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Miners safety lamp, 1833. Artist: Jackson
Miners safety lamp, 1833. Humphry Davys invention of 1815, the miners safety lamp, which enabled deeper, more gaseous seams to be mined without risk of explosion

Miners washing for gold in the Californian gold fields, 1853. The apparatus they are using is called a Long Tom. The discovery of gold in 1848 led to mass immigration into California

Prospectors on their way to the Californian gold fields, 1853. Hopefuls off to the Californian gold fields with their belongings and equipment loaded on their horses and carrying pistols and a rifle

Mining prospector in the Californian gold fields, 1853. The discovery of gold in 1848 led to mass immigration into California

Austin Morris Mini Pickup 1981
Austin Morris Mini, Pickup, 1981, Mini, Austin, MINB17488

Distress in Lancashire: mill-hands work on Preston Moors
The distress in Lancashire: mill-hands at work on Preston Moors. Unemployed operatives levelling waste ground on the north side of the town, over seen by inspectors

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Late XIV century. Picking sour cherries
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Picking sour cherries

Portrait of Louis Wain taken from an advertisement for Phosferine, a tonic medicine, featuring Louis Wain, the famous cat artist

LADY LUMBERJACKS, 1942. Norma Webber, Barbara Webber, and Mildred Soball (left to right) using pick poles to pull logs into a mill slip in Concord, New Hampshire. Photograph, 1942

Farmhands in smocks, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A group of men and boys in traditional agricultural costume, holding a variety of hand tools. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

GOLD RUSH CARTOON, 1849. Off for California. A cartoon inspired by the California Gold Rush. Lithograph, American, c1849

Colonel William Prescott in the redoubt on Breeds Hill during the Battle of Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775
BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, 1775. Colonel William Prescott in the redoubt on Breeds Hill during the Battle of Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775. Line engraving, 19th century

Alpine mountain-climbers, 1800s
Mountaineers on a couloir in the Alps, circa 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mountaineering in the Alps, 1800s
Breaking through an ice-bridge in the Alps, circa 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

California Gold Rush prospectors
California prospectors washing gravel in a stream, looking for gold. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Piaggio Ape 500 pickup

Tea pickers on a large estate near Kericho, the centre of Kenyas most important export crop. Many of the estates adjoin the Mau Forest, an important watershed for Lake Victoria

A Hobart chain-gang, a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934

Engraving depicting Neolithic Implements including a stone tranchet, stone pick, stone and horn axe, flint knife, stone mallets, axe-hammers made from polished stone and flint arrow-heads

Collection of an Alpinists equipment including picks, canteen, snow shoes and spikes for boots. Dated 19th century

Miner Digging At Coal Mine Coalface In The 19th Century. From The National Encyclopaedia, Published C. 1890
Miner Digging At Coal Mine Coalface In The 19th Century. From The National Encyclopaedia, Published C.1890

Coal Miners Waiting To Go On Their Shift. From The Worlds Inhabitants By G. T. Bettany Published 1888
Coal Miners Waiting To Go On Their Shift. From The Worlds Inhabitants By G.T. Bettany Published 1888

Neolithic Implements From The Book The Outline Of History By H. G. Wells Volume 1, Published 1920
Neolithic Implements From The Book The Outline Of History By H.G.Wells Volume 1, Published 1920

Indonesia, Rice Terraces; Bali

Greetings card in the shape of a bone -- A bone for you to pick. Date: circa 1890s

Leyland Mini Pickup 1977
Leyland Mini Pickup, 1977, Mini, Leyland, MINB17133M

Dodge Ram 1500 Night Edition Hemi Quad Cab 2017 White

Mini Austin Mini Pickup 1967 Beige
MIN120012

Mini Classic Pickup 1977 White

Mini Pickup 1974 Blue light

Land Rover Series 1 1955 Green
LAR167025

Cotton harvest in Tripoli (Tarabulus), Lebanon
Cotton harvest with a working girl standing in front of it, Tripoli (Tarabulus) in the north of Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Women taking roses to make rose water wi
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Women taking roses to make rose water with its petals. Folio 93r

Japanese Scene - Harvesting rice in a paddy field. Date: circa 1909

Transporting China Clay from St Austell, Cornwall, to the docks. Discovered in the UK in the 1740s, St Austell is one of the main sources of China Clay. Date: 1930s

How to Pick up Rabbits
Disputing the common fallacy that rabbits should be picked up by their ears

Wind Elves teasing a child
Wind Elves tease a child by blowing the blackberries out of her reach. Date: 1917

Picking flowers, Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, H
A group of physically disabled children, one in a wheelchair, another with crutches, pick flowers in the Queen Alexandra Wood at the Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hampshire

WW2 Poster -- ATS Carry The Messages
ATS Carry The Messages. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. Date: 1940

Little girl picking mushrooms by Muriel Dawson
A little girl picking mushrooms on a hillside, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1940s

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations
Tacuinum Sanitatis, Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on medical observations detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Picking watercress. Miniature

FARMING TOOLS, 1895. Page from a Montgomery Ward Catalogue

Autumn, 18th century French School (possibly by Francois Octavien, 1695-1736). Showing people enjoying a picnic, with a man picking apples from a tree in the middle distance

The Way They Go To California. Lithograph, 1859, by Nathaniel Currier
GOLD RUSH CARTOON, 1849. The Way They Go To California. Lithograph, 1859, by Nathaniel Currier

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH, 1860. Gold mining with a long cradle, known as a quicksilver machine, at Mormon Gulch in Tuolomne County, California. Wood engraving, American, 1860

MINING TOOLS. Advertisement for mining tools from a 19th century American mail-order catalog

Women from Stepney, East London, hop picking in Kent
Three women from Stepney, East London, hop picking in Kent. They were assisted by their local vicar, Reverend R Wilson of St. Augustine s, Stepney. circa 1911

Quarrymans Tools 18th C
Various tools including pickaxes and hammers, used by quarriers in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

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"From the treacherous slopes of Mt Everest to the coal mines of South Wales, picking has been a timeless act across different landscapes and eras. In 1922, Norton and Mallory embarked on their historic British Mt Everest Expedition, carefully picking their way through icy terrain. Meanwhile, miners in South Wales tirelessly picked at the coalface during the 1921 strike, determined to make ends meet. The Ford F100 pickup truck in its striking blue metallic hue became an iconic symbol of American craftsmanship in 1956 as it effortlessly picked up loads along country roads. In Kent's Boughton District, hop pickers diligently plucked ripe cones from towering vines under the warm sun. Their hard work ensured a bountiful harvest for breweries far and wide. The Piaggio Ape 500 pickup provided nimble transportation for small-scale deliveries, adeptly navigating narrow streets with ease. Fast forward to modern times; the Dodge Ram Hemi Crew-Cab roars with power as it conquers rugged terrains while hauling heavy loads effortlessly. And who can forget the legendary Dodge Li'l Red Express Truck? Its fiery red exterior matched its fiery performance on the road. But amidst all these machines and expeditions lies a humble miner working deep within a coal seam in South Wales – his trusty pick serving as his only companion against darkness and danger since 1869. " Note.