Wooden Collection (#67)

Beach Groyne
A study of the old groyne (a low wooden wall or barrier built into the sea from a beach), Worthing, Sussex, England. Date: 1960s

Dog-Tor and Patient
One of Mrs. L. Goodwins (of All Saints Avenue, Kent, England) clever German Shepherd (Alsatian) dogs, playing nurse (or dog-tor) to another patient dog! Date: early 1930s

Sledging Dogs and Cat
Two dogs and a cat on a wooden sledge. Date: early 1930s

Old French Water Carrier smoking a pipe
Old French Water Carrier from Morlaix, Brittany - smoking a pipe. Date: circa 1910s

Dugouts and trenches on a battlefield, WW1
Dugouts and trenches on a battlefield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian troops in trench, Eastern Front, WW1
Austrian troops in a trench on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Some are holding rifles, others have hand grenades ready to throw. Date: circa 1914

British troops with stakes and fascines, Salonika, WW1
British troops landing wooden stakes and fascines (bundles of wood used in military defences) at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: 14 November 1915

Albania - Lezhe (or Lezha) - a city in northwest Albania. Local dignitaries and soldiers standing on the wooden bridge across the River Lumi drin

Fossestuen Hotel, Trondhjem, Norway
The very pretty Fossestuen Hotel in Trondhjem, Norway Date: circa 1900

Change Islands - Newfoundland and Labrador Date: 1912

Cartoon - The Officers Mess
The Officers Mess! Four young boys playing at being soldiers act in a very un-soldier-like manner, eating, drinking and generally lounging about! Date: circa 1915

Foundation Stone
This rather amusing foundation stone, with its inscription of Wooden Box Lock Up House, 1846, is at Woodville Police Station, Derbyshire, England. Date: 1846

Venetian Ceremony
A Christian religious ceremony across a wooden stilted walkway towards St. Marks Cathedral, Venice, Italy. Date: 1930s

Model Athlete
A young woman in a ruched swimsuit hangs upside down from wooden exercise bars. Date: 1930s

Oakwell Hall Dog Gates
The dog gates at the foot of the staircase of Oakwell Hall, Birstall, Yorkshire, England. These are described in Chapter 15 of the novel Shirley by Charlotte Bronte. Date: late 16th century

Coypu in a landscape, Chile, South America
A pair of coypu in a landscape of carob acacia trees in Chile, South America. 1824

Indian totem pole carver at work. Date: 1911

Little girl with garland of flowers
A little girl with a garland of flowers on a wooden frame. (2 of 2) Date: 1915

American troops near Amphersbach, Germany, WW1
American troops from Kansas in action near Amphersbach, Alsace, Germany, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 28 August 1918

Advert for Certo for making home made Jam
Its Jam and jelly time Now ! Save time, trouble and money the Certo way. 1934

Spaniards Bay - Newfoundland and Labrador Date: circa 1910s

Four carthorses drinking at a trough
My Little Carthorse - its a trough life... Date: 1934

Pottery Kilns - Staffordshire Date: 1910s

Young boy with his dog cart - Bruges, Belgium
A young boy with his milk dog cart - Bruges, Belgium Date: circa 1910s

A Corner of Burin Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador Date: circa 1910s

View of a street market, Vienna, Austria
View of a street market in Vienna, Austria. There are wooden crates piled up on both sides of the road, and stalls with produce on display. A stallholder on the left is adjusting her sun blind

British Columbia Indian Shaman in full fur attire, standing with totemic wooden carved objects outside his canvas abode. Date: circa 1910s

Woman from Normandy riding a mule
Lady milkmaid from Normandy riding a mule, wearing wooden frame panniers. The caption translates (roughly!) as " Mr Photographer, I have twelve more animals to milk - please hurry up

Bonne Bay - Newfoundland and Labrador Date: 1905

Collins Cove, Burin, Newfoundland and Labrador Date: circa 1910s

Borgund Church, Norway
Borgund Stave Church, Norway - two familes return from the church in horse drawn carts Date: circa 1910s

Fab Smokers Stand
This fabulous Smokers Stand is not only more decorative than the old wooden type, but more useful, because it cannot possibly topple over. Date: 1930s

DRY ROT
Floorboards in an old house, destroyed by dry rot. Date: 1950s

Rabbit doing Laundry
A rabbit washing laundry by hand in a wooden tub. Date: early 1930s

Kingsleys Staircase
A most unusual wooden staircase in the rectory where CHARLES KINGSLEY was rector. The stairs lead to attic rooms. A rope hangs from a rope to act as a safety hold. Date: 1819 - 1875

Venetian Water Carriers
A couple of female water carriers, who carry their metal buckets over their shoulders with a wooden yoke, Venice, Italy. Date: 1870s

Woodworm and Dry Rot
Examples of damage caused by woodworm and dry rot, to timber taken from St. Marys Church, Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1950s

Mock Medieval Dining
A formal, Medieval style dining room, with a mini wall tapestry, wooden chairs with barley twist backs and an ornate ceiling light. Date: 1930s

Minstead Mummers
The ancient medieval Mumming plays, revived by a troop of Boy Scouts at Minstead, New Forest, England. They look quite a spectacle in their streamers and wooden hats! Date: 26 December (Boxing Day)

Street Entertainer
A street entertainer performs a trick involving a tartan bag and a wooden box, much to the amusement of the tourists in Leicester Square, where Doctor Zhivago is on at the cinema! Date: 1966

Argentinian Farmer
An unfortunate farmer stuggles to harvest his crops with an ox-drawn wooden cart in monsoon conditions, Argentina, South America. Date: 1930s

Panelled Dining Room
A wooden panelled dining room, with a highly polished table and chairs with a tasteful flower arrangement on it. Date: 1930s

Wholemeal Loaf
Healthy wholemeal brown bread, temptingly cut into slices, on a wooden cutting board - very GOOD for you! Date: early 1980s

Carousel Horses
Retouching the paintwork on traditional wooden carousel horses before the start of the travelling fair season, Britain. Date: 1930s

WATERFRONT RESIDENCE
An interesting Waterfront Residence at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, which probably would not comply with todays stringent building regulations! Date: 1930s

English Porch
An interesting wooden porch on one of the old houses in Dorking, Surrey, England. Date: 18th century

Step-Ladder Stile
A curious step ladder stile next to a sign post, near Dedham, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Staining Floorboards
Using a brush to stain floorboards with permanganate of potash (potassium permanganate). Date: 1930s

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