Porter Collection (page 9)

Railway Station Announcer
People You See. Railway Station Announcer. From Teddy Bear (4 July 1970)

East Africa Transport poster
Empire 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

Porter wearing protective outer garments made of straw. Photograph shows a porter, full-length, standing, facing left, wearing a hat and outer garments made of straw for protection against rain

Exterior view of fish market with several people, shoppers and merchant(?), holding fish, also a porter with large bundle on his back, and a woman playing a shamisen. Date ca. 1877

Our Peace Commissioners for 1865: Sheridan, Grant, Sherman, Porter, Lincoln, Farragut, and Thomas. Date between 1860 and 1870

Monolithic stele at Tiwanaku, Bolivia
Impressive monolithic statues at Tiwanaku (sometimes Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) - a important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia

Silhouette of a fashionable woman on her travels. A man in the background is lifting a bag of golf clubs

Woman of the Italian Lakes with straw backpack
A woman of the Northern Italian lakes region carrying a large wicker backpack containing what apears to be hay. This traditional mode of transporting such goods is often depicted in the postcards

Rural scene on the banks of Lake Maggiore. An Italian woman of the region pauses to chat to a man working metal outside his stone house

Choristers at the coronation procession of James II, 1685, in Westminster Abbey. Children from Westminster choir and the Chapel Royal

A Bhutia Coolia. The Bhutia are ethnic Tibetans who speak a Tibetan dialect. Their ancestors migrated from Tibet to Sikkim, Darjeeling

Mexican Porter - Carrying massive wooden crate
Mexican Porter - Carrying a massive wooden crate on his back. The card is captioned as: " The Poor Mans Burden in Mexico". Date: circa 1909

Porters Guild
Regulations for the porters guild, Stockholm, Sweden 1502. Date: 1502

Turkish Porters carry large barrel
Turkish Porters carrying a large strengthed barrel (possibly containing oil?) on two long yolks Date: circa 1900

Georgian Porter carrying large furniture
Georgian Porter carrying a large piece of strapped to his (bent) back. furniture Date: circa 1910s

Aix les Bains, France - Porters with Sedan Chairs (Covered Litters), complete with viewing holes, in order to protect the modesty of the under-dressed spa visitor! Date: circa 1910s

Cover of the Sketch: high jumper Harry Porter
The extraordinary attitude of American high jumper, Harry Porter, who used a modified scissors technique. 1908

Noton luggage advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Noton fine, luxury luggage, showing an elegant group at a train station. Date: 1953

Porter in Thessalonika
Indigenous barefooted elderly Turkish porter, carrying a small wooden cabinet - Thessalonika Date: circa 1910s

Roller (Hyde Park)
A massive Aveling & Porter roller astonishes the natives in Hyde Park, London Date: 1866

Strike / Train Derailed
A derailed train at Cremlington, Northumberland, and an undergraduate volunteer working as a station porter Date: May 1926

Aveling & Porter Tractor
Aveling & Porters Traction Engine, illustrated in 8 figures showing the key technological facets of the machine. Date: circa 1880

Union Workhouse and Staff, Weymouth, Dorset
The porter and uniformed female staff stand at the entrance to the Weymouth Union workhouse, erected in 1836 on Wyke Road, Weymouth, Dorset

Passengers with porter, waiting to board a boat
A group of passengers waiting to board a boat, with a porter sitting on a luggage cart. They are outside Munros Yacht Stores and Coffee Rooms, and it appears to be raining, as umbrellas are up

Bolivia - Pre-Columbian Gateway at Tiwanaku
A porter at Tiwanaku (sometimes Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) - a important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia

Porter Carrying an upright piano - Tunisia
An arab porter moves an upright piano by carrying the weighty instrument with his head, Tunisia

Street of Book Sellers, Grand Bazaar, Constantinople
A view of the Street of Book Sellers at the Grand Bazaar, Constantinople. In the old days of the Ottoman Empire it was said that the only thing a Gentleman could carry in the street was a watermelon

Elderly porter - Constantinople, Turkey
An elderly porter carrying a leather case with a rug on top

Coal Merchant, showing a classic example of a leather back support, which enabled such potentially heavy and awkward loads to be transported

Turkish porter carrying two suitcases
A Turkish porter bent double under his load of two suitcases, a selection of Gentlemans canes and a fez hatbox!

Turkish porters - Constantinople
Turkish porter carrying (struggling beneath!) an enormous wooden crate up a street in Constantinople, Turkey

Porters carrying a large barrel on two long yolks
Turkish Porters carrying a large strengthed barrel (possibly containing oil?) on two long yolks

Turkish porter
Typical Turkish working man - the leather supporting belt he is wearing suggests the man may be a porter

South Western Fever Hospital, Stockwell, South London
A porter at the entrance to the South Western Fever Hospital, opened in 1871 on Landor Road, Stockwell, South London. With facilities for fever and smallpox patients

Armenia - Carrying an immense wooden case
Extraordinary photographic postcard of an Armenian porter carrying a ridiculously large wooden box on his back

Firewood Carrier - Japan
An old man carries two very large and very neat bundles of firewood on a yolk, Japan

Northern Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex
A uniformed porter at the gate of the Northern Hospital at Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex. Just inside are a horse and carriage and a horse and cart

Izmir (Smyrna) - Carpet porter
A carpet porter from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

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

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