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French cub scout digging in a field
Finnish boy scout as ARP warden, Helsinki, WW2Finnish boy scout as ARP warden at the headquarters of the Finnish Boy Scouts Association, Helsinki. Date: circa 1940s
Finnish boy scout in wartime service, Helsinki, WW2Finnish boy scout in wartime service, Helsinki. Date: circa 1940s
Blitz in London -- aftermath of bombing, with some people sorting through the rubble and others stopping for a refreshment break. Date: 1940s
Bronze Statuette - Sgt Grenadier Guards in Battle OrderBronze Statuette - Sergeant, Grenadier Guards, in Battle Order, by George Edward Wade (1853-1933). Wade sculpted a Peace Memorial with Bronze Figure of Christ at Quarry Bank, Staffordshire
Mother and children making sandcastleMother and children making a sandcastle on the beach
Toddler playing in gardenToddler playing in the garden with a plastic spade. circa 1970s
British working party in snow, Western Front, WW1A British working party in the snow on the Western Front during World War One, carrying stove pipes, with a big gun nearby. Date: circa 1916
Hot Work! by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl sits on a mound of sand on the beach, and chats with her pet dog. Date: 1949
All Ready by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in yellow coat and hat, with a green suitcase, bucket and spade, is ready to set off for her summer holidays. Date: 1936
Off We Go! by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl sets off for her holidays with her toys, and a bucket and spade. Date: 1935
Toddler with bucket and spade by Muriel DawsonToddler at the seaside with bucket and spade by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s
On the beach 1895Brother and sister sit on the beach filling up their buckets with pebbles. Date: 1895
Book cover design, La Vanghetta del FanteBook cover design by Duilio Cambellotti, La Vanghetta del Fante by Giuseppe Zucca, showing an Italian light infantryman carrying a spade (the title also means Jack of Spades). Date: circa 1920
German soldiers digging a trench, WW1Artists impression of German soldiers digging and fortifying a trench at night, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. The soldier in the foreground is lighting a cigarette
Little girl making sandcastles by Muriel DawsonA little girl on the beach, making sandcastles, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1930s
Pencil sketch of toddler with bucketPencil sketch of a toddler filling a bucket with sand. Date: 1920s
Three children with tent on a beachThree children in Red Indian costume standing in front of a tent on a beach
Workman with spadeA middle-aged workman standing in a yard with a large spade
Steam engine and tender on a railway trackA steam engine and tender on a railway track outside a shed
Four children on a seaside holiday, building a sandcastle on the beach. Date: (insert)
Advert for Gorringes childrens clothingClothes of character for the wee man. Date: 1930
Punch & Judy TentAn enthralled group of children and one young mother enjoy a Punch and Judy show on Bridlington beach, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1950s
Baker. 15th century. Fresco. ITALY. Issogne. Issogne Castle
Road menders and pipe layersPeople You See. Road menders and pipe layers. From Teddy Bear (23 March 1968)
Holiday RepPeople You See. Holiday Rep. From Teddy Bear (11 July 1970)
Pandemonium in the farm yard. A tractor has been driven into the pond and many children rush to help
Clearing the snowPeople You See. From Teddy Bear (9 January 1965)
The Road DiggerPeople You See. From Teddy Bear (artwork dated 4 March)
The RedcoatPeople You See. From Teddy Bear (5 September 1970)
Steam Roller Driver
The BricklayerPeople You See: The Bricklayer. From Teddy Bear (2 May 1964)
Punch and Judy show at the seaside
Castles in the Sand. Poem by Marie Cleeve Dainton
Raincoat, umbrella hat, brush hook, spade, hoe, sickle. Drawings show, in top illustration, a raincoat and a traditional conical hat; and in bottom illustration, four farm implements. Date 1878 Sep
Garden tools used by the Royal children. 3 Swiss Cottage, Osborne
Silhouettes of soldiers in wartimeSome of our lads -- silhouettes of soldiers in wartime. Including a piper playing the bagpipes, men standing on guard or chatting, a drummer, men carrying tools and materials for trench digging
Gardening EquipmentGardening tools : Wheelbarrow, gloves, spade, fork, etc. Date: 1960s
Unusual Farmyard GateAn unusual farm gate, with a spade, scythe, axe etc, incorporated into its design, near Tring, Hertfordshire, England. Date: March 1939
American troops outside dugout, France, WW1American troops outside a dugout nicknamed Devils Den, on the western front in northern France during the First World War. Date: early 1918
Eight children mourning a dead bird
Quaint Gate, Moulton, Northampton - A gate formed of agricultural implements. Date: circa 1940
British artillery at an outpost, northern France, WW1British artillery with their rifles at an outpost in northern France during the First World War. Date: 1914
Three children with a snowmanThree children admiring a snowman they have just built. early 20th century
Gus Elen / The HallsGUS ELEN Ernest Augustus Elen) Music hall entertainer Date: 1862 - 1940
The Broken SpadeA brother consoles his sister who has broken her spade while digging too forcefully in the sand. Either that, or more likely HE broke it, and he is saying sorry... Date: 1890
Washing Oysters / PhotoOYSTER INDUSTRY - fishermen washing oysters Date: 1930