Export Collection (page 6)

Man and boy sifting tea, China. Date: circa 1890

Cargo ship with cranes. Date: 20th century

Britains chief exports to the world by G. H. Davis
Britains chief exports to the world: vast fields of opportunity are kept open during the Second World War by British supremacy at sea

Strategic factors in the north by G. H. Davis
Strategic factors in the north: Swedish iron ore; Norways coast. A pictorial map of Scandinavia, showing the iron fields and their ports of shipment

San Pedro Harbour, California, USA. Date: 20th century

Convoy system of the British Navy, 1939
British warships, with guns ready for action, provide guard for merchant vessels under convoy from this country. This system operated in the North Sea to protect against merchant ships being sunk by

Bananas for Export
Piles of freshly picked bunches of bananas, ready for export, probably in the West Indies. Date: 1930s

Advertisement for M&B Export Beer -- male model (Derek Prentice) holding a full pint glass. 1959

Cuba - Havana - Wharf Scene in the harbour - The Cuban Treasury is on the left and the Cabana Fortress is in the distance across the bay to the right. Date: circa 1909

South Korea - Chosen - Storage Jars awaiting export Date: circa 1920s

Upper Pool - River Thames, London
A beautiful view of the Upper Pool - River Thames, London (see: 11007690 for the companion image). Date: 1910s

Congo, Africa - Sacks of Coffee prepared for export. Date: 1911

Russia, Siberia, Yakutsk - Export of Woolly Mammoth Tusks. Date: circa 1907

Alexandria, Egypt - The port Date: circa 1905

Hong Kong, China - Wellington Street Date: circa 1950s

Cuba - Puerto Tarafa Harbour Date: circa 1925

Loading Bananas onto a ship - Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Date: circa 1910

Coment on Tariff Reform in regard to bread
The Tarriff Reform League (TRL) wanted to see the British Empire transformed into a single trading bloc, to compete with Germany and the United States

Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentina - Aduana (Customs)
Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentina - Aduana (Customs House) Date: circa 1905

Costa Rica - Wharves at Puerto Limon. On the left is the dock/warehouse used to ship bananas from Costa Rica to the UK, the USA and other International destinations. Date: circa 1910s

Fiscal Inquiry - Free Trade versus Protectionism
Illustration of the political and social argument between Free Trade and Protectionism, which rumbled along in Britain throughout the first decade of the 20th century

Bananas awaiting transporting by rail - Costa Rica Date: circa 1910s

Exporting Ceylon Tea at Colombo Docks - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s

Lily Field in Bloom, Bermuda. Commercial production of bulbs initially started in Bermuda in 1853 and as late as the 1890s, Bermuda controlled 90% of the lily market in the United States

Bermuda - Packing Onions
Packing onions into wooden crayes ready for international export - Bermuda. Date: circa 1910s

Easter Lily Field, Bermuda
Lily Field, Bermuda. Commercial production of bulbs initially started in Bermuda in 1853 and as late as the 1890s, Bermuda controlled 90% of the lily market in the United States! Date: circa 1909

Packing Easter Lily Buds, Bermuda. Date: 1906

Porto Allegre, Brazil - Embarkation Port Date: circa 1900

Percival Prentice being loaded on to the back of a lorry for export to Argentina

Ex-RAF English Electric Canberras being rebuilt for export at Samlesbury. November 1970. In the background the upper fuselage section is being replaced after comprehensive rebuild of the centre

Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth I in 1572

Argentina - Buenos Aires - Grain Elevators & Dock No. 2
Beautiful fold-out postcard from Argentina showing the Grain Elevators at Dock No.2, Buenos Aires. Date: 1904

Advertisement for paper manufacturers
An advertisement for Spalding & Hodge, paper manufacturers of South Darenth, Kent, depicting their factory, Horton Kirby Paper Works

Piles of Bags of Wheat - Argentina. It is almost as if the construction of the sacks was a mimic of a great building!! Date: 1906

Metropolitan Police group at the time of the Dock Strike
Metropolitan Police N Division, a group photograph at the time of the Dock Strike, with a ship called the Ping Suey in the background. Date: 1912

Poster advertising Redfords Celebrated Tobaccos, based in Clerkenwell, London. circa late 19th century

A butter factory in Canada. The card states that the butter produced was in high favour on the British market. Date: circa 1930s

Thulin A car
A Thulin A, car manufactured at the Thulinfactory, Landskrona, Sweden, 1923, Date: 1923

Peshawar Fur Market - with bales loaded on carts all ready for foreign export. Date: 1910s

Harold Wilson and Eric Johnston
Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, and Eric Johnston, President of the Motion Pictures Association of America

Festival of Britain - Transport Pavilion - base of the Skylon visible in the background, behind the Fairway Fountains. The locomtive is an IGR Steam Locomotive

Chile - Talcahuano - Harbour, Warehouses, Customs
Chile - Talcahuano - Harbour, Customs buildings and Warehouses of the Major Commerical concerns of the region. Date: circa 1910s

Chile - Arica - The Customs House (View 2 of 2). Date: circa 1920s

Brazil - Import and Export Business
Moyses Ezagui & Irmao - Import and Export Business - Itaoatiara, Brazil (in Amazon). Date: circa 1910s

Erskine Wharf - Wheat Export Yard, Karachi, Pakistan (still India at this stage). Date: circa 1909

Landing opium from the Pekin at Hong Kong
Men landing opium at Hong Kong from the Pekin Date: 1857

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