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200-inch observatory at Palomar, drawn by Russell Porter, 1938. ?The glass giant of Palomar? by David O Woodbury. 1940. pp.304-5 Date: 1938
Old Orkney WhiskeyOld Orkney advert showing a porter delivering luggage to a scotsman which is a giant bottle of whiskey 1905 1905
Porter Rockwell / CdvORRIN PORTER ROCKWELL American frontiersman, Utah pioneer and reputed Mormon Destroying Angel, photographed in June 1866
Ferryside Railway Station, Carmarthenshire, South WalesView of Ferryside Railway Station on the Great Western Railway, Carmarthenshire, South Wales. Probably taken from the footbridge across the tracks
Five adjacent pubs in Portsmouth, HampshirePortsmouth was a town of many wonders in 1911. One of them was the possession of five fully licensed houses standing next to each other
12458362Group photo, Claridges Hotel kitchen staff, Mayfair, London W1. Date: 1908
Trial of Anchors at the Royal Dockyard, Sheerness, July 1852Engraving of a trial of various anchor designs, held at the Royal Dockyard Sheerness, from the Illustrated London News, 17th July 1852
Group photo, Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, USAGroup photo of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They were an African-American a cappella ensemble who toured
Stone Asylum, Aylesbury, BuckinghamshireEntrance to the Buckinghamshire County Lunatic Asylum at Stone, near Aylesbury. A porter stands at the right of the gateway
Marie Lloyd / Oh Mr PorterOh Mr Porter, whatever shall I do ? - the celebrated music hall song, made famous by Marie Lloyd
Railway station at Malvern, Worcestershire (on the Worcester and Hereford Railway route). Now known as Great Malvern railway station, it opened in 1860. Date: circa 1860s
Clynderwen Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South WalesView of Clynderwen (or Clunderwen) Railway Station in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, on the Great Western Railway. Seven men and a boy stand in a line on the platform
Crossley and Porter Orphanage, Halifax, West YorkshireHalifaxs Crossley Orphanage was founded in 1864 by Joseph, John and Francis Crossley. The building was designed by John Hogg
Calthorpe Racing Car1908 Tourist Trophy Race, 24th Sept, Calthorpe 4-cylinder racing car. Known as the Four Inch Race because that was the maximum size of cylinder bore allowed for entry. Race heId on Isle of Man
Nellie Melba / 1904NELLIE MELBA (originally, Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano, probably in the role of Bizets Carmen
Westminster Abbey C18In the tranquil street before the abbey and St Margarets church, a sedan chair passes, a cripple begs, fruit sellers and a porter ply their trade, a boy bowls his hoop
Railway Sleeper - Crewe StationThe Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing railway porter at Crewe Station. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Aveling & Porter Steam Roller, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. Date: 1920s
Bramley Workhouse, Armley, LeedsThe porter stands in front of the Bramley Union Workhouse on Green Hill Road, Armley near Leeds. The building, opened in 1872, was designed by CS and AJ Nelson. C.1910s
Monolithic stele from Tiwanaku, La Paz, BoliviaImpressive monolithic stele from Tiwanaku (sometimes Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) - a important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia
Union Workhouse, Fir Vale, Sheffield, YorkshireThe gates of the Sheffield Union workhouse at Fir Vale in South Yorkshire, with the workhouse porter standing behind. The workhouse, on Smilter Lane (now Herries Road), was opened in 1880
Marie Lloyd - Oh Mr PorterMARIE LLOYD Music hall entertainer singing Oh! Mr Porter Date: 1870 - 1922
Aveling and Porter Steam Roller UR1881, built ca 1929, at Ferndown in Dorset. (Aveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steamroller (road roller) manufacturer
The Beard and Moustache Movement, John LeechThe Beard and Moustache Movement, cartoon in Punch by John Leech commenting on the fashion for large beards. Railway Guard: Now, ma am, is this your luggage
Vietnam - Children working as porters - SaigonVietnam - Children working as porters - at a Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) market. Date: circa 1910s
Aveling Porter Steamroller Outside Co-operative Shop, England. Date: 1900s
Market Reports Series - Country Ducks arrivingOne of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Country Ducks arrived in excellent condition. Date: 1903
Britannia and Eve magazine, March 1933Front cover illustration featuring an extremely glamorous lady wearing a bright orange coat with fur trims, a yellow hat with orange feather and holding a blue clutch bag
Union Workhouse, Bakewell, DerbyshireBakewell Union workhouse. The porter and two other men stand at the entrance, while another stands at the left near a wheelbarrow
Izmir (Smyrna) - Greek Porter / attendantA Greek Porter/attendant from Smyrna (modern Izmir), Turkey in traditional costume
Carrying sacks of Coffee, santos, BrazilCarrying sacks of Coffee to be put on a ship at Santos, Brazil, South America. The total weight of the sacks is 302 kg!
British Officers interrogating a prisoner, East Africa, 1916Photograph showing General Hannyngton and his intelligence officer (seated in chairs) interrogating an enemy porter (seated on floor) in German East Africa, 1916
Ladies Luggage on TrainThree ladies are about to set off on a railway journey, while the porter copes with their ample luggage
Nellie Melba / Faust RoleNELLIE MELBA (originally, Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano in the role of Marguerite in Faust
Nellie Melba / PostcardNELLIE MELBA (born Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano
Gene Stratton-PorterGENE (Geneva) STRATTON-PORTER (nee Stratton) American author of A girl of the limberlost and other writings mingling nature and sentiment
Man falling off a broken chair at a dinner party causing a servant to spill a soup tureen over him. Other guests shocked, servants amused. More Miseries
Group photo, Carlton Hotel kitchen staff, London, posing on the hotel roof in November 1908. Date: 1908
Lourdes - Praying at the Grotto and the BasilicaThree porters at the Piscines (Baths) - Lourdes, France. These gents were employed to assist the transportation of sick and disabled pilgrims to this site of miraculous healing where water from
Porter (Petherick)London characters: in these days of hatboxes, parasols, dressing cases and all, the STATION PORTER takes them from cab to train and puts them in the luggage rack for you
Thessaloniki - Street Traders and Foreign Military PersonnelStreet Traders, including a shoeshine boy, a cigarette seller and a porter - all finding plenty of cutom amongst the foreign troops staioned in Thessaloniki (Indian, French and British)
Thessaloniki, Greece - Street Porter Date: circa 1916
Pinafore / Programme 2Inside pages of the programme for the original production, naming George Grossmith as Sir Joseph Porter
Aveling & Porter Steam Roller BY2185 (msn 2185), built 1886, of Croydon Corporation, at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam Rally
Rubber Plantation - Malaysia - Overseer and Coolies. Date: circa 1910s
The Downs Sanatorium, Belmont, SuttonA uniformed porter stands at the entrance to the Downs Sanatorium, at Belmont, near Sutton, Surrey. The former childrens institution was converted for use as a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1912
Mrs Cole Porter at the Venice LidoLinda Lee Thomas (November 17, 1883 May 20, 1954), American socialite and the wife of musical theatre composer Cole Porter
Man carrying fruit on a pole, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Date: 1922