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University College LondUniversity College, London. The impressive classical front
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
12458362Group photo, Claridges Hotel kitchen staff, Mayfair, London W1. Date: 1908
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
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
Porters at Billingsgate Fish Market, London, c. 1950Photograph 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 1870The 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 PortersCovent 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 StationThe Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing railway porter at Crewe Station. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
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
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
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!
Group photo, Carlton Hotel kitchen staff, London, posing on the hotel roof in November 1908. Date: 1908
Sedan chair palanquin with bearers, China c. 1870 sChinese sedan chair or palanquin with bearers, China c.1870 s
Japan, ornate palanquin and porters, c. 1870 sJapan, 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 regionLaos - Forest Coolies (Labourers - derogatory term) in the Upper Mekong region of the Khas Kouenes tribe. Date: circa 1908
Iskenderun, Turkey - Alexandretta - Place de la DouaneIskenderun, 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 portersHistory of Africa. 19th century. Ivory porters. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Beira, Mozambique - Private tram-car systemBeira, 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 sNorthern 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 sPorters filling water containers, India, c.1880 s
Woman in carrying chair, sedan, litter, with porters, India19th century vintage photograph: Woman in a carrying chair, sedan, litter, with porters, India
Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - porters carrying heavy loaCaucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - porters carrying a heavy load. Vintage 19th century photograph
Carrying a wine or water barrel, Constantinople, Istanbul, TVintage 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 centuryWeapons, 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 RAPortrait 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, LondonAlmanac 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, EnglandPlatforms 5 and 6 at York railway station, Yorkshire, England 1888
Platform scene at Hastings railway station, Sussex 1860Busy platform scene at Hastings railway station, Sussex. Date: 1860
Londons first female railway porter, April 1915Londons 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 1850sCoal-porters on board a ship filling waggons at the coal-wharf. Date: circa 1850s
Knot porter 1746Knot porter from London, carrying lots of parcels on his back. 1746
Parcel mail porter 1846Parcel 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 1849Interior of the Billingsgate Fish Market, London, showing a large number of traders and porters with baskets of fish. Date: 1849
Billingsgate Fish Market, London 1886Interior 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 1871Early 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
The Columbia Fish Market, London, 1870Opening of the Columbia Fish Market, Bethnal Green, London. Date: 1870
TOURISTS ON THE RIGIA party of tourists ascend the Rigi mountains near Lucerne, the ladies and children ride, while papa admires the wild flowers and porters carry the baggage. Date: 1879
GROUP OF MARKET TRADERSA group of market traders line up to have their photograph taken. Some carry wooden crates of produce on their heads. Date: 1920s
BILLINGSGATE - DORE 4Porters, merchants and customers at BILLINGSGATE fish market Date: 1870
Covent Garden 1870COVENT GARDEN : a breakfast stall for the market porters and merchants - pies and oysters, coffee enjoyed beneath the flaring oil torches Date: 1870
C17 COOKING SCENEPreparing foodstuffs of every kind - fowls are dressed, cows are milked, grapes are trod, soup is heated, bread and other items are carried by porters, biscuits are tasted Date: 17th century
FRENCH FEMALE PORTERA Parisian porteuse de modes - a delivery girl carrying fashionable clothes to a customers house Date: circa 1840
Sedan Chair porters and occupant - at Mont-Dore, FranceSedan Chair porters and occupant - at the Galerie Pasteur, Mont-Dore (Mont Dor in Occitan), formerly called Mont-Dore-les-Bains, a commune in the Puy-de-Dome department in Auvergne in central France
Arab porters in Iraq carrying long planks of wood through a palm grove. Date: 1910s
Arab porters in Main Street, Baghdad, Iraq. circa 1917
Chinese Sedan Chair, Hong Kong, ChinaA smart young Chinese Businessman (in Western attire, including boater) is carried Sedan Chair, Hong Kong, China Date: circa 1910s
Medieval PorterThe porter or warder, gate keeper of a castle, with his mastiff and his mighty club to discourage unwelcome visitors, his horn to sound a warning, and of course his keys. Date: 1480
Sir Henry Morton Stanley and his retinue in Central AfricaEngraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre) and his retinue of local porters and hunters, marching across Africa in search of Dr. David Livingstone, 1871
Porters desk, Grand Central Hotel, Gefle (Gavle), SwedenPorters desk with a view through to the lounge, Grand Central Hotel, Gefle (Gavle), Gavleborg, Sweden. Date: circa 1941
Kavirondo porters at Bura Camp, Kenya, WW1Kavirondo porters at Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1916
China - Traditional Mandarins litter carried by portersChina - A traditional litter for a Chinese Mandarin carried by three porters Date: circa 1910s
Traditional Sedan Chair for a Bride - Chinese Wedding, China Date: circa 1930s
A group of Coolies, India. Historically, a coolie (variously spelled cooli, cooly, kuli, quli, koelie etc.) was an Asian slave or manual labourer, particularly in southern China
Porters carrying vegetables - Madeira, PortugalPoster depicting two Porters carrying vegetables down to the harbour for export - Madeira, Portugal Date: 1937
Porters and their boss at Haydar Pasa Quay, transporting a very large and probably very heavy, block of stone, suspended on two long wooden poles
Open Sedan Chair - ChinaGoing to a Picnic - Mode of travelling a long journey in China. A European gent is carried by two Chinese porters in a bamboo pole open sedan chair or litter
A Sectional Boat used by Sir Henry Morton Stanley in AfricaEngraving of a sectional boat, used by Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) during his 1874 expedition to central Africa, being carried by a number of local porters
Japan - A Kago litter being carried up the mountainJapan - A Kago being carried up the mountain. Kago are a type of litter used as a means of human transportation by the non-samurai class in feudal Japan and into the Meiji period. Date: circa 1910s
Porters carrying gun parts, East Africa, WW1Porters carrying disassembled gun parts, East Africa, during WW1. circa 1916
Varsity Sketches - Trapped - Caught by the MasterVarsity Sketches - Trapped - An enterprising student is caught by the Master lighting his cigarette on a street gas lamp! Date: 1907
Rickshaws and porters, Central Hotel, Shanghai, China circa 1890. Date: circa 1890
Group of Porters, Madagascar, circa 1890s. Date: circa 1890s
Rickshaws and porters on North Bridge Road, Singapore, circa 1880s (Lambert studio). Date: circa 1880s
The Husband and how to train it - carrying her bagsThe Husband and how to train it. Dear Girls, once married, teach it economy by saving money otherwise wasted in cab fares, porters etc. Date: 1907
Entrance to the Thermal Baths (Spa) at Aix-les-Bains, France. Date: circa 1905
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish Porter carrying an immense load on his back. Date: 1923
Myanmar - Yangon - Street porters pull a large laden wagonMyanmar - Strand Road, Yangon - Street porters pull a large laden wagon. Date: 1928
David Livingstone (1813-1873) through a swamp with a porterDavid Livingstone (1813-1873). Scottish explorer. Livingstone through a swamp with a porter during his expedition to Africa in 1872. Engraving by Charles Laplante (d.1903)
Engraving depicting The Caravan, scene of La Venus Noire: VoAdolphe Belot (1829-1890). French dramatist and novelist. La Venus Noire: Voyage Dans l Afrique Central (The Black Venus: Journey to Central Africa). The Caravan
Cameron, Verney Lovett (1844-1894). British traveler and explorer. Camerons Expedition to Central Africa (July 15, 1875). Nineteenth-century colored engraving
