Weight Collection (page 6)

Anniversary of Trafalgar by G. H. Davis
The anniversary of Trafalgar: what changes the century has wrought. George IIIs ship, the Victory, compared with George Vs ship, named after himself. Date: 1913

Fisherman repairing lobster pots
A fisherman repairing lobster pots. Date: circa 1930

Street scene in Scottish Highlands
Street scene in the Scottish Highlands, with a little girl sitting on a stone step. A stone carving of a weight scale carries the inscription: God Bless The Just. Date: circa 1920s

Cottage buildings in remote landscape
Cottage buildings in a remote landscape, possibly in the north of Scotland. A sign on the building on the left reads: Telegraph Office

Arthur Frederick Bettinson, Vanity Fair, WH
ARTHUR FREDERICK BETTINSON. A swimmer and Amateur Boxer in his teens. Won Light weight amateur title in 1882. Founded National Sporting Club in 1891. Wearing a Bow tie and smoking a cigar

Advert by Asprey compact dressing case 1937
Cases for light weight travel complete and compact. Date: 1937

Weighty Deeds Afoot by William Heath Robinson
Testing corn plasters in the salon of a fashionable West End chiropodist. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1926

Cutting the Crop
A farmer in his tractor, cutting a crop of oats and peas, the crop having badly fallen owing to the weight of the pea harvest. Date: early 1950s

Weighing Barge Load
Calculating the weight of a barge load by displacement of water, on the Grand Union Canal, England. Barges are paid according to weight of freight being carried. Date: 1950s

Sydney Lady Morgan - 3
SYDNEY LADY MORGAN (nee Owenson) Popular Irish novelist, wife of Sir Thomas Morgan MP, portrayed when she was starting to put on weight. Date: 1783? - 1859

Mary Russell Mitford
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD author of Our Village when she was putting on weight. Date: 1787 - 1855

LFB strength test for recruits
LFB strength test -- every recruit must carry a man of approximately his own weight 100 yards in one minute

Japan - Silk Industry - Gathering silkworms from egg paper
Japan - Silk Industry - Gathering the silkworms from the egg paper using a delicate feather brush. Date: circa 1909

France - Arcachon - Oyster Gatherer
A wonderful postcard photograph of a woman Oyster Gatherer (Parqueuse) from Arcachon in the Gironde department in southwestern France

Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Automatic Balances. Date: circa 1910s

South Africa - Women carrying mealie-meal - a relatively coarse flour made from maize (called mielies or mealies). A staple food in South Africa, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi

Thessaloniki, Greece - Jewish Porter carrying a pallet
Thessaloniki, Greece - Jewish Porter carrying a wooden pallet Date: circa 1908

Thessaloniki, Greece - Porters Loading up Date: circa 1904

Thessaloniki, Greece - Itinerant Meat Seller / Butcher
Thessaloniki, Greece - Itinerant Street Meat Seller with scales and young assistant. Weighing out some fowl. Date: circa 1910s

Emancipated woman shows off her strength
The strong emancipated woman shows off her strength; she balances on a barbell with two red Valentines Day hearts for weights while picking up a puppet-like little man by the scruff of the neck

Mexico - Street Basket and basket vendors. Date: circa 1910s

Peat Carriers, Scotland
Scottish Peat Carriers, their heavy loads tied into wicker backpacks. Date: circa 1908

Canada - Transporting a load of fancy poulty, the size of which is certainly not paltry! Date: 1904

Russian Chimneysweep with his broom and rope. Date: 1905

Railway Porter rather rude to sizeable female passenger
Stout Party - " And can t I get to X - without walking?" Railway Porter - " Well, theres the coal Train, Mum." Stout Party - " How much will it cost me

Russian porter with a large wooden bucket on his head Date: 1902

Mexican Ollas Seller - An olla is a ceramic jar, often unglazed, used for cooking stews or soups, for the storage of water or dry foods, or for other purposes. Date: circa 1910s

A Korean Basket Seller - Seoul, South Korea. He is carrying well over 40 baskets! One would imagine they are empty... Date: circa 1910s

Stone Talent weight of 3000 shekels
Found near the temple of Jerusalem, this stone weight of the peiod of King David was the equivalent of the weight of a silver talent of 3000 shekels

Benefits of a Mud Bath - Slimming Success
See what the Mud Baths are doing for me at Byron Hot Springs, California. The benefits of a bit of mud therapy - a shrinking waistline!! Date: 1910

National Physical laboratory Hovercraft Unit Experimental craft HD2, HD2-001, built to investigate methods of improving lateral control and manoeuvrability

Large machine to test effective push (weight 17 5lb)
Large machine to test effective push (weight 17.5lb). Hargrave Slide 18

Model glider; a kite mounted on a pole (with a weight beneath), and a cruciform tail unit attached by a universal joint. 1804. From Cayleys original notebook

Whirling arm for testing aerofoils, rotated by a weight and cord over a pulley. 1804. From Cayleys original notebook

Pat Tibbs demonstrates the Martin 2-0-2 with its port propeller feathered on take-off at maximum gross weight. October 1947. Date: 1947

Queen Elizabeths drag chains
The total weight of the Queen Elizabeths drag chains, which are coiled on either side of the hull, is nearly 2000 tons

Patagonian bolas
Illustration (p.248) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Crane Driver
People You See. Crane Driver. From Teddy Bear (25 November 1967)

Cats at fete

Balloon launched from Artillery Ground
Balloon launched from the Artillery Ground, watched by a crowd of spectators. 25 November 1783

Fixing the Propeller - Hamburg-America Line
Fixing the Propeller for a vessel of the Hamburg-America Line, Germanys largest shipping company at this time. Date: circa 1910s

Delivery of the mail at Rand Airport - Johannesburg
Card issued for the Empire Exhibition - Johannesburg, South Africa. The airmail section of the General Post Office in Johannesburg

Poster promoting luggage delivery by bus
Overloaded? Hand in your parcels for speedy delivery by bus. circa 1960

Abplanalp exercise regime advertisement
Advertisement for Abplanalp, a Swiss system of exercise and weight loss, showing a before and after photograph of a man whose waistline has improved considerably in the space of just two months

John C. Heenan, Champion of the World. (The Benicia Boy.) Born in West Troy, New York, May 2 1835, Height 6 feet 1 1/2 inches, Fighting weight from 185 to 195 lbs

Ecuador - Quito - Lumber Seller Date: circa 1909

Fisherman and record trout
An extremely dapper Fisherman (the sender of this card!) with the largest trout ever caught in Dean Clough Reservouir, Great Harwood, Lancashire

International Stores, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Interior view of The International Stores at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, showing biscuit containers (Mitre Biscuits) in front of the counter, and stacks of tins and packets on shelves behind. 1963

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