Tools Collection (page 9)

Young fireman in studio photograph
A 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, WW1
Front 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, 1855
The 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. 1750
Various tools for the manufacture of musical instruments, c. 1750. Date: c. 1750

British soldiers breaking down German strong point, WW1
British 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, WW1
Scene at harvest time in France, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Woodworking Classroom, Bedfordshire Reformatory, Sharnbrook
An 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. Davis
Mending 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 1939
Hundreds 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, WW1
Methods 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 garden
Nursery 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, WW1
Italian 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 - ww1
A 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

Steam hercules, rough pencil sketch Date: 1846

Vendee : Blacksmith
Royalist resistance comes from ordinary people such as the heroic Blacksmith of the Vendee, armed only with the tools of his trade. Date: 1793

Virgil Solis
VIRGIL SOLIS German engraver, depicted handling the tools of his trade. Date: 1514 - 1562

Joseph Nollekens - 1
JOSEPH NOLLEKENS sculptor, depicted with the tools of his trade. Date: 1737 - 1823

China - A Chinese cutler, sharpening a Chinese Cleaver
Shanghai, China - A Chinese cutler, sharpening a Chinese Cleaver on a wetstone. Date: circa 1910s

Support the Armed Forces - USA - WW2 Propaganda - " Give them the tools to Finish the Job". Date: 1943

Self-acting lathe with treadle motion and complete set of tools. Height of centres 6 inches

Special lathe for making tools for cartridge machinery. Height of centres 8.5 inches

Armilar sphere and planetarium (1774). SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum

Manuscript Facts of the Romans (13th c. ). Bricklayers
" Manuscript " Facts of the Romans" (13th c.). Bricklayers. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)."

Cart driver (18th c. ). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris
Cart driver (18th c.). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

Tools and Carpenters making a bucket and a bellows
" Tools and Carpenters making a bucket and a bellows. Plate 2 for the article " Boisselier" of the Encyclopedia

Hevelius, Johannes (1611-1687). German astronomer

Repairman
People You See. Repairman. From Teddy Bear (2 January 1965)

Television Repair Man
People You See: The TV Man. From Teddy Bear (29 February 1964)

Telephone Repairs Man
People You See. From Teddy Bear (14 November 1964)

Jugend front cover, two young women dancing
Front cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting two young women dancing. They are holding symbolic items representing arts and crafts, including an artists palette and brushes

GLC-LFB Forced entry and lighting unit at Clapham
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender with lights
Southwarks Emergency Tender with lights. By the mid-1920s emergency tenders were developing into far more than just a carrier of firefighters with breathing apparatus

Firefighters doing productive work in lull period, WW2
During the longer lulls in firefighting activities, NFS firefighters took part in industrial production for the countrys war needs

An example of a firefighters axe

Night lamp & hand lamp Night lamp & hand lamp
Stone cutter and tools. Drawing shows a stone cutter chiseling a piece of stone with several types of tools on the ground next to him. Date 1878 Nov

Australia - Victoria - Bush Blacksmith (Gippsland Region) Date: circa 1905

Garden tools used by the Royal children. 3 Swiss Cottage, Osborne

Still life of artists tools
From a magazine advertisement c.1920

Felling Chemical Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland

Silhouettes of soldiers in wartime
Some of our lads -- silhouettes of soldiers in wartime. Including a piper playing the bagpipes, men standing on guard or chatting, a drummer, men carrying tools and materials for trench digging

Threshing

Adjustable Garden Hoe
An adjustable garden hoe is very useful for getting between rows of plants without any fear of damaging them. One or more sets of prongs can be removed, as desired. Date: 1930s

Brtish troops breaking stones, Flanders, WW1
British troops breaking stones for road making around the time of the Battle of Broodseinde, Flanders, during the First World War. circa 1917

Travelling Barbers at Work - Mersin Date: circa 1909

Gardening Equipment
Gardening tools : Wheelbarrow, gloves, spade, fork, etc. Date: 1960s

Unusual Farmyard Gate
An unusual farm gate, with a spade, scythe, axe etc, incorporated into its design, near Tring, Hertfordshire, England. Date: March 1939

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