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Clovelly, Devon OP04926

CLOVELLY, Torridge, Devon. A view up the main cobbled street in Clovelly, with a donkey on the cobbles and a woman standing on the terrace of the New Inn talking to a man below. Donkeys are still used to transport goods up the steep cobbled street in Clovelly. Photographed by Francis Bedford. Date range: 1850-1900

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The return of the dove to the ark

The return of the dove to the ark. Illustration shows an ark labeled Democratic Principles aground in the receding waters of the flood near a landscape labeled Republican Power; the ark is full of democrats labeled Wilson, Parker, Watterson, Shepard, Johnson, Owen, Gray, Havens, Harmon, Tillman, Clark, Mack, Williams, Gore, Folk, and Gaynor; flying toward the ark is the Democratic donkey as a dove carrying a large tree branch labeled Democratic Victories, Revolt Against the Tariff, and Reduced Republican Majorities. Date 1910 October 19. The return of the dove to the ark. Illustration shows an ark labeled Democratic Principles aground in the receding waters of the flood near a landscape labeled Republican Power; the ark is full of democrats labeled Wilson, Parker, Watterson, Shepard, Johnson, Owen, Gray, Havens, Harmon, Tillman, Clark, Mack, Williams, Gore, Folk, and Gaynor; flying toward the ark is the Democratic donkey as a dove carrying a large tree branch labeled Democratic Victories, Revolt Against the Tariff, and Reduced Republican Majorities. Date 1910 October 19

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Collecting Eggs at Flamborough Head

Collecting seagull's eggs at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. A traditional practice for farmers whose land adjoined the cliff edge, which gave them a legal right to supplement their income by selling eggs. The farmer sub-licenced gangs of three or four climmers, to gather eggs of the gulls, common guillemot, razorbill and others from the cliff side. It was a perilous business, requiring fitness and skill, but the rewards must have been great - in 1908 such eggs commanded a shilling a dozen (about the same as a hundredweight of coal) and it was estimated that gangs could collect up to 300 or 400 eggs a day in season. Date: 1911

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection