Glue Collection

Bermondsey Glue Factory
Glue makers field at Bermondsey

The Man Who Broke The Tube by H M Bateman, a man who does not heed the instructions on the glue. He brakes the tube, glues himself to the table, then his wife

Advert, J & G Cox Ltd, Gorgie Mills, Edinburgh, Scotland
Advert for J & G Cox Ltd, Gorgie Brand Scotch Glue manufacturers, Gorgie Mills, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Plymax cross-section, plywood board from Venesta Limited
Photograph of a Plymax cross-section, a plywood board trademarked by Venesta Limited. The boards are covered on one side or both sides with metal sheets

Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers - Joining feathers 1907
Edwardian women sitting along a table, using a sharp knife they cut and trim the quill thin and flat, so the colourful feathers can be glued together. Date: 1907

Women making Valentine gifts, made from paper, ribbons and glue. Date: 1908

Easter Holidays Date: 20th century

Young women and geisha on an Edo street, 18th century
Scene outside an office for servant placement with the entrance to a female bathhouse. An older woman talks to a nanny with baby and other working women

Advert, John Darley & Sons, Glue & Gelatine, Currie, Scotlan
Advert for John Darley & Sons, Scotch Glue and Gelatine manufacturers, Currie, Scotland. 1905

Indian ink manufacture, Qing Dynasty China. Ink is made of lamp-black (burnt pine-wood, hogs-fat and oil) mixed with musk and glue, then shaped in wooden moulds

Adverts, J & G Cox Ltd, Arthur Bell & Sons, Scotland
Adverts for J & G Cox Ltd, glue manufacturers, Gorgie Mills, Edinburgh, and Arthur Bell & Sons, Old Scotch Whisky, Perth, Scotland. 1905

Wax, glue, gum and dye with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for Le Pages liquid glue 1884
Sold in a tin can, can mends everything from wood, leather, paper, ivory, glass, china, furniture, bric-a-brac. Date: 1884

Woman sitting in her own home in South London, making the hat boxes for a supplier that make silk hats for the richer society

Artificial flowers 1900s
Three women standing in a row making arrangements with artificial flowers, string and glue, in London. Date: 1900s

MENDING A CHAIR
Gluing back loose or dislodged chair legs can be quite a straightforward task, as this practical woman demonstrates, using a brush and pot of glue. Date: 1930s

Wax, glue, gum and dye with comic verse on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Cupids repairing broken hearts on a Valentine postcard
Cupids repairing broken hearts with glue on a Valentine postcard -- Sincere Love. Date: circa 1890s

Advertisement for Stickphast Paste. circa 1900

Firefighters at work in Bermondsey, WW2
Firefighters at work at a fire at Youngs Glue Factory, Grange Road, Bermondsey, during the Second World War, 12 October 1940. They are working from an external staircase. Date: 1940

The Round Game of Happy Families, Master Plane
Chad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Master Plane the Carpenters Son. circa 1910

Gibbs Happy Families - Mr Chips the Carpenter. 20th century

Scrap Book cover - Dog with newspaper cuttings and pot of glue. circa 1940s

Illustration, Mending the Dolls Head. circa 1900s

Happy Familes Playing Cards - Miss Wood. circa 1935

Caricature of Frank Toole, theatrical manager
Caricature of Frank (Francis) Toole, theatrical manager to his actor brother John Lawrence Toole. Seen here pasting up a poster -- What a good brother he has been! 1881

Cheery Families - Mrs Clamp the Carpenters Wife. 1890s

Book of Trades, The Bill Sticker. 1841

WW2 poster, Bristles are scarce, Brushes are precious
WW2 Ministry of Supply poster, Bristles are scarce, Brushes are precious. Encouraging people to take care of resources. Date: early 1940s

WW2 birthday card, cat and poster
WW2 birthday card, showing a cat on a ladder putting up a poster expressing birthday wishes. Date: circa 1942

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

Decorated totem pole, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
Decorated totem pole in Ketchikan, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Blitz in London -- firefighters at work in Bermondsey, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work at a fire at Youngs Glue Factory, Grange Road, Bermondsey, during the Second World War, 12 October 1940

Men in a timber workshop
Men at work in a timber workshop. A pile of newly made crutches can be seen in the foreground. Date: circa 1940s

Man in a timber workshop
Man at a workbench in a timber workshop. A pile of newly made crutches can be seen in the foreground. Date: circa 1940s

Lear / Nonsense / Nepaul
There was an Old Man of Nepaul, from his horse had a terrible fall; But, though split quite in two, by some very strong glue, they mended that Man of Nepaul

Laying Pavements in London, 1877
Engraving showing a group of workmen laying pavement in a London street, c.1877. The men appear to be preparing an asphalt or glue substance, with which to lay the wooden paving blocks

A Cardboard Box Factory in Commercial Road, London, 1904
Illustration showing a group of immigrants stirring glue and cutting cardboard to make boxes in a factory in the Commercial Road, London, 1904

Gran pop Gets his Fly-Papers Ready
Gran pop Gets His Fly-papers ready orang utan and his monkey assistant making sticky flytraps

Glue Boiling
Boiling glue is a lengthy business, you just have to stick at it

Cabinet Maker 1827
Cabinet maker in the act of making a looking-glass frame; he is putting some glue on one of the side pieces to fix it to the hole prepared for it

Book Binder 1827
A book binder using a vice to compress his books. Other books are in a large press behind him and pots of glue and tools are at his feet

Advert / French Bill Post
A French bill poster with his huge glue pot

Le Fages Glue
this Man Used Le Pages Liquid Glue in the Wrong Place

Boy Pastes in Photos
An extremely smart young man pastes photographs into an album

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