Delivering Collection (page 5)

Russo-Japanese War - The Capture of Port Arthur - Jan 1905
Russo-Japanese War - The Japanese Capture of Port Arthur - January 1905. Date: 1905

Christmas Postcard - Jolly Sweep delivering a letter
Christmas Postcard - Jolly Sweep delivering good wishes. Traditionally chimney sweeps used to go door to door wishing (and hopefully bringing) folk good luck

Puppies attaching the post - Ridways Tea Advertisement
" The Pick of the post". An advertising postcard for Ridgways Tea, showing a pack of young puppies making some tasty discoveries while the Postmans back is turned

Hanoi - Vietnam - Wheelbarrow driver - delivering his load of recently deceased pigs! Date: circa 1904

Russian Restaurant scene - Waiter delivering the aperitifs Date: 1902

Ukbekistan - Mail Carrier distributing newspapers
Ukbekistan (former Soviet Central Asia) - A horseback Mail Carrier distributing newspapers in the native language. Date: 1933

Man delivering a letter on a box-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

AMBROSE, Saint (339-397). Doctor of the Church
" AMBROSE, Saint (339-397). Doctor of the Church and archbishop of Milan. Saint Ambroses Works" (vol I), written and illustrated by Enrique de Bellorto for Guicciardi de Pavic (15th c.)

MATA PRATS, Juan de (end 18th-19th century)

PRADILLA ORTIZ, Francisco (1841-1921). The Surrender of Granada. 1882. Boabdil delivering Granada to the Catholic Monarchs (2nd January 1492). Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Senate Palace

Spain (1485). Reconquest. Assault and delivering of Ronda to the Catholic Monarchs. Reproduction of a detail of the choir chairs of the Cathedral of Toledo. Engraving

IRAN. Persepolis. Palace of Darius. Cort觥of
IRAN. Persepolis. Palace of Darius. Cort觥 of Babylonians delivering to the king vases full of gold and silver. Decorations of the eastern side of the staircase. Persian art. Achaemenid period

Spain (1832). Fernando VII delivering to Mar�
Spain (1832). Fernando VII delivering to Maric Cristina the Decree of 6th October 1832, that revoked the Pragmatic Sanction and put into effect the Salic Law again. Etching. SPAIN. Madrid

NFS (London Region) water relay exercise, WW2
The Blitz had shown the vital importance of securing a good water supply and the dire consequences when it failed. NFS London firefighters practised large scale exercises securing a water supply

The alguazil delivering the keys of the toril. Illustration shows an official on horseback handing the keys to the bullpen to a man holding a ceremonial pillow waiting to receive them

Kitsch Italian Valentines Card
Promise of Love A kitsch Italian Valentines Day Card. Date: circa 1930s

Delivery of the mail at Rand Airport - Johannesburg
Card issued for the Empire Exhibition - Johannesburg, South Africa. The airmail section of the General Post Office in Johannesburg

Washington delivering his inaugural address April 1789, in the old city hall, New-York. Print showing George Washington delivering his inaugural address before members of the Congress

The new President delivering his inaugural address March 4, 1897. McKinley speaking as Cleveland, seated, listens. Date c1897

European Gentleman delivering a letter to a Soon-Tah-Burdar or Silver Baton-Bearer. (Plate 6 of 20) Date: 1813

Santa with his sack of presents
Santa delivering gifts at Christmas. From 1950s Christmas card. c.1950

Father christmas about to go down the chimney
Another result of zeppelin raids! searchlight nuisance 1916

Flooding in Lyon in 1910
Flooding in Lyon in January 1910 caused a great rise in the water level of the River Rhone. Here a baker and his boys in his traditional bateau boat

Flemish Milk cart - Belgium
Flemish Milk cart pulled by a labrador - Belgium. The milkmaid is pouring out a windmill owners daily jug of the white stuff. Date: circa 1910s

Warehouse Lorry
A Long Vehicle lorry, delivering a load of barrels to a London warehouse. Date: 1960s

A canine courier of the great war, an officer writes a message as the dog waits to deliver it in the trenches. The dogs were three times faster at delivering messages compared to man

New Baby Greetings postcard
A New Baby Greetings postcard, featuring Dr Stork, who has just delivered a little bundle of joy. " May All Your Troubles Be Little Ones" !!! Date: 1905

Kirchner Girl Circa 1913
Parisian milliners apprentice delivering a new hat wears a short narrow skirt with a buttoned split at the side, Louis heel shoes, blouse with tie & a square, brimless hat. Date: circa 1913

Tobacco industry in Algiers
Algeria : delivering tobacco to the shop of Hussein-Dey, Algiers Date: 1862

Delivery boy
Aeolian Co. Portrait, Stephens Delivering Aeolian Magazine. Aeolian Co. Portrait, Stephens Delivering Aeolian Magazine

Convicts delivering meals to prison cells
Uniformed warders supervise convicts delivering food cans and bread to the cells at an unnamed London prison

Georgia - Tbilisi - Man selling delivering water in ox skins
Extraorinary sight of a man selling/delivering water in whole ox skins (!) near Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis

Baker delivering bread - Constantinople, Turkey
A Turkish Baker delivering the morning bread in Constantinople, Turkey. He lifts a stack of loaves out of one of a pair of large reedwork panniers, strapped to the flanks of his pony

Three-wheeler milkfloat
A Milkman on his morning round, fills up a crate from his vintage yet stylish three-wheeled float. This model is a Norwich Dairy milk electric, (DP Kathanode battery operated) delivery float

Sir Rowland Hill - Postal Reformer
Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879) - English postal reformer - introduced the penny post

Saint Nicholas / Father Christmas / Santa Claus - delivering presents to the children of the world by climbing down chimneys on Christmas night

English postman
A postman collects the mail from a red letterbox on a snowy winter morning

The Bystander Christmas Number 1936
A front cover illustration showing Santa Claus delivering gifts with the aid of a parachute

W. E. Gladstone addressing the University of Glasgow, 1879
Engraving showing William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), the English Liberal statesman, delivering his address as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow

Lord Palmerston addressing the House of Commons, 1864
Engraving showing Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), delivering the ministerial statement on Dano-German relations to the House of Commons, June 1864

Burlesquing the Kaiser
A French chasseur trooper impersonating Kaiser Wilhelm II, delivering a humorous monologue at a local open-air fete

Joseph Chamberlain MP at the Olympia Hall, 20th October 1903
Illustrations of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain MP, Radical English politician, delivering an address on Protectionism at the Olympia Hall, Newcastle

Lord Roseberys Speech to the Liberal Party, 1901
Illustration showing Archibald Philip Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929), delivering his speech to the Liberal Party at Chesterfield, 16th December 1901

Dublin Street Scene
a lively street scene in central Dublin with a variety of horse-drawn transport and a donkey cart, delivering goods

Steam Delivery Lorry
The steam lorry of W.V. Bowater and Sons, of 121 Queen Victoria Street, London, delivering huge rolls of paper which will be used for printing newpapers

British Mail Van
A van of the Royal Mail, delivering to a rural area

Irish Milk Cart, 1950S
Delivering milk from a donkey cart in Ireland

Telegraph Boy (Petherick
London characters: the TELEGRAPH BOY is the human link in the chain which can bring a message from New York or Bombay to Belgrave Square, delivering it by hand

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