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Background imageDigging Collection: Interior of a coal mine, 1862

Interior of a coal mine, 1862. Underground scene in a mine, showing a miner winning coal, while a wagon full of coal is being hauled along rails to the bottom of the pit shaft by a pony

Background imageDigging Collection: The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, [London], 1864. View from the bottom of Cow-cross and St. John-street towards the south-west

Background imageDigging Collection: British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. British soldiers preparing place for a howitzer artillery piece, probably during World War I.

Background imageDigging Collection: British building railroad, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

British building railroad, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British building railroad, 28 Jul 1917. British soldiers laying a light railway line near Boesinghe, Belgium, July 28, 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele (the Third Battle of Ypres)

Background imageDigging Collection: Mabel Garrison, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Mabel Garrison, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mabel Garrison, 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963), digging a spade into the ground at a demonstration garden next to the U.S.S

English prisoners at work near Doberitz, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
English prisoners at work near Doberitz, between c1914 and c1915. English prisoners of war working in fields near the prisoner of war camp at Do¨beritz (now Dallgow-Do¨beritz)

Background imageDigging Collection: Nova Scotian Goldfields: horizontal formation of auriferous quartz at Laidlaw's Farm, 1862

Nova Scotian Goldfields: horizontal formation of auriferous quartz at Laidlaw's Farm, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Nova Scotian Goldfields: horizontal formation of auriferous quartz at Laidlaw's Farm, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment

Background imageDigging Collection: Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, 1862. Creator: Smyth

Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment

Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. The problems of pollution of the River Seine, and of '...water not being obtainable in the upper stories of Parisian

Background imageDigging Collection: Commencement of the Thames Embankment works near Westminster Bridge, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Commencement of the Thames Embankment works near Westminster Bridge, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Commencement of the Thames Embankment works near Westminster Bridge, 1864. View of '...piles being driven in, and scaffolding of an extensive character being erected to support

Background imageDigging Collection: The Chaudière Gold-Fields, Canada: the diggings on a tributary of the Chaudière, 1864

The Chaudière Gold-Fields, Canada: the diggings on a tributary of the Chaudière, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Chaudiere Gold-Fields, Canada: the diggings on a tributary of the Chaudiere, 1864. 'Forty-eight years ago a woman, engaged in washing, found a large nugget of gold

Background imageDigging Collection: Marines dig a trench (France), 23 Jan 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Marines dig a trench (France), 23 Jan 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines dig a trench (France), 23 Jan 1918. American soldiers digging a trench in France during World War I.

Background imageDigging Collection: Trenches in Central Park, Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Trenches in Central Park, Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Trenches in Central Park, Mar 1918. Probably shows a project to dig demonstration trenches in Central Park, New York City

Background imageDigging Collection: Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme de Gorée, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur

Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme de Gorée, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Femme de Goree, c1797

Background imageDigging Collection: Children playing on the beach, 1834-1911. Creator: Jozef Israels

Children playing on the beach, 1834-1911. Creator: Jozef Israels
Children playing on the beach, 1834-1911

Background imageDigging Collection: Cutting the first sod of the Conway and Llanrwst Railway, 1860. Creator: Unknown

Cutting the first sod of the Conway and Llanrwst Railway, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Cutting the first sod of the Conway and Llanrwst Railway, 1860. This railway is designed to carry the tourists of North Wales from the London and North-Western Railway

Background imageDigging Collection: The Deptford Rifle Corps (34th Kent) forming earthworks for their shooting-ground by torchlight

The Deptford Rifle Corps (34th Kent) forming earthworks for their shooting-ground by torchlight, 1860 Creator: Unknown
The Deptford Rifle Corps (34th Kent) forming earthworks for their shooting-ground by torchlight, 1860. Volunteer soldiers building a practice-range....in order to ensure the safety of the range

Background imageDigging Collection: Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, [London], 1857. View of...a portion in progress by Mr. Jay, the contractor, under the Woods and Works

Background imageDigging Collection: Les specialistes dans la bataille: Pionniers et Sapeurs; La vie souterraine: construction... 1916

Les specialistes dans la bataille: Pionniers et Sapeurs; La vie souterraine: construction... 1916
Les specialistes dans la bataille: Pionniers et Sapeurs; La vie souterraine: construction d'une galerie, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Background imageDigging Collection: Les specialistes dans la bataille: Pionniers et Sapeurs; La Sape. Bas-relief par le... 1916

Les specialistes dans la bataille: Pionniers et Sapeurs; La Sape. Bas-relief par le... 1916. Creator: L'Homme
Les specialistes dans la bataille: Pionniers et Sapeurs; La Sape. Bas-relief par le sculpteur L'Homme, mobilise comme sapeur, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Background imageDigging Collection: Soldiers dig a trench, 1832, (1833). Creator: Auguste Raffet

Soldiers dig a trench, 1832, (1833). Creator: Auguste Raffet
Soldiers dig a trench, 1832, (1833). Ouverture de la troisieme paralelle'. Opening of the third parallel. Explosion displacing the gabions of the palisade

Background imageDigging Collection: The Recent Deep Snow in Massachusetts: street in New Bedford, 1857. Creator: Unknown

The Recent Deep Snow in Massachusetts: street in New Bedford, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Recent Deep Snow in Massachusetts: street in New Bedford, [USA], 1857. Not for twenty-five years has this part of the country been visited

Background imageDigging Collection: Building site in the west of old Amsterdam, 1900. Creator: George Hendrik Breitner

Building site in the west of old Amsterdam, 1900. Creator: George Hendrik Breitner
Building site in the west of old Amsterdam, 1900

Background imageDigging Collection: Moestuin, 1885-1922. Creator: Willem Witsen

Moestuin, 1885-1922. Creator: Willem Witsen
Moestuin, 1885-1922

Background imageDigging Collection: U.S.S. Massachusetts, fire room, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Massachusetts, fire room, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Massachusetts, fire room, between 1896 and 1901

Background imageDigging Collection: Scheveningen women digging in a potato field, 1874. Creator: Philip Lodewijk Jacob Frederik Sadee

Scheveningen women digging in a potato field, 1874. Creator: Philip Lodewijk Jacob Frederik Sadee
Scheveningen women digging in a potato field, 1874

Background imageDigging Collection: Steam shovels, Panama Canal, c.(between 1905 and 1914). Creator: Unknown

Steam shovels, Panama Canal, c.(between 1905 and 1914). Creator: Unknown
Steam shovels, Panama Canal, c.(between 1905 and 1914)

Background imageDigging Collection: Fort McHenry, Cement Gun Used in Building Camp, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Fort McHenry, Cement Gun Used in Building Camp, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Fort McHenry, Cement Gun Used in Building Camp, 1917

Background imageDigging Collection: Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Panama Canal, 1913. Railway lines with earthmoving equipment. The Panama Canal project was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken

Background imageDigging Collection: Drain Diggers, 1885. Creator: Laurits Andersen Ring

Drain Diggers, 1885. Creator: Laurits Andersen Ring
Drain Diggers, 1885

Background imageDigging Collection: Les Boyards réduits a cultiver... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Les Boyards réduits a cultiver... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Les Boyards reduits a cultiver... 19th century. The boyars are reduced to cultivating their land themselves, after their last serfs are recruited into the army

Background imageDigging Collection: Leonard D. Mahon with steel helmet he invented that could be used as shovel, 1917

Leonard D. Mahon with steel helmet he invented that could be used as shovel, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Leonard D
Leonard D. Mahon with steel helmet he invented that could be used as shovel, 1917

Background imageDigging Collection: L'instruction de la Nouvelle armee Belge; L'entrainement de la Nouvelle armee Belge... 1916

L'instruction de la Nouvelle armee Belge; L'entrainement de la Nouvelle armee Belge... 1916. Creator: Unknown
L'instruction de la Nouvelle armee Belge; L'entrainement de la Nouvelle armee Belge. Dans un centre d'instruction du genie : en haut

Background imageDigging Collection: Digging foundation for a new building on the Institute grounds, 1904

Digging foundation for a new building on the Institute grounds, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Digging foundation for a new building on the Institute grounds, 1904

Background imageDigging Collection: Road-building by Tuskegee students, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Road-building by Tuskegee students, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Road-building by Tuskegee students, 1904

Background imageDigging Collection: Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Panama Canal, 1913. The Panama Canal project was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken

Background imageDigging Collection: L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissement... c.1881

L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissement... c.1881
L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'ecole de la rue Chateau-Landon, 10eme arrondissement de Paris, c.1881. Horticulture

Background imageDigging Collection: L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissement... c.1881

L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissement... c.1881
L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'ecole de la rue Chateau-Landon, 10eme arrondissement de Paris, c.1881. Horticulture

Background imageDigging Collection: L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissement... c.1881

L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissement... c.1881
L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'ecole de la rue Chateau-Landon, 10eme arrondissement de Paris, c.1881. Horticulture

Background imageDigging Collection: L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissement... c.1881

L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissement... c.1881
L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'ecole de la rue Chateau-Landon, 10eme arrondissement de Paris, c.1881. Horticulture

Background imageDigging Collection: Wentworth, Yorkshire, 1803. Creators: William Holl I, Samuel Porter

Wentworth, Yorkshire, 1803. Creators: William Holl I, Samuel Porter
Wentworth, Yorkshire, 1803. Lift-the-flap illustration of Wentworth Woodhouse, an 18th century country house in South Yorkshire

Background imageDigging Collection: Works on metro line 1; trench under the Place de l'Etoile, between 1899 and 1902

Works on metro line 1; trench under the Place de l'Etoile, between 1899 and 1902. Creator: Gaston Brun
Works on metro line 1; trench under the Place de l'Etoile, between 1899 and 1902

Background imageDigging Collection: City experiment in gardening, New York City, c1922. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

City experiment in gardening, New York City, c1922. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
City experiment in gardening, New York City, c1922. Group of people watching gardener at work in garden project in New York City park

Background imageDigging Collection: Planting A Red Oak, 3 March 1945, (1947). Creator: Unknown

Planting A Red Oak, 3 March 1945, (1947). Creator: Unknown
Planting A Red Oak, 3 March 1945, (1947). Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) plants a tree, assisted by Susan, one of her Welsh corgis

Background imageDigging Collection: 'The Manchester Ship Canal, lock gates at Eastham, 1891, 1891. Creator: Charles William Wyllie

'The Manchester Ship Canal, lock gates at Eastham, 1891, 1891. Creator: Charles William Wyllie
'The Manchester Ship Canal, lock gates at Eastham, 1891, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Background imageDigging Collection: Scene from 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles', by Thomas Hardy, 1891. Creator: Hubert von Herkomer

Scene from "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", by Thomas Hardy, 1891. Creator: Hubert von Herkomer
'Tess of the D'Urbervilles", By Thomas Hardy; "On going up to the fire to throw a pitch of dead weeds upon it, she found that he did the same on the other side", 1891

Background imageDigging Collection: American University Training Camp - Misc. Views, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

American University Training Camp - Misc. Views, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
American University Training Camp - Misc. Views, 1917

Background imageDigging Collection: Les defenses de Salonique inspectees par le general Sarrail; au second plan, le general... 1916

Les defenses de Salonique inspectees par le general Sarrail; au second plan, le general... 1916
Les defenses de Salonique inspectees par le general Sarrail; au second plan, le general et les officiers qui l'accompagnent, nos poilus creusant les lignes de tranchees, 1916



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