Weighing Collection (page 2)

Comic postcard, Plump woman weighing herself on the beach and breaking the machine Date: 20th century

Men and boys with weighing scales, China c. 1890
Men and boys with weighing scales, China c.1890

Weighing tea, plantation, Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Vintage 19th century photograph: weighing tea on a tea plantation, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

c. 1880s Japan - weighing tea

Weighing scales and cherries, London market stall
Old brass weighing scales and cherries on a market stall in the East End of London. Date: 1957

Weighing baskets of tea leaves for sale, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Two women pose for their photograph in a bakers shop. Date: c. 1953
Two women pose for their photograph in a bakers shop. Date: c.1953

Weighing tea chests, China. Date: 1888

Great weighing machine or steelyard, Qing Dynasty. The man weighs items brought to him by customers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

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

Neapolitan grape seller 1886
Naples man selling grapes on the vine. Date: 1886

Easter Eggs - People You See. From Teddy Bear (artwork dated 13 April). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1960s

Advert for Thornhills portable weighing machine 1895
Portable polished oak and carpet platform personal weighing machine. 1895

Cutout advertisement for Lemco & Milk - Splendid for Delicate Children. Showing a mother weighing her baby on a set of scales. Date: early 20th century

The Banker and his Wife Date: 1538

Woman Weighing Gold by Jan Vermeer (1632-1675). Date: circa 1655

Nurses weighing babies
Four nurses weighing babies. One nurse stands holding a baby in her arms, while on the floor another nurse holds a baby in a wicker basket. Another nurse is weighing a baby on a scale on the floor

Medical room for the British Army 1901
A potential soldier in front of a doctor for a medical to join the British Army, to fight in the Second Boer War. Date: 1901

Weighing machine at the general Post Office 1856
The object of the machine is to enable the Post Office authorities at St. Martins-le-Grand to weigh en masse, letters and newspapers sent daily from office to the provinces. Date: 1856

MAKING MARMALADE 1930S
A young woman slicing oranges to make marmalade. Date: 1930s

INDIAN MEAT MARKET
A rather unhygienic meat stall at a market in Lahore, India, showing the butcher weighing the meat for a customer. When he has sold out of meat, he will sleep on the counter! Date: 1930s

SCHMIDTS SHOP 1970S
The bakery counter at Schmidts famous store on Charlotte Street, London, full of fine foods and delicious- looking cakes and pastries a piece of Germany in London. Date: 1970s

THE WEIGHING HOUSE
The Weighing House, or degrees of Folly Date: circa 1733

WEIGHING A PUPIL
The Nit Nurse checks a young boy for head lice as the rest of the class look on with interest and possible apprehension! Date: 1958

GLASS MANUFACTURE 1850
The kiln, glass house and weighing room of a glass manufacturers Date: circa 1850

YOKOHAMA CUSTOM HOUSE
Custom House in Yokohama, Japan Date: 1861

Street trade - cherries
Woman in the streets of London selling cherries. Date: 1885

Railway station, Nuevitas, Cuba, with the docks on the right. Date: circa 1920

Space Memorabilia - lunar meteorite
Space Memorabilia - stunning NWA 11303 Lunar Meteorite weighing eight grams and measuring 37mm. Moon rocks are incredibly rare, making up only 1 per cent of meteorite falls

c. 1880s India - weighing spices or other dry goods
c.1880s India - man weighing spices or other dry goods with a set of scales

Christmas card in the form of weight scales -- Try Your Weight, Drop Penny in Slot. Date: circa 1890s

A (Y)appy Idea! by William Heath Robinson, WWI rationing
The Ventrimetric System: Rational weights and measures for use in hotels, restaurants, and clubs for the limitation of appetites

Gothic Art. France. Paris. Notre Dame. Facade. the archangel
Gothic Art. France. Paris. Notre Dame. Sculptures decorating the portal of the Last Judgment. It was built in the 1220s-1230s. Facade

The Weighing Room at Hurst Park by John Lavery picturing famous jockeys of the day - from left, McLachlan, Steve Donoghue (in the scales), Bullock, Smirke, Weston, Beary, Pat Donoghue, R

Tsar Bell, Kremlin complex, Moscow, Russia
The Tsar Bell, also known as the Queen of Bells, Tsarsky Kolokol or Royal Bell, on display in the Kremlin complex, Moscow, Russia

American boxers Joe Louis and Billy Conn, New York, USA
American boxers Joe Louis and Billy Conn weighing in before a fight, New York, USA. They fought each other twice, in 1941 and 1946; Louis won both matches. Date: 1940s

The king of the road: Dexter driven by his owner Mr. Robert Bonner of the New York Ledger at Prospect Park Brooklyn August 31st 1869, trotting a mile to a road wagon. weighing with driver 319 lbs

Admiral Makarov at Constantinople
Stepan Osipovich Makarov (1848-1904) Russian admiral in command of the Pacific fleet at beginning of Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

Christmas card in the shape of kitchen scales, with a turkey on one side and a twenty pound weight on the other. Date: circa 1890s

French Railway Alphabet - K for Kilogrammes (kilograms). 19th century

Two tabby kittens on bathroom scales
Unusual Friends - two tabby kittens on bathroom scales. 1950s

Susi - with bathroom scales and Mum. 1950s

Susi - weighing a bone on scales. 1950s

Milking Time at Greenmount Agricultural College - a view of two men milking cows indoors and a lady weighing the quantity of milk in a bucket. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Muckamore)

Alkmaar, Zijdam with Waag building -The Netherlands. Image of a bridge over the canal with the Waag building or weighing house in the background. The Waag now houses the cheese museum

Weighing Wool in the Market House, Ardara - a view of a group of men watching wool being weighed in a courtyard. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Ardara). Date: circa early 1900s

Weighing round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - The Netherlands
Weighing round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is famed for its traditional cheese market. circa 1910s

Sorting and weighing diamonds, Kimberley, South Africa, circa 1888 (Robert Harris studio). Date: circa 1888

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