Primitive Collection (page 4)

Cover design, Regie Air Afrique timetable
Cover design, French Air Ministry, Regie Air Afrique, timetable for the Europe-Congo-Madagascar summer service. 1936

Book cover design, How to Fly: or the Conquest of the Air, by Richard Ferris, London: Thomas Nelson & Son. 1910. Showing a man in a primitive monoplane. 1910

Stone Age Man hunting bison
A group of stone age men hunt down a bison, armed with primitive stone axes and spears Date: Circa 20, 000 B.C

Winnats Pass, Derbyshire, England. The late afternoon sun throws into relief the grandeur of this wild and primitive limstone gorge. Date: 1950s

Inhabitants of Tikopia, south west Pacific
Native inhabitants of the small island of Tikopia, in the south west Pacific Ocean, near the Santa Cruz and Solomon Islands. Date: 19th century

Communications Palmin 2
Primitive people communicating with drums

1980S Photocopier
A rather primitive looking photocopier! Date: 1980

Primitive sailing boat
A primitive sailing boat near an island, probably in the Pacific Ocean

Huddersfield Children
A group of boys and girls wearing Dutch costume at a Primitive Methodist Church in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Date: circa 1900

Harvesting in Algeria
ALGIERS - in this far off country of Northern Africa both the primitive and modern methods of harvesting are often found in the same field Date: 1909

Interior of traditional cottage at Niarbyl, Isle of Man
View of the interior of a traditional cottage at Niarbyl, on the south west coast of the Isle of Man. A kettle sits on the open coal fire, and a pair of bellows hang from a hook on the left

Port Arthur (Dalian) - Japanese bombardment
Port Arthur (Dalian) - a Russian administrative building damaged during the Japanese bombardment in February 1904. Dalian, Liaoning province

Boys being winched up a mine shaft at Halifax, Yorkshire
Two boys being winched up from a coal mine at Halifax, Yorkshire. The winch is extremely primitive with no safety features

Three men outside a dwelling, Kashgar, western China
Three men sitting outside a primitive domed dwelling in Kashgar, western China

People and animals on a road, Kashgar, western China
People leading animals along a road in Kashgar, western China

Brickmaking in Kashgar, western China
People making bricks in Kashgar, western China

Metal worker at Matiari, West Bengal, India
A metal worker makes a brass pot by traditional methods at Matiari, a village in West Bengal, India. Date: 2007

Wood Turning, Tunisia
A carpenter turns wood supported using his feet

Man at work in Kashgar, western China
A man at work in the open air in Kashgar, western China. He is hammering a wooden contraption with rope attached, perhaps a primitive agricultural implement

Archer in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
A man with a bow and arrows in a field in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Man with jars, Mandu, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
A man carrying two jars in a field in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Family group in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
A family group in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. The woman is covering her face. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Flying and ploughing in Weybridge, Surrey
A primitive aeroplane flies over a field which a man and his team of horses are ploughing. The plane has two bicycle-type wheels on the undercarriage

Natives unloading cargo from boats
Native men unloading cargo from boats, in an unidentified location. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Unidentified river and bridge
Unidentified location, possibly in the Middle East, showing a river and a primitive bridge. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Two men sawing a log, Madhya Pradesh, India
Two native men sawing through a large log in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Group of people in Madhya Pradesh, India
A group of native people pose for their photograph in a field in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Men with bows and arrows, Madhya Pradesh, India
A group of native men with bows and arrows in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ox cart and driver, Madhya Pradesh, India
A cart drawn by two oxen, and its young driver, in Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Primitive Oil Refinery in Iraq or Iran

Hogarths House, Chiswick, London, 1874
Engraving showing a number of scenes at Hogarths House, Chiswick, London, 1874. The views shown are (clockwise from bottom right): the Mulberry Tree; the Staircase; one of the rooms

Speedometer testing
Gongsters on parade; police cars of the police traffic patrol waiting to have their speedometers tested against a stopwatch, to ensure they drive within the 30 miles and hour speed limit

Help from Indian Deity
An Indian patient is taken to the temple of Ixora, in the hope that the deity will reward his faith by restoring him to health

Primitive Spinning Etc
Spinning and weaving among the lake-dwellers of prehistoric Europe

Homestead in Iron Age
A homestead in the early Iron Age: warriors wearing furs and carrying spears; a woman with children; animal skulls on poles; chickens pecking grain in front of the building

Weapons from Guinea
Spears, bow and arrows and shield from Guinea, West Africa. Date: 1836

American Washing Machine
A maid operates a primitive- looking washing machine, made in America

Native American Healer
A Native American medicine man seeks to cure a patient by ritual dance

Healing / Venezuela / 1730
Various healing methods of native Venezuelans, including bathing in the river and dancing around fires

Honduras Santa Rosa R
A primitive bridge allows travelers to cross the Santa Rosa river

Mapuche Medicine Woman
The medicine woman of Boroa, the grand exorcist of the Araucanian Mapuche people (Chile/Argentina) heals a patient with frenzied singing while horsemen ride around

Primitive Smithy
A primitve smithy at Unjamwest, German East Africa

Blowpipe Borneo 18C
BLOWPIPE used by Biajos or mountaineers of Borneo

Slings / Heated Stones
Using slings with heated stones

Settlers in Canada observing the Sabbath
Settlers in the backwoods of Canada observing the Sabbath

Hunters feasting on horse flesh in prehistoric southern France

American Indians worshipping the Sun

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