Crates Collection (page 2)

Odalisque, c.1830-35 (oil on panel)
8775284 Odalisque, c.1830-35 (oil on panel) by Deveria, Achille (1800-57); Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA, USA; (add.info.: By Achille-Jacques-Jean-Marie Deveria)

Scene of activities on the docks in a British port, English and Dutch ships loading goods from warehouses and shops
MMM5459752 Scene of activities on the docks in a British port, English and Dutch ships loading goods from warehouses and shops, onto the docks, and the entry of various ships into the port by Knyff

Swiss Chalet music box; dolls house
3587257 Swiss Chalet music box; dolls house; (add.info.: Swiss Chalet music box; dolls house 1860.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Representative types of animated display devices (b/w photo)
8647515 Representative types of animated display devices (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Representative types of animated display devices)

Representative types of animated display devices (b/w photo)
8647514 Representative types of animated display devices (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Representative types of animated display devices)

Telephone call box. Engraving published Paris 1888
537746 Telephone call box. Engraving published Paris 1888; (add.info.: Telephone call box. Engraving published Paris 1888); Universal History Archive/UIG

Still Life with Pipe and Matches, 1858 (oil on fabric)
XOS5879734 Still Life with Pipe and Matches, 1858 (oil on fabric) by Decamps, Alexandre Gabriel (1803-60); 63x38 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670059 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bow, Box, Boy, Bud, Cab, Can, Cap, Car, Cat, Cot, Cow, Cry (engraving)
8651530 Bow, Box, Boy, Bud, Cab, Can, Cap, Car, Cat, Cot, Cow, Cry (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bow, Box, Boy, Bud, Cab, Can, Cap, Car, Cat)

Shoot for Carlsberg - mid 1960s Date: circa mid-1960s

Activities of Italians Abroad. "Juiz de Fora Merchants and Industrialists" in Brazil
3569771 Activities of Italians Abroad. "Juiz de Fora Merchants and Industrialists" in Brazil. Giuseppe Maletti's jewelry box factory by Unknown photographer

A siren seducing a merman knight, 14th century, 1889 (chromolithograph)
5912629 A siren seducing a merman knight, 14th century, 1889 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: A mermaid or siren in German women's costume from the 14th century seducing a merman knight)

Detailed plan of the ship Revenge (1805), describing the ballast and the lower level of the boat
MMM5477551 Detailed plan of the ship Revenge (1805), describing the ballast and the lower level of the boat, a third class of 74 guns; National Maritime Museum, London

Advert for Leibig Beechams Pills in a box, 1887 (engraving)
5616654 Advert for Leibig Beechams Pills in a box, 1887 (engraving); (add.info.: Advert for Leibig Beechams Pills in a box, pills against the flu); Universal History Archive/UIG

Herriot and Millerand, 1926 (illustration)
8698338 Herriot and Millerand, 1926 (illustration); (add.info.: History. France. French Third Republic. Edouard Herriot and president Alexandre Millerand in Lyon)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736181 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736170 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Persian Emperor Darius I (521-486 BC), as Pharaoh
3329565 Persian Emperor Darius I (521-486 BC), as Pharaoh; (add.info.: Persian Emperor Darius I (521-486 BC), as Pharaoh of Egypt; wooden door from a box of statuettes

The Stone Age: at the Matinee (colour litho)
8656871 The Stone Age: at the Matinee (colour litho) by Payne, Gilbert Morris (1879-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Stone Age: at the Matinee)

Casket bearing the name of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham II (976-1013) (gilded silver)
IND119214 Casket bearing the name of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham II (976-1013) (gilded silver); Girona Cathedral, Girona, Spain; (add.info.: may have been used as a Christian reliquary;); Index Fototeca

British training - mechanics, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British training - mechanics, between c1915 and 1918. An armourer's shop which repairs rifles and bicycles at Tadworth Camp, England during World War I

F1 Formula 1 Formula One Test Crates Unpack Freight
Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain. Wednesday 19 April 2017. Teams pack equipment at the conclusion of Bahrain's two-day test

Head Of Harbour, Balaklava, Printed 1856. Creator: Roger Fenton
Head Of Harbour, Balaklava, Printed 1856

The 70th Bengal Native Infantry drawing rations at the Commissariat Stores, Canton, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The 70th Bengal Native Infantry drawing rations at the Commissariat Stores, Canton, 1858. Indian soldiers in China. The Bengalese drawing their rations make a rather good subject for the picturesque;

Moving the lions at the Zoological Society's Gardens, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Moving the lions at the Zoological Society's Gardens, 1876. Lioness in her new home. The lions, tigers, and panthers of the Zoological Society's collection in the Regent's Park Gardens

Preparatifs d'offensive; Le remplissage des caissons assurant le transport des munitions... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Preparatifs d'offensive; Le remplissage des caissons assurant le transport des munitions entre le depot et les batteries en ligne, 1917

L'Avant-Guerre aux Etats-Unis; Le mouvement national aux Etats-Unis en 1915: distribution...1917
L'Avant-Guerre aux Etats-Unis; Le mouvement national aux Etats-Unis en 1915: distribution d'objets d'equipement aux volontaires arrivant au camp de Plattsburg, 1917

U.S.S. Massachusetts, beer line, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: William H. Jackson
U.S.S. Massachusetts, beer line, between 1896 and 1901

The Great Tobacco Warehouse, at the London Docks, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Great Tobacco Warehouse, at the London Docks, 1856. On first entering the building and glancing down the avenue - stretching to an immense distance - before one

Ableman's Narrows, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Ableman's Narrows, between 1880 and 1899

White Star Line dock, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
White Star Line dock, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1915

Trois aquarelles du front; Tranchee entre Bethincourt et le bois de Forges, 1916. Creator: Douy Pascault
Trois aquarelles du front; Tranchee entre Bethincourt et le bois de Forges. Les terres sont maintenues par des caisses en bois faisant l'office de gabions, 1916

U.S.S. Maine sailors amusements, between 1895 and 1898. Creator: Edward H Hart
U.S.S. Maine sailors amusements, between 1895 and 1898. Photo shows the original Maine battleship, which had two smokestacks. Commissioned 1895 and sunk 1898. (Source: C. Seavey, 2022)

View of a Levantine Port, 1640-1677. Creator: Thomas Wijck
View of a Levantine Port, 1640-1677

Whitney Warner Publishing Co. Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Whitney Warner Publishing Co. Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1905

E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913. Music - Steinway Pianos - Player Pianos - Musical Instruments'. Packing cases on pavement marked Handle with Care

Market scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Market scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Courtyard, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Courtyard, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Bohemian Club Grove scene, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Bohemian Club Grove scene, between 1896 and 1942. Man sitting on Old Forester Whisky crate

Customs Shed, 1875-1876. Creator: James Wells Champney
Customs Shed, 1875-1876

Two women and a child walking down a sidewalk betwen crates, Chinatown, San Francisco, c1896-1906
Two women and a child walking down a sidewalk betwen crates, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

The lily vendor, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
The lily vendor, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

A grocery shop, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
A grocery shop, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

A grocery shop, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
A grocery shop, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

A Virginia Railway Station, 1882. Creator: Unknown
A Virginia Railway Station, 1882

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Workers moving newly printed currency into a drying box where sheets will dry before...c1890
Workers moving newly printed currency into a drying box where sheets will dry before the next wetting and printing at the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, c1890

Army, U.S. Army Medical School; Typhoid Vaccine, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S
Army, U.S. Army Medical School; Typhoid Vaccine, 1917

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"From Milkman to Messenger: The Versatility of Crates" they have long played a significant role in various aspects of our lives, serving as reliable carriers and storage solutions. Take, for instance, the iconic image of the milkman and his float. As dawn breaks, he carefully places crates filled with fresh bottles on doorsteps across neighborhoods, ensuring households wake up to creamy goodness. But it doesn't stop there. In times gone by, even the British Army recognized the value when establishing their messenger pigeon service. These feathered heroes would carry vital messages within specially designed crates, swiftly delivering crucial information across enemy lines. Beyond wartime exploits, crates found their place in bustling markets like Covent Garden Market. Here they stood tall amidst vibrant displays of fruits and vegetables - sturdy containers holding nature's bounty while awaiting eager customers. In "Waiting for the Hour, " an intriguing artwork from 1863 attributed to unknown creator William Tolman Carlton, we see mysterious figures gathered around wooden crates shrouded in anticipation. What secrets lie within these enigmatic boxes? Only time will tell. The maritime world also embraced crates' practicality at Aberdeen Fish Market. Amidst salty air and seagull cries, fishermen unloaded their catch into robust containers before being whisked away to satisfy seafood enthusiasts far and wide. Meanwhile, porters at Billingsgate Fish Market in London during the 1950s relied on trusty old crates as they maneuvered through chaotic scenes with remarkable finesse - a testament to both their strength and versatility. Neyland Fish Market in Pembrokeshire witnessed similar scenes as fishmongers deftly sorted their wares into neatly stacked wooden receptacles ready for sale or transport - each crate telling its own story of oceanic abundance. Smithfield Market circa 1870 saw butchers skillfully utilizing sturdy wooden containers to transport meat cuts from stall to stall – a symphony of efficiency amidst the hustle and bustle of commerce.