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Emperor & staff reconnoitring during the Franco-Prussian WarAbove, an image of the Emperor and staff reconnoitring; below, the Emperors carriage at Metz. The artist, William Simpson, was arrested on suspicion of spying, for making this sketch. Date: 1870
Elderly woman with distaff and spindle, Auvergne, FranceElderly woman with distaff and spindle, Auvergne, Central France. 1922
Woman at a spinning wheel, Dinan, Brittany, Northern FranceWoman at a spinning wheel near Dinan, Brittany, Northern France. 1922
Arab woman with goatskin butter churn, near Cairo, EgyptArab woman with a goatskin butter churn suspended from the broken stem of a date palm, at a village near Cairo, Egypt. A woman stands alongside with a child sitting on her shoulder. Date: 1922
Spiral wooden pump used for water supply, EgyptA man making a spiral pump made of wood, known as a tabut, used for water supply, seen mainly in the Lower Delta area of Egypt. Date: 1922
Snowball fight 1857Children enjoying a wintery day in the snow, making a huge snowball, snow fights and making a traditional snowmen. Date: 1857
Bedouin women making butter in a goatskin, Arabia. Date: 1922
Glass making at Apsley Pellatt Factory, LondonThe manufacture of glass at Apsley Pellatt and company, London. Pictured is the glass cutting room, the making of phials as well as glass blowing. Date: circa 1850
Glass making at Cookson s, South Shields 1844Glass making at Cookson s, South Shields. 1844
Glass making at Cookson s, South Shields: a glass blower making sheet glass. 1844
Women artists making recruitment poster, WW1Two women artists making a recruitment poster at the start of the First World War. 1914
Woman making balls of clay and slack, West CountryWest Country woman making balls of clay and slack (coal), an economical way of keeping fires alight from night to morning
Making sacks and warm clothes for the troops, WW1Women making sacks and warm clothes for the troops in a YMCA hut during the First World War. 1914-1918
Santa Claus in his workshop on a Christmas postcardSanta Claus making a sled in his workshop on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s
Curious carvings by James Henry Pullen at Earlswood Asylum. Pullen was a 70 year old with a genius for model-making and was patronised by King Edward VII who from time to time sent him tusks of ivory
Woman rolling pastryWoman making pastry. Illustration from Delineator magazine. October 1928. Artist anon. Date: 1928
Revival of the Royal Academy Banquet, 1949Winston Churchill making a speech at the Royal Academy banquet at Burlington House, revived after a period of ten years. Sir Alfred Munnings
Hedges & Butlers Wine 1890Series of views of alcohol being produced for Hedges & Butler s, to be sold in Regent Street, London. 1890
Pressing house at Chateau D estournel 1871Vintage of medoc: cuvier or pressing-house at Chateau D estournel. 1871
Vintage in Medoc: Vineyards of Chateau Lafitte 1871Vineyards of Chateau Lafitte. 1871
Pottey - Pressers at work 1880sPottery pressing. Date: 1880s
Pottey -slip-house 1880sPotteries putting or taking-out slip from the ground. Date: 1880s
Staffordshire pottery 1884Flat presser, making plates. Date: 1884
Silhouette drawing 1886Youthful artist drawing round the outline of an unamused young girls silhouette using a light. 1886
Frank Lloyd, head of the paper-making firm
Making a poppy chainA group of young children in a field making a poppy chain. Date: 1912
Village girls, 1890sCountry girls making their way down a hillside path carrying baskets and bundles of ferns. Date: 1890s
Barrel leveling, trussing and hooping machine 1875Two separate devices, the first by a machine which compresses the barrel end wise between two disks and other by iron hooks
Machine for bending the barrel hoops 1875This operator bending the barrel hoops. Date: 1875
Stand and lamp for making toast 1909Christmas gift for any table! Elkington plate stand and lamp for making toast for breakfast table, also forming a stand for the kettle. 1909
Breton onion seller with straw base for onionsBreton onion seller making the straw base on which the onions are fastened. Date: circa 1960s
Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1857Christened Leviathan in construction, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, showing the bows with shipbuilders on the sides of the vessel hanging form hoists. Date: 1857
Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1855Christened Leviathan in the early stages, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J
Advert for Hamleys Christmas toys 1929Various toys for girls and boy s, a clockwork Rolls-Royce model car, with four doors that open and rubber tyres. Six electric models to build, for any boy
Making sandcastles - Children at play on the beach, sailing boats, making sand pies. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920
Algerian Basket Weavers Date: circa 1909
Charles James Fox speaking out in Parliament against slaveryCharles James Fox (1749-1806), British Whig Statesman, MP and ardent anti-slavery campaigner, shown here speaking out in Parliament against the slave trade
Dead Polar Bear, Franz Josef Land, 1896Photograph of a Polar bear shot dead by Frederick Jackson, during the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, at Elmwood, Franz Josef Land, 1896
Turkish man making coffee on the hearth in small cups. Date: 1866
Bovril Manufactory, London 1896Bottling and capsuling in Bovril Manufactory, London Date: 1896
LATERAN TREATY 1929Reading the Lateran Treaty outside the Lateran Palace in Rome. It was signed for King Victor Emmanuel III by Mussolini, making Pope Pius XI king of the Vatican State. Date: 1929
Bank Holiday leisure on Hampstead Heath, north west London - a lady rides a donkey nervously through the crowd of people. Date: 1871
Holidaymakers making merry on Hampstead Heath, north west London. Date: 1871
Medieval farmers haymakingMaking hay in June Date: 9th Century
Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 70Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 70, on approach to trap the wire aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise
Dassault-Breguet Super etendards ranged on deck after flyingAeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendards ranged on deck after flying, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise
Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 25Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 25 after trapping the wire, landing on board Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise
LTV F-8FN Crusader 39 awaiting launchAeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader 39 awaiting launch at the catapult, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise