Laying Collection (page 5)

America, home of $$$
America - where the dollars come from! Date: 1924

Peter Cooper
PETER COOPER American manufacturer and philanthropist. A backer in the laying of the Atlantic Cable. Also ran for President. Date: 1791 - 1883

Raleigh and Cloak
Sir WALTER RALEIGH depicted in the act of laying his cloak over a puddle so that his friend Queen Elizabeth shall not get her royal footwear muddied Date: 1554 - 1618

Laying Cider Apples
Laying the fruit in the apple loft of a Devon farm Date: 1850

Bunny and Poultry
A bunny plays the flute while a cock and hen dance, doubtless celebrating the laying of two eggs which lie close by Date: early 20th century

Sir Charles Tilston Bright, engineer
SIR CHARLES TILSTON BRIGHT English telegraph engineer, in charge of laying submarine cables Date: 1832 - 1888

Kitchener lays foundation stone, near Luxor, Egypt
Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener(1850-1916), laying the foundation stone of an Agricultural College near Luxor

Laid up for repairs
Young Dutch boy laying across mothers lap gets his trousers darned. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1915

Night workers laying an electric cable in London 1900
Workmen working in the streets at night laying electrical cable. Date: 1900

Laying foundation stone, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Ceremony for the laying of a foundation stone for School No. 11 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. Date: 1907

Foundation stone laying at Pratt, Kansas, USA
Foundation stone laying ceremony for a Freemasons Lodge at Pratt, Kansas, USA. Date: 1912

Laying a railway track near Lima, Ohio, USA
Men at work laying a railway track near Lima, Ohio, USA, with a field of wheat in the foreground. Date: circa 1900

Laying of Commemoration Stone, Thought to be Keighley Area, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1920s

Workers Laying Tram Track, England. Date: 1900s

King George V, places first wreath on the Cenotaph
On 11th November 1919, the first anniversary of Armistice day, the Britsh nation, in reponse to an invitation by King George V

Blisworth - Captain Elmhursts house seen in 1905 and now a listed building. Captain Elmhurst was a keen polo player and lived at the house until he died around 1916

Laying mines, Italian navy, World War One
An Italian navy mine-laying ship, laying mines at sea in 1917 during the First World War. Date: 1917

ILN front cover - laying foundation stone, Thames Embankment
Front cover of The Illustrated London News with an engraving of showing the ceremony of laying the first stone of the Thames Embankment, in front of Whitehall Stairs in July 1864

The Channel Tunnel - hints to Aldermen, Heath Robinson
A well-known magnate of the Port of Dover laying the foundation stone of the tunnel in the Channel. An amusing scene envisaged by William Heath Robinson showing various dignitaries observing

Brigadier General Guggisberg, Ghana, West Africa
Brigadier-General Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg (1869-1930) laying the foundation stone for a building to be constructed by the boy scouts of the Gold Coast, Ghana, West Africa. Date: 1920s

Royal visit to Port Sunlight, April 1914
Double page spread from the Illustrated London News covering the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Port Sunlight, the famous model village

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, laying the foundations. Date: circa 1889

Indian troops in Mesopotamia during World War I
Indian sappers laying telephone cables in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: 1918

LFB firefighter, manual method of hose laying
An LFB firefighter in brass helmet demonstrating the manual method of hose laying, with the hose in folds over his shoulder

Laying the shore end of the Atlantic telegraph cable at Foilhommerum, Isle of Valentia, Ireland. The first attempt at laying a transatlantic cable had been in 1858

WWI tank inkwell
First World War tank inkwell laying on a battlefield mounted on a wooden plinth. Trench Art

WW2 poster, Don t do things by halves! Attention to detail is essential. Only on good workmanship can the sails of victory be set. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Laying the foundation stone, Baden Powell House, London
Scene during the laying of the foundation stone for the new Baden Powell House in Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The site was acquired in 1956, and Ralph Tubbs was appointed architect

Trowel, Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London
The trowel used by Lady Olave Baden Powell in 1959 when she laid the foundation stone for the new Baden Powell House in Queens Gate, South Kensington, London

Guy Fawkes - T-shirt / poster print design MR NICE GUY Date: 1605

Men laying new light railway, Western Front, WW1
Men at work laying a new light railway, so that logs can be transported to a sawmill. On the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers laying a railway, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers laying a railway on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers laying a railway track, France, WW1
British soldiers laying a railway track as they advance on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Mine problem in North Sea by G. H. Davis
The mine problem in the North Sea. The mine layer at work, showing the way in which the mine is held below the water and how it is exploded by a passing ship

The mine used by Germany by G. H. Davis
The mine: a weapon used by Germany for unrestricted warfare. The basic principles of mine laying: a form of naval warfare whose restrictions under international law are ignored by Germany to ensure

Magnetic mine by G. H. Davis
The German magnetic mine: the first diagrams of its working and the methods by which it is laid. Diagrams showing the delicate electrical mechanism which reacts to the weak magnetic field set up by a

Laying the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty
Laying the corner-stone of the pedestal for M. Bartholdis Statue of Liberty on Bedloes Island, New York, USA. Date: 6th September 1884

Palmerston and Stone
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, third viscount PALMERSTON statesman, depicted laying the foundation stone of the Melbourne Athenaeum, in Derbyshire. Date: 1784-1865

Sunlight Treatment
A group of nurses laying down three babies for sunlight treatment. Date: early 1930s

Air Pageant 1930S
Planes apparently laying colour screens (unfortunately, since this is a black and white photograph!) at an air show. Date: early 1930s

Crazy Paving Vicar
This vicar and his pretty little girl assistant are laying paving in a church yard in Hampstead, North London, England. Date: early 1930s

Laying the Cloth - Illustration for Goldsmiths The Vicar of
Laying the Cloth (1899) (Illustration for Oliver Goldsmiths The Vicar of Wakefield, 1890). Thomson, Hugh 1860 - 1920. Date: 1899

Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms awake from hibernation
Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms during second hibernation phase. Date: circa 1909

Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms feeding on mulberry leaves Date: circa 1909

Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms begin to construct cocoons Date: circa 1909

Japan - Silk Industry - Gathering silkworms from egg paper
Japan - Silk Industry - Gathering the silkworms from the egg paper using a delicate feather brush. Date: circa 1909

Japan - Silk Industry - Bombyx mori Moths lay eggs on paper Date: circa 1909

South Korea - Chosen - Playing traditional local board game Date: circa 1920s

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