Wheel Barrow Collection

Girl Guides Gardening by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides pictured in a garden in the spring raking the grass and planting seeds

Cider press, Hillgrove, West Sussex, November 1933 George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N8163

Preparing for the heated term. American cartoon, 1867, on the purchase of Alaska by Billy
ALASKA PURCHASE CARTOON. Preparing for the heated term. American cartoon, 1867, on the purchase of Alaska by Billy (Secretary of State William H)

Domestic Dog, Yellow Labrador Retriever, three puppies, looking out from wooden wheelbarrow, Norfolk, England, august

Union Workhouse, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Bakewell Union workhouse. The porter and two other men stand at the entrance, while another stands at the left near a wheelbarrow

Racing Greyhound pups in a barrow
A wheelbarrow filled with racing greyhound pups at the G.R.A. Staffordshire breeding ground, prior to transfer to the kennels at Northaw, Middlesex

Wheelbarrow Race. Artist: Louis Wain. A group of cats enjoy this popular pastime in the garden Date: 1904

Charles Lamb / Mackery End
CHARLES LAMB English writers farmhouse at Mackery End, Hertfordshire

Woman & Wheelbarrow
A woman gardening with her wheelbarrow in a very well- kept garden full of roses, hanging baskets and other flower borders

A navigator's barrow
5311958 A navigator's barrow; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a navigator's barrow. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Trophy
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA. Novica Stankovic

A housewife, cigarette dangling from her lips, nonchalantly wheels away a barrowload of coal, April 1968

Colombia, Cartagena, Mobile bar in wheelbarrow on beach
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North Carolina, Outer Banks, Salvo, Duck Village Outfitters store along NC Highway 12

Little Owl (Athene noctua) (C) UK

Trotting Cracks At Home, A Model Stable, pub. 1868
3471058 Trotting Cracks At Home, A Model Stable, pub. 1868, Currier & Ives (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; American, out of copyright

Picture Pages (engraving)
6010394 Picture Pages (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Picture Pages. Illustration for The Infants Magazine (1868).); © Look and Learn

Hanover Terrace, detail from A Panoramic View round the Regents Park, pub
GHL91592 Hanover Terrace, detail from A Panoramic View round the Regents Park, pub. by Ackermann, 1831 (aquatint) by Morris, Richard (19th century); London Metropolitan Archives

Making leather in the lime yard at Neckinger Mills (sepia photo)
STC344698 Making leather in the lime yard at Neckinger Mills (sepia photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Women at work during the Great War (b / w photo)
STC444603 Women at work during the Great War (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: First World War (1914-18); ); The Stapleton Collection; English

Festivities at Boston, beginning the Construction of the New Dock (engraving)
1624063 Festivities at Boston, beginning the Construction of the New Dock (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Festivities at Boston)

An Jewish old man and his grandson carrying some fowls from Wentworth Street
STC347672 An Jewish old man and his grandson carrying some fowls from Wentworth Street, Stepney (sepia photo) by English Photographer

Mining with water wheel, from 1550 edition of Cosmographia
5668989 Mining with water wheel, from 1550 edition of Cosmographia by Sebastian Munster (woodcut) by Munster, Sebastian (1589-1552); Photo eAF Fotografie; German, out of copyright

Girl with her dog
LLM461865 Girl with her dog by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl with her dog. Illustration for Nisters Holiday Annual 1894.); © Look and Learn

Victorian Christmas card with three dogs and a cat, c. 1880 (colour litho)
3603215 Victorian Christmas card with three dogs and a cat, c.1880 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; Photo eDavid Pearson; English, out of copyright

Pearn Street, Amsterdam
CH38351 Pearn Street, Amsterdam by Eversen, Adrianus (1818-97); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Dutch, out of copyright

Council workman laying a new footpath during the alterations to Victoria Road, Cambridge. April 1959

Council workman building a new wall during the alterations to Victoria Road, Cambridge. April 1959

Snow Scene. Ground staff at White Hart Lane clearing the pitch for the FA Cup semi final between Arsenal and Chelsea. March 1952 C1627

Trotting Cracks At Home, A Model Stable, pub. 1868, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Masonry Tools 18th C
Various tools used by builders in the 18th century : trowels, spades, saws, baskets, spades, wheelbarrows, hammers, etc. Date: Circa 1760

PPRE2A-00153
George Washington farming at Mount Vernon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Man emptying contents of cement mixer into a wheelbarrow

The results of getting married
Beautiful postcard by Lance Thackeray entitled Amateur Gardening - A Labour of Love. A handsome gent pushes his lovely wife around their walled garden in a green wooden wheelbarrow

Cornish Grandmother repairs her Grandsons Clothing
No more Flora for you my Son!. A Cornish Grandmother takes her Grandson over her knee to repair his torn shorts, the result of too much enthusiastic running through the undergrowth

Tennis / Mixed Doubles
A friendly game of mixed doubles

Women Barrowing Coke at a Gas Works, War Office photographs, 1916 (b / w photo)
XJF425316 Women Barrowing Coke at a Gas Works, War Office photographs, 1916 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Postal worker carrying letters on wheel barrow against white background, portrait

The garden cottage Bed and Breakfast, 16 North 200 West Cedar City, Utah 84720 435-586-4919

The flower harvest in the Scillies. At Tresco narcissi plants being carted from the forcing houses to which they return after three years in the earth. 1923

The flower harvest in the Scillies. At Tresco loading baskets of princeps and golden spur ( daffodils ) on the flower wagon. 1923

Roehampton Club Pony Gymkhana Lord Blandford and Lady Warrender in the wheelbarrow race 28 May 1920

A Bedford truck, full of soil, pulls out of the site where the new swimming pool is being dug out in Bexleyheath, Kent. 1936

The empty military camps and gun sites were tempting homes for squatters. Twenty thousand people moved into derelict camps in 1946

Mr Charles Browning with his wheelbarrow. 1936

Tilting the bucket. 1935

Garden wheelbarrow with tools, on lawn beside wildflower border, Normandy, France, May

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"From Cider Press to Alaskan Ice: The Versatility of the Wheelbarrow" At Hillgrove, West Sussex, a traditional cider press sits beside a trusty wheelbarrow, ready for the autumn harvest. In Norfolk, England, a domestic dog named Yellow Labrador Retriever watches over her three adorable puppies as they peek out from a cozy wooden wheelbarrow in August. As summer approaches its peak, an American cartoon from 1867 humorously portrays Secretary of State William H. Seward and President Andrew Johnson (King Andy) using a wheelbarrow to transport a massive chunk of Alaskan ice to cool congressional tempers. Girl Guides engage in gardening activities under the watchful eye of Millicent Sowerby's illustration featuring a vibrant wheelbarrow filled with blooming flowers. Inspired by Charles Lamb's "Mackery End, " we imagine idyllic scenes where children race Greyhound pups in their trusty barrows across open fields. The excitement builds during lively Wheelbarrow Races that bring laughter and friendly competition among participants from all walks of life. From Alaska to North America, the wheelbarrow has played an essential role in countless landscapes and construction sites throughout history. A woman confidently maneuvers her loaded wheelbarrow while casually enjoying her cigarette—a testament to the strength and independence displayed by housewives everywhere. Little Owls perch on top of abandoned wheelbarrows scattered across the UK countryside—an unexpected yet charming sight amidst nature's beauty. Trotting Cracks at Home showcases an intricately detailed model stable complete with miniature horses being led around by grooms pushing small but mighty wheeled carts—miniature versions of our beloved tool.