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"Buckets: A Journey Through Time and Perspectives" Step into the past with us as we explore the significance of buckets throughout history

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Bucket Collection: 'A Holiday at Berwick Restores Youthful Vigour', tourism poster, 1913 (litho)
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Bucket Collection: Comic postcard, Outside the builders merchants
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Bucket Collection: Deaths Dispensary. An 1866 cartoon indicating water pollution as a source of disease
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Bucket Collection: Keep a Pig poster
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Bucket Collection: Quarreling and scuffling in a womens bathhouse, Japan. Artist: Yoshiiku
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Bucket Collection: POLLUTION CARTOON, 1866. Deaths Dispensary
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Bucket Collection: The Demolition Excavator
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Bucket Collection: Milkmaid, Cornwall. Early 1900s
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Bucket Collection: Butter Making
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Bucket Collection: Market Jew Street, Penzance, Cornwall. 1920s
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Bucket Collection: Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail bar
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Bucket Collection: Advertisement for Morses distemper with a decorator lying flat while painting the walls
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Bucket Collection: Llewellin Churn Works, Haverfordwest, South Wales
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Bucket Collection: Wassailing Apple Trees
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Bucket Collection: Lyme Regis Promenade
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Bucket Collection: Retro poster, Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte
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Bucket Collection: Sand Pies by Muriel Dawson
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Bucket Collection: Young Uyghur Girl - Kashgar, Xinjiang
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Bucket Collection: Traditional Japanese wooden bucket and ladle for washing sidewalk in a custom called uchimizu
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Bucket Collection: Sussex Chicken - sitting on next in tin bucket
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Bucket Collection: Children / Paddling 1922
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Bucket Collection: Range of bakery tools and ingredients
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Bucket Collection: Cat - 8 week old tortoiseshell British shorthair in studio in metal bucket
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Bucket Collection: DOG. Golden retriever holding spade with sandcastles
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Bucket Collection: Tulips for sale in the Bloemenmarkt (flower market), Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
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Bucket Collection: Jack and Jill Biscuits vintage advertising poster
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Bucket Collection: Advert / Calverts Carboli
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Bucket Collection: DOG. Golden retriever holding bucket
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Bucket Collection: View of Ponte Lungo, Island of Giudecca, Venice
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Bucket Collection: Picture No. 12480230
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Bucket Collection: Cider press, Hillgrove, West Sussex
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Bucket Collection: Stunt woman rides through flames on motorbike
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Bucket Collection: Picture No. 11092442
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Bucket Collection: Poster advertising Norway
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Bucket Collection: Comic postcard, Little girl at the seaside, marooned on a pile of sand
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Bucket Collection: LONG ISLAND: CLAMMING, 1957. Two nuns in habits, clam digging in the water off of Long Island
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Bucket Collection: Denise Hunter, a Flam-flam hippie girl, psychedelic dancer from The Pink Flamingo Club
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Bucket Collection: Buckets and spades at the seaside
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Bucket Collection: Cottage on Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
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Bucket Collection: Prams on Brighton Beach
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Bucket Collection: Two country gentlemen chatting by a well at Upperton, Sussex. August 1936
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Bucket Collection: Advertisement from an American magazine, 1968
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Bucket Collection: Children Play at Seaside
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Bucket Collection: Pig - Large white cross piglet in bucket with eyes shut
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Bucket Collection: Village scene
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Bucket Collection: Women Window Cleaners
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Bucket Collection: Ritemp Washing Machine
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Bucket Collection: Comfort to the Corns, pub. 1800 (hand coloured engraving)


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"Buckets: A Journey Through Time and Perspectives" Step into the past with us as we explore the significance of buckets throughout history. From an 1866 cartoon titled "Deaths Dispensary, " highlighting water pollution as a source of disease, to a milkmaid in Cornwall during the early 1900s diligently carrying her bucket, these humble vessels have played various roles. In another depiction from 1866, a poignant "Pollution Cartoon" reminds us of the consequences that polluted water can have on public health. Fast forward to the roaring twenties, where a flapper girl sits elegantly at a cocktail bar, perhaps sipping from her own stylish bucket-shaped glassware. But buckets were not only used for personal needs; they served practical purposes too. The "Keep a Pig" poster encourages households to use buckets for feeding livestock while promoting self-sufficiency. Meanwhile, Lyme Regis Promenade witnessed countless beachgoers carrying their trusty sandcastle-building companions - colorful plastic buckets. Across continents and cultures, buckets found their place in daily life. In Japan's bathhouses depicted by artist Yoshiiku, quarrels broke out amidst steam-filled rooms where women clutched their precious bathing utensils tightly. And who could forget the demolition excavator tearing down structures with its mighty metal bucket? Market Jew Street in Penzance during the 1920s showcased bustling scenes where vendors relied on sturdy buckets to display and sell their goods. Even young Uyghur girls in Kashgar carried small pails filled with treasures collected along Xinjiang's vibrant streets. Beyond utility, some advertisements highlighted unexpected uses for these versatile containers. An advertisement for Morses distemper featured a decorator lying flat while painting walls – his trusted companion being none other than his trusty paint bucket. From ancient times to modern days, one thing remains constant: butter making. Whether it was churning cream or collecting fresh milk straight from cows, buckets played an essential role in this timeless culinary tradition.