Factory Collection (#55)

London Salvage Corps sheeting a warehouse wall
Following a serious fire the London Salvage Corps have protected an external face of the affected warehouse by placing a series of salvage sheets down the side of the building

NFS (Salvage Corps) protective sheets, WW2
Salvage sheets put in place by NFS Salvage Corps workers protect goods and equipment from water damage

Aftermath of a factory fire, Fire Force Area 34, WW2
National Fire Service firefighters from the former Middlesex Fire Brigade (integrated into the London Region), damping down following a serious fire at the Old Jam Factory in Sipson Road

Electroplating Factory
Walker & Hall, electroplating factory, Sheffield 1885 Date: 1885

Cotton Mill 1906

Hilden Flax Mills, Lisburn, Ireland, 1876 Date: 1876

Manganese Ore
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, sorting manganese ore Date: 1927-1933

Steel Manufacturing
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Steel Manufacturing in the UK Date: 1927-1933

Electrical Machinery
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Making Electrical Machinery Date: 1927-1933

Blast Furnace

Motor Manufacturing

J. O. Whitehouses boot and shoe factory, Poughkeepsie, N. Y
J.O. Whitehouses boot and shoe factory, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Exterior view of factory; wagons and other street commerce in foreground. Date 187-

A factory of the Canadian Kodak company under construction. C. 1915

Weavers working in a carpet factory. France

Save Power at Work - Help your Fuel Watcher
World War Two public information poster for the Ministry of Food & Power - Save Power at Work. " Hi! Don t leave that machine running idle! And turn off that Blue Pencil Light!" circa 1940s

Ferguslie Thread Works of J & P Coats Ltd, Paisley, Scotland Date: circa 1920s

Hyman Bachwald, 167 Allen Street, New York. Neurotic and epileptic. Mother worked in factory previous to marriage, and while Hyman was coming. Her mentality is questioned

Oswego starch factory, Oswego, N. Y
Oswego starch factory, Oswego, N.Y

Frederick Jones & Co s. shoe factory, Plymouth, Mass. Frederick Jones & Co s. shoe factory, Plymouth, Mass

Broadhead Worsted Mills. Stock poster for woolens or tailors, showing a woman in riding clothes placing a letter in the hollow of a tree; a sign nailed to the tree is blank for later printing

Clayton glass works

Two young carrying-in boys in Alexandria (Va. ) Glass Factory
Two young carrying-in boys in Alexandria (Va.) Glass Factory. Frank Clark (on left) 702 N. Patrick St. could neither read nor write, having been to school only a few weeks in his life

The fun factory, Happy Hooligan all new. Date c1903

Abandoned brick factory, not far from Jackson, Ohio. Date 1936 Apr

Racks full of canned peas on way to labeling room and warehouse, canning factory, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Date 1937 June

Daughters of a Tygart Valley homesteader. House and factory in backgorund. West Virginia. Date 1939 June

Interior of cooperative garment factory at Jersey Homesteads, showing some of the eighty homesteaders at their work and some of the ladies coats made by them. Hightstown, New Jersey. Date 1936 Nov

Making a shell, 1939
A munitions worker performing of the many operations that go to the making of a shell. The projectiles he is working on are still noseless - without the pointed cap which will be fitted later

Cuban Cigar Factory interior - Havana, Cuba. Interestingly, this postcard shows a lector (or reader) who was always employed to entertain cigar factory workers by reading books

Advertisement for paper manufacturers
An advertisement for Spalding & Hodge, paper manufacturers of South Darenth, Kent, depicting their factory, Horton Kirby Paper Works

Boy Scouts car washing during Scout Job Week
Boy Scouts washing a British Leyland Marina at the Cowley works during Scout Job Week. Including a promotion for Rally Car Shampoo. 1974

Fleet of Standard cars for King and Queen in India

Spitfires under construction, 1939
Spitfire fighter aircraft being manufactured in an undisclosed location in England. Each powered with a supercharged Rolls Royce engine, they were the fastest fighting aeroplanes in service in 1939

Kolossi Castle, Cyprus
Kolossi Castle, near Limassol, Cyprus: the sugar-making factory of the Knights of St John Date: 2011

The flower farmers of Britain 1938
Picking the blooms at Rosenvale, Penzance, where the early spring flowers are grown extensively in greenhouses. Most of the Scilly Isles are employed in the flower industry

Iron foundry in the Ural Region of Russia Date: 1905

Jacquard Card Making, Halifax
Jacquard Card Making at Akroyds Worsted Factory, Halifax. An operative punches Jacquard cards assisted by a boy cutting out blank cards. Date: 1844

Finished shells in a munitions factory, 1939
Men arranging finished shells in a great stack ready for dispatch to the ammunition convoys. These shells are designed for use by the 3.7 inch guns. Date: 1939

Fulling Stocks at Gotts Woollen Factory, Leeds, Yorkshire
Fulling Stocks at Gotts Woollen Factory, Leeds, where newly woven material is being cleaned and thickened. Date: 1844

Resounding message of Allied female solidarity
" Vanities of Valdes: The Munitioneers" This resounding message of Allied female solidarity shows " Mary" of Britain and " Marianne" of France, who

Siemens Works, Stafford, England Date: c. 1916

The Rainbow Factory by Charles Robinson
Sublime illustration by Charles Robinson showing a multitude of small people manufacturing rainbows in a lush fantasy setting. Date: 1926

Lille, France - The Liberation of the city (2 / 2)
Lille, France - After the liberation of the city at the end of the First World War. A Factory missing all of its machinery - carried off by the invading German army to use for their own ends

Valencia, Spain - Tobacco Factory Date: 1902

Arsenal at Sidi-Abdallah, Algeria
Algeria - Sidi-Abdallah - General view of the Arsenal buildings. Date: circa 1910s

Making ice lollies during the heat wave, , Stockholm, Sweden 24/7 1943 Date: 24th July 1943

Brass factory
The brass works on Holmen, Norrkoping, Sweden. 1790s. Date: 1790s

Stonecutters working with granite. In the background a limeworks.Landskrona, Sweden, 1930 Date: 1930

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