Measuring Collection (page 3)

At the dressmaker s
A ladys outfit is given some final finishing touches by her dressmaker. Date: 1907

Dockers unload sugar at the West India Docks, London Date: 1889

Collectors card, architect at work. Date: early 20th century

From khaki to civvies, end of WW1
A tailor measures a demobbed soldier for civilian clothes after his return from the Great War. Date: 1919

WW2 birthday card, WaF
WW2 birthday card, two girls in WaF (Womens Auxiliary Air Force) uniform. A full measure of happiness on your birthday! Date: circa 1942

Measuring of the Temple. Apocalypse of Angers
BATAILLE, Nicolas (14th c.). The Measuring of the Temple. 1375 - 1382. Second Scene of the tapestry number 3 from the series Apocalypse of Angers commissioned by Louis I, Duke of Anjou

Taking a snow depth measurement - boreal forest after a heavy snowfall. Wildlife reserve Denezhkin Kamen - North Ural Mountains - Russia

WW2 Poster -- ATS Eyes Of The Guns
ATS Eyes Of The Guns. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. Showing women helping with anti-aircraft defence. Date: 1940

New LFB recruit being measured for uniform
A new LFB recruit being measured for his uniform

How your body measurements should be taken 1924
American clothing catalogue, showing where you should measure yourself, for a womans bust, waist and hip line, and also for length of skirt

Illustration of the measuring and cutting of Chocolate Wafer
An Illustration of the measuring and cutting of Chocolate Wafers and the cutting of Chocolate Rings, Discs, Ect. Date: 1936

The San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906
Cartoon showing a globe-headed American character nursing his bandaged head; a humorous look at the effects of the San Francisco earthquake on the American economy

An Astrolabe
An astrolabe, an astrological instrument, used for measuring the altitude of the stars, Avebury Manor, Wiltshire, England

Measuring a Glass Vase
A man in a British glass factory, measuring the width of a freshly made glass vase. Date: 1933

Height measurement of LFB applicant
An LFB applicant has his height measured by a senior instructor, Station Officer Butt. The brigade minimum is 5 feet 7 inches in stockinged feet

Chest measurement of LFB applicant
An LFB applicant has his chest measured by A D O Packer, commandant of the Training School. The brigade minimum is 36 inches with a two-inch expansion

Canada - Transporting a load of fancy poulty, the size of which is certainly not paltry! Date: 1904

Damascus, Syria - Wheat Seller Date: circa 1910s

George Stephenson?s measuring rule

Whitworth measuring machine

Rule marking and measuring machine

Workshop measuring machine

Instruments for measuring size
Plate 55 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Instruments pour la Taille et la Greffe

Goniometer
For measuring face angles to check symmetry and aid identification

Richard de Wallingford measuring a circular instrument
" Richard de Wallingford measuring a circular instrument with a couple of compasses. Illustration of the manuscript " Cotton Claudius". Gothic art. Miniature Painting. UNITED KINGDOM

Measuring Hop Yield
The hop yield is measured. Date: 1906

LCC-LFB AFS volunteer measured for uniform, WW2
A volunteer for the newly formed AFS being kitted out with his uniform. The Service was created in 1938 to supplement the regular firefighters on the home front, to tackle fires from bombing raids

Measuring the shape of Mount Fuji. Print shows two men carrying swords, one also carries a rifle, stopping on a path to light their pipes, view of Mount Fuji in the background. Date ca. 1836

To the right hon able Lord Viscount Kingsborough, ... this plate representing a perspective view of a lapping room, with the measuring, crisping or folding the cloth in lengths

National Savings - Growth up to 1945
See how your Savings Certificates have grown already The healthy growth of value of National Savings plotted against a growing boy. Date: 1945

European Lady and her Durzee or Tailor
An European Lady giving instrucions to her Durzee or Native Indian Tailor. (Plate 13 of 20). Date: 1813

Metropolitan Police breathalyser equipment
Two Metropolitan Police officers with a piece of equipment called an Intoximeter 3000 at New Scotland Yard, London. One officer is blowing into a tube

Training Camp for Royal Engineers at Aldershot Date: 1912

Ultrasonic Probes
The Analytical Research Unit, Harwell : Measuring the beam characteristics of Ultrasonic probes. Date: March 1968

WAY-WISERS
Way-wisers, or road-measuring wheels. The one on the left was made in Hull in 1834; the one on the left was made in London in the 19th century. Date: 19th century

Mineral Analyser
The TELSEC portable non- dispersive X-ray mineral analyser offers a fast method of measuring selected elements in ores, soils, slags, etc. Date: November 1970

Measuring an Earhquake
An initial measurement of a large earthquake being made on a monitor recording at an outstation near Blacknest, near Aldermaston. Date: August 1963

Measuring a childs height. Artist: Helen Jackson. Genre image entitled As High as Ones Heart Date: circa 1910

I m in love with my Tailor (2/2) A woman with a definite crush on her tailor, asks him to move his measuring tape a little higher please ! Date: circa 1910s

Crown Prince Wilhelm studying a map, WW1
Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst (1882-1951), the last Crown Prince of Germany and Prussia. Seen here with one of his army officers, studying a map during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Surveying in Afghanistan
A mile-measuring machine (perambulator) being used by the Afghan Boundary Commission. Date: circa 1884

Stoneworkers Tools 18Th
Various tools including pickaxes, hammers and measuring instruments used by stoneworkers and masons in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Surveyor at work with a theodolite
A surveyor at work with a theodolite level

Met Police officer in a London park
A Metropolitan Police officer on duty in a London park holds up his right hand to stop a motorist. He is holding a small machine in his left hand, possibly used for measuring speed of travel

Traffic Accident Investigation officers at work
Met Police Traffic Accident Investigation officers measuring distances on the road to determine speed and braking distance

Grading Walnuts - California, USA
Grading Walnuts with a grading machine - California, USA

Making of the standard International Metre
The making of the standard International Metre in France

Being measured for a new car / W Heath Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

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