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RMS Queen Mary, coils of chains piled under hullRMS Queen Mary, coils of chains piled under the hull to check progress down the slipway Date: 1930s
Coils of steel wire await processing in a factory. Date: circa 1930s
Trophy of Armstrong guns and coils from the Royal Gun Factories, Woolwich, International Exhibition in London 1862. Date: 1862
Women of the Padaung tribe, Burma, South East AsiaWomen of the Padaung (Kayan Lahwi or Lahoi) tribe, Burma (now Myanmar), South East Asia. Two of them can be seen with brass coils round their necks
Jamaica, West Indies - Rope Tobacco SellersStreet Sellers of Rope Tobacco, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Date: circa 1905
Magnetic evitated train by Emile Bachelet 1914Diagram for a magnetic evitated trains, primarily the invention is designed for the carrying of mail at the speed of 300 miles per hour
Women of the Burmese Kayan Lahwi tribeFour women and a young baby from the Kayan Lahwi tribe, a group of the Karenni people of Burma (Myanmar). Women of the various Kayan tribes identify themselves by their different form of dress
Young cabin boy sailor sorting out ropesYoung cabin boy sailor tidies up the ropes on the deck of a large ship. Date: circa 1890s
Masai young women adjusting iron wireThree young Masai women sitting on the floor, while one of them gets her ornamental coil rings adjusted on her leg
Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1937Why theres so much extra comfort in Vi-Spring overlay mattress! 1937
Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1934How wonderfully soft ! The Vi-Spring overlay mattress is made by hand throughout. Unlike the cheap mattress the Vi-Spring will last and last
Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1939Get up wide awake ! How you feel in the morning depends largely upon how you sleep during the night. Take no chances with your nights rest, sleep on a Vi-Spring
Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 193530 years supremacy in sleeping comfort. The Vi-Spring overlay mattress. Never in its years of unparalleled success has the wonderful Vi-Spring mattress occupied so higgh a position in the favour of
Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1930Its luxuriously comfortable ! Only thoses who slept upon a Vi-Spring can really appreciate the luxurious comfort of this fine overlay mattress
Factory with coiled wire - WW1A factory with newly manufactured wire standing in coils on the floor. Possibly the basis for barbed wire detined for the Western Front - WW1 Date: circa 1915
Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1929Too tired to dance, a good partner - a fine band - a jolly evening wasted, because they are too tied to enjoy themselves. What a joy it is to get up each moring felling thoroughly rested
Street Sellers of Rope Tobacco, Kingston, Jamaica Date: circa 1910
Railway wheel turning latheSelf-acting break lathe, arranged for boring large coils. Height of centres 40 inches
Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1933Unequalled for comfort, The Vi-Spring - Vibase combination. The Worlds most luxurious bed equipment. The Vi-Spring - Vibase combination is unquestionably the finest bed equipment ever made to ensure
Wire-drawing Machines at Birmingham Wire WorksWire-drawing machines at the Birmingham Wire Works. Men wind large coils of wire which are then piled up on the floor. Date: 1844
Advert for Vi-Spring Mattress 1931Built to give better rest. Inmaking of a Vi-Spring overlay mattress spring follows spring until beneath every square inch of its surface there lies a small spring to give an exquisite softness
Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 19281056 springs make the Vi-Spring mattress the most luxurious mattress obtainable Date: 1928
Bluejackets - SkylarkingA group of British Naval Divers (Bluejackets) messing about on deck
Folding raw wool into large binsFolding rools of semi-processed wool into large tubs ready for transport to the next stage of processing at Patons & Baldwins Factory at Darlington. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Indian Rope Trick PosterUndated coloured poster featuring illustration of Thurston, the famous magician, performing the East Indian rope-trick. HPF/5B/17
Knitting wool production - mechanical processImmense 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
Attacking Alien MonsterTwo men under sattack by a fearsome-looking monster with many tentacles. One is entrapped within the coils, whilst another fights back with a ray-gun
Shipping the Atlantic Telegraph onboard the Great EasternEngraving showing Isambard Kingdom Brunels steam-ship Great Eastern receiving the Atlantic cable from a smaller vessel. The cable was manufactured at Messrs
Costume / Photo by MerrickWoman: polonaise with pagoda sleeves, coils of false hair & a tiny hat tilted forwards. Man: light coloured trousers & waistcoat, striped cravat, short jacket with bound edges
Reading with Book on LapA vignette photograph showing a young woman wearing a polonaise with over-skirt divided at the front. Hair: centre parting with large coils of false hair