Farm Collection (#48)

Oratas Fish Farm
Sergius Orata demonstrates his artificial preserves for sea- fish - illustration to Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta Memorabilia, done in France about 1475

German Farm Mother
Mother and Child German farmers wife enjoys time with her baby while her husband ploughs the fields in the background

G Stephenson / Glebe Farm
GEORGE STEPHENSON Glebe Farm House, Benton, where the engineer lived

French Farm / Champagne
A French farmhouse from the Champagne region

Cromwell / St Ives Farm
OLIVER CROMWELL On his farm at St Ives in 1631

Churchill / Hoe Farm / Surre
WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesmans home at Hoe Farm, Surrey, where he spent his leisure time painting landscapes

China / Farm Harvest Time
On the farm - harvest time on a communal farm

China / On the Farm
On the farm - feeding the animals on a communal farm

China Land Reform 1951
Another land reform benefit - a new ox on the communal farm. Date: 1951

Milking Cow, France
Milking a cow on a French farm

C18 Farm Equipment
New Invented Implements used in Husbandry - cutting, winnowing, threshing, cutting and grinding machines illustrative of the revolution in farming then proceeding

Ploughing Match 1843
A ploughing contest at Mr Whites farm, Mickleover - the Quantock Hills are in the distance

Woman Tractor Operator
Woman tractor operator on a communal farm

Sleeping in Cowshed
Farm workers sleeping in the cow shed

Cattle Returning Home
Cattle returning to the farm from pasture

COWSHED, 1853
The cow shed at Friern Manor dairy farm, Hertfordshire

How to Hold Sheep
A farm worker demonstrates the correct way to hold a sheep before placing it in the dip

Bewcastle Fort
The site of Bewcastle 24km NE of Carlisle. A later castle was built in a corner of the original Roman fort, which protected a major route of attack toward Hadrians Wall

Ostrich Farm Postcard
An ostrich farm in South Africa; at this time they were prized for their feathers which adorned fashionable ladies hats in a charmingly picturesque manner

1918 / Lessard Farm
The Lessard farm, between Marizy and Neuilly-Saint- Front, lies in ruins, the scene of bloody fighting

Filing Horses Foot
A Welsh blacksmith at work filing a horses hoof on a farm in Carnarvonshire

Donkey Gets New Shoes
Shoeing (hooving) a donkey at a farm in Deal, where it has spent the winter. Come Easter the donkey will grace the beach at Margate. This little girl will have the first ride

Rolling Potatoes / C. 1950
A tractor rolling potatoes in Cheshire

Milkmaid / Sussex Farm
" Where are you going to my pretty maid?" - a happy holiday photograph from a Sussex farm

Womens Work Team China
China : women on a communal farm form a Mutual Aid Team, the better to use their individual strengths and skills for the public good

Various Farm Work
Its all happening - ploughing and harrowing and sowing together

How ll Ya Keep home Pa?
HOW YA GONNA KEEP EM DOWN ON THE FARM AFTER THEY VE SEEN PAREE ? - a perceptive social observation concerning those young Americans who fought in Europe during World War One

Blessing Animals, Bulgar
An Orthodox priest blesses the livestock on a Bulgarian farm

Soldiers Reverie
A SOLDIERs REVERIE - he dreams hes back on the farm with his girl

Farmhouse in Suffolk
Farmhouse at Brent Eleigh, Suffolk

Girl Feeds Poultry 1891
A little girl on a farm feeds the poultry

Steam Wagon on the Farm
Mechanical haulage in the cornfields - a steam wagon helps bring in the harvest

Steam Thresher 1930S
Overview of a 19th century steam powered threshing machine, still very much in use on farms in the early 20th century. Date: 1930s

Dogs Fight Foxes
Dogs chase foxes away from a farm. The cat hides up the tree for safety

Opposing the Martians
76-year old William Dock stands ready to hold off the Martians in his farm near Grovers Mill - location of the dramatised version, in the Mercury Theatre broadcast

Benefit Soc. Certificate
Allegorical depictions of suffering, succour, prudence, sickness & acts of God. Also carpenters, masons, weavers, printers, blacksmiths, farm worker, bricklayers & engineer

Dog and Poultry
A dog sleeps in a farmyard, surrounded by ducks and hens

Fox in Farmyard C1870
A wily fox creeps into a farmyard, with evil intent

Pigs at Feeding Time
Feeding time in the piggery - a pig-farmer in his smock is helped by his daughter in her pinafore

Transvaal Boer Farm
A Boer farm in the Transvaal

Harvesting France C1920
The Harvest: men, women & children set to at harvest time - sharpening scythes, cutting the crop, gathering into stooks & loading the cart - a child picks field poppies

Lightning Strikes House
View of a farm house at Rasling End, near Hitchin in Hertforshire which was struck by lightning which has caused damage to the roof & windows

St Martins Priory C19
PRIORY OF SAINT MARTIN of Tours, Dover, Kent in use as a farm since the 18th century. The Gate house was to become the library of Dover College Prep School in the 1870s

St Martins Priory
PRIORY OF SAINT MARTIN of Tours, Dover, Kent in use as a farm during the 18th century. Founded in 1131 under Henry I & dissolved in 1535 under Henry VIII

Chalk Farm Bridge / Rail
BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY An engine & carriages pass under the Chalk Farm Bridge watched intently by onlookers intrigued by the new fangled mode of transport

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