Crate Collection (page 3)

Label design, Safe Hit Texas Vegetables. early 20th century

Label design, Kings Cadets Asparagus
Label design, Kings Cadets California Green Asparagus. early 20th century

Soho, London - Glasshouse Street W1 - Regent Palace Hotel. 1973

Hamburg, Germany - view of the harbour. Date: circa 1930s

Soho, London - Rupert Street Market W1, viewed from Shaftesbury Avenue, looking towards Walkers Court and Broadwick House. 1973

Pressing the Eggs Tight in the Crate and Nailing the Lid - a view of this process at Cookstown market with people looking on. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Tyrone; Cookstown)

Kittens and puppies on a box-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a wooden crate with colourful fuchsias on top. Date: circa 1890s

Picking oranges, Riverside, California, USA
Workers picking navel oranges, Riverside, California, USA. The boxes are labelled Riverside Navel Orange Company. Date: 1898

Crate label, Football, selected Almeria grapes, Dalias, Norberto Ferrer, Carcagente, Valencia, Spain. 1940s

Dog and Puppies - Now Do Be Good. early 20th century

Book of Trades, The Trunk Maker. 1841

Loading Milk Onto Van
A milkman and woman loading milk on to a van. Date: 1930s

Men and women with rifles, Lumbermans Rest, USA
Men and women with rifles at the Lumbermans Rest, somewhere in the USA -- probably arranged for tourists to visit. Date: circa 1910

R T Parkins shop, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA, with Mr Parkin himself, the driver and a female assistant standing in the doorway, shortly before closing time. Date: 1909

Children and toys on a New Year card
Four children and their toys on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, A delivery mistake, WW1
Cartoon, a delivery mistake. A wooden crate supposedly containing 150 shells for the Western Front is found to contain a large, fashionable hat. Date: 1917

Cartoon, A great Christmas present, WW1
Cartoon, A great Christmas present. A soldier opens a wooden crate marked Very Fragile to find his godmother is inside it. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Difficult extraction, WW1
Cartoon, Difficult extraction. French soldiers undertake some impromptu dental work for a colleague. Don t worry, old friend, we ll get them! Date: 1916

Cartoon, Between two attacks, WW1
Cartoon, Between two attacks. French soldiers in a trench relax, eat, drink and play cards in a quiet moment on the Western Front. Date: 1916

Mustard loaded aboard a Royal Navy ship - 18th century
Mustard for the Royal Navy being loaded aboard a ship setting out to broaden the scope of the British Empire during the reign of King George II in the mid 18th century. Date: circa 1750

Pineapple field near Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, with workers filling wooden crates with the fruit. Date: 1935

Three women standing by a harbour, two wearing aprons, the third wearing a leather coat. Date: circa 1930s

Old man pulling prams, Balham, SW London
An old man pulling along a series of prams joined together, on a road in Balham, SW London. Each of the first two prams contains a large leather armchair, and the third one contains a wooden crate

Woman with a dog and a cat in a garden. Date: circa 1900s

Men camping with a dog
Eight young men camping with a dog in a field. Date: circa 1900s

Boy scout drinking from a bottle of Idris, Mauritius
A thirsty boy scout drinking from a bottle of Idris, Mauritius. Date: 1940s

Scouts unloading supplies after earthquake, Greece
Scouts unloading supplies soon after an earthquake in the Ionian area of Greece. Many earthquakes hit the islands of Kefalonia and Zakynthos (Zante) in August 1953

Scouts and sea scouts from British Guyana, South America, with a flag, surrounded by luggage

People enjoying a beer picnic, Germany
A group of people enjoying a beer picnic, Bad Lausick, Leipzig, Germany. 1927

Louis Sipp Winery
Wooden tubs used to transport grapes to the winery

Fire at Floral Hall, Covent Garden, London WC2
Fire at the Floral Hall, Covent Garden, London WC2, 6 April 1956. Exterior view, showing a side of the building with a glass dome above. Date: 1956

Firefighters in action, Mitre Wharf, Scrubs Lane, NW10
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at a rubber dump fire, Mitre Wharf, Scrubs Lane, NW10, on 5 June 1958. Date: 1958

WW2 poster, quality and quantity of goods
WW2 poster, the quality of our incoming goods is ok -- see that your checking of quantities is ok -- other departments depend on your ok... ok? Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Load Your Van With Care, having regard to items loaded. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 safety poster, Use Your Head Brother! Unpack and handle all materials with care. By Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Man and boy sifting tea, China. Date: circa 1890

Flower sellers outside St Pauls Cathedral, London. Date: 1936

British troops loading up ammunition, Western Front, WW1
British troops loading up limbers with ammunition on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldier washing clothes, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier washing clothes near the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers with shells, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers with a large stack of shells on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

WW1 - Men in uniform having a picnic - Mesoptamian Front?
Three men in uniform having a picnic in a barren landscape, watched by a dog - possibly on the Mesoptamian Front during WW1 Date: circa 1916

Men with crates of fish on quayside
Men working on a quayside with crates of fish labelled William Carnie and David Dow, Newhaven

Californian Sunkst Oranges, USA
A wooden crate/box of Californian Sunkist oranges, California, USA. Date: circa 1930s

WW2 - Home front - British housewives queue to buy eggs
October, 1940 - British housewives queue to buy eggs, both domestically sourced and supplied from the Dominions - in this case, Canada. Date: 1940

Three boys on a desert island captured by an indigenous man, who nails their packing case clothing to a long pole and carries them away midst weeping sore and wailing. Date: 1898

Three schoolboys on a desert island meet an indigenous man Date: 1898

Three schoolboys on desert island vanquish a rhinoceros
Three schoolboys on desert island bravely vanquish a rhinoceros using their makeshift bows and arrows. Date: 1898

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