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Happy Families Playing Cards - Master Mike the Announcers Son. circa 1930s
Book of Trades, The Pavier. 1841
Woman police officers accessories: a whistle on a chain, a plastic-covered notebook, a wooden truncheon with leather strap, and the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985. Date: circa late 1980s
Salomon Gessner - 3SALOMON GESSNER Swiss writer and artist, accompanied by a quartet of cupids and tools of his trades. Date: 1730 - 1788
Girolamo GengaGIROLAMO GENGA Italian artist and architect, accompanied by two comely female assistants and the tools of his trade. Date: 1476 - 1551
John Henry Foley - 2JOHN HENRY FOLEY - Irish sculptor, accompanied by the tools of his trade and by his autograph, without which none of his works attributed to him can be considered authentic. Date: 1818 - 1874
Francois Duquesnoy - 2FRANCOIS DUQUESNOY known as Le Flamand, Flemish sculptor, depicted with drill, dividers and other tools of his trade. Date: 1594 - 1642
William Dobson, ArtistWILLIAM DOBSON artist, depicted with palette, brushes, dividers and other tools of his trade. Date: 1610 - 1646
Robert DavesneROBERT DAVESNE French master locksmith, with a shop in the rue Montmartre, Paris, displaying the tools of his trade in a garden setting. Date: CIRCA 1676
Engravers Tools, DiderotThe tools of the copperplate engraver. Date: circa 1760
Builders Fall Off a RoofThree builders fall off a roof Date: 1900
Johannes Kepler / RousseauJOHANNES KEPLER German astronomer, with the tools of his trade Date: 1571 - 1630
Advert for Lomas & Co. Cake decorating tools 1898Lomas & Co cake decorating specialist. Date: 1898
Stonemason working with granite in a workshop. Date: circa 1970s
Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham - Carpenters ShopBoys at benches working with carpentry tools at the Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham Date: circa 1903
A saw on a Christmas card -- the basis of a fairly excruciating pun. Date: circa 1890s
Cat in wheelbarrow on a New Year cardWhite cat in a pink wheelbarrow on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Two girls on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1870s
How to make braided rugs, with material dyed in different colours, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s
Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, London - Wheelwrights ShBarnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, London. Boys at work using a variety of tools in the wheelwrights shop
National Childrens Home (NCH), Bethnal Green - Working LadsNational Childrens Home (NCH), Bethnal Green. A group of Working Lads hold some of the tools of the trades they have been learning. Date: circa 1900
Couple trying to fix a car on a London street. They have the bonnet up and are looking into the engine. Date: circa 1960s
Cotton weaver, 17th c. Early Modern Era. Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Museo Correr
Tool to weigh gold dust. Art from Baule (Baoul驅Tool to weigh gold dust. Art from Baule (Baoul驠 ethnic group in Ivory Coast. African art. Metals. Private Collection. Proc: CԔ E-D IVOIRE
China - Peking Observatory. The Beijing Ancient ObservatoryLantern slide of Peking (Beijing) Observatory. The Beijing Ancient Observatory - a pretelescopic observatory located in Beijing, China
Cotton carder, JerusalemCotton carder working in a street, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s
Dutch rover scout sharpening an axe
Man thatching a roofA man thatching a roof, probably in Devon. Date: 20th century
Well boring tools and pumps advertisement, 1888A selection of well-boring tools and pumps available from R. Richards & Co of 2, Upper Ground, London. Date: 1888
Training munition workers at Shoreditch Technical InstituteScenes showing the training of munition workers at Shoreditch Technical Institute (run by London County Council) during the First World War
Firefighters in action, Waterden Road, London N1, 23 January 1956. The basement windows had been bricked up, which caused delay in reaching the seat of the fire
Fire officer in studio photographA fire officer (James Seaton Simonds?) in a studio photograph. He is wearing uniform, and his brass helmet is at his side
Fire Station Officer Soggee in studio photographFire Station Officer Soggee in a studio photograph, in uniform with his brass helmet under his arm
Young fireman in studio photographA young fireman in a studio photograph by Wakefields of Ealing, London W5. He is wearing uniform, with his helmet beside him on a table
Illustrated War News front cover - a woman gardener, WW1Front cover of The Illustrated War News featuring a photograph of a jobbing female gardener during the war riding a motorcycle and sidecar
Musical instrument manufacture, 1855The interior of the factory of Pierre Louis Gautrot, showing the manufacture of musical instruments. Furnices can be seen to the rear
Tools for making musical instruments, c. 1750Various tools for the manufacture of musical instruments, c. 1750. Date: c. 1750
British soldiers breaking down German strong point, WW1British soldiers breaking down a German strong point on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Scene at harvest time in France, Western Front, WW1Scene at harvest time in France, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Woodworking Classroom, Bedfordshire Reformatory, SharnbrookAn instructor stands in front of the blackboard in the woodwork classroom at the Bedfordshire County Reformatory, Sharnbrook. Planes, mallets and other tools lie on the benches. Date: Date unknown
Mending Atlantic cables by G. H. DavisMending earthquake-torn Atlantic cables: methods and tools. How the Atlantic cables broken by the submarine earthquake (18 November) are repaired: perilous work in winter. Date: 1929
Building the Fergana Canal in 1939Hundreds of dust covered men heed the call of musicians atop a crumbling hillock and head to work at the construction site of the Fergana Canal formerly in Russia (now part of Uzbeckistan). Date: 1939
Transport methods used by soldiers, WW1Methods used by soldiers for transporting their equipment during the First World War. Showing a French cyclist scout aiming his rifle with his cycle on his back
Nursery Rhymes -- foxhunters, Mary in her gardenNursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Three foxhunters find a hedgehog (above). Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? (below) Date: early 20th century
Silhouette Calendar -- July, Haymaking. Showing a girl with a doll watching two boys heading off with a pitchfork and a rake. Date: 20th century
Italian postcard, infantrymens dugout, WW1Italian postcard depicting La Casa del Fante (the home of the infantry) during the First World War. The men are lying asleep in their dugout, their spades and picks leaning up against a post
Men and boys in a workshop, most of them looking towards the camera
Workman in a factory - lead works - ww1A workman in a factory, having a break from his work. The factory produced lead shrapnel for us in artillery shells - WW1 era Date: circa 1915