Pit Collection (page 9)

Brick making clay pit - Rangoon - Deep clay pits with sweating Indians carrying up baskets of the rich clay on their heads, . Date: 1952

Gillette - Wyoming - Dak Coal Mine - an open pit lignite coal mine, where we could go to the rim and look down. Date: 1952

The Redcoat
People You See. From Teddy Bear (5 September 1970)

Le pied de Nez de Milord Pit. Cartoon shows Napoleon I, wearing laurel wreath and ermine robe, pulls down one side of scale which lifts two frightened monarchs on the other side off the ground; in

Rosedale Mines, North Yorkshire - Ironstone Working
Rosedale Mines, North York Moors, North Yorkshire - Ironstone Working Mines - 1856-1926. Date: circa 1920s

Bear pit, Berne, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Great snow pit, partial view, Riesengebirge, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Great snow pit from below, Riesengebirge, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The pit and the pendulum. Illustration shows a man labeled Consumer tied to a bed with cords labeled Graft Tariff, watches as a pendulum labeled Cost of Living with a sharp blade afixed to the bottom

Theatre going: audience in the pit
A theatre audience enjoying a performance from the view of the pit. Date: c.1850

Swithland Slate Quarry, Leicestershire
Sketch of Swithland Slate Quarry, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Scene from banned play, La Vierge Folle

Five polar bears on holiday at London Zoo
Visitors to London Zoo in 1911 were attracted to the bear pits where five young performing bears, the property of Doris del Monte of Copenhagen, were spending a weeks holiday

Ochre Pit Cove - Newfoundland and Labrador. Indigenous peoples from all parts of Newfoundland came to gather ochre from this cove to make up red face paints. Date: circa 1910s

Burradon Colliery mining disaster
Report in the Illustrated London News, 10th March 1860, describing the terrible coal mining accident which occurred on 2nd March of that year at Burradon Colliery near Newcastle when a fatal

Dont Go down Mine - 1
DON T GO DOWN THE MINE, DAD a boy tells his father that he has had a dream of a pit on fire... Date: circa 1900

The Cock Pit, Eton
The Cock Pit, High Street, Eton, Berkshire, England, which dates back to the early 15th century. Date: established 1420

Miners - Ironwood, Michigan - Lowered into pit. Date: circa 1910s

Bears in a bear pit, Paris
Bears in a bear pit in Paris, with people watching from above. 19th century

Nine Mile Point Colliery, Newport, Monmouthshire
At Nine Mile Point Colliery, Newport, relatives and friends wait at the pit-head for news of the miners who are taking part in a stay-in strike below ground. Date: circa 1936

Rattle Snake / Nest Attack
A rattle snake (or pit-viper) climbs a tree and attacks a nest, much to the distress of the two adult birds whose eggs are in the nest. Date: circa 1850

Poe / Tales / Pit & Pendulum
THE PIT & THE PENDULUM Before the inquisitors; " I saw them fashion the syllables of my name". Date: First published: 1842

Victoria Park / Sandpit
VICTORIA PARK. The sand pit. Date: 1900

Greenhouse with manure pit
A greenhouse with a manure pit filled with compost in 18th century France. Date: circa 1760

Scene of mine disaster at Wellington Pit
The under-seas tomb of over a hundred men. The scene of the great mine disaster at Whitehaven: Wellington Pit, which extends five miles under the Irish Sea

Chalked message at Wellington Pit
The Wellington Pit explosion and fire at Whitehaven on 11th May 1910 was one of Britains worst mining disasters in which 136 men and boys lost their lives

Bank Hall Colliery, Mining
Bank Hall Colliery, Burnley, Lancashire, England. Study of an Italian migrant worker, fresh from the pit face

Workman with tram, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A workman pushing a tram loaded with large slabs of slate, at the Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

End of shift, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
Scene at the end of a days shift at the Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. Quarrymen climb a 360 foot wooden ladder out of the slate pit

Comic holiday photograph, taken in Bournemouth
A comic holiday photograph, taken in Bournemouth, showing a middle aged mans head on top of a drawing of a baby in a shallow bathtub

Coalface workers, Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South Wales
Two coalface workers at Baldwins Level, near Pontypool, South Wales

Miner cutting coal in a narrow seam, South Wales
A miner undercutting or holing the coal in a narrow seam, Plas y Coed Level, South Wales. A solitary candle provides him with light

Rent, Profit and Interest, supported by two miners
A propaganda cartoon by W E Jones, made for his father to use while campaigning for support for the Miners Union. It shows three plump gentlemen representing Rent, Profit and Interest

View of a colliery, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
View of a colliery in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

Board of Guardians election leaflet, South Wales
A Board of Guardians election leaflet, urging the electorate to vote only for Jones and Morgan. Jabez Jones (the father of W E Jones) is pictured on the right

Artists impression of a colliery explosion
An artists impression of a colliery explosion caused by firedamp, used in lectures on mining, taken from the Illustrated London News

Miners at Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South Wales
A group of miners from the morning shift pose for their photo in a coal seam at Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South Wales

Collapsed roof, Llanerch Colliery, South Wales
View of a collapsed roof at Llanerch Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. Some of the thick wooden props have broken

Miners in shaft lift, Llanerch Colliery, South Wales
Miners standing in a shaft lift at Llanerch Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Neglected boy from a South Wales mining district
A neglected boy from a South Wales mining district. Images like this were copied by W E Jones for his father to use while campaigning for support for the Miners Union

Model boat sailing club, near Pontypool, South Wales
A Sunday model boat sailing club, meeting at Furnace Pond near Pontypool in South Wales

Woman suffering the effects of poverty, South Wales
A woman in despair, suffering the effects of poverty in South Wales. This photograph, entitled Poverty, was used to illustrate talks designed to raise support for the South Wales Miners Federation

Main haulage track, Tirpentwys Colliery, South Wales
A miner stands alongside the main haulage track or road at Tirpentwys Colliery, near Pontypool in South Wales

Female surface workers queueing, South Wales
A line of female surface workers queueing up at a mine in South Wales, probably for their wages

Production and Plunder, campaigning statistics
A slide entitled Production & Plunder, used for a lecture about the South Wales Miners Federation. Statistics are listed, comparing the royalties on the use of coal on the luxury steamer

Two women emptying a coal truck at a mine in South Wales

Entrance to Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South Wales
View of the entrance to Baldwins Level near Pontypool in South Wales

Coal screening machine, Llanerch Colliery, South Wales
View of a jigger or coal screening machine at Llanerch Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

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