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Transporting Collection (page 5)

Background imageTransporting Collection: Carrying grapes - Portugal

Carrying grapes - Portugal. A line of men with large heavy baskets of grapes leave the vineyard. The baskets are supported with thick leater head straps

Background imageTransporting Collection: Transporting corn or wheat - Italy

Transporting corn or wheat - Italy
Spedaluzzo, near Greve (not too far from Florence), Italy - an ox cart transporting bales of corn Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Woman of the Italian Lakes with straw backpack

Woman of the Italian Lakes with straw backpack
A woman of the Northern Italian lakes region carrying a large wicker backpack containing what apears to be hay. This traditional mode of transporting such goods is often depicted in the postcards

Background imageTransporting Collection: Finland - Transporting timber

Finland - Transporting timber Date: circa 1909

Background imageTransporting Collection: Mexican Porter - Carrying massive wooden crate

Mexican Porter - Carrying massive wooden crate
Mexican Porter - Carrying a massive wooden crate on his back. The card is captioned as: " The Poor Mans Burden in Mexico". Date: circa 1909

Background imageTransporting Collection: Ambala - Hill Milkmen

Ambala - Hill Milkmen. Ambala is in the state of Haryana, Northern India, Date: circa 1908

Background imageTransporting Collection: Transporting a tree

Transporting a tree
A tree is moved from the railway station to an avenue, Landskrona, Sweden 1916. Date: 1916

Background imageTransporting Collection: Turkish troops transporting supplies, WW1

Turkish troops transporting supplies, WW1
Turkish troops transporting supplies by horse and camel during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageTransporting Collection: German artillery on the march, Bois de Pietre, France, WW1

German artillery on the march, Bois de Pietre, France, WW1
German artillery on the march at Bois de Pietre, Aubers, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Background imageTransporting Collection: Mexico - Carriers loading wood

Mexico - Carriers loading wood
Carriers loading wood onto mules Mexico Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransporting Collection: Transporting masts

Transporting masts

Background imageTransporting Collection: German gunners moving 77mm field guns, WW1

German gunners moving 77mm field guns, WW1
German gunners moving 77mm field guns forward over rough ground using a combined horse and ox team on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: February 1918

Background imageTransporting Collection: German gunners transporting 77mm field guns, WW1

German gunners transporting 77mm field guns, WW1
German gunners transporting 77mm field guns along a road on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageTransporting Collection: Inniskillings at Chinese railway station

Inniskillings at Chinese railway station
The Inniskilling Fusiliers, stationed in China, are ordered back to Europe to die on the western front : a scene in transit at Tientsin (now Tianjin)

Background imageTransporting Collection: Mexican Wagon with solid wheels

Mexican Wagon with solid wheels
Mexican oxen-led wagon with solid wooden wheels transporting a load of hay Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Birkenhead Cattle Bridge

Birkenhead Cattle Bridge
This bridge at Birkenhead Dock, Merseyside, England, was at one time used for transporting cattle only. Date: 1950s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Unloading Sheep

Unloading Sheep
Unloading sheep at Ipswich Cattle Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Date: 1930s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Train transporting British troops to the Western Front, WW1

Train transporting British troops to the Western Front, WW1
A train transporting British troops to the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageTransporting Collection: Lake Geneva, looking toward Lausanne, Switzerland

Lake Geneva, looking toward Lausanne, Switzerland Date: 1915

Background imageTransporting Collection: German howitzer transported by tractor, WW1

German howitzer transported by tractor, WW1
A German camouflage-painted howitzer, with several gunners, being transported by tractor along a road on the Western Front towards the end of the First World War

Background imageTransporting Collection: Austrian artillery troops in the Alps, WW1

Austrian artillery troops in the Alps, WW1
Austrian artillery troops in the Alps during the First World War, transporting a field gun down a snowy precipice. Date: 1915-1918

Background imageTransporting Collection: Indian carts transporting ammunition, Middle East, WW1

Indian carts transporting ammunition, Middle East, WW1
Indian carts transporting ammunition along a road across the desert in the Middle East during the First World War. A shell has just exploded in the distance. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageTransporting Collection: American ammunition transport, Soulosse, France, WW1

American ammunition transport, Soulosse, France, WW1
American troops of the 101st company transporting ammunition through Soulosse-sous-Saint-Elophe in north eastern France during the First World War

Background imageTransporting Collection: SS Saxon off Gibraltar, WW1

SS Saxon off Gibraltar, WW1
The British SS Saxon, a cruise ship used for transporting troops during the First World War, seen here off Gibraltar on the way to Egypt. Date: spring 1917

Background imageTransporting Collection: Stacking hay on a horse-drawn cart

Stacking hay on a horse-drawn cart, at a farm in Rutland, England Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Transporting the Mahmal to Mecca

Transporting the Mahmal to Mecca onboard a British ship from Cairo to Jeddah - on pilgrimage to Mecca. The Egyptian Mahmal was an empty camel litter containing the Quran

Background imageTransporting Collection: Sliding Cover Dust Truck

Sliding Cover Dust Truck
A sliding cover dust truck, presumably for a street cleaner, or for transporting rubble or industrial rubbish with a cover to prevent said dust blowing away in the wind

Background imageTransporting Collection: Australian gunners with heavy gun, Western Front, WW1

Australian gunners with heavy gun, Western Front, WW1
Australian gunners and horses transporting a heavy gun on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageTransporting Collection: Tractors transporting heavy artillery, WW1

Tractors transporting heavy artillery, WW1
Tractors transporting heavy artillery along a country road during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageTransporting Collection: Holt tractor transporting heavy artillery, WW1

Holt tractor transporting heavy artillery, WW1
A Holt tractor transporting heavy artillery (probably a Howitzer) along a country road during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageTransporting Collection: Porter in Thessalonika

Porter in Thessalonika
Indigenous barefooted elderly Turkish porter, carrying a small wooden cabinet - Thessalonika Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Farmer and laden ox cart

Farmer and laden ox cart
Farmer and his Oxen cart transporting a large volume of hay - Bearnais region. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Pyrenean Mountain Men carrying ice

Pyrenean Mountain Men carrying ice
Pyrenean Mountain Men carrying large blocks of ice on their heads, France Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Rouen / Harbour C1905

Rouen / Harbour C1905
Rouen: harbour and transporting bridge Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransporting Collection: Tobacco industry in Algiers

Tobacco industry in Algiers
Algeria : delivering tobacco to the shop of Hussein-Dey, Algiers Date: 1862

Background imageTransporting Collection: Twenty mule Borax team, Mojave, California

Twenty mule Borax team, Mojave, California, valley line

Background imageTransporting Collection: Traction engine, Victoria Place, Haverfordwest, South Wales

Traction engine, Victoria Place, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A large traction engine with a smoking funnel transports a load of stone from the station, along Victoria Place, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Background imageTransporting Collection: Mule transports Kerosene in Iraq

Mule transports Kerosene in Iraq
Iraq - a mule is used to transport wooden cases of Palm Tree refined petroleum (kerosene), manufactured by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company

Background imageTransporting Collection: Italy - Transporting Grape Juice, Bologna

Italy - Transporting Grape Juice, Bologna

Background imageTransporting Collection: Moving the Mexican Army

Moving the Mexican Army during the time of the Mexican Revolution

Background imageTransporting Collection: Gunners transporting weapon WWI

Gunners transporting weapon WWI
Gunners manhandling a trench gun into a new position on the Somme during World War I

Background imageTransporting Collection: Marshall Britannia Boiler transported - India

Marshall Britannia Boiler transported - India
The transportation of a Marshall Britannia boiler across the Indian countryside by a vast team of oxen and men. Many thousands of portable steam engines were made between the 1840s and 1920s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Great Yarmouth Docks

Great Yarmouth Docks
Great Yarmouth Dockyards. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Background imageTransporting Collection: Advertisement for Brake Linings

Advertisement for Brake Linings
An advertisement for Don and Capasco brake linings, Manchester, depicting siz cars on their invisible transporter, stressing the quality of their brakes

Background imageTransporting Collection: El Kantara, Constantine, Algeria

El Kantara, Constantine, Algeria
A woman carrying a huge bundle of palm branches on her back in the suburb of El Kantara, Constantine, Algeria

Background imageTransporting Collection: Moving hay on a pulley system - Hardanger, Western Norway

Moving hay on a pulley system - Hardanger, Western Norway
West Norway - Hardanger. Moving a large bundle of hay up and down a steep slope on an elaborate and rather remarkable string and pulley system

Background imageTransporting Collection: Turkish Woman carrying vegetables

Turkish Woman carrying vegetables
Two Turkish peasant women carrying a variety of vegetables and animal fodder in baskets balanced on their heads



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