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Dray Collection

Background imageDray Collection: A pair of working Shire Horses & Farmer

A pair of working Shire Horses & Farmer
A pair of working Shire Horses, Farmer and Collie dog. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageDray Collection: Shire Horses pull the plough

Shire Horses pull the plough
A team of two white shire horses pull a light plough across a field of recently cut corn. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageDray Collection: Horse-drawn harvester

Horse-drawn harvester
Two shire horses pull a farmer sitting asride an basic harvesting machine. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageDray Collection: A team of working horses at work

A team of working horses at work in the fields ploughing. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Background imageDray Collection: Shire horse pulling a hay wagon

Shire horse pulling a hay wagon
A heavy working horse pulls a high hay wagon along a country lane. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageDray Collection: Horse-drawn cart for Trumans Brewery in Ashford, Kent

Horse-drawn cart for Trumans Brewery in Ashford, Kent
Delightful horse-drawn cart for Trumans Brewery in Ashford, Kent. Trumans Brewery (founded in 1666) of Brick Lane in the Spitalfields area of London eventually closed in 1989. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDray Collection: Oktoberfest at Munich, Germany

Oktoberfest at Munich, Germany
Scene at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, with horses pulling a decorated dray past the tower of the Lowenbrau Brewery

Background imageDray Collection: Shire horses and dray at Lands End, Cornwall

Shire horses and dray at Lands End, Cornwall
Shire horses and a dray at Lands End, Cornwall

Background imageDray Collection: The Green Man Pub - Putney Heath

The Green Man Pub - Putney Heath - operated by Youngs Brewery (Young & Co.s Pale Ales) - unchanged to this day. Date: 1905

Background imageDray Collection: Royal Fusiliers marching in Peckham, SE London, WW1

Royal Fusiliers marching in Peckham, SE London, WW1
Men of the 4/1st City of London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers, seen here marching along a road in Peckham Rye, SE London, in the autumn of 1915. At the front on the left is Albert Auerbach (1894-1918)

Background imageDray Collection: Farmers walk and lead a team of working horses

Farmers walk and lead a team of working horses across a harvested cornfield. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageDray Collection: Pickfords Dray 1862

Pickfords Dray 1862
A dray belonging to Pickfords company delivers the goods

Background imageDray Collection: Great Northern Depot, Viborg, South Dakota, USA

Great Northern Depot, Viborg, South Dakota, USA
Great Northern Railroad Depot, Viborg, South Dakota, USA, with a train in the station and people on the platform. Date: 1911

Background imageDray Collection: Oasthouses at Whitbreads Hop Gardens, Paddock Wood, Kent

Oasthouses at Whitbreads Hop Gardens, Paddock Wood, Kent. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageDray Collection: Brewery Dray early 1900s

Brewery Dray early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Background imageDray Collection: Brewers dray

Brewers dray Date: circa 1900s

Background imageDray Collection: Dublin Guinness Brewery early 1900s

Dublin Guinness Brewery early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Background imageDray Collection: Advert, Georges Bristol Beers

Advert, Georges Bristol Beers, with draft or dray horse

Background imageDray Collection: Advert, William Dray and Co, Reaping Machine

Advert, William Dray and Co, Reaping Machine
Advert, William Dray and Co, Upper Thames Street, London, Patent Reaping Machine Date: 1856

Background imageDray Collection: Horse-drawn brewer's dray, Whitehall, London

Horse-drawn brewer's dray, Whitehall, London
Horse-drawn dray belonging to the Whitbread brewery, Whitehall, London, 28 December 1973. Date: 1973

Background imageDray Collection: c. 1930s - dray horses in London with nosebags

c. 1930s - dray horses in London with nosebags
c.1930s - dray horses in London with nosebags

Background imageDray Collection: Nosegays, Watercress girl, Brewers Dray, Twopenny-Post

Nosegays, Watercress girl, Brewers Dray, Twopenny-Post
Nosegays, Watercress girl, Brewers Dray and Twopenny-Post Boy. Itinerant sales girls selling nosegays 19, and watercress on the street 20

Background imageDray Collection: The Jewel Office in the Tower of London, Rag Fair

The Jewel Office in the Tower of London, Rag Fair and Old Clothes and Ship Building. Crown, orb and sceptre in the Jewel Office in the Tower of London 16

Background imageDray Collection: Regency gentleman with cudgel on a thoroughbred horse

Regency gentleman with cudgel on a thoroughbred horse, while another loses his wig on a galloping steed. A Bit of Blood. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustration

Background imageDray Collection: Cavalcade at Longchamp racetrack

Cavalcade at Longchamp racetrack
Cavalcade de Longchamp. Two incroyables (fops) mounted on heavy dray horses instead of thoroughbreds at Longchamp racetrack

Background imageDray Collection: Two skeletons of Death interrupt a Waggoner on the road

Two skeletons of Death interrupt a Waggoner on the road, killing his horse, smashing his waggon and opening his wine barrels

Background imageDray Collection: Jumbo the elephant: on the way to St Katherines docks

Jumbo the elephant: on the way to St Katherines docks
Jumbo the African elephant was purchased by the American showman P.T Barnum from the Zoological Society of London in 1882

Background imageDray Collection: Hop Picking in Kent - Loading Pockets for Market

Hop Picking in Kent - Loading Pockets for Market - the writing on the pockets would suggest these were destined for a brewery in Leeds. Date: circa 1906

Background imageDray Collection: Wagoner, Shropshire, silhouette - 1

Wagoner, Shropshire, silhouette - 1
Silhouette of wagoner leading his horse and cart at the Acton Scott Farm Museum, Shropshire. First published The Idependent Date: 1987

Background imageDray Collection: East Street and Fire Station, Manchester Square, London

East Street and Fire Station, Manchester Square, London
East Street (now Chiltern Street) and Fire Station, Manchester Square, London, with the Wallace Head pub on the left. Date: circa 1908

Background imageDray Collection: Group with dray horses outside Lacons Yarmouth Ales

Group with dray horses outside Lacons Yarmouth Ales
Group of people with dray horses outside Lacons Yarmouth Ales public house. circa 1900

Background imageDray Collection: Flaxfield Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire

Flaxfield Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Showing The Pear Tree Inn with Dray Horses Date: 1920s

Background imageDray Collection: Shire Horse pulling Cartage Contractors Wagon

Shire Horse pulling Cartage Contractors Wagon
Rural scene, featuring a fine dray (Shire) horse pulling an old wagon of W. Aldridge & Sons, cartage contractors of Southgate, London Date: circa 1910

Background imageDray Collection: Collecting hay bales

Collecting hay bales
Collecting bales of hay in a horse-drawn wooden wagon. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageDray Collection: Brewery Horse & Cart

Brewery Horse & Cart
Shire horses and dray of the Albion Brewery (Mann, Crossman and Pailin Ltd.), outside thed Watney Mann bottling store, London

Background imageDray Collection: Mincing Lane / Building

Mincing Lane / Building
This building housing offices and sale rooms is character- istic of the commercial buildings springing up all over London during the latter half of the 19th century

Background imageDray Collection: A Brewers Dray

A Brewers Dray
A brewers dray, England

Background imageDray Collection: Pyne - Brewers

Pyne - Brewers
BREWERS Two brewers men carry a cask while their horse-drawn dray stands in the background

Background imageDray Collection: Piccadily Circus

Piccadily Circus - buildings shops with sun awnings, dray and horse cabs. Part of Box 34 Boswell Collection - London Streets. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDray Collection: Children on Back of Dray

Children on Back of Dray
Children take a ride on the back of a brewers dray, London Date: 1870

Background imageDray Collection: Barclay Perkins Brewery

Barclay Perkins Brewery
The Anchor Brewery in Southwark taken over by Barclay Perkins and Co in 1781. By 1815 it was the most productive brewery in the world with 330, 000 barrels a year but was burned down in 1832. C.1820

Background imageDray Collection: Guinness Brewery, Dublin - Scald Bank

Guinness Brewery, Dublin - Scald Bank
Unloading empty casks at the Guinness Brewery, Dublin - Scald Bank. Date: 1920

Background imageDray Collection: A team of working horses at work

A team of working horses at work in the fields ploughing. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageDray Collection: The Old Vine Tavern

The Old Vine Tavern which literally stood in the road at the junction of Mile End Road and Cambridge Heath Road, east London, was sadly demolished in the early 1900s

Background imageDray Collection: DRAYTONs PAPER 1890

DRAYTONs PAPER 1890
An exhibition stand of G W Dray & Son Ltd, paper manufacturers. Date: 1890s

Background imageDray Collection: Paper Exhibition 1881

Paper Exhibition 1881
The exhibition stand of G W Dray & Son Ltd at the Laundry Exhibition, with " Mr Bodley on the right"

Background imageDray Collection: Fleet St / Temple Bar

Fleet St / Temple Bar
street traffic includes a dray with barrels; pedestrians include a milkmaid

Background imageDray Collection: Brewers Dray Scrap

Brewers Dray Scrap
A brewers dray drawn by two spirited horses



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