Large Baskets
Author: peter Date: 14 November, Category: Appealing, Visits 5663
A central group of hop-pickers emptying a large basket into a large container while being watched by a group of young children. (Photo by F. J. Mortimer/Getty Images). UK, circa 1900
Female paper flower vendor carrying two large baskets of artificial flowers, Hong Kong. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images). 1920s
American film star, Mae Murray (1889–1965) seated on a pouffe with a large basket of flowers. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). Circa 1925
Bare-chested Balinese man holding two large birdcages containing fighting cock birds, Indonesia. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images). 1930s
A Singhalese man carrying a pile of clothing in a large closed basket on his head that looks like an enormous mushroom shaped hat. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). 30th April 1934
Men at work at the Cardiff Institute, making huge baskets, unique in size and construction, for loading oil cake in South Africa. (Photo by Maeers/Getty Images). 1938
Refugees arriving in Prague after leaving their homes in the Sudetenland, a region with a large ethnic German population, which was the object of German expansionism. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images). 28th September 1938
A dalmatian puppy peers out nervously from a large wicker basket. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 12th April 1939
A man balancing a large basket and a pail on his head walks along the harbour at Piraeus in Greece. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1947
A group of tribeswomen from the Congo, one carrying a large basket on her head. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955
Two young men cycling amongst traffic in Holland, one on a bicycle with a motor attached and a large basket at the front. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955
An Indian woman carrying a large basket on her head, passing a large pile of roof tiles. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1955
A Guangzhou (Canton) worker transporting wicker baskets made by himself to an agricultural fair. The baskets are mainly used by farmers for transporting live ducks and chickens. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images). May 1959
Craftsmen weaving baskets in the Plaza San Alfonso, Riobamba, Ecuador, whilst waiting for customers. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955
An old man carrying a large basket walks down a narrow cobbled street in what is by night Istanbuls main area for prostitution. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1957
In a Kowloon street a bare-footed woman carries two large panniers of vegetables on a yoke across her shoulders. (Photo by S. Gardiner/Keystone/Getty Images). Hong Kong, circa 1960