Gathering Collection (page 14)

Kit Cat Club
A gathering of the Kit-Kat Club, a London political and literary society which was the centre of opposition during Queen Annes Tory ministry (1710-14)

Children & Fircones 1929
Children in the autumn woods, gathering fir cones and leaves in a sack

Egyptian River Scene
A typically Egyptian riverbank scene of still waters in a sandstone valley

Racial / Japan / Women 18C
Japanese women gathering flowers

Peasants into Frogs
Leta, fleeing Hera with her children Apollo and Artemis, gets thirsty, but peasants gathering rushes refuse her drink, so she has Zeus turn them into frogs

Girondin Gathering
The Girondins meet at madame Rolands : moderate revolutionaries, many of them will be victims of the Reign of Terror, including madame Roland herself

Street Arabs / Large Group
A group of children, many of them barefoot; furthermore, it is quite probable that many of them neglected to brush their teeth last night

Harvesting Tokay Wine
HUNGARY gathering the grapes for Tokay wine

Paraguay Scene
Village scene in rural Paraguay : gathering yerba- mate (a drink like tea or coffee) on the banks of the Pirana

Hopis Gather Wood
Two Hopi men on a wood- gathering expedition : wood is hard to come by in the Arizona desert, and seeking it can mean a long journey

Gathering Mushrooms
A barefoot girl gathering mushrooms

Social / France / C15 Fleece
A Gathering of the Chapter of the Golden Fleece held by Charles the Bold

Gathering Trees 1912
Two children take their sledge into the woods to gather Christmas trees

Buying Decorations
Two children buy decorations from a kindly old man with a donkey-cart, on a snowy afternoon

Girl Gathers Twigs 1890
A little country girl gathers twigs for kindling

Rhubarb Gathering 1916
Women gathering rhubarb in a field

Klondike / Post Office
Miners gathering outside the Post Office at Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush

US Indians Smoking Pipes
Native Americans gathering and smoking

Druids gathering the sacred mistletoe. They regarded it as a symbol of fertility, and hung it over doorways for protection against evil

Nuts in May, words and music
Here we go gathering nuts in May, On a cold and frosty morning.... Date: 1886

An Elegant Gathering
An elegant outdoor gathering - a lady with a parasol. a gentleman in morning dress

Events / Germany 1935
Saar demonstration outside the Reichstag. The valuable mines of the Saar Basin were under French control after WW1. The Saar population decided in 1935 to return to Germany

Churchill / Epping Electio
WINSTON CHURCHILL Electioneering at an open-air gathering of voters in Epping High Street in 1924

Huntley Clans 1890
Gathering of the Clans on a Huntley & Palmers biscuit card

SPARRING
Two pugilists spar as a gathering of men enjoy the action

F-E Vidocq / Stops Music
FRANCOIS-EUGENE VIDOCQ French police officer and adventurer stops the music at a lively gathering

Dutch Family 17C
A family gathering in a Dutch household - gossipping, drinking, playing games

Carrot Production
Gathering, washing, bunching and carting carrots for the London market

Monkeys and Sightseers
A forlorn group of monkeys gaze out of their cage, as a large gathering of women stare fixedly at them - one of Dores most striking comments on London society

Modern Haymaking / 1950
Haymaking with a modern haycart. Using a motor van for gathering and transporting a fine crop of hay in the Wirral, Cheshire

Racial / Wild Rice Gather
Sioux gathering wild rice from their canoes

Gathering Grass Seed
California women gathering grass seed

Concept / Amnesty
Amnesty depicted as a merciful mother gathering her wayward but now repentant offspring to her forgiving bosom

Celtic New Year
CELTIC NEW YEAR In Celtic cultures in Britain and western Europe, the new year is the occasion for gathering mistletoe, by the Druid priests

Costume Photo / Webster
Redingote or pelisse-robe with button front, bishop sleeves with gathering & button detail, white cuffs & collar, a belt & a brooch worn at the throat

Newgate Prison / Press
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. A gathering in the Newgate Press Yard

Children Gather Wood 19C
Children in a wood in the autumn, gathering firewood

Girl Flees Swans
A small girl, gathering flowers by the waters edge, is alarmed by the sudden appearance of a couple of swans

House of Madame Tellier
Series of couples at a party

Peat Cutting / Scotland
An old woman gathering bricks of peat and transports it in a cart pulled by a grey pony

Children with Bracken
Gathering bracken to keep the home fires burning

People Gathering Ferns
Ladies and gentlemen engaging in the popular passtime of fern hunting. They would gather ferns for decorative purposes

Rush Gatherers 1878
Three children set out rush gathering in a small rowing boat. A boy holds a sickle in his hand. The rushes are used for rush seats for chairs & for baskets etc

Gathering May Blossom
An Edwardian lady and little girl, probably mother and daughter, gather May blossom (Hawthorn) together

Meeting the Rubezahl
Two Bohemian (Czech) children, gathering firewood, encounter the Rubezahl - a mysterious wild man who haunts the mountains

Kite Flying, Germany
A gathering of kite enthusiasts on the Kreuzberg, near Berlin

Maple Sugar Harvest
Gathering maple sugar in New England

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

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