Barrels Collection

Fishwives at work, Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Fishwives at work on the island of Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: circa 1930

Docks at Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
View of the docks at Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, with fish barrels stacked up and boats in the harbour. A group of fishwives can be seen on the right. Date: circa 1930

View of the harbour at Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: 1930s

Fisherman making and repairing lobster pots
A fisherman making and repairing lobster pots. Date: circa 1930

Scottish fish girls
A group of Scottish fish girls pose for their photo, with a large pile of barrels behind them. It is their job to gut the fish. early 20th century

Wine bottles and casks, D Oliveiras Lda, Madeira, Portugal
A display of wine bottles and casks at the firm of D Oliveiras Lda in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Date: early 21st century

18th century harbour scene
An unidentified harbour in the 18th century showing numerous boxes and barrels offloaded onto the quay side while wealthy looking merchants and traders wearing frock coats

Oil Tankers of the Manchester Oil Refinery. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: circa early 1960s

Deep Sea Diver
A deep sea diver finds a bottle from a shipwreck. 1892

Coopers at work making wooden barrels
Four coopers hard at work in their workshop making traditional wooden barrels. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Shire horse drawn dray
Shire horse drawn brewery dray passes through a village, delivering beer to The Lamb and Flag pub. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Wine shipping poster
Ste Navale de L Ouest, transport des vins - poster for a French wine shipping company showing men on the dock waiting to load barrels of wine on to a steamship Date: 1920s

Harbour scene with boats and barrels, Scotland
Harbour scene in Scotland with boats on the water and barrels stacked up on shore

Waterside scene with jetty, houses and church, Scotland
A waterside scene in Scotland with a jetty, houses and a church. Barrels can be seen piled up on the left

Machinery in a factory
An array of machinery in a factory manufacturing white lead

Men and boys in a workshop, most of them looking towards the camera

Workman in a factory
A workman in a factory, having a break from his work

Four fishery workers surrounded by barrels on a quayside

Three women fishery workers, carrying large containers of fish

Workman in apron with barrels
A workman in a dirty apron stands smiling, surrounded by barrels

Man driving a tram engine
A man driving a tram engine to transport barrels

Poster advertising Matthew Gloag & Son of Perth, Scotland -- famed for ports -- with a scene of port being loaded on the River Douro in Portugal

London Docks in the snow

Wapping Docks

Label design for Rhum Haiti, exported from Miragoane (Miragwan) in western Haiti, by Maillon of Le Havre, France. Showing a Caribbean village with natives moving barrels. circa 20th century

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