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Background imageSteel Collection: Thale cress or arabidopsis, Arabidopsis thaliana

Thale cress or arabidopsis, Arabidopsis thaliana
Thale cress, mouse-ear cress or arabidopsis, Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabis thaliana, Arabette rameuse. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard

Background imageSteel Collection: Poster, Trinidad and Tobago Tourist Board

Poster, Trinidad and Tobago Tourist Board, designed by H Woolhiser. circa 1950s

Background imageSteel Collection: Festival of Britain 1951 - The Skylon, South Bank, London

Festival of Britain 1951 - The Skylon, South Bank, London. Designed by Hidalgo Moya, Philip Powell and Felix Samuely, and fabricated by Painter Brothers of Hereford, England Date: 1951

Background imageSteel Collection: The Blue Comet train

The Blue Comet train
The Blue Comet, an all-steel passenger train than ran between New Jersey and Atlantic City from 1929 to 1941 on the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Date: c. 1930s

Background imageSteel Collection: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - One of the many steel mills

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - One of the many steel mills. Date: 1937

Background imageSteel Collection: Napoleonic Wars. Cuirassier. French Army. Heavy cavalry. Eng

Napoleonic Wars. Cuirassier. French Army. Heavy cavalry. Engraving. 1806

Background imageSteel Collection: Annas hummingbird, Calypte anna

Annas hummingbird, Calypte anna (Duchess of Rivolis hummingbird, Trochilus anna). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Background imageSteel Collection: Soursop, Annona muricata

Soursop, Annona muricata
Soursop, graviola or guyabano tree, Annona muricata, Corossol a fruit herisse. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar

Background imageSteel Collection: Korean War Veterans Memorial (1995). Washington D. C. United

Korean War Veterans Memorial (1995). Washington D. C. United
Korean War Veterans Memorial (1995). Group of 19 stainless steel sculptures, by Frank Gaylord, representing a squad patrol. Detail. West Potomac Park. National Mall. Washington D.C. United States

Background imageSteel Collection: Coombswood Steel Works, Halesowen, Staffordshire

Coombswood Steel Works, Halesowen, Staffordshire, England. Date: 1900s

Background imageSteel Collection: Avro Vulcan B2 armed with a Blue Steel stand-off bomb

Avro Vulcan B2 armed with a Blue Steel stand-off bomb

Background imageSteel Collection: Elizabeth Ann kitchen units advertisement

Elizabeth Ann kitchen units advertisement
Advertisement for the Elizabeth Ann kitchen unit in stainless steel for the aristocrat of kitchen equipment for...a bright, easy kitchen. c.1955

Background imageSteel Collection: Connel Ferry Bridge

Connel Ferry Bridge
The Connel Ferry Bridge, the worlds 2nd largest steel cantilever bridge, Argyllshire, Scotland, opened in 1903. The Ballachulish railway line closed in 1966

Background imageSteel Collection: England cricket team of 1885

England cricket team of 1885
Cricketers of the England eleven of 1885, with W G Grace at the centre, surrounded by Barnes, Lyttelton, Shrewsbury, Gunn, Bates, Steel, Read, Peate, Barlow and Ulyett. 1885

Background imageSteel Collection: NFS 60ft hand-operated turntable ladder, WW2

NFS 60ft hand-operated turntable ladder, WW2
An Austin K4-Merryweather 60 foot hand-operated turntable ladder (TL). A total of 50 such appliances were built and mounted on Austin K4 chassis for the Home Office between 1942 and 1943

Background imageSteel Collection: Jones & Laughlin Steel Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jones & Laughlin Steel Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jones & Laughlin Steel Works, Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - founded in 1851 by Bernard Lauth and B. F. Jones. Date: circa 1903

Background imageSteel Collection: Oldbury Factories

Oldbury Factories
A West Midlands town known for its manufacture of iron and steel tubes, chemical and engineering products - hence such an out put of smoke !

Background imageSteel Collection: Bessemer converter in Longwy steelworks, France

Bessemer converter in Longwy steelworks, France
A Bessemer converter in the Longwy steelworks, France -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron

Background imageSteel Collection: Durum wheat, Triticum turgidum

Durum wheat, Triticum turgidum
Durum wheat, pasta wheat or maraconi wheat, Triticum turgidum, Ble de miracle. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Background imageSteel Collection: Pistachio nut tree, Pistacia vera

Pistachio nut tree, Pistacia vera. Pistachiers. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Background imageSteel Collection: Washing & Steel Mill

Washing & Steel Mill
A washing line and an old man and children in the back garden of a house backing onto the Steward & Lloyds steel mill, Corby, Northamptonshire, England. Date: late 1960s

Background imageSteel Collection: BSC works, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, South Wales

BSC works, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, South Wales
View of the BSC (British Steel Corporation) works in Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, South Wales, with rows of houses in the foreground

Background imageSteel Collection: German helmet WWI

German helmet WWI
One of the many steel helmets from World War I which farmers still find when they are ploughing their fields

Background imageSteel Collection: Training Ship Exmouth

Training Ship Exmouth
The Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the River Thames off Grays, Essex. In 1903

Background imageSteel Collection: The Butchers Shop

The Butchers Shop. A young girl in red dress and bonnet looks at the variety of cuts of meat available at the Butchers Shop

Background imageSteel Collection: London Bridge (New Version), words and music

London Bridge (New Version), words and music
London Bridge is broken down, ... My fair Lady! Build it up with penny loaves... iron and steel... silver and gold... etc

Background imageSteel Collection: Industry / Metals / Steel

Industry / Metals / Steel
A modern steelworks - iron running out of the blast furnaces in which iron ore has been blasted to yield molten pig-iron

Background imageSteel Collection: American firefighters in London WWII

American firefighters in London WWII
American soldiers on duty with the London Fire Brigade practice British Fire Fighting techniques including climbing up steel turn table ladder

Background imageSteel Collection: Longwy Steelworks, France

Longwy Steelworks, France
An overhead view of the rolling mills at Longwy Steelworks in France

Background imageSteel Collection: WW II - partly assembled Focke-Wulf 190 Bremen factory

WW II - partly assembled Focke-Wulf 190 Bremen factory
Vintage photograph World War II - partly assembled Focke-Wulf 190 aircraft in the companys Bremen factory, following RAF bombing

Background imageSteel Collection: Juan Fernandez firecrown, Sephanoides fernandensis (female)

Juan Fernandez firecrown, Sephanoides fernandensis (female). Critically endangered. (Stokes hummingbird, Trochilus stokesii)

Background imageSteel Collection: Sentry plant or American aloe, Agave americana

Sentry plant or American aloe, Agave americana
Sentry plant, century plant, maguey or American aloe, Agave americana, Agave. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pierre after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Background imageSteel Collection: Grains of Selim tree, Xylopia aethiopica

Grains of Selim tree, Xylopia aethiopica
Grains of Selim, Xylopia aethiopica, Habzelia aethiopica, Habzeli d Ethiopie. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Background imageSteel Collection: Date palm tree, Phoenix dactylifera

Date palm tree, Phoenix dactylifera, Dattier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Background imageSteel Collection: Boy pushes his bicycle up a hill in Ebbw Vale, South Wales

Boy pushes his bicycle up a hill in Ebbw Vale, South Wales
A young boy pushes his bicycle up a steep hill in Ebbw Vale, South Wales. Behind is the Ebbw Vale steel works. This was closed by Corus in 2002

Background imageSteel Collection: Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Ore Boat unloading - Steel Mills

Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Ore Boat unloading - Steel Mills
Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Ore Boat unloading at one of the Steel Mills on the Cuyahoga River - the Terminal Tower can be seen in the background - nighttime. Date: circa 1934

Background imageSteel Collection: Weirs Bridge, Enniskillen

Weirs Bridge, Enniskillen - a view of a steel and concrete bridge. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Fermanagh; Enniskillen). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageSteel Collection: Quarry Hill Flats

Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, were modelled on the Karl Marx Hof flats in Vienna, Austria. The steel frame and concrete clad buildings were demolished 1978 Date: built late 1930s

Background imageSteel Collection: Harry Prices ghost hunting kit

Harry Prices ghost hunting kit
Undated photograph of Harry Prices ghost hunting kit, comprising a Reflex and cine cameras, tools for sealing doors and windows, apparatus for secret electrical controls, steel tape

Background imageSteel Collection: Xmas Pudding in Trenches

Xmas Pudding in Trenches
Innovative British soldiers use a German steel helmet as a saucepan for their Christmas pudding

Background imageSteel Collection: The Eiffel Tower, Paris, Fance, c. 1890 s

The Eiffel Tower, Paris, Fance, c. 1890 s
Vintage 19th century photograph: The Eiffel Tower, Paris, Fance, c.1890 s

Background imageSteel Collection: Banana tree, Musa paradisiaca, Musa sapientium

Banana tree, Musa paradisiaca, Musa sapientium, Bananier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pierre after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Background imageSteel Collection: Gingko, ginkgo or maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba. Endangered

Gingko, ginkgo or maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba. Endangered
Gingko, ginkgo or maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba, Gingko biloba, gingko. Endangered. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil

Background imageSteel Collection: Honey locust or thorny locust tree, Gleditsia triacanthos

Honey locust or thorny locust tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, Gleditschia triacanthos, Fevier a trois epines. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert

Background imageSteel Collection: Great and lesser spotted woodpeckers

Great and lesser spotted woodpeckers
Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major, and Lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard

Background imageSteel Collection: Silhouette of a Tommy in marching order, WW1

Silhouette of a Tommy in marching order, WW1
Silhouette of a Tommy in marching order, by Espinasse, First World War. circa 1916

Background imageSteel Collection: Advert for Asprey mens leather wrist watches 1938

Advert for Asprey mens leather wrist watches 1938
Aspreys stock of mens watches is representative of finest work of the recognised leaders in the craft of watchmaking. Date: 1938



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