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Cats enjoying a party on a Christmas cardA 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 WalesThree men picking coal from a local colliery waste tip during the 1921 strike, South Wales
Harvesting barley with a combine harvester, SuffolkHarvesting barley with a combine harvester on a farm in Suffolk, England
A box of Christmas Eve crackersA 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 CottingtonJohn 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 RomeTHE FALL OF ROME Alarics Visigoths ride exuberantly into Rome
Range of bakery tools and ingredientsA range of bakery tools and ingredients, including a pair of scales, a bucket, a sieve, mixing paddles and a sack of flour
Irish Postman 1930SA country postman in Ireland delivers a postcard to a lucky boy
Arch of Titus. Rome. ItalyRoman 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
The Millionth Ton of Supplies reaches Berlin, 1949Photograph 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
Coal Men 1960STwo 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 childrenA postman delivers a letter to two children and their dog. Date: c.1920
Blitz in London -- salvaged mail, Calthorpe Street, WW2Blitz 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 PanamaAdmiral 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, BrazilCarrying sacks of Coffee to be put on a ship at Santos, Brazil, South America. The total weight of the sacks is 302 kg!
Father Christmas with presentsA 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
The Bunnies Father Christmas. circa 1910s
Rostov on the Don River, Russia - Unloading grainUnloading of grain on the banks of the Don River - Rostov-on-Don - the administrative center of Rostov Oblast, Russia. Date: 1903
Bomb damage in PlymouthThe morning after the raid - Plymouth. Mr Widdicombe walks through the bombed streets to salvage what he can of his belongings
Posting Letter into SackA woman posts her letter into a postmans sack which he carries around with him
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
Chimney Sweeps or Coalmen fightingCartoon, Chimney Sweeps or Coalmen fighting - Black and White. 19th century
Santa Claus on skis on a French Christmas postcardSanta 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 postcardSanta Claus with a sack full of presents in the snow outside a log cabin on a Latvian Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Postcard booklet, workers in the cotton fields, USAPostcard booklet, workers in the cotton fields, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937
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 MeAn 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 IllustrationAn 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 VictoryA 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 VelazquezEugenio Lucas Velazquez (1817-1870). Spanish painter. Allegoric Capricho, 1852. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain
British Military Campaign to Tibet - sack fighting by sepoysSack 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 FieldsA 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 heaverCries of London, Coal Heaver Date: 19th century
The Scottish Giant, by Arthur RackhamThe Scottish Giant, book illustration by Arthur Rackham Date: 1916
An Italian LakeA 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 BundleA 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