Making Collection (#35)

Matchmaking in Ireland - two old women negotiate a match over a cup of tea as the potential bride and groom look on with keen interest Date: circa 1908

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (2 / 4)
Making toilet ware at Burslem, Staffs (making the jugs for jug and basin sets). Date: circa 1910s

Naughty children making a mess

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (3 / 4)
Potter at his wheel (in his 80th year!) making vases Date: circa 1910s

Patchwork Quilters
A group of ladies making patchwork quilts together. Date: 1930s

THE TALKIES
A live orchestra synchronizing music and sound to a film screen. Date: circa 1930

Steamer Making Waves
The bow wave of a River Clyde pleasure steamer, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Grand Union Canal Boats
Holiday making by canal! A pair of converted narrow boats, with their cargo of happy holidaymakers, on the Grand Union Canal near Heyford Wharf, Northamptonshire. Date: 1960s

Hay - Accident
Farm accident! Haystacks spilling off the hay trailer! Date: 1960s

Carpet Factory
One of the older parts of the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory, Wiltshire, England, where the famous Wilton and Axminster carpets were manufactured until a takeover in 1995. Date: early 18th century

Making a Cake
Cracking eggs into a cake mix in a baking bowl. Date: 1980

Record Making Boat Trip
Four Englishmen - A. Brown (at wheel), G.D. Mallett and (with backs to camera), L.T. Davidson and E. Oldenbury, in a hand propelled boat from London to the Black Sea. Date: 1933

Brush Making
Young brushmakers knotting bristles after dipping them in pitch, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1950s

Rope Making
Short rope making, keeping the strands together while they are being twisted, in the village of Rope-Walk, Hawes, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1950s

MAKING A TRUG BASKET
Shaping a trug basket at Herstmonceux, Sussex, England. 1940s

Trug Basket Maker
An old Sussex trug basket maker, making traditional baskets by hand, Herstmonceux, Sussex, England. 1940s

Empire Day Flags 1930S
British women making Union Jack flags for Empire Day, when the British Empire was celebrated in Britain and the Commonwealth. Date: early 1930s

Large Ships Buoy
A large ships buoy, with an anchor chain attached, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

England / Honiton
England/Honiton

Hay Horse and Cart
Horses harnessed to a hay cart at harvest time. Date: 1930s

Thames Valley Floods
Cars making slow progress through the flooded roads near Chertsey, Surrey, England. The roads in the low-lying districts of the Thames Valley were flooded due to storms. Date: 12 December 1929

Costume Jewellery
Making costume jewellery, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1960s

Making Poppies
Making artifical poppies of linen or silk, at the British Legion, for Remembrance Day, in memory of those who so bravely gave their lives during World War One. Date: 1940

Kneading Bread Dough
Kneading bread dough. Date: 1980

Science Verus Religion
A group of Italian priests making astronomical observations through a telescope at the Torre Metrologica, Rome, Italy. Date: 1930s

Horse-Drawn Hay Rake
Haymaking with a horse-drawn hay rake on a farm in Northamptonshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Thomas Edward Bowdich
THOMAS EDWARD BOWDICH English traveller in Africa, making important discoveries in West Africa, writing about them in books and articles. Date: 1791 - 1874

Making Queen Elizabeth IIs coronation robe
Miss Ruby Essan of Wimbledon engaged in her task of making the embroidered crown for the coronation robe of Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal School of Needlework

Sudan - Jur Tribesman making a Grain Bin at Bahr-el-Ghazal Date: circa 1910s

Myanmar - Umbrella Makers Date: 1912

Anti-German cartoon, German boar and French rabbits, WW1
An anti-German cartoon by a French satirical cartoonist, showing some French rabbits making fun of a large German boar during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Dr Syntax making his will
A comfortable looking Dr Syntax dictates the conditions of his will

Making a discovery
Whilst sketching in the gardens of a church, Dr Syntax notices the advances of a gentleman towards a young lady

British torpedo boat destroyers at sea, WW1
British torpedo boat destroyers at sea during the First World War, making a smoke screen to protect a convoy. Date: 1914-1918

Marwari Tailors, India - Manufacture Clothing Fabric
India - Manufacture of Clothing Fabric - Marwari Tailors. Marwaris are a Rajasthani people (an Indo-Aryan ethnic group), who inhabit the Rajasthan region of India. Date: 1904

Biscuit manufacturing display, Festival of Britain, London
Aerial view of a biscuit manufacturing display, making ice cream wafers, in the Central Hall of the Power and Production Building, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London. Date: May 1951

Churning Butter - Normandy, France Date: circa 1910

Craftsman at a cabinet makers, Shoreditch, London
An old craftsman finishes off a drawer with a plane, at a Shoreditch cabinet makers. 1940s

Flip-Flap, Franco-British Exhibition, London
View of the Flip-Flap ride at the Franco-British Exhibition, held at White City, West London. It is next to a building exhibiting Glass Making. Date: 1908

Cabinet makers, Shoreditch, London 1940s
Two men operate a machine at a cabinet makers in Shoreditch, London. 1940s

Great Indian Exhibition, Paris -- nine Indian men
Great Indian Exhibition (Grande Exposition India), held in Paris, showing nine Indian men with their arts and crafts. Date: 1902

Selecting timber at a cabinet makers, Shoreditch, London
A man selects a piece of wood at a cabinet makers in Shoreditch, London. 1940s

Filming of Blanche Fury
Scene during the filming of the movie Blanche Fury directed by Marc Allegret and adapted from the novel by Joseph Shearing

Manufacture of war medals, Royal Mint
Manufacture of General Service cupro-nickel war medals at the Royal Mint, when output was increased to half a million per week. circa 1940s

Prisoner making shoes, Millbank Prison
Prisoner at work making shoes in cell at Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862

Cabinet maker, Shoreditch, London 1940s
A man screws doors to a cabinet or cupboard at a cabinet makers in Shoreditch, London. 1940s

Portugal - Ponta Delgada - Colonial Exhibition of 1901. A stand describing cheese making in one of Portugals International possessions. Date: 1901

Russian Basket Maker Date: circa 1907

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