Drought Collection

Water shortage and supply: Londons water stores, 1921
Seriously depleted by drought: Londons water stores in 1921 for seven million people, spread over 558 square miles.The Thames estuary is viewed looking east, towards the sea

Serbian Shepherds
RAINMAKING, SERBIA In times of drought, young Dodoles go from village to village in costumes garnished with foliage, dancing while the peasants water the ground

Porter filling water containers, India, c. 1880 s
Porters filling water containers, India, c.1880 s

Autumn in early summer, Kensington Gardens
Girls in Kensington Gardens playing among dried leaves fallen from the trees during a period of hot weather and prolonged drought in the summer of 1921. Date: July 1921

View on the North Downs towards Aldershot, showing fires on the heath during a prolonged period of drought in the summer of 1921. Date: 1921

DANCING FOR RAIN, SERBIA
RAINMAKING, SERBIA In times of drought, young Dodoles go from village to village in costumes garnished with foliage, dancing while the peasants water the ground Date: 1912

WE DAREN T WASTE IT by W. Heath Robinson
A variety of ingenious inventions and machines designed to help people cope and keep cool during an August heatwave. Please note

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, hibiscus
Bodycolour on board, 1847-51 by Isobel Drought (fl.1847-51). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1847

View to Harbour down dry stream bed. South Africa
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Sedimentary layer of rock shows the effects of drought. A layer of dried-out mud was overlain with darker sediment which filled the cracks - the whole was then compacted and changed to rock

Nursery animals playing in the garden

1936 drought refugee from Polk, Missouri. Awaiting the opening of orange picking season at Porterville, California. Date 1936 Nov

Drought refguees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. The official at the border (California-Arizona) inspection service said that on this day, August 17

Drought refugees from Abilene, Texas, following the crops of California as migratory workers. The finest people in this world live in Texas but I just can t seem to accomplish nothin there

Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California. Date 1936 Nov

RIVER AVON
A view of the River Avon, seen under summer drought conditions, from the Roman Road, the Fosse Way, bewteen Princethorpe and Wappenbury, Warwickshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Ram Roasting Tradition
The Ram Roasting Fair at Kingsteington, Devon, England, is an annual (Whit Tuesday) event. A lamb is sacrificed in thanks for rain after a period of drought. Date: circa 1950

Dried Mud Country Lane
The road to the farm during a summmer drought; a study of dried or caked mud. Date: 1950s

Watering Crops
The flying machine will be the farmers friend, enabling him to water his crops in times of drought

Dancing for Rain, Serbia
RAINMAKING, SERBIA In times of drought, young Dodoles go from village to village in costumes garnished with foliage, dancing while the peasants water the ground

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