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Background imagePickaxe Collection: Workmen at the Creuzot Ironworks, Burgundy, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Workmen at the Creuzot Ironworks, Burgundy, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Workmen at the Creuzot Ironworks, Burgundy, 1870. Workers at '...the great manufacturing establishment of Messrs. Schneider and Co

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Spade drill at the Tower, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Spade drill at the Tower, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Spade drill at the Tower [of London], 1870. 'Spade drill has been commenced in the Tower ditch by the second battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Raising the west capstone of Le Trepied Cromlech, Guernsey, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Raising the west capstone of Le Trepied Cromlech, Guernsey, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Raising the west capstone of Le Trepied Cromlech, Guernsey, 1870. 'This Cromlech is called Le Trepied, from the principal capstone being supported on three props or feet...The view shows Perelle Bay

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Workmen waiting to be engaged in the Place of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1869. Creator: Unknown

Workmen waiting to be engaged in the Place of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1869. Creator: Unknown
Workmen waiting to be engaged in the Place of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1869. '...by far the larger part of the working population who are in want of work assemble in the open air on particular

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Volunteer Review at Portsmouth: the 1st Hants Engineer Volunteers constructing a...bridge

The Volunteer Review at Portsmouth: the 1st Hants Engineer Volunteers constructing a...bridge, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review at Portsmouth: the 1st Hants Engineer Volunteers constructing a barrel-pier bridge for the sortie at Hilsea Lines, 1868

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Explorations at Jerusalem: voussoir of Robinson's Arch fallen through...tunnel below, 1869

The Explorations at Jerusalem: voussoir of Robinson's Arch fallen through...tunnel below, 1869. Creator: Unknown
The Explorations at Jerusalem: voussoir of Robinson's Arch fallen through the arch of tunnel below, 1869. 'A canal or aqueduct, 12 ft. deep and about 6 ft

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Explorations at Jerusalem: gallery at the south-east corner of Haram Wall, 1869

The Explorations at Jerusalem: gallery at the south-east corner of Haram Wall, 1869. Creator: Unknown
The Explorations at Jerusalem: gallery at the south-east corner of Haram Wall, 1869. 'At the south-east corner of the Haram Wall

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Demolition of the Paris Exhibition Building: the Park, 1868. Creator: Unknown

Demolition of the Paris Exhibition Building: the Park, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Demolition of the Paris Exhibition Building: the Park, 1868. 'The readers of this Journal, whether personally visiting the Exhibition or not, were enabled, by our numerous Illustrations

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Funeral of Lord Palmerston: the new cemetery at Romsey...interment of Lord Palmerston, 1865

The Funeral of Lord Palmerston: the new cemetery at Romsey...interment of Lord Palmerston, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Funeral of Lord Palmerston: the new cemetery at Romsey, with the vault opened for the interment of Lord Palmerston, 1865. Mr

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: the Dannewerk, Redoubt No. 11, 1864

Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: the Dannewerk, Redoubt No. 11, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: the Dannewerk, Redoubt No. 11, 1864. View of...Redoubt No. 11

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: battery on the...Dannewerk, 1864

Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: battery on the...Dannewerk, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: battery on the summit of the Dannewerk, 1864. View of...the summit with a battery of guns

Background imagePickaxe 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 imagePickaxe Collection: 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. 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 houses

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Great Fire at Limoges, France: firemen and soldiers clearing out a portion of the ruins…

The Great Fire at Limoges, France: firemen and soldiers clearing out a portion of the ruins…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist: firemen and soldiers of the garrison clearing out a portion of the ruins, 1864

Background imagePickaxe 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 imagePickaxe Collection: Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin, Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet)... A.H. 931 / A

Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin, Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet)... A.H. 931 / A
Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin, Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, A.H. 931/A.D. 1524-25

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph, 1858. View of...the scene of popular excitement on the occasion in the streets of St. Helier

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860

The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860

Background imagePickaxe Collection: French Attack North of Hurtebise; Southern entrance to the Dragon cave, ... 1917. Creator: Unknown

French Attack North of Hurtebise; Southern entrance to the Dragon cave, ... 1917. Creator: Unknown
French Attack North of Hurtebise; Southern entrance to the Dragon Cave, a real place d'armes (300 masters out of 100)

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860

The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860

Background imagePickaxe Collection: 'What's O'Clock? What's O'Clock?' - drawn by Godwin, 1860. Creator: W Thomas

"What's O'Clock? What's O'Clock?" - drawn by Godwin, 1860. Creator: W Thomas
"What's O'Clock? What's O'Clock?" - drawn by Godwin, 1860. In this little Sketch, so unpretending in character, yet so charming for its very simplicity, Mr

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Church of St. Vladimir, in a Russian cemetery, French extreme left, 1856

Church of St. Vladimir, in a Russian cemetery, French extreme left, 1856. Creator: Edward Alfred Goodall
Church of St. Vladimir, in a Russian cemetery, French extreme left, 1856. Scene from the Crimean War - French soldiers in a graffiti-ed church

Background imagePickaxe 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 imagePickaxe Collection: America First poster, between 1911 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

America First poster, between 1911 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. America First poster, between 1911 and 1920
America First poster, between 1911 and 1920. Uncle Sam shaking a European immigrant by the hand, with text in multiple languages including Italian, Polish, Hebrew, Czech

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Posters. New York, 1890s-1907. c1901. Creator: Edward Penfield

Posters. New York, 1890s-1907. c1901. Creator: Edward Penfield
Posters. New York, 1890s-1907. c1901. [Publisher: Harper Publications; Place: New York]

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Armored car, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Armored car, between 1916 and 1918

Armored car, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Armored car, between 1916 and 1918
Armored car, between 1916 and 1918. USA

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Choses vues a la guerre; territoriaux revenant de corvee sous la pluie. 1915

Choses vues a la guerre; territoriaux revenant de corvee sous la pluie. 1915. Creator: Georges Leroux
Choses vues a la guerre; territoriaux revenant de corvee sous la pluie, 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, December 19, 1891, 1891. Creator: Unknown

The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, December 19, 1891, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, December 19, 1891, 1891. The Fighting near Gilgit on the Northwestern Frontier of India. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Siege of Sebastopol - Working Party of Highlanders and Sailors in the 21-Gun Battery, 1854

The Siege of Sebastopol - Working Party of Highlanders and Sailors in the 21-Gun Battery, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Siege of Sebastopol - Working Party of Highlanders and Sailors in the 21-Gun Battery, 1854. Crimean War....the French...opened heavily on the Quarantine Battery

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Sappers repairing the road between Schumla and Varna, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Sappers repairing the road between Schumla and Varna, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Sappers repairing the road between Schumla and Varna, 1854. British soldiers during the Crimean War. The fortified town of Schumla, now Shumen in Bulgaria, was strategically important

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Mallet, Pick and Shovel, 1808/47. Creator: Joshua Cristall

Mallet, Pick and Shovel, 1808/47. Creator: Joshua Cristall
Mallet, Pick and Shovel, 1808/47

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Wicker Basket, Mallet, Shovel, Pick, 1808/47. Creator: Joshua Cristall

Wicker Basket, Mallet, Shovel, Pick, 1808/47. Creator: Joshua Cristall
Wicker Basket, Mallet, Shovel, Pick, 1808/47

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Members of the South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps at work by torchlight in the gardens... 1862

Members of the South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps at work by torchlight in the gardens... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Members of the South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps at work by torchlight in the gardens of Burlington House, Piccadilly, clearing the ground for a drill-shed, 1862

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Construction workman wrecking a church on Independence Avenue, Washington, D. C, 1942

Construction workman wrecking a church on Independence Avenue, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Construction workman wrecking a church on Independence Avenue

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Youngest Daughter, January 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen

The Youngest Daughter, January 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
The Youngest Daughter, January 1894

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Lent, February 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen

Lent, February 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Lent, February 1894

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Retour en arriere, June 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen

Retour en arriere, June 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Retour en arriere, June 1894

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Libertys Last Refuge, July 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen

Libertys Last Refuge, July 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Libertys Last Refuge, July 1894

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Outrage in the Pas-de-Calais, December 1893. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen

Outrage in the Pas-de-Calais, December 1893. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Outrage in the Pas-de-Calais, December 1893

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Firemans Pick Ax, Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), 1600 / 1868. Creator: Unknown

Firemans Pick Ax, Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), 1600 / 1868. Creator: Unknown
Firemans Pick Ax, Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), 1600/1868

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The martyrdom of Saint Vitalis of Milan, who is being buried alive, 1776

The martyrdom of Saint Vitalis of Milan, who is being buried alive, 1776

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Tools, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Rose Campbell-Gerke

Tools, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Rose Campbell-Gerke
Tools, 1935/1942

Background imagePickaxe Collection: At the Foot of the Cross (Au pied de la croix). Creator: Alphonse Legros

At the Foot of the Cross (Au pied de la croix). Creator: Alphonse Legros
At the Foot of the Cross (Au pied de la croix)

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Miners in the Sierras, 1851-1852. Creators: Charles Christian Nahl, August Wenderoth

Miners in the Sierras, 1851-1852. Creators: Charles Christian Nahl, August Wenderoth
Miners in the Sierras, 1851-1852

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Alpine Climbers, 1869. Creator: Elijah Walton

Alpine Climbers, 1869. Creator: Elijah Walton
Alpine Climbers, 1869

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Sign for a paviour, ca. 1725. Creator: William Hogarth

Sign for a paviour, ca. 1725. Creator: William Hogarth
Sign for a paviour, ca. 1725

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Earl of Bandon cutting the first turf for the Cork and Bandon Railway, 1845

The Earl of Bandon cutting the first turf for the Cork and Bandon Railway, 1845. James Bernard, 2nd Earl of Bandon, takes part in a ceremony marking the start of railway construction in Ireland

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Pitman, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Pitman, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Pitman, 1844. The miners, or pitmen, as they are more generally termed in their local districts, are a peculiar race of men; their isolated position, their subterranean labours

Background imagePickaxe Collection: January from Album of Rustic Subjects, 1859. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille

January from Album of Rustic Subjects, 1859. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
January from Album of Rustic Subjects, 1859

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Ecuador, 2 Reals, from the series Coins of All Nations (N72

Ecuador, 2 Reals, from the series Coins of All Nations (N72, variation 1) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1889

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Pompa Introitus... Ferdinand, Austriaci. Antwerp, 1635. 1635

Pompa Introitus... Ferdinand, Austriaci. Antwerp, 1635. 1635. Creators: Theodoor van Thulden, Gaspar Gevaerts
Pompa Introitus...Ferdinand, Austriaci. Antwerp, 1635. [Arcus Monetalis, Pars Posterior, (The Arch of the Mint: The Rear Face)]

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Roadworkers at Lunch, ca. 1850-52. Creator: Jean Francois Millet

Roadworkers at Lunch, ca. 1850-52. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Roadworkers at Lunch, ca. 1850-52

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Pike is a voracious fish and bites readily in the Winter months-Old Gentleman

The Pike is a voracious fish and bites readily in the Winter months-Old Gentleman is VERY fond of fishing, 1830-64

Background imagePickaxe Collection: British soldiers in a German trench, Western Front, First World War, c1915, (c1920)

British soldiers in a German trench, Western Front, First World War, c1915, (c1920). Consolidating a captured German Trench after the Great Attack

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Battle of Michmash, 1890. Creator: Unknown

The Battle of Michmash, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Battle of Michmash, 1890. The Battle of Michmash, c1025 BC, fought between Israelites under Jonathan, son of King Saul, armed with pickaxes and outnumbered by the Philistines. (Samuel: 13)

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Shermans March to the Sea, (1878). Creator: Albert Bobbett

Shermans March to the Sea, (1878). Creator: Albert Bobbett
Shermans March to the Sea, (1878). Unionist Major General William Tecumseh Shermans men sabotaging a railrway during a military campaign of the American Civil War

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Perilous Brigsdal Glacier, one of the grandest in all Norway, c1905. Creator: Unknown

Perilous Brigsdal Glacier, one of the grandest in all Norway, c1905. Creator: Unknown
Perilous Brigsdal Glacier, one of the grandest in all Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Among mountains and chasms of ice - enormous crevasses of Brigsdal glacier, - Norway, c1905

Among mountains and chasms of ice - enormous crevasses of Brigsdal glacier, - Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Miners at work on the Mesabi Range in northeast Minnesota, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Miners at work on the Mesabi Range in northeast Minnesota, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Miners at work on the Mesabi Range in northeast Minnesota, 1903

Background imagePickaxe Collection: French Antarctic Expedition under Captain JSC Dumont d Urville, August 1833, 1937

French Antarctic Expedition under Captain JSC Dumont d Urville, August 1833, 1937
A French Antarctic Expedition under the command of Captain J. S. C. Dumont d Urville sailed in August 1833 to the waters that Ross was to explore in the next five years, 1937

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Interior of the room next to the White Lyon Prison, Borough High Street, Southwark, London, 1887

Interior of the room next to the White Lyon Prison, Borough High Street, Southwark, London, 1887. In the foreground is part of the partition, a pickaxe and a shovel

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Campaign by the Association for the Protection of Prisoners of War calling for the

Campaign by the Association for the Protection of Prisoners of War calling for the release of prisoners, pub. 1919 (colour lithograph)

Background imagePickaxe Collection: German war materiel destroyed under the terms of the Armistice, c1918-c1919(?). Artist

German war materiel destroyed under the terms of the Armistice, c1918-c1919(?). Artist
German war materiel destroyed under the terms of the Armistice, c1918-c1919(?). Under the terms of the Armistice ending the First World War

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Our Devoted Men Worked on with a Will, 1902. Artist: AP

Our Devoted Men Worked on with a Will, 1902. Artist: AP
Our Devoted Men Worked on with a Will, 1902. The Siege of Delhi was one of the decisive conflicts of the Indian rebellion of 1857. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. I

Background imagePickaxe Collection: Interior of Lindisfarn. West End, 1814. Artist: John Greig

Interior of Lindisfarn. West End, 1814. Artist: John Greig
Interior of Lindisfarn. West End, 1814. From The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, Vol. II, by Walter Scott, Esq. [Longman & Co. London, 1814]

Background imagePickaxe Collection: The Queen visiting a Cornish Iron Mine, c1840s, (1900)

The Queen visiting a Cornish Iron Mine, c1840s, (1900). Queen Victoria is shown round a mine. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900)


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