Making Collection (page 44)

Wilhelm I / Vfair 1871
KAISER WILHELM I Emperor of Germany, making a meal of it during the Franco- Prussian War, egged on by Carl V, 16th c Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain

Curtain Makers 1900
German women making various lace and cotton curtains

Making Jews Harps 1932
A woman and two children making Jews Harps, a primitive musical instrument, in the Steyr valley, Austria. They are bought by a Birmingham firm for export to Aborigines

Cupet, Explorer
CUPET French explorer in southern Annam (now part of Vietnam) making contact with the native populations

Marcel Treich-Laplene
MARCEL TREICH-LAPLENE French trader, explorer and administrator in west Africa, making treaties and trade agreements with native rulers

Making Rubber in Brazil
A Brazilian native making india-rubber on the Madeira River

German Hay 1570
Making hay in July while the sun shines

Hay Making 1600
A farmer and his wife rake the hay and fork it into stooks, while another couple shelter from the sun and enjoy a little cuddle

18th Century Haymakers
A farming family bring in the hay

MOWING HAY, 1907
La Fauchaison - Mowing in a French hay field

Carpet-Mending / Istanbul
In Istanbul, Turkey, two young boys expertly mend holes in carpets

Paper Making / German / 1570
Paper making in Germany

New Mexican Baking 1908
New Mexico : women of the Acoma people bake their bread in a communal outdoor oven shared by a number of families

Making Machine Parts
A man making machine parts

Weighing Ivory Tusks
From jungle to dressing table. Weighing elephant tusks for making into brush handles, billiard balls and other beautiful objects for ladies dressing tables

Back from Longchamp 1799
A lady makes her way back from Longchamp, on the outskirts of Paris, in a shower of rain : her high-waisted, low-cut dress will be soaked, making it more revealing than ever

Making a Wooden Wheel
A man using a saw to make a wooden wheel

Painting a Globe
The globes are painted black and the map drawn on in white paint

Candle-Making C18 France
The processes of candle-making in 18th century France

Matchbox Making / London
The whole family, including a number of children, make matchboxes in their home, Bow in Londons east end

Box Making in London
A little girl helps her mother by carrying the boxes she has just stuck together, while her sister plays on the floor

Woman Peels Pears 1930S
A woman peels some pears in the process of making pear ginger jam, whilst sitting at the kitchen table

Modern Haymaking / 1950
Haymaking with a modern haycart. Using a motor van for gathering and transporting a fine crop of hay in the Wirral, Cheshire

A Girls Education
A handsome girl is taught to dance, watched by her mother who knows how valuable this accomplishment is in making an advantageous marriage... the facial expressions are superb!

Argentina Postman
Making deliveries in the mountain regions, the Argentine postman uses mules

Afghan Toy-Maker
An Afghan toy-maker, who would surely have had his hands cut off by the Taliban for making human images, a function reserved for Allah alone

The Dollmaker (Female)
The doll-maker offers her wares in the street

The Dollmaker (Male)
The doll-maker sells his wares in the street

Steam Hammer, Ironworks
A steam hammer at work in a British ironworks, making a ships anchor

Electric Str. Light U. K
Electric lighting comes to Piccadilly, London, making life easier for pedestrians, cyclists, cabbies and motorists

The Unfortunate Merchant
A merchant receives news that the ship in whose cargo he had invested all his capital is sunk, and with it all his hopes of making his fortune. Ah, the vanity of human wishes!

Making Model Ships
Grandfather teaches his grandsons how to thread rigging onto the model ship he is making. The two well- behaved boys look captivated

Sugar-Cane-Making Sugar
A Representation of the SUGAR-CANE and the Art of Making Sugar

Man Writing in Ledger
A young man making an entry in a ledger with a fountain pen. He sits at a desk with a wire in-tray and stacks of card index drawers behind him

Harbutts Plasticine
A boy and a girl making models out of Harbutts plasticine

Leaving Antwerp
Hundreds of thousands of Belgians retreat to Antwerp before the German advance, making their getaway as best they can : in a few hours, the city will be deserted

Air Atlantic Crossing
Making the transatlantic crossing by air won t be so very different from doing it by sea - we ll be air-sick instead of sea-sick, but it will be just as boring

Alfred Making Laws
King Alfred forms a code of laws, and divides Britain into a network of counties

Making Nativity Figures
A young woman paints figures for a nativity scene

Stamping Metal Toys 1890
Workers stamp metal toys in a factory

Boy Starts Making Kite
A boy starts to make a kite

Racial / Medicine Pony
Sioux Indians making a medicine pony

Racial / Zuni Bread 1882
A Zuni family making he-we (paper bread)

Diderot Horn Making
Making horns in a French atelier

C18 Chamber Instruments
Chamber instruments used in private music-making

Sport for Disabled / 1895
Sport for the disabled at Nogent-sur-Marne - men with wooden legs competing for first place

Bleriot before Take-Off
Anzani, who built Bleriots motor, exchanges a few final words before the aviator takes off on his history-making flight to Dover

Portable Microphone
Film-making with a portable microphone, in the early days of sound cinema : a scene during the making of Schloss Hubertus in Germany

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