Picked Collection

The Gun Who Picked up his Bird by H. M. Bateman
Etiquette gone awry during a shoot when one man retrieves his own bird rather than allowing the gundogs to do so

Strawberry Pickers

Sailors rescued by fishing boat during First World War
Torpedoed sailors are rescued by a Brixham fishing boat, aptly named the Provident, during the First World War. The Provident, also known as BM291, was built in the shipyard of J

Pilot Stanley Hausner saying goodbye to his wife
Stanley Hausner, pilot who went missing during his flight between New Jersey and Warsaw. Picked up by British steamer, the Circe Shell

Legend Of The Christmas Rose
The Legend of the Christmas Rose - this poor girl had no gift for the infant Jesus, so a kindly angel showed her this flower which she forthwith picked and gave him

Fruit Picking Ladder
An abandoned ladder resting in an apple tree while a basket of freshly picked apples lies on the ground. 1906

Survivors from Blucher, Battle of Dogger Bank, WW1
Survivors from the disabled German armoured cruiser SMS Blucher being picked up from the sea by British destroyers during the Battle of Dogger Bank, in the North Sea, First World War

Market Reports Illustrated - Unexpected fruit supply cleared
Market Reports Illustrated - Fruit, an unexpected supply was rapidly cleared! A fallen basket of apples is swiftly cleared up by lucky pedestrians! Date: circa 1905

David Lloyd-George (1863-1945) speaking in Rochdale, 1923
Photograph of David Lloyd-George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Welsh Liberal statesman, addressing a large crowd at Rochdale during the election campaign of 1923

The cook and Mr Maynard, survivors of the Titanic disaster
Scene showing the Titanic survivors arriving in Plymouth docks. The cook, Mr. Maynard, was one of the last people to see Captain E. Smith before he died

Harvesting Apples
Harvesting apples on a British farm. After being picked, the crop is collected in boxes for transporting to the packing station. Here, apples from the orchard are being inspected

Sherlock Holmes - The Adventure of The Dancing Men. "He bent forward and picked up a little brazen cyclinder." Date: 1903

Tongue Twister
If Peter Piper's peacock picked a peck of pickled peppercorns, how many pickled peppercorns did Peter Piper's peacock pick? Artist: Louise Ellen Flick Date: 1907

Leaf from South Africa picked during the Boer War
Leaf from South Africa picked by Mrs William's son, bugler, during the Boer War 1901. Date: 1901

Comic postcard, Kangaroo couple with missing baby Date: 20th century

Beryl Wallace picked by The Dance Magazine as the typical Earl Carroll Girl (Floradora 1930 Model)

Rural scene - group of teenagers and young adults
A group of teenagers and young adults create a rural tableau near an old stone barn. Date: circa 1910s

Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias. Vulnerable
Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias (Picked shark or dog fish). Vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

The sweetness of spring. A woman dressed in a pink summer dress and sun hat, holds a bunch of freshly picked wild flowers. Date: C. 1920s

STREET ARAB RECLAIMED
A street arab as he was when he was picked off the streets, and as you will find him today, metamorphosed into a gardener. Date: 1875

GIRL PICKS FLOWERS C1890
A little girl in a field, holding some daffodils which she has picked. Date: circa 1890

Five Stones game
Three girls enjoy a game of five stones: the pebbles must be picked up individually while the rest are thrown in the air until all five pebbles are in the hand. Date: late 19th century

Tea table with strawberries and jam
Tea table set out with freshly picked strawberries, a pot of jam, and cups of tea poured out. 1936

Judgment Day (Angelico)
THE CHOSEN - those who have lived good lives are picked out by the angels and led to their reward, an eternity of heavenly bliss Date: God knows

How to Pick up Rabbits
Disputing the common fallacy that rabbits should be picked up by their ears

Squalus acanthias, or Spiny dogfish (adult and young)
Squalus acanthias, or Spiny dogfish, also known as spurdog, mud shark and piked dogfish. Date: 1862

Victorian girl with pet kittens
A Victorian era girl with bonnet and parasol sits on a low wall and plays with her two kittens in a break from a walk to pick flowers. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

WW2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Scramble to get cigarettes
WW2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Scramble to pick up cigarettes thrown from a moving train carriage by returning British RAF personnel

Girl with a basket of violets
A young girl, in shawl and apron with pantelettes showing beneath her short red skirt, holds a basket brimming with violets. Date: 1859

Spain / Malaga / Lemons
Malaga: the lemon harvest. The villagers sort and pack the fruit that has been picked. Date: 1912

Ufos / Nova Scotia
A fishing crew off Nova Scotia report strange lights, which seem to match radar signals picked up at the same time Date: 4 October 1967

Illustration, White-Ear and a large eagle
Illustration, White-Ear is picked up and carried into the air by a large eagle. Date: 1912

HMS Liverpool - Bristol Class Light Cruiser, England. Showing A Mystery of the Sea - A boat picked up after a fierce gale Date: 1911

Italy - A Neapolitan
Coloured lantern slide of a Neapolitan woman with a jug in her right hand rested on her hip and a basket on her head carrying red and green grapes that have been freshly picked

The Moods of Ginger Mick by C. J. Dennis, published by Angus & Robertson Ltd. Sydney, Australia. Includes a photograph of C. J. Dennis and friends. Annotated the property of Ltn. (Cptn.) Leslie H

Family working in hop fields, Kent
A family of adults and children at work in the Kent hop fields. A tally-keeper checks and records the amount picked by each person

Nursery Rhymes -- Old Mother Hubbard, Peter Piper
Nursery Rhymes. Old Mother Hubbard (above) -- She went to the tavern for white wine and red, and when she came back the dog stood on his head

Grape Pickers in Love
A young couple laden with baskets of freshly picked grapes, looking very happy and in love, Champagne, France. Date: early 1930s

Bananas for Export
Piles of freshly picked bunches of bananas, ready for export, probably in the West Indies. Date: 1930s

California, USA - A large Orange, ripe for the picking Date: circa 1910s

Military Father disarmed by daughters generous reply
Disarmed. " Why do you pick those flowers" " To give to you." Date: 1898

Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia. Date 1937 July

Italian day laborer with basket of beans she has just picked. Seabrook Farms, Bridgeton, New Jersey. Date 1941 May

Loves course among the crowned heads - Little Alfonso is next in line to have a wife picked out for him. Pope introducing son of royal Spanish family to a woman. Date 1902 Sept. 10

Thistle Arrangement
Thistles can be picked and allowed to dry and they will keep their colour and firmness for a long time. Date: 1950s

Community singing
The man who sang the words of the wrong verse. Date: 1928

Man holding two bunches of white grapes
A man in a vineyard, holding two large bunches of white grapes which he has just picked

Her Good Deed by Muriel Dawson
A tiny little girl charmingly dressed in a red dress with a bow in her hair, helps out by podding a large number of freshly picked peas

Old women picking oakum in a Casual Ward
The womens casual ward (vagrants ward) of a workhouse, thought to be at Lambeth, south London. Three women in workhouse uniform sit on benches

Grape Stall - Adelaide, Australia
A superb photographic card depicting a grape barrow in Adelaide (King William Street), Australia

Paris Streets
The streets of Paris were liable to flooding, and men picked up tips by picking up ladies and carting them from one side of the road to the other

Entertaining at Home
A scene in a middle class home where the lady of the house entertains a visitor with a hand-picked selection of books to read while she works at her embroidery

Ladies and Apples
Two ladies have picked a heavy basketful of apples

Girl in Meadow 1887
A little girl in a meadow with her apron full of flowers she has picked

Papa Comes Home
While mama gets on with her sewing and the dog barks to be taken for a walk, papa is greeted by his little girl who has picked some wild flowers for him

On board the luxury liner, L Atlantique, the central stree
On board the French luxury liner, L Atlantique. A unusual feature at the time, the central street of shops, over 150 meters long, with the spacious embarkation hall

On board the luxury liner, L Atlantique, the chapel, where
On board the French luxury liner, L Atlantique. A unusual feature at the time, the decorative chapel, where passenger could attend religious services and practise their devotions during a voyage

Burnt out liner L Atlantique, successfully brought into port
The burnt out liner, L Atlantique successfully brought into port at Cherbourg. The fire broke out in the early hours of 4th January 1933, at 6am the abandon ship order was given

1950S Flower Picker
Young woman in denim trousers & hot pink, sleeveless sun top carries a shallow flower basket full to the brim with freshly picked blooms

Pea Pickers
A scene in the Essex fields, showing green peas being picked, sacked and weighed, ready for market, England

Butcher Serves Customer
A woman customer, holding a lorgnette up to her face, points to a plucked chicken that the butcher has picked up

Raleigh Smoking in Chair
SIR WALTER RALEIGH - Having picked up the smoking habit during his American travels, is thought by his servants to be on fire, and is doused with a basin of water

Postman of French Guyana
A postman of the French department La Guyane Francaise chats up two women, offering them some fruit hes picked on his rounds (?)

Baskets of Apples
A girl with baskets of freshly picked apples from a Devonshire orchard, England

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper; a peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked... etc. a famous tongue-twister!

Here we dance Lubin, Lubin, words and music
Here we dance Lubin, Lubin I wrote a letter to my Love, And on the way I dropped it, But one of you has picked it up, And put it in your pocket!

Ww1 / 1914 / Zeppelin Ship
A German Zeppelin airship is picked out in the night sky by a searchlight from a fort on the French border. A French artillery position opens fire

Suffragette and Copper
A lady demonstrating for Womens Rights has the good fortune to be picked up by a policeman - I m having the time of my life !

Shocked Man 1930S
A man with dark hair looks shocked or even incredulous, as he reads something on a card he has picked up from a table

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