Watlington Postcard and Art Collection
- WPAC
- Collection
- 1880 to present
Postcards with images of traditional mills in the UK and the rest of the World.
The Mills Archive
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Watlington Postcard and Art Collection
Postcards with images of traditional mills in the UK and the rest of the World.
The Mills Archive
Collection of original and reproductions of artworks depicting mills. These include postcards with reproductions of artworks; etchings, lithographs and other prints, small original artworks and 35mm slides of artworks.
Postcards of muscle powered milling and grinding
Postcards of querns and grinding stones
Woman using pestle and mortar outside a building, on a ranch in the Republic of Argentina.
Barry race in the Congo baking
Men are doing the grinding, whilst a woman uses a pestle and mortar
South Africa
Child grinding corn, Johannesburg
Basuto women stamping and grinding mealies
South African native life. Also features a woman using a pestle and mortar. Colour tinted image.
Man and two women grinding corn. Colour tinted version also available in collection.
Hawaiians pounding poi in Honolulu
Poi is a national dish of the Hawaiian. it is made from the taro, a sort of tuber which is first cooked and then mashed into a paste.
Pounding oil palm fruits to extract oil, West Africa
Grinding wheat for evening Khana
Peasants grinding corn in Jerusalem
South Africa
Arabs grinding corn, Basrah, Mesopotamia
Filippino girls grinding and sifting corn
Section of postcard also showing Headhunter and Carabo with sled.
Additional information from colour postcard of same image: Etnig girls, crushing rice, Mountain Province, Island of Luzon.