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Fruit PickersThree smart young men in waistcoats, scything, hoeing and picking fruit, with an older man supervising them, on an English farm. Date: early 1930s
Meeting at the Crossroads - Slavonia, CroatiaPeasant folk meet for a chat at the Crossroads in Slavonia, a historical region in eastern Croatia. Date: circa 1917
Swiss agricultrual workers take a break from haymaking and scything and share a swift tipple. Date: circa 1910s
Italian / Swiss border - Ticino Family - Lake ComoItalian/Swiss border - Ticino Family - Lake Como - A country family return from harveting heads of corn. The gentleman (centre)
ITALY. Trento. Castle Buonconsiglio. Eagles Tower. Cycle of the Months. Detail of a farmer sharpening the scythe. International
A new scythe cuts clean. Illustration shows Mayor Seth Low and Father Knickerbocker standing in the tall grass in front of New York City Hall; Mayor Low is rolling up his sleeves
Breton Reaper with gigantic ScytheA Reaper with his immense scythe and solid wooden clogs - at Beauce, Brittany, France. Date: circa 1910s
Making Scythe BladesCharcoal burning in Germany to make scythe blades for harvesting on farms. Date: 1930s
Unusual Farmyard GateAn unusual farm gate, with a spade, scythe, axe etc, incorporated into its design, near Tring, Hertfordshire, England. Date: March 1939
Hedger with ScytheA hedger keeps the rural hedgrows under control in the English countryside with his scythe. Date: early 1930s
Hungarian HarvestA happy girl scything the harvest on a farm in Hungary. Date: 1930s
Quaint Gate, Moulton, Northampton - A gate formed of agricultural implements. Date: circa 1940
Time Speed Happily - Cars Speeding legallyTime Speed Happily - A New Years card for 1908. Cars Speeding legally by, whilst a policeman (as Old Father Time, perched on a winter world complete ith beard and scythe)
Pyrenean Man sharpening his scythePyrenean Mountain Man sharpening his scythe, France Date: circa 1910s
Rustics WorkingRustic types working in the fields - taking a break Date: 1885
Puss in Boots talks to reapers mowing a meadow, persuading them to tell the King that the meadow belongs to his Master. Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697
Old Father Time at the end of another yearOld Father Time trudges through the snow at the end of another year. He is carrying a scythe over one shoulder, and an hourglass in his other hand. On the horizon a red sun is setting
Man and woman of the Black ForestA man and woman of the Black Forest preparing for the harvest. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century
Central France - Soup of the DayCentral France - A farming family tuck into the Soup of the Day
Golden GrainA satirical picture of an American reaper with a huge scythe representing the rate of exchange being sharpened with a lathe representing sterling currency
An Ancient British War ChariotAn Ancient British Tribal War Chariot
Japanese Farming Family and their barn
The Ironmongers Shop. A little girl amid the metal tools, pails, buckets, kettles, cans, scythes and rakes in an Ironmongers store
Macdiarmid / Hugh / MorganHUGH MACDIARMID alias CHRISTOPER MURRAY GRIEVE Scottish poet who advocated a Scottish literary revival
1555 / Fighting SnakesSwedish countryfolk fighting serpents
Chalutzim-Kibbutz WorkerChalutzim (farm workers) on a Kibbutz
Death / Marble Tomb / MaltaAn elaborately carved marble tomb covering depicting an allegory of the figure of death from a tomb in the Cathedral at Victoria (Rabat) on the island of Gozo, Malta
Social / Russia / PeasantA Russian peasant sharpening his scythe
Millennium / Cherub & TimeAllegorical illustration of the new year (as a cherub) holding Father Times scythe
Plague in Manchuria / 1911The Plague scours over the Manchurians, with his scythe, dressed in a deep red robe
Sharpening a ScytheSam Bennett of Ilmington, Warwickshire, England, aged 74, who has used a scythe for 52 years and can still mow one and a quarter acres a day!
Father Time (Roxburghe)With hour-glass and scythe
Harvesting in GermanyHarvest A woman in a red dress carries in the harvest while a man in the background cuts the crops with a scythe
Bootes Star MapThe constellation of Bootes - holding a club in his right hand and leading two hounds with his left. The beautiful hair of Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy is seen on the right
Guard Star MapConstellaton showing Camelopardalis (giraffe), Tarandus (deer) and Custos Messum (guard) with his staff and scythe
Ancient Egypt FarmingA variety of Ancient Egyptian Farming scenes, and a horse- pulled wine cask, originally from the Alps
Time Smoking a PictureFather Time stares glumly into a dark painting as his scythe accidentally rips the canvas: a satire on the contemporary admiration for artworks darkened by time
Girl Harvester DrinksA dark haired young woman stands amid a corn field with a hand scythe hanging from her waist & a jug in her hand. In her hair are poppies & cornflowers from the field