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Horse-drawn harvesterTwo shire horses pull a farmer sitting asride an basic harvesting machine. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
London - Billingsgate Fish Market - Standing amid the catchOh My Cod! London - Billingsgate Fish Market - Standing amid the catch. Date: circa 1908
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
Mental Cruelty by H. M. BatemanA banks customer struggles to control his reactions at seeing piles of money being handled by the staff behind the counter
Covent Garden MarketCOVENT GARDEN A view of the market setting up early in the morning with piles of crates and sacks lying around. Date: Spring, circa 1930
Clamping Turf in a Fermanagh Peat Bog - a view of a group of workers stacking turf into piles over the peat bog. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Fermanagh). Date: circa early 1900s
Melon Market, Naples (Napoli), Italy. Date: 1899
Greens Motors charabanc outing, Haverfordwest, South WalesA Greens Motors charabanc outing, with five charabancs in total, makes its way through the streets of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
The Hay crop from Suttons Grass SeedsA promotional postcard for Suttons Seeds, Reading - showing women harvesting the hay crop, grown from Suttons Grass seeds
Playing a piano amid the destruction - The BlitzOne of the men working on debris clearance in London succeeded in wresting a tune from this battered piano - circa late 1940
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
Hunstanton beach, Norfolk - 2A woman walks her two dogs on the deserted beach at Hunstanton, Norfolk Date: 1990
General view of Nome, Alaska, USAGeneral aerial view of Nome, Alaska, USA, in winter. Date: circa 1910
Damascus, Syria - Ancient Walls (St. Pauls escape)Damascus, Syria - Ancient Wall - connected (in some way) to the flight of Saint Paul, forced to flee the city under the cover of night after explosive reactions from Jews opposed to his teachings
Laundry at National Childrens Home, Harpenden, HertsGirls iron and fold clean washing in the laundry at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Ottoman Empire Views (2 / 5)Cabinet de Toilet in an Arab Bath house
Staging for the continuation of the Breakwater at Holyhead. Date: 1853
Africa - Gathering Coconuts - Donkey PanniersEast Africa - Gathering Coconuts - Donkey Panniers. Date: 1997
Pedro Martir Veciana (Pere Martir Veciana i Civit) (les Piles, 1705-Madrid, 1763). He was commander of the Squadrons of Catalonia from 12 February 1736 to 10 April 1763
Bagging Salt, Aden, Yemen. Date: circa late 1940s
Flying Tips: Keep your machine well in hand, and get up good speed along the ground before attempting to rise. Date: 1911
View of the Cyclopean Islands, Catania, Sicily, 1822Piles of hexagonal basaltic columns making up the Cyclopean Islands, Catania, Sicily. South of the volcano Mount Etna. Vue des iles des Cyclopes vis a vis de la Ville de Gatane
The Mills on the River Marne at Meaux, FranceThe Mills, built on wooden piles on the River Marne at Meaux in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Ile-de-France region in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. Date: circa 1900
Archangel, Russia - The Surkow & Shergold Timber Deal YardArkhangelsk (Archangel), Russia - The Surkow & Shergold Timber Deal Yard
Richard Sickert and wife in his litter-ary studioWalter Richard Sickert and his wife seen in his studio at Broadstairs, the state of which brings new meaning to the word, untidy. Date: 1938
Straw hats return to favour in 1930 - factory in LutonStraw hats return to favour
The Salt Works, Aden, Yemen - a line of wagons pulled along railway tracks by a camel circa 1920s
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
Loaves were brought from all the bakers, by Muriel BainesIllustration, Loaves were brought from all the bakers, by Muriel Baines Date: 20th century
Wood for cremations, Benares (Varanasi), IndiaWood piled up in preparation for cremations at Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s
Sorting through old clothes in Londons East EndSorting through old clothes on a stall in a market in Londons East End. Date: circa 1950s
WW1 - Attack on London - St. Batholomew the Greatcirca 1910s
Rose-combed Dorking cock, Gallus gallus domesticus, John Martins Champion, cups at Stroud and Newport 1870, Cheltenham Southampton and Crystal Palace 1871, Dublin 1872
Putting up flood barricades, Bermondsey, LondonPutting up sandbags as flood barricades in Rotherhithe Street, Bermondsey, London. 1928
Base Post Office near fighting lines, WW1A Base Post Office on the Western Front near fighting lines, 31 October 1914, First World War. 1914
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
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
The Bazaars, Cairo, Egyptcirca 1910s
Roquefort - Cheese Manufacture - Aveyon - France - The Caves. Date: circa 1910s
Building a Cofferdam, Thames Embankment Improvements 1866Cutting of piles which formed a cofferdam, during the Thames Embankment improvements of 1866. Date: 1866
INDIAN CLOTH MERCHANTA white European woman looks carefully through piles of fabrics, brought to her home by a cloth merchant in colonial India. Date: 1930s
AUSTRALIAN WOOL SCHOOLThe Wool Room at a Technical College in Sydney Australia, where students learn how to shear sheep, etc. Date: early 1930s
Westman Islands, Iceland - Puffin Catching. Date: circa 1903
Hunstanton beach, Norfolk - 1Two people excercise their dogs on the beach at Hunstanton, Norfolk, England. In the foreground are wooden piles and the picture is taken into the light Date: 1990
Bait digging, Lorient, FranceA man digs bait at low tide amidst the rotting wooden piles on a beach near Lorent, Brittany, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988
The De-Lousing Establishment at Samsun, TurkeyThe De-Lousing Establishment/Station/Building at Samsun, Turkey Date: 1923
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
Djibouti - Charcoal Depot at the Port. Date: 1920
Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - LaundryStaff stand amongst piles of washing in the laundry at Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum
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
East Africa - Eritrea - Massawa - Salt Flats at Gherar Date: circa 1910s
Fitting of Metropolitan Police uniform, south east LondonA Metropolitan Police officer is fitted with his uniform at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London. There are rows of helmets and piles of clothes on counter tops
Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Votes for WomenA girl sneaks in to the offices of the militant suffragettes to see piles of newspapers, hammers, whips and stones. All part of the W.S.P.Us arsenal
Princes Dock - Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay) - commissioned in 1880. Date: circa 1910s
Forest lumber works, Western Front, France, WW1Forest lumber works on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
People in a bomb damaged street during WW2People in a bomb damaged street in Germany during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s
A Nomadic family group from Turkmenistan - inside their yurtA Nomadic family group from Turkmenistan - inside their fantastic yurt, seemingly piled high with blankets and trade goods. Date: circa 1905
Wood Market - Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa - a scarce commodity in the arid desert landscape of Central Mali. Date: circa 1910s
Making Mud Bricks, Cyprus Date: circa 1910s
Chernivtsi - Ukraine - Ringplatz - Pardini HoheChernivtsi - Ukraine - the entire eastern section of the Ringplatz (Piata Unirii, Central Square) known as Pardini H(Pardini height) until Second World War
GLC-LFB Refuse collection strike and rubbish firesThe extended refuse collection strike in the early 1970s resulted in piles of rubbish and uncollected waste lying for weeks in London streets
Perfumerie Bruno Court at Grasse, France. Sorting through roses at long benches. A vertitable riot of colour and aroma
Cut turf and donkeys - IrelandPiles of cut turf and a group of donkeys, Lough Shindilla, Connemara, Co Galway
The Reis Telephone systemThe Reis Telephone System (developed by Johann Philipp Reis, 1834 - 1874), demonstrated to the Physical Society in Frankfurt in 1861. Reis speaker worked by magnetostriction
Bombed Bath - St. Andrews Church DamagedThe centre of Bath, the view from Julian Road showing bomb damage to St. Andrews Church (left) after a German air raid - circa August 1940"
Interior of a Hungarian Peasant houseSuperb photographic postcard depicting the interior of a Hungarian Peasant house, showing the piles of clean linen and bedding, folding benches, religious pictures adorning the whitewashed walls
Susi - with piles of toys and presents, looking thoroughly exhausted by it all. 1950s
Walking on frozen water beneath Niagara Falls, USA Date: circa 1890
Hands counting money, notes and coinsHands counting money -- 10 notes, 5 notes, 1 coins and 50p coins. Date: circa 1980s
The Aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake of 18th April 1906, showing devastated and burnt-out buildings, many reduced to piles of rubble
Susi - with Christmas items. 1950s
The Reef, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South AfricaThe Reef (looking west), Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, with mining dumps (Robinson Deep) in the middle distance. Date: circa 1930
Cyanide dumps, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South AfricaCyanide dumps from mining, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1930
Mine dumps, Witwatersrand, Transvaal, South Africa. circa 1930s
Vietnam - Commercial Quay, Saigon circa 1906
General view of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, around the time of the Empire Exhibition, showing a football ground, the offices of British General Electric
Indian Sweet Shop Date: circa 1910s
The Netherlands experienced no shortage during WW1Poor Little Neighbour
Elephant piling Teak - Myanmar. Date: circa 1910s
Itsukushima (Miyajima) Shrine - Hatsukaichi, JapanFront view of the Prindile Temple (old term) at the Itsukushima (Miyajima) Shrine - Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Date: circa 1908
Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, JapanKiyomizu dera, officially Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera - an independent Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. Date: circa 1910s
Japanese outdoor auction - Fabric and Carpets being sold off by the look of it... Date: circa 1910s