Gilbert & Sullivan Operas, D Oyly Carte SouvenirD Oyly Cartes Season of Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, Souvenir Programme, Princes Theatre, London, 29 September 1919 - 31 January 1920, showing a large cast of characters from the operettas. 1919-1920
Cider Press - Normandy. Two different varieties of press at work - a screw press and a cranked masher
Cadburys advertisement, 1954Advert for the Birmingham confectionary firm, Cadburys showing a young couple taking a tour of the companys Factory in a Garden at Bournville
Dismal Desmond was designed by Richard Ellett and was one of the most successful toys of the 1920's. He was the mascot of the England Cricket Team that year
Map of Australia, showing her natural and industrial resources. 20th century
Gilbert and Sullivan theatre posterPoster for the Gilbert and Sullivan production The Gondoliers. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan worked together to create fourteen operas between 1871 and 1896
Beggars Opera PosterPoster for production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith (London)
Sherlock Holmes theatre posterTheatrical poster advertising a production of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Pinafore / Programme 1Cover of the programme for the original production, incorporating portraits of Mr Gilbert and Mr Sullivan, also Mr D Oyly Carte
Concorde production in the main assembly hall at Filton
BAC TSR-2 production line
Overtime at a Christmas cracker factory by William Heath RobColour illustration by William Heath Robinson depicting one of his usual contraptions designed to solve the increase in demand for Christmas crackers during the forthcoming festive season
Bryant and May Match FactoryGirls feeding a machine at the Bryant & May match factory, in Bow, East London, at the time a tax on matches was being discussed in the budget. Date: 1916
Coal mining by G. H. DavisCoal mine working and outcrop production: how coal, so vital to every form of war industry, can be won from opencast veins at shallow depths. Date: 1944
Rolls Royce / Snecma Olympus 593 Mk602 standard engineRolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 Mk602 production standard engine ready to leave the assembly shop for testbed running at the Rolls-Royce Bristol Engine Division
Hawker Hurricane IIC PZ865 / G-AMAUHawker Hurricane IIC, PZ865/G-AMAU, The Last of the Many!, the final production Hurricane
Fulton Mackay and Sprocket, filming in CornwallThe actor Fulton Mackay (1922-1987) and Sprocket, filming the TV series Fraggle Rock at St Anthonys Lighthouse near Falmouth, Cornwall
WW2 - NaFI presents ENSA Production at Alexandria, EgyptWW2 - A playbill for a production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde produced by N.A.A.F.I (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes)
1st two prototypes of the Scottish Aviation BulldogThe first two prototypes of the Scottish Aviation Bulldog, G-AXEH and G-AXIG, along with the first production Bulldog, G-AYWN, for the Royal Swedish Air Force
Cotton weaving shed, Preston, LancashireA huge cotton weaving shed at the works of Messrs Horrockses, Crewdson and Co Ltd of Preston, Lancashire, with people at work
Bessemer converter in Longwy steelworks, FranceA Bessemer converter in the Longwy steelworks, France -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron
Greetings from Akron, Ohio, USAGreetings postcard from Akron, Ohio, USA, rubber manufacturing center of the world, showing the Goodyear Memorial and a rubber tyre shape containing three scenes (Firestone, Goodrich and Goodyear)
RAF training aircraft. From left: Scottish Aviation Jetstream T1, XX489; the first production British Aerospace Hawk T1, XX154; company demonstrator Scottish Aviation Bulldog
The second and fourth series production Concordes in the main assembly hall at Filton
The Concorde production line at Toulouse
Standard production Sopwith triplane, WW1A standard production single-seater Sopwith triplane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918
Cotton weavers at their looms, Preston, LancashireWomen operating cotton weaving looms at the works of Messrs Horrockses, Crewdson and Co Ltd of Preston, Lancashire
Typesetting by hand, Morning Post newspaper, LondonA roomful of male compositors in London, typesetting the pages of the Morning Post newspaper by hand
Lancashire Weaver / 1890SA weaver in a Lancashire cotton mill
Bayreuth 1951A minimalist production at the Buhnenfestspiele, Bayreuth 1951 - Brunnhilde confronts Wotan in the middle of nowhere
Parable of the Sower : The Christians responsibility for production. (Matthew Chapter 13, Mark Chapter 4 and Luke Chapter 8)
British RAF aeroplanes in 1939 by G. H. DavisThe huge array of aircraft in the RAF in 1939, imposing for its size and variety. 37 types of machine, ranging from the Sunderland flying boat to light trainers
The BAe146 production line at Hatfield
Dyeing Harris TweedProduction of Harris Tweed. An old woman from the island dyes the wool in a cauldron- like vessel which sits on an open fire
Play / Capek / R. u. RProgramme for the first English production of the play, also known as R.U.R. and written by Karel Capek, when it was performed at St. Martins Theatre in London
Music / Opera / Verdi / AidaAIDA Mlle Soyer as Amneris in a production at the Academie Nationale de Musique, Paris
EH Industries (later AgustaWestland) EH101 PP5, ZF649, t?EH Industries (later AgustaWestland) EH101 PP5, ZF649, the fifth of nine pre-production helicopters, on HMS Iron Duke (F234), a Type 23 frigate
Malta - LacemakingLacemaking in Malta during WWI. Malta was not on the front line of World War I (unlike World War II) but did participate in many ways nevertheless
Westland Lysander production
The first production Beagle B206 Series 2 G-ATLFThe first production Beagle B206 Series 2, G-ATLF, at Shoreham Airport
Disused Tin mine, CornwallThe ruins of a disused Cornish tin mine
Drying Harris TweedProduction of Harris Tweed. After the wool has been dyed, it is put out on a fence to dry
Spinning Harris TweedProduction of Harris Tweed. The wool is carded and spun; carding loosens the wool and ensure it is fine enough to spin
Massenet / Thais / FirstSybil Sanderson and Charles Delmas in the first production of this opera which tells of an Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit
Chekhovs three SistersA scene from the 1940 production of Chekhovs classic play, THREE SISTERS performed by the Moscow Arts Theatre
Dmitri MendeleyevDMITRI IVANOVICH MENDELEEV Russian chemist, noted for production of the periodic law, enabling him to predict hitherto undiscovered elements
Scene from movie The First Men in the Moon - H. G. WellsA scene from the Gaumont film adaptation of the H. G. Wells book, The First Men on the Moon, in which the author approved all dresses and supervised the production
Hamilton Conrad and His Wonder Pigeons Date: early 20th century
