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Children playing at the beachYoung children playing on the beach with a shovel and bucket. Altl are wearing charming fashions from Gnooch s, Brompton Road, London
Farm tools. Wooden spade and wodden potato hoe. The National Museum of Finland. Helsinki
Agricultural tools from Enkomi, Cyprus. 1200-1050 BCAgricultural tools from the ancient Cypriot city of Enkomi. 1200-1050 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Stone-breaking cell in a workhouseIllustration showing a workhouse stone-breaking cell. Tramps and vagrants broke stones in return for a nights accommodation Date: circa 1909
WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers advance in snowWW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers shovel through the winter snow to aid the passage of an advancing artillery regiment
Two children on pavement, Balham, SW LondonTwo children, a boy and a girl, sitting and lying on the pavement on a street in Balham, SW London. The boy is holding a shovel, and they are both rather dirty. Date: circa 1961
Early type of mechanical shovel by Heath RobinsonThe inventor of the mechanical shovel trying out an early type. Two medieval engineers with a rickety but effective mechanical shovel or digger
The Gentle Art of Excavating - Removing top soilA new type of shovel removing the top soil from a bluff in the Cotswold Hills. A typically elaborate contraption by the gadget king
Firefighters and winter snows, WW2The early winters of the Second World War were snowy with numerous falls of one or two feet and occasional falls (such as in 1940-1941) in which snow depths of up to 16 feet (drifts) were recorded
German recruitment poster designed by Lucian Zabel: Pioniere heraus! A German soldier carries a shovel, pickaxe and rifle, prepared for every eventuality
Snow in Prospect Park, Niagara, NY State, USA Date: circa 1890
HRH George, The Prince of Wales - The Volunteer StokerHRH George, The Prince of Wales (1865-1936) - as a Volunteer Stoker! The photograph was taken in 1909 on board the HMS Indomitable with the Officers and Members of his suite
Tending a grave near Mametz Wood, August 1916. Lantern slide from a box of 80 lantern slides associated with the Western Front, 1916-1917. Lee Enfield rifles (SMLEs) stacked
Poorly puppy by the fire - His First Trouble by G E StuddyHis First Trouble by G E Studdy - A poorly puppy, wrapped up warm by the fire staring across to his medicine on the hearth with apprehension. Date: 1912
Card; Tongs and so OnThe poker, the shovel. the broom and tongs, made Christmas merry with dance and songs Date: circa 1905
Steam shovel at Santa Cruz, Panama Canal constructionBucyrus steam shovel in operation, at Santa Cruz, Panama Canal construction, loading railcars with soil. Date: circa 1914
Two kittens with salt tub on a Christmas cardTwo kittens with salt tub and mistletoe on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Men of Vietnam (Cochinchine), soldier and farmer.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845
Anglo Saxon agriculture.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages. 1798
Hawthorn flower fairy and children, Crataegus laevigata.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies
Men on New Stoughton Wagon, Iowa, USATwo men on a New Stoughton Wagon with spades in their hands. Photograph by Charles Clinton Stevens of Williams, Iowa, USA. The covering on the horse is probably designed to protect it from flies
Seller of iron waresBuy a fork or a fire shovel. Street seller of iron wares. From Old London Cries (1885) Date: 1885
Partly finished battlefield road at Flanders 1917Second Battle of Flanders: Troops in the front are capturing positions and beating off counter attacks night and day. While the temporary lulls of infantry fighting between each thrust forward
The Gentle Art of Excavating - A New Multi-Movement Drag ShoA new multi-movement drag shovel excavating for the foundations of a new cinema. A typically convoluted digger, made from recycled bits of houses
Womens Royal Air Force -- Coal FatigueIllustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing two women on Coal Fatigue, ie shovelling coal. Date: 1919-1920
Bronze cooking utensils recovered from Pompeii, ItalyBronze cooking utensils recovered from excavations at Pompeii, Italy. Date: 1906
A Cosy Diner - Workmen have lunch amid the air raidsKeep Calm and Carry On. A quite fantastic photograph showing two workmen engaged in repairing air raid damage in the London area continue with their private luncheon although the sirens have sounded
Clearing the snowPeople You See. From Teddy Bear (9 January 1965)
Laying cement. Fathers newly laid cement path is ruined by the pet dog
Shovelling snow
Polish infantrymanA Polish infantryman in full war kit complete with shovel. The Illustrated London News calls him a type of soldier who can endure privation, make long marches without difficulty
Game / Shuffleboard 17CMen playing shuffleboard (or shovel-board) in an English inn Date: 17th century
Land Girl by George RansteadA member of the Womens Land Army during World War One is depicted in her uniform shovelling manure or soil. An impression by George Ranstead
RAF air cadet shovelling coalCartoon of a Royal Air Force air cadet on training at Heaton Park, Manchester, shovelling coal
Man shovelling manure from the back of a lorryA man shovelling manure from the back of a lorry
Bosnia - Sarajevo - Railway WorkersHappy smiling Railway workers, delighted at having completed the railway link between Samac and Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina - then under Russian occupation)
Satire on the plea for a labourers voteExcellent political satire on the plea for a labourers vote, as both a Tory and a Liberal Politician get down on their knees to beg for the vote of the common working man
Industrial furnacesWorkmen in front of two Meldrum Brothers patent furnaces, manufactured in Manchester. The furnaces may be " destructors", for the purpose of burning town refuse
Shovelling rubble onto a lorryA workman bends down to shovel up some rubble from roadworks onto the back of a lorry
A road sweeperA rather ragged dustman or road sweeper with his sweeping brushes and shovel, cart and empty bottle of ale! Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
To The Rescue by William Heath RobinsonSequential cartoon by William Heath Robinson with the first picture showing a policeman directing a large army of helpers towards a top hat and gloves lying forlornly in the snow
Cornish Coal LorryCornish coalmen unloading coal from their lorry onto a ship before it sets sail from the harbour with its cargo of China clay
Young Cloudesley Shovel Swimming With DespatchesEngraving taken from the painting Young Cloudesley Shovel Swimming with Despatches through the Enemys Fire. In the background can be seen the stern of a 16th or 17th century warship
Ladies by a FiresideTwo young ladies sit in front of an open fire : should they require them, a whole battery of tools are available to poke the coals, shovel the ash or brush the hearth
Man Shovels SnowA young man clears heavy snow with a shovel, from the pavement outside his home and from around a parked motorcycle!
Man Clears SnowA young man clears heavy snow with a shovel, from the pavement outside his home
Costume / Girl / FranchommeGirl wears a red fur or plush hat, buttoned up tunic or skirted jacket with soutache (Russian braid) over her dress, matching cape with blue lining & leather gloves
Menelik WorksKing Menelik picks up a shovel and shows he is not too proud to work