Sacks Collection

Cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card
A family of cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card, by Louis Wain. Date: circa 1900s

Old Towngate - Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Old Towngate, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. Holmfirth has become well known as the location of the situation comedy Last of the Summer Wine

A delivery van from Platt Mill, Borough Green, Kent is loaded up with sacks of flour. 1936

Picking coal from waste tip during 1921 strike, South Wales
Three men picking coal from a local colliery waste tip during the 1921 strike, South Wales

St Georges Square, Pimlico, London - with a coal delivery (from the wagons in the middle distance) in operation

Harvesting barley with a combine harvester, Suffolk
Harvesting barley with a combine harvester on a farm in Suffolk, England

Warehouse / Liverpool Dock
Stock is unloaded from horse- pulled wagons and drawn up into the warehouse by rope

Covent Garden Market
COVENT GARDEN A view of the market setting up early in the morning with piles of crates and sacks lying around. Date: Spring, circa 1930

Hoisting Hops
Hoisting pokes of hops onto a drying platform. Despite modern advances such as mechanical hop presses, horses were still being used for hoisting the pokes (sacks). Date: 1930s

Cats enjoying a dinner party on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

London Life - The Busy Docks of the Port of London Date: circa 1940

Coal Men 1960S
Two coal men, young and old, lift heavy sacks of coal off their lorry. Date: early 1970s

Silhouette, Sending Coals to Newcastle
Sending Coals to Newcastle -- silhouette showing a mining landscape and three men carrying sacks of coal up a slope

Toddlers in Merseyside running after National Coal Board Lorries and trying to jump on. This is a very dangerous activity. Picture taken 9th June 1963

Music cover, In the Quartermasters Stores (My Eyes are Dim I Cannot See), words and music adapted by Box, Cox and Bert Read. 1940

Coal workers William Watson, of Cramlington, and Brian Hogg, of Annitsford, deliver coal in Scotswood, Newcastle

Blitz in London -- salvaged mail, Calthorpe Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- following the bombing of Mount Pleasant Post Office on 18 June 1943, salvaged mail was temporarily piled up in nearby Calthorpe Street. Date: 1943

Delivering Flour to the Queen Mary
Josph Rank Ltd. Millers - delivering Flour to the RMS Queen Mary, then Britains largest ship. She sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line. Date: 1936

A loaded Bedford truck belonging to Pledge & Son Ltd, the milling company, pulls out their Victoria Mills located in Ashford, Kent. 1939

Hop pickers walking back to the oast houses with a loaded cart. 1935

Workmen loading up a delivery van from Platt Mill, Borough Green, Kent with sacks of flour. 1936

Cuba - A Native Fruit Seller in Havana. His wares are carried in panniers on the flanks of his mule including a few strands of sugar cane. Date: 1899

Morgan sacks Panama
Admiral Sir Henry Morgan (1635-1688) and his English buccaneers sack the Spanish city of Panama, looting immense wealth and returning to Jamaica a hero

Bosnian Market Scene - Sarajevo
Market Scene in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina

Joseph Yates Ltd - 33 Vauxhall Bridge Road
Joseph Yates Ltd - Timber Merchant - 33 Vauxhall Bridge Road, Pimlico, London

Baa Baa Black Sheep / 1884
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes Sir, Yes Sir - three bags full. One for the master and one for the dame, and one for the little boy who lives down the lane

Oasthouses at Whitbreads Hop Gardens, Paddock Wood, Kent. Date: circa 1930s

Rostov on the Don River, Russia - Unloading grain
Unloading of grain on the banks of the Don River - Rostov-on-Don - the administrative center of Rostov Oblast, Russia. Date: 1903

Mail Aeroplane 1970S
First Class mail being unloaded from a plane into a General Post Office (Royal Mail) van, Britain

Pyne - Coal Heavers
COAL HEAVERS An essential trade when almost every house is heated with coal, the heaver shovels coals into sacks for delivery door to door

Cotton: the culture and preparation, c.1800 (engraving)
XND75983 Cotton: the culture and preparation, c.1800 (engraving); Private Collection.

Horse-drawn mechanical harvesters in use near Adelaide, Australia. In right background the threshed grain from a full
527910 Horse-drawn mechanical harvesters in use near Adelaide, Australia. In right background the threshed grain from a full machine is being put into sacks

Wagon loaded with sacks of corn on the road to the flour mill. Carter walks in front of his team of two carthorses with
533921 Wagon loaded with sacks of corn on the road to the flour mill. Carter walks in front of his team of two carthorses with his whip held aloft. Illustration from children's book, London 1860

Women working, England, between c1915 and c1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Women working, England, between c1915 and c1918. Women working in a flour mill in England during World War I.

Vegetable Market, Bhavnagar
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Hop-picking, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Hop-picking, 1858. Seasonal workers. Beautiful as the hop-gardens appear when the hops are in their pride and prime, and ere a pole has been pulled or a bine cut

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;

Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889. Creator: Frederick Burr Opper
Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889

The British Army Post-Office, Constantinople, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The British Army Post-Office, Constantinople, 1856. Crimean War: The staff employed consists of a postmaster and three assistant postmasters; eight clerks

Je t'en avais comblé... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Je t'en avais comble... 19th century

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Post Office Department - Repairing Mailbags, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post Office Department - Repairing Mailbags, 1914

Post Office Department - Auto Mail Transport, U.S. Service Courier': C.H. Claudy... 1917 or 1918
Post Office Department - Auto Mail Transport, U.S. Service Courier': C.H. Claudy And Rep. Raker of California; Mrs. Roe Fulkerson at Wheel, 1917 or 1918

Post Office Department - Mailbags, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Post Office Department - Mailbags, 1913
Post Office Department - Mailbags, 1913

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"Sacks: A Journey Through Time and Tales" Cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card: "Feline Festivities: Paws-itively Purrrfect Party in Sacks. " Picking coal from waste tip during 1921 strike, South Wales: "Resilience Amidst Hardship: Hands Stained with Coal Dust and Hope" Harvesting barley with a combine harvester, Suffolk: "Bountiful Barley Harvest: Nature's Golden Grains Fill the Sacks" Old Towngate - Holmfirth, West Yorkshire: "A Glimpse into History: Stories Woven within Holmfirth's Sack-laden Streets" A delivery van from Platt Mill, Borough Green, Kent is loaded up with sacks of flour: "On the Road to Nourishment: Flour Power Enroute to Every Kitchen" Warehouse / Liverpool Dock: "The Pulse of Trade Flows through These Sacked Warehouses at Liverpool Dock" Covent Garden Market: "From Farm to Forks: The Bustling Bazaar Brimming with Colorful Sacks at Covent Garden Market" St Georges Square, Pimlico, London: "Urban Oasis Embraces Serenity Amidst the Rustle of City Life's Many Sacks" Hoisting Hops: "Elevating Flavor and Tradition: Hoppy Delights Rise in Burlap Sacraments " Cats enjoying a dinner party on a Christmas card "Purr-fectly Divine Feast Unfolds as Whiskered Guests Revel Amongst Festive Sacks. " London Life - The Busy Docks of the Port of London "A Symphony of Movement & Commerce Echoes Within Each Laden Sailors' Stack. " Coal Men 1960S "Gritty Heroes Fuel Progress With Every Heave Of Their Burdened Backs.