Porters Collection

Ferryside Railway Station, Carmarthenshire, South Wales
View of Ferryside Railway Station on the Great Western Railway, Carmarthenshire, South Wales. Probably taken from the footbridge across the tracks

University College Lond
University College, London. The impressive classical front

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Group photo, Claridges Hotel kitchen staff, Mayfair, London W1. Date: 1908

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 Wales
View 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

Porters at Billingsgate Fish Market, London, c. 1950
Photograph showing a group of porters outside Billingsgate Fish Market in London, c.1950. The porters are shown carrying crates of fish on their heads. Date: c.1950

Smithfield Market 1870
The arrival of an early meat train at Smithfield Market in London: porters unload and move baskets and crates

West Indies Grenada
(Windward Islands) Native porters coaling a paddle-steamer in St Georges Harbour

Covent Garden Porters
Covent Garden was formerly the convent garden of the abbey of Westminster : it was for many years Londons major fruit and vegetable market. Date: 1924

Railway Sleeper - Crewe Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing railway porter at Crewe Station. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

The Beard and Moustache Movement, John Leech
The 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 - Saigon
Vietnam - Children working as porters - at a Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) market. Date: circa 1910s

Carrying sacks of Coffee, santos, Brazil
Carrying sacks of Coffee to be put on a ship at Santos, Brazil, South America. The total weight of the sacks is 302 kg!

Group photo, Carlton Hotel kitchen staff, London, posing on the hotel roof in November 1908. Date: 1908

Lourdes - Praying at the Grotto and the Basilica
Three 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

Sedan chair palanquin with bearers, China c. 1870 s
Chinese sedan chair or palanquin with bearers, China c.1870 s

Japan, ornate palanquin and porters, c. 1870 s
Japan, ornate palanquin and porters, c.1870 s

Mosaic of a dog from the porters threshold in the House of Vesonius Primus, a fuller. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhns Les Plus Belles

Laos - Forest Coolies (Labourers) in the Upper Mekong region
Laos - Forest Coolies (Labourers - derogatory term) in the Upper Mekong region of the Khas Kouenes tribe. Date: circa 1908

Iskenderun, Turkey - Alexandretta - Place de la Douane
Iskenderun, Turkey - Place de la Douane (Customs Square). Also known as Alexandretta in Greek and in English Alexandrette. Turkish city at the far eastern end of the Mediterranean coast

India - Darjeeling - Nepalese porters early 1900s

Passengers and porters at an English railway station considering what to do with a climbing rope on a trip to climb Mont Blanc, early 1900s

Africa. Congo. Ivory porters
History of Africa. 19th century. Ivory porters. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Beira, Mozambique - Private tram-car system
Beira, Mozambique - The private tram-car system - undoubtedly one of the most unusual forms of conveyance in the world. The cars ran on tiny tracks which rose out of the sand

Porters Dancing (Danse de hamals) - Constantinople, Turkey. Date: 1910

Northern India, porters and fur lined carrying chair, c. 1880 s
Northern India, porters and fur lined carrying chair, c.1880 s

1860s Japan - portrait of a young woman in a kago with two bearers Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

Porter filling water containers, India, c. 1880 s
Porters filling water containers, India, c.1880 s

Woman in carrying chair, sedan, litter, with porters, India
19th century vintage photograph: Woman in a carrying chair, sedan, litter, with porters, India

Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - porters carrying heavy loa
Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - porters carrying a heavy load. Vintage 19th century photograph

Carrying a wine or water barrel, Constantinople, Istanbul, T
Vintage 19th century photograph: Turkish porters carrying a wine or water barrel, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey

Porters on a bridge over the Daiya River, Nikko, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Sketch of Porters Lodge PH, City, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Sketch of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the Porters Lodge

Weapons and musical instruments of Senegambia, 18th century
Weapons, musical instrument and pipe of Senegambia, 18th century. Bow, powder horn, lance, quiver, arrow, boot, guitar and tobacco pipe

Portrait of Ruthven twins by Cowper arriving at RA
Portrait of society twin sisters, Alison and Margaret Hore-Ruthven, daughters of Lord and Lady Ruthven, by F. Cadogan Cowper arriving at Burlington House for the Royal Academy summer exhibition in

Off to the Continent? - British Railways Cross-Channel Services Date: 1956

Almanac Day at Stationers Hall, London
Almanac Day at Stationers Hall, City of London, in late November, when the next years almanacs went on sale. Porters would take the bags of books all over the country. 19th century

Platforms at York railway station, Yorkshire, England
Platforms 5 and 6 at York railway station, Yorkshire, England 1888

Platform scene at Hastings railway station, Sussex 1860
Busy platform scene at Hastings railway station, Sussex. Date: 1860

Londons first female railway porter, April 1915
Londons first female railway porter photographed as she carries milk churn at Marylebone Station. Date: 1915

Aztec Warriors directing a caravan of porters on a Mexican Mountain Highway. Date: circa 1519

Coal-porters 1850s
Coal-porters on board a ship filling waggons at the coal-wharf. Date: circa 1850s

Knot porter 1746
Knot porter from London, carrying lots of parcels on his back. 1746

Parcel mail porter 1846
Parcel mail porter in London. Date: 1846

Monument to soldiers and porters from the Congo who lost their lives fighting during the First World War, unveiled in the Congolese Capital Kinshasa in 1927 - sculptor: Marin

Billingsgate Fish Market, London 1849
Interior of the Billingsgate Fish Market, London, showing a large number of traders and porters with baskets of fish. Date: 1849

Billingsgate Fish Market, London 1886
Interior of the Billingsgate Fish Market in London. Traders viewing fish and porters bringing crates of fish, on their heads, into the market. Date: 1886

Early Morning in Covent Garden Market, London 1871
Early morning scene at Covent Garden Market, London, 1871. Market porters carrying baskets full of fruit, vegetables and flowers into the market at the beginning of the day. Date: 1871

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