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APPLEBYS HOIST (LIFT)Applebys direct-action hoist (hydraulic). Date: late 19th century
SOCIAL / DORE COFFEE STALLNight people gather round a London coffee stall. Date: 1870
NAVY YESTERDAY AND TODAYBritish naval officers of yesterday... and today... Date: circa 1830
FALL / PYRENEAN DOG / 1973Unidentified dog, half asleep on its bench at a dog show. It looks bored and rolls its eyes. Date: 1973
SOCIAL / US SEAMSTRESS 19CA girl sews by candlelight in her apartment while a man drinks at the table and another person lies (ill?) in bed in the same room Date: 1872
WATER MILL / RUSTIC FRANCEThe water mill at Eu, France in an ideal rustic setting Date: circa 1840
SOCIAL / BERLIN / BABYLONBerlin depicted as the Modern Babylon Date: 1933
DIVING FOR PEARLSDiving for pearls in the Persian Gulf. Date: 1870
PROTESTANT CONFIRMATIONA large group of Protestants are confirmed amid the splendour of Westminster Cathedral. Date: 1871
ITALIAN WOOL SPINNINGIn a region near Venice, spinning has not died out, as performed here by an old woman. People in this area have done this for the last six centuries. Date: 1930
SATIRE ON STEAMBOATSAn early steamship, which like a giant kettle has built up too much pressure and exploded throwing its unwitting passengers overboard. The rowing boat appears safer. Date: circa 1830
FABLE / LION IN LOVETHE LION IN LOVE He must agree to let his teeth be plucked out and his claws cut off. Date: circa 1870
RACIAL TYPES / SCOTS CARDA Scotswoman in her cottage cards wool, preparatory to spinning it into thread Date: 1848
ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, dressed as American darkies, perform in the streets of London with banjo, violin, tambourine and castanets. Date: circa 1860
Advert for Rowland Priest, manufacturer of pulleys 1889Examples of pulleys, hoists and a lifting jack Date: 1889
APPLEBY STEAM ENGINEAppleby marine oscillating engines for use in steam vessels Date: 1880
ERICSSONS STEAM ENGINEEricssons calorific steam engine Date: late 19th century
WATER MILL / PYNETwo men by the side of a grand watermill wheel Date: 1805
ROCK STRATA SECTIONSA diagrammatic section showing the order of succession of rock strata in the earths crust
MINERAL LODESThree sections of mineral lodes or veins) in Spain
River Steamers Albany 1871Albany, New York: the landing place on the Hudson River Date: 1871
ROCK STRATA DIAGRAMA diagram giving a detailed explanation of rock strata groups, their uses and localities
DUTCH MAP MAKERA Dutch map maker sits at his desk studying a globe, with a pair of compasses in his hand
SCIENCE AS A GODDESSScience, personified as a goddess standing on top of the world, directs a ray of light onto a city. Date: 19th century
REFRACTION DEMONSTRATEDA man uses a handheld device to study refraction. Date: 19th century
MINERALOGY ALLEGORISEDMineralogy allegorised. Date: circa 1820
WINDMILL AND RIDERSTwo figures on horseback pass a windmill Date: 1803
WINDMILLS IN HOLLANDWindmills in Holland Date: 1880
DUMONTS TURBINEDumonts atmospheric turbine Date: 1884
WINDMILL AT CHESTERTONThe windmill at Chesterton, Warwickshire, built in 1632 to a design attributed to Inigo Jones Date: 19th century
COCKNEY BLACKSMITH / 1932Mr Charles Mitchell, the village smithy of Pyecombe, Sussex, claims to be a real cockney. Pyecombe forge have been making their famous crooks for centuries. Date: 29 September 1932
PIT PONIES MID-CANNOCKPompey (the pony) with Mr Talbot (left) and Titch with Mr Hawkes leaving the shaft at Mid-Cannock Colliery, on the first stage of their journey to the Royal Show at Windsor. Date: 1960s
GUINEVERE IN CLOISTERQueen Guinevere in the cloister at the end of her life
GUINEVERE ON THE TERRACEGuinevere as a novice (nun) on the terrace
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL 1870Visiting day at the Childrens Hospital, London. Children play in their cots whilst their parents look over them anxiously Date: 1870
FLYPAPER SELLER 1870A flypaper seller. Date: 1870
NEW CUT ITEM SELLER 1872A dishevelled man sells household articles at Londons New Cut market. Date: 1872
TURNING A WINDLASSSix men turning a windlass, a mechanical device with a horizontal axis for hauling or hoisting Date: 1803
DANCING OLD AND NEWThe old way of dancing, and the new Date: 1830
THE VILLAGE TINKER 1870The village tinker walks along the road looking for business with his young apprentice who is in charge of their donkey. Date: 1870
FALL / DACHSHUND / 1980YATESBURY NANETTE AND YATESBURY KANDIDA Owned by Sydney. A pair of black and tans. Date: 1980
HIGH BROOKS MINE 1866An explosion at the High Brooks colliery, near Wigan in Lancashire, England, results in the deaths of 30 miners. Date: 23 January 1866
FURNACE OF STEAM ENGINEThe furnace, boilers and temperature gauge of a fully operating steam engine Date: early 19th century
SPRING BLOSSOMS ON SALEThe first spring blossoms on sale at a flower stall. Date: circa 1895
Girls - Street OrganSlum children in a London court dance to the music of a barrel organ. Date: 1870
FALL / K. C. SPANIEL / 1912CHAMPION WHIRLWIND Owned by The Honourable Mrs Lytton. Colour: blenheim. Date: 1912
CARDING WOOL / 1848Hand carding wool in a cottage in Scotland. Date: 1848
BLACKSMITH / CIRCA 1800liquor being poured out in a blacksmiths workshop. Date: circa 1800