Shovel Collection (page 3)

Pot, bucket and shovel, Sant Ellero; Photo studio Reggello Sant Ellero. Date of Photograph:21/01/1930

Florence. Automobili Florentia: workshop Florence. Date of Photograph:1908

Adam and Eve forced to work (detail), relief on the portal with stories of Genesis, Jacopo della Quercia (1374 ca.-1438), Basilica of S

Adam and Eve forced to work, relief on the portal with stories of Genesis, Jacopo della Quercia (1374 ca.-1438), Basilica of S

Vittorio Alinari's second journey: two Tratalias women in front of the oven Tratalias. Date of Photograph:05-22/04/1914

Adam end Eve forced to work, relief on the portal with stories of Genesis, Jacopo della Quercia (1374 ca.-1438), Basilica of S

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise and Adam end Eve forced to work, relief on the portal with stories of Genesis, Jacopo della Quercia (1374 ca.-1438), Basilica of S

Garden gnome and garden tools, Germany

Oblique Arch in the Viaduct on the London and Birmingham Railway at Watford, Herts
7424487 Oblique Arch in the Viaduct on the London and Birmingham Railway at Watford, Herts, c.1845 (Hand coloured lithograph on paper) by Sharp

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Peasant Woman Planting Potatoes, c.1885 (black chalk & charcoal on paper)
7443473 Peasant Woman Planting Potatoes, c.1885 (black chalk & charcoal on paper) by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); Stadel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; (add.info.: By van Gogh)

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Shovel in Sand at the Beach. Wide angle image of a shovel in the sand on a beach under a partly cloudy blue sky

Doc Rosecrans a gold prospector on Superstition mountain, Apache Junction, Arizona. Where he digs for gold and searches for the legendary lost Dutchman mine

Mr. Jim Rees at Beamish Museum with a full scale replica of George Stephensons Locomotion No.1 on 3rd May 1989

Holding a firemans shovel, the Mayor, Coun. Frank Mavin, celebrates the Stephenson Railway Museum launch with train driver Richard Swales on 2nd May 1987

Labourer Mr Idris Silman takes a break, Tredegar, Wales
Mr Idris Silman, a manual labourer, takes a short break while digging up the road in Tredegar, South Wales. He sits on the raised pavement with his shovel. The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 2
Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971

Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 1
Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971

Miner at coal face -1
Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

Fire companion set
Chromed metal fire tongs with a thistle-shaped knop, from an Ianthe fire companion set, made in England c.1930. Date: c.1930-1939

Steeping, couching and flooring malt, 1886. Beer-making involves malting (germination of barley or other grain). Illustration from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures

French army uniforms, World War One, 1914. Uniforms of the French infantry at the start of the war

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Snow-Clearing, 1933. Creator: John Christensen
Snow-Clearing, 1933

Four young men mixing fertilizers, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. 1899 or 1900. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Four young men mixing fertilizers, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. 1899 or 1900

Topping out JLP01_09_781093
THE SHOPPING CENTRE, SILBURY BOULEVARD, MILTON KEYNES. The last load of concrete being shovelled on the roof of the John Lewis store restaurant during the construction of the shopping centre in

Rock drawings of human figures and palette (shovel), Naquane National Park, Capo di Ponte, Valcamonica, Lombardy, Italy

A French fireman uses a shovel behind flames in a burning field of barley during harvest season in Niergnies, France, July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A man shovels snow during a winter storm in Ottawa, Canada, February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A resident shovels snow away from the entrance to his home in Union City, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from Midtown Manhattan, after the second-biggest winter storm in New York history

The News Reaches Bogota. Cartoon, 1903, by W. A. Rogers from the New York Herald
PANAMA CANAL CARTOON. The News Reaches Bogota. Cartoon, 1903, by W.A. Rogers from the New York Herald, showing President Theodore Roosevelt rudely presenting Colombia with the fait accompli of his

Medieval peasant
Peasant carrying a shovel in the 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Farmers
Jeerasak Chaisongmuang

Steam shovel and Navvies building a railway

Navvies building a railway line in the UK, early 1900s

Excavator at Latchford, Manchester Ship Canal, Victorian period

Dig! Dig! Dig! (To Victory)
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Dig! Dig! Dig! (To Victory) by Joe Norton and Billy Bath. Featured by Charles Penrose, who can be seen with a comical facial expression

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Ensure the passage of Truck Convoys Date: 1972

Soldier Artist
A comical side profile portrait illustration of a soldier who is sat, doing a portrait drawing of a man's head upon a shovel. Date: circa 1917

Henry V - after the battle. 1862

Muybridge - Shovel
Three sequences of a man using a shovel. Date: 1887

Portrait of two workers at the Tredegar Iron Works, Wales, 1865 (albumen print)
5962634 Portrait of two workers at the Tredegar Iron Works, Wales, 1865 (albumen print) by Clayton, William (fl.1865); 16x13 cm; Manchester Art Gallery

A Son of the Soil, 1856 (oil on canvas)
MAN277419 A Son of the Soil, 1856 (oil on canvas) by Collinson, James (1825-81); 30.5x25 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info)

Work: Workman with Carnation in his Mouth, 1852-65 (oil on canvas) (see also 198054 & 100701)
MAN63030 Work: Workman with Carnation in his Mouth, 1852-65 (oil on canvas) (see also 198054 & 100701) by Brown, Ford Madox (1821-93); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Navvies laying a drain)

The Protector
Niyazi Gürgen

Sketch for a Book Illustration (w/c)
XOS5887643 Sketch for a Book Illustration (w/c) by Jacobs, Leroy William (1869-1917); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: William Leroy Jacobs (1869-1917))

Antique photograph of Gold digging in Australia

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"From Solidarity to Victory: The Enduring Symbolism of the Shovel" The humble shovel, a tool that has witnessed and shaped history across centuries, stands as a symbol of labor, resilience, and triumph. Its significance transcends time and borders, connecting diverse moments in human experience. In the spirit of solidarity, labors around the world celebrate May Day each year. They unite under banners bearing images like Hamilton at Yorktown in 1781 - an iconic depiction of determination amidst conflict. This steel engraving by Alonzo Chappel captures the essence of collective effort that echoes through generations. During World War II's darkest days, the "Dig for Victory" poster became a rallying cry for nations ravaged by war. It urged citizens to cultivate their own food as an act of defiance against scarcity and oppression. In Heihe on the Chinese-Russian border, workers shoveled heavy snow during one fateful March storm - a testament to their unwavering dedication even in nature's harshest grip. Through royal corridors and mining tunnels alike, shovels have left indelible marks on history's canvas. Tsar Nicholas II himself may have wielded one alongside his family members while tending to their estate or engaging in manual labor - reminding us that hard work knows no boundaries. Deep within East Pool Mine in Cornwall lies evidence of back-breaking toil endured by miners seeking prosperity beneath unforgiving earth. Similarly haunting are the ruins of Petworth boys school from September 29th, 1942 - where young hands once grasped shovels now reclaimed by time but forever etched into memory. Gender barriers crumbled as well when illustrations depicted female manual workers standing proudly behind tipper trucks with spades held high. These women shattered stereotypes while contributing significantly to societies' progress. The founding tale unfolds further with Pedro Menendez de Aviles establishing St. Augustine, Florida in 1565.