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From the bustling Covent Garden Market to the tranquil Oast Houses, it has been an integral part of our history

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Bus door gear on low loading demo bus
Bus door gear on low loading demonstration bus, Elysian Northern Counties. Date: circa 1940

Background imageLoading Collection: New Paper the Daily Mirror 1903

New Paper the Daily Mirror 1903
A scene at 3 a.m. outside the Daily Mirror office. Where proprietors of the Daily Mail issued the first penny paper for gentlewomen for which the demand was unprecedented. Date: November 1903

Background imageLoading Collection: Loading a sarcophagus, Carthage, Tunisia, North Africa

Loading a sarcophagus, Carthage, Tunisia, North Africa
Loading a sarcophagus onto a cart, Carthage, Tunisia, North Africa, probably as part of archaeological activity. Date: circa 1920

Background imageLoading Collection: SPAIN. Malaga. Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

SPAIN. Malaga. Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The torpedo boat Requete loading torpedos in the Malaga harbour (20th February 1937)

Background imageLoading Collection: Republican Aeroplane being prepared; Spanish Civil War, 1936

Republican Aeroplane being prepared; Spanish Civil War, 1936
Photograph showing members of the Republican airforce loading the machine guns of one of their bi-planes at Irun, Northern Spain, during the early stages of the Civil War, 1936. Date: 1936

Background imageLoading Collection: Scene in Woolwich Arsenal, London showing an armstrong gun being made

Scene in Woolwich Arsenal, London showing an armstrong gun being made. This gun was introduced into the British Army in 1859

Background imageLoading Collection: RABBITS FOR MARKET

RABBITS FOR MARKET
Men loading dead rabbits, destined for a meat market, onto a goods train. Date: 1950s

Background imageLoading Collection: Loading the Oranges at Cape Town, from the series Summer's Oranges from South Africa (colour litho)

Loading the Oranges at Cape Town, from the series Summer's Oranges from South Africa (colour litho)
MAN464550 Loading the Oranges at Cape Town, from the series Summer's Oranges from South Africa (colour litho) by Kortright, Guy (1877-1948); Manchester Art Gallery

Background imageLoading Collection: Colombo, Ceylon, from the series Our Trade with the East, 1930 (colour litho)

Colombo, Ceylon, from the series Our Trade with the East, 1930 (colour litho)
MAN464426 Colombo, Ceylon, from the series Our Trade with the East, 1930 (colour litho) by Shoesmith, Kenneth (1890-1939); Manchester Art Gallery

Background imageLoading Collection: Loading sugar cane onto a cart in Cuba, c. 1910 (b/w photo)

Loading sugar cane onto a cart in Cuba, c. 1910 (b/w photo)
2962916 Loading sugar cane onto a cart in Cuba, c.1910 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection

Background imageLoading Collection: Western Railway Station, Frontier Days, c. 1901 (oil on canvas)

Western Railway Station, Frontier Days, c. 1901 (oil on canvas)
XZL149438 Western Railway Station, Frontier Days, c.1901 (oil on canvas) by Berninghaus, Oscar Edward (1874-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: original painting for a poster for Anheuser-Busch;)

Background imageLoading Collection: Dordrecht, Holland, 1934 (oil on canvas)

Dordrecht, Holland, 1934 (oil on canvas)
TW427123 Dordrecht, Holland, 1934 (oil on canvas) by Hankey, William Lee (1869-1952); 72.5 x 113 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

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Loading the haycart by Peter Reynolds

Background imageLoading Collection: Wrought iron bombard. Large-caliber, muzzle-loading medieval cannon or mortar

Wrought iron bombard. Large-caliber, muzzle-loading medieval cannon or mortar, from The British Army: Its Origins
619340 Wrought iron bombard. Large-caliber, muzzle-loading medieval cannon or mortar, from The British Army: Its Origins, Progress and Equipment, published 1868

Background imageLoading Collection: A breech loading Harquebus, with moveable chamber, dating from 1537

A breech loading Harquebus, with moveable chamber, dating from 1537, from The British Army: Its Origins
619343 A breech loading Harquebus, with moveable chamber, dating from 1537, from The British Army: Its Origins, Progress and Equipment, published 1868

Background imageLoading Collection: The Flight into Egypt or, Joseph Putting a Pack on his Donkey, 1894 (oil on canvas)

The Flight into Egypt or, Joseph Putting a Pack on his Donkey, 1894 (oil on canvas)
XIR222251 The Flight into Egypt or, Joseph Putting a Pack on his Donkey, 1894 (oil on canvas) by Berges, Ernest Georges (1870-1935); 90x147 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Pau

Background imageLoading Collection: Old, Black and White Illustration of Ship Construction, From 1800's

Old, Black and White Illustration of Ship Construction, From 1800's
Old black and white illustration of construction of a ship, from 1800's

Background imageLoading Collection: Consolidated transport planes being loaded, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Consolidated transport planes being loaded, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Consolidated transport planes being loaded, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageLoading Collection: Loading new transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Loading new transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageLoading Collection: Loading a lake freighter with coal at the Pennsylvania R.R. coal docks... Sandusky, Ohio, 1943

Loading a lake freighter with coal at the Pennsylvania R.R. coal docks... Sandusky, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading a lake freighter with coal at the Pennsylvania R.R. coal docks, for shipment to other Great Lake ports, Sandusky, Ohio

Background imageLoading Collection: Loading coal into a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Sandusky, Ohio, 1943

Loading coal into a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Sandusky, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading coal into a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Sandusky, Ohio

Background imageLoading Collection: Loading a lake freighter with coal for shipment to other lake ports, Sandusky, Ohio, 1943

Loading a lake freighter with coal for shipment to other lake ports, Sandusky, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading a lake freighter with coal for shipment to other lake ports, Sandusky, Ohio

Background imageLoading Collection: Loading coal into a freighter at one of the Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Sandusky, Ohio, 1943

Loading coal into a freighter at one of the Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Sandusky, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading coal into a freighter at one of the Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Sandusky, Ohio

Background imageLoading Collection: Loading a freighter with coal at one of the three coal docks owned by the... Sandusky, Ohio, 1943

Loading a freighter with coal at one of the three coal docks owned by the... Sandusky, Ohio, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading a freighter with coal at one of the three coal docks owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Sandusky, Ohio

Background imageLoading Collection: Loading oranges into refrigerator car at a co-op orange packing plant, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano

Loading oranges into refrigerator car at a co-op orange packing plant, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading oranges into refrigerator car at a co-op orange packing plant

Background imageLoading Collection: Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods... C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill. 1942

Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods... C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill. 1942
Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods from the Chicago and Northwestern [i.e. North Western] railroad, Chicago, Ill

Background imageLoading Collection: Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RRs Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. 1942

Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RRs Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RRs [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad s] Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Background imageLoading Collection: Loading box cars with sulphur, Freeport Sulphur Co. Hoskins Mound, Texas, 1943. Creator: John Vachon

Loading box cars with sulphur, Freeport Sulphur Co. Hoskins Mound, Texas, 1943. Creator: John Vachon
Loading box cars with sulphur, Freeport Sulphur Co. Hoskins Mound, Texas

Background imageLoading Collection: Growers bringing in their crop to a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943

Growers bringing in their crop to a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Growers bringing in their crop to a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Background imageLoading Collection: View of a Chicago and Northwestern railroad freight house, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano

View of a Chicago and Northwestern railroad freight house, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
View of a Chicago and Northwestern [i.e. North Western] railroad freight house. A long line of truck trailers are loading and unloading goods, Chicago, Ill

Background imageLoading Collection: A soldier pouring powder into the pan, from the Marksmen series, plate 16, in Wa... published 1608

A soldier pouring powder into the pan, from the Marksmen series, plate 16, in Wa... published 1608
A soldier pouring powder into the pan, from the Marksmen series, plate 16, in Waffenhandlung von den Roren Musquetten undt Spiessen / Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen

Background imageLoading Collection: A soldier ramming home powder and bullet with the ramrod, from the Marksmen seri... published 1608

A soldier ramming home powder and bullet with the ramrod, from the Marksmen seri... published 1608
A soldier ramming home powder and bullet with the ramrod, from the Marksmen series, plate 26, in Waffenhandlung von den Roren Musquetten undt Spiessen / Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende

Background imageLoading Collection: Rules of conduct for crusader knights, from the manuscript Ordre du Saint-Esprit (vellum)

Rules of conduct for crusader knights, from the manuscript Ordre du Saint-Esprit (vellum)
IND354800 Rules of conduct for crusader knights, from the manuscript Ordre du Saint-Esprit (vellum) by French School, (14th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; Otus/Index

Background imageLoading Collection: The Conquest of Mexico: Diego Velasquez de Cuellar (1465-1524) Choses Hernando Cortes (1485-1547)

The Conquest of Mexico: Diego Velasquez de Cuellar (1465-1524) Choses Hernando Cortes (1485-1547)
IND113574 The Conquest of Mexico: Diego Velasquez de Cuellar (1465-1524) Choses Hernando Cortes (1485-1547) as General of the Armada and Gives him Command (oil on canvas) by Spanish School

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DDE-90034940
Russia, Murmansk. Shipping & port area loading coal along the Kola Peninsula & the Tuloma River, massive WWII Aloysha Monument in distance. Date: 01/12/2005

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DDE-90032599
Italy, Tuscany, Tractor Harvesting Hay in The Tuscan Hills. Date: 14/12/2010

Background imageLoading Collection: View of the Fountain of St. John in Marseille, ca. 1750-1800. Creator: Pierre Francois Laurent

View of the Fountain of St. John in Marseille, ca. 1750-1800. Creator: Pierre Francois Laurent
View of the Fountain of St. John in Marseille, ca. 1750-1800

Background imageLoading Collection: Turkish Traders, ca. 1762. Creator: Elisabeth Cousinet Lempereur

Turkish Traders, ca. 1762. Creator: Elisabeth Cousinet Lempereur
Turkish Traders, ca. 1762

Background imageLoading Collection: Potato sheds during season, across the road from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Potato sheds during season, across the road from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California
Potato sheds during season, across the road from the pickers camp. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. [Sign: A. Levy and J. Zentner Co. Potatoes ]

Background imageLoading Collection: Potato shed during season, across the road... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Potato shed during season, across the road... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato shed during season, across the road from the pickers camp. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. [Sign: A. Levy and J. Zentner Co. Potatoes ]

Background imageLoading Collection: Potato shed during season, across the road from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Potato shed during season, across the road from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939
Potato shed during season, across the road from the pickers camp. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. [Sign: A. Levy and J. Zentner Co. Potatoes ]

Background imageLoading Collection: The potato shed during busy season, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

The potato shed during busy season, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The potato shed during busy season. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. [Sign: A. Levy and J. Zentner Co. Potatoes ]

Background imageLoading Collection: Loading carrots in the field near Holtville, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Loading carrots in the field near Holtville, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading carrots in the field near Holtville, California. [Sign: Dorman Farms Co ]

Background imageLoading Collection: Loading boxes of fish to be shipped to hotels and restaurants at the Fulton fish... New York, 1943

Loading boxes of fish to be shipped to hotels and restaurants at the Fulton fish... New York, 1943
New York, New York. Loading boxes of fish to be shipped to hotels and restaurants at the Fulton fish market

Background imageLoading Collection: Barrels of fish on the docks at Fulton fish market ready to be shipped to... New York, 1943

Barrels of fish on the docks at Fulton fish market ready to be shipped to... New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. Barrels of fish on the docks at Fulton fish market ready to be shipped to retailers and wholesalers

Background imageLoading Collection: Barrels of fish caught off the New England coast waiting to be shipped to... New York, 1943

Barrels of fish caught off the New England coast waiting to be shipped to... New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. Barrels of fish caught off the New England coast waiting to be shipped to retailers and wholesalers

Background imageLoading Collection: Possibly: Loaders placing fish that has been taken from boats, boxed, and iced... New York, 1943

Possibly: Loaders placing fish that has been taken from boats, boxed, and iced... New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: New York, New York. Loaders placing fish that has been taken from boats, boxed, and iced, aboard trailer trucks to be taken to various distribution points]

Background imageLoading Collection: Loaders placing fish that has been taken from boats, boxed, and iced, aboard... New York, 1943

Loaders placing fish that has been taken from boats, boxed, and iced, aboard... New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. Loaders placing fish that has been taken from boats, boxed, and iced, aboard trailer trucks to be taken to various distribution points



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From the bustling Covent Garden Market to the tranquil Oast Houses, it has been an integral part of our history. In JMW Turner's masterpiece 'A First Rate Taking in Stores', we witness the meticulous loading process as supplies are carefully brought on board. Fast forward to World War I, where power and artillery take center stage in Hs Power's painting capturing the intensity horses at Ypres. The agricultural world also relies on efficient loading techniques, as seen in John Deere's combine harvester effortlessly filling trailers with golden barley grains. Meanwhile, a CLA forage harvester unloads into a tractor trailer, creating alkalage from wholecrop cereals for animal feed - a vital process for sustaining livestock. Transportation plays its role too; whether it be Silver City planes preparing for Channel crossings or oil tankers carrying precious cargo across vast oceans. Even historic moments like Soviet lunar craft Zond 5's successful mission in 1968 required precise loading procedures before embarking on their celestial journey. Loading extends beyond goods and machinery; it encompasses human labor too. As depicted in Arthur W Redgate's artwork 'Loading the Harvest Wagon', hardworking individuals load bountiful crops onto wagons during harvest time – a testament to their dedication and resilience. And let us not forget simpler times when collecting milk churns was part of everyday life at Paddington Station during the 1920s – each churn loaded with fresh dairy goodness ready to nourish families far and wide. Throughout history, it has been more than just a task; it symbolizes progress, preparation, and connection, and is through these acts that we ensure resources reach their intended destinations efficiently and effectively.