Growing Collection (page 7)

Stone building, Preston, East Lothian, Scotland
An interesting stone building in a field, Preston, East Lothian, Scotland

Cocoa poster
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Cocoa Date: 1927-1933

Banana palms
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Banana Palms Date: 1927-1933

Smoked Sugar Beet plantation at Precy-sur-Oise, France
Organic Smoked Sugar Beet plantation at Precy-sur-Oise, France owned by Monsieur Fauquert. Date: 1929

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Evacuee Son returns home
Evacuee Son (who has had a growth spurt!) returns home to a surprised Mother!! Date: circa 1940s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Home Grown
" Every pound you lend today will hasten victory on its way." A little girl and boy proudly water their window box vegetable patch - doing their bit to dig for victory during WW2

Flower Culture - Scilly - A Packing House Date: circa 1910

Ironmonger miffed at rain stalling watering can sales
Farmer - " This Rain ll do a power o good." Ironmonger - " Aye, but it ll spoil t sale o waterin cans." !!! Date: 1892

Tree atop a chimney - Burlington Sugar Estate, Jamaica
Tree growing out of an old chimney on the Burlington Sugar Estate, Jamaica Date: circa 1910

The American war effort at home - WWI - the benefits of growing ones own food on a allotment, smallholding or in the garden and also the benfits of then bottling/canning fruit and veg

The tallest and shortest pupils at Badminton Girls School
The tallest and shortest pupils at Badminton School - an Independent Girls school near Bristol. Pictured are Mertyl Webb-Johnson (the shorter) and Mary Feaver (the taller)

Boy getting on to his new Bicycle
Interesting photograph of a boy getting onto his new Bicycle. He is obviously used to riding a Penny Farthing as his method of mounting the bicycle is akin to the way one had to mount a Penny

The problems of a long distance relationship
Both the American guy and his gal are concerned about their other half (and their romantic activities) whilst he is posted to the other side of the globe during World War II. Date: 1942

Illustration of growing and managing trees. Illustration (intaglio) from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau, Des semis et plantations des arbres, et de leur culture. Plate VI. Date: 1760

General concepts of Horticulture Ornament
Plate 52 from Le Regne Vegetal. Atlas, Vol 14. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Oranges growing on branch
Brightly coloured fruits on tree with white blossom. 1922

Spain (1808-1814). Peninsular War. Caricature of Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Museo de Historia

BOEL, Peter (1622-1674). Still Life. 17th c. Flemish art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. St. Fernando Royal Academy Museum

DEBRET, Jean Baptiste (1768-1848). A Colourful and Historic Journey to Brazil. 1839. Guarani Indians growing vineyards. Costumbrism. Litography

IRAN. Tehran. Golestan Palace. Tea growing. Leaf

floating island villages - Inle Lake
Floating island villages - Inle Lake - The floating islands of the lake dwellers, clear green rectangles of the bamboo rafts growing out from the shore like algae

Lord Mayor of London visiting NFS City fire station, WW2
The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Samuel Joseph, visiting London firefighters at the Redcross Street fire station (Fire Force 35-station C 1Z, 35-38 Redcross Street.)

Rice Field poster
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, A Rice Field In India Date: 1927-1933

Australian Wheat
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Australian Wheat Date: 1927-1933

Tea Plantation
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, An Empire Tea Plantation Date: 1927-1933

Picking Tea in Ceylon
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Tea Picking In Ceylon Date: 1927-1933

Gathering cocoa pods
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, gathering cocoa pods Date: 1927-1933

Irish flax growing
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Northern Ireland Flax Growing Date: 1927-1933

Parsnips or carrots with plant growing in the background. Date between 1800 and 1860

Surely the world is growing better. Illustration shows an imaginary battle where aircraft, battleships, and submarines are engaged in shooting at each other. Date 1909 October 27

Watermelon with plant growing in the background. Date between 1800 and 1860

Satoimo taro potato with plant growing in the background. Date between 1800 and 1860

The Republican elephant and his growing burden. Illustration shows the Republican elephant using his trunk to support, overhead

Bamboo shoot with plant growing in the background. Date between 1800 and 1860

Sweet potato or yam with plant growing in the background. Date between 1800 and 1860

Kabocha squash with plant growing in the background. Date between 1800 and 1860

Red peppers with plant growing in the background. Date between 1800 and 1860

Concerning a growing menace. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt standing at a flag-draped podium on the right, pointing to two men on the left

Daikon radish with plant growing in the background. Date between 1800 and 1860

National Savings - Growth up to 1945
See how your Savings Certificates have grown already The healthy growth of value of National Savings plotted against a growing boy. Date: 1945

Scallions with plant growing in the background. Date between 1800 and 1860

Delicata squash with plant vines growing in the background. Date between 1800 and 1860

Pale green squash with white flesh and many seeds, with plant vines growing in the background. Date between 1800 and 1860

The flower farmers of Britain 1938
Picking the blooms at Rosenvale, Penzance, where the early spring flowers are grown extensively in greenhouses. Most of the Scilly Isles are employed in the flower industry

Camels and orange groves, Palestine
Camels being led along a road between orange groves in Palestine. Date: 20th century

The Life & Age of Woman
Stages of womans life from the cradle to the grave. Date: ca. 1857

Peaceful scene in cemetery
Wild flowers grow and intertwine in this peaceful cemetery scene, with a bird perched on a leaf singing, and a snail crawling along slowly below. 1925

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