Crate Collection

Waiting for the Hour, 1863. Creators: Unknown, William Tolman Carlton
Carte-de-visite of a group of African Americans gathered around a man with a pocket watch, leaning on a pulpit made out of U.S. Sanitation Commission crates

Fleet of soft drinks delivery lorries, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist
Fleet of soft drinks delivery lorries, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. The fleet of lorries with their newest Bedford TK at the front of the line up

British training - mechanics, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British training - mechanics, between c1915 and 1918. An armourer's shop which repairs rifles and bicycles at Tadworth Camp, England during World War I.

Head Of Harbour, Balaklava, Printed 1856. Creator: Roger Fenton
Head Of Harbour, Balaklava, Printed 1856

The 70th Bengal Native Infantry drawing rations at the Commissariat Stores, Canton, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The 70th Bengal Native Infantry drawing rations at the Commissariat Stores, Canton, 1858. Indian soldiers in China. The Bengalese drawing their rations make a rather good subject for the picturesque;

Moving the lions at the Zoological Society's Gardens, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Moving the lions at the Zoological Society's Gardens, 1876. Lioness in her new home. The lions, tigers, and panthers of the Zoological Society's collection in the Regent's Park Gardens

Preparatifs d'offensive; Le remplissage des caissons assurant le transport des munitions... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Preparatifs d'offensive; Le remplissage des caissons assurant le transport des munitions entre le depot et les batteries en ligne, 1917

L'Avant-Guerre aux Etats-Unis; Le mouvement national aux Etats-Unis en 1915: distribution...1917
L'Avant-Guerre aux Etats-Unis; Le mouvement national aux Etats-Unis en 1915: distribution d'objets d'equipement aux volontaires arrivant au camp de Plattsburg, 1917

The War in China - tent of the 15th Punjaubees at Pehtang... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - tent of the 15th Punjaubees at Pehtang - from a sketch by our special artist, C. Wirgman, 1860. British officers and their Indian attendants. Note crates of cognac

U.S.S. Massachusetts, beer line, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: William H. Jackson
U.S.S. Massachusetts, beer line, between 1896 and 1901

The Great Tobacco Warehouse, at the London Docks, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Great Tobacco Warehouse, at the London Docks, 1856. On first entering the building and glancing down the avenue - stretching to an immense distance - before one

Ableman's Narrows, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Ableman's Narrows, between 1880 and 1899

White Star Line dock, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
White Star Line dock, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1915

Trois aquarelles du front; Tranchee entre Bethincourt et le bois de Forges, 1916. Creator: Douy Pascault
Trois aquarelles du front; Tranchee entre Bethincourt et le bois de Forges. Les terres sont maintenues par des caisses en bois faisant l'office de gabions, 1916

U.S.S. Maine sailors amusements, between 1895 and 1898. Creator: Edward H Hart
U.S.S. Maine sailors amusements, between 1895 and 1898. Photo shows the original Maine battleship, which had two smokestacks. Commissioned 1895 and sunk 1898. (Source: C. Seavey, 2022)

View of a Levantine Port, 1640-1677. Creator: Thomas Wijck
View of a Levantine Port, 1640-1677

Whitney Warner Publishing Co. Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Whitney Warner Publishing Co. Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1905

E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913. Music - Steinway Pianos - Player Pianos - Musical Instruments'. Packing cases on pavement marked Handle with Care

Market scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Market scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Courtyard, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Courtyard, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Bohemian Club Grove scene, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Bohemian Club Grove scene, between 1896 and 1942. Man sitting on Old Forester Whisky crate

Customs Shed, 1875-1876. Creator: James Wells Champney
Customs Shed, 1875-1876

Two women and a child walking down a sidewalk betwen crates, Chinatown, San Francisco, c1896-1906
Two women and a child walking down a sidewalk betwen crates, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

The lily vendor, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
The lily vendor, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

A grocery shop, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
A grocery shop, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

A grocery shop, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
A grocery shop, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

A Virginia Railway Station, 1882. Creator: Unknown
A Virginia Railway Station, 1882

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Workers moving newly printed currency into a drying box where sheets will dry before...c1890
Workers moving newly printed currency into a drying box where sheets will dry before the next wetting and printing at the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, c1890

Army, U.S. Army Medical School; Typhoid Vaccine, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S
Army, U.S. Army Medical School; Typhoid Vaccine, 1917

Porters; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Porters; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30 Dec 1854"

Old African-American man selling strawberries on street, Washington, D.C. - two small... c1900
Old African-American man selling strawberries on street, Washington, D.C. - two small boys, one White and one African-American, are looking at the strawberries, c1900

Workshop interior. Creator: Unknown
Workshop interior

Camp Meade, Maryland - Winter Views, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Camp Meade, Maryland - Winter Views, 1917
Camp Meade, Maryland - Winter Views, 1917

Skating Party - Unidentified Man Pulling Child On Sled, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Skating Party - Unidentified Man Pulling Child On Sled, 1912

Embarkation of Arms, at Calais, on Friday, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Embarkation of Arms, at Calais, on Friday, 1854. Northern France: artillery and ammunition being loaded on to Royal Navy ships destined for the Crimean War....the [French] troops marched down

Filipinos cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Westmorland. Filipinos cutting lettuce. California

Filipinos cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Westmorland. Filipinos cutting lettuce. California

Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California

Lettuce cutting in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lettuce cutting in the Imperial Valley, California. A Filipino crew of fifty-five boys, migrants

Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California

Filipinos cutting lettuce. Salinas, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Filipinos cutting lettuce. Salinas, California

Women packing apricots in large open sheds adjoining the orchards, Brentwood, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Women packing apricots in large open sheds adjoining the orchards. Brentwood, California

Women packing apricots in large open sheds adjoining the orchards, Brentwood, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Women packing apricots in large open sheds adjoining the orchards. Brentwood, California

Mexican cantaloupe worker at 5:00 am, Imperial Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican cantaloupe worker at 5:00 a.m. Imperial Valley, California

Salinas lettuce fields, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Salinas lettuce fields. California. ['Salinas Valley Vegetable Exchange - El Centro - Salinas - Phoenix']

Salinas lettuce fields, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Salinas lettuce fields. California

Tomato packing shed for packing and shipment north, Hazelhurst, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tomato packing shed for packing and shipment north. Hazelhurst, Mississippi

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