Customs Collection (page 8)

Putting bee-hives into mourning 1856
Telling the bees, traditional European custom in which bees would be told of an important event in the beekeepers life, such as long journeys, births, marriages and deaths

Duel - Saint-Beuve
Duel with pistols between Saint-Beuve and Dubois of The Globe - the former insisted on retaining his umbrella, prepared to die but not catch a cold!

Christmas goose at Leadenhall Market, London 1884
Buying a Christmas goose at Leadenhall Market, London. 1884

Delivery boy delivering a turkey
A smartly-dressed delivery boy brings a present of a dead turkey to the door. Date: 1884

Neolithic funeral and interment
A funeral, with interment in a long barrow, during the Neolithic (Stone Age) era. Date: circa 3000 BC

Japanese funeral procession
A Japanese funeral procession. Date: 16th century

Iroquois burial in sitting posture
The Iroquois people of North America bury their dead in a sitting posture. Date: 1846

ATR 42-400MP Surveyor MM62166 / GF-14
Guardia di Finanza - ATR 42-400MP Surveyor MM62166 / GF-14 (msn 502) (Guarda di Finanza - Italian Customs / Border Police). Date: circa 2000

AgustaWestland AW109N MM81703 / GF-315
Guardia di Finanza - AgustaWestland AW109N MM81703 / GF-315 (msn 22527), at Luqa International Airport on 24 September 2011. (Guardia di Finanza - Italian Customs / Border Police) Date: 2011

Piaggio P-166-DL3 MM62267 / GF-10
Guardia di Finanza - Piaggio P-166-DL3 MM62267 / GF-10 (msn 705), at Park 4, LMML during the Malta International Airshow on 29 September 2012

Lockheed P-3-AEW
U.S. Customs Service - Lockheed P-3-AEW Date: circa 2000

Cessna 550 Citation II N26621
US Customs and Border Protection - Cessna 550 Citation II N26621 (msn 550-0593), at huston, Texas. Date: circa 1998

Agusta A-109A Hirundo MM81389 - GF-140
Guarda di Finanza - Agusta A-109A Hirundo MM81389 - GF-140 (msn 7440). (Guarda di Finanza - Italian Customs - Border Police) Date: circa 2010

AgustaWestland AW139 MM81750 - GF-402
Guarda di Finanza - AgustaWestland AW139 MM81750 - GF-402 (msn 31301). (Guarda di Finanza - Italian Customs - Border Police) Date: circa 2011

AgustaWestland AW109N MM81707 - GF-318
Guarda di Finanza - AgustaWestland AW109N MM81707 - GF-318 (msn 22539). (Guarda di Finanza - Italian Customs - Border Police) Date: circa 2010

Piaggio P-166DL-3 MM25181 - GF-11
Guardia di Finanza - Piaggio P-166DL-3/SEM2 MM25181 / GF-11 (msn 602), at Frosinone Air Base on 28 March 1998. (Guarda di Finanza - Italian Customs / Border Police) Date: 1998

Coronation of Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London
Coronation Day in Westminster Abbey, London, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Date: 1953

War Dance of Shulluk Warriors, Sudan Date: 1926

Embarcation of the Doge of Venice to Marry the Sea
The Embarcation of the Doge of Venice to Marry the Sea Date: 1829

Tattooing a Maori Chief in New Zealand, during a period of conflict that included the First Taranaki War and the Invasion of the Waikato (1860-1863). Date: early 1860s

Dublin - customs house on bank of River Liffey

Customs House sheds, Yokohama, Japan
Vintage 19th century photograph: Customs House sheds, Yokohama, Japan, boats in the foreground

Girls college and customs house Guayaquil, Ecudaor
Vintage 19th century photograph: girls college and customs house Guayaquil. Guayaquil officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city of Ecuador. It is also the nations main port

Customs House, Mazatlan, Mexico
Vintage 19th century photograph: Customs House, Mazatlan, Mexico

Bathing in the River Ganges, India. Date: circa 1900s

Shipping on pier beside customs house, Yokohama, Japan
Shipping along the pier beside the customs house, Yokohama, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Built to be burnt: a u7500 boat for a Chinese funeral. Sending a boat up in smoke for a
Built to be burnt: a 7500 boat for a Chinese funeral. Sending a boat up in smoke for an Empresss spiritual use. A rite performed in Peking (now Beijing)

Customs of Native American peoples
Interpreter Sacagawea reunited with the Shoshone people on Lewis and Clarkes Expedition 49, a Native American presents a tobacco pipe to the Medicine Stone 50

Senegal bushbaby or lesser galago, Galago senegalensis. The galago of the Senegal. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Womans hairstyle and jewelry, Senegambia, 18th century
Womans braided hairstyle and jewelry, Senegambia, 18th century. Headress and ornaments of the negro women. Coiffure des negresses. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Worker, soldier and queen termites, Macrotermes bellicosus
Worker termite, Macrotermes bellicosus of Guinea 1, head of worker 2, soldier 3, head of soldier 4, female, winged state 5, and pregnant queen 6

Moorish grisgris, water bottle and pouch, Senegal
String of gris-girs, leather water bottle and pouch made by the Moors, Senegal, 18th century. Grisgris, water bottle and pouch. Collier de gris-gris, outre des Maures, giberne

Mandinka man playing a balafon with sticks
Mandinka man playing a balafon or gourd xylophone with sticks. In the background, men sit outside a hut or granary near a river. A negro playing on the balafo

King Sandaineh of Saloum, Senegambia, 18th century
King Sandaineh of Saloum, seated on a couch of reeds, Wolof or Jolof Empire, Senegambia, 18th century. In gold crown, cotton tunic, smoking a tobacco pipe. Scimitar and saddle on the walls

A floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal River
Man and donkeys and other porters with sacks on their heads cross a floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal River. View of a a bridge over the Ba-Fing or Black River

Weapons and musical instruments of Senegambia, 18th century
Weapons, musical instrument and pipe of Senegambia, 18th century. Bow, powder horn, lance, quiver, arrow, boot, guitar and tobacco pipe

Metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century
Forged metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century. Horses bit, spade and napha or portfolio. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Man weaving cotton on a loom, Senegambia, 18th century. He sits with his legs in a pit, with the warp tied to a large rock, under a mat shade. A weaver. Tisserand negre

Two slatees guard a coffle of enslaved men, Senegal
Two armed Mandinka slatees (slave merchants) guard a coffle of six enslaved men, each wearing a heavy wooden neck collar supported by the man in front. Senegal, West Africa, 1800s

Woman of Senegambia beating cotton, 18th century. She beats the raw cotton instead of carding it. She sits on a wooden bench in front of a thatched hut

Blacksmith or goldsmith at work, Senegambia, 18th century. He works unders thatched hut with tools including fire, anvil, hammer, pincers and bellows. Orfevre ou Forgeron Negre. A goldsmith

View of a Fuli town and plantations, Senegambia
View of a Fuli or Fula town and plantations, Senegambia, 18th century. Circular walled village of the Fuli people. With cattle and guard house at left, rows of huts in centre

Plan of the King of Sines palace, Joal, Senegambia, 18th century. Entrance A, courts B, connecting huts C, kings hut D, wives huts E, reception area F, dining area G, servants huts H

Women of Senegambia washing themselves, 18th century
Women of Senegambia washing themselves with water from a basin, 18th century.. One carries a baby on her back. Negro women washing themselves

Customs inspectors opening luggage at the border, 18th century. Searched by the Douaniers at the French frontiers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Travellers dining at a restaurant in a French inn, 18thC
Travellers dining at a restaurant in a French inn, late 18th century. Table d hote. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal of Sentimental Travels

Main Street - looking North - Tijuana, Mexico. Date: 1913

Gendarmerie & Customs Officers Memorial, Mont Cassel Date: 2016

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