Making Collection (page 9)

Emperor & staff reconnoitring during the Franco-Prussian War
Above, 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, France
Elderly woman with distaff and spindle, Auvergne, Central France. 1922

Woman at a spinning wheel, Dinan, Brittany, Northern France
Woman at a spinning wheel near Dinan, Brittany, Northern France. 1922

Arab woman with goatskin butter churn, near Cairo, Egypt
Arab 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, Egypt
A 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 1857
Children 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, London
The 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 1844
Glass 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, WW1
Two women artists making a recruitment poster at the start of the First World War. 1914

Woman making balls of clay and slack, West Country
West 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, WW1
Women 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 postcard
Santa 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 pastry
Woman making pastry. Illustration from Delineator magazine. October 1928. Artist anon. Date: 1928

Revival of the Royal Academy Banquet, 1949
Winston 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 1890
Series of views of alcohol being produced for Hedges & Butler s, to be sold in Regent Street, London. 1890

Pressing house at Chateau D estournel 1871
Vintage of medoc: cuvier or pressing-house at Chateau D estournel. 1871

Vintage in Medoc: Vineyards of Chateau Lafitte 1871
Vineyards of Chateau Lafitte. 1871

Pottey - Pressers at work 1880s
Pottery pressing. Date: 1880s

Pottey -slip-house 1880s
Potteries putting or taking-out slip from the ground. Date: 1880s

Staffordshire pottery 1884
Flat presser, making plates. Date: 1884

Silhouette drawing 1886
Youthful 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 chain
A group of young children in a field making a poppy chain. Date: 1912

Village girls, 1890s
Country girls making their way down a hillside path carrying baskets and bundles of ferns. Date: 1890s

Barrel leveling, trussing and hooping machine 1875
Two 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 1875
This operator bending the barrel hoops. Date: 1875

Stand and lamp for making toast 1909
Christmas 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 onions
Breton onion seller making the straw base on which the onions are fastened. Date: circa 1960s

Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1857
Christened 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 1855
Christened 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 1929
Various 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 slavery
Charles 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, 1896
Photograph 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 1896
Bottling and capsuling in Bovril Manufactory, London Date: 1896

LATERAN TREATY 1929
Reading 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 haymaking
Making hay in June Date: 9th Century

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 70
Aeronavale - 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 flying
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendards ranged on deck after flying, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 25
Aeronavale - 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 launch
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader 39 awaiting launch at the catapult, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

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