Objects Roles Collection

Basket Case
circa 1925: A porter at Covent Garden Market, London, carries twenty baskets on his head. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Air Pageant
circa 1927: A line of aeroplanes awaiting rehearsals for Hendon Air Pageant. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Queuing Miners
circa 1906: Chinese miners queuing for food rations at their colliery. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bottling Department
1908: The bottling department at Henley and Sons Cider Works at Newton Abbot in Devon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Horse Cups
14th June 1907: A policeman guarding the prizes at the Richmond Horse Show. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Jumble Sale
6th August 1910: Crowds rummaging through an old clothes stall in Caledonian Market, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Barrier
May 1916: A horse and cart being allowed through the barrier of barrels at the Quays area, during the Easter Rising 1916. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ascot Cars
June 1907: Motor cars parked in the official garage at Ascot Races with chauffeurs in attendance. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Billingsgate
circa 1952: Billingsgate fish market with lorries on the quayside loaded with crates. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Lobster Pots
circa 1890: A National Lifeboat Institution boat on the beach with its crew in their life-jackets, in front are a collection of lobster pots. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Chemists
circa 1900: Pharmacists at work. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Zeiss Lens Workers
circa 1909: Members of staff at work in the Zeiss Lens Saddlery Department. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Water Seller
circa 1900: A woman pushes her water cart in Peking (Beijing). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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