Deliver Collection

A Game of Bowls, Britain, 1903
Photograph showing an English gentleman about to deliver his bowl during a game of lawn bowling, 1903. Fellow players and spectators closely watch his technique

Milkman and his Float
A milkman taking bottles from the crates on his float to deliver to someones doorstep

Milkman delivering milk
Fresh milk is delivered by the milkman, who stands by his milk float. Date: 1975

Father Christmas parachuting out of a plane
Father Christmas jumps out of an aeroplane using a parachute onto snowy rooftops. Who needs reindeer to deliver presents in the modern age? Date: 1932

Seaplane carrier pigeon, WW1
A carrier pigeon housed on board a seaplane for the delivery of messages during the First World War. This particular bird delivered a message (no)

First airmail letter delivered, Windsor Castle
The first airmail letter ever to be delivered is handed to the Postmaster of Windsor, to whom it is addressed, on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle

Childbirth in 1513
A midwife discreetly helps to deliver a child, while a friend supports the mother who is seated upright

Milk boy with three-wheeled cart & cans
A three-wheeled handcart, used to deliver milk in the East End of London

Iranian Postman
An Iranian postman in western uniform delivers mail to a shopkeeper in traditional costume. Date: circa 1900

Airmail postcards at Gamages, London
People at Gamages in Holborn, Central London, addressing postcards and posting them in the special London Aerial Postbox

Mr Freathy delivering post to people who live near the shingle beach at Dungeness, with his special wooden shoes that help him walk over the pebbles. 1935

A Bedford truck belonging to The Empire Banana Company, the wholesale fruit merchant based in Chislehurst, Kent. The truck is making a delivery to Hyde, the greengrocer. 1936

Joan the Maid - Kay Nielsen. The Most Noble Warrior Saint in the Christian Calendar. Date: 1924

Delivering Flour to the Queen Mary
Josph Rank Ltd. Millers - delivering Flour to the RMS Queen Mary, then Britains largest ship. She sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line. Date: 1936

The exterior of the Fire Station at Shooters Hill. 1938

Horse mail, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Delivery of the mail by horse to the Post Office in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Gustav Hamel arriving at Windsor with the airmail
The aviator Gustav Hamel arriving at Windsor from Hendon on the very first airmail flight

Gustav Hamels plane ready to leave Hendon for Windsor
Gustav Hamels aeroplane ready to leave Hendon Aerodrome for Windsor on the very first airmail flight

Norman Whiting, aged 11, plays at being a real milkman on Saturdays and Sundays - and has done every year since he was eight. He does it for nothing of course, but gets quite a lot of fun

S Teerwood. The mail van
A red mail van stops at a remote village in the Scottish Highlands to collect and deliver post

Gustav Hamel posting an airmail letter
The aviator Gustav Hamel posting an airmail letter which he himself will transport by air to Windsor

Gustav Hamel signing receipt for mail, Hendon
The aviator Gustav Hamel in the cockpit of his aeroplane, signing the official receipt for the mail, just before setting out from Hendon Aerodrome to Windsor on the very first airmail flight

The Egyptian Midwives
Pharaoh, jealous of the Hebrews, orders the midwives to smother any male Hebrew child they deliver; but they refuse, and God approves their action

Speke & Grant. Lecture
The explorers deliver a lecture at the Royal Geographical Society

box, packaging, box brown for hanging cut out window shape open blank template for design product package

Truck concrete mixer icon outline Truck concrete mixer icon in outline style isolated vector illustration

1950S Businessman With Briefcase In Air Running After Departing Train

Spanish Reconquest. Granada War (1482-1492). Surrender of the town of Montefrio, near Granada, 1486. The Moors delivering the keys of the town to the Catholic Monarchs

Picture series Christmas scenes, The winter solstice festival, winter solstice, in ancient Rome, presentation of gifts, Liebig picture

Picture series Scenes from Cuba, milkman on the street with a cow, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Richard the Lionheart hands over Jaffa 1192, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Illustration to the Opera Hrosvitae, Roswitha presents her works to Emperor Otto I in the presence of her niece Gerba, Abbess of Gandersheim, woodcut by Albrecht Duerer, historical

Llustration to Opera Hrosvitae, Conrad Celtes presents his edition of the Roswitha Comedies to Elector Frederick of Saxony, woodcut by Albrecht Duerer, historical

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Thou shalt honour father and mother

Pope Benedict XIV presents the encyclical Ex Omnibus to the Comte de Stainville, later Duc de Choiseul, 1757, Painting by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Historic

Series Genre Pictures VIII, Paris, 1878, Messenger with a pannier delivering a letter, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Medicinal plant, Storax tree (Styrax spp) yields benzoin resin, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Arminius, Hermann the Cheruscan hands over the captured Roman silver treasure to the priesthood at the gallows hill, ca 16 AD, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Advertisement of the company Polich, Leipzig, fashion house with delivery service, 1890, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Journey of the Imperial Prince Crown Prince Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte (16 March 1856 to 1 June 1879) to Cherbourg, troop children present the Prince with a bouquet of flowers, 1869

Pope Pius IX presenting the Cardinal's Hat to Lucien-Louis-Joseph-Napoleon Bonaparte, 4th Prince of Canino and Musignano (15 November 1828) (19 November 1895) 1868, Historic

Stay of the Court in Compiegne, the Empress's Feast

Pope Pius IX presenting the Cardinal's Hat to Lucien-Louis-Joseph-Napoleon Bonaparte, 4th Prince of Canino and Musignano (15 November 1828) (19 November 1895) 1868, Historical

Stay of the Court in Compiegne, the Empress's Feast

Journey of the Imperial Prince Crown Prince Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte (16 March 1856 to 1 June 1879) to Cherbourg, troop children present the Prince with a bouquet of flowers, 1869

The Imperial Manoeuvre in Strasbourg 1879, children present the Emperor with bouquets of flowers, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Muhammad XII. Boabdil, surrenders Granada to King Ferdinand the Catholic on 2 January 1492, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Picture series Japan, The Doll or Peach Festival on 3 March, celebrated by children

Altes Generalpostamt, Paris, Frankreich, 19. Jahrhundert

Edward Prince of Wales presenting the captive King John II of France and his son to his father Edward III, after the battle of Poictiers, 1356

King Frederick William III of Prussia presenting Emperor Alexander I of Russia to his wife Queen Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1802

King Frederick William III of Prussia presenting Emperor Alexander I of Russia to his wife Queen Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1802

City barker, messenger, Paris, France, Middle Ages, Europe

Edward, Prince of Wales, 1330-1376, presents the captive king John of France and his son to his father, Edward III

Old General Post Office, Paris, France, 19th century, Europe

Hayton of Corycus gives the book ‚Livre des merveilles du monde to John the Fearless, 15th century

Vasco da Gama presenting a letter from the King of Portugal to the Samudrin von Calicut, Kozhikode, state of Kerala in India, 20 May 1498

Vasco da Gama presenting a letter from the King of Portugal to the Samudrin von Calicut, Kozhikode, state of Kerala in India, 20 May 1498

Vasco da Gama presenting a letter from the King of Portugal to the Samudrin von Calicut, Kozhikode, state of Kerala in India, 20 May 1498

Historic steel engraving, illustration on Wallenstein's Death, a drama about General Wallenstein, 1583 - 1634, by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

Historic steel engraving by Ferdinand Rothbart, 1823 - 1899, a German illustrator, drawing on the history of the revolt of the Netherlands against the Spanish government

Historical graphic representation, overview of various palm trees, palm family (Arecaceae or Palmae), and plants producing fats and oils, 19th Century

Guillaume Cretin presents Francis I with a volume of his works, based on the manuscript of Cretin's chronicle at the National Library of Paris, France, Europe

Raoul le Fevre presents Philip the Good with his work Historire de Jason According to a manuscript of the 15th century, in the National Library of Paris, France, Europe

Moses hands over the law to the Levite, hand over, sit, seat, scripture, book, God, witness, warrior, mountains, Bible, Old Testament, Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 31, Verse 25 and 26

Historic photograph, man delivering mail

Truck delivering wine, balloons in basket, main street in Sterzing, South Tyrol, Italy, Sixties, Europe

DPD expresspak package

Germany, Potsdam, 13 March 1991, market in Potsdam, sausage sale from a delivery van, Europe

Couple, man presents a woman with caught fish, man in an artificial tree observes the scene, ca. 1930s, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Man hands over a parcel, 1930s, Germany, Europe

Two Persons and Newspapers on Bike, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America

Conrad Celtis, Conrad Celtes, Protucius, hands over his works to Emperor Frederick III, facsimile of the woodcut by Albrecht Duerer, printed in Nuremberg, 1501, Germany, cover picture in

Martin Sigismund Eduard von Simson, 1810 to 1899, German jurist and important liberal politician

Historic photo (ca 1880) of The Handing Over of the Keys or Christ Handing the Keys to Saint Peter is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Pietro Perugino in the Sistine Chapel, Rome, Vatican

Arminius, Hermann the Cheruscan hands over the captured Roman silver treasure to the priesthood at the gallows hill, ca 16 AD. Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

A bishop presents the Oriflamme to a crusader, church banner of Saint-Denis Abbey, 1240, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

St. Peter presents the stole to Leo III and the flag to Charlemagne as a sign of spiritual and temporal rule, mosaic painting in the old Lateran Palace in Rome

Electrical engineering, bottle element and Bunsen element, voltage source providing an electrical voltage of about 1, 9 V, Germany, 1876, Historic

Frederick III presents the wreath of poetry to Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, digital improved reproduction of an original from 1880, later Pope Pius II, painting in the Cathedral Library in Siena

Mosaic painting, St. Peter presents the flag of to Leo III, digital improved reproduction of an original from 1880, monument of Carolingian art and oldest portrait depiction of Charlemagne, IX

Roswitha handing emperor Otto the Great and archbishop Wilhelm von Mainz her scripts, wood carving by A. Duerer, 1501

Phoenician woman with servant, high chair, jug, bowl, hand over, oval, inscription, historical depiction 1886

Liquor trade on the open North Sea, Sailors with sailing boat hand over the goods on the high seas, Smuggler, Alcohol smuggler, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Delivering through Time: A Glimpse into the Art of Delivery" Step back to 1903 in Britain, where a game of bowls unfolds amidst laughter and camaraderie. The air is filled with anticipation as players deliver their bowls with precision and skill. In the early morning mist, a milkman and his float make their rounds, delivering fresh bottles of milk to doorsteps. The clinking sound echoes through the streets, signaling the start of a new day. Transporting us further back in time, we find ourselves witnessing childbirth in 1513. Amidst pain and joy, life is delivered into this world, marking an eternal bond between mother and child. But not all deliveries occur on land; sometimes they come from above. Picture Father Christmas parachuting out of a plane, spreading joy as he delivers gifts to children around the world during festive seasons. During World War I, seaplane carrier pigeons take flight across enemy lines carrying vital messages that could change the course of history. These brave birds become messengers of hope amidst chaos. Returning to everyday life, we encounter a young milk boy maneuvering his three-wheeled cart loaded with cans. Determined and diligent, he ensures every household receives their daily dose of freshness. Across continents in Iran stands an Iranian postman braving harsh weather conditions to deliver letters that connect loved ones separated by distance but united by love. Fast forward to bustling London at Gamages store where airmail postcards are swiftly sorted for delivery worldwide. Each card carries stories waiting eagerly for recipients' eyes only. On busy streets lined with fruit stalls stands The Empire Banana Company's Bedford truck laden with exotic fruits ready for delivery – bringing flavors from distant lands right at our doorstep. Art takes center stage as Joan the Maid - Kay Nielsen portrays strength personified while delivering justice fearlessly on her noble steed – reminding us that courage knows no bounds or gender.