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Manufacturing Collection

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Staffordshire Potteries

Staffordshire Potteries
Factories in the Staffordshire potteries, 2nd March 1946. Original publication : Picture Post - 3088 - Pottery : A Working Partys Problem - pub

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Map of Yellowstone National Park, USA

Map of Yellowstone National Park, USA

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Binocular Testing

Binocular Testing
A line of girls tests each pair of binoculars made for the Services before it leaves the factory. Their employers, Ross Ltd of Clapham, the largest optical instrument manufacturer in the country

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Steel Furnace

Steel Furnace
16th August 1952: Liquid metal spraying out of the furnace at Thomas and Baldwins steel works in Ebbw Vale, Wales. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6005 - Steel Town - pub

Background imageManufacturing Collection: A typical mosaic at The Alhambra- Granada-Spain

A typical mosaic at The Alhambra- Granada-Spain
Brightly colored mosaics adorn the walls and floors of the Alhambra of Granada in Spain

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Humour rain umbrella St. Swithin 19th century cartoon

Humour rain umbrella St. Swithin 19th century cartoon
This is a cartoon etching by the well-known Victorian social caricaturist / cartoonist George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878), dated November 1st, 1829

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Romanian traditional ceramic plates Horezu area, Romania

Romanian traditional ceramic plates Horezu area, Romania
Horezu ceramics is a unique type of Romanian pottery that is traditionally produced by hand around the town of Horezu in northern Oltenia close to the famous Horezu Monastery

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Steel Foundry

Steel Foundry
19th January 1978: The steel foundry at Corby. (Photo by Colin Davey/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Mass Production

Mass Production
Full-length image of auto workers lowering the body of a Model T onto its chassis on an assembly line ramp outdoors at the Ford Motor Company, Highland Park, Michigan

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Stream Train built in, Crewe Locomotive Works, 1892

Stream Train built in, Crewe Locomotive Works, 1892
Vintage engraving of a Stream Train built at the London and North Western Locomotive Works, at Crewe, 1892, 19th Century

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Rectification Device

Rectification Device
Antique illustration of a DesireSavalles device for rectifying alcohol

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Austin Assembly

Austin Assembly
circa 1920: Cars on the assembly line at an Austin Six factory. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Mule Spinning

Mule Spinning
1st January 1909: A young boy mule spinning at Joness Cotton Mill, Manchester. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Testing Aircraft

Testing Aircraft
14th October 1943: A Royal Airforce Mosquito being tested at the de Havilland factory. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Big Gun

Big Gun
circa 1885: The breech block of a large gun being gauged and fitted at Woolwich Arsenal. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Silk Mill

Silk Mill
Thomas Lombes silk mill in Derby, circa 1720. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Cooling Tower

Cooling Tower
circa 1940: A cooling tower near the smoking chimneys of a factory, on the outskirts of Sheffield, in Yorkshire. (Photo by Val Doone/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Factory Spilling Toxic Waste

Factory Spilling Toxic Waste
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Background imageManufacturing Collection: Industrial Skyline

Industrial Skyline
1958: Manufactured goods produced in Halifax in West Yorkshire include textiles, textile machinery, household goods and building products. (Photo by Lewis/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Armless

Armless
August 1961: Almost completed mannequins await some final touches at the workshop where they are made. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Left Leg Forward

Left Leg Forward
August 1961: Shop window mannequins await completion. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Liquid Soap

Liquid Soap
1929: A vat of liquid being stirred at the Lever Brothers soap factory, Port Sunlight, Cheshire. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Basket-Making

Basket-Making
circa 1930: A blind peasant making baskets in Syria. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Packing Soap

Packing Soap
1929: Packing bars of soap at Lever Brothers Port Sunlight factory, Cheshire. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Industrial Chemists

Industrial Chemists
1929: Part of the soap making process in a laboratory workshop at Lever Brothers factory, Port Sunlight, Cheshire. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Making Soap

Making Soap
1929: A soap shredding machine at Lever Brothers Port Sunlight factory, Cheshire. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Inside A Factory

Inside A Factory
1930: The interior of a factory in Britain. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Making Music

Making Music
circa 1927: A man working on a machine which assembles all parts of a gramophone case in one operation. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Welding Class

Welding Class
15th January 1930: Three men watching another conduct a welding demonstration in an Acton factory. They are all wearing safety goggles. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Reeling Silk

Reeling Silk
circa 1900: Two workers reeling silk in China. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Sugar Crushing

Sugar Crushing
circa 1895: Juice is running from the rollers as sugar cane is crushed at a factory in Cuba. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Quality Toppers

Quality Toppers
Finished top hats, with their crowns protected with paper are carried by a worker at Messrs Lincoln Bennetts in south-east London

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Top Hatter

Top Hatter
A woman worker stands on the brim of a top hat to test its strength in the workshop of Messrs Lincoln Bennett, hatters of south east London, December 1925. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Hat Trimming

Hat Trimming
17th March 1926: Due to women bobbing and shingling their hair, hats are being trimmed to keep up with fashion demands. (Photo by G. Adams/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: French Tanneries

French Tanneries
circa 1960: A group of tanneries at Barjols in the south of France where leather for the French glove industry is prepared. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Antique illustration of scientific discoveries: Steam power, Marquis de Jouffroy

Antique illustration of scientific discoveries: Steam power, Marquis de Jouffroy

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Silver Workers

Silver Workers
December 1929: Two men using hammers and anvils to hand shape the silver at the workshop of Messrs Higgins Francis of Newman street. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Antique illustration of scientific discoveries, electricity and magnetism

Antique illustration of scientific discoveries, electricity and magnetism: Benjamin Franklin

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Plaster Maple Leafs

Plaster Maple Leafs
circa 1955: Plaster Maple leaves, fresh from their moulds. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Saintly Hands

Saintly Hands
circa 1955: Arms and hands await connection to holy bodies at the Plaster Saint Factory of Biagiotti in New York. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Bits And Pieces

Bits And Pieces
circa 1955: A couple of torsos on a shelf above a row of mannequins legs. In the background the finished product. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Antique illustration of book production, printing press, typography

Antique illustration of book production, printing press, typography

Background imageManufacturing Collection: book production, printing press, typography

book production, printing press, typography
Antique illustration of book production, printing press, typography

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Engraving of man working at a printing machine

Engraving of man working at a printing machine
18th Century Style, The Media, Men, Printing Plate, Painted Image, Printing Out, Antique, Engraved Image, Woodcut, Illustration and Painting, Pencil Drawing, Image Created 18th Century, Print

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Antique illustration of scientist: Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Antique illustration of scientist: Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Macaroni Boy

Macaroni Boy
February 1929: A young boy carrying strings of pasta in a macaroni factory in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Pouring Molten Steel

Pouring Molten Steel
May 1929: Workmen in a steel mill pouring molten steel into an ingot mould. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageManufacturing Collection: Milk Bottling Plant

Milk Bottling Plant
July 1929: A woman holding one of the new cardboard milk cartons as a continuous line of them pass by on a conveyor belt at a milk bottling plant. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)



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