Rural Collection (page 7)

May Day Garlands 1886
May Day Garland: Three young women, assisted by a toddler, assemble all kinds of flowers for a seasonal garland

A country track - Machynlleth, Wales
A country track meanders into the distance, Machynlleth, Wales. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd 1960

English Rural Postman
An English rural postman collects the mail from a letter-box

Rural Postboy
The Post Boy

Kentish Cider Drinkers
After a hard morning ploughing, two Kentish farm workers take a well earned break and pour themselves a mug of cider from a pottery flask

Cottage in South Harting
A cottage with a thatched roof in South Harting, Sussex

Social / Chalk House 20C
A country lane in Kent: Chalk House, where Charles Dickens spent his honeymoon

Social / Hathaway Cottage
Ann Hathaways cottage at Shottery, Stratford- upon-Avon, Warwickshire

Social / Bolivia Postman
In the mountainous terrain of Bolivia, a rural postman uses mules to carry the mails

Raf Biplane Climbing
A Royal Air Force biplane climbing as it takes off

Virgil / Georgics / Corydon
Corydon pines for Alexis

Berkhampstead Station
A train pulls into the station with passengers waiting on the tracks! With both the railway & a canal system a seemingly rural area appears on the verge of change. Date: 1852

Stagecoach / Shepherd Boy
The Dover coach passes a shepherd boy and his sheep

Girl in Kitchen Garden
Girl working in a rural kitchen garden collecting cabbages

Robin, flowers and snow scene on a Christmas card
Robin, assorted flowers and snow scene on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two sheep behind a gate on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

Highland cottage, Kinlochewe, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Comic postcard, Couple riding tandem on a country lane Date: 20th century

Group of hill people, northern india, c. 1870 s
Group of hill people, northern india, c.1870 s

WW2 poster, Lend a Hand on the Land, the Londoners Land Club. Date: circa 1940

A London general omnibus company poster for Hatfield, designed by F Gregory Brown. The image depicts a wayside pub on Route 155 with trees in the foreground

A roast pig on a spit, West Country. Date: circa 1960s

Victorian foxhunting scene Date: circa 1880s

Comic postcard, Pretty young woman and cow Date: 20th century

Village life in Bengal, near Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Vintage 19th century photograph: India - village life in Bengal, near Calcutta, Kolkata, India, 1860s by Samuel Bourne

Aboriginal family group, Queensland Australia
Vintage 19th century photograph: Aboriginal family group, Queensland Australia

Crofters with sheep, Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Vintage 19th century photograph: ctofters stock-taking, farmers with sheep, thatched cottages, Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Comic postcard, Pretty young woman, someone coming Date: 20th century

General view of Manchester and Salford as they were in 1730, before the industrial revolution changed the emphasis from agriculture to factories and machinery. Date: 1730

Silhouette, Ploughman with plough and horses

Maud Muller, poem by John Greenleaf Whittier
Maud Muller, the title character in a poem of 1856 by John Greenleaf Whittier (18071892). circa 1856

Logging scene near Auburn, California, USA, known for its California Gold Rush history. Date: circa 1908

Man leaning on a fence in the countryside. Date: circa early 1920s

Man carrying water in buckets, France. He is using an iron hoop on top of the buckets, to balance them and stop them bumping into his legs. Date: 1922

Two young Fulani women, Nigeria, West Africa
Two young Fulani (Fula) women, Nigeria, West Africa. Date: 1922

Angel with star on a Christmas postcard, with tree and rural snow scene below. Date: circa 1890s

Ukrainian Cossack Wedding Party. circa 1898

Thatching The Rest a cottage at Selworthy Green, Somerset (for a more recent - 1950s! - view, see 10826269). Date: circa 1920s

Islington in 1780
Engaving depicting rural Islington in 1780. Date: 1780

Kazakh man cutting hay with a scythe
A Kazakh man wearing a chapan (Kazakh quilted dressing gown) and kalpak, working in a field with a scythe, cutting hay. 20th century

Mill and cottages, Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Date: circa 1908

Moor Gate and Old Roman Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire. Date: circa 1922

Exmouth, Devon - St. John-in-the-Wilderness Church - in all of its wild glory. Date: circa 1908

Frozen pond with back light, Church Eaton, Staffordshire, England Date: 2000

Horse beneath the trees in field in the village of Nettleton
A horse framed beneath the trees in a field in the village of Nettleton, Lincolnshire, England. The Daily Telegraph Aug 1991 Date: 1991

Jesmond Dene, Old mill, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. Now in ruins. Date: circa 1910s

Aldwarke lock on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation near Rotherham - coal transport by barge from Aldwarke Colliery. Date: circa 1920

Rural English Soft Cheesemaker - preparing formed rounds of local cheese. Date: 1900s

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