Cutting Collection (page 7)

Book of Trades, The Quarry Man. 1841

Cutting Wedding Cake
A caterer in gloves explains how long in took to make their wedding cake as the newlyweds slice into the bottom tier! Date: 1960s

Ross / Cutting the Ice
During Rosss voyage to find Franklin, they have to cut out the ice to allow the Enterprise and the Investigator pass. Date: 1848 - 49

Bryant & May Matchmakers
A group of women employed at Bryant & May cutting down & boxing Ruby & Runaway Matches. Date: 1888

Country people in the Middle Ages -- a woman feeds a hen and chicks, a man sharpens his scythe before continuing to cut grass, and an older man carries a basket on his back. Date: circa 13th century

Auguste Edouart cutting silhouette of Liston the actor
Portrait of the artist in the act of cutting the silhouette of John Liston, the actor, an example of the supreme mastery the silhouette artist Edouart had achieved by 1828 when this picture was cut

Advert for Eugene permanant hair waving 1922
Peggy appeared at our salons, just as you see her in the left-hand photograph, Peggys hair had been the despair of her mother

Cricket The Cut Shot
A batsman is shown performing the cut shot where he swings at the ball as if he was cutting it. Date: circa 19th century

Wedding Cake Cutting
John Hope Fellows and his new wife, Ellen Milligan, pictured cutting the first slice of the wedding cake at their wedding in Wilmington, Kent Date: 1924

Two men cross-cutting tree trunk, Western Front, WW1
Two men cross-cutting a tree trunk on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Queen Charlottes Ball, 1934
The ceremony of cutting the cake performed by HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught (formerly Princess Alexandra of Fife), at Queen Charlottes Ball

Male Hairdresser
A male hairdresser cutting a young womans hair. Date: early 1930s

Ritual of Self-Mutilation by Aissaoua Brotherhood, Morocco
A member of the snake charmers cult The Aissaoua Brotherhood ceremonially cuts his head on the Day of Sacrifices a ritual of self-mutilation. Date: circa 1910s

Ceremony of female circumcision - Conakry, Guinea
Conakry, Guinea, West Africa - Two young women during the Fetes de l excision (Ceremony of female circumcision / female genital mutilation) and their suitor. Date: circa 1904

Firefighter cutting through pipe after road traffic accident
A firefighter cutting through a pipe after a road traffic accident

LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender and crew
Southwarks Emergency Tender and crew. By the 1920s emergency tenders were developing into far more that just a carrier of firefighters with breathing apparatus and lighting at incidents

Tapping a rubber tree in Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910s

Heating / Peat
Cutting turf in Denmark Date: 1860

Repairing pit props, Plas y Coed Level, South Wales
A miner repairing pit props in the Plas y Coed Level, South Wales

Quarries, Portland Prison, Dorset
Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows small groups of men cutting stone by hand while prison

Cut turf and donkeys - Ireland
Piles of cut turf and a group of donkeys, Lough Shindilla, Connemara, Co Galway

A barber sharpens his razors - Adana, Turkey
A barber sharpens his razors on a grindstone turned by his young assistant - Adana, Turkey

Digging Corinth Canal
Construction of the Corinth Canal : cutting the path of the canal through solid rock

Cutting the first turf of the Bristol and North Somerset Rai
Mrs Milward, wife of the Rev. Prebendary Milward (an active advocate for the railway), seen cutting the first turf at Clutton of the Bristol and North Somerset Railway

Lex Oppia / Roman Women
Roman ladies (in 15th century costume) protest against the Lex Oppia, cutting down on luxury and finery - from Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, 1475

Frances Wolseley Mowing
The Honorable Frances Wolseley mowing the lawn of her garden assisted by a friend pulling the lawnmower along by a cord

The Lambs of Littlecote, a thrilling school story
Penny dreadful story, The Lambs of Littlecote, a thrilling school story, by E H Burrage - four schoolboys enjoy a midnight feast of ham, pickles and pie. circa 1890s

Victorian Scrap - Army Barber. late 19th century

Bank of Fashion novelty bank note, advertising hair cutting and dressing. 1823

Charity beard trimming event, using a rather large pair of scissors. Date: circa 1980s

11th Bn The Parachute Regiment, 8th Bn Middlesex Regiment
PhotographFrom album of 183 photographs with newspaper cutting and ephemera, 11th Bn The Parachute Regiment, 8th Bn Middlesex Regiment, TA, 1947-1957. Date: 1957

Trench interior near the Albert-Bapaume road on the Somme
Photograph of trench scene.From an album of 22 official photographs (and one newspaper cutting) showing scenes from the Western Front, 1916-1918 (c).Associated with World War One

Scene from the Western Front, 1916-1918
Photograph from an album of 22 official photographs (and one newspaper cutting) showing scenes from the Western Front, 1916-1918 (c). Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)

Village of El-Kantara, Algeria - Road through the Gorge
The Red Village of El-Kantara in Biskra Province, Algeria - a very important caravan station - route through The Gorge. Date: circa 1904

British Caribbean man cutting fruit in Oman
Oman. British Caribbean man cutting fruit. Dog standing by the yellow jeep. Empty swings. Date: 1976

Chapmans Peak Road, Hout Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
Cutting between rocks in Chapmans Peak Road, near Hout Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Date: circa 1930

Advert for Universal human hair extensions 1915
Transformations in any styles, extra is charged for light, grey, pale and auburn shades, guaranted only the finest quailty pure European hair used. 1915

The Cutting Short of a Long Story by H M Bateman, this illustration shows a man blowing up the tire on his bicycle. An old man possibly a vicar comes along and starts to tell a story

Children shaping Jack-o lanterns
A group of children cutting & shaping their Jack-O lanterns in time for Halloween. Date: circa 1910

Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Dordoyne, France - Aerial View - the area contains several important archaeological sites, including the Font-de-Gaume

Village of El-Kantara, Algeria - Road through the Gorges
The Red Village of El-Kantara, Algeria - Road through the Gorges Date: circa 1904

Woman at work in a Flemish kitchen. 19th century

Cutting Osiers With a Hook, near Lough Neagh - a view of a man in a field of osiers cutting with a bill hook. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Lough Neagh). Date: circa early 1900s

Sweet Or Spanish Chestnut (Castanea Sativa) - a view of a cutting on a white background. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Lime (Tilia Vulgaris) - a view of a cutting on a white background. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Cutting Osiers for Basket Making, Lough Neagh
Cutting Osiers forBasket Making, Lough Neagh - a view of a man in a field with a scythe cutting osiers. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Lough Neagh). Date: circa early 1900s

Cutting and Binding Grass With Automatic Machine - a view of a two horse drawn machine for cutting and binding grass being driven by a man in a field. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Fun on the Ocean Wave - Deck and below-deck sports
Amusements on board a Union Castle ocean liner to South Africa, here illustrated with pictures of people in the gym, playing deck tennis, boxing, taking part in a tape cutting race

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