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Lost Ball by George StuddyA smug looking Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy in The Sketch magazine, knows exactly where his has hidden the golf ball his owner is so anxiously searching for
The Treasure by George StuddyBonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy, digs up countless bulbs which have been carefully planted in a garden border in an effort to retrieve his bone
Leicesters Roman remains excavated, 1936Drawing by Alan Sorrell of excavations in progress in the city of Leicester in 1936 led by Kathleen Kenyon. The excavated Roman remains were initially thought by Kenyon to be a Roman forum
Ploughing Wimbledon Car ParkThe committee at the All-England Tennis Club decided to dig for victory, converting their grass car park into farmland. Club Secretary Norah Cleather can be seen checking on the progress. 1940
Peat stack, County Donegal, north-west IrelandPeat stack in County Donegal, north-west Ireland, with a trench in the foreground from which the peat has been dug. Date: circa 1900s
The Pines - Petrified Forest - Santa Rosa, California - Queen of the Forest with a new live oak growing out of the petrified trunk! Date: circa 1930s
Archaeological work at a villa in Pompeii, Italy. circa 1895
Susi - in the garden with a bone. 1950s
Objects Found During Excavations at the Church on Mahee Island - a view of laid out objects found on a dig at Mahee. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mahee Island). Date: circa early 1900s
Van and snow plough in the snowVan in the snow, with a snow plough in action on the A259 (near the south coast of England). Date: 1960s
Communist Youth labour camp, YugoslaviaBoys and girls taking part in a Communist Youth labour camp in former Yugoslavia. They were working on a river project. Date: 1963
Excavations at Ostia, Rome reveal the Oil Stores - ItalyExcavations reveal large oil storage jars at Ostia (the Ancient Port of Rome), Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1909
Happy Families - Mr Flower. circa 1940s
Mining. Coal mine with several floors. Colored engravingEconomy. 19th century. Mining. Coal mine with several floors. Colored engraving. The Art of the Illustration, 1888
Cartoon, Growing vegetables, WW1Cartoon, Growing vegetables. Two fashionable young women inspect a vegetable garden, and discuss the use of nitrate as a fertilizer -- the same stuff they use to make beauty spots! Date: 1917
Cartoon, The distracted gardener, WW1Cartoon, The distracted gardener. A man is having trouble remembering what he planted in his garden. He thinks it might have been a bag of sugar! Date: 1917
Happy Families Playing Cards - Master Weed the Gardeners Son. circa 1930s
Happy Familes Playing Cards - Mr Flower the Gardener. circa 1935
Happy Families Playing Cards - Mr Weed the Gardener. circa 1930s
Japan, Two children digging for shellfish, low tide riverbedJapan - Two children digging for shellfish on a low tide riverbed. Both hold small picks/shovels suited for this purpose. Date: 1906
Young ArchaeologistsArchaeology students on a dig at the site of a Roman amphitheatre at Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s
Suez Construction 2The great work commences : great numbers of fellaheen (native Egyptians) are recruited to dig a pathway through the desert sands. Date: 1862
Byrsa Hill, Carthage, Tunisia, North AfricaByrsa Hill and National Museum, Carthage, Tunisia, North Africa, with an archaeological dig in progress. Date: circa 1920
Four cats with parasol on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
WW2 poster, teacher and pupils on allotmentWW2 poster (For Freedom series before lettering is added), showing a teacher and her pupils on allotment with rhubarb leaves
Temple of Mithras, WalbrookA view from above of the site of the Roman Mithraic Temple uncovered in Walbrook, a street in the City of London, during excavations before the construction of a new office building
Men engaged in roadworks with a lorry alongside. Date: circa 1930s
Kailashnath Temple. 8th c. INDIA. Ellora. Ellora Caves. Ellora. Cave 16. Hindu temple carved into a basalt cliff. It is designed to recall Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva
SCHLIEMANN, Heinrich (1822-1890). German archaeologist. Discoverer of the ruins of Troy. Engraving
Scouts on an outdoor activity, Ghana, West AfricaScouts taking part in an outdoor activity, Ghana, West Africa
Dividing the Finds - Iraq - Archaeology - Gertrude Bell
Allotments in Fleet Street, London, WW1Quite possibly the innermost allotment in London, a plot between Fleet Street and Fetter Lane cultivated by two sisters, the Misses Kersey, where they grew cabbages, cauliflowers, beetroots
Growing food in Chancery Lane, WW1Mr Hubert Hall, resident officer of the Public Record Office in Chancery Lane, pictured hard at work in the gardens of the old Rolls House, where
Page in wartime food booklet, WW2Page in wartime food booklet, explaining the importance of growing your own vegetables, by the Minister of Food, Lord Woolton. Date: 1940s
A Pick Nick Down Under by William Heath RobinsonA sharp thrill in the Antipodes: one of the dangers of very deep mining. A man tunnelling through te earth with a treacherous looking pick axe surprises an Australian having managed to dig entirely