Repairing Collection

Mechanical digger

Young woman in underwear standing by mirror, (B&W)

Illustration of a bible scene, 2 Kings 12, Temple of Solomon is repaired by King Josiahs men

Union Soldiers Fill Downtime During Civil War
A group of Northern soldiers from the Army of the Potomac takes advantage of a respite from battle to write letters and mend clothing during the American Civil War, early 1860s

Digital illustration of patching hole in roof guttering using two-part epoxy resin repair kit

Illustration of using claw hammer to mark fixing holes in fence spur and wood post

Students Of Coyne Electrical School
(Original Caption) Chicago, IL: Students of Chicago's Coyne Electrical School manning early television camera. Photograph, 1940's

Hopi Girl Getting Her Hair Done By Elder
(Original Caption) A young, unmarried Hopi girl gets her hair dressed by an older woman, c. 1900. Photograph

2 Women Point To Man Moving Clock Hands
(Original Caption) Boston, Massachusetts- The Misses Margaret L. Dowling (l) and Jean Baker, of Roslindale, get a preview of how the clocks in South Station at Boston will appear after 2 a.m

Illus. Of Iron Clock Shop W/Workers
(Original Caption) Copper engraving by Stradanus of iron clocks. The iron wheel turns evenly, and evenly discloses those times and these

Men Working on the Face of Jefferson at Mount Rushmore Memorial by Gutzon Borglum
Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota: Working on the head of Jefferson: The man in the foreground is on Lincoln's head. Undated photograph, ca. 1940s

Lee De Forest at Work in His Laboratory
(Original Caption) DeForest, Dr. Lee: Inventor of the Deforest Audion that made possible Radio and Television is shown here at work on a short wave set in his laboratory. BPA2# 2614

Orville Wright
(Original Caption) Orville Wright, born 1871. Early in 1903 he became associated with his brother Wilbur in the bicycle repair business and from the first shared his interest in mechanical flight

Shoe Repair Shop Exterior and Workers
(Original Caption) Shoe and Harness repair shop: Albany, Minnesota (1908): The Frank Hofmann shoes harness and electric shoe repairing shop with the workers standing in the front. B/w photograph

Hammerstein Inspects Theater Remodeling
(Original Caption) Oscar Hammerstein (1847-1919) inspects the refurbishing procedures in the lobby of one of his numerous theaters. Ca. 1910

Ernest Shackleton's Ship in Drydock
(Original Caption) 4/1916-Photo shows the S.S. Endurance, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton's ship, in drydock

Mechanic Working Under a Convertible
A mechanic lies on his back repairing an early convertible. ca. 1915

Wwi Female Volunteer Fixing Automobile
(Original Caption) Portrait of a World War I female volunteer fixing an automobile. Photograph, 1918

Training Of An Aerial Gunner
(Original Caption) 12/17/18: Training of an aerial gunner. Gunnery ship turned out by auto repair department

Young Woman Fixing Flat On Old Car
(Original Caption) 1920. Young woman fixing flat on old car

The Mauretania in Drydocks
(Original Caption) 3/1922- Southampton, NY: The Mauretania in drydock at Southampton undergoing overhauling and cleaning. BPA2#4439

Baseball Player Ty Cobb Fixing Injured Dog's Paw
(Original Caption) 2/3/1926-Augusta, GA: The above photo shows Ty Cobb, famous slugger of the Detroit Tigers, as he appeared recently in the role of a nimrod in Augusta, GA

Charles Lindbergh Working on Plane
(Original Caption) Lindy tinkers with motor at Portland, Maine

Man Repairing Shoe
(Original Caption) Shoe Repair. Photo shows a repairman sewing on a sole. Model: Joe Cordora. Ca. 1930s-1940s

Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times
Silent film comedian Charlie Chaplin exagerates movements and actions sitting on gears in the motion picture Modern Times in 1936

Man Repairing Hopi Tribal Dolls
(Original Caption) 5/31/1938-Los Angeles, CA: Quoyabema

Women Servicing Car in Bathing Suits
A man watches nearby as a group of young women in bathing suits service his car at a gas station

Woman Drawing False Stockings on Her Leg
(Original Caption) 8/13/1942-Hollywood, CA- Starlet Kay Bensel solves the problem of drawing in the seam-line on "Makeup" stockings, with a device that is made from a screw driver handle

Technician Repairing Flying Fortress
(Original Caption) 9/22/1943-England: Staff Sergeant A. G. Vailancourt, Technician at a U.S. Bomber station in Britain, is doing repair work on the wing of a Flying Fortress

Soldiers Repairing Railroad Tracks
(Original Caption) "Worst Railroad in the World." Camp Claiborne, Louisiana: Newspapermen who toured Army camps in the South and the Southeast recently

Nurse Fixes Hair
(Original Caption) 4/10/1944-Anzio, Italy: Seated on her bed, which is surrounded by sand bags for protectiion against enemy bombs and shells, U.S. Army nurse, Lt

Harry S. Truman Making Toast
Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman helps his wife Bess make breakfast by putting bread in the toaster in their kitchen in Washington, D.C

Inventor of Calculator Tweaking Computer
(Original Caption) 8/4/1944-Cambridge, MA- This machine, the world's greatest calculating machine will be presented to Harvard University today. Commander Howard H

Power Lineman Repairing Electric Line
(Original Caption) 6/27/1945-Springfield, MA: Power lineman (Richard E Curtiss, employed by Simsbury (CT) Electric company for 25 years) is shown atop pole, repairing electric power line

Japanese Cobbler Fixes Shoe
(Original Caption) 9/21/1945-Tokyo

Locomotive Repair In Ruhr Valley
(Original Caption) 1948- Essen, Germany: Typical scene in the Ruhr Valley, heart of industrial Germany

The "Rail Splitter" at Work Repairing the Union by J.E. Baker
This cartoon shows Andrew Johnson mending the globe while Abraham Lincoln raising it with a railroad tie

Havana Shoemaker Mending Shoes
Shoemaker Eduardo Wallo mends shoes with a pedal-powered sewing machine at his tiny shop in Havana

Astronauts Holding "For Sale" Sign in Space
(Original Caption) 11/12/1984-Earth Orbit: Astronaut Dale A. Gardener and Astronaut Joseph P

Man Touches up Painting of Pope John Paul II
(Original Caption) 8/25/1987-Miami, Fl- Roger Amador touches up the paint on a billboard of Pope John Paul II after it was erected on Biscayne Boulevardd 8/25

Greenpeace Boat Escorting Exxon Valdez
(Original Caption) 7/30/1989-San Diego

Solar Powered Racecar in Rainstorm
(Original Caption) 7/10/1990-Capps, FL- The MIT entry in the GM Sunrayce USA stops for leakage repair during a thunderstorm

Man Adjusting Model Train W/Tweezer
(Original Caption) Prize of the toy train industry for the year is this perfect midget model. Although only nine inches from pilot to cab, it contains every important detail of the original

Black Mechanics Working On Car In Garage
(Original Caption) Black automobile mechanics fixing car in garage ca. 1905. Photograph

Woman Repairing Radios For The Us Army
(Original Caption) - At the same time that these girls are receiving training in radio mechanics, they are reconditioning radios for use by the USO

Telephone Worker up a Pole Working
(Original Caption) Photo shows a telephone company worker on a pole doing repairs on a telephone line. Undated

Man Repairing Shoe
(Original Caption) Shoe repair. Photo shows a man repairing a shoe by sewing the sole on by hand. Ca. 1940s

Woman Repairs Vacuum Tube For Radio
(Original Caption) Ca. 1910-1950-Woman repairs a vacuum tube that is used in the radio sitting next to her

Turret-Clock Shop
(Original Caption) 1851-An illustration of a turret-clock shop. Men working over table constructing the turrets for clocks

Girls Sewing Seated Soldier's Uniforms
(Original Caption) 8/19/1949-Shanghai is to China what New York City is to the U.S

Robot Barkeep; Woman Makes Drink With It
(Original Caption) 11/30/1949-Atlantic City

Imogene Coca Tightening Sid Caesar's Tie
SID (D)- But turnabout is fairplay, so Imogene gets even by fixing Sid's tie - just a bit too tightly

Filipinos Repairing Railroad on Luzon
(Original Caption) Luzon Island

Repairing Berlin Concert Hall
Government funds are helping to rebuild and restore much of the damage around West Berlin after World War II

Builders Working on Scaffold
(Original Caption) ERP funds being used to assist Berliners in rebuilding homes, factories and product lines, as well as war damaged buildings are shown here

Woman Adjusting Color Tv
(Original Caption) 10/14/1950-New York, NY: Janet Davis, singer, demonstrates a black-and-white television set which has been adapted and converted to receive CBS color video broadcasts

Mortarmen Adjust Their Mortar
(Original Caption) 11/15/1950-Korea: Two mortarmen of the U.S. Marines are shown adjusting their mortar so that it will be ready to open fire at a moment's notice

Children Watch Man Fix Merry Go Round
(Original Caption) 3/26/1952-Palisades Park, NJ: Fixing up Palisades Park, NJ, March 26, 1952. Kids watch as men fix the Merry go round.GS)

John Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier on Sailboat
(Original Caption) 6/27/1953- Hyannis Port, MA: Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) and his fiancee Miss Jacqueline Bouvier of Newport, relaxing at the Kennedy's summer home here

Jack And Jackie Kennedy With Boat
(Original Caption) 7/28/1953- Hynannisport, MA: Up with the sail. Senator John F

Elliott Hayden Repairing Toys
(Original Caption) With loving care, Elliott L. Hayden, of Pasadena, California, works on a jack-in-the-box, repairing a toy that he will give away next Christmas

Man Repairing Utility Line in Snowfall
(Original Caption) One of the winter's heaviest snowfalls, which yesterday blanketed the central section of the nation, measured up to 14 inches in parts of Kansas

Working on Rome Train Station
Workmen put final touches to the arched corridor leading to the platform of the starting station, at the train terminal in Rome

Tourists near Arch of Constantine Covered in Scaffolding
(Original Caption) With the approach of the tourist season, the ancient landmarks of Rome undergo repairs and cleaning

Computer Technician at Work
Computer technician Joyce Cade works on a UNIVAC computer at a United States Census Bureau installation which is being used to tabulate the results of the 1954 Census of Business | Location

Duchess Of Windsor Adusts Duke's Hair
(Original Caption) 1/31/1958-New York, NY: The Duchess of Windsor adjusts the hair of the Duke as they met photographers on arrival aboard the liner United States

Sophia Loren On Poses On Railing
(Original Caption) 08/09/1958. Tab's shot of Sophia Loren caught her smoothing her hair on the windy railing

Soprano Maris Callas at Press Meeting
(Original Caption) 11/11/1958-New York, NY- Opera singer Maria Callas seems more like an elf than the fiery soprano she is reputed to be during a press conference

Jacking Toyopet Subcompact Car
Model Diane Chiljan jacks up a Toyopet Tiara subcompact car from Japan during its unveiling in New York

Woman Working on an Early Computer
Joan Fonterosa uses a special solderless electrical tool to perform maintenance on a large computer. 1960

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor adjusts Richard Burton's costume on the the set of Cleopatra

Mount Rushmore Repairman Working on Lincoln's Nose
(Original Caption) Tourists Never See Mount Rushmore from the Top. Looking more like a pesky fly than a repairman, Mike O'Mera check's Lincoln's nose for cracks in the granite

Repairman on Face of Abraham Lincoln from Mount Rushmore Memorial by Gutzon Borglum
TOURISTS NEVER SEEE MOUNT RUSHMORE FROM THE TOP: LOOKING MORE LIKE A PESKY FLY THAN A REPAIRMAN. MIKE O'MERA CHECKS LINCOLN'S NOSE FOR CRACKS IN THE GRANITE

John Warnecke Explaining Model to Jackie Kennedy
(Original Caption) Architect John Carl Warnecke explains a model, for the restoration and development of Lafayette Square, to Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy here today

East Berlin Policemen Repairing Wall
(Original Caption) 4/18/1963-Berlin, Germany-East Berlin policemen, on the left side, repair the Berlin Wall 4/18 as West Berlin policemen and others gather on the right side

Scientist Adjusting U.S. Atomic Clock
The nation's official time keepers, the National Bureau of Standards and the Naval Observatory, set their atomic clocks back a tenth of a second zero hours Universal Time, Nov. 1, 1963. Dr. R.G

Man Works on Oil Gauge on Motorcycle
(Original Caption) 1/17/1966-Sacramento

President Johnson Adjusting His Collar
(Original Caption) 12/4/66-Fredericksburg, Texas: President Johnson uses both hands to adjust his collar as he leaves St. Barnabas Episcopal Church where he and Mrs. Johnson attended services

The Ship Liberty Leave Harbor
(Original Caption) 7/18/1967-Valetta, Malta: The U.S

US Medic Dressing Leg of Captured Viet Cong | Location: Near Bu Dop

Medic Tends to Vietnamese Woman with Child
(Original Caption) 5/7/1968-Saigon, Vietnam- A Vietnamese child remains close to her injured mother, who is being tended to by a medic at an aid station in Saigon's Cholon section

Tending to Wounded Airborne Trooper
Medics tend to a wounded American airborne trooper after he was felled by an enemy hand grenade while storming "Hamburger Hill" may 18

Jeweller Seated at Workbench
(Original Caption) 8/16/1970-San Francisco, CA- Warren K

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