Pile Collection (page 6)

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

Blitz in City of London -- Newgate Street, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- a group of firefighters in action in Newgate Street with a hosepipe, perched on a pile of rubble. Date: 1940s

Books stacked on staircase, London SE15
Books indiscriminately stacked on a staircase between first and second floors, discovered during a four-pump fire in Lyndhurst Grove, London SE15, on 27 January 1963. Date: 1963

Interior of a mobile kitchen, WW2
Interior of a mobile kitchen, looking towards the rear, 25 August 1941. Date: 1941

Bomb damage and crater, Petherton Road, London, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage and a crater in Petherton Road, North London, 2 July 1944. A salvage operation took place, pumping out flooded basements. Date: 1944

Couplings and other equipment
A pile of couplings and other equipment

A Bibliophile
A gentleman bibliophile receives his latest books, delivered to him by a servant, the books piled high on a wheelbarrow. Date: circa 1845

Boy and dog, Selworthy, Somerset
Boy and dog outside a picturesque thatched cottage at Selworthy, Somerset

Lady Quilter with pile of comforts for troops, WW1
The Hon. Lady Quilter of Methersgate Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk, pictured standing next to a pile of scarves, shirts and other pieces of clothing made by her cottagers

Christmas Puddings for the Front
Mrs Buckley of Birmingham, the wife of Captain Frank Buckley of the 17th Middlesex Regiment, with her impressive pile of 420 hand-cooked Christmas puddings for Birmingham soldiers at the front

Timber stack on quayside, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

German stores left behind, Western Front, WW1
German stores of bombs, helmets and other items left behind when they were driven out of Pierre St Divion on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Two British soldiers chat with millers daughter, WW1
Two British soldiers chat with the local millers daughter on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldier sitting at roadside, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier sitting on wickerwork shell containers at the side of a road on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German ammunition left behind, Morval, France, WW1
German ammunition left behind following abandonment of Morval, France, on the Western Front during World War One. The shells can be seen inside their wickerwork protective covering. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers with shells, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers with a large stack of shells on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Hot Work! by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl sits on a mound of sand on the beach, and chats with her pet dog. Date: 1949

Unloading lumber, San Pedro, California, USA. Date: 20th century

British artillerymen sorting shells, Western Front, WW1
British artillerymen sorting shells in the snow on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Packs turned into a shelter, Western Front, WW1
Packs belonging to members of a battalion piled up to form a shelter on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Man at the seaside
A man at the seaside, sitting on what is probably a pier. His coat and hat can be seen at his side. (The woman in the previous picture is probably the photographer.) (2 of 2)

Woman at the seaside
A woman at the seaside, sitting on what is probably a pier. A mans coat and hat can be seen at her side, no doubt belonging to the photographer (see next picture). (1 of 2)

Notices in a bartering shop
Notices in English and German in the window of a bartering shop. A pile of long-playing records can be seen on the right. Date: circa 1940s

Waterside scene with jetty, houses and church, Scotland
A waterside scene in Scotland with a jetty, houses and a church. Barrels can be seen piled up on the left

Page boy carrying books
Illustration on Library List booklet, depicting a little page boy in yellow, carrying a pile of books

Cover design, Library List, showing an elderly man and a young woman in a library, selecting books

Men in a timber workshop
Men at work in a timber workshop. A pile of newly made crutches can be seen in the foreground. Date: circa 1940s

Man in a timber workshop
Man at a workbench in a timber workshop. A pile of newly made crutches can be seen in the foreground. Date: circa 1940s

Bringing home some jumbo spuds
A farmer brings home a splendid crop of giant potatoes.... Date: circa 1910s

Making Xmas Stockings
Two factory girls making a huge pile of Christmas stockings! Date: early 1930s

Turtles for Soup
A pile of turtles ready to be made into turtle soup. Date: early 1930s

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