Trades Collection (page 6)

Wool-comber combing out wool remove short fibres. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Rope maker twisting rope yarns together on a rope walk while an apprentice turns a wheel to revolve the hook. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades

Tin-plate worker in apron beating tin on an anvil with a mallet surrounded by tin buckets, pots, urns and utensils. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades

A metal worker using a wire-drawing machine to make thin wire. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

English mariner with sextant on a beach in front of a lighthouse and tall ship. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Design, Aberdeen, Its Trades & Industries. 1905

Bake-house in a Cornish Village by Adrian Stokes
A bake-house in a Cornish village. Loaves are carefully weighed before the baker shovels them into the oven. Date: 1888

Cries of Paris - shoeshine boy

Cries of Paris - ink seller

Cries of Paris - mackerel seller

Cries of Paris - coppersmith

Cries of Paris - street trader with a tray of eggs
Cries of Paris - street trader with a tray of red and white eggs

Cries of Paris - seller of umbrellas and parasols

Cries of Paris - lottery ticket seller

Cries of Paris - water carrier

Cries of Paris - street trader with baskets

Cries of Paris - shoe repair man

Cries of Paris - clothes seller

Cries of Paris - waffle seller

Cries of Paris - street trader with basket

Cries of Paris - chimney sweep

Cries of Paris - well cleaner

Cries of Paris - milk seller

Cries of Paris - scissor sharpener

Cries of Paris - matches and tinder seller

Cries of Paris - glass seller

Cries of Paris - water seller

Cries of Paris - salad seller

Cries of Paris - flower seller with carnations and roses

Cries of Paris - pea seller

Stamp, Clothing, Outfitting & Woollen Trades Exhibition
Cinderella stamp, The Clothing, Outfitting & Woollen Trades Exhibition, Royal Agricultural Hall, London, 28 March to 7 April 1922. 1922

Patriotic poster, Buy British - What you & your fellows make
Buy what you & your fellows make - Buy British - for employments sake. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Cartoon, Another Blow for Oxford - a delivery boy in fashionable Oxford bags (trousers). Date: 1925

Crab stall in Peking (Beijing), China, East Asia
People at a crab stall in Peking (Beijing), China, East Asia, with some haggling over the price. Date: 1922

Bazaar in Peking (Beijing), China, East Asia, with masks on display. Date: 1922

Blind boot-lace seller 1850s
Blind boot-lace seller with his little dog in the streets of London. Date: circa 1850s

Dickens scrap - Gabriel Varden and Sim Tappertit
Charles Dickens scrap - Gabriel Varden and Sim Tappertit in the novel Barnaby Rudge, Chapter 4. 19th century

Automata newsboy and flower girl 1887
Aut-omata aut nullus, erected by the anti-street Brawling association, to replace newsboys and flower girls. Date: 1887

Milk vendor on a donkey, Seville, Spain. Date: circa 1930

A Japanese flower seller stands by a portable stall made of bamboo with integral holders for floral displays. Date: circa 1900

A Jack of All Trades. Date: 1850

A Chinese seller of hot rice Date: circa 1890

A young Turkish man selling sweets and cakes on the streets of Istanbul Date: 1890s

Woman sitting in her own home in South London, making the hat boxes for a supplier that make silk hats for the richer society

Artificial flowers 1900s
Three women standing in a row making arrangements with artificial flowers, string and glue, in London. Date: 1900s

Flower girl in London, 1872
Flower girl selling flowers or buttonholes to two Victorian gentlemen on the streets of London. Date: 1872

National Waifs Association 1900
National Waifs Association for destitute boys in Stepney Causeway, London. Photograph showing Dr. Barnardos giving boys a chance to learn a trade in blacksmithing. Date: 1900

Streets seller - relish 1871
Poor woman selling relish on the streets of London. Date: 1871

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