Shovel Collection

Dig for Victory poster - WWII
World War Two poster encouraging British civilians to dig for victory, featuring somebody doing just that

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Tsarevitch, Grand Duchess Tatian
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia pictured with two of his children, the Grand Duchess Tatiana and Alexei, the Tsarevitch, building a fortification from snow in the grounds of the Imperial Palace at

Norman Gnome

Miner at coal face -3
Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

Hardy Patent Pick Co. mining tools 1890s
Selection of solid steel mining hand tools made by Hardy Patent Pick Co, in Sheffield. Date: 1890s

Miner at coal face -2
Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

Fire shovel, reverse
Cast polished steel fire shovel with a decorative brass handle, a floral finial and a bell-shaped blade with a pierced flower motif, part of a set of fire tools including tongs and a poker

Labourer Mr Idris Silman takes a break, Tredegar, Wales
Mr Idris Silman, a manual labourer, takes a short break while digging up the road in Tredegar, South Wales. He sits on the raised pavement with his shovel. The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 2
Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971

Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 1
Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971

Miner at coal face -1
Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

Fire companion set
Chromed metal fire tongs with a thistle-shaped knop, from an Ianthe fire companion set, made in England c.1930. Date: c.1930-1939

Steam shovel and Navvies building a railway

Navvies building a railway line in the UK, early 1900s

Excavator at Latchford, Manchester Ship Canal, Victorian period

Dig! Dig! Dig! (To Victory)
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Dig! Dig! Dig! (To Victory) by Joe Norton and Billy Bath. Featured by Charles Penrose, who can be seen with a comical facial expression

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Ensure the passage of Truck Convoys Date: 1972

Soldier Artist
A comical side profile portrait illustration of a soldier who is sat, doing a portrait drawing of a man's head upon a shovel. Date: circa 1917

Henry V - after the battle. 1862

Muybridge - Shovel
Three sequences of a man using a shovel. Date: 1887

Es Willard as Cyrus Blenkarn in The Middleman Date: 1890s

Comic postcard, Making money on the horses, one way or another Date: 20th century

c. 1880s Japan - snow scene, probably Tokyo

Buidling work along the seafront in Staithes, Yorkshire
Buidling work along the seafront in the fishing village of Staithes, Yorkshire. Vintage 19th century photograph

Charles Martin, a working miner from Dinnington Colliery who was also a successful artist, having painted in oils 270 pictures, many of which he had sold

Boy with snow shovel
Boy in the snow carrying a shovel. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1907

Men unearthing a fox with dogs, horn and shovels
Men unearthing a fox with shovel, hunting dog and horn, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London

Medieval hunting scenes
Man spearing a boar, 14th century, men with dogs, lances and hunting horn swine hunting in a surreal forest, 9th century, and men with shovels and dog unearthing a fox, 14th century

Natives of the Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea
Natives of the Admiralty Islands fishing and sailing, Papua New Guinea. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Title page vignette of goddess of agriculture
Title page with vignette of Demeter goddess of agriculture with scythe amid statuary in a park. Engraving by Pillement finished by Nee after a painting by Percier

Canal swing bridge and canal navigators tools including barow, grafting tool, shovel, scoop and horsing-block. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Stand of fire irons in polished wrought iron, designed by Ernest Gimson. circa 1910

Ballast-heavers 1850s
Ballast-heavers or also named as mudlarks at work, labourers dredging the River Thames for the opportunity of finding something valuable amongst the mud

A Poker, A Shovel, a Pair of Tongs and a Brush
Smiling Fireplace tools - A Poker, A Shovel, a Pair of Tongs and a Brush. Date: 1922

Two fortune seekers, one man shovelling up washed up dirty water into a cradle, another man pouring water while rocking it all the time

Take My Tip The one way to follow horses with success
Take My Tip.. Theres only one way of following horses with any success... AND THIS IS IT! circa 1930s

Digging for Ants Date: 1948

FURNACE OF STEAM ENGINE
The furnace, boilers and temperature gauge of a fully operating steam engine Date: early 19th century

Bulking at a tea warehouse 1874
Workers shovel (or bulk) tea into tea chests in a warehouse. Date: 1874

SHOVELLING COAL
Men shovel coal into horse drawn carts above the ground. Date: 1930s

Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 5
Alfred Gee pushes a coal truck to the entrance of his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971

Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 4
Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971

Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 3
Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971

Brass tongs and shovel
Brass tongs, with a lobed stem, curved bracket and a ring on the top. Manufactured in England, c.1650-1700. Date: 1650-1700

Fire shovel
Brass fire shovel with a turned shaft featuring three knops, a ball knop at the the top, and a bell-shaped pan, part of a set of fire tools made in England c.1650-1700. Date: c.1650-1700

Set of fire tools
Brass and wrought iron poker with a turned shaft featuring three knops and a ball knop at the top, part of a set of fire tools made in England c.1650-1700. Date: c.1650-1700

Page of Victorian adverts for household items 1888
Selection page of Victorian household hardware items for everyday use. 1888

Farm tools. Wooden spade and wodden potato hoe. The National Museum of Finland. Helsinki

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