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Old Clothes Exchange, Phils Buildings, Houndsditch 1882The court of Phils buildings was found directly opposite St Mary Axe. A barrier was placed across steps leading up to the court, as there was an admission fee of one penny
DONKEY-POWERED MILLA Roman donkey-driven Asinus or Jumentarioe Mill. Date: Ancient Rome
VIRGINIA COUNTRY STOREA Virginia country store Date: 1882
BAYONET DRILL / WW1 / 1918Highlanders practising bayonet drill, World War One. Date: 1918
MARSEILLE / JOLIETTEA view of the docks at Marseille - full of sacks and barrels. Date: circa 1900
Crowds possibly at a school sports day or eventA rather unusual photo - possibly a school sports day or a sports event at a smart Boys Private School. The filled bags/sacks in the foreground are raher mysterious
Boys push loaded cartTwo small boys struggle to push a cart heavily loaded with gas cylinders through the streets of Srinagar, Kashmir Date: 1986
Marseille, France - Bassin de la Joliette. Date: circa 1908
Harrods centenary celebrations - Tiny Grocery ShopAs part of Harrods centenary celebrations, this replica of the shop as it was in 1849 was constructed. The world-famous Brompton, Knightsbridge department store began life in Cable Street
Australia - Wool Team crossing the Warrigo River. Date: circa 1910
Scene on the Cumberland River, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Date: 1911
Coalman delivering coal in a street of houses. Date: circa 1970s
Koforidua Station, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa, showing people during the cocoa season, at this major centre for the production and shipping of cocoa. Date: circa 1924
Man driving a Horse and cart with black sacks on a street inMan driving a donkey with cart carrying black sacks on a street in Cairo. The man is dressed in black traditional Arab work wear, facing the camera
Late Victorian street scene with horse-drawn carriageA late Victorian street scene with a horse-drawn carriage in the foreground, and various other horse-drawn vehicles in the distance
Tashkent, Uzbekistan - The Grain Courtyard. Date: 1915
Cats enjoying a dance on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
People at a comic sports event in a fieldPeople taking part in a comic sports event in a field, which involves each man being blindfolded and apparently guided by a woman with a piece of string. Date: circa 1910s
Collecting sphagnum moss for dressings, Dartmoor, WW1Picking up sphagnum moss on the moors on the Royal Duchy of Cornwall estate near Princetown for use in surgical dressings during the First World War
Country road with horse and cartA country road with a young man driving a horse and cart. A gipsy caravan follows on behind
Kosovo - Street Market at PristinaStreet Market at Pristina (Prishtina), the capital and largest city of Kosovo. Date: circa 1906
Corn and flour merchant - Holmfirth, West YorkshireDelivering corn to the corn merchant Gledhill & Brook of 11 Victoria Street, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. Holmfirth has become well known as the location of the situation comedy Last of the Summer
Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa Date: circa 1920
RFC crewmen relaxing, Northern France, WW1Four Royal Flying Corps crewmen relaxing on a pile of sacks outside a corrugated iron hut, somewhere in Northern France during the First World War. Three of them have signed their names on the photo
Arabs and others with oil barrels in an unidentified location. Date: circa 1920s
Interior of a 16th century mill in operation. 16th century
Seville, Andalucia, Spain - The dock. The Torre del Oro (Golden Tower), which can be seen in the right background, dominates the banks of the river Guadalquivir - it is a remnant of the Moorish
Florence Upton playing cards - Making Clothes. circa 1900s
Morocco, North Africa - Mazagen Corn Market - Vendors with sacks and goods. Part of Box 171 Boswell Collection - Morocco. Date: circa 1900
Father Christmas with children on a Victorian scrapFather Christmas with presents and three children on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Father Christmas with donkey on a Victorian scrapFather Christmas with a donkey and a bag full of presents on a Victorian scrap. circa 1890s
Docks at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Central AmericaView of the docks at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Central America, with cargo on the quayside. Date: circa 1905
Illustration, Good King Arthur. Date: 1895
Snap Playing Card - Coals, coalman with his delivery cart. circa 1900s
Camel Caravan close to Valley of Tombs, Palmyra, SyriaCamel Caravan close to Palmyra, Homs Governate, Syria. Dating back to the Neolithic, Palmyra was first attested in the early second millennium BC as a caravan stop for travellers crossing the Syrian
Road Workers PakistanMen at work in one of the main streets at Sukkur, West Pakistan. Date: 1984
Music cover, The Lilac Domino, For Your Love I am Waiting, J L Sacks, Empire Production by Charles Cuvillier. 1918
Music cover, Going Up at the Gaiety Theatre, LondonMusic cover, Going Up at Gaiety Theatre, London - depicting people standing on a flying biplane. Ev rybody Ought to Know How to do the Tickle Toe. circa 1916
Sponge clipping, Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies. Date: 1924
Dockers unload sugar at the West India Docks, London Date: 1889
R T Parkins shop, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA, with Mr Parkin himself, the driver and a female assistant standing in the doorway, shortly before closing time. Date: 1909
Charcoal Carriers, Amalfi Coast, ItalyTwo elderly Charcoal Carriers, with heavy sacks on their backs walk up a steep coastal road - Amalfi Coast, Italy. Date: 1904
Cartoon, Cost of food and drink, WW1Cartoon illustrating the cost of food and drink during the First World War. Various tradesmen comment on the cost of their produce. Date: 1916
Mississippi River landing, Mississippi, USAMississippi River landing at Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, with two steamboats, the Belle of Calhoun (left) and the Belle of the Bends (right). Date: circa 1905
People at a sports event in a field, with a row of men about to set off in a sack race. Date: circa 1920s
Scene inside a mill, Holy Land, with the miller at work grinding corn. Date: 1920s
Favourite Sayings - Grasp all and lose allBlack and white lantern slide painted scene of mice in a granary making holes in the sacks of corn.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Grasp all and lose all. Lantern slide creations of C
Favourite Sayings - Empty SacksBlack and white lantern slide of a man holding an empty sack. Painted background of interior of a barn with sacks along one wall.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection