Pile Collection (page 5)

Air crash investigation sniffer dog
Rusty the Alsatian, an air crash investigation sniffer dog, searches a vast pile of wreckage for the vital black box (flight data recorder), following a plane crash. Date: 1960s

Air crash investigator at work
An air crash investigator at work in an indoor location with pieces of wreckage from a plane crash set out on the floor. Date: 1960s

Happy Families - Master Dough. circa 1940s

Gibbs Happy Families - Mr Bun the Baker. 20th century

Finland. Helsinki. Johan Ludvig Runebergs memorial. By Walt
Finland. Helsinki. Monument dedicated to the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804-1877). Statue by his son Walter Runeberg (1838-1920). Erected in 1885. Esplanadi Park

Saint Blaise statue. Dubrovnik. Croatia
Saint Blaise statue at the gateway to the medieval district. Pile Gate. Dubrovnik. Croatia

Fort de France, Martinique, West Indies
Quays at Fort de France, capital of Martinique, West Indies. Date: circa 1914

Japanese outdoor auction - Fabric and Carpets being sold off by the look of it... Date: circa 1910s

Music cover, Shells of Ocean or I Wander d on the Sea Beat Shore, a song written and inscribed to P Fraser Esq by J W Lake, with music by J W Cherry. circa 1850s

Five children at a table on a Christmas card -- Health and Good Cheer. What matter tho the feast be small, the heartier welcome give to all. Date: circa 1890s

A Pile of Rice
A pile of white long grain rice. Date: 1960s

NY Cycle Race Accident
During the 100 kilometre race at New York, a nasty pile-up occurs involving several riders. Date: August 1923

Rail Crash Near Belper
Near Belper, Derbyshire, a goods train goes off the rails at a bridge, the wagons go down the embankment and pile up on the riverbed. Date: November 1859

Sorting Laundry
A young housewife sorts out a pile of laundry. Date: 1940s

Girl with Presents
A woman wearing a white fur hat carries a pile of Christmas presents. Date: 1960s

Small Girl Carries Books
A little girl attempts to carry a pile of enormous books past a baby sleeping in a cradle. The books, some of which look like hollow shells, topple onto the floor. Date: circa 1890

SKULLS / 1841
SKULLS i) A Greek skull resting on a pile of books ii) An elongated skull from Titicaca Date: 1841

SMITHs CARPET LOOM 1862
Smiths Power-Loom for weaving tufted pile carpets. (Exhibited at the 1862 Exhibition, London). Date: 1862

Scene in a timber yard, Devon
Scene in a timber yard in Devon, with a man standing on a pile of tree trunks, and another tree trunk being lifted above him. In the foreground are piles of cut planks. Date: circa 1960s

Man in timber yard, sawing tree trunk, Devon
Man in a timber yard, sawing a tree trunk, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Two cherubs with flowers on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Kitten with letters on a New Year card
Kitten with letters, envelopes and an inkpot on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

White cat on a Christmas card, watching two fish and a frog in a goldfish bowl. Date: circa 1890s

Three monkeys and a cat on a Christmas card
Three monkeys and a cat with books on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Construction worker relaxes against bags of cement, Eccles
A construction worker relaxes against bags of Ribble Cement at a building site in Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1977

Children play on mattresses in Patricroft, Eccles
Children playing on a pile of abandoned mattresses in Patricroft, Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1978

View from Manchester bookshop
The circular door handles of a Manchester bookshop echo the wheels of a bicycle out in the street, leaning against a parking meter near the old Alitalia airline office

Cartoon, In trouble, WW1
Cartoon, In trouble, showing a draper with a pile of cloth. He claims to be as patriotic as the next person, but is wondering whether he should dye his stock in grey-green (the German uniform colour)

Serving boy carries pile of folded napkins - Colmans Starch
A serving boy carrying a teetering pile of folded napkins, held in place due to the effectiveness of Colmans Starch. Date: 19th century

Cat Island Lighthouse, Mississippi coast, USA
Cat Island Lighthouse, a square, screw-pile structure off the Mississippi coast, USA. Designed to guide shipping through the Mississippi Sound

Bindery, National Cash Register Works, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Women at work in the Bindery of the National Cash Register Works, Dayton, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1910

Boys playing with junk, Balham, SW London
Three boys playing with junk in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

WW2 birthday card, dog cartoon
WW2 birthday card (inside), cartoon by Richardson, a dog inside its kennel with sandbags piled up all around. Date: circa 1942

Piles of oyster shells, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Piles of oyster shells at Hampton, Virginia, USA, with boats in the foreground. Date: circa 1905

Boys with bent wheel, Balham, SW London
Three boys looking at a bent wheel on a pile of junk in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Children on a mattress, Balham, SW London
Children sitting on a mattress on top of a pile of rubbish in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Children playing with junk, Balham, SW London
A group of children playing with junk in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

WW1 cartoon, Somme Post Office, showing business as usual with a pile of mailbags. Cartoon by H. H. Knight. Date: 1916

Boys on a mattress, Balham, SW London
Four boys lying on a mattress on top of a pile of rubbish in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boys on a pile of rubbish, Balham, SW London
Boys on a pile of rubbish in a Balham street, SW London. Perhaps it has been stacked up ready for bonfire night! Date: circa 1961

Boy playing with junk, Balham, SW London
A little boy playing on a pile of junk in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Peru. Lima. Engraving
Lima in 1850. Engraving

Switzerland - The Rhine Bridge at Constance
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Old Rhine Bridge in Konstanz, Germany. The modern day bridge is a combined road and railway bridge and was built in 1938

India - Fitting on bangles and bracelets, Fyzabad
Black and white. Next to a crouching figure, there is a young girl with a nose ring sitting and holding a baby. Behind her is a large pile of bracelets which seem to be strung together into large

Finnish boy scout writing in a notebook
Finnish boy scout sitting on a pile of wood, writing in a notebook. He wears a khaki uniform with a pale blue scarf, and a skull cap of sky blue crossed with white

Suffragette Arson Wargrave. Crowds gather outside St. Marys Church, Wargrave, Berkshire to see the damage caused by fire on 1st June 1914

Fire station staff in meal break, London, WW2
Fire station staff having a meal supplied from a mobile canteen van in a school playground in London during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Gas explosion, Godliman Street, City of London
Results of a gas explosion in Godliman Street, City of London, on 4 August 1939, with firefighters in action with hosepipes. Date: 1939

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