Porters Collection (page 2)

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

The Columbia Fish Market, London, 1870
Opening of the Columbia Fish Market, Bethnal Green, London. Date: 1870

TOURISTS ON THE RIGI
A 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 TRADERS
A group of market traders line up to have their photograph taken. Some carry wooden crates of produce on their heads. Date: 1920s

BILLINGSGATE - DORE 4
Porters, merchants and customers at BILLINGSGATE fish market Date: 1870

Covent Garden 1870
COVENT GARDEN : a breakfast stall for the market porters and merchants - pies and oysters, coffee enjoyed beneath the flaring oil torches Date: 1870

C17 COOKING SCENE
Preparing 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 PORTER
A 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, France
Sedan 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, China
A smart young Chinese Businessman (in Western attire, including boater) is carried Sedan Chair, Hong Kong, China Date: circa 1910s

Medieval Porter
The 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 Africa
Engraving 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), Sweden
Porters desk with a view through to the lounge, Grand Central Hotel, Gefle (Gavle), Gavleborg, Sweden. Date: circa 1941

Kavirondo porters at Bura Camp, Kenya, WW1
Kavirondo porters at Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1916

China - Traditional Mandarins litter carried by porters
China - A traditional litter for a Chinese Mandarin carried by three porters Date: circa 1910s

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

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, Portugal
Poster 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 - China
Going 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 Africa
Engraving 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 mountain
Japan - 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, WW1
Porters carrying disassembled gun parts, East Africa, during WW1. circa 1916

Varsity Sketches - Trapped - Caught by the Master
Varsity 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 bags
The 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 wagon
Myanmar - Strand Road, Yangon - Street porters pull a large laden wagon. Date: 1928

Traditional Sedan Chair for a Bride - Chinese Wedding, China Date: circa 1930s

David Livingstone (1813-1873) through a swamp with a porter
David 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: Vo
Adolphe 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

Kago Travelling Chair at Hakone, Japan. The porters each wear a mino, a traditional Japanese garment, a raincoat made out of straw

Travelling chair - Japan Date: circa 1901

Japanese porters carrying a lot of luggage including suitcases, carpets and sundry other possessions - rural Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Japan - Kago Travelling Chair Date: circa 1908

Turkey - Hamals (Porters) dancing Date: 1910

Cov. Garden Breakfast
At Covent Garden, a breakfast stall for the market porters and merchants - pies and oysters, coffee enjoyed beneath the flaring oil torches. Date: 1870

Food preparation in the 17th century
Preparing 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

Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish Fountain Date: circa 1901

Advertisement for Frys Cocoa & Milk Chocolate - I never travel without it. early 20th century

Porters and fishwomen revelling around the statue of Henri IV.. Handcolored aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from A Tour through Paris, William Sams, London, 1825

Bath Characters by Edouart - George Cary, porter
George Cary, porter at Prices auction room where the silhouette Auguste Edouart lodged at Bath. Taken on April 4th, 1827 - one of a series of Bath characters taken by Edouart between 1826-7

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