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1922 British Mt Everest Expedition - Norton and Mallory1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - Major Edward " Teddy" F. Norton (1884-1954) and George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886-1924) at nearly 27, 000 feet. Date: 1922
Les Travailleurs De l'EnlaidissementAn illustration of a tightly packed group of debating members of the Municipal Council, accompanied with a descriptive caption as follows
GravediggingThis illustration shows a man holding a pickaxe, standing in a grave that he has dug, with a gentleman at ground level facepalming at the situation. Date: 1901
Cartoon, A Block on the Line (Electoral Reform)Cartoon, A Block on the Line -- a satirical comment on a delay in the progress of electoral reform, with rival political parties offering to sort it out
Political poster, Chinese Labour -- a commentary on British gold mining activities in the Transvaal, South Africa. circa 1906
CLIMBING GLACIAL ICEA mountaineer climbing glacial ice with his pickaxe, in the highlands of the Mount Baker National Forest Park, Washington State, USA. Date: 1930s
MINERS AT COAL FACETwo miners working at the coal face, one with an electric drill and the other with a pickaxe. Date: 1940s
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
Greek Art. Greece. Iron tools. OlympiaGreek Art. Greece. Iron tools of everyday use from the sanctuary of Olympia. Archaeological Museum of Olympia
Communist China - civilians laying a landmineCommunist China - Chinese civilians playing their part in the conflict by laying a landmine to hold back the Japanese invaders during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). circa 1940s
Babies in a large bag with flowers. Date: circa 1900s
Entrance to the Great Cairn, Carrowkeel, Co. Sligo - with a pickaxe at the door for scale. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Sligo: Carrowkeel). Date: circa early 1900s
Young ArchaeologistsArchaeology students on a dig at the site of a Roman amphitheatre at Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s
Illustration, Clever Elsa -- When she saw the pickaxe just above her head, Clever Elsa burst into tears. Date: 1909
A Pick Nick Down Under by William Heath RobinsonA 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
British soldiers breaking down German strong point, WW1British soldiers breaking down a German strong point on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British soldiers at work, Western Front, France, WW1British 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
Excavations for PoolExcavations under sea level, working night and day to have the new sea water supply for warm baths ready for Easter at Cliftonville Bathing Pool, near Margate, Kent, England. Date: 1932
John William Mackay (1831-1902) - an American industrialist, one of the four Bonanza Kings, a partnership which capitalised on the wealth generated by the silver mines at the Comstock Lode