Waste Collection (page 3)

The Accident -- a pot of liquid is overturned. circa 1820s

WW1 poster, Blood or Bread
Poster, Blood or Bread, US Food Administration. circa 1918

WW1 poster, US Food Administration
Poster, Advice on kitchen waste for recycling, US Food Administration. circa 1918

Man surprised by elephant on a cutout Christmas card
A man working in his office is surprised by an elephant putting its head through the window and spilling a pot of ink on a cutout Christmas card (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Susi - with upturned basket. 1950s

WW2 poster, Work carefully, avoid scrap
WW2 poster, Accidents sometimes happen... Work carefully, avoid scrap. HMSO, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Yield Not An Inch! Waste Not A Minute! Stand Fast! Work Fast! Date: circa 1941

Caricature of G Edwardes and E L Blanchard
Caricature of George Joseph Edwardes (1855-1915), English theatre manager and producer, and Edward Litt Laman Blanchard (1820-1889), English writer, dramatist and drama critic -- The Era. 1882

Ferrari and caravan on waste land
Ferrari and caravan parked on waste land. Date: 1970s

Boys sitting in armchairs on waste ground. Date: 1970s

Recycling Pig Swill
The Lobb Brothers (Charles & Henry) collect pig swill in special pails, twice a week from the homes of 25-30 neighbours, who are pleased that their waste is recycled. Date: 1930s

Harlow New Town / Flats
A block of flats and a row of houses beyond a patch of waste ground in Harlow New Town, designed by the architect Frederick Gibberd Date: 1952

Coffee Destroyed 1932
500 million kilos of Brazilian coffee are destroyed to keep the price high Date: 1932

Rhodes before Committee
CECIL RHODES Statesman, entrepreneur and imperialist in South Africa, before the South Africa Committee, London

WW2 poster, And please don t throw FOOD away either
Second world war poster by Fougasse, encouraging people not to waste clothing or food. A sailor on board ship throws his trousers to the winds

Vitromant Coloured Shelf Lavatory (Wash Basin / sink) - from the Vitromant Sanitaryware range - from a catalogue for Nicholls and Clarke Ltd. London

Things We Vow We Will Do, When Peace Breaks out
Cartoon by George Studdy showing a gent purposefully indulging in wasteful behaviour, a welcome relief after years of food control, shortages and rationing. Date: 1918

Three boys and a dog on wasteland
Three boys and a dog on an area of wasteland. The boys are sitting round an improvised campfire set up on a piece of corrugated iron at the foot of a tree

WW1 poster, National Savings Campaign, How you can help. Date: 1914-1918

Chester Road, Hillingdon, MiddleseX
Chester Road, Hillingdon, Northwood, near Watford, Middlesex, England. Showing Horse & Garden Waste Cart Date: 1913

Children on a mattress, Balham, SW London
Children sitting on a mattress on top of a pile of rubbish in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boys on a mattress, Balham, SW London
Four boys lying on a mattress on top of a pile of rubbish in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Sarcastic take on the Rigours of war on Home Front - WW1
WW1 - Sarcastic take on the Rigours of war on Home Front by Phyllis Spence. (from left) Standard Dress the Lady of the house horrified by the standardised form of ladies dress encouraged during WW1

WWI Poster, Feed a Fighter
Design by W. Morgan, Feed a Fighter. Eat only what you need -- Waste nothing -- That he and his family may have enough. United States Food Administration poster

Boy scouts fundraising, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), WW2
Boy scouts in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). They are collecting waste paper and old tins to help raise money for the War Fund, probably during the Second World War

Lady Kindersley as a waste paper merchant, WW1
Lady Kindersley, formerly Miss Gladys Beadle, pictured near her home in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, collecting waste paper with the aid of her children and two donkey carts

Lord Wooltons message to kitchen staff, WW2
Lord Wooltons message to kitchen staff, stressing the importance of well cooked food and the avoidance of waste during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, careful handling of material
WW2 poster, knockabout comedy is funny on the films but its not funny in the factory. Careful handling of material costs you nothing -- carelessness costs the nation pounds! Design by Victor Hicks

The Womens Legion & Army Waste, WW1
Women inspecting copper vats filled with boiling soup, involved in a scheme originated by Lady Londonderry to lessen waste in camp kitchens

Trafalgar Square after the 1937 Coronation
Trafalgar Square a giant waste-paper basket, littered with newspapers, empty cigarette packes and paper bags by the thousand following the Coronation of King George VI

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1943
Twice as good with egg. What a blessing it is that you now use almost as many eggs as you want. Thanks to the success of dried egg in this country

Dustman and Cart at the Roadside Date: 1930s

Art Deco Standard Lamp
A stylish Art Deco standard lamp and matching waste paper basket. Date: early 1930s

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Stingy Librarian regretting charity
Stingy Librarian - Not the Troops best friend! She only seems willing to part with the most obscure titles to ship out to the boys at the frontline

WW2 poster, Scrap Heap
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Scrap Heap -- When you scrap a job, you scrap all the labour thats gone on it. Please don t add to the heap! Date: circa 1942

GLC-LFB Refuse collection strike and rubbish fires
The extended refuse collection strike in the early 1970s resulted in piles of rubbish and uncollected waste lying for weeks in London streets

Don t waste water. Poster promoting conservation of water for the war effort. Date between 1941 and 1943

Your wartime duty! Don t waste water Do not use more water in the kitchen than is necessary. Poster for The New York City Department of Water Supply

No water - no guns Don t waste it!!. Poster promoting conservation of water for the war effort. Date between 1941 and 1943

Your wartime duty! Don t waste water Do not let water run a long time to get a drink : Do keep water in icebox instead. Poster for The New York City Department of Water Supply

To swat em is waste of time. Illustration shows a swarm of mosquitos labeled Trust flying over a swamp labeled High Protective Tariff; an insert shows an oil can labeled Revision Downward Oil

Your wartime duty! Don t waste water Do not use hose for washing your automobile. Do use water from a pail. Poster for The New York City Department of Water Supply

Keep it coming - waste nothing. Poster showing a convoy of Army trucks labeled food in a snowy landscape. Date 1917. Keep it coming - waste nothing

Don t waste food while others starve!. Poster showing a gaunt mother and children, with others, among ruins. Date 1917

Food will win the war - You came here seeking freedom, now you must help to preserve it - Wheat is needed for the allies - waste nothing

Feed a fighter - Eat only what you need - Waste nothing - That he and his family may have enough. Poster showing a soldier in a trench, holding a cup. Date 1918

Blood or bread Others are giving their blood - You will shorten the war - save life, if you eat only what you need, and waste nothing. Poster showing a man lifting an injured man. Date 1917

Advert for The Ministry of Food 1941
Don t waste it, advert during the Second World War for not wasting food. Cheap and nourishing, ways of cooking potatoes in a varity of appetising

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