Handlers Collection

Display of cattle at annual County Show, Devon
Display of cattle, led by handlers, at the annual County Show, Devon. Date: 1960s

Dromedary camels being cleaned in the River Nile
Dromedary camels being cleaned by their handlers/drivers in the waters of the River Nile, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

The Horse Mart
A colourful oil painting of spectators admiring a pair of horses trotting along with their white coated handlers at a horse market, painted with mildly angular lines. Date: circa 1918

Loading freight into one of the Fleet of International Air Freight Ltd.s Cargo Planes - capacity per machine over 2 tons or 700 cubic ft. Date: circa 1920s

Feeding the Python - Port Elizabeth Museum - South Africa
Feeding the South African Python (Python Sebae) at the Port Elizabeth Museum - South Africa. The snake is 16 feet long! Date: circa 1908

Major Richardson and his messenger dogs
Major Edwin Hautenville Richardson, renowned trainer of dogs for military use and founder of the British War Dog School during the First World War

Women police dog handlers with drug sniffer dogs, London
Two women police dog handlers with drug sniffer dogs, Met Police, London. They are (left) Sandra Kertzen with Snoopy, and (right) Lyn Nicholson with Barry

Hiram - The largest horse in the world! 21 hands high, weighing 3065 pounds. Date: 1907

Three dog handlers with six dogs in front of stables
Three dog handlers with six assorted dogs in front of stables. Date: circa 1920s

Police officers preparing to conduct a search, London
A group of police officers (including June Paterson, left), belonging to the Special Patrol Group, preparing to conduct a search with the aid of police dogs

Woman police dog handler with drug sniffer dog, London
Woman police dog handler Sandra Kertzen with drug sniffer dog Snoopy in action, Met Police, London. The yellow labrador was one of the first to be trained by a WPC. (4 of 5) Date: 1971

Handler and Ayrshire cow at a county show. Date: circa 1980s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Crackers dog show inventions (with the authors apologies to Heath Robinson). Smoothing the Scotch Collie, Pampering the Pom, and Improving the Kerry Blues Beard

British War Dog School
Keepers and their canine charges at the British War Dog Training School, where dogs were trained to act as messengers at the front during the First World War

Morning parade at British War Dog School
Morning parade at the British War Dog training school which was based at Shoeburyness in 1917. The school specifically trained dogs to act as messengers at the front to great effect. Date: 1917

Russian Desman - caught for tagging (Desmana moschata). Okski Biospheric Nature Reserve, Central Russia, 50 km East from Ryazan town

Rissos DOLPHIN - Being helped to swim by researcher (Grampus griseus)

Rissos DOLPHIN - Being given medication by vet (Grampus griseus)

Bristol 170 Freighter Mk. 32 G-AMWC Silver City, Eastleigh
Passengers alight from a Silver City Airways Bristol Freighter, G-AMWC, as the ground handlers prepare to unload the cargo Date: 1953

WW1 dogs, Keeper Reid with messenger dogs
Keeper Reid with three of his messenger dogs, trained to take messages between trenches and across dangerous stretches of the front line during the First World War

An airport
Baggage is loaded by hand on to an aeroplane at an airport, while passengers mill about. Date: 1928

Italian stud donkeys at Zambi, The Congo
Italian stud donkeys at Zambi, Bas-Congo (Lower Congo), The Congo, Central Africa. Date: circa 1900

Borracheiros - Madeira, Portugal
Madeira, Portugal - wine pickers ( Borracheiros ) and handlers who transport the grape juice as soon after it has been pressed as possible in a goatskin; a sight now fast becoming a rare sight

Sinaia, Romania - Bears and handlers
Bears and their handlers at Sinaia, Romania. A town and mountain resort named after the Sinaia Monastery, which in turn is named after the Biblical Mount Sinai

Wearing the chevrons of honor for services overseas. Two dogs wearing coats with chevron symbols on, with there handlers are paraded before the troops aboard a US naval ship Date: 20th century

Dogs of the chase, 500BC. Marble slabs found in the ruins of Nineveh, depicting hunting dogs of Assur-bani-pal, the grand monarque of Assyria, on leashes with their handlers Date: 500BC

Colombia - Medellin
Colombian Drovers (A driver of animals) from the Antioquia Department at the Capital City (of this Department), Medellin. Date: circa 1910s

Snake Handlers - China
Chinese snake handlers

German Dogs of War
German dog handlers receive their orders from an officer mounted on a horse

Working Marionettes
A graphic behind-the-scenes glimpse of a puppet theatre, the celebrated Theatre de Seraphin, Paris : a group of handlers must play their part with precision and dexterity

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