Spades Collection

Welsh women road builders, South Wales
A group of twenty Welsh women road builders in Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, holding their spades. They built the road to Hook in 1903-4 to facilitate transport to the colliery

German Playing Card Pack
An assortment of playing cards: kings, queens and knaves

Digging Golf Bunker
Men busy preparing the 8th bunker at Princes golf course, Sandwich, Kent, in readiness for the Open Championship in June

Mother and four children on the beach
A delightful photograph of a Mother and her four children spending the day on the beach at Palm Bay, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent

Buckets and spades at the seaside
Two little girls on the beach at an unidentified British seaside resort, carrying their buckets and spades. Date: 1950s

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the pack of cards, as the courtroom scene disintegrates at the end of the story. Date: early 20th century

Beach Scene 1912
A little boy and girl play with their spades on the beach, while their mother, looking rather cold, holds their coats and watches over them

Carroll / Alice & Gardener
THE GARDENERS

A Devon beach scene
A Devon Beach Scene. Two young boys in coast and caps build a sandcastle. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Selection of Spades
A selection of spades : the 10, Knave, Queen, King, Ace

Garden Tools, Spades, Forks, Hoes, Shears, Rakes and Knives. 19th century

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

Advertisement for the famous Ace of Spades road house, the progenitor of a number of road houses that attracted fun-seeking motorists during the inter-war years

Advert for Ace of Spades road house 1933
Advertisement for The Ace of Spades road-house on the Kingston by-pass, considered the first of its kind. Road-houses sprang up along arterial roads leading out of London

The Ace of Spades road house
Illustration by Mel of The Ace of Spades road-house on the Kingston by-pass, considered the first of its kind. Road-houses sprang up along arterial roads leading out of London

Turf Whist, playing cards scorecard, cards and cat
Turf Whist, playing cards scorecard, cat poking its head through loose cards

Tournament Whist playing cards scorecard, Guardsman
Tournament Whist playing cards scorecard design, Guardsman on horseback

Touring Whist Game Playing Cards Card Scorecard
touring, whist, game, playing, cards, card, scorecard, cupid, love, red, heart, flowers, score, wings, arrow, spades, diamonds, clubs, hearts, bow, colourful, design, 13944328

Progressive Whist Playing Cards score card, Classical Lady

Progressive Whist playing cards scorecard, King and Queen
Progressive Whist playing cards scorecard, King of Clubs and Queen of Hearts

Flying Whist playing cards scorecard, four aces
Flying Whist playing cards scorecard, the four aces as aircraft wings Date: circa 1920

Court Whist playing cards scorecard, royal fanfare trumpets draped in flags of four suits

Crazy Whist playing cards scorecard, four characters carrying giant images of the four suits

Ace of Spades playing card, De La Rue & Co, London
Ace of Spades playing card showing tax duty of three pence, De La Rue & Co, London

The Ace of Spades
A portrait oil painting of a young girl, sat confidently on a table, with the ace of spades playing card placed on her lap, symbolising death or bad fortune. Date: circa 1924

Burying a body, France
Three grave diggers inter a corpse in a cemetery

Family group - Studio portrait at the seaside for two sisters and their four children (complete with buckets and spades!)

Large group of French Schoolgirls dressed as a deck of cards
Large group of French Schoolgirls from Clermont-Ferrand posing for a photograph wearing wonderful playing card costumes - the whole deck is featured, including Kings, Queens, Jacks

Hubert T Marsh on an Ace of Spades playing card
Hubert T Marsh, Master of The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards, on an Ace of Spades playing card. 1933

Knave of Spades
Image of the Knave of Spades. Taken from a series of postcards. Artist: Miss E Henman Date: 1906

Queen of Spades
Image of the Queen of Spades. Taken from a series of postcards. Artist: Miss E Henman Date: 1906

King of Spades
Image of the King of Spades. Taken from a series of postcards. Artist: Miss E Henman Date: 1906

Playing cards from the 15th century
Ancient playing cards including the Queen of Rabbits, the King of Columbines, the Ace of Roses, and the Knave of Pink, 15th century

Part of Scarborough, drawn by John Leech 1857
Victorian mainly women and children having a ride on carriage around the beach. 1857

Boys taking part in a Communist Youth labour camp in former Yugoslavia. They were working on a river project. Date: 1963

Hastings in October 1857
Victorians having an enjoyable day at Hastings. Date: 1857

Large extended family group on a British beach
A large extended family group pose for a photograph at a British seaside resort. circa 1920s

Preparing for the Snow-Ball Fight by Charles Robinson
Illustration titled Preparing for the Snow-Ball Fight. This image shows a group of children making a pile of snow balls in preparation for a fight

Mother and her three children, each holding a toy boat
Mother and her three children on the beach, each holding a toy boat. Date: circa 1905

Iraq War Most Wanted Playing Cards - fan of all the Spades, with the face of Saddam Hussein (c.1937-2006) as the Ace of Spades. circa 2003

Diamond mining in German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1910

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the gardeners
Alice in Wonderland, Alice meets some playing card gardeners painting the white roses red. Date: early 20th century

Masonry Tools 18th C
Various tools used by builders in the 18th century : trowels, spades, saws, baskets, spades, wheelbarrows, hammers, etc. Date: Circa 1760

Playing cards with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a hand holding playing cards. Date: circa 1890s

Two girls at the seaside on a palette-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

North Sea Camp Borstal Institution, Lincolnshire
North Sea Camp Borstal Institution at Freiston, Lincolnshire. Boys with spades at work reclaiming land from the sea. Small wagons with hoppers run on a railway track. Date: circa 1945

Approved School - Gardening
Boys digging with forks and spades in the garden of an unidentified Approved School. Date: circa1945

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