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Coopers at work making wooden barrelsFour coopers hard at work in their workshop making traditional wooden barrels. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Miners working at the coalface, South WalesTwo miners, stripped to the waist, working at the coalface in a coal seam in South Wales
Blacksmith Tools 1875A range of tools used by a blacksmith or ironsmith, including pincers, a hook, files, a hammer and a mallet. 1875
Blacksmiths outside their forgeA superb photograph of six Blacksmiths and coachbuilders posing for a photograph outside their forge/workshop, each holding the tools of their trade
Welsh women road builders, South WalesA group of twenty Welsh women road builders in Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, holding their spades. They built the road to Hook in 1903-4 to facilitate transport to the colliery
Neanderthal spear pointA spear point once belonging to that of Neanderthal Man (Homo neanderthalensis). This specimen was discovered in Gorhams Cave, Gibraltar
Blacksmith at work in his forgeAn elderly blacksmith hammering a horseshoe on his anvil. The owner of the horse awaiting a new set of shoes looks in at the window, while the blacksmiths cat scratches an ear on the work bench
Ubiquitous bulldozer by G. H. DavisThe ubiquitous bulldozer: a mechanical tool of peace becomes an important weapon during the Second World War. Date: 1944
Bone objects. Maglemosian Culture, 9500-6500 BCBone objects. C. 8700 BC. Skottemarke, Lolland. Maglemosian Culture, 9500-6500 BC. Mesolithic. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark
Harvest workers, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South WalesHarvest workers in a field above the town of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Making horse tack in a workshopTwo craftsmen preparing the leatherwork for horse tack; shaping, stretching and sewing the pieces to the correct shape and size. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Salt mine, near Cracow 1870Salt mine of Wielitska, near Cracow, Poland, workmen deep down in the mines, chipping away at the salt. Date: 1870
Miner working at the coalface, South WalesA miner, stripped to the waist, working at the coalface in a mine in South Wales
Garden Tools, Spades, Forks, Hoes, Shears, Rakes and Knives. 19th century
Hardy Patent Pick Co. mining tools 1890sSelection of solid steel mining hand tools made by Hardy Patent Pick Co, in Sheffield. Date: 1890s
Poker, detailCast polished steel fire poker with a twisted brass handle and a floral finial, part of a set of fire tools including tongs and a shovel
Fire shovel, reverseCast polished steel fire shovel with a decorative brass handle, a floral finial and a bell-shaped blade with a pierced flower motif, part of a set of fire tools including tongs and a poker
PokerCast polished steel fire poker with a twisted brass handle and a floral finial, part of a set of fire tools including tongs and a shovel
Coal vaseJapanned coal vase made from lacquered tin plate with gilding and painted floral decoration on the lid, cast iron claw feet and iron lion mask handles, with a removable tin-plate liner
Maori tools and weapons with elaborate carving: axe, fish knife, and box. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World
18th century surgical equipmentBone saw 1, pincers 2, 3, scissors 4, lead mallet 5 and hook for childbirth 6. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderots Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779
Hircocervus, goat-stag or horse-stag - The Trusty Servant
Stone Age Man in the World Today -- men of the Warramunga tribe of Australia, with stone tools, showing similarities with people of the Stone Age. Date: 1922
The Hardy Simplex, early 1900s
RMS Titanic, Samuel Alfred Smith Archive, leather tool bagRMS TITANIC - THE SAMUEL ALFRED SMITH ARCHIVE: Early 20th century leather tool bag of joiner's woodworking tools owned and used by Samuel Smith
Emile's forge, Conservatoire des Arts de la MetallurgieEmile's forge, donated by Maurice Bernard from Eurville, with hearths, bellows, tools, power hammers, anvils and stamping machines, at the Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie
Transland Ag-2 N8330H and N8831HTransland Ag-2 N8830H and N8831H, 1st and 2nd prototypes. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co
Transland Ag-2 N8330H, the first prototype in flight. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co
W & C Wynn, Heavy Steel Toy and Tool Makers, BirminghamAdvert, W & C Wynn, Heavy Steel Toy and Tool Makers, Suffolk Street, Birmingham Date: circa 1850
The Land GirlA side profile portrait painting of a girl who is grasping the wooden handle of a gardening tool, she is wearing baggy shirt and a sun hat, in the countryside. Date: circa 1922
Ralston and Co AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Ralston & Co. promoting the periscope sketcher, a useful tool for artists to aid them with perspective and proportion. Date: circa 1919
Japan - A seal engraver at workA seal engraver at work, Japan. Date: circa 1920s
Advert, Parkes steel digging forks and draining toolsAdvert, Messrs Burgess and Key, wholesale agents for Parkes steel digging forks and draining tools Date: 1856
Mrs Chips the Carpenter's Wife
Miss Chips the Carpenter's Daughter
Master Furrow the Farmer's Son
Il Leone di Caprera. Sailing schooner of 9 meters of length that crewed by three Italians wanted to cross the Atlantic Ocean with a sextant as the only guide
Dentist's equipment, dental instruments Date: 1920
Dentist's equipment, dental drill Date: 1920
Dentist's equipment, dental drill parts Date: 1920
Spanish Civil War poster, Juan NegrinSpanish Civil War poster in the Catalan language. Companys -- I could not live without freedom. Juan Negrin -- The intimate root of Catalunya is nourished by liberal substances. Date: circa 1938
Tower Babel 1563 Brueghel Pieter Elder Bruegeltower, babel, 1563, brueghel, pieter, elder, bruegel, allegories, time, vanitas, architecture, building, crane, construction, death, allegory, giraffe, megalomania, nebuchadnezzar, ii, biblical, old
Sakkieh, or water wheel, Egypt19th century vintage photograph: sakkieh, or water wheel used to irrigate farm crops, agriculture
Kago, sedan chair, on the shore of Lake HakoneVintage 19th century photograph - Meiji era Japan: torri, carrying chair, sedan chair, on the shore of Lake Hakone
Pacific Islands, Oceania: native indigenous tribal artifactsVintage 19th century photograph - Oceania, Pacific Islands, probably Fiji, Tahiti or Western Samoa: native indigenous tribal artifacts
Farmers and an ox driven water wheel or sakkieh, EgyptVintage 19th century photograph: Egypt c.1880s - farmers and an ox driven water wheel or sakkieh, used to irrigation, irrigation, of land and farm crops
Sanmaibashi, wooden bridge near Yumoto, JapanVintage 19th century photograph of Japan - kago or carrying chair at the Sanmaibashi, bridge near Yumoto
The Cisterns of La Malga or Cisterns Tunis, TunisiaVintage 19th century photograph: The Cisterns of La Malga or Cisterns of La Maalga are a group of cisterns, which are among the most visible features of the archaeological site of Carthage near