Importing Collection

Volkswagens
Flower power on imported Volkswagen to Sweden. Landskrona harbour 1961. Date: 1961

Lilburne / John / Gucht
JOHN LILBURNE Political agitator, English leader of the Levellers, imprisoned for importing Puritan publications

Alyse Berton Draped in Raw Silk
Alyse Berton, a Seattle resident, draped in raw silk. Seattle had become the most important silk port in the United States. Date: circa 1925

Advert for Arthur Sanderson and Sons, highlighting the international provenance of the fabrics and wallpapers available at their Berners Street showroom. Date: 1954

Foreign cattle on board the Batavier 1865
Importing cattle on board the Batavier, a London to Rotterdam steamship. Date: 1865

London Trade Card - Benjamin Cole, textiles
London Trade Card - Benjamin Cole, at the Sun in St Pauls Churchyard, importing and selling cambrics, lawn, macklin, English lace and edging, wholesale and retail. 18th century

Importing Fruit at Docks
Fruit is imported for Christmas at busy London docks and warehouses. Date: circa 1850

East India Import and Export Docks, London Date: circa 1850

Bernard De Jussieu Tree
BERNARD DE JUSSIEU French naturalist, depicted importing from England the base of a cedar of Lebanon. Date: 1699 - 1777

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Loading cars
Imported cars are loaded on railway goods wagons, Landskrona Harbour, 1935. Date: 1935

Unloading cargo
Unloading the ship Helle, Harbour of Trelleborg

Erskine Wharf - Wheat Export Yard, Karachi, Pakistan (still India at this stage). Date: circa 1909

Izmir, Turkey - Activity on the quayside
Busy activity at the port of Smyrne (Smyrna, modern Izmir), Turkey Date: 1905

Steamship off the coast of Africa
A steamship off the coast of Africa, no doubt engaged in the export and import of goods, in this Empire Marketing Board depiction

Le Havre port poster
Nuit et Jour le port du Havre travaille - poster advertising that night and day the port of Le Havre in France is working

Planets - Mercury
MERCURY (Hermes) drives his chariot drawn by two carrier pigeons over Earth where merchants are trading, importing, selling, bartering, and exchanging goods

Importing Cattle 1865
Importing cattle on board the Batavier, a London to Rotterdam steamship

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