Operatives Collection

Hat factory workers, Southwark, London 1841
Hat factory workers making beaver (or bever) hats at the Christy hat factory in Southwark, London. 1841

Tow carding in a Yorkshire flax mill. Date: 1843

Doubling the drawings in a Yorkshire flax mill. Date: 1843

Carpet shearing machine in a Glasgow carpet factory
Woman operating a carpet shearing machine in a Glasgow carpet factory. Date: 1843

Tank room for boiling nitrate, Chile, South America -- the end product is pure nitrate of soda, known as saltpetre. Date: 1922

Operatives crushing nitrate, Chile, South America -- the end product is pure nitrate of soda, known as saltpetre. Date: 1922

Hat factory workers, Southwark, London 1841
Hat factory workers making beaver (or bever) hats at the Christy hat factory in Southwark, London. Men employed in wetting, rolling, pressing ruffling and blocking the hat bodies. Date: 1841

WWI Poster, Appeal to cotton operatives
Appeal to Cotton Operatives. WWI Recruitment poster aimed at the men of the cotton industry to join up or make munitions, and for women to take their place in the mills. Date: circa 1916

School for mill operatives in Manchester
A school for mill operatives at Mr Stirlings mill, lower Mosley Street in Manchester. Date: 1862

Preparing a giant plum pudding at Marylebone Workhouse, Lond
Members of The United Cooks Society preparing a monster plum pudding for during the festive season at Marylebone Workhouse for the Lancashire operatives

Census tabulation in former Lambeth workhouse
Data from the 1931 census being transferred to punched cards in the former Lambeth workhouse - presumably the one on Princes Road (now Black Prince Road), Lambeth, south London

Preston wage dispute
George Cowell addresses an open air meeting of factory operatives in The Orchard, Preston, Lancashire, during the strike resulting from a wages dispute

Making Music Boxes 1890
Operatives in a toy factory make music boxes

Carpet Embroidering
Two operatives are required for the Embroidering Machine which produces carpets with floral and other designs for the Victorian home

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