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Harvest from the Holinshed Chronicles
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This picture illustrates the plight of Germany as she squares up to the coming Battle of the Second Winter. Scores of Berliners mostly women dig up potatoes daily in the enormous allotment formed by the one time lovely Tiergarten. Most of the potatoes they gather go into the city's store piles for the benefit of everybody, but one day a week they can take home for themselves as many as they can carry. This photograph was taken on such a day. The ruins of Hitler's Reichstag make a telling background to the scene a sombre reminder of the reason for the fight against starvation October 1946
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'The Peon Looks to Castro. Mexico: Peasant farmer has been able to buy a tractor with the aid of the government and the other peasants hire it out from him at the charge of a small percentage of the harvest.
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Early Jewish Colonists in Argentina during the harvest of 1934
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The Corn Spirit <br>Spirits of the maize from coastal Peru<br>Native to the Americas maize has been a staple crop and divine power of many American societies<br>To this day mother maize is venerated in the Andes Mochica conopa pots representing maize deities
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The rites of the agricultural year<br>North American indians dance feast and sacrifice for the good of the crops De Bry America 1590
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The Corn Spirit <br>Spirits of the maize from coastal Peru<br>Navajo sacred maize sand painting used in a 20th century ritual to ensure the wellbeing of man in the universe
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Chinese cast iron offering pig 1700 sacrificed to the Taoist deities of rivers to ensure a good harvest
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The Corn Spirit <br>At Whalton Northumberland a kern baby was raised in the fields after the last sheaf was cut until the early 20th century
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The Corn Spirit <br>In France the last ears of corn were made into a plumette and hung up in the house until the next harvest <br><br>Corn dollies are a form of straw work once made for and associated with harvest customs of Europe.
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Desmesne from Queen Mary's psalter English early 14th century.
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A Pious Jew preparing for the feast of Tabbernacles<br>A festival commemorating the wandering in the desert and the final harvest, known to Jews as Sukkot
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Harvest hands on their way to the wheat fields of the Northwest 1890<br>by W A Rogers<br>
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Brazil's Coffee Harvest. A worker winnows the coffee beans at Fazenda (a coffee planatation). This is the first stage in the winnowing process by which the dust and dead leaves are gradually removed.
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Clove harvest, Africa. 1860-65.
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Lithograph of the trial of Cyrus McCormick's (1809-1884) first reaping machine. Testing of the first reaping machine took place near Steeles Tavern in 1831. It was the first successful mechanical reaper and gave rise to the new era in raising grain. <br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
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Stacking turf by the roadside near Lough Conn Co Mayo, Ireland. It is brought in panniers by donkeys from the bog where it has been cut and drying during the summer. It is then stacked in these great heaps in readiness for transport by lorries.
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TAQUINUM SANITATIS. MEDIEVAL MINIATURE <br>HARVEST OF THE PUMPKINS
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TAQUINUM SANITATIS. MEDIEVAL MINIATURE <br>HARVEST OF THE GARLIC
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TAQUINUM SANITATIS. MEDIEVAL MINIATURE <br>HARVEST OF THE CAULIFLOWERS
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TAQUINUM SANITATIS. MEDIEVAL MINIATURE <br>HARVEST OF THE BEETS
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Photo by John Hedgecoe - White horse on hill behind straw bales<br>©2006 John Hedgecoe/TopFoto
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Women War Workers of the cleaning staff of the South Western have taken over a plot of ground for cultivation as an allotment. Picture shows a woman in masculine garb turning over the soil - 24 January 1917<br>© TopFoto
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Hay Making Day<br>by P. Breughel<br>©TopFoto
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Schweiz, Kanton Graubuenden, Engadin: Heufuhr<br>- undatiertes Photochrom um 1900<br><br><english> Switzerland, canton of Grisons, Engadin, hay harvest, photochrome c1900 </english>
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King George V (1865-1936) admiring allotments on Clapham Common, London, c1910s-c1920s (1936). George, the second son of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark, was born at Marlborough House on 3rd June, 1865. In 1893 he married Princess Mary (with whom he had six children) and in 1910, upon the death of his father, he became king. In 1924 he appointed Ramsay MacDonald, Britain's first Labour Prime Minister, and in 1932 he introduced the idea of broadcasting a Christmas message to the people. He died of influenza on 20th January, 1936 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward. From &quotHis Majesty the King, 1910-1935", introduction by HW Wilson (Associated Newspapers Ltd, London, 1936).<br> <br>Credit: The Print Collector / HIP /TopFoto
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Harvesting wheat, Australia, 1928. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Australia, 2nd series. <br>Credit: The Print Collector / HIP /TopFoto
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Agricultural implements, 19th century. Bell's reaping machine, McCormick's American reaping machine, and Hussey's American reaping machine. The reaper designed by Patrick Bell (1799-1869) was the first practical mechanical reaper and incorporated several features that are still seen on modern combine harvesters. Cyrus McCormick patented a modern mechanical reaper in 1834. Obed Hussey (1792-1860) also designed a version of the reaper. <br>Credit: The Print Collector / HIP /TopFoto
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Reaping, carrying, and carting, c1300-1340, (c1900-1920). Scenes from the Luttrell Psalter. A print from &quotArt History and Literature Illustrations", by Jessie Noakes, Virtue and Co, (London, c1900-1920). <br>Credit: The Print Collector / HIP /TopFoto
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A tractor being driven through the 15th-century west door of St Etheldreda's church for harvest festival.Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 1960. <br>Credit: English Heritage.NMR / HIP / TopFoto
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August - The fields are all alive with sultry noise Of labor's sounds, and insects' busy joys; The reapers o'er their glittering sickles stoop, Starting full oft the partridge coveys up; Some o'er the rustling scythe go bending on; And shockers follow where their toils have gone, Heaping the swaths that rustle in the sun - Clare's Shepherd's Calendar<br>©TopFoto
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The Every-Day Book or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements Sports Pastimes Ceremonies Manners Customs and Events Volume I by William Hone 1826<br>Month of September
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The Every-Day Book or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements Sports Pastimes Ceremonies Manners Customs and Events Volume II by William Hone 1827<br>Month of September
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In the mummiform case is contained the body of Osiris, made of earth with germinated grains, symbolising the resurrection of the god. Similar figures were made and buried every December to ensure the fertility of the earth and a good harvest. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: Late Period. Place of Origin: Memphis. Material Size: H = 22 ins. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/Private Collection . Location: 39.
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Country schoolchildren working hard growing vegetables in the allotment. 1940's
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Deutschland, Berlin: Tanz auf einem Laubenpieperfest, 1954<br><english> Germany, Berlin: couple dancing on a party at an allotment garden. 1954 </english>
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Deutschland: Alte Frauen mit Hüten bei einem Gartenfest in einer Schrebergartenkolonie - 1951<br>Aufnahme: Fritz Eschen<br><english> Germany. Old women wearing funny hats at a party in an allotment garden. 1951 picture taken by Fritz Eschen. </english>
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Deutschland: Laubenpieper beim Gartenfest - um 1950<br>Aufnahme: Fritz Eschen<br><english> Germany, party in an allotment garden, about 1950, picture taken by Fritz Eschen </english>
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Tanz mit einem Bierkutscher bei einem Laubenfest; veröff. Nr. 35/1909<br><br>Foto: Gebrüder Haeckel<br><br>- 1909<br><br><english> Dancing with a drayman at a &quotLaubenfest" (festivity in a German allotment). Picture by Haekel Brothers </english> </english>
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Deutschland: eine ausrangierte Schaukelbadewanne<br>dient als Wasserbecken für Gänse. 1956<br><english> Germany, allotment garden. Geese in an old bathtub. 1956 </english>
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Brothers in the harvest field.<br>©TopFoto
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Cyrus McCormick reaper and binder, an improvement on the model patented in 1831 which was a reaper only. Wood engraving 1877.
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Reconstruction of reaping machine used in Gaul in Ancient Roman times, as described by Pliny. Engraving c1890.
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Labour leader, Tony Blair receives offerings as part of the Harvest Festival at North Shore Methodist Church, Blackpool ahead of the Labour Party Conference. October 1994
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Reconstruction of Roman reaping cart, as described by Pliny. Aristotle believed that motion was a continuous pushing action, and that objects could only travel in a single direction at any one time, that is, in straight lines, not arcs. Engraving, 1860
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Taken for General Motors Ltd at Reigate.<br>Hay Cart.<br>5 September 1928
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Apple wassailing, in cider orchards at Carhampton, Somerset.<br><br>The purpose of Wassailing is to awake the cider apple trees and to scare away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest of fruit in the Autumn <br>
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The Kern Baby, Whalton, Northumberland, photographed by Sir Benjamin Stone.<br><br>The Kern Baby was carried in procession and had pride of place at the Harvest Supper<br><br>The Kern baby is an image dressed up with corn and carried before the reapers to the harvest home.
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Harvest-home
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Canton, Michigan - Cheryl Hawkins fills the tank of her flexible fuel vehicle with E85 ethanol at a Mobil gas station in suburban Detroit. The vehicle can run on either gasoline or E85, which contains 85 percent ethanol.<br>©Jim West/ The Image Works
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Harvest thanksgiving festival at the Heritage Craft School, Chailey.<br>19 September 1931
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Medieval allotment
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Harry Richards, Curry Rivel, Somerset, 1904-1909. Photograph taken during Cecil Sharp's folk music collecting expeditions. British musician Sharp (1859-1924) collected folk songs from older people in rural areas of England in the early years of the 20th century.
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Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine, 1862. Patented in America in 1831and shown at the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, London, 1851, it was the first widely adopted mechanical reaper.
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Farmer carrying a great load of hay on his back
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A harvest scene in the French countryside.
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The Reverend A.W. Barker, also Mary Magdalene massinger streets, old Kent Road, receiving gifts from the annual &quotCosters" harvest thanksgiving service.<br>10 October 1936 <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br>
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Fishermen’s harvest festival at &quotOddfellows Arms", Folkstone<br>11 October 1922<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br>
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Reverend A.W. Barker prepares to decorate his church for annual harvest festival service<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br>
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Traditional apple store - a wooden building insulated with reed thatch and with wooden drawers for storing the harvest of apples. Kent England UK
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Blackberries ripening in Kentish hedgerow
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Basket platter of late summer fruits - plums whitecurrants, red and green gooseberries
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'The Gleaners', 1857. Three women collect ears of grain that have been left after the harvest has been gathered and stored in ricks (background). The gleanings that such women gathered they would be allowed to keep, and they played an important part in the economy of poor country households. The best would be ground into flour and the remainder used to feed poultry. From the collection of the Musee d'Orsay, Paris. <br>Credit: Art Media / HIP / TopFoto
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Queen Elizabeth II talks to gardening enthusiasts Donald Doody (left) and John Harrison on their allotment, Thursday May 9, 2002, in Redbridge Lane West, during her Golden Jubilee visit to East London. PA Photo: Fiona Hanson/ WPA Rota
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Blackberry gathering in Surrey.<br>5 September 1919
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The Ministry of Munitions requires a large quantilty of horse chestnuts to be used in the making of high explosives, and for feeding cattle - schoolboys throughout the country have started competitions and their harvest will be collected by waggons at different deport.<br>Bring home their harvest.<br>4 September 1917
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The Cider Apple Harvest.<br>A young helper.<br>1923
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Crop of truffles in Périgord, about 1900.<br>
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Egyptian farmers winnowing wheat near Gizeh pyramids, about 1865. LL-6503 stereo
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Egyptian farmers slashing to pieces straw and separating wheat at the foot of Gizeh pyramids (Egypt). 1860-1865.
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Harvest of cherry plums. France, by 1920. BOY-11079
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Harvest of gourds. Hungary, on 1933. BOY-24000
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Cultivated mushroom culture. Sand pits of Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis). 1900.
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Gleaning in Ile-de-France at the beginning of XX-th century. RV-435969
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Detail of country hedge with blackberries and view across to Ashdown Forest, Sussex, England
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Park Ranger Mr Stanley Blazevics, 58, displays onions on his allotment near his home in Wyke near Bradford which he claims were ready-cooked when plucked from the soil. With a thermometer, he found an eight foot square hot spot with temperatures over 110 degrees F, in which his onions were coooking as efficiently as if in a pan on the stove... and they taste the same, he claimed. Two phenomena have caused a mystery to his local gardening circles and a scientist from Bradford University was called in to investigate. His theory that the heat may have been created by compost has met with a lukewarm reception from Mr =Blazevics, because he treats the whole garden in the same way. After harveting, he plans a deep dig for the cause of the intense heat. - 5th October 1982 - © TopFoto / PA
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Allotments, York, Yorkshire, 1910. Three men are visible working on their plots. <br>Credit: University of York / HIP / TopFoto
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Detail of country hedge with blackberries
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World War Two - Civil Defence - allotment at depots
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Mr Harry Barrett, nearly 99 years old, still grows crops on his allotment as part of the war effort. 27th May 1940
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Ex Mayor Ted Snowdon, who inaugurated the bomb site adoption" scheme in Bermondsey belives in practising what he preaches . In 1941 he made the first allotment bombsite garden in his borough. here, helped by twenty month old Andy, born since the war ended, turned the first shovel full of debries on a site adopted by Lipton's local factory.
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Mr Harry Barrett of Gothic House in Orpington, Kent, will be 99 years old in October next - but he still carries on with his allotment, helping to grow more crops. He is seen having a rest after a turn of hoeing.<br>May 27th 1940
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