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Funeral of General Simon Fraser, 8 October 1777, the day after the Battle of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Date: 1777
Comic postcard, Scotsman in the street - how to pick up a half crown? Date: 20th century
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Coo - you ought to have seen oursThe Caption reads Coo! You ought to have seen ours. The bombs look like what were called Butterfly bombs. These were anti-personnel weapons dropped for people to pick up
Chair-mender, News Boy, Flying Pieman and Blackfriar sChair-mender, News Boy, Flying Pieman and Blackfriars Bridge. Chair-mender repairing a chair seat with rushes in Punyer Alley 46
Gertrude Anne of Hohenberg, queen of King RudolfGertrude Anne of Hohenberg, 1225-1281, queen of King Rudolf I of Germany, and her son Charles, d.1276. Kaiserin Anna Gertraud, Karl. From her tomb in Basel Minster
Gathering the leaves of the tea plant, China. (2 of 4) Date: 1832
Tea gathering in Japan. Date: 1881
Budleigh Salterton, Devon - viewed from the West - a steamer has pulled in (very) close to the shore to pick up some day trippers. Date: circa 1909
Chap delighted with his parcel (Peak Freans Biscuit Box!)A Young chap delighted to discover a parcel has arrived for him, containing a Peak Freans Biscuit Box! (or so says the hand-written message!!) Date: circa 1900s
British gentlemen on the Grand Tour opening an ancient classical tomb and pilfering vases, urns, and other treasures. As desrcibed by Sir William Hamilton
Chinese workers picking poppies for opium. 1930s
Colonel Lord Arthur William HillCaricature, Colonel Lord Arthur William Hill (1846-1931), Anglo-Irish soldier and Conservative politician -- Orangeman. 1893
Augustin Daly, American drama critic and theatre managerCartoon portrait of Augustin Daly, American drama critic, theatre manager and, playwright. On his head is a miniature figure of Ada Rehan, an actress who appeared in many of his plays. 1893
At the Opera, What Next. 1893
Children picking blackberriesChildren picking (and sampling) blackberries c. 1910
Malay man gathering bread from tree, South East AsiaMalay man gathering bread from a tree, in the form of jackfruit, Malay States, South East Asia (then part of the British Empire, now Malaysia). Date: 1922
Blackberry picking 1880A woman on the edge of a field picking wild blackberries. circa 1880
Gathering blackberries 1872Victorian women and a girl picking blackberries from a blackberry bush. Date: 1872
Hardy Patent Pick Co. patent hand boring machine 1890sPatent hand boring machine, for rock and coal, produced by Hardy Patent Pick Co, works in Sheffield. Date: 1890s
Hardy Patent Pick Co. bone grinder 1890sThe Devil, Disintegrator, bone grinder and mixer. This machine will grind to powder, granulate or shed any material, animal and vegetable, wet or dry at one operation. Date: 1890s
Miners at work 1865Various positions assumed by the Hewers in digging at the coal. Date: 1865
Carte de Visite - Fruit Picking in an orchard. circa 1890
German print - Four Seasons - SummerGerman print - Four Seasons - children picking fruit in a summer orchard. 19th century
Lady picking wild flowers at the seasideAn elegant lady picking wild flowers on the cliffs of a French seaside resort. Date: 1929
Plum picking at Evesham, Worcestershirecirca 1910s
Sedan in a Park Date: 1950
Adam, Eve and Temptation Date: 1590
Girl Gathering Daisies
MOUNTAINEERING EQUIPMENTA collection of mountaineering equipment, including a pick, hat, goggles and crampons Date: 1930s
Paviors at work, England 1867While his mate uses a small pick to fit the paving stones in place, this pavior rams them tight with a massive paving hammer. Date: 1867
SHAVING OLD & NEW C1830 SHAVING OLD & NEW C1830The old way and the new way of shaving: take your pick! Date: circa 1830
Park KeeperLondon characters: the PARK KEEPER makes sure evildoers dont walk on forbidden grass, drop litter, pick the flowers or misbehave in the bushes. Date: circa 1870
STAGECOACH / 100 YRS AGOA stagecoach makes a quick stop to pick up an extra passenger. Date: late 18th century
Quarring in ParisMen working with pick-axes in a quarry near Paris. Date: 1870
BERRY / APRILAPRIL Courtly life in the grounds of the chateau de Dourdan - lovers exchange rings, girls pick spring flowers Date: 1409 - 1487
Wars of the roses: nobles picking roses to show allegiancesIn the Temple Gardens, London, opposing nobles pick red or white roses according as they favour the party of Lancaster or York. Date: circa 1455
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 5Alfred Gee pushes a coal truck to the entrance of his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 4Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 3Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Camel with flowed bridle, JordanClose-up profile of camel with flowered bridle, Petra, Jordan Date: circa 1995
Sculpture Bust in the Carlsberg Museum, Copenhagen, DenmarkSculpture Bust - Miner with an Axe (1900) by Constantin Meunir (1831-1905) in the Carlsberg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark Date: 1900
Lipton Tea Plantation - Sri Lanka - Bunyan Estate - Pickers. Date: circa 1910s
Distress in Lancashire: mill-hands work on Preston MoorsThe distress in Lancashire: mill-hands at work on Preston Moors. Unemployed operatives levelling waste ground on the north side of the town, over seen by inspectors
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Late XIV century. Picking sour cherriesTacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Picking sour cherries
Portrait of Louis Wain taken from an advertisement for Phosferine, a tonic medicine, featuring Louis Wain, the famous cat artist
Greetings card in the shape of a bone -- A bone for you to pick. Date: circa 1890s
Cotton harvest in Tripoli (Tarabulus), LebanonCotton harvest with a working girl standing in front of it, Tripoli (Tarabulus) in the north of Lebanon. Date: circa 1910
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Women taking roses to make rose water wiTacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Women taking roses to make rose water with its petals. Folio 93r