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Patent double action grinder for asbestos by Heath RobinsonA patent double-action grinder for mashing asbestos fibre - a drawing done for Turners Asbestos Cement Co by William Heath Robinson, renowned for his machines and convoluted contraptions. Date: c.1925
Enraged Musician / HogarthTHE ENRAGED MUSICIAN A ballad singer, a screeching parrot, a piper, a drummer, a barking dog, a knife grinder, fighting cats and other noises disturb his violin practice
Street Trade / GrinderA grinderx sharpens a knife in Whitehall, London
Noise PollutionA knife-grinder, a milkmaid, dogs, beggars, musicians, a coalman, and a dustman, a postboy with his horn and a child with her rattle - noise pollution in the 18th century
A London knife grinder on the streetA London knife grinder at work on the street
Expert grinder at Wilkinson Sword Works, WW1Expert grinder at Wilkinson Sword Works, working on a new bayonet during the First World War. 1914-1918
Advert for Wm. Corns & Son, combination Coffee Mill 1888Combination mill for coffee and spices. Date: 1888
Street music: organ grinder rejected, 1858Repelling foreign invasion: paterfamilias tries the cold water cure in a case of organ grinding. Date: 1858
Advert / Cafexqui CoffeeCafexqui Coffee - concentrated aroma, the best of coffees
French women visting the Cossack bivouac in Paris, 1814Woman in fur-lined coat with fur muff visting the Tatar and Kalmyk Cossack bivouas in Paris after the fall of Napoleon. Cossack encampment on the Champs Elysees, 1814. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V
Knife grinder, Nice, France
France Nice - knife grinder pre-1900
Barrel or street organ and monkey, early 1900s
Organ Grinder with monkey, Southport
Southport Organ Grinder with monkey early 1900s
Organ grinder, street piano Date: 19th century
Wells Hill, Radstock, early 1900s
Radstock - Wells Hill early 1900s
Henry cartoon, A Hot Tip, by Carl AndersonA Hot Tip, Henry cartoon drawn by Carl Anderson Date: 1936
Knife grinder at work, Central LondonItinerant knife grinder at work on a Central London street. Date: circa 1950s
Organ GrinderA happy organ grinder with his organ and monkey. Artist: Flora White. Date: circa 1920
Fashionable women and organ grinder on the PontFashionable women in feather hats, lace ruff collars and fur-trimmed dresses. Crossing the Pont des Arts, Paris, 1816. In the background is the famous blind organ grinder and his dog under a parasol
Guy Fawkes in Effigy, Bartholomews Hospital and Smithfield Market. Children begging with an effigy of Guy Fawkes on 5 November 39, men bringing a patient on a stretcher into St
Silhouette - Scissor Sharpener, Street VendorSilhouette - Scissor Sharpener, Knife Grinder, Street Vendor. 20th century
An organ grinder and a poodle with spinning machine before an audience of fashionable women in bonnets with plumes, shawls and lace dresses
Cries of Paris - scissor sharpener
Hardy Patent Pick Co. bone grinder 1890sThe Devil, Disintegrator, bone grinder and mixer. This machine will grind to powder, granulate or shed any material, animal and vegetable, wet or dry at one operation. Date: 1890s
Advert for W. & T Avery, Duplex Coffee Mill. 1888Patent Duplex Coffee Mill grind twice as fast. Date: 1888
A street organ & organ grinderTwo young girls dancing in a London street to the strains of the street organ. Date: 1885
Hand-Cranked Grinder Date: 1880
Grinder and Scoop Date: 1865
Street trade - knife grinderknife grinder on the streets. Date: 1885
Organ Grinder (Anon)An organ-grinder and his monkey. Date: circa 1880
FRENCH KNIFE GRINDERA knife grinder in a French street, watched by children and a dog Date: circa 1920
KNIFE GRINDER / WHEATLEYKnives, scissors and razors to grind?; a knife grinder operating in a London street. Date: 1795
HOT CHESTNUTS FOR SALEA vendor of hot chestnuts; a smartly dressed woman and a chimney sweep boy are among his customers, while in the background an organ grinder and monkey also look for trade Date: circa 1920
Organ GrinderLondon characters: the ORGAN GRINDER and his monkey come from Italy, and the songs he sings in our fog-grey streets are warm with nostalgia for their sunny homeland. Date: circa 1870
1741 / ENRAGED MUSICIANA violinist is disturbed by a ballad singer, a screeching parrot, a piper, a drummer, a barking dog, a knife grinder, fighting cats and other noises Date: 1741
17th century GrinderA grinder sharpens a knife on a grindstone. Date: 17th century
Sheffield Steel manufactures 1866Sheffield : scythe-grinders. Date: 1866
A really very bizarre silhouette postcard depicting a man with a dancing monkey, entertaining a young couple, the gentleman in a suit, the lady in the sheerest of sheer negligees
Craftsman puts finishing touches to replica suit of armourSparks fly as a skilled craftsman puts the finishing touches to a replica suit of armour with conquistador-style morion in his workshop in Birmingham, England Date: 1992
England. Guildford. High Street. EngravingEngland. Guildford. High Street. Surrey County. 1875. Millerlove colored Engraving
The Mummy and the Humming Bird by Isaac HendersonPromotional postcard for The Mummy and the Humming Bird by Isaac Henderson. First produced at Wyndhams Theatre, 10th October 1901
Two boys sharpening knives - Medenine, Tunisia, North Africa Date: circa 1910s
Rotary hand quern for grinding corn - Palestine, Middle East. Date: circa 1920s
Organ Grinder & MonkeyAn Italian organ-grinder and his monkey
Organ Grinder 1886Schoolboys stop to admire the monkey who solicits a financial contribution to the upkeep of himself and his organ-grinding partner
Kieselguhr Industry, Toome, Grinding Bann Clay - a view of a man shovelling clay into a feed for a grinder. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Toome). Date: circa early 1900s
Street Organ Grinder in the East End of London Date: 1905
Egyptian Art. Baking, brewing and butchery scene. Tomb of WaEgyptian Art. Baking, brewing and butchery scene. From the tomb of Wadjet-hotep at Sedment. Wood. 7th-11th Dynasty. c. 2150-2050 B.C. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark
Sharpener street. Colored engraving by E. Alba on a life drawing by D.F. Guisasola. 1879
Snap Playing Card - Scissors to Grind. circa 1900s
Zoological Misfitz - Mr Bruin, organ grinder. early 20th century
Organ GrinderAn Italian organ-grinder in the streets of London Date: 1905
Organ Grinder (PetherickLondon characters: the ORGAN GRINDER and his monkey come from Italy, and the songs he sings in our fog-grey streets are warm with nostalgia for their sunny homeland
Verdi cartoon MaillyGiuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) the Italian opera composer depicted as a music peddler
Tinker sharpening a knife for a maid 1894A tinker sharpening a knife for a waiting maid. Date: 1894
Hurdy-gurdy organ playerA hurdy-gurdy (orgue de Barbarie) player and his daughter in a French village Date: 1866
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- O, showing an organ grinder with a group of children. Date: circa 1860
Tea and coffee flower fairies sharing beverages.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies, Paris
Gallipoli Coffee Machine (Grinder)A Gallipoli Coffee Machine (Grinder) with crank and section for coffee beans. Trench Art
Egyptian knife-grinder, Egypt. Date: circa 1870
Street organist in silhouetteA street organ grinder, his back bent, trundles his old instrument on wheels - a once familiar sight in London. Date: 1926
Street Music: a gutter-ball 1896An organ grinder finds an appreciative audience of dancing street children. Date: 1896
Knife Sharpener, Coffeehouse, Porters, Fez Seller and MapIstanbul, Turkey - Knife Sharpener, Coffeehouse, Porters, Fez Seller and Map of the Bosphorus. Date: 1898
Egyptian street knife grinder - Port Said. A young boy is fascinated and has popped his head out of a small window to watch the grinder grinding away. Date: circa 1902
Brick making buffalo mill to soften clay - Rangoon -. to pour into a super meat grinder with bullocks going round and round to squeeze it into a malleable mass... Date: 1952
German Organ Grinder with small monkey attracts a crowd of appreciative children (the girl in the foreground is celebrating her birthday), drawn by the music and the spectacle
Street musiciansThree street musicians ply their trade on London Street-an old soldier grinds the organ, whilst a woman and a boy bawl out the words
Street music: St Cecilias Day street scene, 1837A street scene showing the cacophony of noises to be heard on St Cecilas feast day, the patron saint of music, which falls in November
Street music: organ grinder, 1789An organ grinder plying his trade, surrounded by various other musicians. A buxom lady plays a stringed instument, while a boy and his dog look on. Date: c.1789
Street music: Organ grinder, 1872A Civil War veteran turns his hand to organ grinding in New York, 1872. Date: 1872
Street music: hopeful organ grinderAn organ grinder looks up hopefully whilst plying his trade at the kerbside. Perhaps he is serenading someone in a upper window
Oxford Street TrafficHorse-drawn traffic - and an organ grinder - near Oxford Circus. Date: 1890s
Street music: organ grinders quarter, 1875An Italian colony in London: the organ grinders quarter near Hatton Gardens. Date: 1875
Coffee GrinderA stylish coffee grinder. Date: 1980
Street music: Barrel organ grinder, c. 1890A barrel organ grinder plying his trade. Date: c.1890
Street music: Flemish hurdy gurdy playerFlemish street scene showing a hurdy gurdy player performing for some peasants. Date: 17th century
Street music: Organ grinder, c. 1900An Italian lady grinds an organ, whilst a girl shakes a tambourine. According to the caption accompanying this picture, the babies next to the wheeled organ are sometime used as a means to draw in
Street music: organ grinder claimant, 1873The " nobleman" organ grinder: a claimant to a title whilst on tour through the Irish provinces. Though he refused to name himself
Street music: Unfair competition, 1892A London organ grinder plying his trade finds he can t compete when he plays outside the Royal Albert Hall. Date: 1892
Street music: Talent appreciated, 1869A cook and parlourmaid admire an organ grinder and his " expressive" playing from a downstairs window. Date: 1869
Street music: Bob the dancing dog, 1816Blind street musician Charles Wood with his organ and dancing dog Bob. Date: 1816
