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Stooks Collection

Background imageStooks Collection: Farming Scene in Western Canada

Farming Scene in Western Canada - harvesting crops and stooks. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageStooks Collection: Stirling Castle 1904

Stirling Castle 1904
Stirling Castle, from the Kings Knot

Background imageStooks Collection: Stirling Castle from Kings Knot, Stirling, Scotland

Stirling Castle from Kings Knot, Stirling, Scotland
Stirling Castle viewed from Kings Knot, Stirling, Scotland. circa 1905

Background imageStooks Collection: Llandrillo Church & Little Orme, Colwyn Bay, Clwyd, N Wales

Llandrillo Church & Little Orme, Colwyn Bay, Clwyd, N Wales
Llandrillo Church and Little Orme, Colwyn Bay, Clwyd, North Wales - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageStooks Collection: Comic postcard, Couple asleep in the countryside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple asleep in the countryside Date: 20th century

Background imageStooks Collection: August, by Minnie Asprey

August, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

Background imageStooks Collection: A harvest time view of the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire

A harvest time view of the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales, showing the stooks in the fields behind the building. Date: 1960s

Background imageStooks Collection: Summer, 18th century French School

Summer, 18th century French School (possibly by Francois Octavien, 1695-1736). Showing people harvesting in the fields, with a storm in the distance

Background imageStooks Collection: Stooking corn, Exmoor, near Porlock, Somerset

Stooking corn, Exmoor, near Porlock, Somerset
Two men and a boy stooking corn on Exmoor, near Porlock, Somerset. Date: 1971

Background imageStooks Collection: Stooks of wheat at Black Dog, near Crediton, Devon

Stooks of wheat at Black Dog, near Crediton, Devon
Stooks of wheat in a field during harvest time at Black Dog, near Crediton, Devon. Date: 1960s

Background imageStooks Collection: Panoramic view of Smalandsstenar, Sweden

Panoramic view of Smalandsstenar, Sweden
Panoramic view of a farmstead in Smalandsstenar, Jonkoping, Sweden, at harvest time. Date: circa 1908

Background imageStooks Collection: Cornfield at harvest time

Cornfield at harvest time -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Background imageStooks Collection: Garron Point from Waterfoot, Co. Antrim

Garron Point from Waterfoot, Co. Antrim - a view of the point in the distance with in the foreground, hay stooks beside an estuary, and at the extreme right, buildings

Background imageStooks Collection: Slemish, Co. Antrim

Slemish, Co. Antrim - a view to Slemish in the distance with hay stooks in a field and a road in the foreground. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Slemish). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageStooks Collection: Cushendun and Garron Point, Co. Antrim

Cushendun and Garron Point, Co. Antrim - similar view to above but hay stooks in the foreground. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Tornamoney). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageStooks Collection: Norman Keep, Greencastle, Co. Down

Norman Keep, Greencastle, Co. Down - a view of a derelict keep with other buildings to the left and in the foreground, a field of hay stooks. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Greencastle)

Background imageStooks Collection: Mournes from Kilkeel

Mournes from Kilkeel - a view across farmland to the mountains in the distance. In the foreground is a thatched cottage and in the field behind, hay stooks

Background imageStooks Collection: Slieve Bignian and the Annalong River

Slieve Bignian and the Annalong River - a view of the mountain with the river in the foreground and on the left, hay stooks. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mournes). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageStooks Collection: French Happy Families - Farmer

French Happy Families - Farmer
French Happy Families - La Famille Courtepaille, Grandmother, Farmer. early 20th century

Background imageStooks Collection: Wheat Stooks

Wheat Stooks
Wheat stooks in a field. Stooking is a traditional method for stacking harvested cereals, leaning six sheaves against another six. Date: August 1947

Background imageStooks Collection: Book illustration -- August

Book illustration -- August, with stooks in a cornfield. Date: circa 1880

Background imageStooks Collection: Mieders Hotel, Larchenhof, Austria

Mieders Hotel, Larchenhof, Austria
Mieders Hotel and other buildings in Larchenhof, Austria. Date: circa 1930

Background imageStooks Collection: Santa Coloma, Valleys of Andorra, Andorra

Santa Coloma, Valleys of Andorra, Andorra
The town of Santa Coloma in the Valleys of Andorra, Principality of Andorra, a sovereign microstate in south-west Europe. With the church and stooks of corn. circa 1940

Background imageStooks Collection: Man and dogs in cornfield, Countisbury, Somerset

Man and dogs in cornfield, Countisbury, Somerset
Man and dogs in a cornfield, Countisbury, Exmoor, Somerset. Date: 1971

Background imageStooks Collection: General view of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, USA

General view of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, USA, looking north from one of the hills. Date: circa 1909

Background imageStooks Collection: Stooking oats, Exmoor, near Porlock, Somerset

Stooking oats, Exmoor, near Porlock, Somerset
A man and a boy stooking oats on Exmoor, near Porlock, Somerset, with a dog lending a hand. 1971

Background imageStooks Collection: British soldiers with anti-aircraft gun, Western Front, WW1

British soldiers with anti-aircraft gun, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers with an anti-aircraft gun camouflaged by bales of hay at harvest time, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageStooks Collection: Harvest Stooks

Harvest Stooks
The pattern of harvest - a delightful scene of the Northamptonshire countryside, near Everdon Stubbs, with the lines of the oat stooks following the field outline. Date: 1950s

Background imageStooks Collection: Stouks near Uderns - Schwaz district of Tyrol, Austria

Stouks near Uderns - Schwaz district of Tyrol, Austria
Stouks in the fields near Uderns, a municipality in the Schwaz district of Tyrol, Austria. Date: circa 1947

Background imageStooks Collection: Kortrijk - sheafs of corn

Kortrijk - sheafs of corn
Stooks in a field - sheafs of grain at Kortrijk, Belgium Date: circa 1910s

Background imageStooks Collection: Harvesting (Lhermitte)

Harvesting (Lhermitte)
Men and women at work in the harvest field, taking advantage of fine weather to gather the crop into stooks with wide wooden rakes. Date: 1889

Background imageStooks Collection: Music sheet cover for Danseuses Viennoises

Music sheet cover for Danseuses Viennoises
Music sheet cover for the Danseuses Viennoises (Viennese Dancers), No.3 Pas des Moissonneurs (Harvesters Dance or Harvest Fete), with music by Max Maretzek (1821-1897)

Background imageStooks Collection: Poster depicting the Scottish oat harvest

Poster depicting the Scottish oat harvest
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting the Scottish oat harvest

Background imageStooks Collection: Thou Crownest Text C1880

Thou Crownest Text C1880
Thou crownest the year... text for harvest-time, accompanied by a view of a cornfield and decorative ears of corn. Date: circa 1880

Background imageStooks Collection: Countryside Field 1906

Countryside Field 1906
The Village Church in the middle distance, seen across a field

Background imageStooks Collection: Hay Making 1600

Hay Making 1600
A farmer and his wife rake the hay and fork it into stooks, while another couple shelter from the sun and enjoy a little cuddle

Background imageStooks Collection: Harvesting France C1920

Harvesting France C1920
The Harvest: men, women & children set to at harvest time - sharpening scythes, cutting the crop, gathering into stooks & loading the cart - a child picks field poppies

Background imageStooks Collection: Futuristic farming

Futuristic farming
An example of futuristic farming, the automated way. The farmer sits on a chair and operates the controls, while machinery does the harvesting


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