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Background imageFills Collection: Pilgrim Fathers First Christmas 1621

Pilgrim Fathers First Christmas 1621
A man fills a tankard of beer from a small keg, as various men sit or stand around drinking. Date: 1621

Background imageFills Collection: Polly Put the Kettle On

Polly Put the Kettle On
Polly, put the kettle on, we ll all have tea; Sukey, take it off again, they ve all gone away ! - Polly fills her kettle at the pump

Background imageFills Collection: Filling a Tooth

Filling a Tooth
A rather bored-looking young dentist fills his clients tooth with the aid of a small dental mirror

Background imageFills Collection: Wassail, c. 1650

Wassail, c. 1650
Wassail. A man gleefully fills a large wine jug with wine from a barrel. c.1650 Date: C.1650

Background imageFills Collection: Red Dog Landscape

Red Dog Landscape
A landscape painting scene of some farmers working in a wheat field during harvest, with an iconic red dog standing in the foreground. A sea view fills the distant background. Date: 1890

Background imageFills Collection: Buying Travel Insurance Date: 1950

Buying Travel Insurance Date: 1950

Background imageFills Collection: Wall Street Afternoon. New York City. Date: 1857

Wall Street Afternoon. New York City. Date: 1857

Background imageFills Collection: Map of the Americas1633 Date: 1633

Map of the Americas1633 Date: 1633

Background imageFills Collection: Scrolling Vine Border

Scrolling Vine Border

Background imageFills Collection: Arab Women carrying large Amphorae - Cairo, Egypt

Arab Women carrying large Amphorae - Cairo, Egypt
Arab Women carrying large water Amphorae - Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1904

Background imageFills Collection: Advert for Peter Robinsons womens blouses 1905

Advert for Peter Robinsons womens blouses 1905
Three women wearing lace and net blouses. Date: 1905

Background imageFills Collection: Advert for Peter Robinsons womens blouses 1907

Advert for Peter Robinsons womens blouses 1907
Three women wearing charming creations of net and lace blouses. Date: 1907

Background imageFills Collection: SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT

SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT
A flying machine fills its tanks with solar power derived from the suns energy. Date: 1898

Background imageFills Collection: BOXING AT WONDERLAND

BOXING AT WONDERLAND
A large crowd fills Londons Wonderland club to watch a fight. Date: 1900

Background imageFills Collection: London Milkman

London Milkman
London characters: the MILKMAN goes from door to door, with two churns suspended by a yoke from his shoulders, from which he fills your pot on your doorstep. Date: circa 1870

Background imageFills Collection: PATERFAMILIASS CENSUS 1861

PATERFAMILIASS CENSUS 1861
Paterfamilias filling up the census return. The head of a large Victorian family, consisting of several generations, fills in the census Date: 1861

Background imageFills Collection: 17th century Vintner

17th century Vintner
A vintner (wine seller) fills a customers glass from his portable barrel. Date: 17th century

Background imageFills Collection: Hot Water Bottle

Hot Water Bottle
A smartly dressed woman fills her hot water bottle from a kettle

Background imageFills Collection: Hallway 1930S

Hallway 1930S
There is no need for your hall to look dull. The chair placed in the corner fills up an unattractive space and is near at hand when that extra seat is wanted

Background imageFills Collection: Canada - Country Grain Elevator - Train leaving

Canada - Country Grain Elevator - Train leaving. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageFills Collection: Canada - Great Lakes - Terminal Grain Elevator - Loading

Canada - Great Lakes - Terminal Grain Elevator - Loading a ship Date: circa 1920s

Background imageFills Collection: Young lady filling up a decanter

Young lady filling up a decanter
A young Lady fills up the whiskey decanter with lemonade as a prank on April Fools Day. Date: 1923

Background imageFills Collection: Elderly Swiss Couple - Valais

Elderly Swiss Couple - Valais
An elderly couple from Loueche les Bain in the Valais region Switzerland. The old man fills his pipe and carries a large conical wicker basket on his back

Background imageFills Collection: TOM - Popular Male name illustrated by lady-filled letters

TOM - Popular Male name illustrated by lady-filled letters
TOM - The ever-popular name, illustrated by large letters filled with lovelies from the 1900s! Date: circa 1908

Background imageFills Collection: Gathering water in the Vietnamese Countryside

Gathering water in the Vietnamese Countryside
Villagers gathering water in the Vietnamese Countryside Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFills Collection: Packing Tea in India - Indian Tea Association

Packing Tea in India - Indian Tea Association. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFills Collection: Santa filling the stockings by Hilda Dix Sandford

Santa filling the stockings by Hilda Dix Sandford. Illustration from a postcard by Hilda Dix Sandford (1875-1946). She specialised illustrating children at play. circa 1909

Background imageFills Collection: Filling Gourds - Haiti

Filling Gourds - Haiti
A young Haitian boy filling gourds by the riverbank somewhere in Haiti. Date: 1930

Background imageFills Collection: Wife Arranges Flowers

Wife Arranges Flowers

Background imageFills Collection: Filling large fuel barrels - Hackney Wick

Filling large fuel barrels - Hackney Wick
A factory employee checks progress as large barrels are filled with fuel oil at Hackney Wick, London

Background imageFills Collection: Water Seller - Cairo, Egypt

Water Seller - Cairo, Egypt
Water Carrier/Seller - Cairo, Egypt

Background imageFills Collection: Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (4 / 4)

Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (4 / 4)
World War Two - British Home Front - London. Young men, boys and women of all ages fill sandbags in the street. The sandbags were piled against buildings

Background imageFills Collection: Paterfamiliass Census

Paterfamiliass Census
Paterfamilias filling up the census return. The head of a large Victorian family, consisting of several generations, fills in the census

Background imageFills Collection: Rag-And-Bone Man

Rag-And-Bone Man
A ragman picks up pages from stories and plays discarded on a French street and fills the basket on his back, seemingly content to ignore the wild dog snapping at his heels

Background imageFills Collection: Filling up at Water Pump

Filling up at Water Pump
A boy fills up a large water tank on the back of a horse- drawn carriage from a street pump Date: early 19th century

Background imageFills Collection: Standpipe 1920S

Standpipe 1920S
A man fills a bucket from a public standpipe in an urban street

Background imageFills Collection: Girl at Rustic Well

Girl at Rustic Well
A girl fills her pitcher from the bucket of a rustic well

Background imageFills Collection: Hand pump at the Fruiterers Arms, Hartlebury

Hand pump at the Fruiterers Arms, Hartlebury
Operating a hand pump at the Fruiterers Arms, Hartlebury, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Background imageFills Collection: Elisha and the Widow

Elisha and the Widow
To help a pious widow, he tells her to buy as many jars as she can, then fills them with oil which she sells to pay her debts

Background imageFills Collection: Peas / Cries of London

Peas / Cries of London
A woman fills her apron with green and young hastings (peas) bought from a street vendor

Background imageFills Collection: Cowes Regatta / 1914

Cowes Regatta / 1914
A scene at Cowes Regatta - sailing ships fly past as the wind fills their billowing white sails. Some spectators wave their hankerchiefs in encouragement

Background imageFills Collection: Indian Clepsydra

Indian Clepsydra
An ancient clepsydra from Southern India : the bowl has a small hole in it, and gradually fills, at which point the watching boy strikes a gong

Background imageFills Collection: Gluttonous Man 1835

Gluttonous Man 1835
A self-indulgent man fills himself with strawberries and cream, taking the precaution of locking the door lest he be interrupted

Background imageFills Collection: Motor Bike at Pump

Motor Bike at Pump
A motor cycle rider stops at a garage in Scotland for petrol, sitting on his Triumph bike as the attendant fills the tank

Background imageFills Collection: Old Basing Cottages

Old Basing Cottages
A woman fills her bucket from the well in the village of Old Basing, Hampshire. In 1645, Oliver Cromwells men stormed and captured nearby Basing House in the Civil War

Background imageFills Collection: Creation of Adam

Creation of Adam
God creates Eden, fills it with livestock and wildfowl, and then adds a male humanoid who is named Adam



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