Collecting Collection (#5)

Boy collecting driftwood at seaside

Gathering seaweed, Mounts Bay, Cornwall, early 1900s

Mussel Gatherers Victorian period Date: 19th century

Collecting mussels Date: 19th century

Gathering shellfish, Whitby, Victorian period

Railway Mail Bag Collecting Device Victorian period

Canary Islands - Fountain in the Plaza de Santo Domingo, Las Palmas. Date: circa 1910s

Children Collecting Fir Cones Date: 1925

Christ collecting his vestments, ca. 1646, by Alonso Cano
Alonso Cano (1601-1667). Spanish painter. Christ collecting his vestments, ca.1646. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Collection for South African rail strike
Two men brandish collection buckets for the South African rail strike to support Rail Against Apartheid. Signs show that the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR)

Food donation for striking miners
A T.U.C. (Trades Union Congress)centre acts as a food donation collecting point during the miners strike of 1984-85. The long strike meant that miners families endured financial hardship

Bubonic plague in China
Bubonic plague outbreak in China: collecting and carrying the dead in Tientsin (now Tianjin). Date: 1911

Lord Beaverbrook's appeal for aluminium 1940
Lord Beaverbrook the Minister for Aircraft Production appealed for objects wholly or partly made of aluminium for the manufacture of aeroplanes

Lord Beaverbrook the Minister for Aircraft Production appealed for objects wholly or partly made of aluminium for the manufacture of aeroplanes

A Warm Welcome for Every Parachutist
Sixth column strategy: Foresight plans, if London gets invaded by landing Germans dropping from the skies dressed as British civilians they would be collected up by cyclist with tubs of hot boiling

Peat Collecting 1877
Peat collection in Loch Maree, Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Date: 1877

That's the advantage of collecting statuary, it's not as easy to steal as the Mona Lisa. Date: 1911

Cadbury's; the factory at Frampton-on-Severn. The milk- condensing factories have subsidiary collecting and cooling stations

Man gathering peat, to keep the home fires burning through the winter. Date: 1890s

Recovering the dead after the siege of Plevna, Bulgaria in 1877 (litho)
KW363037 Recovering the dead after the siege of Plevna, Bulgaria in 1877 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Easter card (colour litho)
731906 Easter card (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: German Easter card with rabbits taking Easter eggs from a tree)

Alms Dish, c. 1900 (brass and enamel)
GLS314105 Alms Dish, c.1900 (brass and enamel) by Gilmour, Margaret (fl. 1900); diam: 58.2 cm; Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Scotland; © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection

Collecting in a Silesian village church, Poland, Silesia, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century
1900s, 19th-century, building, buildings, characteristic, church building, churches, collect, collecting, collections, contribution, culture, custom, digital, digitally, donation, donations

Gathering chestnuts, under a chestnut tree, 1870, Italy, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, 5 people, agrarian, agricultural, agriculturally, american, black, black-and-white, black-white, castanea, castanea sativa, chestnut, chestnut trees, chestnuts, collect

Little Em'ly had stopped and looked up at the sky
1192267 Little Em'ly had stopped and looked up at the sky by Hammond, Gertrude E. Demain (1862-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: David Copperfield published by George G Harrap & Co Ltd)

Children collecting holly in the snow
Children - December. Winter/Christmas, collecting holly in the snow. Seasons series (one of 12) by Flora White

Alcedo giant tortoises (Chelonoidis vandenburghi) gathering together to drink from drizzle puddles on flat lava during dry season, Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Alcedo giant tortoises (Chelonoidis vandenburghi) drinking from fog-drip puddles under mossy trees on caldera rim during dry season, Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Smack of Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) preying upon smack of Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

European Spider crab aggregation (Maja squinado) St. Ives, Cornwall. August
European Spider crab aggregation (Maja squinado) St.Ives, Cornwall. August

Rail Worker
Sudipta Chakraborty

Christmas romance (colour photo)
3096011 Christmas romance (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas romance. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

After the battle, our people collect the loot in a newly conquered Austrian trench (colour litho)
2777531 After the battle, our people collect the loot in a newly conquered Austrian trench (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: After the battle)

Cactus bees (Diadasia Rinconis) feeding on nectar and collecting pollen from Hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus) flower, Sonoran desert, Arizona, USA

Ms 3054 fol. 9v Gathering Truffles, from Tacuinum Sanitatis (vellum)
XIR215112 Ms 3054 fol.9v Gathering Truffles, from Tacuinum Sanitatis (vellum) by Italian School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Municipale, Rouen

DDE-90022138
Malakal, village of Dinka ethnic group Date: 16/06/2006

The hands of Mr. Venus Alsobrook, official salvage collector for the... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. The hands of Mr. Venus Alsobrook, official salvage collector for the government, wrapping old newspapers he has gathered from different sections of the city

Mr. and Mrs. Venus Alsobrook in front of their home in the southwest section, Washington, DC, 1942
Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. Venus Alsobrook in front of their home in the southwest section. Mr. Alsobrook is an official salvage collector for the government

Mr. and Mrs. Venue Alsobrook wrapping papers for the government salvage... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. Venue Alsobrook wrapping papers for the government salvage campaign

Mr. Venus Alsobrook, official salvage collector for the government, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Mr. Venus Alsobrook, official salvage collector for the government

Drinking water for the whole town... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drinking water for the whole town, also for the migrant camp across the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Drinking water for the whole town, also for the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drinking water for the whole town, also for the migrant camp across the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Harvesting on almond ranch, local day labor, near Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Harvesting on almond ranch, local day labor. Near Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California

Mrs. Bouchey gets the morning mail, Washington, Yakima Valley, near Toppenish, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Bouchey gets the morning mail. Wife of tenant purchase client. Washington, Yakima Valley, near Toppenish

Possibly: Young son of tenant farmer gathering sticks... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Young son of tenant farmer gathering sticks for workers to string tobacco on. Granville County, North Carolina]

Farmer getting the morning mail, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmer getting the morning mail. Gem County, Idaho

Army contributes first to the tambourine... Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Army contributes first to the tambourine (two dollars), outside contribution about seventy-five cents, all from drunks and the like

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From the bustling Stock Jobbers Pitches at London Stock Exchange to the delicate Case of British Butterflies, collecting takes many forms. Whether it's a wartime pig food poster or a horse-drawn harvester, humans have always been drawn to gather and preserve. In Sudan, General Dinka children collect shea butter fruit with joyous enthusiasm, while in Connemara, County Galway, turf is carefully collected from the bog. Bees buzz busily in springtime as they diligently collect nectar for their hive. A selection of common British Moths showcases nature's beauty captured by collectors' hands. Little Lady Bountiful shares her treasures generously with those around her. Even scrap metal has its value when collected and repurposed for a greater purpose. St George's Hospital in London collects stories of healing and hope within its walls every day. Beekeeping in the 19th century was an art form practiced by dedicated individuals who understood the importance of these tiny creatures' work. Collecting connects us to our past, present, and future - preserving moments that would otherwise be lost.