Dipping Collection

Roman Trackway
Wold Gate or Wod Yat, an ancient Roman trackway following the line of the Roman road over the Yorkshire Wolds, England. Here dipping into Kilham Village. Date: 1950s

Gordon Highlanders dipping the colours to royalty on Constitution Hill. Date: circa 1908

Social / Placing Flowers
A dress typical of the close of the 1920s with its low back, flared skirt & uneven hemline dipping to form train- a transitional phase prior to the long skirts of the 30s

Elephant Drinking
An elephant having a drink, happily dipping its trunk into a water trough in Tokyo Japan

Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - Firestone Factory and Exhibitio
Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - The Firestone Patented Gum Dipping Process in the Firestone Factory and Exhibition Building. 1933

Dipping plaice in batter - Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe
The owner/proprietor dipping plaice (or another type of flat fish) into a ceramic pot of batter in a Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe, Lancashire, before placing into the hot fat fryer behind

Sheep dipping Date: circa 1900s

Sheep dipping early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Sheep dipping in a river, early 1900s

Washing / dipping sheep, Sheep Station, Australia, Victorian period

Dipping the ware in glaze, Alfred Meakin
Dipping the ware in glaze before re-firing in Glost oven Date: 1913

Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers - Changing Hue 1907
The feathers were taken out of bleaching and dyed to show their new appearance. The white ones are bewildering in their snowy whiteness and the coloured have quite forgotten their former dinginess

Elkington & Co. Manufacture, Royal Visit 1874
Royal visit by Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) to Elkington factory in Birmingham, where electro and silver plating where made. Date: 1874

Glazing ware: a dipper at work in the dipping room. Date: 1913

Happy Child
Sweet Flowers. Portrait of a happy young girl dipping her hand into a basket. Artist: Ethel C Brisley Date: 1910

Paddling
A wonderful new game. Young girl dipping babys toes in the sea for the first time. Date: 1928

Biggs sheep-dipping apparatus 1851
Thomas Bigg, Leicester House, Great Dover Street, Southwark, inventor and manufacturer of improved apparatus for sheep-dipping, using five men is capable of dipping 500 sheep per day. Date: 1851

Dipping needle compass made by Edward Nairne, 1772
Dipping needle compass made by Edward Nairne for the Board of Longitude based on plans for the Reverend John Mitchell, Rector of Thornhill, 1772

Plans and views of magnetic compasses with dipping needles
Plans and views of magnetic compasses, including the dipping needle built by Dr. John Lorimer (1732-1795), surgeon, mathematician, politician and cartographer

Dipping a toe in the water
Victorian child coming out of a bathing machine and venturing into the sea. Date: circa 1904

SHEEP DIPPING 1916
Sheep dipping: three men, a dog, and a large flock of sheep. Date: 1916

German candle-makers 1669
Two German men from the 17th century making candlesticks. Date: 1669

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey as a monkey
What my beautiful Councils have given me! Sultan Mehmed V Reshad as a monkey representing Turkeys involvement in World War One

Sheep Dipping, Co. Antrim - a view of three men dipping sheep in a trough in a farmyard. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

Glazing China, Belleek Potteries - an interior shot showing a man dipping china in a large bucket. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Fermanagh: Belleek). Date: circa early 1900s

Dipping Linen, in the Process of Bleaching - an interior view in a spinning mill of men dipping linen into troughs. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

The Empire Cookery Book - Lady making a pot of tea
The Empire Cookery Book - Glamorous lady making a pot of tea. Date: 1920s

Dutch cub scout with papier mache
Dutch cub scout making something with papier mache, involving dipping pieces of paper in wet glue

Subathers Beside a River
A group of sunbathers, mostly girls in bikinis and bathing costumes, sunbathing and dipping their toes into a river! Date: early 1930s

Pond-dipping activities
Numerous school parties visit to enjoy pond-dipping within Museums Wildlife Garden. Photograph taken by Derek Adams in May 2003. Published in Wildlife Garden, 2004 by Roy Vickery page 59

View from Kipling Pagoda - Moulmein - The site has been occupied by a pagoda since 700AD. Gold pagoda under repair. Wide terraces with dipping roofed steps leading down the steep hill

Brush Making
Young brushmakers knotting bristles after dipping them in pitch, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1950s

Swedish boy scouts on a jetty
Two Swedish boy scouts dangle their feet in to the water of a lake off a jetty, as they enjoy a refreshing bottle of Coca Cola. circa 1980s

William Whiston
WILLIAM WHISTON, churchman and professor of mathematics at Cambridge University : with Normans Dipping Needle and Whistons Dipping Needle

Skinnydipping at Wapping
A group of boys skinny dipping on an industrial stretch of the River Thames at Wapping, east London

Sheep-Washing 1846
Washing (or dipping) sheep in the river

Hillmans for 1930
Hillman announces its models for next year - dipping headlights, and Silentbloc oil-less shackles at no extra cost !

Dipping Sheep, France
Dipping sheep according to Biggs system, at the farm of Prince Napoleon at Meudon - first their legs are tied, then they are dipped, then set loose. Note the sheepdog. Date: circa 1850

Sheep dipping on a British farm, done to protect the sheep from parasites

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