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Smithfield MarketCarcasses hanging from hooks and butchers wearing their traditional white overalls at Smithfield Market, London. Date: 1950s
Smithfield MarketThe vast interior of Smithfield meat market, with carcasses hanging from hooks all down the central aisle
French and English artificial fishing flies. circa 1900
Fishing Flies (American)Fishing flies Date: 1913
Woman Butcher 1920SA young British female butcher proudly displays her freshly slaughtered pigs, hanging from their hooks. Date: 1920s
Sheringham, Norfolk, viewed from Hooks Hill - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
The Butchers Shop. A young girl in red dress and bonnet looks at the variety of cuts of meat available at the Butchers Shop
Fishing Equipment suitable for the Lake DistrictFishing Equipment suitable for use in the Lake District - includes two inset pictures of Derwentwater (upper picture) and Newlands Valley (lower)
Lourdes - Praying at the Grotto and the BasilicaThree porters at the Piscines (Baths) - Lourdes, France
Beef CarcaseesButchers removing intestines from cattle carcasses, part of the Argentinian meat (beef) production process. Date: 1930s
W Heath Robinson - The Lullaby Bed, to save getting out of bed to rock baby when he is troublesome at night
(Goat) Meat Stall - New Market, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal state, India. The two gentleman on the right are clearly Muslim and therefore practising Halal Butchery. Date: circa 1910s
Tuaghs (from the Gaelic, tuagh-chatha), also known as Lochaber axes, a type of poleaxe, Scottish battle axes used in medieval times, preserved at Edinburgh
Body suspension festival of Mariatal or Chidi Mari, IndiaFestival of Mariatal, Churrack-Pooja, Carak Puja or Chidi Mari, near Pondicheri, India
Three people in a tailors workshop. Date: circa 1960s
Tailor at work on a garment. Date: circa 1960s
Thomas Samuel & Sons British needle Mills in Redditch, Worcestershire. Men making spring steel needles and fish hooks. Date: 1862
Two overcoats and a feather duster, hanging from three hooks behind a bedroom door. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)
Atlantic mackerel, and fishing methods with line and netAtlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus 45, and fishermen on a large boat fishing for mackerel with long lines and hooks, and in a small boat with a mackerel net, 18th century
Roanoid bakelite curtain rings, flange ends and tassel hookRoanoid Bakelite button curtain rings in five sizes (in dark red), two flange ends for a curtain rod, and a tassel hook (in marbled brown). Date: 1930s
Roanoid bakelite hat and coat hook in dark red. Date: 1930s
Roanoid bakelite wardrobe hooks in marbled brown. Date: 1930s
Lockheed U-2G N808XCentral Intelligence Agency - Lockheed U-2G N808X
Herculine strongwomanHerculine, known as the female Samson as she lifted weights by her hair. Hooks can be seen in this photograph attached to her hair
Advert for Fitu corsets 1934Controlled curves. A wraparound figure form designed for large hip figures. Boned underbelt for extra control of abdomen and hips. Hookside fastening. 1934
National Childrens Home, Sheringham, NorfolkChildren and staff stand in front of the National Childrens Home at Sheringham, Norfolk. The home, at Westcroft, Hooks Hill Road, Sheringham, was established in 1916
Blue Maids Orphan Asylum, BristolThe Blue Maids Orphan Asylum at Hooks Mills, Bristol. Date: circa 1907
Wooden fishing hook on palm of a Siberian shaman /Wooden fishing hook on palm of a Siberian shaman/ sorcerer / wizard / healer / medicine man / foreteller. Polar Circle, Siberia, Russia. April
Elizabeth, Duchess of York winning a bottle of Champagne by hooking a wooden bottle with a fishing rod and line at a Garden Party in July 1933 held at Portman House
Advertisement for Felco products. 1946
Putting up CurtainsCurtains can make a room. Material and pattern are foremost, followed by hanging technique. Be sure to have plenty of hooks or rings and a generous amount of material Date: 1940s
Cornice Poles and EndsCornice poles and ends; brass curtain hooks; cleats; and other items Date: circa 1900
Fakir with Hooks in BackPlacing hooks in the back of a fakir : not only is the process painful, but the wounds will fester and lead to further pain, apart from the discomfort Date: circa 1900
Iraq / Archaeology / NinevehIron artifacts found in excavations at the site of ancient Nineveh. These include a chain, a socketed pick head and ring-mounted hooks. Date: 1874
Advert for Twilfit underwear 1928Girdles and corsets for women, English made and fully guarenteed. 1928
Cartoon, Neglected sailor, WW1Cartoon, A neglected sailor asks a group of civilians in a restaurant what is the point of being masters of the sea, if people only give you one sardine to eat? Date: 1916
WW2 Christmas card, The Weeks RationWW2 Christmas card, showing a butcher in his shop, a reproduction of a painting entitled The Weeks Ration
A Useful Knitting Case, WW1A useful knitting case from J. C
Suffragette Votes for Women Hooks & EyesA tiny cardboard box, packaging for Votes for Women (Trademark!) hooks and eyes. Guaranteed rust proof. An absolute necessity for the dressmaker in keeping garments closed
Loot by William Heath Robinson WWIAn unsuspecting gentleman walking his dog is being robbed by a group of Germen soldiers in a zeppelin using a hook and some rope. 1916
Theodore Hooks GraveTHEODORE HOOKs grave Date: CIRCA 1840
Theodore Hooks HomeTHEODORE HOOKs home Date: CIRCA 1840
WW2 - Bomb Damage in London - Coats and Hats left on hooksWW2 - " Wheres George?" - Bomb Damage in London - Coats and Hats left on hooks while the floor has disappeared. Date: 1940
Vietnam - Chinese ButcherVietnam - A Chinese Butcher Date: circa 1910s
Arrester gear hooks on the undercarriage of a Sopwith Pup. The curved strip was an airscrew guard
Arrival of Meat at Smithfield Meat Market, London, 1870Engraving showing the arrival of meat at Smithfield Market, London, in 1870. The meat had just arrived by steam train (which can be seen in the background)
Aborigine woman in a canoeEngraved title page, showing an Aborigine woman in a canoe, fishing
Perfect Curtain HookThe Perfect Curtain Hook advert, 1885 Date: 1885
Quaint Gate, Moulton, Northampton - A gate formed of agricultural implements. Date: circa 1940
Workhouse, Casual WardA workhouse casual ward which the poster on the right suggests is in the vicinity of Reading in Berkshire
Soldiers cleaning their weaponsA group of soldiers during the First World War cleaning their weapons
Cauldron and kettle at a gipsy encampmentA cauldron and a kettle heating over a log fire in the open air at a gipsy encampment
Iraqi bank official with a large safe, IraqAn Iraqi bank official with a large safe, somewhere in Iraq
Kitchen scene, Sofia, BulgariaA Bulgarian woman baking a cake in a kitchen in Sofia, Bulgaria
State Stables, Buckingham PalaceThe interior of the State Stables at Buckingham Palace, London
Sledging Party cooking lunch, British Arctic Expedition, 187Engraving showing a sledging party of the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876, preparing to have their lunch
Chicago Stockyards 12Carcases of meat hang from hooks in the huge refrigerated rooms of the Chicago Stockyards
Sale of Deserters KitThe sale of a deserters kit in barracks
Advert for hairbrushesAn advertisement for a range of hairbrushes in ivory and erinoid from Harrods toilet brush department
Medical ExaminationRecruits await their medical examination
Racial / China / FishermenFishing with cormorants, China
Fire-Fighting EquipmentIdeal first-aid fire appliances, originally supplied by Merryweathers to The Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society
Girl Catches FishA girl, fishing with rod and line from a river bank, successfully hooks a rather small fish
British Artillery MovingA British horse-drawn artillery regiment hooks up and moves off
Whaling / Landed WhalesLanded whales in Norway