Picked Collection (page 2)

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. The sign shows the advantage of buying 4 pounds of freshly-picked grapes which (at 3 pence)

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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