Making Collection (page 11)

Daily Chronicle newspaper 1900
Making curved plates for offset printing, on cylinders. Date: 1900

Method of making the Tower Bell for Westminster 1856
Showing the method for making the Great Clock, Big Ben, using a mould. Date: 1856

Persian Rug Making, Glasgow 1843
A weaver operates a Persian rug-making loom at a Glasgow carpet factory. Date: 1843

Prices Patent Candle Companys Works 1849
No. 1, Candle manufacturing process at Prices Patent Candle Company: Spreading and stripping department. Date: 1849

Prices Patent Candle Companys Works 1861
Interior of candle manufacturing process at Prices Patent Candle Company in Battersea, London. Date: 1861

Steam sewing factory 1854
A large clothes manufactures at Holloway and Co factory, here you can see twenty machines at work, driven by steam power attended by young women. Date: 1854

Button-making, Elliots Button Factory, Birmingham 1844
Women working at long benches stamping, pressing and punching on buttons at Elliots Factory, Birmingham. Date: 1844

Button Making, Elliotts Factory, Birmingham 1844
A woman sits in front of a gilding oven at Elliotts Button Factory, Birmingham. The buttons are coated in a mixture of mercury and gold

Oldest lace-worker in bucks 1904
Old lady sitting with a pillow with bobbins and pins. Date: 1904

Crosfields soap works, Warrington 1886
Various scenes in order of the interior and exterior of Joseph Crosfield & Sons, Soap Works at Bank Quarry, Warrington, Cheshire. Date: 1886

Elkingtons Electro-plate Factory, Birmingham 1844
The silver deposit room at Elkingtons Electro-plate Factory, Birmingham. The objects to be plated are connected to an electrical cable (routed across the ceiling)

Bobbin-net Machine at a Nottingham Lace Factory 1843
Bobbin-net lace making machine, invented by John Heathcoat in the 1750s. Date: 1843

Jacquard Apparatus at Becks Lace Factory, Nottingham 1843
Jacquard punched coded card apparatus at Becks Lace Factory, Nottingham. The arrangement of the holes in successive cards determined the pattern produced in the lace-making machine to which

POLLARD WILLOWS
Pollard willows, used for basket making, Somerset, England. Date: 1950s

CHINESE PROPAGANDA
Chinese propaganda against the French depicting them making fat from human bodies and then using the fat to make soap Date: 1892

BANG BANG
Full-length portrait of a model in a checked shirt and cropped jeans poses with her fingers making a gun. Date: late 1960s

MAKING A BLACKBERRY PIE
Fresh blackberries (brambles) in an enamel bowl, ready for the rolled out pastry to be put on top and baked into a delicious pie. Date: 1930s

A GIANT HAYSTACK
Farm hands making a giant haystack on a farm in England. Date: 1930s

MAKING NUT CUTLETS
A houswife rolling up nut cutlets into balls, ready to be coated in breadcrumbs before frying them and serving them garnished with parsley. Date: 1930s

MAKING MARMALADE 1930S
A young woman slicing oranges to make marmalade. Date: 1930s

HAPPILY MAKING THE BED
An attractive, happy housewife making a bed. Date: 1960s

PILLOW LACE INDUSTRY
Learning from Grannie! A little girl is learning the art of making pillow lace, an industry carried on by cottagers of Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England. Date: 1930s

TELEVISION SOUND 1930
Making a sound recording for television. Date: 1930

TAPESTRY MAKING 1930S
A woman makes a tapestry, tracing the design from a canvas. Date: 1930s

TOOLS FOR MAKING VELVET
THE TOOLS FOR MAKING OF VELVET. Date: circa 1730

MAKING GLOBES 1930S
Making globes: The girl is pasting newspaper over a globe shape. The globe is then baked in an oven until hard. The boy is preparing a half globe for joining. Date: 1930s

GLASS MAKING 1755 - 3
The Grinding Pollishing of PLATE GLASS. Date: 1755

GLASS MAKING 1755 - 2
The Casting and Running of PLATE GLASS. The man in the background is breaking up lumps of raw Glass which will be melted in the furnace. Date: 1755

GLASS MAKING 1755 - 1
Glass makers at work round their furnace. Date: 1755

ARTIFICIAL MAGNETS
The Method of making Artifical MAGNETS - as you see, its very easy when you know how. Date: 1755

SATIRE ON HENRI III
Henri III, murdered by the monk Jacques Clement with the encouragement of the Catholic League, is conveyed to Hell for his wickedness in making a deal with Henri de Navarre. Date: 1 August 1589

CAKE ICING GUN
For filling flans or icing cakes, this icing gun is invaluable. It is supplied with several attachments for making different fillings and icing designs. Date: 1930s

BOYS TAUGHT TRADES
Two boys in a workshop at the London School for Mental Defectives: the children are taught trades such as upholstery, carpentry and boot making Date: 1931

MANUFACTURING GLOBES
A man making globes by sticking two halves together Date: 1930s

C17 RUNNERS
Boyes exercife themfelves in runing in the open field, making a line, which he that defireth to win, ought to touch, but not to run beyond it. Date: 1658

INSPIRED BY RUSKIN 1874
Inspired by their professor John Ruskin, Oxford students blister their hands making a road on a farm at Hinkney, thereby learning that work is a form of art. Or something. Date: 1874

USING TWO SAUCEPANS
Two saucepans are used to make a sauce. Date: late 19th century

MAKING PRESERVES 1851
A French housewife makes preserves. Date: 1851

MAKING FOR THE SANDS
THIS IS ME MAKING FOR THE SANDS EVERY MORNING - I DONT WASTE ANY TIME ! Date: 1924

Dr Syntax sketching the lake
Dr Syntax in Englands Lake District sketches the scene before him. At this time, tourists carried sketch books the way later travellers would carry cameras. Date: 1815

A THIRST-MAKING HAUL 1879
A thirst-making haul... How far to The Jolly Anglers ? Date: 1879

FRENCH WOMEN / MUNITIONS
A French woman in a munitions factory imagines what the effect of the shells she is making will be. Date: 1917

BUILDING MINI CITIES
Miniature cities are built for exhibitions in America. Date: 1928

CLIMBER ON ROCKFACE
Making his way up a sheer rockface, a climber considers his next move. Date: 1930s

The Sandman sprinkles his sand in childrens eyes making them feel sleepy

COCKNEY BLACKSMITH / 1932
Mr Charles Mitchell, the village smithy of Pyecombe, Sussex, claims to be a real cockney. Pyecombe forge have been making their famous crooks for centuries. Date: 29 September 1932

Manufacture of lint for the army in Crimea 1855
Manufacture of lint for the army in Crimea Date: 1855

ERICSSON TABLE PHONE - 2
A table instrument by the Ericsson Company of Stockholm, Sweden. The handle on the side is turned when making a call, to alert the exchange. Date: circa 1905

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