Loading Collection (#7)

Hay Barges on the Thames, 1905. Artist: Arthur Streeton
Hay Barges on the Thames, 1905. From The Studio Volume 47. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1909]

Loading mails on board an Imperial Airways liner at Croydon Airport, c1936 (c1937). Artist: GPO
Loading mails on board an Imperial Airways liner at Croydon Airport, c1936 (c1937). The mail is brought from London to the aerodrome in streamlined cars painted blue to distinguish the airmail

Bristol, 1903. Artist: Albert Goodwin
Bristol, 1903. From The Studio Volume 49. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1910]

Evening Glow, Venice, c1895. Artist: Alfred Edward East
Evening Glow, Venice, c1895. From The Studio Volume 54. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1911-12]

View of Rouen, 1782. [S. A. Cumberlege, London, 1782]

Loading the Barge, c19th century. Artist: Frank Mura
Loading the Barge, c19th century. From The Studio Volume 58 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1913.]

Herrlichkeit, Hamburg, c1913. Artist: Walter Zeising
Herrlichkeit, Hamburg, c1913. From The Studio Volume 60 [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1913-14.]

Air and Sea Power in Invincible Harmony, 1943-44. Allied submarine personnel taking shells on board, World War II. From The War Illustrated Volume 7 edited by Sir John Hammerton

Muelle de Luz harbour with ferries, Havana, Cuba, 1904

Matanzas, Cuba. Almacenes, Rio San Juan. Docks and Warehouses, San Juan River, c1910

Wharf Scene, Havana, Cuba, 1910. [Harris Bros. Co. Havana, Cuba], 1910s

Putting a shell into a siege train gun at the Modder River, South Africa, Boer War, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Putting a shell into a siege train gun at the Modder River, South Africa, Boer War, 1900. Stereoscopic card. Detail

British gunners donning masks as protection against German gas shells, World War I, c1914-c1918. The board on the right of the photograph identifies the men as being from the 8th Battery

Coconut production, India, 20th century. Loading sacks onto a cart

Loading provisions, Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, 1933. The Graf Zeppelin was the most successful airship ever built. Between its first flight in 1928 and retirement in 1937

Shipping the post, Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, 1933. The Graf Zeppelin was the most successful airship ever built. Between its first flight in 1928 and retirement in 1937

Loading cane, sugar plantation, Louisiana, USA. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Loading cane, sugar plantation, Louisiana, USA. Stereoscopic card detail

Gunners wearing gas masks, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Gunners wearing gas masks, World War I, 1914-1918. The board on the right identifies the men as 8th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, Doadpore Troop. Stereoscopic card detail

Loading a cotton steamer, USA, c1880. A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Steamer coaling, Port Said, Egypt, 20th century. Port Said is a fuelling station for ships passing through the Suez Canal

Coaling the Pacific mail SS Siberia, at the fortified naval station of Nagasaki, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Loading hay onto a wagon on the shores of Loch Lomond, Scotland, 1924-1926. Artist: Donald McLeish
Loading hay onto a wagon on the shores of Loch Lomond, Scotland, 1924-1926. A photo from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, Volume 4, 1924-1926

The Prince of Wales loading a rifle in the Grenadiers, First World War, 1914. The young prince (1894-1972), future King Edward VIII, serving in the Grenadier Guards

The Naval Brigade at Sevastopol, 1850s. Scene from the Crimean War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Loading bananas, Port Antonio, Jamaica, c1905. Artist: Adolphe Duperly & Son
Loading bananas, Port Antonio, Jamaica, c1905. Photograph from Picturesque Jamaica, by Adolphe Duperly & Son, (published in England, c1905)

Alaskan scene, USA, 19th century

Loading Potatoes, Jersey, 1908

Royal Marines at 6 Gun, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Royal Marines at 6 Gun, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Ordnance Artificer, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Ordnance Artificer, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

November, c1785. Artist: Daniel Gardner
November, c1785. After William Hamilton (1751-1801). From The Connoisseur Volume LI. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1918]

Loading bombs on to an RAF aircraft during World War II, c1940 (1943). From Coastal Command. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

The Pool of London, 1924-1926. Artist: FP Dickinson
The Pool of London, 1924-1926. The Pool, just below London Bridge. A print from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume III, 1924-1926

Loading cotton onto a ship, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, c1900s. Published by The Acmegraph Co. (Chicago)

Preparing for Market, 1856. Artist: Currier and Ives
Preparing for Market, 1856

The shipping of mules, Syros Island, Greece, 1937. Artist: Martin Hurlimann
The shipping of mules, Syros Island, Greece, 1937. Illustration from Das Mittelmeer: Landschaft, Baukunst und Volksleben im Kreise des Mittellandischen Meeres, a work on Mediterranean architecture

Training naval gunners, Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1937. Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937

Loading a cotton steamer, c1880. Cotton is loaded onto a paddle steamer. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York)

Cockney Sportsmen Recharging, 1800. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London)

Men and boys in traditional costume by a canal bank, Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Men and boys in traditional costume by a canal bank, Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. The former island of Marken is a peninsula, now connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway

Loading coal at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: WC Fitler
Loading coal at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. The port of Newcastle remains the economic and trade centre for the resource rich Hunter Valley

Shipping, Circular Quay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: JR Ashton
Shipping, Circular Quay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the natural harbour of Sydney

370 Mortar in Action, 1918, (1926). Artist: Henry Cheffer
370 Mortar in Action, 1918, (1926). French artillerymen operating a large mortar. Mortars are muzzle-loaded weapons that fire shells at a lower velocity

Loading a Cotton Steamer, 1877. This is probably a scene on the River Mississippi in the American South

From the series Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets: Fujiwara no Sadanaga, c1830. Artist: Hokusai
From the series Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets: Fujiwara no Sadanaga, c1830. Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Battle of Santiago, Spanish-American War, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Battle of Santiago, Spanish-American War, 1898. The Battle of Santiago de Cuba, fought between Spain and the United States on July 3, 1898, was the largest naval engagement of the Spanish-American War

Turpentine Distillery, North Carolina, 1870. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey
Turpentine Distillery, North Carolina, 1870. By 1870 there were 147 turpentine distilleries in North Carolina, USA. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven

The Loading Of The Atlantic And Baltic Boats, c1860s. Soldiers and supplies sailing from New York. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven

Gardes-du-Corps de Roi, Artillery, 1814-15 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 1

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