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Lifting Collection (#3)

"Lifting: A Journey through Time and Strength" In the 1966 World Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, July 1966

Background imageLifting Collection: Temple Guardian and Demon Wrestling (image 2 of 2), Mid-19th century. Creator: Miwa School

Temple Guardian and Demon Wrestling (image 2 of 2), Mid-19th century. Creator: Miwa School
Temple Guardian and Demon Wrestling (image 2 of 2), Mid-19th century

Background imageLifting Collection: La Bataille de la Somme; La replique au 420: notre obus de 440, 1916 (1924) Creator: Unknown

La Bataille de la Somme; La replique au 420: notre obus de 440, 1916 (1924) Creator: Unknown
La Bataille de la Somme; La replique au 420: notre obus de 440, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Background imageLifting Collection: View of the town hall and the harbor in Marseille with victims struck by the plague... 1720-1799

View of the town hall and the harbor in Marseille with victims struck by the plague... 1720-1799. Creator: Anon
View of the town hall and the harbor in Marseille with victims struck by the plague in 1720, 1720-1799

Background imageLifting Collection: Arrival at a country house, 1661. Creator: Gesina ter Borch

Arrival at a country house, 1661. Creator: Gesina ter Borch
Arrival at a country house, 1661

Background imageLifting Collection: Elephant assisting to lay down water-pipes near Kandy, in Ceylon, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Elephant assisting to lay down water-pipes near Kandy, in Ceylon, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Elephant assisting to lay down water-pipes near Kandy, in Ceylon, 1856. View of...the great waterworks at present in course of erection upon Messrs

Background imageLifting Collection: Nos saltimbanques, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Nos saltimbanques, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Nos saltimbanques, 19th century. Our acrobats

Background imageLifting Collection: Marble quarry near Rutland, between 1890 and 1905. Creator: Unknown

Marble quarry near Rutland, between 1890 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Marble quarry near Rutland, between 1890 and 1905

Background imageLifting Collection: Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Background imageLifting Collection: Tire ferme, Gaspard... y va s'neyer... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Tire ferme, Gaspard... y va s'neyer... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Tire ferme, Gaspard... y va s'neyer... 19th century. Pulls Gaspard....and va s'neyer

Background imageLifting Collection: Laisse-moi regarder encore... papa!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Laisse-moi regarder encore... papa!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Laisse-moi regarder encore... papa!, 19th century. The audience of the show - Let me look again... papa!

Background imageLifting Collection: Burying the Dead. Creator: Conrad Meyer

Burying the Dead. Creator: Conrad Meyer
Burying the Dead

Background imageLifting Collection: Potato Lifting, 1882. Creator: William Strang

Potato Lifting, 1882. Creator: William Strang
Potato Lifting, 1882

Background imageLifting Collection: Stan Kenton Orchestra, 1947 or 1948. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb

Stan Kenton Orchestra, 1947 or 1948. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Orchestra, 1947 or 1948

Background imageLifting Collection: Saint Grégoire enlevé au ciel, esquisse pour la coupole de la chapelle Saint-Grégoire... c1690

Saint Grégoire enlevé au ciel, esquisse pour la coupole de la chapelle Saint-Grégoire... c1690
Saint Gregoire enleve au ciel, esquisse pour la coupole de la chapelle Saint-Gregoire de l'eglise des Invalides, c1690

Background imageLifting Collection: Birthday Greetings, after Meyer Von Bremen, 1891. Creator: Unknown

Birthday Greetings, after Meyer Von Bremen, 1891. Creator: Unknown
Birthday Greetings, after Meyer Von Bremen, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Background imageLifting Collection: Krahn im Freihafen, 1893. Creator: Fritz Stoltenberg

Krahn im Freihafen, 1893. Creator: Fritz Stoltenberg
Krahn im Freihafen, 1893

Background imageLifting Collection: Interior view of the Saint-Benoit-le-Bestoune church: the Saint-Pierre or Tournelle chapel, 1832

Interior view of the Saint-Benoit-le-Bestoune church: the Saint-Pierre or Tournelle chapel, 1832

Background imageLifting Collection: The Easter Kiss; Easter week in Russia, 1854. Creator: Unknown

The Easter Kiss; Easter week in Russia, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Easter Kiss; Easter week in Russia, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Background imageLifting Collection: The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Background imageLifting Collection: The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Background imageLifting Collection: Agriculture: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Agriculture: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
Agriculture: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Background imageLifting Collection: All Things Requisite for a Neat Job of Cargo Lifting' Loading Cars for Export, 1937. Creator: Fox

All Things Requisite for a Neat Job of Cargo Lifting" Loading Cars for Export, 1937. Creator: Fox
All Things Requisite for a Neat Job of Cargo Lifting" Loading Cars for Export, 1937. Dockers on the River Thames in London. From "The Said Noble River", by Alan Bell

Background imageLifting Collection: Tobias Burying One of the Children of Israel, 1543. Creator: Georg Pencz

Tobias Burying One of the Children of Israel, 1543. Creator: Georg Pencz
Tobias Burying One of the Children of Israel, 1543

Background imageLifting Collection: Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Hercule et le... c.1852-1854

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Hercule et le... c.1852-1854
Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris : Hercule et le Sanglier d'Erymanthe, d'apres Delacroix, between 1852 and 1854

Background imageLifting Collection: Esquisse pour le Salon de la Paix de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris : Hercule et le... c.1852-1854

Esquisse pour le Salon de la Paix de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris : Hercule et le... c.1852-1854
Esquisse pour le Salon de la Paix de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris : Hercule et le Sanglier d'Erymanthe, between 1852 and 1854

Background imageLifting Collection: Porteurs de farine, scène parisienne, 1885. Creator: Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse

Porteurs de farine, scène parisienne, 1885. Creator: Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse
Porteurs de farine, scene parisienne, 1885

Background imageLifting Collection: Siege of Sebastopol - Preparing a Train for the Trenches, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Siege of Sebastopol - Preparing a Train for the Trenches, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Siege of Sebastopol - Preparing a Train for the Trenches, 1854. Crimean War: British Army position. Sebastopol will fall, no one doubts it - the question is only one of time...It is satisfactory...to

Background imageLifting Collection: Sauvetage des malades de l'hôpital de la charité, durant l'inondation de 1910, 1910

Sauvetage des malades de l'hôpital de la charité, durant l'inondation de 1910, 1910. Creator: A Boulanger
Sauvetage des malades de l'hopital de la charite, durant l'inondation de 1910, 1910

Background imageLifting Collection: Blouse lifted, bathers, 1913. Creator: Gaston de Latouche

Blouse lifted, bathers, 1913. Creator: Gaston de Latouche
Blouse lifted, bathers, 1913

Background imageLifting Collection: Sketch for the Hotel de Ville dining room, one child holding a trumpet the other a wreath... 1893

Sketch for the Hotel de Ville dining room, one child holding a trumpet the other a wreath... 1893
Sketch for the Hotel de Ville dining room, one child holding a trumpet the other a wreath raising a large box, 1893

Background imageLifting Collection: Sketch for the dining room of the Hotel de Ville, two children lifting a large box together, 1893

Sketch for the dining room of the Hotel de Ville, two children lifting a large box together, 1893

Background imageLifting Collection: Young Warrior, Seen from Behind, Lifting a Curtain, 1550/55. Creator: Francesco Salviati

Young Warrior, Seen from Behind, Lifting a Curtain, 1550/55. Creator: Francesco Salviati
Young Warrior, Seen from Behind, Lifting a Curtain, 1550/55

Background imageLifting Collection: Widtsoe land use adjustment project, Garfield County, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Widtsoe land use adjustment project, Garfield County, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Widtsoe land use adjustment project. Garfield County, Utah. Excavating new spillway of Tropic Dam

Background imageLifting Collection: Widtsoe land use adjustment project, Garfield County, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Widtsoe land use adjustment project, Garfield County, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Widtsoe land use adjustment project. Garfield County, Utah. Loading boulder on stone boat, while excavating new spillway of Tropic Dam

Background imageLifting Collection: The Annual Exhibition of the Smithfield Club - Carting away a Pig, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Annual Exhibition of the Smithfield Club - Carting away a Pig, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Annual Exhibition of the Smithfield Club - Carting away a Pig, 1850. Agricultural show in London. The pigs are always a favourite description of stock to the amateur sightseers at cattle shows

Background imageLifting Collection: The Annual Exhibition of the Smithfield Club - Bringing in Fat Pig, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Annual Exhibition of the Smithfield Club - Bringing in Fat Pig, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Annual Exhibition of the Smithfield Club - Bringing in Fat Pig, 1850. Agricultural show in London. His Royal Highness Prince Albert obtained the second prize for a pen of 38 weeks

Background imageLifting Collection: Wood: Lu Zhishen (Moku, Rochishin), from the series 'The Five Elements of The...', early 1830s

Wood: Lu Zhishen (Moku, Rochishin), from the series "The Five Elements of The...", early 1830s
Wood: Lu Zhishen (Moku, Rochishin), from the series "The Five Elements of The Water Margin (Suiko gogyo)", early 1830s

Background imageLifting Collection: July, n.d. Creator: Cornelis Dusart

July, n.d. Creator: Cornelis Dusart
July, n.d

Background imageLifting Collection: Laborers, January 1, 1789. Creator: George Stubbs

Laborers, January 1, 1789. Creator: George Stubbs
Laborers, January 1, 1789

Background imageLifting Collection: Part of the Victoria Tower - the Hoisting-Scaffold, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Part of the Victoria Tower - the Hoisting-Scaffold, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Part of the Victoria Tower - the Hoisting-Scaffold, 1850....there are few mechanical contrivances employed in the various works at the New Palace, Westminster

Background imageLifting Collection: The Entombment of Christ, 1595/1600. Creator: Jacopo Palma

The Entombment of Christ, 1595/1600. Creator: Jacopo Palma
The Entombment of Christ, 1595/1600

Background imageLifting Collection: CAT. 7 weeks old, black kitten, stretching and yawning, facial expression, cute, studio

CAT. 7 weeks old, black kitten, stretching and yawning, facial expression, cute, studio, white background Date: 18-03-2019

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GRIZZLY BEAR wearing gold bowler hat holding a glass of champagne Date: 30-03-2020

Background imageLifting Collection: The Flying Scotsman arrives in Liverpool, England from San Francisco

The Flying Scotsman arrives in Liverpool, England from San Francisco. Preserved LNER Gresley pacific 4472 Flying Scotsman at Liverpool Docks on a bright freezing snowy day in February 1973

Background imageLifting Collection: Irene Hogan, aged 20 years old, from Liverpool, is crowned Miss Littlewood 1960

Irene Hogan, aged 20 years old, from Liverpool, is crowned Miss Littlewood 1960, at the Liverpool Stadium, Thursday 12th November 1959, she was one of seven finalists selected from 10

Background imageLifting Collection: Royal Navy Photographers Recognised for Picture Perfect Shots

Royal Navy Photographers Recognised for Picture Perfect Shots
Pictured is Commando MAOT (Mobile Air Operations Team) receiving an Under Slung Load (USL) from a Merlin Mk3 helicopter of 845 Naval Air Squadron (NAS), at Norway during Exercise Clockwork

Background imageLifting Collection: Loading boxes of salmon Petersburg, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown

Loading boxes of salmon Petersburg, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Loading boxes of salmon Petersburg, between c1900 and c1930

Background imageLifting Collection: Japanese removing timbers from lighters at Chemulpo for erection of runways, c1904

Japanese removing timbers from lighters at Chemulpo for erection of runways, c1904. Creator: Robert Lee Dunn
Japanese removing timbers from lighters at Chemulpo for erection of runways, c1904




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"Lifting: A Journey through Time and Strength" In the 1966 World Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, July 1966, England's captain lifted the trophy high in triumph as they defeated West Germany with a score of 4-2. The Coventry Climax Engines ET199 marked a significant milestone as it became the first British-produced forklift truck, revolutionizing lifting capabilities across industries. Illustrated in "Railway Ribaldry" by W Heath Robinson, comical contraptions showcased imaginative ways objects, bringing humor to this essential task. Holding up the R101 airship demonstrated not only physical strength but also engineering marvels that allowed humans to conquer new heights. Picture No. 11770524 captures the awe-inspiring Forth Bridge standing tall over Queensferry Pier, showcasing exceptional engineering prowess and its ability to lift trains above waterways. A majestic Buddha statue from 1790 symbolizes spiritual enlightenment and upliftment of one's soul through inner strength and wisdom. Tagine, a typical Moroccan food cooked in an earthenware pot called tagine itself represents culinary artistry that lifts our taste buds with exotic flavors and aromas. LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tenders exemplify bravery as firefighters lift heavy equipment to save lives during emergencies, displaying their unwavering dedication towards public safety. Winching men up from the coalface in Wales depicts arduous labor where miners relied on teamwork and sheer determination to extract valuable resources from deep within the earth's crust. Lake Geneva at Evian-les-Bains offers waterskiing enthusiasts an exhilarating experience as they defy gravity while being lifted effortlessly by powerful speedboats amidst breathtaking scenery. Biomechanics captured in historical artwork showcases how human bodies adapt movements efficiently by leveraging muscles' power effectively during various forms of exercise or sports activities. "Lifting" encompasses more than just physical strength.