Pick Collection (page 5)

German male costumes of 1526-1546.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Princess Alexandra of Wales with Princess Louise
Princess Alexandra of Wales, later Queen Alexandra consort to Edward VII, giving pick-a-back to her eldest daughter Princess Louise. Date: Circa 1867

Dutch boy scouts playing piggyback, Holland
Four Dutch boy scouts playing piggyback, Holland

WW2 Poster -- ATS Eyes Of The Guns
ATS Eyes Of The Guns. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. Showing women helping with anti-aircraft defence. Date: 1940

WW2 Poster -- ATS At The Wheel
ATS At The Wheel. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. Date: 1940

Woman driver transports soldiers to accommodation in London
A female driver patrolling the streets of London, on the look-out for soldiers or sailors on leave in the capital who may not have anywhere to stay for the evening

A Pick Nick Down Under by William Heath Robinson
A sharp thrill in the Antipodes: one of the dangers of very deep mining. A man tunnelling through te earth with a treacherous looking pick axe surprises an Australian having managed to dig entirely

Partly finished battlefield road at Flanders 1917
Second Battle of Flanders: Troops in the front are capturing positions and beating off counter attacks night and day. While the temporary lulls of infantry fighting between each thrust forward

British refashioning a German trench, WW1
Illustration showing British soldiers working hard to put a German first line trench, just taken at Hulluch, into a proper state of defence for their purposes

Shell picking, Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

British soldiers breaking down German strong point, WW1
British soldiers breaking down a German strong point on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Buttercups and Daisies by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in pink. Date: 1942

People picking tea, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

People picking tea, India
People picking tea on a hillside, India. Date: circa 1890s

British soldiers at work, Western Front, France, WW1
British soldiers at work on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are army navvies, recycling bricks from a ruined building to construct roads. Date: circa 1917

The Cowslip Field by Muriel Dawson -- a little child bends down to pick flowers. Date: 1943

Hop picking in Kent. Date: circa 1910

Woman picking primroses
A woman picking primroses from the side of a stream

Gathering wild vegetables - India
Gathering wild vegetables (or plants, flowers or herbs) - India. Date: circa 1910s

Colombia - Picking and transporting bananas, en route for export to Europe. Date: circa 1910s

Picking up Teddy
A little girl bending over to pick up her teddy bear. Date: early 1930s

Advertisement for Batchelors Peas
The Pick of the Crop. Advertisement for Batchelors Peas - " Its the flavour thats in favour". Date: 1930s

A Cosy Diner - Workmen have lunch amid the air raids
Keep Calm and Carry On. A quite fantastic photograph showing two workmen engaged in repairing air raid damage in the London area continue with their private luncheon although the sirens have sounded

Co-operative Wholesale Societies - Women Picking Tea
English and Scottish - Co-operative Wholesale Societies - Picking Tea. Only the young leaf fom the BEST Gardens is used! Date: circa 1905

Hawker Audax I K2012 with extended message pick-up hook
Hawker Audax I, K2012, with extended message pick-up hook

So Pretty! by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in pink, picking red flowers. 1944

Pixies mining a sponge cake
Pixie Pip and Pixies mining a sponge cake

C18 Wagon at Inn
A road wagon drawn by at least six horses has stopped at a country inn to pick up goods. Date: 18th century

As to the many theatrical failures, business will pick up when -. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, the construction of mannequin models as stand-ins for actors

Athletes. Swinging pick. Photograph shows eighteen consecutive images of a man swinging a pick. Date c1881

Milk truckers do not! pick up milk at farms where there are cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever, infantile paralysis, spinal meningitis, smallpox, typhoid Report all cases on your route to

A French woman picking grapes in a vineyard. The rural French countryside

Woman leaning out of window with rose
A beautiful woman, wearing a pink dress with ruffled sleeves and a flower in her hair, leans from her window to pick a rose, which she seems to be about to drop, possibly to her lover below

Everybody works but - -. A common scene in the tenements

Group of Florida migrants on their way to Cranberry, New Jersey, to pick potatoes. Near Shawboro, North Carolina. Date 1940 July

Country Women in the Lake Maggiore Region of Italy
Country ( Peasant ) Women in the Lake Maggiore Region of Italy, holding baskets of fruit they have jusat picked from the plants in the background. Date: circa 1910s

Picking up a girl at the Bristol skating rink -- a woman has slipped on the ice, and a man takes the opportunity to pick her up

Maori Mother & Baby
How Maori mothers carry their babies - here with one arm clasped around the babys arm to prevent him falling. a young mother bends down to pick up a blanket. Date: circa 1940

French poster, nationalisation of mines
A French poster about the nationalisation of mines. Date: 20th century

Five children picking blackberries. 1880

Street music: 17th century hurdy gurdy player
Street scene showing a blind hurdy gurdy player performing in 17th century Holland. Date: 17th century

Picking Tea Leaves - Kobe, Japan Date: circa 1933

Picking Flowers - Cote d Azur, France
Woman picking Flowers on the Cote d Azur, France. She is wearing an interestingly-patterned flat straw sunhat. Date: circa 1910s

Sierra Leone - Picking Pine Kernels Date: circa 1905

Two girls picking apples from a tree. 1880

Children Pick Apples
Three children gathering apples as they fall from the branch of the tree. Date: 1921

Stoneworkers Tools 18Th
Various tools including pickaxes, hammers and measuring instruments used by stoneworkers and masons in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Lady Bends in Corset
A lady bends to pick up the soap tablet she has dropped - thus demonstrating the remarkable flexibility of her Guzzi girdle Date: 1928

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