Making Collection (#37)

Hay Making C16 Germany
Two 16th century German hay makers at work. Date: 1553

Boy Making Toys C1900
A boy in a sailors outfit works on a model sailing ship. Date: circa 1900

Paper Making Machine1853
A paper making machine Date: 1853

Little Idas Flowers
The botanical professor sees a stinging nettle making signs with its leaves to a red carnation. Date: 1932

Hayot Quartet
THE HAYOT QUARTET making music: Hayot, Touche, Salmon and Denayer Date: 1903

Making Macaroni
Making macaroni in Napoli - the strings of paste hanging out to dry Date: 1886

Making Shaving Brushes
Two women washing and sterilising bristles, an important part of the dressing and preparation of badger hair for the manufacture of shaving brushes. Date: 1 March 1933

Childrens Orchestra
Demonstrating the love of music that is innate in all human creatures, these six children have formed an impromptu orchestra and are making music together... Date: 1871

Belt Workshop 18th C
Men and women making belts in a French workshop in the 18th century. Date: Circa 1760

Playing Cards Workshop
Men making playing cards in a French workshop in the 18th century. Date: Circa 1760

Button Makers in 18th C
Three button makers in a french factory in the 18th century. The buttons they are making here are in metal. Date: Circa 1760

Saddlers in the 18th C
Saddlers at work in a french shop in the 18th century making equipment for horses Date: Circa 1760

Building a Haystack
Building a haystack Date: 1957

Pompeii Bakery
A bakery in Ancient Rome, reconstructed from the excavations at Pompeii Date: ancient

Glass Factory
Making bottles in a glass factory, France. Date: 1862

Plan of the engine taken above the working beam Date: 1795

Top of the connecting rod Date: 1795

Gear, front and side view

Longitudinal section of the boiler houses and chimneys Date: 1795

Cross section of engines and boiler houses Date: 1795

Side view of the engine framing Date: 1795

Cross section of the boilers Date: 1795

Front view of the engine Date: 1795

Edge view of the rotative motion Date: 1795

Plan of the engine and boiler houses Date: 1795

Matchmakers filling frames with wax strands
Women working at a matchmaking factory fill frames with wax strands

Industrial lacemaking machine, Nottingham
An industrial lacemaking machine at Messrs Pratt, Hurst & Co Ltd, Nottingham, with two men at work

Gipsy woman making tea, Charlwood, Surrey
A gipsy woman making tea in the open air at an encampment in the Newdigate area of Charlwood, Surrey. There is a loaf of white bread and a plate of uncooked bacon on the table

Ole. Tonnesen, blacksmith and wagon shop, Iowa

Sailmaker - Penzance, Cornwall
An elderly sailmaker (Arthur Willoughby), working in the traditional way in Penzance, Cornwall

Double page spread in a diary for 13-18 June
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 13-18 June. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Policeman at a building society premises
A policeman at a London branch of the Halifax Building Society, making notes in his notebook

Clog makers in the Wye Valley, Mid Wales
A large group of clog makers in the Wye Valley, probably in the Mid Wales area

Knitting pattern
A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a tuck-in blouse. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing

Recipe for a midsummer hotpot
Wartime recipe, incorporating a multitude of vegetables along with bacon scaps and cheese

Radio Operator - Metropolitan Police. A list of a name form of the phonetic alphabet is propped up on his desk Date: circa 1940s

The perfume industry in Bulgaria
Distillation of roses in a factory in Kazanik, Bulgaria, followed by the maceration of the petals in olive oil

Mat and cone making, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Mat and cone making at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Boot workshop, NIPRCC, East Harling, Norfolk
Boot-making workshop at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Carpenters yard, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Boys making beehives in the carpenters yard at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Bakery, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
Scene in the bakery at Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London. Prisoners are making bread under the supervision of the prison cook who wears a chefs overalls and hat

Matchbox making at home, East End of London
A woman with her three children engaged in making matchboxes at their home in the East End of London. The work, which involved pasting and assembling the boxes, was notoriously badly paid

Lewisham Hospital kitchens, south east London
Uniformed catering staff prepare meals in the kitchens of Lewisham Hospital in south east London. A cook at the right is making up plates of salad. Large metal boxes carry the names of hospital wards

Young girl making lace on the pavement
A young girl making lace on the pavement with a large number of bobbins

Brushmakers Shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway
Brushmakers shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. In 1870, Thomas Barnardo set up a home for destitute boys at 18-26 Stepney Causeway

Shoemaking Workshop, Holborn Union Workhouse, Mitcham
The shoemaking workshop at the Holborn Union workhouse, Mitcham, Surrey. Male inmates are at work making and repairing shoes for use in the workhouse

Indian Goldsmiths at work

Julliens Chimes Quadrilles, music sheet
Cover design for a music sheet containing the French conductor Louis Antoine Julliens Chimes Quadrilles, building on the success of Charles Dickens second Christmas book, The Chimes

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