Repairing Collection (page 2)

Advertising postcard - New Home Sewing Machine
The worlds greatest sewing machine is the New Home made by Gonyea and Alba of Rutland, Vermont, enabling repairs to be carried out in situ...! Date: circa 1910

WW2 - Canadian Trooper repairing his bicycle in Normandy following the D-Day landings - June 1944. Date: 1944

Bootmaker at work, Jaffa, Western Israel
Bootmaker at work in Jaffa, Western Israel, while his customer waits for a repair to be done. Date: 1920s

Cupids repairing broken hearts on a Valentine postcard
Cupids repairing broken hearts with glue on a Valentine postcard -- Sincere Love. Date: circa 1890s

Divers repairing the bottom of a ship at anchor wearing John Bethells patent diving dresses. Day & Haghe Lithographers to the Queen. S. Bendixen Lith. Date: 1838

Advertising Postcard for Afrana Sewing Machines produced by Biesolt & Locke of at the Meissen Sewing Machine Works, Meissen, Saxony, Germany

La Crinolonomanie by Charles Vernier -- A fashionable young woman visits a blacksmith for repairs to the iron ring of her crinoline frame. circa 1850

Blitz in London -- Standish Road, Hammersmith, WW2
Blitz in London -- repairing a fractured water main in Standish Road, King Street, Hammersmith, 4 September 1940. A bomb-damaged house can be seen, top left. Date: 1940

Motorcycle dispatch riders, New Cross, WW2
LCC-LFB junior dispatch riders during training at the New Cross speedway track in South London on 22 April 1942 -- a spot of bother with a bike. Date: 1942

Blitz in London -- Weltje Road, Hammersmith, WW2
Blitz in London -- clearing up after an air raid in Weltje Road, Hammersmith, 4 September 1940

Highwaymen punished
A new plan is proposed fo the punishment of highwaymen by hard labour on the roads. Date: 18th Century

Repairing pit props, Plas y Coed Level, South Wales
A miner repairing pit props in the Plas y Coed Level, South Wales

Cornish Grandmother repairs her Grandsons Clothing
No more Flora for you my Son!. A Cornish Grandmother takes her Grandson over her knee to repair his torn shorts, the result of too much enthusiastic running through the undergrowth

Dinka Tribesmen in carved-out canoe
A group of African Sudanese Dinka men in and around two canoes (for use on the River Nile) carved out of whole tree trunks

Hastings Fishing Huts
A fisherman repairing nets on the beach at Hastings Old Town, with the famous black huts, where the nets are dried, in the background

Victorian Scrap - Mending Union Jack. late 19th century

Hospitals for fighting ships 1916
Floating dock on which works is often taken place to repair battleships, a box-like structure with pontoon floors and side-walls

Red Cross travelling repair shop 1916
Interior view of a travelling repair van, with a soldier working on repairing vehicles in the war zone. Date: 1916

Mending Red Cross ambulances 1916
Soldiers working under a canopy in the war zone, repairing most needed Red Cross ambulances. Date: 1916

St Pauls constractor, by William Heath Robinson
In 1913 the major architectural journals were reporting about the possibility that the dome of St Pauls could collapse due to subsidence and the weakness of the supporting piers

Snap Playing Cards - Tinker - Peter Pan. circa 1930s

Snap Playing Cards - Tailor - Stephen Stitch. circa 1930s

Istanbul - Turkish Street Cobbler. Date: circa 1910

Repairing British Naval vessels - The Slip, Gibraltar. Date: circa 1910s

London in Splints Scaffolding inside St. Pauls Cathedral
London in Splints - Scaffolding inside St. Pauls Cathedral during repairs in 1928. Date: 1928

Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia - Ice Dry Dock. This vessel was built at Brentford - the ice excavated to a depth of five feet. Date: 1908

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Repairing plane fabric
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Repairing plane fabric (wing covering) by patching up bullet holes. Date: circa 1942

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Repairing Speed Indicators
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Repairing Electrical engine Speed Indicators Date: circa 1942

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Instrument Repairing
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Instrument Repairing Date: circa 1942

Susi - demolishing an alarm clock. 1950s

Man at work repairing a saddle
Man at work repairing something on a saddle, London horseguards. Date: circa 1960s

War Wounds Slowly Mending - repairs to towns in France
Restoring the devastated towns of Northern France. Montage of sketches by Helen McKie showing the careful rebuilding and restoration of towns in France devastated during the First World War

Advertisement for British Tailoring and Repairing, WW1
Advertisement for British Tailoring and Repairing, advising on the economies of repairing or renovating old clothes during wartime. Date: 1917

Louis Wain - Dolls to mend. circa 1900s

Tinker, Tailor playing card - Tinker, Peter Pan. 20th century

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Putt the Golfers Wife. circa 1930s

National Childrens Home, Harpenden - Shoemaking
Boys making and repairing shoes and boots at the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. Date: Date unknown

National Childrens Home, Harpenden - Carpentry
Boys at work in the carpenters workshop at the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. One boy is repairing a table. Date: Date unknown

Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - repairing a fence
Barnardos emigrants repairing a fence. A horse and wagon carries lengths of timber. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914

Humorous Dutch card - pumping up a car tyre. Sent as a Mother and Fathers day card from the sender to his/her parents! Date: circa 1910

Scene in Brixham Harbour, Devon, with people enjoying the sunshine. circa 1960s

Two men repairing fishing nets, Bideford, Devon
Two men standing in a rowing boat, repairing fishing nets at Bideford, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Friedmans Music Shop, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Friedmans Music Shop, 73 Springfield Avenue, Newark, New Jersey, USA. Date: 1932

Man repairs puncture on upturned bicycle, Eccles
A man repairs a puncture on his upturned bicycle, in front of a row of shops in Peel Green, Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1977

London in 1919 - rebuilding roads outside John Lewis
After a number of London thoroughfares were badly neglected during the First World War, many roads and famous streets were repaired by workmen in 1919

WW1 - French Aeroplane Hospital. Date: 1918

Thought to be a Gladiator Vintage Car, Southend on Sea, Essex, England. Croxson & Sons Motor Repairing Shop, the bike is possibly a Rex Motorbike Date: 1900s

Boy and dog on a pavement, South London
Boy and dog on a pavement, Coldharbour Lane, South London, outside O Hughes tailors shop. Date: circa 1910s

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