Employed Collection (page 3)

School of carpet making, Algiers
Children employed at Madame Delfaus school of carpet making at 84 Boulevard Valee, Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 20th century

BRIGHTON QUEEN
A paddle steamer employed for holiday excursions. Date: 1934

Steamship Samaria
Passenger liner of the Cunard White Star line, employed as a troopship in World War One. Date: circa 1915

Kitchen and inmates, Portland Prison, Dorset
A kitchen or cook-house at Portland Prison, Dorset. Inmates in arrow-patterned uniforms stand in front of a row of large steam-heated cooking coppers

Fitters Shop, Portland Prison, Dorset
The fitters workshop at Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Cell Interior, Portland Prison, Dorset
The interior and meagre contents of a cell at Portland Prison, Dorset. The inmates bedding is rolled up on the left. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed

Prison Gates, Portland Prison, Dorset
Uniformed officers stand at the entrance to Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Interior of RC Church, Portland Prison, Dorset
The interior of the Roman Catholic church at Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Machine stone cutting, Portland Prison, Dorset
A machine with toothed blades and a rotating saw cutting up stone. Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

German wartime employment WWI
German women employed in a German munitions factory during World War I

Bootblack at Prince of Wales investiture, Caernarvon

George Corbett, Brading Station, Isle of Wight
Mr George Corbett, who was employed all his life on the Isle of Wight railway at Brading Station. At the time of this photograph he had the distinction of being the oldest stationmaster in the world

Postcard from a serving girl
A postcard message sent to Miss Elsie Underwood, Bournemouth from Lil, recently employed as one of ten servants working at No.2 Wilton Crescent, London S.W

Recruiting the Sandwich Men, London, 1894
Engraving showing a businessman inspecting a line of men, whom he has just employed as sandwich men, London, 1894. The original caption for this image was Recruiting the Sandwich Men: Accepted

Door-Keeper at Lloyds of London, 1890
Illustration showing one of the Door-keepers employed by Lloyds of London, the insurance company, 1890

Two Louis-Phillippe mortar employed in the French trenches

British Runner crossing No Mans Land; First World War, 1
Illustration showing a British runner carrying messages across No Mans Land under enemy shell-fire, France, 1916. Under the etiquette employed by British runners they were allowed to run when being

Allied truck watering Italian roads; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing an Allied truck employed in watering dusty Italian roads, 1944. The warning sign on the right-hand side gives the reason for the watering

British Overseas Airways Stewardesses, 1943
Photograph showing two stewardesses (on right) of the British Overseas Airways, in the stern of a motor-launch, heading out to join a waiting flying-boat, 1943

The Frenchwoman in War
A photograph of a French woman employed as a garde champtre, during the First World War. She is shown performing part of her duties, the reading of an official proclamation in a French village"

Pigeon Container on a British Paratrooper, Second World War
Photograph showing a pigeon container strapped to the stomach of a British paratrooper, 1944. Pigeons are one of the oldest and most reliable forms of military communication

The Terra Nova, 1903
Photograph of the three-masted barque, Terra Nova, taken in 1903 when she was setting out for the Antarctic to try to find and help the Discovery expedition

The Life Brigade firing a Rocket to a Ship on the Rocks
Engraving showing the firing of a rocket, by the volunteer life brigade, to a steam-ship being wrecked on rocks. If the rocket-line reached the ship

Chicago Stockyards 4
Bird s-eye view of the Chicago stockyards, where 25, 000 people are employed to butcher the animals

The Nimrod returning from Antarctica, 1909
Photograph showing the Nimrod, the polar research ship used in the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09, returning to Britain in 1909

Women at work in a munitions factory
Women working at a munitions factory during the First World War. During the war women workers were employed extensively throughout British industry and agriculture

In the editors room: a special artists drawing is brought
A photograph showing the editors office of the Illustrated London News with editor Bruce Ingram, seated, assessing a a drawing submitted for publication by one of the ILN special artists

Admiral McDonalds Folding Boat, 1878
Engraving of Admiral McDonalds Patent Folding Boat, as exhibited at the Crystal Palace, London, November 1878. This lightweight

IN A FARMAN GOLIATH
The Farman Goliath is Frances principal commercial passenger carrier, employed on such routes as the one to London

The Electric Light
Engraving of electric light apparatus, known as the Dynamo-Electrical machine. Made by the Russian engineer M. Jablochkoff

Louis Philippe Teacher
LOUIS-PHILIPPE, exiled during the Napoleonic era, is at one time employed as a teacher at Somerindyke House, England

Broads - Drainage Mills
Drainage mills on the Ant : they were formerly employed to drain the marshlands, but have been replaced by more advanced though less picturesque technology

Prince Nicholas Joseph
PRINCE NICHOLAS JOSEPH ESTERHAZY VON GALANTA Hungarian soldier and patron of the arts who employed Haydn as court musician for 30 years

1326 Shipping
Fleet of sailing vessels employed to carry Isabella of Hainault from France to England, to wed Edward II

Holloway Prison / Mayhew
The treadmill (treadwheel) and oakum shed with a detachment of prisoners at work at the wheel, and those who have been relieved, are employed to pick oakum

Steam Traction Engine
McLaren steam traction engine employed to both transport and power Testos Electric Biograph Show

L POOL / M CHESTER RAILWAY
LIVERPOOL TO MANCHESTER RAILWAY Two freight and two passenger trains showing the variety of rolling stock employed on this short but busy line. 1st 2nd and 3rd class carriages shown

Housemaid (Petherick)
London characters: a HOUSEMAID uses her broom to sweep the front steps of the house where she is employed

The Race Finish 1775
Three jockeys and their mounts pass the finishing post to the applause of three spectators. Rather savage looking riding crops appear to have been employed

CITY OF MANCHESTER
Steam passenger ship of the Inman Line employed on the North Atlantic run

British Dogs and Gun
Two dogs employed by the Welch Fusiliers to haul a machine gun and its ammunition. They answer every call cheerfully and do not flinch even under the hottest fire

Sopwith Seaplane
The Sopwith seaplane, employed by the Royal Naval Air Service on escort and reconnaissance duties

Nathaniel Willm. Wraxall
SIR NATHANIEL WILLIAM WRAXALL Historical writer, born at Bristol. Employed on diplomatic missions

The Bird Boy
A country boy employed as a bird boy to scare birds away from a ripening crop

Roman Wagon
A Roman wagon used in Gaul, here employed to carry wine or water

Steel Caisson
A steel caisson, a cylindrical case employed to keep out water during construction underwater, used in building a bridge support

Bathing at Scarborough
Sea bathing from bathing machines at Scarborough, Yorkshire : horses are employed to tow the machines into the water

Hand-Drawn Engine / 1878
A hand-drawn chemical fire engine employed for fire extinction about 1878. The chemicals were held in copper cylinders mounted at the front of the vehicle

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