Machine Collection (#47)

Depart de MM. Charles & Robert, du Jardin des Tuilleries dans leur machine aerostatique, le 1er decembre 1783. Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles

Joseph Montgolfier de l Academie des sciences, belles lettres, et artes de Lyon, inveniteur de la machine aerostatique ou ballon

Close-up view of damaged 1903 machine, rudder frame broken in landing, on ground at end of last flight. Date 1903 Dec. 17

Flight 29: machine close to the ground, Orville piloting, covering a distance of 640 feet in 15 seconds; Dayton, Ohio. Date 1904 Aug. 13

Couple playing slot machine, Raceland, Louisiana. Date 1938 Sept.-Oct

Side view of flight 41, showing the machine traveling to the right, with double horizontal rudder in front and double vertical rudder behind, as Orville flew 12 miles; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

1903 machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to the December 14th trial. Four men from the Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station helped move it from the shed to the hill

Wilbur in prone position in damaged machine, on ground after unsuccessful trial of December 14, 1903, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Photographs shows the shadow cast by the photographer. Date 1903 Dec

Long-range view of machine on launching track, showing hangar nearby and hummocky ground of former swamp at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio. Date 1904 June or July

The fun machine, Who is who. Date c1899

Start of the first flight of 1905, Orville Wright at controls of the machine, near the hangar at Huffman Prairie. The two figures in the center are probably Wilbur Wright and Charles E. Taylor

1903 machine and large camp building where it was housed, and smaller building used as a workshop and living quarters at Kill Devil Hills. Date 1903 Nov. 24

Long-range view of flight 69, in which Orville covered a distance of 358 feet in 1 minute and 31 seconds, large tree in the foreground, machine in the background; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

A picture-taking machine in the lobby at the United Nations service center. Date 1943 Dec

1903 machine, front view. Date 1903

Flight 23: front view of the machine in flight to the right, Orville at the controls, making two complete circles of the field at Huffman Prairie in 2 minutes and 45 seconds; Dayton, Ohio

Girl using adding machine. Date between 1930 and 1935?

A glide with the double-rudder machine moving to the left, north slope of Big Kill Devil Hill. Date 1902 Oct. 2

Damaged machine to the right of the launching track at the end of flight 31, piloted by Orville. The tall, white-shirted man in the foreground may be Charles E

The remodeled 1905 Wright machine, altered to allow the operator to assume a sitting position and to provide a seat for a passenger, on the launching track at Kill Devil Hills

Flight 30: machine close to the ground, Wilbur piloting, covering a distance of 784 feet in 22 3/4 seconds; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio. Date 1904 Aug. 13

Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end of glider (rebuilt with single vertical rudder), Orville lying prone in machine, and Dan Tate at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Flight 19: Orville piloting, covering a distance of 356 feet, machine close to the ground; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio. Date 1904 Aug. 5

Powered 1903 machine in the shop. Date 1903

Bathing machine
Illustration of an Edwardian lady entering the sea from a bathing machine.Date: circa 1903

Pattern of Threads in Bobbin-net Lace
An enlarged illustration of the pattern of threads in the lace produced by a bobbin-net machine. Date: 1843

Advertisement for refrigeration equipment for ships
Advertisement for the Dry Air Refrigerator or Freezing Machine, from the Haslam Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd of Derby, showing refrigeration equipment for ships. circa 1883

Sarata-Monteoru - Romania
The Salt Spa Baths at Sarata-Monteoru - The Machine Halls Date: circa 1910s

Automatic train ticket machine, 1904
A novel idea introduced in 1904 of an automatic booking clerk available at Homerton railway station in East London, enabling early morning workmen to buy a train ticket for 2d by putting money in

Metropolitan Police communications room, London
View of a Metropolitan Police communications room, showing three officers sitting at desks on the right. There are several push button telephones

Poster: Simple jobs that girls can do to help win the war. 1940s

Bootmakers in Cyprus
Making traditional Cypriot heavy boots in Cyprus Date: circa 1910s

American machine gun platoon advancing, France, WW1
American 80th Division machine gun platoon advancing through woods between La Chalade and Le Claeon, Argonne, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 29 October 1918

German Naval Corps on Belgian coast, WW1
German Naval Corps of a Marine Artillery Regiment keeping watch against enemy attack on the Belgian coast during the First World War. They are on the sea wall, armed with machine guns

American soldiers with German machine gun, WW1
American soldiers manning a captured German machine gun on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1918

Belgian soldiers retreating to Antwerp, WW1
Belgian soldiers retreating to Antwerp soon after the start of the First World War, with dogs pulling machine guns. Date: August 1914

Taking coffee in bed
A well-to-do lady takes her breakfast coffee in bed. She has an elaborate coffee machine / percolator on her bedside table! Date: 1905

Imperial Hotel
THE IMPERIAL HOTEL - Hotel De Luxe - Orchestra daily in Winter Gardens - Telephones on All Floora - Tape Machine - Snack Bar - Turkish Baths - Running Hot and Cold Water Date: 1920s

American gunners and transport near St Mihiel, France, WW1
American gunners and transport making a stop on a road near St Mihiel, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1918

American machine gunners, Villers-Tournelle, France, WW1
American machine gunners firing on Germans across no mans land, near Villers-Tournelle, Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: May 1918

Italian soldiers fighting in the Dolomites
The Italians fought a ferocious war in the mountains of the Dolomites during the First World War - not only against each other but also against the hostile conditions. Date: circa 1916

Australian gunners returning from trenches, France, WW1
2nd Australian Division machine gunners returning from the trenches in northern France during the First World War. The ruined village of Contalmaison can be seen in the distance. Date: September 1916

Russian machine gunners in Galicia, WW1
Russian machine gunners marching through a captured town in Galicia on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1915

Machine gun section in a forest, Russian Front, WW1
A machine gun section, probably of the Austro-Hungarian army, in action in a forest on the Russian Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Walking Machne
Walking Machine, with canvas seat for when the invalid needs a rest. [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

An advertisement for Victors Horse-Action Saddle
An advertisement for a horse saddle exercise machine. Date: 25th January 1896

Santa Claus Flying Round The Earth In His New Aerial Car, by
A colour illustration showing Father Christmas speeding up his deliveries by using a flying machine as his sleigh. Date: 23rd November 1907

Karaganda, Kazakhstan - Camels pulling sleds of ore
The machine shop of the old smelting works at Karaganda, Kazakhstan Date: 1909

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