Pile Collection (page 7)

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

Clothing - Air Raid Victims - Queen Elizabeth & Lady Reading
Inspecting a clothes distribution scheme for Air Raid victims (which have arrived in Britain from New Zealand) - a visit by Queen Elizabeth & Eva Violet Isaacs (neaMond), Marchioness of Reading

WW1 - Palestine - Destruction of Nebi Samuel Mosque by Turks
WW1 - Palestine - Destruction of Nebi Samuel Mosque (An-Nabi Samwil also al-Nabi Samuil - The Tomb of Samuel) by Turks in 1917 - this act of sacrilege allegedly cost the lives of many Muslims

Chinese Timber Yard. Date: circa late 1920s

China - Mule-powered Rotary grain mill - Village Community
China - Mule-powered Rotary grain mill - Rural village Community Date: circa 1910s

Memorial to Otto von Bismarck at the Feldberg, Germany
Memorial to Count Otto von Bismarck at the Feldberg, on the Seebuck Peak, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany (in the Black Forest (Schwarzwald)). Date: circa 1904

National Gymnastics Competition Caen, Parallel and High bars
National Gymnastics Competition Caen, competitors competing on the Parallel and High bars (in synchronised performance). Note the safety mat is actually a large pile of soft sand! Date: 1911

Belgrade, Serbia - Damage to houses on Knez Mihailova Street
WW1 - Belgrade, Serbia - Damage from shells fired by Austrian Monitor Boats on the Danube and Sava River - July/August 1914 to houses on Knez Mihailova Street or Prince Mihailo Street

Thessaloniki, Greece - Jewish Fruit Sellers Date: circa 1910s

Turfing on the Somerset levels. This bears the caption: " The weather is terrible with rain, snow, thunder etc." - rather a neat link to 99 years later

200, 000 bushels of Oyster Shells, Hampton, Virginia, USA - adjoining an oyster packing plant Date: 1914

St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada - Sealer unloading catch
Wharf at St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada - Sealer unloading catch. Date: 1902

Mexico - Street Hat and basket vendor. Date: circa 1907

Bogota, Colombia - Basket Market (Plaza de las Cruces)
Plaza de las Cruces (Square of the Crosses), Bogota, Colombia - Basket Market. Date: circa 1920s

Guide at the summit of Snaefell Mountain, Isle of Man - 2034ft above sea level. Date: 1907

Helen Hunt Jacksons Grave - Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, USA. Two inset pictures show her home and a small portrait. Helen Hunt Jackson is famous as the author of " Ramona"

Damascus, Syria - Wheat Seller Date: circa 1910s

Bermuda - Post Office and Sessions House
Bermuda, a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean - the Post Office and Sessions House. Date: circa 1908

Bermuda - Packing Onions
Packing onions into wooden crayes ready for international export - Bermuda. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 poster, Scrap Heap
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Scrap Heap -- When you scrap a job, you scrap all the labour thats gone on it. Please don t add to the heap! Date: circa 1942

Hatter (18th c. ). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠
Hatter (18th c.). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠

Vegetables for Soup
A pile of fresh vegetables, including cabbage, cauliflower, onions, celery, etc. ready to be made into a pan of vegetable soup. Date: early 1930s

Hungarian miners wife bringing home coal for the stove from slate pile. Coal camp, Chaplin, West Virginia. Date 1938 Sept

African Americans dancing around a pile of watermelons. Date c1900

Colorado. The round up, grub pile Colorado. The round up, gr
Colorado. The round up, grub pile. Date between 1898 and 1905

Syenite Rocks, Old John Hill, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of Syenite Rocks at the foot of Old John Hill near Bradgate Park Plantation, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Piles of Bags of Wheat - Argentina. It is almost as if the construction of the sacks was a mimic of a great building!! Date: 1906

Kaiser Wilhelm appeals to Queen Alexandra
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany appeals to Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, who sits atop the vast wealth of the British Empire

TEEING OFF
A golfer about to tee off in the grounds of his stately pile. Date: 1966

New Zealand howitzer battery moving shells, WW1
Men of a New Zealand howitzer battery moving a supply of shells during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Boys playing cricket
The boys play cricket, ignoring Jack Sparrows request for help. Date: 1937

Earthquake at Samaxi, Azerbaijan
The 8th century Juma Mosque in ruins following the earthquake to hit Samaxi, Azerbaijan in 1902. Throughout its history eleven major earthquakes have hit Samaxi

Paris, France - pile of artillery pieces in a mound
A mound of artillery pieces in a very symbolic gesture of abandonment of the war effort at the final closure of World War One in 1918

Civil Service Christmas Fair - Ministry of Health
Toys collected for Childrens Charities at the Civil Service Christmas Fair - Ministry of Health section. An incredible assemblage! Date: circa 1930s

Wood Stack for Charcoal Burning
A wood stack assembled prior to burning to create charcoal. The carefully layered stack was covered in sods and burned very slowly

Pile of elk horns - Yellowstone National Park
Pile of elk horns in front of the post office - Yellowstone National Park. Date: circa 1910

Captured weapons in Villers-Cotterets, France, WW1
Allied soldiers looking at piles of captured German weapons in the main square of Villers-Cotterets, northern France, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 27 July 1918

French couple in romantic scene
A French couple in a romantic scene, in evening dress. He is kissing her neck while she leans on a pile of cushions. Date: early 20th century

Gretna Green Anvil and Richard Rennison
Richard Rennison - the Gretna Green Anvil Priest 1926 - 1940, pictured with books recording over 2000 marriages overseen at the Old Blacksmiths Shop at Gretna in seven years

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