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WWI - Battle of Champagne - Spent shell casingsWWI - Spent shell cases from just one battery after the first day of the Battle of Champagne (25th-30th September 1915) Date: 1915
Covent Garden 1905Covent Garden : horse-drawn carts and wagons arrive, piled high with fruit and vegetables for the dining tables of London
Gathering Seaweed at Le Hocq, Jersey, Channel Islands - the principle growing agent for the famed Jersey Royal Potatoes, although used less these days. Date: circa 1910s
Blitz in London -- salvaged mail, Calthorpe Street, WW2Blitz in London -- following the bombing of Mount Pleasant Post Office on 18 June 1943, salvaged mail was temporarily piled up in nearby Calthorpe Street. Date: 1943
Melon Market, Naples (Napoli), Italy. Date: 1899
Mays Stores / Shepherd MktShepherd Market, Mayfair, previously the site of the May Fair from which the district takes its name. It was laid out in c.1735 by architect Edward Shepherd
American Samoa - Pago Pago - production of copraPago Pago, Capital of American Samoa - the cultivation of Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) for the production of copra, the dried flesh of the coconut
Straw hats return to favour in 1930 - factory in LutonStraw hats return to favour! Luton, the centre of the straw hat industry had suffered from lean years since 1914; khaki was the wear of choice until 1918
Men at work with paving stones and bricks near docks, UKMen at work in a storage area, surrounded by piles of paving stones and bricks near docks, somewhere in the UK. Date: circa 1910s
Bales of cotton, ready for shipment - USA. Date: circa 1911
Ottoman Empire. Turkish books. Engraving by Lemaitre. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840
RMS Queen Mary, coils of chains piled under hullRMS Queen Mary, coils of chains piled under the hull to check progress down the slipway Date: 1930s
Wood for cremations, Benares (Varanasi), IndiaWood piled up in preparation for cremations at Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s
The Defenders of Rorke's Drift at daybreak, 23rd January 187Dead Zulus piled up against sandbanks and fortifications, British officers with rifles and bayonets standing above them, perpetrating the myth that Rorke's Drift was an important victory
SAN FRANCISCO DEBRISThe first consequences of the quake - streets piled high with debris, buildings in danger of collapse, horses pulling wagons and carriages lying dead among the rubble Date: April 1906
Timber stacked at the docks awaiting transportation. Date: circa 1930s
Bushels of oyster shells at Hampton, Virginia, USA200, 000 bushels of oyster shells piled up at Hampton, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1915
Haitian InsurrectionInsurrection at Haiti, an insurgent camp at the suburb market of the town of Cap-Haitien during the various political struggles that occurred in Haiti at the time
Postcard booklet, workers cutting sugar cane, USAPostcard booklet, workers cutting, shocking and stocking in the sugar cane fields, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937
Postcard booklet, making syrup, Dixieland, USAPostcard booklet, making syrup for hot cakes in the open air, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937
Man pulling a loaded cart, Paris, FranceMan pulling a loaded cart across a road in Paris, France. Date: 1960s
Piled High with ShoppingA woman has been very busy shopping, so much so that her helper is hidden under a pile of parcels. 1920s
Albatros L. 72c Albis D-1140Albatros L.72c Albis D-1140 (msn 10108) of the Hamburger Fremdenblatt newspaper. The L.72 was most likely studied as a bomber during the early secret German rearmament programs
In the folding room, busy workers checking, sorting and putting in order the pages, of the weekly Graphic, before it is sent out to the general public. Date: 1881
Macaroon Folly Creation Date: 1935
Pancake Scramble watched by Royal Family, Westminster SchoolIn March 1919, the Royal Family went to Westminster School to see the famous scramble for the largest piece of the pancake tossed by the chef and to hand the winner a sovereign
HAULING WOOD, MINNESOTAhauling wood in Minnesota. This enormous stack of logs is piled (how, one wonders ?) onto a sledge which is dragged over the ice by a team of four horses. Date: 1893
Algiers, Algeria - Quarried stone on floating barges in the harbour, awaiting export. Date: circa 1910s
Hop Picking in Kent - Loading Pockets for Market - the writing on the pockets would suggest these were destined for a brewery in Leeds. Date: circa 1906
Amphorae pots, Djerba, TunisiaStacked earthenware pots or amphorae on market stall, Djerba, Tunisia Date: 1987
Blitz in London -- Taylors Depository, SouthwarkBlitz in London -- furniture removed from Taylors Great Central Depository in St Georges Road, Southwark, on 31 January 1941, and piled up in the street
Bomb damaged street during WW2A bomb damaged street in Germany during the Second World War, with rubble piled up on either side of the road. Date: circa 1940s
Street vendor, corner of Cuartel Street, Havana, CubaStreet vendor with linen piled up on a handcart, at the corner of Cuartel Street, Havana, Cuba. Date: circa 1915
Lowdham Grange Borstal Institution - Woodworking shopWoodworking shop at Lowdham Grange Borstal Institution, near Nottingham. One boy is sawing wood while another talks to a member of staff. Wood is piled high. Date: circa 1945
The Channel Islands - Landing on Guernsey - Quayside - people, wagons piled with goods. Part of Box 234 Boswell Collection - The Channel Islands Date: circa 1900
VAD Hospital stores, Quex HouseThe Billiard Room of Quex House was used as the Hospital Stores during the War. Two VAD nurses are seated either side of a table. One is sewing, the other is writing
Patient in Bed 29 Quex Park VAD HospitalPhotograph of a patient (name unkown) in Bed 29 in C Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital during the First World War. The man has suffered a severe wound to his right hand or arm
Heavily-laden and crowded coach, c. 1820A crowded coach, heavily-laden with suitcases, trunks and parcels, prepares to depart from a street, c.1820 Date: C.1820
Serving boy carries pile of folded napkins - Colmans StarchA serving boy carrying a teetering pile of folded napkins, held in place due to the effectiveness of Colmans Starch. Date: 19th century
WW1 - American Artillery Troops at front with 75mm cannon Date: 1918
WW2 birthday card, dog cartoonWW2 birthday card (inside), cartoon by Richardson, a dog inside its kennel with sandbags piled up all around. Date: circa 1942
Oil palm fruits are piled on a road-side along one of the oil-palm plantations (Elaeis guineensis). Labuk Bay, Sabah, Borneo; Malaysia; June
A BibliophileA gentleman bibliophile receives his latest books, delivered to him by a servant, the books piled high on a wheelbarrow. Date: circa 1845
Packs turned into a shelter, Western Front, WW1Packs 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
The Port of Balaklava, Crimea, 1855Engraving showing the port of Balaklava with sentries in the foreground, warmly dressed in boots and thick coats, during the Crimean War, 1855
Ver-o-peso market - Belem, BrazilVer-o-peso market - a market hall in Belem, Brazil located at Guajara Bay riverside. A Heavy load of goods on a large horse-drawn wagon. Date: 1930s
Hatter (18th c. ). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠Hatter (18th c.). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠
Rice - paddy threshing - Rangoon - Three white bullocks with a driver walked in a never-ending circle, around and around on the piled paddy, walking the grains out