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Background imageTool Collection: Royal Engineers

Royal Engineers
circa 1850: An officer of the Royal Engineers gives orders to two privates. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: Shozo Otsuka In Front Of His Rice Field

Shozo Otsuka In Front Of His Rice Field
(Original Caption) Seventy-three year old Shozo Otsuka of Kanagawa prefecture, adjoining Tokyo prefecture, the first tenant farmer in all Japan to buy land under the Japanese Land Reform Law

Background imageTool Collection: Rebecca Riots

Rebecca Riots
Welsh men dressed as women destroying a fence, which lists their grievances brought about by the economic recession, during the Rebecca Riots in Wales. Punch - Rebecca And Her Daughters - pub

Background imageTool Collection: Colossus Solis

Colossus Solis
The Colossus Of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, straddles the harbour on the Greek island of Rhodes, circa 250 BC

Background imageTool Collection: Using a wallpaper steam stripper and scraper to remove

Using a wallpaper steam stripper and scraper to remove

Background imageTool Collection: Hand holding tile in tile cutter

Hand holding tile in tile cutter

Background imageTool Collection: Retro Large Multi Tool Folding Pocket Knife Fork S

Retro Large Multi Tool Folding Pocket Knife Fork S
UNITED STATES - Circa 1960s: Retro Large Multi Tool Folding Pocket Knife Fork Spoon Scissors Saw Can Opener Corkscrew Screwdriver Awl. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: The Right Tool For The Job

The Right Tool For The Job
A dentist holding a paper cup and a pair of dental pliers, circa 1950. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: George Northrop Posing as Gold Miner

George Northrop Posing as Gold Miner
(Original Caption) George W. Northrup from Minnesota posing with the tools of a gold miner, even down to the bag of gold. Daguerrotype photo, ca. 1860. BPA2# 2208

Background imageTool Collection: Farm Family Poses With Farming Implement

Farm Family Poses With Farming Implement
(Original Caption) Farm family poses with scythe, pitchfork, and other farming implements. Photograph, 1881

Background imageTool Collection: French Woman Hiker Wearing Full Regalia

French Woman Hiker Wearing Full Regalia
(Original Caption) Alpinistic: French woman Alpinist in full regalia. Photograph ca. 1900. BPA2 #4782

Background imageTool Collection: Men Beside Stream Ready To Pan For Gold

Men Beside Stream Ready To Pan For Gold
(Original Caption) Little Dominion: Men are shown beside a stream with tools for panning for gold. Undated photograph

Background imageTool Collection: Surgeon Checking A Surgical Stapler

Surgeon Checking A Surgical Stapler
(Original Caption) Undated - A doctor checks a surgical stapler before using it in an operation recently

Background imageTool Collection: Men Use Reapers In Field To Cut Grain

Men Use Reapers In Field To Cut Grain
(Original Caption) The cradle was the most efficient means of cutting grain before Cyrus Hall McCorkick's invention of the reaper in 1831

Background imageTool Collection: Drawing of Surgeon Preparing his Tools

Drawing of Surgeon Preparing his Tools
(Original Caption) Surgeon prepares his tools. Caspar Strohmeyer, German surgeon, lays out instruments preparatory to operation. This colored drawing was made by Dr. Strohmeyer himself, 1559

Background imageTool Collection: Locomotive Oiler

Locomotive Oiler
(Original Caption) Locomotive oiler. Undated engraving. BPA2# 3988

Background imageTool Collection: Doctors Instruments In 19Th Century

Doctors Instruments In 19Th Century
(Original Caption) Instruments for Resection. Lithograph from mid-nineteenth century textbook

Background imageTool Collection: Engr.; Scholars @ Work; 18Th Century

Engr.; Scholars @ Work; 18Th Century
(Original Caption) Academy of the 18th Century. Groups of scholars during scientific pursuit, typical of the times. Copper engraving

Background imageTool Collection: Illus. Of Iron Clock Shop W/Workers

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

Background imageTool Collection: Advertisement for Inscriptions

Advertisement for Inscriptions
An advertisement announces inscriptions for engravers on metal

Background imageTool Collection: Allegorical Representation Of Tailor

Allegorical Representation Of Tailor
(Original Caption) Habit de Tailleur: Allegorical representation of the tailor fitted out with tools of his trade. French 18TH century engraving. BPA2# 4974

Background imageTool Collection: Band-Aid Over Gaping Wound

Band-Aid Over Gaping Wound
(Original Caption) 1557- Woodcut from Dryander- German Text- Band-Aid over Gaping Wound. Diagram of medical contraption

Background imageTool Collection: Various Tuning Forks

Various Tuning Forks
(Original Caption) A group of various tuning forks. Undated woodcut. BPA2# 4631

Background imageTool Collection: Trades, Button Maker

Trades, Button Maker
(Original Caption) Trades, button maker. Engraving, 1818

Background imageTool Collection: Long Tom; Tool For Gold Sifting

Long Tom; Tool For Gold Sifting
(Original Caption) 1908-Nome, Alaska:Klondike Gold rush. Long Tom in operation, Nome, 1908. Photo, 1908

Background imageTool Collection: Bell Casting

Bell Casting
Worker casting a bell

Background imageTool Collection: Surveyors Stand with Tools

Surveyors Stand with Tools
(Original Caption) 10/22/1925-Maine: Surveyors

Background imageTool Collection: Winston Churchill Using The Trowel

Winston Churchill Using The Trowel
(Original Caption) 2/26/30-Westerham, England: Winston Churchill, former Minister of the Exchequer, using the trowel with dexterity as he finishes the outside wall of his summer house

Background imageTool Collection: Boys Cutting Down Trees for New Highway

Boys Cutting Down Trees for New Highway
(Original Caption) Washington, D. C.: Young Men Of America Carry On. A striking view of four young C. C. C. workers clearing path for the Lee Highway in Virginia, near here

Background imageTool Collection: Girls Holding Up Farm Tools

Girls Holding Up Farm Tools
(Original Caption) 9/13/1936-Hynes, CA- Known as the world's largest hay market, where 2, 750, 000 tons were marketed last year

Background imageTool Collection: Foreign-Trade Zone on Staten Island

Foreign-Trade Zone on Staten Island
Trench diggers awaiting shipment

Background imageTool Collection: Five Chinese Men In Welder Gear, Tools

Five Chinese Men In Welder Gear, Tools
(Original Caption) 5/13/1943-Port Newark, NJ: Born in conquered Canton, but now good Americans all

Background imageTool Collection: Woman Working at Shipyard

Woman Working at Shipyard
(Original Caption) 5/23/1944-Los Angeles, CA: One of every five workers among those who have set records at Calship, are women. This is Betty Smith, 22, a pipe-burner, on the job. BPA 2 #4236

Background imageTool Collection: Full Length Statue Of Pythagoras

Full Length Statue Of Pythagoras
(Original Caption) Full length statue of Pythagoras. Undated photograph

Background imageTool Collection: Full Service

Full Service
A mechanic servicing a car, circa 1950. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: Construction Worker

Construction Worker
A builder using EBSARY breeze blocks on a construction site, USA, circa 1940. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: Jewish Settlers In Palestine W/Tools

Jewish Settlers In Palestine W/Tools
(Original Caption) Typical Jewish settlers in Palestine holding tools with a building in the background. Undated photo

Background imageTool Collection: Riveters in Aircraft Factory

Riveters in Aircraft Factory
Members of a riveting team at a Vultee Aircraft Corporation aircraft factory use rivet guns and bucking bars to work on a basis trainer plane wing center section during World War II

Background imageTool Collection: Employees Work On Basic Trainer Wing

Employees Work On Basic Trainer Wing
(Original Caption) Rivet gun and bucking bar are the tools of the riveting team. Here, two Convair employees work on a basic trainer wing center section. Ca. WWII

Background imageTool Collection: Lumberjacks Posing with Tools

Lumberjacks Posing with Tools
(Original Caption) Webster Springs, WV: Group of lumberjacks posing with their tools near Webster Springs, West Virginia. Photograph, ca. 1890's

Background imageTool Collection: Drug Paraphernalia Seized

Drug Paraphernalia Seized
(Original Caption) ca. 1960-New York, NY: Drugs and paraphernalia seized in narcotics raid, New York City

Background imageTool Collection: Skeleton Planing At A Carpenter'S Bench

Skeleton Planing At A Carpenter'S Bench
(Original Caption) Berlin, Germany: Exhibition in Berlin, showing the human skeleton at work: Shown is a skeleton planing at the carpenter's bench, which causes round shoulders and curved spine

Background imageTool Collection: Low Angle Woman Scrapes Bearing In Class

Low Angle Woman Scrapes Bearing In Class
(Original Caption) New York, New York: A woman scraping a bearing in a vocational school class. She is preparing to work in wartime industry. Ca. 1940-1945

Background imageTool Collection: Interior Of Small Garage

Interior Of Small Garage
(Original Caption) Interior of garage auto-repair shop. Small upper-New York town. Photo, 1922

Background imageTool Collection: Cherry Stoner

Cherry Stoner
Cherry stoner (pitter) suggested in the 1860's

Background imageTool Collection: Engraving Of Kitchen Spoons

Engraving Of Kitchen Spoons
(Original Caption) Kitchen spoons. Undated engraving. BPA2# 2019

Background imageTool Collection: Nineteenth Century Surgeons Armentarium

Nineteenth Century Surgeons Armentarium
(Original Caption) Mid-Nineteenth century surgeon's Armentarium. Steel engraving ca. 1840

Background imageTool Collection: Advertisement For Files And Rasps

Advertisement For Files And Rasps
(Original Caption) Nicholson File Company's files and rasps. Undated engraving. BPA2 #2320

Background imageTool Collection: Illus. Entitled 'Native Blacksmiths'

Illus. Entitled "Native Blacksmiths"
(Original Caption) Undated illustration entitled "NATIVE BLACKSMITHS, " depicting men outside a hut forging metal over an open furnace

Background imageTool Collection: Men Digging for Gold

Men Digging for Gold
(Original Caption) 1878- "We find gold on our lot. Gold in Canada- Emigrant life in the backwoods." Men are shown with tools, digging in the ground for gold. Illustration

Background imageTool Collection: Miner Walks W/Tools Over Shoulder;Illus

Miner Walks W/Tools Over Shoulder;Illus
(Original Caption) "Miner Prospectant." Miner is shown walking with his tools over his shoulder. Undated illustration

Background imageTool Collection: Victor Shingle-Sawing Machine--Illus

Victor Shingle-Sawing Machine--Illus
(Original Caption) Illustration depicting "THE VICTOR SHINGLE-SAWING MACHINE." Undated engraving

Background imageTool Collection: Advertisement For Mining Transmit;Survey

Advertisement For Mining Transmit;Survey
(Original Caption) "5 inch and 6 Inch Mining Transmits Nos. 6 and 7. These instruments are in most respects similar to Nos

Background imageTool Collection: Portrait of Ptolomy by Andre Thevet

Portrait of Ptolomy by Andre Thevet
An illustration of Ptolomy holding a cross-staff, published in Les vrais portraits et vies des hommes illustres (1584)

Background imageTool Collection: Ventura Colonists

Ventura Colonists
(Original Caption) Dated 1868. Illustration in "Harpers New Monthly Magazine" p. 745

Background imageTool Collection: Turret-Clock Shop

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

Background imageTool Collection: Surveying Apparatus--Commercial Illus

Surveying Apparatus--Commercial Illus
(Original Caption) Commercial illustration depicting the "12-INCH COAST SURVEY THEODOLITE, NO. 13, for primary triangulation." Price and detailed description appear beneath

Background imageTool Collection: Book Illustration of Prehistoric Tools

Book Illustration of Prehistoric Tools
Engraving of the various tools and stone lamps used by prehistoric man. Undated illustration. BPA2#2325

Background imageTool Collection: Drill Bit

Drill Bit
(Original Caption) Drill bit. Undated woodcut. BPA2 #2322

Background imageTool Collection: Smith And Carpenter Patent Plane

Smith And Carpenter Patent Plane
(Original Caption) Smith & Carpenter's patent plane. Undated woodcut. BPA2 #2326

Background imageTool Collection: Illustration of Eli Whitney in His Workshop

Illustration of Eli Whitney in His Workshop
(Original Caption) Painting depicting Eli Whitney in his workshop developing the cotton gin. Undated illustration

Background imageTool Collection: Illustration of a Prehistoric Man Making a Tool

Illustration of a Prehistoric Man Making a Tool
(Original Caption) Prehistoric man in his cave chipping a stone tool. An undated wash drawing

Background imageTool Collection: Illustration of an American Blacksmith at Anvil

Illustration of an American Blacksmith at Anvil
(Original Caption) Illustration depicting an American blacksmith at the anvil. Early 19th century woodcut

Background imageTool Collection: Astronomer Using Cross-Staff; Woodcut

Astronomer Using Cross-Staff; Woodcut
(Original Caption) Astronomy. The cross staff used by astronomers of the 17th century to ascertain the position of the sun, undated woodcut. BPA2# 260

Background imageTool Collection: Men with Farm Tools Walk on Road

Men with Farm Tools Walk on Road
(Original Caption) 6/16/1949-Tel Aviv, Israel-: The journey to Israel and the goal of religious freedom came for 100 families of Orthodox Jews about 3 months ago

Background imageTool Collection: Chinese Communists Hang Up Signs

Chinese Communists Hang Up Signs
(Original Caption) 6/21/49-Shanghai, China: While armed comrades stand by

Background imageTool Collection: A Very Large Screw Bieng Threaded

A Very Large Screw Bieng Threaded
(Original Caption) 1/22/1951- Dearborn, MI - Just A Big Thread

Background imageTool Collection: Women Play House Accessories/Instruments

Women Play House Accessories/Instruments
(Original Caption) 9/21/1952-JAM SESSIONS are possible with the most unorthodox instruments. Mrs. Ruth Dugan shows how pie plates can double for cymbals while Mrs

Background imageTool Collection: Women Machinists In Chinese Tool Plant

Women Machinists In Chinese Tool Plant
(Original Caption) 3/16/56-Peiping, Red China: Women machinists in a Chinese Communist tool plant at Peiping experiment with ways to better their machines and up production

Background imageTool Collection: Louis and Mary Leakey Digging For Bones

Louis and Mary Leakey Digging For Bones
(Original Caption) Tanganyika: Louis S. B. Leakey and his wife, Mary, are shown digging for bits of bones and tools of prehistoric humans. Filed 7/22/1961

Background imageTool Collection: Fireman in Asbestos Suit with Tool

Fireman in Asbestos Suit with Tool
(Original Caption) 8/26/1961- When the need arises, the water-borne fireman can don this asbestos suit and board the boat to fight the blaze at close range

Background imageTool Collection: Man Works on Oil Gauge on Motorcycle

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

Background imageTool Collection: Shipyard Worker

Shipyard Worker
circa 1930: A British shipyard worker busy riveting. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: Dem Bones

Dem Bones
January 1927: An expert in the Natural History department of the British Museum carefully taps away with a chisel on a dinosaur bone. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: Sheep Shearing

Sheep Shearing
May 1928: Sheep shearers at work in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: Thatcher At Work

Thatcher At Work
April 1929: A man thatching a roof at Oxshot, Surrey. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: Demolition Crew

Demolition Crew
April 1929: Workmen demolish an old London County Council building near Temple, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: Demolition Crew

Demolition Crew
April 1929: Workmen demolish an old London County Council building near Temple, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: Silver Worker

Silver Worker
December 1929: Filing a silver product to achieve a fine finish at the workshop of Messrs Higgins Francis of Newman street. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: Silver Workers

Silver Workers
December 1929: Workers turning the arm of a large piece of machinery like a press at the workshop of Messrs Higgins Francis of Newman street. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: Silver Workers

Silver Workers
December 1929: A man inspecting a fork pressed in the tool he is holding while an apprentice works on a different stage of production at the workshop of Messrs Higgins Francis of Newman street

Background imageTool Collection: Hungarian Harvest

Hungarian Harvest
circa 1935: Men and women at work reaping the grain harvest in Hungary. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTool Collection: Chinese Strike Gold

Chinese Strike Gold
1849: Illustration of Chinese workers gold mining by a mountain stream with trays and pickaxes, California. One man pours water through a sifting tray. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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