Corn Collection (page 9)

Israel - Women grind corn with a handmill
Women working with a rotary quernstone handmill to grind corn - Israel - at thsi stage under Ottoman control. Date: circa 1908

The Scarecrow
A young girl talks about the perfect man for marriage - one who can support her as well as the scarecrow! She also extols the virtues of the scarecrow to frighten away the crows ! Date: circa 1908

Jack Sparrow asking the horse for a few grains of corn. Unfortunately he is too late -- there is nothing left in the bag. Date: 1937

Israel - Local millers of Corn
Local millers of Corn working with hand-powered rotary querns in Jerusalem, Israel - at this period under Ottoman control Date: circa 1903

Corn Dollies at Dymock church, Gloucestershire, England. This pagan symbols are still used in modern Christian churches as thanks for a fruitful life. Date: August 1963

Rooks Attacking Crops
A flock of rooks attacking and eating a field of newly sown corn. Date: 1930s

Three little girls sitting on a fence on a hot day in September. first published 1879

Le Coup De Vent (The Gale)
Le Coup De Vent ( The Gale ) Women dressed in light yellow dress trying to hold a large bouquet of flowers that are being blown away by the wind

Victorian Farmyard (The harvest). Workers on a coastal field carefully load the precious corn on to a cart while women tie up the sheaves. Unattributed illustrator Date: circa 1870

India - The Harvest of corn Date: circa 1907

Rural scene with red brick houses
A rural scene with red brick houses

View of the Cornmarket, Derby
View of the Cornmarket in the town centre, Derby -- it is one of the main streets, named after an actual corn market which took place there. Date: circa 1910

View of the Cornmarket, Derby, on a busy day
View of the Cornmarket, in the centre of Derby, busy with shoppers, trams and cars. The tower of the Cathedral can be seen in the middle distance. Date: circa 1920

Autumn Flowers 1880
AUTUMN FLOWERS (3 of 4) Date: 1880

Liverpool docks 1876
The corn warehouse and Waterloo dock at Liverpool

Double page spread in a diary for 12-17 August
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 12-17 August. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Gladstone and the Midlothian Campaign - Meeting in Corn Exch
View of the Ladies Gallery in the Corn Exchange, Edinburgh during a meeting in which four-times Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone undertook his tour of Midlothian during a US-style campaign

A reaper by J. Absolon
A Worcestershire reaper, by J. Absolon, from the beauties of England and Wales

Woman harvesting in a field of corn
A woman harvesting in a field of corn. She is wearing old-fashioned country clothes, including a Victorian-style bonnet

Boy on a farm, sitting in the back of a cart
A little boy on a farm, sitting in the back of a cart at harvest time. A yoked ox can be seen on the left, and sheaves of corn in the background

Man and woman of the Black Forest
A man and woman of the Black Forest preparing for the harvest. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Music sheet cover for Danseuses Viennoises
Music sheet cover for the Danseuses Viennoises (Viennese Dancers), No.3 Pas des Moissonneurs (Harvesters Dance or Harvest Fete), with music by Max Maretzek (1821-1897)

Road obsticles / W H Robinson
Kindliness in dealing with an obstinate obstacle. Loud music is piped down one tube to irritate the offending nesting hen and corn is scattered on the opposite side of the road to entice her to move

Abundance and Prosperity - a New Years wish for 1906

Fantasy Postcard on Turkish Empire
Fantasy postcard by Raphael Tuck featuring aspects of Turkish art, script and produce Date: circa 1906

Egypt - buying corn from a donkeys panniers
An Egyptian water seller / carrier buying corn on the cob from a trader with a laden donkey, struggling under some very full basketwork panniers

Sultan Ahmet Mosque - Feeding the Birds for good luck
In Turkey, birds are sometime released for good luck. These women with their bowls of corn sell the seed which you throw to the birds - this is considered lucky (feeding wild animals)

Poster advertising the Hamburg America Line
Poster advertising Hamburg America Line departures to Canada, showing a cornfield being harvested

DKW 600cc Drop Head Coupe (4 wheel drive)

Golden Grain
A satirical picture of an American reaper with a huge scythe representing the rate of exchange being sharpened with a lathe representing sterling currency

Evergreens and flowers by Pauline Baynes
The evergreens and flowers associated with English customs and legends depicted here by Pauline Baynes in a charming design

Red Star Line to Canada poster
Poster produced by the Red Star Line shipping company promoting its service from Southampton in Britain to Canada via Cherbourg

Vaczrol - Hungary - The dedication ceremony for a military memorial

Cutting the Corn
A young boy stands in a field watching a horse-drawn harvesting machine cutting the corn

The Corn Merchant s
The Corn Merchants - two girls talk to the Corn Merchant standing behind his counter

Unknown location, Middle East
An unidentified location, somewhere in the Middle East, with two soldiers standing on guard. There is a national flag near the top of the right-hand wall

Rural scene with sunflower and poppies
A pretty rural scene with a large yellow sunflower and some red poppies by a stone wall, with a cornfield in the background

Selling Indian corn on the streets of Cape Coast Castle, 187
Natives selling Indian corn in the streets of Cape Coast Castle, headquarters of the British on the Gold Coast. This was sketched during the 2nd Ashantee War (1873-74)

Bastingstoke Exchange
The Corn Exchange at Basingstoke, Hampshire

The Corn Exchange, London, 1842
Engraving showing the interior of the Corn Exchange, Mark Lane, London, 1842

Royal Commission in the House of Lords, 1846
Engraving showing the seating of the Commission which gave Royal Assent to the Corn Bill, in the House of Lords, June 1846

Chrysanthemum Segetum
CORN MARIGOLD

American Indians. The Red Indian on show at Earls Court. M
A native American and his wife pounding corn in a large pestle and mortar

Event / Ireland 1843
Meeting of the Repeal Association at the Corn Exchange in Dublin

Farming Maize USA
Maize (Indian Corn) cultivation in the United States of America

John Hardman
JOHN HARDMAN Celebrated corn-cutter - not an agricultural labourer, but a chiropodist

Miller & Water Mill C19
An elderly miller carries his corn to the mill on his back

Food for the Needy
The text is telling farmers that they should give some of their harvest to the needy

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