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Carpentry Collection

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Workshop of a carpenter and joiner

Workshop of a carpenter and joiner
The workshop of a carpenter and joiner, with various activities taking place

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Tools used in carpentry and joinery

Tools used in carpentry and joinery
Various tools used in carpentry and joinery, including a vice, saws, chisels, a plane, pliers, a compass and a hammer

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Blacksmiths outside their forge

Blacksmiths outside their forge
A superb photograph of six Blacksmiths and coachbuilders posing for a photograph outside their forge/workshop, each holding the tools of their trade

Background imageCarpentry Collection: White Star Line pipe rack with drawers

White Star Line pipe rack with drawers
A wooden item, possibly a pipe rack, with two drawers, from the White Star Line cruise liner company

Background imageCarpentry Collection: House carpenter planing a board on a bench

House carpenter planing a board on a bench. His workshop contains carpentry tools such as saws, hammer, chisel, as well as finished products such as a door, rafters, ladder, etc

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Poster advertising Pollards Storefitters

Poster advertising Pollards Storefitters, showing workmen busy with their carpentry. 20th century

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Wheelwrights making cart wheels

Wheelwrights making cart wheels
Wheelwrights or wainwrights making large wooden wheels in a traditional rural workshop. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Builders at work

Builders at work in the foreground, with partially completed buildings in the background

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Jesus Learns Carpentry

Jesus Learns Carpentry
Joseph shows the boy Jesus the trade of carpentry

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Jesus as a Carpenter

Jesus as a Carpenter
Jesus helps his father in the carpentry business

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Jesus Helps Joseph

Jesus Helps Joseph
Jesus, as a youth, helps his father Joseph in the carpentry trade

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Hertfordshire

Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Hertfordshire
Harry Macdonalds Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. Harry MacDonald (a Yorkshireman) came south and brought this cottage for 1, 000 in 1937

Background imageCarpentry Collection: The Garden Model Village - Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green

The Garden Model Village - Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green
Harry Macdonalds Model Village in the Garden of his Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. Harry MacDonald (a Yorkshireman) came south and brought this cottage for 1

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Caterham Asylum, Surrey - Carpentry Class

Caterham Asylum, Surrey - Carpentry Class
A carpentry class for inmates of Caterham Imbeciles Asylum. Like its twin at Leavesden, the asylum was established in 1870 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for Londons sick poor with mental

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Carpentry & plumbing, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields

Carpentry & plumbing, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys learning carpentry and plumbing on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Jesus as a boy, carrying a plank of wood

Jesus as a boy, carrying a plank of wood
Jesus as a boy, carrying a wooden plank through the streets of Nazareth

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Team of Carpenters making a cart

Team of Carpenters making a cart
Three carpenters make a cart under the watchful gaze of an elder craftsman or the intended recipent of the cart. Watercolour Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageCarpentry Collection: White Star Line letter holder

White Star Line letter holder
A wooden letter holder with two compartments, with the words White Star Line printed in gilt on the front

Background imageCarpentry Collection: WW1 - Home Front - Belgravia War Hospital Supply Depot, London - New Rubber Crutch

WW1 - Home Front - Belgravia War Hospital Supply Depot, London - New Rubber Crutch invented by Mr G. Healing. Date: circa 1917

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Pedro Pons Pons, of Binirramet, near Mahon, Menorca, Spain

Pedro Pons Pons, of Binirramet, near Mahon, Menorca, Spain
Pedro Pons Pons, in his workshop in Binirramet, near Mahon, Menorca, Spain. Pedro is an arader - one of the last remaining wheelrights

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Damascus, Syria - The Full Staff of G & G Nassan & Co

Damascus, Syria - The Full Staff of G & G Nassan & Co. - manufacturers of furniture and Oriental Objects. Date: circa 1907

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Native Carpenters - India

Native Carpenters - India - using rules, planes and chisels. Date: circa 1903

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Woodworking class, Victorian period

Woodworking class, Victorian period

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Tenterden Hall

Tenterden Hall
A photograph of Tenterden Hall, a school establishment in Hendon, Middlesex, aimed at preparing boys between the age of 7 and 14 for public schooling and the Royal Navy

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Japan - Cart Maker

Japan - Cart Maker
Cart Maker, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Making Rowing Oars

Making Rowing Oars
Mathematical principles are brought to bear on the construction of new oars for the Oxford University rowing team. Date: circa 1925

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Mr Chips the Carpenter

Mr Chips the Carpenter

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Master Chips the Carpenter's Son

Master Chips the Carpenter's Son

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Melancholia

Melancholia
This etching shows a glum looking winged figure, a personification of melancholia, surrounded by a number of objects symbolising carpentry, alchemy, geometry and numerology. Date: circa 1514

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Carpenter's Shop, British Lion Films, Beaconsfield Studio

Carpenter's Shop, British Lion Films, Beaconsfield Studio
The Carpenter's Shop, British Lion Films, Beaconsfield Studio Date: 1929

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Woodwork classroom for boys who continued their education at Acland County Council School

Woodwork classroom for boys who continued their education at Acland County Council School, Kentish Town, London. Date: 1906

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Jigsaw used to cut a piece of wood

Jigsaw used to cut a piece of wood
A carpenter using a jigsaw to cut a piece of wood to shape, possibly for use in die cutting. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Comic postcard, Boss and workman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boss and workman Date: 20th century

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Comic postcard, man making rabbit hutch Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, man making rabbit hutch Date: 20th century

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Members of the Guild of the Poor Brave Things established to help crippled

Members of the Guild of the Poor Brave Things established to help crippled and otherwise handicapped youngsters learn crafts and trades, seen in their workshop at the training school of the guild

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Woodwork class, Sandringham, Norfolk

Woodwork class, Sandringham, Norfolk
Woodwork and carpentry class, Queen Alexandras Royal Technical Schools, Sandringham, Norfolk. 1910

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Ruysselede Reformatory, Belgium - Carpentry workshop

Ruysselede Reformatory, Belgium - Carpentry workshop
Boys at work benches in the carpentry workshop at the Ruysselede Reformatory School, Belgium Date: Date unknown

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Leyhill Prison Carpentry Class

Leyhill Prison Carpentry Class
Inmates of Leyhill Prison, Gloucestershire, in a hobby carpentry class. One is making a small rocking horde, another working on model sailing ships. Date: circa 1945

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Quarriers Homes - Joiners Homes - Shop

Quarriers Homes - Joiners Homes - Shop
Boys at work with carpentry tools in the joiners shop at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1920

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Advert, Glasgow Cabinet Works, Glasgow, Scotland

Advert, Glasgow Cabinet Works, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert for Glasgow Cabinet Works, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Stationery, Walter Llewellyn & Co, Eastbourne, Sussex

Stationery, Walter Llewellyn & Co, Eastbourne, Sussex
Stationery, Walter Llewellyn & Co, Carpenters, Joiners, Plumbers, Painters, Glaziers, Paper Hangers and House Decorators, Ceylon Place, Eastbourne, Sussex. 1900

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Windsor chair with cabriole legs

Windsor chair with cabriole legs. mid-18th century

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Turned walnut childs chair

Turned walnut childs chair. circa 1660

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Carpenter at work

Carpenter at work. circa 1800

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Scene in a carpenters workshop

Scene in a carpenters workshop. circa 1865

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Cartoon - The True Kings Bench

Cartoon - The True Kings Bench - a carpenter. early 19th century

Background imageCarpentry Collection: Boys at workbenches learning how to use plane

Boys at workbenches learning how to use plane

Background imageCarpentry Collection: 12917668

12917668
Carpentry benches and tools at the Crossley and Porter Orphanage, Halifax. Date: 1930s



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