Shovels Collection (#3)

Placer Mining By Oldtimers
An example of placer mining for gold, with three men, named Spriggs, Lamb, and Dillon, working alongside a sluice box, Rockerville, South Dakota, 1889. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images)

Beach Pail And Shovel, Humberside, England

Firefighters and winter snows, WW2
The early winters of the Second World War were snowy with numerous falls of one or two feet and occasional falls (such as in 1940-1941) in which snow depths of up to 16 feet (drifts) were recorded

Women working in the fields, Roscommon, Ireland
Peasant women in Roscommon, Ireland, working in the field digging the earth with shovels

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Luttik Oudorp (House with the shovels) The Netherlands
Alkmaar Luttik Oudorp (House with the shovels) commercial building with rich stepped gable. Use of natural stone in the form of water frames, blocks, strips

Partly finished battlefield road at Flanders 1917
Second Battle of Flanders: Troops in the front are capturing positions and beating off counter attacks night and day. While the temporary lulls of infantry fighting between each thrust forward

Yellow backhoe loader, rear view

Yellow backhoe loader

Yellow bulldozer shovelling earth, side view

Yellow wheel loader, side view

Red mining shovel with bucket full of earth

U. S. Marines in France Digging in, 1917-19 (b / w photo)
XOS909413 U.S. Marines in France Digging in, 1917-19 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Brewers at Work, from London, a Pilgrimage, written by William Blanchard Jerrold
XJF396031 Brewers at Work, from London, a Pilgrimage, written by William Blanchard Jerrold (1826-84) & engraved by J. Huyot, pub

Riddling Cinders, War Office photographs, 1916 (b / w photo)
XJF425321 Riddling Cinders, War Office photographs, 1916 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Official War Office photographs; ); English

Three men in a quarry, Gerardus Emaus de Micault, 1860

Jericho Mills: Union engineer corps at work, engraved by Harry Fenn (1838 / 45-1911)
BAL122907 Jericho Mills: Union engineer corps at work, engraved by Harry Fenn (1838/45-1911) from a photograph, illustration from Battles and Leaders of the Civil War

Saint Helena, Michael Snijders, 1610 - 1672

On Hancocks front the soldiers having no picks and shovels used bayonets, tin pans, old canteens, and even their hands in throwing up breastworks ARW, 1864 June, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud

Caernarvon Castle Signed in black paint, lower center: J [... ] Farrington"
Caernarvon Castle Signed in black paint, lower center: " J [...] Farrington", Joseph Farington, 1747-1821, British

Gold Prospecting party testing the reef, South Africa Date: 1904

Pioneer Regiment entrenching in France - WWI
A Pioneer Regiment - British Army combatant corps used for light engineering tasks - dig trenches on the Western Front - WWI. Date: circa 1915

A crew works on the Wilson River Highway around 1939 the old-fashioned way, with picks, shovels and muscle. Many New Deal-era projects used a minimal amount of heavy equipment so that, instead

The Peat Cart: Cutting peat, also called turf, on the Yorkshire Moors. Stacks of peat which have been cut earlier can be seen on the hillside

Potted herbs, Mentha sp. Mint (left), and Thymus sp. Thyme (right), shovel in front

Using long-handled spade to lift mix of fertiliser and soil, close up

Planting with a spade, close up

Steam train in snow drift, artwork C018 / 7065
Steam train stuck in snow drift. 1883 engraving of people working to free a steam train stuck in a large snow drift

Panama Canal: giant steam shovels

Izmir, Turkey - Travelling ironmonger
A travelling itinerant ironmonger with his young assistant and some of his wares at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

To The Rescue by William Heath Robinson
Sequential cartoon by William Heath Robinson with the first picture showing a policeman directing a large army of helpers towards a top hat and gloves lying forlornly in the snow

Peasants seizing potato crop, Ireland
Peasants seize the potato crop of an evicted tenant near Tralee, Kerry, in Ireland. Men, women and children dig for the unharvested potatoes with shovels, spades and their bare hands

Sketches from the New Zealand Gold Rush. Gold-diggers out Pr
Engraving of four men with picks and shovels travelling through the mountainous region in New Zealand where gold had been found

Man Shovels Snow
A young man clears heavy snow with a shovel, from the pavement outside his home and from around a parked motorcycle!

Culebra Cut Works
One of the massive steam shovels at Culebra : a machine like this is capable of shifting 8000 tons a day

Culebra Cut
At work on the Culebra Cut : half hidden is one of the steam shovels digging out the bottom of the canal : the bridge is a temporary erection during construction

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"Shovels: Unearthing Stories of Digging, Building, and Resilience" Digging Golf Bunker: From fairways to sand traps, shovels shape the challenges of golf courses worldwide. WW2 - Recycling cans to aid war effort in East Ham, London: Shovels become tools for patriotism as communities unite to recycle cans during wartime. Pyne - Coal Heavers: The unsung heroes wielding shovels in coal mines fueling the Industrial Revolution. The Gravediggers: Silent witnesses of life's end, shovels honorably lay loved ones to rest with dignity and respect. On The Plage: Sun-soaked beaches witness playful hands digging into golden sands with trusty shovels by our side. Gang of men with shovels planting tomatoes, Evesham: A fruitful harvest begins as a united force wields their trusted shovels for bountiful gardens. Hardy Patent Pick Co. , mining tools 1890s: In the depths of darkness and danger underground, sturdy shovels pave the way for progress and prosperity. 8, and is too Late to Fill in the Well After the Calf has Drowned, c. 1594 (oil on panel): A timeless reminder that preparedness is key; shovel before it's too late. Spring (oil on panel): As nature awakens from its slumber each year, eager gardeners embrace their beloved shovels to bring forth new life and beauty. A major construction disaster in Milan. . search for twelve workers buried under ruins (colour litho): Amidst tragedy's aftermath, brave souls dig through rubble using their trusty companions – saving lives against all odds. Loading debris from wrecked buildings on Independence Avenue. . 1942 Creator Gordon Parks): Shovel-wielding heroes clear away destruction after calamity strikes, rebuilding hope and resilience. Shovels.