Sack Collection (page 8)

Oh why did I eat 10 mince tarts. Oh why
Oh why did I eat 10 mince tarts, 9 ice cakes, 11 queen cakes, 6 oranges, a sack full of nuts and other things too numerous to mention. Oh why

The Sack of Aerschot, 1914
An illustration of the alleged stabling of horses by German troops in the church at Aerschot, Belgium, during the German occupation of the town, early in the First World War. Date: 1914

Land girl in Lincolnshire, WW1
A lady worker raising a sack of wheat to be carried to a wagon during the First World War. Date: 1916

British soldier with corrugated iron for transport, WW1
A British soldier on horseback, using a piece of corrugated iron for transport of supplies across a muddy field on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Father Christmas with his sack, by Muriel Dawson
Father Christmas walking through the snow with his sack, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1924

American first world war propaganda: liberty bonds
We eat lots of chow over here, and liberty bonds pay for it

Patriotic British postcard, bayonet practice, WW1
First World War patriotic postcard, showing an imaginary German soldier standing behind the dummy used for bayonet practice

Russian Farmer with his Harvest
An elderly and substantially bearded Russian Farmer carrying a large sack over one shoulder. Date: 1925

Nursery Rhymes -- Knave and Queen of Hearts
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- the Knave of Hearts takes a tart. Below -- the Queen of Hearts making her tarts. Date: early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Jolly Miller, Tom Thumb
Nursery Rhymes. Above, the Jolly Miller, carrying a sack. Below, a woman sits at a table, watching Tom Thumb riding a tiny horse. Date: early 20th century

Young man processing wool, Scotland
A young man in the textile industry in Scotland, processing wool

Hop picking in Kent. Date: circa 1910

Workman standing in a yard
A workman in waistcoat and trousers, standing in a yard with a sack on a trolley behind him. Two other men look out from a doorway

Fathers sack race in Seaford
Sporting fathers take part in a sack race designed specially for them at a school sports day in Seaford, Sussex. Several of them have fallen over, or are in the process of doing so. Date: 1934

Two men sitting by a smoking brazier. The man on the right is putting items into a sack

Adver for Huntley and Palmers biscuits
Huntley and Palmers biscuits advertisement with Father Christmas holding a box of Empire Assorted biscuits Date: 1947

WW2 - Land Army Girls having a sack race
WW2 - Home front - Land Army Girls having a sack race during some time off. Date: August 1942

South Africa - Women carrying mealie-meal - a relatively coarse flour made from maize (called mielies or mealies). A staple food in South Africa, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi

Russian soldier on his way home
Russian soldier (out of uniform - he carries it in his pack) on his way home. Date: 1905

Postal Sack Label - Royal Mail - postage from London (SW1) to Aberdeen Date: circa 1970s

Damascus, Syria - Wheat Seller Date: circa 1910s

Indian man cleaning cotton Date: circa 1910s

Team of Oxen - Basque Country, France
Team of Oxen (wearing hats?!) - Basque Country, Southern France Date: 1909

Henry Ford loads the first sack of air mail for Cleveland, Ohio, from Detroit at the Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, 29 January 1924. Date: 1924

Father Christmas meets three little children out in the snow
Father Christmas, carrying a sack laden with presents, comes across three little children walking in the snow. Date: c. 1910

Father Christmas with two small children in the snow
Two sweet little children meet Father Christmas as he wanders through the snow with his sack full of Christmas presents. c.1920

Two children meet Father Christmas in the snow
Two excited small children meet Father Christmas as they wander through the snowy countryside. c.1920

Father Christmas distributing presents

Children peering round a tree at Father Christmas
Father Christmas marches through the snowy countryside, carrying a sack bursting with presents. He is watched by two excited little children who hide behind a tree. c. 1920

Father Christmas followed by a colourful group of children
Father Christmas marches through the snowy countryside followed by a long line of brightly dressed children, heavily laden with presents. c. 1920

ALARIC I (370-410). Visigothic king (395 - 410). Scene in the camp of Alaric I during the Sack of Rome. Engraving

Spain. First Republic (1873-1874). Fight in the barricade of the quarter of La Vi񡠨 Cadiz). Engraving

Chinese Funeral - Rangoon - I saw no bier, but the children had been able to, right from the school balconies, set out in the street under a richly embroidered drapery

Timber merchant
People You See. Timber merchant. From Teddy Bear (12 December 1964)

More jewels for the treasure trove. Source unknown

Newspaper Girl
People You See: The Newspaper Girl. From Teddy Bear (27 June 1964)

Coal Man
People You See. From Teddy Bear (11 April 1964)

Post Girl delivering letters
People You See: The Post Girl. From Teddy Bear (7 December 1968)

Michael and the Mighty Men

Slippery pole sack fighting at a London Fire Brigade sports event

Russian General Kuropatkin in a sack. Print shows Russian General Aleksei Nikolaevich Kuropatkin wrapped up in a sack with two horrified Russian officers standing next to him. Date 1904 or 1905

The Sack House, Brunswick (i. e. Braunschweig), Germany
The Sack House, Brunswick (i.e. Braunschweig), Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia. Date 1937 July

Xmas. Children follow Santa
In a winter scene, children follow Santa with his sack of toys. Date: 1908

Santa comes down the chimney

Piles of Bags of Wheat - Argentina. It is almost as if the construction of the sacks was a mimic of a great building!! Date: 1906

Postman with post from Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Postman with Post from Tunbridge Wells. His mail sack folds out to reveal small photographic views of this charming town in Kent. Date: 1913

Santa with his sack of presents
Santa delivering gifts at Christmas. From 1950s Christmas card. c.1950

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