Artificial Collection (page 6)

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese marching behind screens
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese marching behind artificial screens to hide their movements. Date: circa 1905

Saudi Arabia - Irrigation Canal in Al-Qatif. Date: 1976

Trochoidal artificial snake 7
Trochoidal artificial snake. Hargrave Slide 7

Trochoidal artificial snake. Hargrave Slide 7

Spiral wire trochoiding artificial fishes. Hargrave Slide 4

Lilienthal gliding from an artificial hill in 1893 or 1894

George Cayleys design for an artificial hand. March 1845

Fannia scalaris, fake fossil fly in amber

Mocha stone, sardonyx and agate
Mocha stone and sardonyx cameos resting on artificially dyed slabs of agate. All these varieties of chalcedony derive from the cryptocrystalline quartz group

Imitation Coral
A piece of imitation coral. In its true state coral is made up of colonies of small organisms called polyps

Imitation turquoise
A slab of imitiation turquoise. True specimens of turquoise are among the most valuable non-transparent minerals

Imitation emerald
A faceted teardrop synthetic emerald

Artificial carborundum
Aggregate of black lustrous hexagonal crystals with a slight iridescence, and a pile of ground powder. Carborundum is used to produced emery cloth, it is not natural

Artificial bismuth crystals
A specimen of man-made bismuth crystals

Glacier Garden, part of the artificial glaciers, Lucerne, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Japanese woman, full-length, standing, facing left, wearing robes of a noblewoman, such as empress or princess; also shows custom of artificial eyebrows. Date 1878?

Bucharest - The Cismigiu Gardens
The Cismigiu Gardens (Parcul Cismigiu) - a public park near the center of Bucharest, Romania, spanning areas on all sides of an artificial lake (pictured on this card). Date: 1902

Sun ray treatment, 1923
A woman enjoys the wonderful sun-ray treatment evolved and available at the Maison de Beaute Pompadour in Dover Street, London by Madame Jacobson

Romania - Transporting timber
Transporting wood/timber down from the slopes of the mountains via a long artificial ramp and trough assemblage - Romania Date: 1912

Two young ladies in outfits by Drecoll
Two fashionable young ladies in outfits by Drecoll. On the left, a dress in grey crepe and black artificial satin. On the right, a dress in coral pink crepe with horizontal stitching. 1924

1940 Golden Gate International Exhibition
Court of the Seven Seas - 1940 Golden Gate International Exhibition, San Francisco, USA - the Expotition was held on an artificial island Treasure Island, in the San Francisco Bay. Date: 1940

Arnold & Sons - New Premises
Arnold & Sons - New West End Branch Premises in Paddington at 42 Beaumont Street, off Weymouth Street, London. Suppliers of artificial limbs, surgical appliances etc. Date: 1906

THE MUSIC MONSTERS (Neil R Jones) The machine-men of Zorome are not robots, but artificial creatures with living organic brains to control them Date: 1938

Little girl in frilly white dress with roses 1915
A little girl in a frilly white dress, holding a bunch of artificial roses in the photographers studio. 1915

Esperanto Club Members
ESPERANTO : members of the Hamburg Esperanto Club pose for their group portrait, holding an Esperanto newspaper and other documents Date: circa 1900

Harrods advertisement for jumper suits
A Harrods advertisement for jumper suits in artificial silk milanese. The jumper has a check design, and the skirt is pleated. Only six guineas

Skating in Central Park, New York, 1865
Engraving showing a night scene on the lake in Central Park, New York, during the winter of 1864-5. New Yorkers were able to skate in the darkness with the help of artificial lighting

German Limbless Soldier
A German soldier who lost both legs and arms in World War I, seen woodworking after being fitted with artificial limbs. With around one million amputees worldwide following the First World War

Sir Richard Paget, speaking through an artifical throat
Sir Richard Paget speaking through an artificial throat, capable of intimidating all vowel sounds. The artificial throat was displayed at his lecture in 1928 at the Royal Institution

Baby incubators at the Berlin Exhibition
Dr Lions baby incubators proved to be a great attraction at the Berlin Exhibition. Babies aged between five and eight months old were kept alive in warm temperatures and nourished with drops of milk

Switzerland Martin Hole
This is an artificial hole, dedicated to Saint Martin, pierced through the mountain by the villagers of Elm in the Bernese Alps

M. Moissans diamond experiments
Ferdinand Frederick Henro Moissan (1852-1907) pictured with his electric furnace. Born in Paris, Moissan was an artificial diamond maker

Roald Amundsen calculating his position, South Pole, 1911
Illustration showing how the members of Roald Amundsens Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12 calculated their position, using a sextant and an artificial horizon; South Pole, 1911

Amundsen Antarctic Expedition at the South Pole, 1911
Illustration showing members of the Amundsen Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12, at the South Pole, checking their position using a sextant and an artificial horizon

Artificial Insemination
A vet uses a syringe to artificially inseminate an unsuspecting cow

Finer Points of Dancing
Man with an artificial dance partner, used as an aid to learning dance moves. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evan"

Children being treated with ultra-violet light
Three children being treated with ultra-violet rays to cure rickets. Their goggles were designed to protect them from becoming sun burnt in the artificial sunlight

March of Machinery
The March of Machinery. The usefulness of technological advances - artificial limbs dentures - street cleaners and mechanical horses

Garden Party Frocks 1910
Dresses suitable for a garden party: a pretty concoction of floral pastel shades ornamented with embroidery & artificial roses worn with large hats & toques

Artificial Sunlight
The use of artificial sunlight will make it possible to have three crops every year

Social / Oyster Stall 1900
People gather round a London oyster stall in the evening

Artificial Manuring
Distributing artifical manure on a Norfolk farm, England

Bonnets & Hats 1860S
Hat designs by Mademoiselle Herst: a flat shaped hat tied to the head with broad lappets or bonnet strings. Trimmed with lace, ribbon, artificial flowers & beaded fringing

Oratas Fish Farm
Sergius Orata demonstrates his artificial preserves for sea- fish - illustration to Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta Memorabilia, done in France about 1475

Japan / Nagasaki / Desima
Nagasaki: Desima Island, a trade centre on an artificial island in Nagasaki Bay

Evening Dresses 1930
Two elegant sleeveless gowns with gored skirts. One uses panels to give a geometric effect the other has a shoulder strap ornamented with artificial flowers

Artificial Flower Makers
Girls and young women in a well lit workroom carry out various tasks in the process of artificial flower making. They appear to be making roses

Rose Dress 1899
Low cut dress composed of vertical panels of pleated blue fabric & white lace adorned with artificial roses. The skirt fits tight over the hips and flares from the knee

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