Tools Collection (page 3)

Comic postcard, Two men entering a public house Date: 20th century

Boat builders in a shipyard, Hong Kong, c. 1900
Boat builders in a shipyard, Hong Kong, c.1900

c. 1880s Japan - carpenter with tools at work
c.1880s Japan - carpenter with tools at work

c. 1880s Japan - carpenter at work
c.1880s Japan - carpenter at work

Comic postcard, man making rabbit hutch Date: 20th century

c. 1900 South Africa - group black & white miners with tools
c.1900 South Africa - group of black and white miners with tools

Street vendor of knives and tools, Mexico
Vintage 19th century photograph: Street vendor of knives and tools, Mexico

Metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century
Forged metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century. Horses bit, spade and napha or portfolio. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Fragment of a banner of miners from Tyrol, 15th century
Fragment of a banner of silver and copper miners from Tyrol, late 15th century. St. George kills a dragon next to a scarlet eagle

Calvinist priests laying hands on a man, Switzerland
Two Calvinist priests laying hands on a man kneeling on a cushion, and woman of Zurich in mourning clothes, Switzerland, 16th century. Lutto di una Zurichese &c

Versatile - Averil Mackenzie-Grieve (1903-1975) - Writer, Wood-engraver, Linguist, Traveller, Dress-designer, Editor and Stamp Collector! 1940

Tools used in roof thatching, West Country, UK
Tools used in roof thatching in the West Country, UK. Date: circa 1960s

Cartoon, A Block on the Line (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, A Block on the Line -- a satirical comment on a delay in the progress of electoral reform, with rival political parties offering to sort it out

Cartoon, The First Question (Derby and Disraeli)
Cartoon, The First Question -- Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli, having just won a General Election for the Conservative party, are asked by a working man what they are going to do for him

Romans in Britain - Ancient Britons and Boudicca, Stonehenge, cromlech or dolmen, pottery, stone weapons and tools. (1 of 4) 1st century

New Hall Prison and Camp, Wakefield
Inmates carrying tools walk between huts at the New Hall Training Prison and Camp, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. A large bell hangs overhead. Date: circa 1945

Quarriers Homes - Joiners Homes - Shop
Boys at work with carpentry tools in the joiners shop at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1920

Laboratory / photography prints
A laboratory/workshop for making photographic prints. The engraving shows the range of equipment required to turn negatives into positive photos. Date: 1864

Cameo rings, gold bauble and writing tools
Cameo rings with Pan and archer, golden bauble from a figure of a young Nero in the Villa Lante 2, cylindrical box to store papyri in a library 3, and a waxed tablet and stylus

Butterfly collector tools, 19th century. Butterfly net, raquet nets, pincers, pins, etc. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste dedie a la Jeunesse, Histoire des Papillons

Butterfly collectors tools from the 18th century: aerial net on a cane 1, scissors with racquets 2, small preservative brush 6, and soft brush to remove dust 9

Tools of the Canadian natives, 19th century
Tools of the Canadian natives: clam shell 1, wampun 2, wampun bead 3, belt that hangs to mid-thigh 4, mocassin 5, dish 6, and spear 7

Tools, weapons and instruments of the Camacan people, Brazil
Tools and weapons of the Camacan people of Bahia, Brazil. Bow 1, arrow 2, 3, woven apron 4, bag 5, headdress with foliage 6, a gourd percussion instrument or kechieeh 7

Tools and utensils of the Botocudo people, Brazil. Kindle stick 2, bag 3, codpiece 4, necklace 5, knife 6, bone dagger to pierce coconuts 7, wooden water container 8

Masks, hats and tools of the Aleut people. Hats, masks, feathers, headdresses, facial piercings, and spear and arrow. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Title page vignette of goddess of agriculture
Title page with vignette of Demeter goddess of agriculture with scythe amid statuary in a park. Engraving by Pillement finished by Nee after a painting by Percier

Canal swing bridge and canal navigators tools including barow, grafting tool, shovel, scoop and horsing-block. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Balling furnace and finery used in iron manufacture
Sections and elevations of balling furnace and finery used in iron manufacture, along with tools and pump. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees

Itinerant Chinese barber ringing finger bells to find customers, QIng Dynasty. He carries a stool and bucket on a bamboo yoke, along with razor, scissors, strop, etc

Chinese jack of all trades with bamboo yoke, tools, portable forge, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Chinese tinker with portable forge, bellows and tools, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Cotton spinner and mantua maker, Qing Dynasty China. Woman spinning thread on a spinning wheel, and itinerant clothes maker with her tools in a basket

Cooper hammering a metal hoop on a hogshead barrel. On the walls are tools such as saws, axe, spoke-shave, stock and bit, adze and auger

Mays family butchers shop, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
T & W Mays Tower Meat Stall, family butchers shop, with James Sutherlands flatbed truck and passengers outside, and Youells Ironmongers on the left, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. circa 1910s

Kayan man preparing poison for blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia
Young Kayan man heating poison for use in his blowpipe over a fire, until it becomes a thick, dark paste, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire)

Kayan man collecting poison for blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia
Young Kayan man collecting milky sap containing poison from an Ipoh tree for use in his blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). (3 of 6) Date: 1922

Comical monkey sculptor. early 19th century

Ballast-heavers 1850s
Ballast-heavers or also named as mudlarks at work, labourers dredging the River Thames for the opportunity of finding something valuable amongst the mud

The Engraver by Jost Amman. 1568

Village blacksmith 1870
Village smithy stands in front of the open forge. Date: 1870

Hardy Patent Pick Co. patent hand boring machine 1890s
Patent hand boring machine, for rock and coal, produced by Hardy Patent Pick Co, works in Sheffield. Date: 1890s

Sonah wallah or itinerant goldsmith of India
Travelling goldsmith in India. Date: 1834

Elderly farmhand at harvest time
Elderly farmhand (80 years old) at harvest time, stopping work to have a sip of beer. Date: circa 1960s

Miners at work 1865
Various positions assumed by the Hewers in digging at the coal. Date: 1865

Fire Station Officer Soggee in studio photograph
Fire Station Officer Soggee in a studio photograph, in uniform with his brass helmet under his arm. Date: circa 1910s

Portrait of LFB fireman DC12, in uniform, with his brass helmet under his arm. Date: circa 1920s

Poster, We co-operate to speed up housing
Ministry of Supply poster, We co-operate to speed up housing, National Housing Drive fitments. Designed by Raymond Davids. circa 1945

A Poker, A Shovel, a Pair of Tongs and a Brush
Smiling Fireplace tools - A Poker, A Shovel, a Pair of Tongs and a Brush. Date: 1922

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