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Tools Collection (page 4)

Background imageTools Collection: Four lines in South London are being fitted with trams by the London County Council

Four lines in South London are being fitted with trams by the London County Council, here you can see workmen working during the night to fit the electric lines. Date: 1902

Background imageTools Collection: Interior of the studio where the engravings using tools

Interior of the studio where the engravings using tools and magnifying glasses to produce their work. Date: 1881

Background imageTools Collection: Boys at workbenches learning how to use plane

Boys at workbenches learning how to use plane

Background imageTools Collection: 12917668

12917668
Carpentry benches and tools at the Crossley and Porter Orphanage, Halifax. Date: 1930s

Background imageTools Collection: A Young Indian Cobbler at work

A Young Indian Cobbler at work. circa 1903

Background imageTools Collection: Crushing Device Date: 1880

Crushing Device Date: 1880

Background imageTools Collection: Opera Glasses Date: 1883

Opera Glasses Date: 1883

Background imageTools Collection: Opened Presents Date: 1948

Opened Presents Date: 1948

Background imageTools Collection: Railroad Mans Tools Date: 1949

Railroad Mans Tools Date: 1949

Background imageTools Collection: Technologys Orbits Date: 1950

Technologys Orbits Date: 1950

Background imageTools Collection: Stonemason 1856

Stonemason 1856
Stonemason about cut into a stone block with his mallet and chisel. Date: 1856

Background imageTools Collection: Shoemaker 1855

Shoemaker 1855
Old shoemaker sitting on a low stool making shoes. Date: 1855

Background imageTools Collection: Village carpenter 1855

Village carpenter 1855
Interior of a workshop with a village carpenter using a wooden smoothing plane. Date: 1855

Background imageTools Collection: TOOLS FOR MAKING VELVET

TOOLS FOR MAKING VELVET
THE TOOLS FOR MAKING OF VELVET. Date: circa 1730

Background imageTools Collection: PULLEYS

PULLEYS Date: 18th century

Background imageTools Collection: BOYS TAUGHT TRADES

BOYS TAUGHT TRADES
Two boys in a workshop at the London School for Mental Defectives: the children are taught trades such as upholstery, carpentry and boot making Date: 1931

Background imageTools Collection: METAL WORKER 1960S

METAL WORKER 1960S
A young man welds metal with a blow torch Date: 1960s

Background imageTools Collection: MENDING A WRISTWATCH

MENDING A WRISTWATCH
A man looks on as his watch is being mended Date: 1930s

Background imageTools Collection: EARLY MAN CARVES

EARLY MAN CARVES
Stone age sculptor working with stone tools at the Laugerie Basse site, France. Date: BCE

Background imageTools Collection: Paviors at work, England 1867

Paviors at work, England 1867
While his mate uses a small pick to fit the paving stones in place, this pavior rams them tight with a massive paving hammer. Date: 1867

Background imageTools Collection: GRINDSTONE HANDBILL

GRINDSTONE HANDBILL
Handbill offering grindstones, mounted or unmounted in varying degrees of sophistication. Date: circa 1870

Background imageTools Collection: Advert for Rowland Priest, manufacturer of pulleys 1889

Advert for Rowland Priest, manufacturer of pulleys 1889
Examples of pulleys, hoists and a lifting jack Date: 1889

Background imageTools Collection: LONDON STREET PEDLARS

LONDON STREET PEDLARS
Inquisitive passers by gather round to inspect the goods offered by a London street pedlar. He has an assortment of wares including cigarettes and tools. Date: 1920s

Background imageTools Collection: OPEN FIREPLACE (WALSH)

OPEN FIREPLACE (WALSH)
An open fireplace with metal screen, ornate mantelshelf, fender and fire tools - the archetypal Victorian hearth Date: 1873

Background imageTools Collection: ALLEGORY OF MINING

ALLEGORY OF MINING
Allegorical depiction of mining, showing two of the little folk traditionally associated with mining, and various tools Date: circa 1890

Background imageTools Collection: Great Exhibition - Sheffield Court

Great Exhibition - Sheffield Court
Sheffield Court. Date: 1851

Background imageTools Collection: TOOLS / FOOT-LATHE

TOOLS / FOOT-LATHE
Foot-operated lathe

Background imageTools Collection: TOOLS / LATHE / 1806

TOOLS / LATHE / 1806
Lathe for turning cylindrical poles Date: 1806

Background imageTools Collection: TOOLS / GIMLETS ETC / 1889

TOOLS / GIMLETS ETC / 1889
Various types of mallet, awl and gimlet Date: 1889

Background imageTools Collection: TOOLS / GAUGES ETC / 1889

TOOLS / GAUGES ETC / 1889
Various types of saw, gauge and screwdriver. Also included is a spirit level. Date: 1889

Background imageTools Collection: TOOLS / HAMMERS ETC / 1889

TOOLS / HAMMERS ETC / 1889
Various types of hammer and scythe Date: 1889

Background imageTools Collection: TOOLS / CHISELS ETC / 1889

TOOLS / CHISELS ETC / 1889
Various types of chisel, knife and gouge Date: 1889

Background imageTools Collection: TOOLS / BEVILS ETC / 1889

TOOLS / BEVILS ETC / 1889
Various types of bevil, spokeshave and square Date: 1889

Background imageTools Collection: DRAINAGE TOOLS / 1803 / PASS

DRAINAGE TOOLS / 1803 / PASS
Implements for modern drainage Date: 1803

Background imageTools Collection: OPIUM SMOKING TOOLS

OPIUM SMOKING TOOLS
The equipment of a serious Chinese opium smoker Date: 1893

Background imageTools Collection: Stone Age Carving

Stone Age Carving
Carving with stone tools during the Stone Age at Laugerie Basses, France Date: circa 3000 BC

Background imageTools Collection: 17th century Rosary Threading

17th century Rosary Threading
Two men sit at a workbench threading beads onto rosaries to help Catholics say their prayers, Date: 17th century

Background imageTools Collection: Sheffield Steel manufactures 1866

Sheffield Steel manufactures 1866
Sheffield : scythe-grinders. Date: 1866

Background imageTools Collection: A fantasy buttermaker

A fantasy buttermaker, wearing a costume made up of the tools of her trade, and with a table hanging round her waist. Date: circa 1700

Background imageTools Collection: A fantasy farm labourer

A fantasy farm labourer, dressed in a costume made up of the tools of his trade. Date: circa 1700

Background imageTools Collection: Items from the Folk Museum, Cambridge including an eel trap

Items from the Folk Museum, Cambridge including an eel trap
Items from the Folk Museum, Cambridge: Clockwise from top left, a Turf Becket and spade, an eel trap, and eel gleve, horse overshoes and a sedge knife. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageTools Collection: Oxyacetylene flame cutting in a factory or workshop

Oxyacetylene flame cutting in a factory or workshop in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageTools Collection: Fire tools

Fire tools
Steel and iron poker, one from a set of fire irons, with a shaft with baluster knops and a ball finial, manufactured in England, c.1740-60. Date: c.1740-1760

Background imageTools Collection: Fire tongs

Fire tongs
Brass fire tongs, the arms with turned shafts featuring three knops and a ball knop at the top, part of a set of fire tools made in England c.1650-1700. Date: c.1650-1700

Background imageTools Collection: Fire shovel

Fire shovel
Brass fire shovel with a turned shaft featuring three knops, a ball knop at the the top, and a bell-shaped pan, part of a set of fire tools made in England c.1650-1700. Date: c.1650-1700

Background imageTools Collection: Poker

Poker
Brass and wrought iron poker with a turned shaft featuring three knops and a ball knop at the top, part of a set of fire tools made in England c.1650-1700. Date: c.1650-1700

Background imageTools Collection: Set of fire tools

Set of fire tools
Brass and wrought iron poker with a turned shaft featuring three knops and a ball knop at the top, part of a set of fire tools made in England c.1650-1700. Date: c.1650-1700

Background imageTools Collection: Rifle, Bolt Action, Ross, . 303 In M1910 Mk Iii

Rifle, Bolt Action, Ross, . 303 In M1910 Mk Iii
Ross M1910 Mk III. 303 in straight-pull bolt action rifle, 1915; manufactured by the Ross Rifle Company in Canada; cleaning tools in butt. Converted to match shooter after World War One



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