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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
The Corner Grab Crane by Heath RobinsonThe Corner Grab Crane for working round corners - a valuable suggestion by Mr W. Heath Robinson now under consideration by Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd
The Multiplex Dragline by Heath RobinsonThe multiplex dragline for dragging winding streams - another suggestion by Mr W. Heath Robinson. A complicated excavation machine enabling the operator to drag in curving lines. Date: c.1938
German soldiers digging a trench, WW1Artists impression of German soldiers digging and fortifying a trench at night, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. The soldier in the foreground is lighting a cigarette
Inniskillings diggingSoldiers of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers digging, and posing with a boy on a donkey; they are possibly in India. Date: C.1913
Two soldiers in underground passageway, WW1Two soldiers in an underground passageway during the First World War. Date: 1916
Transport methods used by soldiers, WW1Methods used by soldiers for transporting their equipment during the First World War. Showing a French cyclist scout aiming his rifle with his cycle on his back
The Gentle Art of Excavating - A New Multi-Movement Drag ShoA new multi-movement drag shovel excavating for the foundations of a new cinema. A typically convoluted digger, made from recycled bits of houses
The Gentle Art of Excavating - Clearing bottom of the ThamesAn improved dragline clearing out the bottom of the upper reaches of the River Thames. A typically rickety and overly complicated piece of machinery by the gadget king, William Heath Robinson
Italian postcard, infantrymens dugout, WW1Italian postcard depicting La Casa del Fante (the home of the infantry) during the First World War. The men are lying asleep in their dugout, their spades and picks leaning up against a post
Men at Holiday CampMen sunbathing and digging at Physiopolis, a health club where people used to meet and holiday together. Date: 1930s
Japan - Women collecting mussels on the beach at low tide. Date: circa 1910s
Thessaloniki - Vegetable Garden at the Agriculture SchoolThessaloniki, Greece - Students at work in the vegetable garden at the Agriculture School. Date: circa 1906
Colonial Indian Troops digging trenches on the Western Front Date: circa 1915
Digging for gold in British Guiana (now Guyana). Placer washing as carried out by the tributor or Port Knocker. Date: circa 1910s
Two little children building a sandcastle at the seasideThe Childrens Paradise Two little children building a sandcastle at the seaside. Date: circa 1890s
Manganese Mine, Insuta, Gold Coast, Ghana, West Africa. Discovered in 1915 when allies were in dire need of Manganese ore
Racing Illustrated - A doubtful starter - a seaside donkey is les than keen on taking a corpulent holidaymaker for a stroll across the sand... Date: circa 1903
