Emptying Collection

Mr Howard Carter
Howard Carter (1874-1939) British egyptologist, famed for his discovery of Tutankhamens tomb. Born in 1874, he went to Egypt as a draughtsman in 1891 and studied the inscriptions

Students in Biergarten
German students enjoy a jocular session in a biergarten, joking with the waitress and emptying a few steins

Boy & Girl Post Letter
A boy and girl arrive with a letter just as the postman is emptying the box

Rotherhithe Road Tunnel - Burrowing Under the River Thames
Men working in dark conditions, topless due to the temperature in the eighties. Excavating the clay soil at the rate of about five feet per day

Women in short or long dresses emptying bowls, lifting a basket. Date: 1887

Original Artwork - Circular Christmas Place Marker
Original Artwork - Design for a circular place marker, showing a young boy shaking little red stars from his Christmas stocking. Date: circa 1937

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Don t worry, it may not happen
The Caption is Don t worry. It may not happen. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1944

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

Santa Claus emptying his sack on a Christmas postcard
Santa Claus emptying out his sack of presents on a Christmas postcard. Date: 1905

Hogarth Times Night
4. Night A street leading to Charing Cross, with a statue of Charles I at the far end; a frightened horse has caused a coach to overturn. Date: 1738

Dustman and cart collecting refuse
The dustman calls out to householders to bring out their refuse, while his mate tips the buckets into the cart. Date: circa 1840

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

Emptying the Missionary Box -- a smartly-dressed woman empties coins onto a plate. 1894

Ballooning - A Cruise in the Clouds
Three men ballooning - A Cruise in the Clouds. One man checks an altimeter, another empties sand to lighten the balloon and gain height, and a third releases a pigeon. circa 1900

Couping the Turf (Spreading It to Dry) - a view of a lady with a turf barrow emptying the turf to air dry. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

Christmas card, Father Christmas delivering presents
Christmas card showing Father Christmas delivering presents to three children (open). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

The Christmas stocking
Xmas greeting. Young children sitting on the bed emptying their Christmas stocking. Date: circa 1906

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Water the Turncocks Wife. late 19th century

Fortuna (Pannemaker)
The Roman goddess of luck, emptying a purse full of coins on the world as she flies above it

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

Frontispiece illustration, Mrs Ticklers Caravan, showing Mrs Tickler emptying a teapot. Date: 1934

Two boys emptying a piggy bank onto a table. The coins seem to be mostly penny and threepenny pieces (pre-decimalisation). Date: circa 1960s

Unwrapping Xmas presents
Two young girls emptying their Xmas stockings on Xmas morning.Date: circa 1910

Edwardian Santa Claus. Christmas postcard depicting a traditional Santa Claus emptying his sack of gifts. Date: 1904

Little girl emptying bucket by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a yellow outfit emptying a bucket of water into the sea, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1930s

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)

Cover design, Gordon Bennett Aeronautic Cup
Cover design, Official Program of the Second Competition for the Gordon Bennett Aeronautic Cup, Forest Park, St Louis, USA, October 1907. Showing men flying in balloons. October 1907

Milkmaids and Cow
Two milkmaids have milked a cow into a small bucket and now they are emptying the small bucket into a larger one. Date: circa 1820

Susan empties a pail of water on Dunderpate, to test to see if he has the sense to go in when it rains. Date: 1938

Two women emptying a coal truck at a mine in South Wales

C17 Clepsydra
A sophisticated form of CLEPSYDRA, in which the emptying of liquid causes a drum to rotate, which in turn causing the handles to move round the clock face

Water Clock Egypt
Egyptian water clock : the passage of time was measured by water gradually emptying from the bowl through a hole

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