Sorting Collection (page 3)

Sorting Laundry
A young housewife sorts out a pile of laundry. Date: 1940s

Gpo Parcel Sorting
The General Post Office, London : sorting parcels at Mount Pleasant Date: 1939

African-American women and children sorting cotton at the Atlantic Cotton Compress Company in Pensacola, Florida, USA. Date: 1900s

GPO Sorting Office, Mount Pleasant, London
GPO Sorting Office, Mount Pleasant, Farringdon, near Grays Inn, County of London, England. Date: 1903

Lux advertisement, 1923
Advertisement for Lux soap, manufactured by Lever Brothers at Port Sunlight. Ideal for dainty fabrics the illustration shows a mother and her children sorting through clothing from her drawers

Clearing away wreckage at Cuffley by Matania, WW1
A scene at Cuffley, Hertfordshire showing the wreckage of the L-21 German zeppelin airship brought down by Lieut. William Leefe Robinson on the night of 2 September 1916

Blitz in London -- aftermath of bombing, with some people sorting through the rubble and others stopping for a refreshment break. Date: 1940s

Interior of a sorting car on a newspaper express train
London newspapers being sorted and packed in transit on board an express train in specially constructed cars, during the night journey

Sorting & packing newspapers overnight at W H Smith
Men working at long tables at W. H. Smith sorting and packing newspapers for distribution by rail throughout the country. Each of the long tables represented a main railway line

Departure of mail to British Soldiers
The regular despatch of soldierss letters and parcels throughout World War One. Several million letters and cards are sent weekly to different fronts

Viscountess Gladstone working for base hospitals, WW1
Viscountess Gladstone, along with the Hon. Lilian and Winifred Douglas Pennant (half -sisters of Lord Penrhyn) and Miss Poole working to provide garments

Women farm workers 1917
First World War women farm workers, sorting potatoes into sizes to be sent to London. Date: 1917

Soldiers sorting military post, WW1
Men of the Royal Engineers sorting out letters at the G.P.O in 1915. The ever-increasing volume of letters and parcels to troops in various parts of the world necessitated experienced men who

Women sorting coffee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Women sorting silk worms, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Cleaning and sorting coffee, India
Workers cleaning and sorting coffee, India. Date: circa 1890s

British artillerymen sorting shells, Western Front, WW1
British artillerymen sorting shells in the snow on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

King George VI visits a Royal Ordnance factory, WWII
King George VI being given a tour of inspection of a Royal Ordnance factory and seeing at first-hand the immense effort being put in to produce arms, in this case anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns

Poole Fishermen
A group of fishermen on the beach at Poole, Dorset, England, sorting their fishing nets. Date: early 1930s

Margate Fishermen
A group of fishermen on the beach at Margate, Kent, England, sorting their fishing nets. Date: early 1930s

Sorting Hair 1930S
A young woman sorting and packing hair, perhaps for wigs or even bedding. Date: early 1930s

Carrying Mail Sacks
Trusty workers at the General Post Office, lugging huge sacks of heavy mail over their shoulders. Date: early 1930s

Pounding rice - Malabar region of Southern India
Sifting, sorting and pounding rice with a large pestle and mortar - Malabar region of southern India (lying between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea). Date: circa 1910s

Kimberley, South Africa - Convicts sorting for diamonds Date: circa 1903

Sorting and weighing tea leaves - Sri Lanka
Sorting and weighing tea leaves at the Great Western Tea Factory - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s

Packing Easter Lily Buds, Bermuda. Date: 1906

Salvation Army Elevator - Sorting Paper and String
A man at work sorting paper and string at one of the Elevator depots run by the Salvation Army to provide work for destitute men. Date: 1938

Firefighters doing productive work in lull period, WW2
During the longer lulls in firefighting activities, NFS firefighters took part in industrial production for the countrys war needs

Blitz in London -- Cavendish Road, Balham, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firemen sorting through the debris in the aftermath of a direct hit on their sub-fire station 86W, located at Cavendish Road School, Balham, SW London, 5 November 1940

Delivery of the mail at Rand Airport - Johannesburg
Card issued for the Empire Exhibition - Johannesburg, South Africa. The airmail section of the General Post Office in Johannesburg

English man sorting fabrics for trade in Yokohama. Japanese print shows a merchant examining cloth which possibly reminds him of his wife

Making a new road, Palestine
Men and boys employed in making a new road in Palestine. Date: early 20th century

Date picking and collecting - Iran
The Date Industry in Iran - picking, sorting and boxing. Date: circa 1910s

Preparation of Palm Oil - Sierra Leone Date: circa 1904

Gunners with heavy gun and shells, Salonika Front, WW1
Gunners sorting shells for a heavy gun on the Salonika Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Trimming Sponges, Nassau, Bahamas Date: circa 1910s

Sorting Whale Blubber
Fishermen sorting out whale blubber on shore. Date: 1930s

Swedish Air Cadets
New Swedish Air Force recruits sorting out their uniforms in front of their barracks. Date: 1930s

Edecan Champagne
Sober women sorting bottles of Edecan Champagne, Mexico, South America. Date: 1930s

Geology Students
Sixth form A level Geology students, sorting through their booty after a day on nearby May Hill. The Wilderness Field Study Centre, Britain. Date: early 1970s

Muslim women sorting ammunition, Turkey, WW1
Muslim women sorting ammunition for the British army in Turkey during the First World War. Date: 1917

Australian Field Post Office, Henencourt, France, WW1
Scene inside the Australian Field Post Office at Henencourt, northern France, during the First World War, showing men sorting the post into pigeonholes. Date: March 1918

Chinese man, Tank Corps workshop, Teneur, France, WW1
A Chinese worker salvaging tank track plates at the British Tank Corps Central Workshops, Teneur, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Middlesex House of Correction, Clerkenwell, London
The Middlesex House of Correction, opened in 1794, was later known as Cold Bath Prison, then Clerkenwell Gaol. It became a debtors prison before closing in 1885

Coal screening machine, Llanerch Colliery, South Wales
View of a jigger or coal screening machine at Llanerch Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Paper sorting, Salvation Army Elevator
Men sorting paper at one of the Salvation Army Elevators. The Elevators provided the destitute with both short-term work and hostel-style accommodation

Woman sorting out washing in a river
A woman standing knee deep in a river, sorting out items for washing which she has placed on various rocks

Food drying or sorting in Kashgar, western China
Men drying or sorting food on mats in the open air in Kashgar, western China

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