Sack Collection

Cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card
A family of cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card, by Louis Wain. Date: circa 1900s

Picking coal from waste tip during 1921 strike, South Wales
Three men picking coal from a local colliery waste tip during the 1921 strike, South Wales

Harvesting barley with a combine harvester, Suffolk
Harvesting barley with a combine harvester on a farm in Suffolk, England

A box of Christmas Eve crackers
A lovely box of Christmas crackers from the 1920s, with the contents intact and the box lid featuring a bright and jolly picture of Father Christmas being helped to cross the road by a policeman

Highwayman Cottington
John Cottington (aka Mulled Sack) robs an army pay wagon on Shotover Hill, near Oxford, and relieves it of 4000 pounds. He will hang in 1656 aged 45

Visigoths Sack Rome
THE FALL OF ROME Alarics Visigoths ride exuberantly into Rome

Range of bakery tools and ingredients
A range of bakery tools and ingredients, including a pair of scales, a bucket, a sieve, mixing paddles and a sack of flour

Irish Postman 1930S
A country postman in Ireland delivers a postcard to a lucky boy

Daredevil Diver Leslie Gadsby, Shanklin Pier, Isle of Wight and his variety of crazy dives, including a 90ft dive in a sack, a 45ft long arm balance

Arch of Titus. Rome. Italy
Roman Art. Arch of Titus. Erected in the year 81 to commemorate the conquest of Titus against the Jews. It features carved scenes of the conquest and subsequent destruction of Jerusalem (AD 70)

Cats enjoying a dinner party on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

London Life - The Busy Docks of the Port of London Date: circa 1940

Coal Men 1960S
Two coal men, young and old, lift heavy sacks of coal off their lorry. Date: early 1970s

Music cover, In the Quartermasters Stores (My Eyes are Dim I Cannot See), words and music adapted by Box, Cox and Bert Read. 1940

Front cover of a TSB Christmas Annual 1946, with a very modern Santa Claus choosing to deliver presents by car. Date: 1946

Postman delivers a letter to two children
A postman delivers a letter to two children and their dog. Date: c.1920

The Bunnies Father Christmas. circa 1910s

Blitz in London -- salvaged mail, Calthorpe Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- following the bombing of Mount Pleasant Post Office on 18 June 1943, salvaged mail was temporarily piled up in nearby Calthorpe Street. Date: 1943

A group of people hop picking in Kent. Date: circa 1910

Morgan sacks Panama
Admiral Sir Henry Morgan (1635-1688) and his English buccaneers sack the Spanish city of Panama, looting immense wealth and returning to Jamaica a hero

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!

The Millionth Ton of Supplies reaches Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing Flight Lieutenant K.J. Ryall of the Royal Air Force handing a sack, representing the millionth short ton of supplies to be flown into Berlin during the airlift, to Dr

Father Christmas with presents
A pot-bellied Father Christmas with lots of presents

Father Christmas stands with his bulging sack in the snow

Santa Claus riding a horse on a French Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Oasthouses at Whitbreads Hop Gardens, Paddock Wood, Kent. Date: circa 1930s

Rostov on the Don River, Russia - Unloading grain
Unloading of grain on the banks of the Don River - Rostov-on-Don - the administrative center of Rostov Oblast, Russia. Date: 1903

Bomb damage in Plymouth
The morning after the raid - Plymouth. Mr Widdicombe walks through the bombed streets to salvage what he can of his belongings

Posting Letter into Sack
A woman posts her letter into a postmans sack which he carries around with him

Postcard booklet, workers in the cotton fields, USA
Postcard booklet, workers in the cotton fields, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937

Comic postcard, Woman buying material in a shop Date: 20th century

Chimney Sweeps or Coalmen fighting
Cartoon, Chimney Sweeps or Coalmen fighting - Black and White. 19th century

Santa Claus on skis on a French Christmas postcard
Santa Claus with his sack of presents, travelling on skis on a French Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Santa Claus with his sack on a Latvian Christmas postcard
Santa Claus with a sack full of presents in the snow outside a log cabin on a Latvian Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Santa Claus with his sack on a Christmas postcard
Santa Claus with a tree and a sack of presents in the snow on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Bagging up salt - Aden, Yemen. circa 1920s

This Ones for you, alright! A postman delivering a Happy Birthday Greeting. Date: 1938

I'm In Love With The Girl I Left Behind Me
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for I'm In Love With The Girl I Left Behind Me, words by Ben Ryan, music by Lou Handman

Wartime Short Story Illustration
An illustration for a wartime children's short story book, The Adventure Book For Girls. The image shows some wartime children discovering a mysterious buried sack. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Greetings Card, Churchill's Victory
A WW2 greetings card with a removable letter V for Victory. The image portrays Prime Minister Winston Churchill carrying a sack. Date: 1941

Allegoric Capricho, 1852, by Eugenio Lucas Velazquez
Eugenio Lucas Velazquez (1817-1870). Spanish painter. Allegoric Capricho, 1852. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

British Military Campaign to Tibet - sack fighting by sepoys
Sack fighting by sepoys, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904

Return From The Fields
A portrait sketch of a farmer carrying a basket, alongside his wife who has a large sack on her back, having accomplished their task in the fields. Date: circa 1901

Music cover, When Santa got stuck up the Chimney, by Jimmy Grafton, broadcast and recorded by Billy Cotton Date: 1953

Cries of London, coal heaver
Cries of London, Coal Heaver Date: 19th century

The Scottish Giant, by Arthur Rackham
The Scottish Giant, book illustration by Arthur Rackham Date: 1916

An Italian Lake
A watercolour painting of some docked boats stationed against a fine waterside walkway, located by an Italian lake. A man in white uniform is leaning on a sack on the right. Date: 1917

The Bundle
A portrait oil painting of a young woman, sat on some rocks, holding a sack bundle at the edge of a countryside village. Date: circa 1919

Letters arrive for sorting at the London General Post Office Date: 1923

Mr Mills the Miller

Father Christmas with sack of toys
Christmas card, Father Christmas with a sack of toys Date: circa 1890

5th Century 410 Alaric I Ancient Age Arch Army
5th, century, 410, Alaric, I, ancient, age, arch, army, attack, attacker, attacking, august, colored, dead, death, Empire, engraving, fight, fighter, Honorius, horse, italian, Italy, lance, lancer

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Sacking scene. Illustration by Carlos Saenz de Tejada. Drawing

GOLD FOR ITALY
John Bull delivers a sack of gold to the king of Italy to keep him in the war despite the mounting heap of dead. Date: July 1915

EVENTS/ANCIENT ROME
THE FALL OF ROME Alaric, after sacking Rome, dies, and is buried in the Busento riverbed Date: 410

Original Artwork - Christmas card design - Santa and sleigh
Original Artwork - Design for a Christmas Greetings card - silhouette in black and red of Santa flying his sleigh across a snowy scene, en route to deliver presents. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Father Christmas and Old Maid Date: early 20th century

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

Tatler Christmas Number front cover, 1940
Front cover of The Tatler magazine, Christmas number 1940, featuring Father Christmas posing for his photograph surrounded by his reindeer. Date: 1940

Two men with dogs, hunting badgers in a wood. Date: circa 1820

Old House (1536) in Brunswick, Germany
Old House (1536) in Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany. Date: circa 1900s

Christmas card, Santa Claus with sack and presents - Good Cheer at Christmas. 20th century

Christmas card, Santa Claus with his sack. 20th century

Christmas card, Black kitten in a sack - Best of Luck for Christmas. (front cover, 1 of 2) 20th century

Armenian bride wrapped in a sack, supported by two of her nearest relations. Illustration from Francois Pouquevilles Travels through More, Albania and several other parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1805

Gas works, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London
Scene outside the gas works in Horseferry Road, Westminster, London, at a time when the streets were lit by gas. Date: 1842

Sorting the Christmas Mail on Christmas Eve
Sorting the Christmas Mail Christmas Eve at the London General Post Office. 1892

Father Christmas on a mountain path in the snow
Decorative Christmas frieze, Father Christmas walking along a mountain path in the snow to deliver a sack of presents

Father Christmas climbing a ladder in the snow
Decorative Christmas frieze, Father Christmas climbing a ladder in the snow to deliver presents

Securing a house against air raids, WW1
Securing a house against air raids with sacks of earth to cover the rafters during the First World War. 1914-1918

Father Christmas - costumed man in a studio portrait. 1893

Cries of Paris - chimney sweep

The New System of Delivering Coal. circa 1840

Father Christmas delivering Xmas presents, personalised greetings card from Dorothy Glynn, West Leigh, Eastbourne. Date: 1896

Women workers loading cart at London Gas Works, WW1
Women workers loading a coke cart at a London Gas Works during the First World War. 1914-1918

Postman cat handing over some letters. Date: circa 1890s

Santa Claus with holly and mistletoe on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Santa Claus delivering presents on a Christmas postcard
Santa Claus delivering presents to a little child on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Santa Claus with child and presents on a Christmas postcard
Santa Claus with a little child and sack full of presents on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Santa Claus with presents on a New Year postcard, with a village in the distance. Date: circa 1890s

Santa Claus with goblins on a Christmas postcard
Santa Claus in a wood with presents and goblins on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Santa Claus with list of children on a Christmas postcard
Santa Claus with a long list of children and a sack of presents to deliver on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Santa Claus with angel and children on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Santa Claus bringing presents on a French Christmas postcard
Santa Claus bringing presents to a house on a French Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

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