Dust Collection (page 5)

British Howitzer gun in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 6-inch 3-cwt Howitzer gun in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

Arab mounted police, Mesopotamia, WW1
Arab mounted police crossing the bed of an ancient canal in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: 1918

British battery in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 6-inch 26-cwt battery in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

British 60-pounder guns in action, Samarra, WW1
British 60-pounder guns in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

Sliding Cover Dust Truck
A sliding cover dust truck, presumably for a street cleaner, or for transporting rubble or industrial rubbish with a cover to prevent said dust blowing away in the wind

Mule wagons crossing desert, South Africa, WW1
Mule wagons crossing the 500-mile waterless desert between Kimberley (Northern Cape, South Africa) and Keetmanshoop (now South Namibia, then German South West Africa) during the First World War

Mounted troops near Upington, South Africa, WW1
South African mounted troops near Upington on the Orange River frontier between German South West Africa (now Namibia) and South Africa, during the First World War. Date: circa 1915

Builders of the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London W1
An informal group photo of some of the men who helped to build the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London W1. Date: circa 1930

Australian gunners with heavy gun, Western Front, WW1
Australian gunners and horses transporting a heavy gun on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Heavy artillery in action in the desert, WW1
Heavy artillery in action in the desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Canadian heavy Howitzer on the Somme, France, WW1
A Canadian heavy Howitzer in action during the Battle of Courcelette, on the Somme, France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Armoured cars at Biefvillers, Somme, France, WW1
Armoured cars setting out on a reconnaissance mission at Biefvillers during the Second Battle of the Somme on the Western Front in northern France during the First World War. Date: 25 August 1918

Australian field gun firing, Bullecourt, France, WW1
An Australian 18-pound field gun firing at Bullecourt, northern France, on the Western Front during the First World War. A large stack of shells can be seen in the foreground, ready for use

British 60 pounder gun in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 60 pounder gun in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. 1918

Canada - Typical Mining Scene
British Columbia, Canada - Typical Mining Scene showing two prospectors blowing black sand from placer gold. The word placer refers to the alluvial deposits in modern or ancient stream beds

Dust Storm in Australia
A dust storm in Narrandera, News South Wales, Australia

Quarryman drilling, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A quarryman drilling into the rock at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Young quarryman, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A young quarryman waiting for the dust to settle after the rock has been blasted, at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Armoured cars and motorcycle outrider
Two armoured cars and a motorcycle outrider on a dusty country road during the First World War

Soldiers loading a field gun
A group of soldiers in a dry and dusty landscape, loading a large field gun during the First World War

A London dust-yard
A pig rummages in a London dust-yard, while a man digs through the rubbish and women sieve the dust hoping to find things of value

Preserving Tyres / W H Robinson
An automatic dust pan and brush attached to the front of a car for the preservation of expensive tyres. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

French Senegalese soldiers WWII
Senegalese soldiers in the French army preparing balls of coal dust to dry, carefully arranged in lines

A Tiger rolls on its back
Tiger rolling onto its back on a dusty riverbank. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Turkish Artillery on the move - possibly during manoeuvres

Morocco - Street Sweepers
Road Sweepers in Morocco, connected by a rope (to prevent them sweeping the same patch twice)

South Africa Jo burg
Commissioner Street during a dust storm

Scene on the British Lines of Communication
Sunshine and dust near Neuville St. Vst on the Western Front during World War One. The battle ravaged and dusty road has a solitary truck driving in the distance

Allied truck watering Italian roads; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing an Allied truck employed in watering dusty Italian roads, 1944. The warning sign on the right-hand side gives the reason for the watering

Brazil. A Gold Washing. Gold Dust
Engraving of grains of gold, oval in shape like minute coins

Police Officers / Blitz
Dust-covered police officers help with the rescue effort in the bombed areas of London during World War II

Hoeing Turnips 1930S
Autumn hoeing of young turnips on a Suffolk farm, using a horse-drawn plough

Two Stagecoaches Race
THE OPPOSITION COACHES Two rival stage coaches speed along a country lane in what appears to be a race against each other

Enterprise Steam Omnibus
The Enterprise Steam Omnibus, built by Walter Hancock of Stratford for the London & Paddington Steam Carriage Company, which began running on 22 April 1833

French Diligence / 1823
A French diligence coach tears through the countryside

Royal Mail Coach
The Royal Mail coach Coming down hill at quite a pace

Krakatoa, after Effects 2
Three months after the major eruption, the atmosphere worldwide is affected : three views at sunset, made at 4.40, 5 and 5.15 PM show the effect of volcanic dust

Krakatoa, after Effects 1
Three months after the major eruption, the atmosphere worldwide is affected : three views at sunset, made at 4.10, 4.20 and 4.30 PM, show the effect of volcanic dust

Barthelemy Voiture
A dashing lady driver raises the dust in her Barthelemy with its tiller-steering

Valentines Dustpan
Valentines improved dust pan can be operated with the foot, thus eliminating stooping and avoiding backache : in theory, anyway

Social / Romania Streets
Folk sweep up the dust on the streets of a Transylvanian village

Camel Corps Review / Cairo
Review of Egyptian Camel Corps at Cairo

London / Cries / Dustman
The dust man who carries with him a bell to let people know he is coming

The Windsor Coach C1820
The Windsor Coach

Zodiacal Light (Cigcard)
This mysterious light is thought to be sunlight reflected off dust or meteoritic particles floating in space

Sifting Dust, Paddington
Sifting dust beside the canal, Paddington : dustmen hope to make their living from what they find among the rubbish

Enamelled Objects - 2
Enamelled items by Morel of London, the kind of thing that makes Victoriana something you love or loathe. For the maidservants who have to dust them, loathing wins

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