Winter Work

Croft House Tales

Horses were essential in the hard labour of the countryside whether tilling the soil or harvesting the crops, In the winter time horses hauled logs from thr woods and on Sundays horses-pulled sledges took people tothe  churchor to visit friends and family. Horses were valued greatly. 

On the picture Finnhorse Pikku-Vilaus  from Western Finland 

Photo Ingela Nyman

 

Work

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Beef Noodle, Taipei

Sent by Pai Szu Chia on 13 Jan 2013 from Taipei

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Greek Grandmother baking bread.

Sent by Simone on 12 Nov, 2021 from Wurzburg

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German Postmen 1871

Sent by Marcus on 8 Nov, 2017 from Castrop-Rauxel

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Postman on the street in the city of Kovel, Ukraine 1917

Sent by Oksana on 24 Oct, 2020 from  Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

 

Hong Kong

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The Star Ferries in green and red

Sent by seesee on 24 May, 2014 from Hong Kong

Ocean Park, Aberdeen

Ocean Park Hong Kong, a theme park that offers roller coaster rides, shows, tours, family & kids attractions and activities.

Rickshaw

Rickshaws are disappearing from Hong Kong's streets as the government issues no new licences. They were however a vital and sometimes only means of transportation in Chinese seaports.

 

Indonesia

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Rice Farners in Indonesia plant the young rice shoots. 

In Indonesia the planting and harvesting of rice is traditionally a women´s work since ot is belived that they have the delicate touch which will not frighten the spirit of rice plant. And according to ancient fertility rites women are the source of life, and this power will be transferred to the rice plant

Sent by Lynn on 20 Sep, 2020 

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Badak sumatra ( Dicedorhinus sumatrensis ) Indonesia 

Sent by Mia on 31 May, 2016 from Jakarta

Work

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FR- 1364131.  Salt harvesting, Hon Khoi Salt Fields, Vietnam

DE-10068922.  Lüneburg Heath.Beekeeper at his work

Skyscrapers

Lunchtime

New York Skyscrapers

Sent by Lucie in Victoria, Canada

on 23 Mar, 2020

travel time 52 days

distance travelled 7,285 km

received on 14 May, 2020 

Working

Farmers weighing apples, Indonesia

Sent by Aar in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
sent on 17 Aug, 2019
travel time 37 days
distance travelled 10,686 km

Workers harvesting crocus in a saffron field at autumn, Portugal or Spain

Sent by Sigs in Donauwörth, Germany
sent on 28 Sep, 2019
travel time 11 days
distance travelled 1,698 km

Shirakawa-go rice-planting Festival, Gifu, Japan.

Sent by Sakura in Gifu prefecture, Japan
sent on 11 Mar, 2019
travel time 9 days
distance travelled 7,698 km

Traditional Greece - fishing

Fishermen's net

Drying the octopus in the sun in the seaside village on the island of Crete.

Labour Day

Woman working in Vaasa Cotton Factory (1857-1990), Finland

Vaasa Museum of Labour

My collection

Flag Factory: Making United States Flags, 1913

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 7,047 km

sent by Cheri, Colorado, U.S.A.

The switchboard room of the first St.Petersburg telephone exchange station. 1882

Direct swap from Nikolay, St.Petersburg, Russia

People at work

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Sogenji Monastery,  Zen school and working monastery in Okayama, Japan
Resident monks begging for alms

travel time 9 days

distance travelled 7,763 km

sent by Maggie in Seattle, Washington 

(in July 2018 she was traveling in Japan)

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Electrician in important work, photo by MIRO

travel time 13 days

distance travelled 7,681 km

sent by Midori in Kobe

Work

Logger, Romania
Winter Logging with the Oxen, Bucovina

From Anca

Goat shepherd, Greece

My collection

Gardener, Japan

Patently raking patterns in the rock garden of Ryoan- ji Temple, Kyoto

From Mayumi

Work

 Cobbler at the turn of the century, Philippines

From Pin, Philippines

Fisherman at the turn of the century, Philippines

From Jomanne, Philippines

Trader

Rarity postcard from series "Greetings from Moscow", "Russian types" , "Types of Russia", issued by Moscow publishing houses in 1900-1910, have been reprinted. From the collection of Moscow City Museum. 

From Natalia, Russia

Malaysia

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A rubber tapper at work early in the morning in the plantation.

Sent by Pei on 19 Jan, 2015 from George Town