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Vats Collection

Background imageVats Collection: Guinness Brewery, Dubllin - Massive storage vats

Guinness Brewery, Dubllin - Massive storage vats
Storage Vats at St. James's Gate - the Guinness Brewery in Dublin, Ireland. There are 179 vats like this in which the stout beer is stored before being drawn off into casks for distribution to

Background imageVats Collection: Trades in Regency England: Cheese making, check manufacture

Trades in Regency England: Cheese making, check manufacture and cotton printing. Dairymaid making cheese in Cheshire 55, man selling check cotton aprons door to door 56

Background imageVats Collection: Scene inside a vinegar and wine factory, South London

Scene inside a vinegar and wine factory, South London
Scene inside the sending out warehouse of the Beaufoy vinegar and British wine factory, Lambeth, South London. Date: 1842

Background imageVats Collection: Working Vineyard Date: 1878

Working Vineyard Date: 1878

Background imageVats Collection: FISH MARKET / VIENNA

FISH MARKET / VIENNA
The central hall in the fish market of Vienna Date: 1866

Background imageVats Collection: Indigo factory in India

Indigo factory in India
The processing of Indigo in India. Date: 1878

Background imageVats Collection: Soldiers bathing in a brewery during World War I

Soldiers bathing in a brewery during World War I
Soldiers bathing in a brewery in fermenting vats converted to hot baths during World War I within reach of shell fire Date: 1915

Background imageVats Collection: Store vats at Barclay and Perkinss Brewery, 1847

Store vats at Barclay and Perkinss Brewery, 1847
A visit to Messrs. Barclay and Perkinss Brewery in Southwark, London, 1847. Visitors look at the huge store vats. Date: 1847

Background imageVats Collection: Boiling Vats for Linen in the Bleaching Process

Boiling Vats for Linen in the Bleaching Process
Boiling Vats forLinen in the Bleaching Process - an interior view showing vats and steam in a spinning mill, in the linen process. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageVats Collection: Wine vaults, Italian Swiss winery, Asti, California, USA

Wine vaults, Italian Swiss winery, Asti, California, USA
Oak vats in the wine vaults, Italian Swiss colony winery, Asti, Sonoma County, California, USA. Date: circa 1950

Background imageVats Collection: People at the Italian Swiss winery, Asti, California, USA

People at the Italian Swiss winery, Asti, California, USA
People on a guided tour of the Italian Swiss colony winery, Asti, Sonoma County, California, USA, looking at huge Redwood storage tanks in the million gallon wine cellar. Date: circa 1950

Background imageVats Collection: The Womens Legion & Army Waste, WW1

The Womens Legion & Army Waste, WW1
Women inspecting copper vats filled with boiling soup, involved in a scheme originated by Lady Londonderry to lessen waste in camp kitchens

Background imageVats Collection: WW1 - Manufacture of artillery shell shrapnel

WW1 - Manufacture of artillery shell shrapnel
A group of female manual workers in a factory, standing close to vats containing molten lead, using in the manufacturing of shrapnel for WW1 artillery shells. Date: circa 1915

Background imageVats Collection: Joseph Chamberlain as Mephistopheles boiling Radicals

Joseph Chamberlain as Mephistopheles boiling Radicals
The Radical Inferno. Joseph Chamberlain as Mephistopheles boiling his Radical political opponents (who were against his proposals for Tariff Reform) - including Henry Campbell-Bannerman (foreground)

Background imageVats Collection: Mexico - Outdoor Catering

Mexico - Outdoor Catering - Food Stall, producing a wide variety of red-coloured stews, sauces and soups (?). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageVats Collection: A butter factory in Canada

A butter factory in Canada. The card states that the butter produced was in high favour on the British market. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageVats Collection: Distilling Benedictine at Fecamp, France

Distilling Benedictine at Fecamp, France
Distilling Benedictine herbal liqueur at Fecamp, Normandy, France. This card is entitled Distillation in the Laboratory ! Date: circa 1910s

Background imageVats Collection: Man stirring vats in Kashgar, western China

Man stirring vats in Kashgar, western China
A man stirring vats of liquid in the open air in Kashgar, western China

Background imageVats Collection: Knitting wool production - mechanical process

Knitting wool production - mechanical process
Immense coils of knitting wool are fed into spinning and processing machinery from vast round tubs. The factory of Patons & Baldwins, Darlington. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageVats Collection: Ritchie and Mcalls Preserved Meat Establishment, Houndsditc

Ritchie and Mcalls Preserved Meat Establishment, Houndsditc
Scene showing Ritchie & M Calls preserved meat establishment in Houndsditch, London. Various workers wearing caps and aprons are tending vats while meat cuts and carcasses fill the tables and worktops

Background imageVats Collection: Santa Barbara Mission

Santa Barbara Mission was founded in 1786. Portions of five units of its extensive water works survive today. Ruins of tanning vats and pottery kilns also survive

Background imageVats Collection: Pasta in a Huge Vat

Pasta in a Huge Vat
The annual festa di polenta at Ponti, Alessandria (Italy) - the food is prepared in huge vats and distributed to the populace


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