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Poster design for Southern Pacific railway, Golden State Limited, showing people heading for the train with their luggage. Date: 20th century
View inside Waterloo Station, London, with passengers coming and going. Probably taken in mid-afternoon. Date: circa 1930s
Ramsgate, Kent - Habour scene with boatsRamsgate, Kent - Harbour scene with fishing boats and pedestrians. Date: circa 1900
TWA air stewardess boarding a trainA TWA air stewardess boards a train, perhaps to travel to the airport while a porter stands by the open carriage door. Date: 1940s
Jane Porter - 1JANE PORTER writer, sister of Anna Maria, author of Thaddeus of Warsaw and other popular works. Date: 1776 - 1850
Sir Robert Ker PorterSir ROBERT KER PORTER artist and traveler. Date: 1777 - 1842
Joseph PorterJOSEPH PORTER citizen of Mortlake whose chief claim to fame is having his portrait done by Hogarth. Date: ? - 1749
Sir Robert Ker Porter 2Sir ROBERT KER PORTER artist and traveler. Date: 1777 - 1842
Jane Porter - 3JANE PORTER writer, sister of Anna Maria, author of Thaddeus of Warsaw and other popular works. Depicted as a lady canoness. Date: 1776 - 1850
Jane Porter - 4JANE PORTER writer, sister of Anna Maria, author of Thaddeus of Warsaw and other popular works.. Date: 1776 - 1850
Jane Porter - 2JANE PORTER writer, sister of Anna Maria, author of Thaddeus of Warsaw and other popular works. Date: 1776 - 1850
Jane Porters HomeThe home of writer JANE PORTER at Esher. Date: CIRCA 1800
Anna Maria PorterANNA MARIA PORTER writer, younger sister of Jane Porter : her Hungarian Brothers a 3-volume novel about the Revolutionary War was much acclaimed. Date: 1780 - 1832
A View from the Artists Studio (1931). Porter, Frederick James 1883-1944. Date: 1931
Rev. John Scott Porter 1801-80 (c.1845). Rothwell, Richard 1800-1868. Date: 1745 (circa)
Japan - Geisha in travelling chair taking a rest. Another Geisha girl stands to one side and the two porters are taking the opportunity to have a quick smoke. Date: circa 1903
Porter from Bosnia and Herzegovina with rope over shoulder Date: circa 1910s
Tunisia, Water Carrier knocking at an impressive wooden door Date: circa 1910s
China - Shanghai - Heavy cart pulled by a human teamChina - Shanghai - Heavy street cart (laden with wooden crates) pulled by a human team. Date: circa 1930
Sedan Chair and porters - Seoul, Korea Date: circa 1907
Thessaloniki, Greece - Street Porter at rest Date: circa 1900
Thessaloniki, Greece - Jewish Porter carrying a palletThessaloniki, Greece - Jewish Porter carrying a wooden pallet Date: circa 1908
Thessaloniki, Greece - Porters Loading up Date: circa 1904
Istanbul, Turkey - Mevlevi Dervishes, Porter, Apple Seller Date: 1898
Porter and Water Carriers, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1897
Porter, Leanders Tower, Nusretiye Mosque Tophane, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1897
Dervishes, Barber, Water Carriers, Fishmonger, IstanbulMevlevi Dervishes, Barber, Water Carriers, Fishmonger, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1895
Back from the Boer War - Scene at a London Terminus of a wounded soldie returning to his relieved family after his tour to Southern Africa. Date: circa 1901
Russian ComissionnaireA Russian Commissionaire - an attendant, messenger or subordinate employed in hotels, whose chief duty is to attend at railway stations, secure customers, take charge of their luggage
Elderly lady not overly generous with her tipping" Have you got change for a threepenny-piece, Adolphus? I want to give the porter a gratuity." The porter appears to already be expecting the impending disappointment! Date: 1894
Railway Porter rather rude to sizeable female passengerStout Party - " And can t I get to X - without walking?" Railway Porter - " Well, theres the coal Train, Mum." Stout Party - " How much will it cost me
John, A Chinaman in Sydney, Australia Date: 1892
Two Cockneys discuss the pedigree of a dogTwo Cockneys discuss the (er..) pedigree of a dog! " Say, Bill, wots is pedigree?" Bill: " Why es by a porter out o a third class railway kerridge." !! Date: 1895
Russian porter with a large wooden bucket on his head Date: 1902
Constantine, Algeria - Young Porter Date: 1900
Water Carrier - Algiers, Algeria Date: circa 1908
A Korean Basket Seller - Seoul, South Korea. He is carrying well over 40 baskets! One would imagine they are empty... Date: circa 1910s
Advice to would-be brides - The housework aheadAdvice to ladies about to be married - To get used to house-work! Try a few weeks Charing. The sender of this card has added the waggish line: " Hope you won t grease the stairs for me
Dashing to give train passenger his changeUrgent - a frantic newspaper boy dashes along the platform to give an elderly train passenger his change for the paper he has purchased
Porters (Hamals) Cafe, Izmir, Turkey Date: circa 1909
Madeira - Transporting HammockAmongst the three best-known unusual means of transportation to have be found on the Portuguese Island of Madeira was the transporting hammock
Japan - Taking brides possessions to new homeJapan - The removal (by porters) of a Japanese brides possessions to her new marital home owned by her future husband. Date: circa 1908
Opuntia camachoi, prickly pear cactusFigure 30 from Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 1932-33, by Professor Carlos Porter
Railway Station AnnouncerPeople You See. Railway Station Announcer. From Teddy Bear (4 July 1970)
East Africa Transport posterEmpire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, East African Transport - New Style Date: 1927-1933
The heavenly porter. Illustration shows Halleys Comet on The Comets Orbit, brushing the surface of The Earth on The Orbit of the Earth as they draw near each other. Date 1910 May 18
The Pullman porters kick. Illustration shows a thin, tattered Pullman Sleeping Car Porter holding a piece of paper Tips Daily Average on each Trip which shows a 70% reduction in tips between 1890
Porter with shoulder pole, full-length studio portrait, standing, facing front. Photograph shows a studio portrait of a man with a shoulder pole carrying large boxes
