Harness Collection (page 6)

Horse with brasses at a County Show, Cornwall
A horse with many brasses at a County Show in Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Ploughman with two horses, Hayle, Cornwall
A ploughman with two horses in a field near Foundry Farm, Hayle, Cornwall. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1970s

Street corner with horse-drawn carriages
The corner of Eaton Terrace and Chester Row, London. A two horse-drawn carriage and two men stand by a lamppost. The building on the corner is the Duke of Wellington pub (still there today)

Flying Dress
A pilot dressed for a high- altitude flight. Equipped with parachute, harness, oxygen apparatus, telephone, wireless earphones, electrical system for heating clothing. Date: 1920s

White horse - tack
A white horse in full flow wearing a distinctive running martingale - used to control the horses head height, and to prevent the horse from throwing its head so high that the rider gets hit in

Husky Sleigh
A team of huskies being harnessed to a sleigh. Date: 1930s

Waist Exercises
Two young women keeping their bodies trim, dancing with a waist harness. Date: 1930s

Alaskan Eskimo Dogs, wearing harness to pull a sled, there are igloos in the background Date: 20th century

Gathering of people outside a church
A large gathering of people outside a church, with a horse-drawn vehicle and its driver at the centre. Whether the occasion is a wedding or a funeral is unclear. Date: early 20th century

New Year Clover Cart
A pretty lady wishes you a Happy New Year as she drives a cart loaded with clover for good luck. Date: 1907

Eastbourne Lifeguards
A team of Lifeguards in action on the beach at Eastbourne, Sussex, England, showing the safety equipment used to reel in the guards themselves during a rescue. Date: 1960s

Gipsy boys with horse-drawn caravan
Gipsy boys with their horse-drawn caravan at an encampment in Surrey, getting the harness straight in preparation for moving off

Gentleman driving a horse and trap, Mid Wales
A gentleman driving a horse and trap on a street in Mid Wales

Prizewinning bull and farmer, Mid Wales
A prizewinning bull with the farmer on the left, in a garden in Mid Wales

Family with donkey-drawn trap in a garden, Mid Wales
A large Edwardian family of seven with a donkey-drawn trap in a garden in Mid Wales. It is possible that the trap has been constructed out of a pram

Groom with stallion, Mid Wales
A groom with a magnificent stallion in a cobbled area in front of stable doors, probably somewhere in Mid Wales

Groom with saddled stallion, Mid Wales
A groom with a saddled stallion in front of a stone wall, probably somewhere in Mid Wales

Horse and trap, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A horse drawn trap with two passengers outside Crickhowell Castle wall, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales

Haulier and horse in a South Wales mine
A haulier guides a horse, pulling a loaded dram (truck) along an underground track in a South Wales mine

Stable boy with prizewinning horse
A stable boy posing with a prizewinning horse

Stable boy with stallion
A stable boy posing with a stallion

Men and horses ploughing in a field, South Wales
Men and horses ploughing in a field, probably at a farm in the Pontypool area of South Wales

Boy pushing coal wagon in mine at Halifax, Yorkshire
A boy with a belt and chain around his waist pushes a heavy coal truck along a low underground passage in a mine at Halifax, Yorkshire

Boy dragging coal wagon with belt and chain in mine
A boy with a belt and chain around his waist drags a heavy coal truck along a low underground passage in a mine at Halifax, Yorkshire

Little gipsy girl with yellow flowers, Charlwood, Surrey
A little gipsy girl, member of the Vincent family, in the Newdigate area of Charlwood, Surrey. She is wearing bright blue clothes and a cream-coloured headscarf

Gipsies with horse-drawn caravan
Gipsies guiding their horse-drawn caravan through a wooded area in Surrey

Man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse
A man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse on a wet day

Champion South Devon Bull at the Royal Cornwall Show
A champion South Devon Bull and its minder at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Shire Horse Parade at the Royal Cornwall Show
A man with two horses at the Shire Horse Parade at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Stable girl with a horse
A stable girl with a horse

Champion bull at the Royal Cornwall Show
A champion bull and its minder at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Horse and cart during transport strike, Liverpool
A driver who did not need police protection -- a man with his horse and cart, and a dog for good measure. The Liverpool transport strike began with two of the seamens unions

Poster depicting Timber Stacking
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting an elephant stacking timber

Flying and ploughing in Weybridge, Surrey
A primitive aeroplane flies over a field which a man and his team of horses are ploughing. The plane has two bicycle-type wheels on the undercarriage

Street scene with horse and cart, Kashgar, western China
A street scene with a horse and cart in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Van Horse Parade, Regents Park, London
The sixth Van Horse Parade taking place on Easter Monday in Regents Park, Central London. On the far left can be seen the Hon Alex E Parker judging an entry. This annual event was founded in 1904

Saddler and Harness Maker
An advertising calendar produced for C.Jacob of Huntingdon, saddler, harness and tack merchants, displaying their products around a picture of horses in harness

Advertising calendar for a saddler, harness and collar maker
A design for an advertising calendar for Miller, manufacturers of equine tack manufacturers. The picture shows a horse shoe containing famous jockeys; Fred Archer, John Osborne, Fred Webb, J.Goater

Heros Experiments
The experiments of Hero of Alexandria are the first scientific attempts to harness the power of steam

Gipsy Boy & Horse 1973
A gipsy boy fits a harness over a horsess neck

Gipsy Kids & Caravan
Gipsy children enjoy themselves, getting a blinkered horse into its harness so that it can pull their caravan

SHIREHORSE
A farm labourer prepares to take the horse to the stable after the end of a long day. This farm is Tockington, Gloucestershire

8-Horse Rolling Wagon
A team of eight horses pulls a heavy wagon with an undercarriage mounted on four rollers. The text below gives instruction for the operation and loading of the wagon

Shire Horses Working
Working Shire horses with their owner on a farm

Giant Windmills
Giant windmills will harness the power of the winds on a vastly greater scale than the traditional type, providing an efficient - and free ! - energy resource

Power from the Seas
Future power stations will harness the enormous thermal energy of the seas and convert it into usable power, along the lines proposed by Claude and Boucherot Date: circa 1935

Bill from Saddler / 1861
A receipt from John Speir, saddler and harness maker with a horse motif

Women Ploughing
In Carinthia the plowing is done by women and oxen working in harness together

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