Picket Collection (page 2)

The innocent games 1914
Women playing blind mans buff outside in the garden. Date: 1914

Boxley Abbey, near Maidstone, Kent, England, was founded by William de Ypres, King Stephens military commander of the whole of Kent during the civil disorder. Date: founded 1146

The first picket line - College day in the picket line. Women suffragists picketing in front of the White house. Date 1917 Feb

Atlanta, Georgia. Federal picket post shortly before the battle of July 22. Date 1864 July

Police and strikers during railway strike, Dublin
Police holding strikers back to allow non-union men to pass to Kingsbridge Station (now known as Heuston Station) in Dublin, Ireland. 1911

Street scene during the London Dock Strike

Strikers obstructing transport during London Dock Strike

Duncon Picquit - Shimla, India
Duncon Picquit (Duncan Picket) - a small hilltop fortification on the outskirts of Shimla (Simla), India. Possibly named after British General in Shimal in the early 19th century - General Duncan

Garden at an Allied army camp, Etaples, France, WW1
A well-kept garden at an Allied army camp, Etaples, northern France, during the First World War. Date: August 1918

Kentish Farmstead
Ratling Court, Ratling, Kent, England, a fine Tudor farmhouse and well lodge. It was at one time owned by the Cowper family, Royalist supporters of King Charles I. Date: 16th century

English Cottage Garden
A trim cottage and garden at Chobham, Surrey, England. Date: 1950s

Twee Farmhouse
An old farmhouse, grotesquely modernised with rather twee shutters and a picket fence, Halewood, Lancashire, England. Date: 19th century

1, Chalk Road
No.1, Chalk Road, Chalk, Kent. Over the doorway is a bust by Percy Fitzgerald :" Dickens spent his honeymoon in this house, 1836". etc. Date: 1812 - 1870

Striking masons picketing a building site during a strike. Date: 1859

Shantytown near Paroa, South Island, New Zealand
General view of Shantytown, a recreation of a typical 1880s West Coast gold mining town near Paroa, Greymouth, South Island, New Zealand

Treaty House at Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand
View of the Treaty House at Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand. This was the home of the British Resident in New Zealand, James Busby (1801-1871)

The Civil War in America. The Picket leading the ships of th
General Burnside took his troops to engage with the Confederates on Roanoke Island

Foundlings at Play
Children playing outdoors in the sunshine at the Foundling Hospital, Guildford Street, London

Giant Sundial
A giant sundial, looking almost like a modern day satellite dish, on the outside of a private cottage at Seaton Ross, Yorkshire

STRIKERS MOCK A SCAB
The treatment of a scab by a group of strikers picketing a factory for better working conditions

Liverpool Picket Line
Strikers at Liverpool picket to prevent strike-breakers

Gracie Fields House
The home of popular Lancashire singer Gracie Fields (1898 - 1979)

Boys Ferreting C19
Two boys set a ferret down a rabbit hole

Building a By-Pass
The sign reads By-Pass work suspended, owing to National Economy requirements, presumably due to the British Depression. Curiously, these men are still at work

Clofosco Mountains
Sennayoke, in the Dolomites. In the background is the Senna Group and in the foreground is the Clofosco range

Jumping a Picket Fence
A man in top hat & top boots out for a country ride gets his horse to jump a high picket fence

Federal Sentinel
On the banks of the Potomac river, a Federal picket keeps watch while his companions sleep. Across the river are the Confederate batteries

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