Empties Collection

Rome - mouth of the Roman Great Sewer or Cloaca Maxima
Rome - the mouth of the Roman Great Sewer or Cloaca Maxima where it empties into the river Tiber. Vintage 19th century photograph

Girl empties her Xmas stocking
Young girl in her red dressing gown emptying her stocking on Xmas Day. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1910

The First and Last Postman - Lands End, Cornwall. Date: 1964

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Pungwe Falls
Black and white lantern Slide of Pungwe Falls - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Streetside empty bottle and can seller - Kathmandu, Nepal
A remarkable card showing a streetside empty bottle and can seller - Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: circa 1950s

Steam Seine Boats going out by Charles Napier Hemy (1841-1917), engraved by E Schladitz (dates unknown). Date: 1884

Comic Postcard - Slops removed and served
Comic Postcard - A Housemaid removes and empties the slops from a bedroom chamber pot (potty), whilst at the same time a (hopefully different type of)

A moment alone
A small child empties the contents of their spoon into a locket, making a rather sticky mess

Louis XI Soaked
Early one morning Louis XI is riding to mass through the streets of Paris when a student empties a basin from the window onto the kings head. The king forgives him. Date: circa 1470

Publican Repents, 1864
The landlord of the Grapes tavern empties casks and smashes bottles in the cellar, in order to repent the evils of his intemperate profession

Balloon Lightened
A scene in the basket of a balloon. One man consults the altimeter : another empties sand to lighten the balloon and gain height, a third releases a carrier-pigeon

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