Economic Collection

The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885, by Peder Severin
Peder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909). Danish painter. The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark

Franco-British Exhibition, London - Unity
Franco-British Exhibition, White City, Shepherds Bush, London - Unity

Portolan chart, 1591. Map of the Pacific Ocean. It depicts the western coast of Central and South America, from Mexico to the Strait of Magellan. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting

Arabian-Byzantine coin. Coin. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Bristol Brabazon
Designed to fly non-stop London-NY, the Bristol 167 is the largest civil aircraft in the air - wingspan 70m, length 54m. It fails for economic not technical reasons

One Million German Mark banknote - 1923 - testament to the hyperinflation experienced by the Weimar Republic in the early 1920s. Date: 1923

Sir Frank Whittle (centre) and his associates experimenting with an early gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth. A scene from the COX film The Wonder Jet

Industrial Revolution. England. Mining. Nineteenth-century engraving

100 and 50 drachmas bills, Greece. Coin

50000000000 Mark note
The hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 50 000 000 000 Mark edited iat Hamburg 1/11 1923. Date: 1921-1923

The Millionth Ton of Supplies reaches Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing Flight Lieutenant K.J. Ryall of the Royal Air Force handing a sack, representing the millionth short ton of supplies to be flown into Berlin during the airlift, to Dr

Moscow has a Plan
MOSCOW HAS A PLAN - propaganda book by M Ilin describing the Soviet 5-year economic plan in glowing terms. We build in our country a new order

United States (1880). Oil wells in Triumph Mountain, Pennsylvania. Engraving

Alfred Hugh Fisher, Vignettes of Empire XXVIII. Singapore

Spain, Basque Country. Biscayan mining industry. Bilbao estuary. Loading docks of the Franco-Belgian Society and La Orconera, in Luchana. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Spain, Basque Country. Biscayan mining industry. Bilbao estuary. Orconera loading docks in Luchana. Engraving by Vela. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Madrid - Extraordinary General Meeting of industrial guilds
Spain, Madrid. Extraordinary General Meeting of the industrial guilds, held in the Salon Capellanes on 13 February 1882. Illustration by J. Comba. Engraving by Capuz

Spain, Madrid. A session of traders and industrialists, in the main hall of the Circulo de la Union Mercantil. Illustration by J. Comba. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Ireland. Agricultural crisis. Meeting held in Dublin
Irish agricultural crisis. Meeting held in Dublin by the owners or landlords to protest against the application of the agrarian law. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

The Pilgrimage of Grace (October 1536-October 1537) - a massive protest against Henry VIIIs break with the Roman Catholic Church, the Dissolution of the Monasteries

Bundeswirtschaftsminister Professor Erhard accepting a Toledo-Degen sword at the German Craft Fair on 31 May 1961. (Bundeswirtschaftsminister - Federal Minister for Economic Affairs) Date: 1961

Gravestone of Sosas and Nostimos. Greece
Gravestone of the farmers Sosas and Nostimos the Miletian. 2nd century AD. Archaeological Museum of Marathon. Greece

Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 50 cents note issued by the towns of Albaida and Pau de Sert (Santa Pau). Coin

Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 500 pesetas bill of legal currency at the beginnig of the war on 18th July 1936. Coin

Second Spanish Republic. Reverse of a 50 cents banknote (1937). Coin

Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 5 cents note issued by the Union de Cooperadores of Barcelona (September 1936), of interior currency. Coin. SPAIN. Madrid. National Mint Museum

5 pesetas bill issued by the Generalitat of Catalunya (Barcelona, 1936). Coin. SPAIN. Barcelona. Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia

Spain. Civil War (1937). 100 pesetas bill issued by the Bank of Spain in Bilbao. Coin

Spain. Republican coin of the Civil War (1936-39). Coin. SPAIN. Barcelona. Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia

Second Spanish Republic. Obverse of a 50 cents banknote (1937). Coin

Spanish Civil War. Firemen and members of the Passive Defence after a bombardment in Barceloneta (April 1938)

Spanish Civil War. Bills issued by the touwn council of Reus for local use (1937). SPAIN. Bilbao. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation

2 pesetas bill (Spain, 1938)

1 peseta coin (Spain, 1937). SPAIN. Barcelona. National Art Museum of Catalonia

Spanish Civil War 3 Elementos Necesarios Para
spanish, civil, war, 3, elementos, necesarios, para, crear, una, nueva, Espana, three, necessary, elements, to, create, a, new, spain, poster, edited, by, the, trade, union, of, and, industry

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The nationalization of industry will accelerate the victory. Poster of the Spanish Communist Party

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Ni un gra de blat perdut (Not even a lost grain). Poster of the General Direction of Agriculture of the Generalitat of Catalonia. SPAIN. Barcelona

Spanish Civil War Poster Edited By The Departament
spanish, civil, war, poster, edited, by, the, departament, of, agriculture, generalitat, catalonia, about, decree, on, redistribution, lands, 14th, august, vertical, upright, colour, color, mule

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). El dia 26 de gener comenca la batalla de l'ou (On 26th January begins the battle of the egg). Poster of the Generalitat of Catalonia

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Eat More Valencia Oranges. Poster

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La destruccio del bosc es la destruccio de l'economia (Destruction of the forest is the destruction of economy). Poster edited by the Generalitat of Catalunya

James Callaghan, Labour politician
James "Jim" Callaghan (Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, 1912-2005), Labour politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1964-1967, Home Secretary 1967-1970

Gordon Brown, Labour politician, giving a talk
Gordon Brown (James Gordon Brown, b 1951), Labour politician, MP from 1983, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997, and British Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010

Manufacture of Opium in India
Raising revenue of opium saw large profits in the drug to China

Cartoon, The Liliput Levy on John Bull Gulliver -- a satirical comment on taxation putting the strain on John Bull (representing the middle-class British man)

Cartoon, Prosperous John! (high prices)
Cartoon, Prosperous John! John Bull, during an inflationary period, is overcome by high prices and high taxes, and not enjoying it one bit. 1872

Mounted police and unemployed demonstrators, London
Charge of mounted police on unemployed demonstrators near Bow Street Magistrates Court, London, October 1931. 1931

Robert Waithman (1764 - 1833), draper and British politician, employed for some time in a London linen draper s, he opened, about 1786, a drapers shop of his own in Ludgate Circus, London

Woman putting Water in a Tub Date: 1895

Old-Fashioned Iron Date: 1880

Wooden Basin Date: 1880

Barbecuing on a Spit Date: 1954

Woman Packs LunchboX Date: 1954

Woman Broils Steak Date: 1954

Exiting an Elevator Date: 1938

Putting Away Leftovers Date: 1948

Teens Help with Dishes Date: 1948

Twin Girls Do Washing Date: 1948

Flipping Pancakes Date: 1948

Family Does Laundry Date: 1948

Small Grocery Store Date: 1948

Making Havoc with Cookware Date: 1947

Preview of Dinner

Doing the Dishes Date: 1947

Grocery Delivery Date: 1950

Old New Orleans Kitchen Date: 1950

Welcome Tax Break Date: 1950

Neighborly Coffee Break Date: 1950

Watching Mom Bake Pie Date: 1940

Hiding Donut From Mom

Holiday Turkey Date: 1952

Girl Hangs Duds on Line Date: 1896

Woman and Vacuum Cleaner Date: 1955

Woman and Open Fridge Date: 1930

DEANES FLOUR MILL
Deanes Patent Economic Flour Mill, operated by hand. Date: 1851

Cartoon, The Popular Guy (Lloyd George): I see no reason why government treason should ever be forgot! Date: 1919

German propaganda poster, War Bonds, WW1
German propaganda poster, encouraging people to buy war bonds to support the war effort and sink enemy ships. 1914-1918

Industrial Revolution. London. Interior of an English factory. Late 18th century. Nineteenth-century

Ring Spinning. Manufacturing process of cotton yarn. 19th ce
Textile Industry. 19th century. Ring Spinning. Manufacturing process of cotton yarn. Women working in the roving. Colored engraving

American Screw Company s. United States. Engraving, 1884
American Screw Company s. Manufactory of patent Gimlet-Pointet Screws. United States. Engraving, 1884

MET DE BLES, Henri. Copper mines
MET DE BLES, Henri (1480-1550). Landscape with coppper mines. Detail of the foundry. 16th century. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. CZECH Rep.. Prague. National Gallery in Prague

Ottoman Empire (19th c. ). The Slaves Bazaar
Ottoman Empire (19th c.). The Slaves Bazaar, Constantinople. Litography. FRANCE. Paris. Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs (Decorative Arts Library)

100 soldi scudo with portrait of Philip IV of Spain (Milan, 1657). Coin. SPAIN. Barcelona. Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia

Bank of San Giorgio in Genoa (16th c. ). ITALY
Bank of San Giorgio in Genoa (16th c.). ITALY. Genoa. Bank of San Giorgio

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