Collect Collection (#9)

Babies Await Parents
Babies in the cabbage field wait for their parents to collect them. Date: 1950s

French Postbox
La petite Poste aux Lettres a lady posts a letter in a Paris street, a man comes hurrying to catch the post, the postman waits till its time to collect the mail Date: 1831

On Entend Partout - Music Sheet Cover. A french illustration of a woman and much papers with hands on the left bottom who wants to collect the papers. Date: circa 20th century

Barnardo Waif Saturday, Birmingham
A well-dressed woman and two children collect money at a Barnardos fund-raising Waif Saturday held in the Birmingham area. A railway station entrance is nearby. Date: 1906

Bystander- Military officer collecting images of Gaby Deslys
A military officer, second in command, collecting images of the actress Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), as a way of improving the morale while fighting abroad. Date: 1916

Boy Scout on Ascension Island, South Atlantic
A Boy Scout on Ascension Island, South Atlantic, collecting scrub wood for the fire on the lava flows. Date: 1981

Boy scouts drinking from bottles, Australia
Two boy scouts in Australia, drinking from bottles of Coca Cola. They have been nicknamed The Scroungers, as they collect discarded empty bottles for the refund money

Collection of TV Rental
Collection of TV rental from two housewives Date: 1930s

Two boys with pony on country lane, Scotland
Two boys with a pony on a country lane in Scotland. The wickerwork basket contains peat (cut turf)

People on horseback, going to collect peat
Two people on horseback, a man and a woman, going with their wickerwork baskets to collect peat (cut turf). Date: 1920s

Children Haymaking
Children on horseback helping to collect hay on an English farm. Date: early 1930s

Assassination President Lincoln Ford Theatre
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South American Indians. 16th-18th century. Yanomamo Indians. Inhabitants of the basins of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers. Cultivation of cassava and fruit trees. Italian Engraving 1780. Colored

A machete and a group of coconuts sit inside a bicycle in Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Source Size = 1913 x 2554
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL IN SOUTH AFRICA: " Here commenced our first cooking efforts. To collect brushwood for the fire, to fill the kettle and boil the water, are the first duties"

An apprentice fetching water from a fountain (engraving) (b / w photo) (detail of 105365)
XJF294020 An apprentice fetching water from a fountain (engraving) (b/w photo) (detail of 105365) by Hoefnagel, Joris (1542-1600) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Water Supply (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF294018 The Water Supply (engraving) (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

The Water supply in Fryingpan Alley, Clerkenwell, 1864 (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF276001 The Water supply in Fryingpan Alley, Clerkenwell, 1864 (engraving) (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Good and bad ways to get rich, Philips Galle, Hadrianus Junius, 1563

Honey bee (Apis) on the stamen of a hibiscus flower (Hibiscus syriacus), with water drops

Picture No. 11072630
Insects Collection Galicia, Spain

Picture No. 11072629
Insects Collection Galicia, Spain

Picture No. 11072628
Insects Collection Galicia, Spain

Japan - Women collecting mussels on the beach at low tide. Date: circa 1910s

18, 000 farthings for London Slum Childrens Breakfasts
18, 000 farthings collected in 1907 by R Arnold of 15 Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells, Kent for the charitable purchase of London Slum Childrens Breakfasts. Date: 1907

Women in fancy dress collecting for charity
Three women in fancy dress collecting for The Romford Cottage Hospital, Essex. Date: circa 1933

View of the Railway from Hatton Colliery to the depot on the banks of the river Wear, near Sunderland, in the county of Durham with the locomotive

USA, Alaska, Fall berrypicking, Glenn Highway, East of Anchorage, September

SA, Peru, Urubamba Valley Salt pans of Maras, dating from Inca times

Poland. Basket of Boletus sp. and other edible fungi

Woman collecting dung. Camel and cow dung are collected and dried to be used for cooking fires. Pushkar, Rajasthan. INDIA

Kashmir, India. A boatman collecting Singara, a kind of fruit that grows in the water. 4 December 1924

Graham Head aged 4 of Bunham, near Rochester, Kent, travels the Kentish orchards with his parents while he is on holiday, to help them in their job of fruit picking

At this rate she will soon be covered with hops! A little hop picker at Beltring finds that she can soon cover herself with hops - if she picks long and fast enough. Sidcup, Kent. 1/9/1937

Women cutting spring cabbages in Birchwood, Kent. 1939

Broad-leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) close-up of flowers, with Wood Ant (Formica lemani) adult worker, collecting nectar and pollinating flower, France, July

Dairy farming, milk tanker lorry collecting milk from dairy farm, Cheshire, England, February

Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) adult, with stem in beak, collecting nesting material, Merseyside, England, May

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) nest, with woman collecting eiderdown, Hrisey Island, Northern Iceland, June

Dairy farming, First Milk tanker collecting milk from farm, Church Brough, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England, December

Changeable Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus ceylanensis) adult, collecting branch for nesting material, Sri Lanka, February

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) adult, with insects in beak, perched on juniper in moorland, Highlands, Scotland, May

Picture No. 10861919
Islet Kao Kao, to which Birdman candidates swam, risking their lives, to collect Sooty terns eggs. Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile Date:

Picture No. 10861920
Islet Kao Kao, to which Birdman candidates swam risking their lives to collect Sooty terns eggs. Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile Date:

Picture No. 10861918
Islets Motu Nui, Motu Iti and Motu Kao Kao, to which Birdman candidates swam risking their lives to collect Sooty terns eggs. Easter Island, Chile Date:

Picture No. 10768154
Sea water drying in clam shells is is the only industry in a village on Damar Island. Women constantly add sea water which they collect in gourds to the shells as the salt dries Date:

Bird Cherry (Prunus padus) fruit, collected for native tree nursery and forest habitat expansion, Abernethy Forest N.N.R. Cairngorms N.P. Inverness-shire, Highlands, Scotland, August

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"From Kitchen Scraps to Happy Hens: The Art of Collecting" In the 19th century, beekeeping enthusiasts diligently collected honey from their buzzing companions. Mischievous boys would venture into orchards, scrumping apples for a sweet treat. Witness the Song Thrush, its beak filled with wriggling worms, collecting a feast for its young ones. Sailing boats gracefully gather at Trieste harbor, ready to embark on the thrilling Barcolana regatta. Kent Hop Pickers meticulously collect hops during harvest season, preserving traditions and flavors. Ancient Druids revered mistletoe's mystical powers and carefully collected it for sacred rituals. Discover Mlle. Lyska Kostio's enchanting collection of dolls that captivate hearts with their delicate beauty. At Flamborough Head, brave souls collect precious eggs nestled amidst rugged cliffs and crashing waves. Behold the Atlantic Puffin standing proudly on a rock, its beak full of sandeels and seaweed - nature's treasures. Delve into Egyptian artistry as palm trees are depicted in stunning detail in a 16th-century artwork. Collecting is an art form that transcends time and cultures. Whether it involves saving kitchen scraps to nourish hens or gathering honey from diligent bees; whether mischievous boys scrump apples or sailors gather at regattas; whether ancient Druids collect mistletoe or modern collectors amass miniature cards – each act holds significance. The joy of collecting extends beyond material possessions. It embodies passion, curiosity, and connection with our surroundings. It allows us to appreciate nature's wonders like the Song Thrush carrying worms for its nestlings or puffins balancing sandeels while perched on rocky shores. Collecting also preserves traditions like Kent Hop Pickers who honor centuries-old practices by carefully selecting hops during harvest time. And let us not forget Mlle.