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Digging an irrigation ditch, Egypt, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s
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
Happy Families - Mr Flower. circa 1940s
Mining. Shaft sinking by hand with hammer and wedge. DioramaHistory. Mining. Shaft sinking by hand with hammer and wedge. Diorama. Deutsches Museum(Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany
Mining. Coal mine with several floors. Colored engravingEconomy. 19th century. Mining. Coal mine with several floors. Colored engraving. The Art of the Illustration, 1888
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
Illustrated London News cover - the Diamond DiggersFront cover of The Illustrated London News showing two diamond diggers in South Africa, in the valley of the Vaal river, Orange Free State
Suez Construction 4Digging the cutting between the Sweet Water canal and Nefiche : giving some idea of the massive scale of the operation, most of which is done by manual labour. Date: 1863
Class Distinction 1934Three workers laugh at a fat capitalist taking his dog for a walk. Date: 1934
Whichelow / Southwark StA couple of men talking in a deserted street, St Marys Priory, Southwark, London. Date: 1811
Christmas / Tree Dug UpLifting the tree Date: 1851
Night workers laying an electric cable in London 1900Workmen working in the streets at night laying electrical cable. Date: 1900
Gentleman instructing gardener, c. 1800Gentleman instructing a gardener wtih a spade, c. 1800 Date: C.1800
Little boy playing in a garden, digging the soil with a trowel. Date: circa 1970s
Four cats with parasol on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
Gold rush in New South Wales, AustraliaLoading a horse with necessities for a months encampment at the gold digging site, Ophir, near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. Date: 1851
Men engaged in roadworks with a lorry alongside. Date: circa 1930s
London in 1919 - rebuilding roads outside John LewisAfter a number of London thoroughfares were badly neglected during the First World War, many roads and famous streets were repaired by workmen in 1919
The Irrespressibles by J. H. ThorpeXmas 1913 - and 1914, but still smiling. The irrepressible spirit of the British Tommy illustrated by J. H. Thorpe in December 1914. Date: 1914
WW2 - Students digging trenches - Munich crisis Date: 1938
WW2 - Munich crisis - students digging trench at Lansdowne Date: 1936
Digging an air raid shelter Date: 1936
WW1 - Students digging potatoes Date: 1916
A Yorkshire farmerA farmer from Huddersfield digging in his field. Date: 1907
Darkling Beetle - emerges from day shelter in sand where he buries itself to escape heat of the day (Sympiezocnemis gigantea). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - March
Search for Collared (Dicrostonix torquatus) and Siberian Lemmings (Lemmus sibiricus L.) in Russian Arctic. near Kara sea. Russian Arctic, Siberia, Russia
Siberian lemming - adult in winter, on snow in tundra; quickly digs snow in attempt to escape (Lemmus sibirica). Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic
Scouts on an outdoor activity, Ghana, West AfricaScouts taking part in an outdoor activity, Ghana, West Africa
French cub scout digging in a field
Finnish boy scout in wartime service, Helsinki, WW2Finnish boy scout in wartime service, Helsinki. Date: circa 1940s
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
Digging A. R. P. shelters in Kensington Gardens, 1938Air Raid Precautions (A.R.P.) volunteers digging trenches and shelters in Kensington Gardens, London, on 26th September 1938, watched by an interested crowd. A.R.P
La Targette - Howie next our dugout, dated September 14th 17. Pencil sketch for Digging in the 3rd Battery behind Loos. - No. 4698
La Targette - Digging in the 3rd Battery behind Loos (see drawing dated September 14th 1917). 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Enemy Observation Posts Removed by Heath Robinson, WW1War Inventions - Not Needed Now! William Heath Robinson imagines America in the field 3. Enemy observation-posts removed with despatch. Date: 1918
Miss Hermione Kennedy digging somewhere in FranceMiss Hermione Kennedy, the daughter of Lady Alexander Kennedy, widow of the late Lord Alexander Kennedy, snapshotted digging in the garden of a British soldiers buffet somewhere on the Western Front
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
British refashioning a German trench, WW1Illustration showing British soldiers working hard to put a German first line trench, just taken at Hulluch, into a proper state of defence for their purposes
French mine crater WWIView of French soldiers working at the mine face in the tunnel in darkness, and a diagram showing two branches stretching to the right and left where tons of explosive are to be placed. Date: 1916
British troops digging trench, Ovillers, Western Front, WW1Men of a Worcestershire regiment digging a communication trench near Ovillers, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British troops digging trenches, Western Front, WW1British troops digging trenches in a hop field on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British soldiers digging a trench, WW1British soldiers digging a trench on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Voles and vegetablesThree voles engaging in digging up carrots
