Delivering Collection (page 3)

Early 1950s Bedford M Tipper delivering aggregates to a building site, South Yorkshire, July 1954. The site was the National Coal Boards (NCB)

Draymen from Tetley & Walker, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1969. Artist: Michael Walters
Draymen from Tetley & Walker, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1969. Draymen unloading beer barrels during a delivery to a pub

Home delivery of a cooker, Darfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1963. To promote their home delivery service for large items such as cookers

Hats ancient and modern, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Hats ancient and modern, 1941. Men driving a horse and wagon wear helmets whilst making deliveries. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Delivering Tobacco at Curing Barn, 1926. From Players Cigarettes - From Plantation to Smoker: A Series of 25 [John Player & Sons, London, 1926]

A coast patrol airship sending a despatch by motor launch, c1919 (1919) Artist: Frank Henry Mason
A coast patrol airship sending a despatch by motor launch, c1919 (1919).. From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

The Hermits St Anthony and St Paul, 1504 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Hermits St Anthony and St Paul, 1504 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

The ships postman coming on board, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
The ships postman coming on board, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 27th October 1896

David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah, c1850
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah, c1850. Samuel, chapter 11, verse 14

Label advertising the Jewel Tea Co of Chicago, USA

Delivering a letter, 19th century

Beer delivery, Valparaiso, Chile, 1922. Artist: Allan
Beer delivery, Valparaiso, Chile, 1922. Illustration from Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume II, British Empire to Dahomey, edited by J A Hammerton

Milkman, North London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
Milkman, North London, 1926-1927. Milkman delivering Londons safest milk. Most people didn t have fridges at this time. Illustration from Wonderful London, volume I, edited by Arthur St John Adcock

Swiss courier, 15th century (1849). Originally from a statue on the Hotel de ville de Bale. Reproduced here from Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud

Edward II and the minstrel
King Edward II (1284-1327) and the minstrel. Edward was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in 1327. His tendency to ignore his nobility in favour of low-born favourites led to constant

The Elephant as postman, c1900. Elephant delivering letters in India. French advertisement for Liebigs extract of meat

Mercury Giving the Child Bacchus to the Nymphs of Nysa, 1638. Artist: Laurent de la Hyre
Mercury Giving the Child Bacchus to the Nymphs of Nysa, 1638. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Heracles Delivering Hesione, c1708-1737. Artist: Francois Lemoyne
Heracles Delivering Hesione, c1708-1737

Letter Carrier, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Letter Carrier, 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. From the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Distributing furniture confiscated from Jews to victims of Allied bombing, Paris, 1943-1944
French Milice distributing furniture confiscated from Jews to victims of Allied bombing, Paris, 1943-1944. The Milice Francais was a paramilitary organisation

The Postmans Knock c1855. A postman in General Post Office uniform knocking on a front door. From the cover of a song with music by Stephen Glover

Paying for letter delivery, c1870 Artist: Oskar Pletsch
Paying for letter delivery, c1870. A postman waits while a young man delves in his pocket for money to pay for his letter

There is the Postmans knock!, 1867. A postman in Royal Mail uniform knocking at a front door. Illustration from a childrens book. (London, 1867)

Hercules bring Cerberus to Eurystheus (sheltering in the large jar), c6th century BC. Vase from a Etruscan Tomb, at Villa Giulia, Rome

Delivery of furniture confiscated from Jews to victims of RAF bombing, Paris, April 1942
Delivery of furniture confiscated from Jews to victims of RAF bombing, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, April 1942

Coal delivery, 1860. A footman collecting a scuttle of coal from the cellar under the pavement at the very moment when the coalman shoots a sack of coal from Newcastle through the manhole in

Cupid shooting an arrow carrying a love letter, American Valentine card, 1908. He stands by a red heart inscribed with a message and surrounded by sweet violet (Viola odorata) which

The Annunciation; on the left the archangel Gabriel approaches the praying Virgin... ca
The Annunciation; on the left the archangel Gabriel approaches the praying Virgin Mary in her bedchamber, over her head a dove representing the Holy Ghost

The Annunciation, ca. 1516. Creator: Lucas van Leyden
The Annunciation, ca. 1516

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