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HANCKWITZ ? -1756AMBROSE GODFREY HANCKWITZ An apothecary from Hamburg who came to England to assist Robert Boyle and manufacture chemicals, including the first phosphorous
Suits You, SirA customer tries on a suit the tailor has made for him - Suits you, Sir!
Chair-Making C1760Two French craftsmen work on the elaborate upholstery on a pair of Louis XV style Fauteuils (armchairs)
Gunpowder ManufactureTechnical depiction of an early Gunpowder Mill
Hatter at Work C. 1850A London hatmaker at work on a hat made from beaver fur, obtained from the Hudsons Bay Company who supplied about 60, 000 furs a year to their Fenchurch Street salerooms
Hatters at WorkHatters at work round their kettle, a heated workbench, each occupied with a different stage of manufacture. Some 60, 000 beaver furs were bought from Canada every year
Sugar / Boiling / W IndiesSUGAR PRODUCTION Boiling French West Indies
Woodworking 18th CCabinet makers at work in a workshop, using various tools. One is making a table, another assembles pieces of a cupboard
Maple Sugar HarvestGathering maple sugar in New England
Hoeing Sugar BeetWomen workers hoeing sugar beet on a farm in Essex, England
Making Panama Hats in, of all places, Panama
Aircraft Factory 1914The Royal Aircraft Factory at Aldershot is busy in 1914 producing warplanes such as the RE5 flying overhead - the first specifically reconn- -aisance plane of the RFC
Fantasy LoomsThe humble artisan toils at his loom - and lo ! he weaves a creation of beauty !
Packing House: Packing the Dynamite Cartridges into BoxesManufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Ardeer, Scotland: putting Dynamite cartridges into boxes
OSTERSUNDView of Ostersund, on lake Storsjon : reputed for the manufacture of furniture etc
Glazing PorcelainThe glazing process in porcelain manufacture
Prehistoric CommerceInhabitants of Hallstadt, in Upper Austria, engaged in manufacture and trade
17th C TaylorTaylor in his workshop cutting cloth while an assistant sews
Watch Factory / Iln / 1884WATCH AND CLOCK MANUFACTURE A watch and clock factory workshop in the rear of Bensons showrooms
C17 Tailor / WoodcutA pair of tailors at work : one, who wears a wig, stands at a table with shears to cut cloth, while his assistant sits stitching
C17 Shoemaker / WoodcutA shoe maker sitting at his workbench files the wooden sole of shoe
Tailoring / Miss TapeMiss Tape the Tailors Daughter, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861
Mrs Tape, Tailors WifeMrs Tape the Tailors Wife, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861
Music / Instruments C18Musical instrument manufacturers at work
Vodka Manufacture / RussiaVodka manufacture in Russia Mixing apparatus to obtain the spirit before it is filtered through carbon and sand
Victorian Hatter 1867A Victorian hat-maker at work
Ulman Stramer paper mill, Nuremberg, GermanyThe paper mill of Ulman Stramer at Nuremberg, Germany
Sir Titus Salt, manufacturer, MP and philanthropistSir Titus Salt, 1st Baronet, manufacturer, MP and philanthropist. He founded a new town, Saltaire, in 1853 in the Bradford area of Yorkshire, and built houses there for his workforce
Mixing Dynamite into CartridgesManufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Ardeer, Scotland: putting Dynamite into cartridges
Food and Drink / OlivesManufacture of Olive Oil