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Two women emptying a coal truck at a mine in South Wales
Dockside conveying facility for loading bananasA dockside conveying facility for loading bananas, with the name of the United Fruit Co. painted on its side
Laundry, Holborn Union Workhouse, MitchamFemale inmates at work in the laundry at the Holborn Union workhouse, Mitcham, Surrey. Some women are using flat irons. Clean washing is piled on a table. A large press stands at the rear
Shoemaking Workshop, Holborn Union Workhouse, MitchamThe shoemaking workshop at the Holborn Union workhouse, Mitcham, Surrey. Male inmates are at work making and repairing shoes for use in the workhouse
Manual of Workhouse Cookery, coverThe cover of a well used copy of the Manual of Workhouse Cookery, marked Matrons Use in the top left corner. The book was published in 1901 alongside a major revision of workhouse diets
Scene outside city wall in Kashgar, western ChinaWorkers in a field outside a city wall in Kashgar, western China
Brickmaking in Kashgar, western ChinaPeople making bricks in Kashgar, western China
Irregular Firemen - Constantinople, TurkeyA Gang of irregular Firemen and their manual hand pump, by the walls of Constantinople, Turkey
Estracion Railway Station - Guantanano Bay, Cuba. The United States assumed territorial control over Guantanamo Bay under the 1903 Cuban-American Treaty
Irregular Fireman - Constantinople, TurkeyA gang of irregular firemen and their manual pump
Ploughing Match, EnglandA ploughing Match at Wivelsfield, West Sessex, England. A farmer ploughs a field with the aid of two Shire horses
Two men sawing a log, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaTwo native men sawing through a large log in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Learning to TypeA young woman learns to type at a secretarial school, on a massive manual machine
The Organ BlowerEarly or unsophisticated organs rely on manual power to supply the air for the pipes; this youth is pumping air in an English parish church
Rotary Quern MillingChinese worker grinds corn using a hand-powered rotary quern, a form of industrial machinery in use since late prehistoric times
Maria Felicia MalibranSinger, born in Paris. Eldest daughter of Manual Garcia. In 1825 performed for the first time in London with the Italian Opera Company
Dragon RougeLE DRAGON ROUGE A French manual of popular magic
Rebuilding Dnieper DamRebuilding the Dnieper Dam, a vital energy resource
Manual pump engine for putting out fires
Leather work and tanneryVarious stages of leather work and tannery
Workshop of a cartwrightA cartwrights workshop, with the finished product being assembled outside in the street
Wheat Harvest, 1846A farmer rides by the wheat field to see how the harvesting is coming along - twelve people are working at the various manual tasks
Complete Croquet PlayerTHE COMPLETE CROQUET PLAYER manual by James Dunbar Heath
Palm-Reading ManualLES MYSTERES DE LA MAIN popular French manual on palmistry
Palmistry ManualLA BONNE AVENTURE DANS LE MAIN (Fortune revealed by the hand) - popular French manual
Small Manual Engine / 1870A small manual fire engine constructed by the well-known firm of fire engineers, Messrs. Merryweather & Sons of Greenwich. Date: 1870
Metallic Fire EngineMetallic manual fire-engine, designed by Merryweathers for use on Fiji, for plantation work
PARIS TYPE FIRE-ENGINEParis type manual fire- engine, with the pumps contained in the water cistern, with everything mounted on an oak base plate
Hodges Manual EngineHodges manual Fire-engine. It was presented by the inhabitants of Lambeth to Mr F Hodges, a local distiller who maintained an efficient fire- brigade at his own expense!
TYPIST 1940SA blonde typist rolls the paper up out of the typewriter as she checks a letter for errors
French ManualD APRES LES BOSSES DE LA TETE (by the bumps of the head) - a French guide to the science of phrenology
Communications / TelephoneGirls working in a manual telephone exchange
