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Industry Collection (page 4)

Background imageIndustry Collection: LANCASTER, Lancashire

LANCASTER, Lancashire
Birds eye view of Lancaster, Lancashire

Background imageIndustry Collection: Female Lumberjacks

Female Lumberjacks
Two young women, female lumberjacks, chopping wood with huge axes on a college farm in Finchley, north London, England

Background imageIndustry Collection: Stack of Bricks

Stack of Bricks
An old man stacking bricks in an industrial brick yard. Date: early 1930s

Background imageIndustry Collection: Bermondsey Glue Factory

Bermondsey Glue Factory
Glue makers field at Bermondsey

Background imageIndustry Collection: Various coopers tools

Various coopers tools
Various tools used by a cooper or barrel maker, including mallets, a hammer, a hatchet and a knife

Background imageIndustry Collection: Tools used by a saddler and upholsterer

Tools used by a saddler and upholsterer
Various tools used by a saddler and upholsterer, including pliers, pincers, skewers, needles and a knife

Background imageIndustry Collection: Open gas street light at Kings Cross

Open gas street light at Kings Cross
A street view with an open gas street light in the foreground, two high walls to either side of the road, a man walking, traffic on the road

Background imageIndustry Collection: Lancashire Weaver / 1890S

Lancashire Weaver / 1890S
A weaver in a Lancashire cotton mill

Background imageIndustry Collection: Cadburys / From Above

Cadburys / From Above
Cadbury s; a birds eye view of the Bournville Works and the workers homes

Background imageIndustry Collection: Coal Narrow Boats

Coal Narrow Boats
A pair of laden narrow boats, with their cargoes of coal, passing through a lock on the Grand Union Canal near Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Background imageIndustry Collection: Smoke of the Potteries

Smoke of the Potteries
The pall of smoke from the factories of the Potteries - the six towns of Staffordshire where the ceramic industry is located. Date: early 20th century

Background imageIndustry Collection: Icis Imperial Image

Icis Imperial Image
ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) helps Britannia rule the waves in the great days when the word imperial is one to be proud of !

Background imageIndustry Collection: London Docks 1930S

London Docks 1930S
Barges, cranes and tramp steamers at the London Docks

Background imageIndustry Collection: Factory Workers 1930S

Factory Workers 1930S
Factory workers leaving the engineering and ship repairing factories of R. & H. Green and Silley Weir Ltd

Background imageIndustry Collection: At the Coal Face / 1869

At the Coal Face / 1869
Two men mining for coal

Background imageIndustry Collection: Promotional jigsaw, Beechams Pills and Powders

Promotional jigsaw, Beechams Pills and Powders. circa 1930s

Background imageIndustry Collection: Redmayne & Isherwood

Redmayne & Isherwood
Redmayne and Isherwood, cotton and engine waste, Blackburn. Date: 1920

Background imageIndustry Collection: WW2 poster, Fairey Aviation Company

WW2 poster, Fairey Aviation Company. Date: 1940s

Background imageIndustry Collection: Brochure illustration, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton

Brochure illustration, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, showing the Footshape Works where the boots and shoes are made, with addresses of branches below, in London, Bradford, Brighton and Leicester

Background imageIndustry Collection: Cotton Dye Works

Cotton Dye Works
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Cotton Dye Works Date: 1927-1933

Background imageIndustry Collection: Outwood Windmills

Outwood Windmills
The old (17th century) windmills at Outwood, near Redhill, Surrey, England. The one in the foreground was built in 1665 and is (in 2006) Britains oldest working windmill. Date: late 1930s

Background imageIndustry Collection: Dressing Shetland Shawls

Dressing Shetland Shawls
Women from the Shetland Islands dress Shetland wool shawls on large racks Date: 1908

Background imageIndustry Collection: Scotch Fishwives at work - Eyemouth

Scotch Fishwives at work - Eyemouth
Scotch Fisher Lassies at work - Eyemouth in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders. Standing by the herring barrels Date: circa 1907

Background imageIndustry Collection: Miner working in a coal seam, South Wales

Miner working in a coal seam, South Wales
A miner, stripped to the waist, with a pick resting across his shoulder and a lamp in his hand, in a coal seam in South Wales

Background imageIndustry Collection: Main Office Entrance, Port Sunlight

Main Office Entrance, Port Sunlight. Port Sunlight is a garden village which was founded in 1888 by Lever to house his soap factory workers

Background imageIndustry Collection: Loseley Farm, Surrey

Loseley Farm, Surrey
Loseley Farm, near Ewhurst, Surrey, which will become famous for its dairy produce in days to come

Background imageIndustry Collection: HAYLE, Cornwall

HAYLE, Cornwall
Fishing vessels in the harbour at Hayle, Cornwall

Background imageIndustry Collection: Tewkesbury Watermill

Tewkesbury Watermill
This famous old watermill at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, was immortalised by Dinah Mulock Craik in her book John Halifax, Gentleman

Background imageIndustry Collection: Cyclists & Windmills

Cyclists & Windmills
Three men cyclists admire the the two windmills at Outwood, Surrey, England. The left one was built in 1665 and still stands today. The right, built 1790, blew down in a gale 1960

Background imageIndustry Collection: Celebrated Diamonds

Celebrated Diamonds
Celebrated diamonds including; Regent, Ko-hi-noor, Sancy, Eugenie and Le Grand duc de Toscane

Background imageIndustry Collection: CARPENTER / 1870

CARPENTER / 1870
A carpenter planes a piece of wood creating lots of wood shavings

Background imageIndustry Collection: Dyeing Harris Tweed

Dyeing Harris Tweed
Production of Harris Tweed. An old woman from the island dyes the wool in a cauldron- like vessel which sits on an open fire

Background imageIndustry Collection: Bricklayer (Series)

Bricklayer (Series)
Le macon - BRICKLAYER - constructs a brick wall

Background imageIndustry Collection: Fest / Britain / Guide Cover

Fest / Britain / Guide Cover
The cover of an official guide. Following the war, the festival aimed to raise the nations spirits whilst promoting the best in British art, design and industry. Date: 1951

Background imageIndustry Collection: Windmill, Rembrandt

Windmill, Rembrandt
A somewhat dilapidated Dutch windmill

Background imageIndustry Collection: Pyne - Bargemen

Pyne - Bargemen
THAMES BARGE MEN Barges are an essential part of the transport system, bringing coal for fires, hay for horses, by river and canal

Background imageIndustry Collection: Saltaire / Exterior View

Saltaire / Exterior View
SALTAIRE WORKS - exterior view

Background imageIndustry Collection: Scotlands Industrial Souvenir

Scotlands Industrial Souvenir
Don Brothers, Buist and Company Limited - Flax and Jute Spinners and Manufacturers - Scotlands Industrial Souvenir 1905. Date: 1905

Background imageIndustry Collection: Advert, Pullars Dye Works, Perth, Scotland

Advert, Pullars Dye Works, Perth, Scotland. 1905

Background imageIndustry Collection: Advert, Baxter Brothers & Co, Dundee, Scotland

Advert, Baxter Brothers & Co, Dundee, Scotland
Advert for Baxter Brothers & Co Limited, Spinners and Manufacturers of Flax, Hemp and Jute, Dens Works, Dundee, Scotland. 1905

Background imageIndustry Collection: Stripping the bark from the barkcloth tree, Uganda

Stripping the bark from the barkcloth tree, Uganda. Barkcloth making is an ancient craft of the Baganda people who live in the Buganda kingdom in southern Uganda

Background imageIndustry Collection: Winching men up from the coalface - Wales

Winching men up from the coalface - Wales. Note the Davy lamp hanging off the belt of the man in the centre. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageIndustry Collection: Pearces Beef Steak Puddings

Pearces Beef Steak Puddings
Man advertising Pearces Beef Steak Puddings, 1891 Date: 1891

Background imageIndustry Collection: Wool Poster

Wool Poster
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Wool Date: 1927-1933

Background imageIndustry Collection: Crew of a Scottish purse seiner, Falmouth, Cornwall

Crew of a Scottish purse seiner, Falmouth, Cornwall
The crew of a Scottish purse seiner, at Falmouth, Cornwall. A seine net is usually a long flat net like a fence, with weights on it, which catches the fish by encircling them. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageIndustry Collection: Farriers Shop

Farriers Shop
An interesting old farriers shop at Ripley, Yorkshire, England, with horseshoes hanging from the ceiling. Date: 1930s

Background imageIndustry Collection: Great Pabst Brewery - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Great Pabst Brewery - Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The inset image is the brewery in 1844 - quite different from the main factory seen in 1909! Date: 1909

Background imageIndustry Collection: Women working during the First World War

Women working during the First World War. Above: in a weapons factory, filling shells with explosives. Below: an outdoor scene with a woman bus conductor



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