Porter Collection (page 10)

Left Luggage
Oh, Mr Porter, what shall we do? Mummys off to Birmingham And left us in Crewe Bundled in a barrow, Crying out our eyes Oh Mr Porter, what do you advise?

Elegant luggage 1956
Something more than sturdy usefulness in luggage is required by the elegant traveller nowaday. These Noton soft top cases in the Pandora range are made in matching sets of pig grain and cherry red

Porter carrying a heavy load
A Porter bends his back to carry a heavy barrel - Constantinople, Turkey

The Railway Girl by Fred Taylor
A woman working as a railway porter during World War I, part of a series painted by Taylor for The Bystander entitled, " Carrying On" showing women adopting a variety of traditionally male

Mary Rorke Smoking
Actor, Charles Wyndham and actress Miss Mary Rorke playing Peregrine and Angelica Porter in the stage play " Fourteen Days"

A Member of H. M. Stanleys expedition threatening a baggage
Engraving showing a member of Sir Henry Morton Stanleys expedition to find Dr. David Livingstone threatening a baggage porter, Central Africa, 1871

Renault 40Cv
A porter holds open the door of a 40CV Renault as two ladies and a dog enter it; the chauffeur awaits in expressionless patience

Cricket / Team / Derby
Derby W.Sugg, L.G.Wright, Porter, Chatterton, Hulme, Davidson, S.H.Wood, Evershed, G.G.Walker, Badshaw, H.Blackwell, W.Storer

Japanese porter
A Japanese coolie carries the luggage and belongings of pilgrims at Fujiyama

Cricketer, Porter
George Porter Cricketer - Derbyshire

Class Distinctions / Coal
DIGNITY ATTACKED " I say Guv ner, jest guv us a lift up with these here coals" A rather ridiculously-attired posh gentleman is shocked by a coalboys impish request

Musical Show / N Yorkers
The New Yorkers, based on a story by Peter Arno and E Ray Goetz; lyrics and music by Cole Porter

Patriotic Pillow 1915
Dress by Jessie Porter: triple skirt in a lightweight striped fabric, the upper skirt in plain black, vest bodice with dentate edge, wide brimmed hat. Girl: short double smock

French Porter
French street porter with his barrow

David Porter (Chappel)
DAVID PORTER U. S. naval

Nellie Melba / Cig Card
NELLIE MELBA (Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano

Porter. 1647 / Broadside
A porter carries a heavy load. These tradesman are preachers in the City of London, 1647. A satirical broadside on non- conformist preaching in London

Covent Garden Mkt Porter
COVENT GARDEN A few people selling their wares from baskets

Rep on Platform
A elegant commercial traveller stands waiting as a train moves along the platform

Various Inn Signs
Inn signs showing; Three Squirrels, Hand & Star, Cheshire Cheese, Kings Porter & Dwarf, and Royal Oak

At a French Station
Waiting for the train on a French station platform - a porter copes with luggage, a young woman is taking goods to market

Travellers and Luggage
Surrounded by their luggage, two travellers relax in their hotel room after the rigours of the journey, while the porter leaves them alone, saluting thanks for their tip

Charles Churchill Satire
CHARLES CHURCHILL - English poet and satirist, depicted as a bear in torn clerical bands hugging a pot of porter and a club of lies

Passengers on Platform
A group of rail passengers stand on a platform with their luggage before boarding the Golden Arrow luxury train from London-Dover-Calais

Goodbye on Platform
A lady waves goodbye to a parting train, a porter handles luggage, the station master surveys his platform with proprietorial watchfulness

Dining Car 1930S
The dining carriage in the tramcar that runs from Dusseldorf to Krefeld

Man Lifts Car
An unnamed market porter of Asnieres, France, demonstrates his strength by lifting a car which weighs 450 kilos

Surrey Theatre 1840S
Idlers, promenading couples, a lady & lap dog, a dog chasing a boy, & a porter with a heavy load loiter on the street - 3 drunks with pint pots stumble out of the Coal Hole pub

Hotel Porter
A hotel porter escorts a woman (elegantly clad in a woollen afternoon ensemble by Jean Patou) to her taxi, an onerous task for which he will expect to be handsomely rewarded

Field Hospital
Lee loses 9000 men, Porter 4000 in the inconclusive battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia : casualties are treated in a field hospital at Savages Station

Elizabeth Johnson
ELIZABETH (PORTER) JOHNSON Wife of Samuel Johnson

C17 Porter / Woodcut / 37
A porter staggers along a country road, bowed down beneath the weight of his bags

Nellie Melba / Recording
NELLIE MELBA (originally, Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano; recording at Chelmsford in 1920

Trade / Street Trades / Food
A Journeyman Flesher sells whole sheep carcases in the streets of Edinburgh, with a barefoot fishwoman, a street porter and a carrier walking his horse (as law required)

Changing trains at Gloucester
The break of gauge from wide to narrow gauge at Gloucester means that cross-country passengers and their baggage have to change trains

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