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  • How accidents happen : when lifting... when carrying... and remember / prepared for the Ministry of Labour and National Service by the Central Office of Information.
  • A naked man lifts a stone and carries it on his shoulder. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Boer War: wounded soldiers being lifted off a hospital ship and carried away on stretchers. Halftone, c. 1900, after F. de Haenen after J. Bruton.
  • A clothed woman walking up to a wicker basket, picking it up and walking off with it. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A clothed woman carries a basket and jar then places them on the ground. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A clothed child picks up a doll from the ground and walks away. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A clothed woman dropping a broom then picking up a bucket. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked woman lifting a basket of flowers then emptying it. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked woman bending to pick up a cloth, straightening up and placing it around her shoulders. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked woman bending and lifting a water pitcher from the ground to chest height. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.