Pick Collection (page 6)

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

Navvies building a new railway line, UK
Navvies building a new railway line at an unidentified location in the UK. A station building can be seen in the top right

Picking tobacco, Montpellier, Jamaica
Workers in a field, picking tobacco, in Montpellier, Jamaica

Two workers picking cocoa pods, Jamaica
Two workers picking cocoa pods in Jamaica

Road repairs during World War Two
A group of American service personnel, together with a few civilians, watch a man doing road repairs during World War Two

Miners at Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South Wales
A group of miners from the morning shift pose for their photo in a coal seam at Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South Wales

Miners at Baldwins Clog and Legging Level, South Wales
Three miners in a coal seam at Baldwins Clog and Legging Level, near Pontypool in South Wales

Miners at Baldwins Clog and Legging Level, South Wales
Three miners in a coal seam at Baldwins Clog and Legging Level, near Pontypool in South Wales

Buttercup and Daisies by Muriel Dawson
Charming depiction of a small child or toddler picking daisies and buttercups in a meadow

Pick-a-Back by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Three children enjoy themselves playing piggy back or pick a back

Tobacco Fields, Cuba

Sri Lanka - Picking and weighing tea
Picking and weighing Green Tea in Sri Lanka

Seville Orange Picking - Seville, Spain. Seville oranges are too bitter for modern tastes, and are therefore commonly used to make marmalade

Satire on the plea for a labourers vote
Excellent political satire on the plea for a labourers vote, as both a Tory and a Liberal Politician get down on their knees to beg for the vote of the common working man

Tobacco Pickers - Bulgaria
Women pick tobacco in Bulgaria

Picking Jasmine - Grasse, France
Picking Jasmine at Grasse, France

Pin-Pricks By Bert Thomas
The Lady: Would you be so kind as to show me how to pick out winners with a pin? This cartoon was specially drawn for The Sketch by Bert Thomas

The Mayors of Liverpool and Birkenhead Meet under the Mersey
Margaret Beavan (centre), the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, shaking hands with the Mayor of Birkenhead (right) at the meeting of the two halves of the Mersey Tunnel, 1928

Ruins of Pantechnicon
Firemen pick over rubble in the ruins of the Belgrave Pantechnicon after the fire that destroyed most of the building complex

Mother and daughter pick flowers by a country lane
A Mother and daughter pick flowers by a country lane in the late afternoon light of a misty atmospheric day in mid-summer. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Sledging Party cooking lunch, British Arctic Expedition, 187
Engraving showing a sledging party of the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876, preparing to have their lunch. In the foreground can be seen their sledge with various equipment attached

De Lesseps Honoured
DE LESSEPS HONOURED - the French engineer is guest of honour at a reception at the Dutch consulate at Alexandria - a young girl presents him with a beribboned pick !

Children with Pony 1890
A little girl on a pony reaches to pick a flower, while a little boy in a sailor suit holds the ponys head

Fire Control Top of an American Warship, 1910
Illustration of an American battleships Fire Control Top, November 1910. In battle, the officers in these elevated positions would pick targets for their gun crews

Social / Usa Country / Car
Two American couples drive out into the countryside to pick flowers and blossom

Stock Exchange American
The London Stock Exchanges American Market takes place in the open air, which enables opportunistic loafers to pick up discarded cigar-stubs

Holloway Prison / Mayhew
The treadmill (treadwheel) and oakum shed with a detachment of prisoners at work at the wheel, and those who have been relieved, are employed to pick oakum

Picking the Roses
In the Temple Gardens, London, opposing nobles pick red or white roses according as they favour the party of Lancaster or York. Date: circa 1455

Edward Whymper
EDWARD WHYMPER Prolific alpinist and talented wood engraver. Illustrated his books on alpine exploration with wood engravings

Man and Beetle
Man meets insect, but it isn t clear whether he is about to pick it up or is trying to prevent it attacking him : the bird in the tree, on the other hand, would like it for lunch

Girl and Doll in Crib
A Young Romanian girl leans to pick up her small doll from a beautifully crafted wooden crib

Woman Gardening
A woman bends over to pick something up in her well-kept garden

Berlioz Faust Liebig 2
Mephistopheles presents the sleeping Faust with a vision in which, restored to youth, he has his pick of countless gorgeous girls. Date: first performed 1846

Airship Mail Project
AIR MAIL : a scheme to pick up mail by airship from a moving train is tested in Illinois, but does not seem to have proved practicable

Grosvenor Square 1850S
A relatively active view of Grosvenor Square with carriages rushing to new destinations and stopping to pick up important passengers

French Ball-Boy / 1629
French page in sporty gear including flamboyant hat, and sword ready to pick up the stray balls of his masters game

Digging in the Catacombs
Early Christians, with pick, shovel, and a flaming torch, dig themselves secret places for their meetings in the Roman catacombs

Passengers Descend Plane
Travellers at an American airport alight from their plane and step into a car parked alongside. No waiting for baggage, no queueing for customs

Children Pick Strawbs
Children in a wood, picking wild strawberries

Oakum Shed / Prison / 1874
Inmates are supervised as they pick oakum

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