnowing machine. Date: circa 1906

The St. Louis Beef Canning Co. - Cooked Corn Beef - suitable for any dramatic raft-based sea survival situation... Date: circa 1870s

Baubles and corn dollies
Corn dolly, decoration made from stalks of grain woven into the shape of a witch figure on a broomstick, her face hidden with a gingham headscarf, with an attached length of black thread, c.1960

Cutting the Calacht, Toome, Co. Antrim - a view of five people in a field, three with scythes, about to throw the scythes at a corn stack

Silhouette of field mice and corn Date: c. 1930

A working heavy horse
A Shire horse, with collar, tack, bit, blinkers and horse brasses, standing alone in a cut cornfield. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Cutout advertisement, Granola digestive biscuits
Cutout advertisement, Macfarlane Langs Granola digestive biscuits, with wheat field and windmill. Date: early 20th century

Woman in Cornish traditional costume with Corn Dollies
Woman (Jan Fennell) in Cornish traditional costume, with a display of Corn Dollies. Date: circa 1970s

Map: The Invasions of England and Ireland - 1627
Map: The Invasions of England and Ireland With al [sic] their Civill [sic] Wars since the Conquest Corn Danckertsz sculpsit [London] George Humble, 1627 (c)

Grinding Corn With a Saddle Quern, Co. Antrim - a view of an old lady sitting outside grinding corn with a stone. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

Label for Whipple Creek, Kentucky Corn Whiskey, bottled by General Distillers Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Suffragette Votes for Women Kellogs Advert. Advertisement for Kellogs Toasted Corn Flakes endorsed by a group of suffragette children. Date: circa 1910

Thanksgiving Greetings Postcard - USA Date: 1912

Corn and flour merchant - Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Delivering corn to the corn merchant Gledhill & Brook of 11 Victoria Street, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. Holmfirth has become well known as the location of the situation comedy Last of the Summer

Summer, 18th century French School (possibly by Francois Octavien, 1695-1736). Showing people harvesting in the fields, with a storm in the distance

Thatched Corn Ricks
Corn ricks with neat thatched roofs on a farm in Yorkshire, England. Date: 1930s

Africa woman carrying maize on her head
A Native Beauty - Africa. A superb photograph of a young woman carrying corn (maize) in a basket balanced on her head. Date: circa 1930s

Old windmill at Molle, Skane, Sweden
Landscape with an old windmill at Molle, Hoganas, Skane (Scania), Sweden

Roman Rotary Quern
A Rotary Quern used by the Romans for grinding corn. A number were found intact at the bakery in Pompeii

Roman Augur
An augur of ancient Rome utters prophecies based on the corn eaten by his hens

Depiction of Summer 1903
A depiction of Summer showing a woman wearing a reform style tunic dress with uncorseted waistline. She picks cornflowers from a cornfield to decorate her straw hat

Stooking corn, Exmoor, near Porlock, Somerset
Two men and a boy stooking corn on Exmoor, near Porlock, Somerset. Date: 1971

Young man carrying a scythe meets his girl amid the corn
A young man carrying a large scythe has a rendezvouz with his girl amid the corn... Date: circa 1890s

Summertime Scene - A family in the fields in Rural Germany Date: circa 1930s

Communist China - land reclaimed for farming
Harvesting scene in Communist China - an army reclamation farm, showing land reclaimed for farming to increase crop cultivation. circa 1950s

Cornfield at harvest time -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

People operating a hand mill. 17th century

British field of corn defended by barbed wire - WW2
British field of corn defended by barbed wire fencing - WW2 Date: circa 1941

Farmer and his crop
Farmer standing amid his crop holding two sheaves of corn. Date: 1945

Native African Matabele boy eating corn on the cob. Date: circa 1930

Looking towards Corn Market, now Lombard Street, Belfast (1877). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1877

WW1 poster, Little Americans do your bit
Poster, Little Americans Do Your Bit, Leave nothing on your plate, US Food Administration. circa 1918

Morocco, North Africa - Mazagen Corn Market - Vendors with sacks and goods. Part of Box 171 Boswell Collection - Morocco. Date: circa 1900

Flower Festival Competition Winner - Decorated Bicycle
A fabulous card showing an English Flower Festival Competition Winner (First Prize) with her Harvest theme decorated bicycle

Corn Rubber Or Saddle Quern, Co. Antrim - a close in view of the saddle quern. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

Tram Construction at Belfast, Body of Car Showing Framework, in Erecting Shop - a view of the wooden framework of the tram in a large indoor workplace

Windmill for Grinding Corn, Mourne Mts
Windmill forGrinding Corn, Mourne Mts. - a vertical view of a small windmill for grinding corn. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mournes). Date: circa early 1900s

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