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Female SurgeonsAmerican female doctors in an operating theatre being watched by students. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Inebriates ExpressPoster used by The Temperance Movement to promote sobriety with panels showing aspects of faith, hope, charity, truth and temperance published circa 1870. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images)
Big Guncirca 1885: The breech block of a large gun being gauged and fitted at Woolwich Arsenal. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
BluebirdJanuary 1929: The Napier Arrol Aster Car Bluebird used to break the land-speed record by Sir Malcolm Campbell. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Stuck In The Mud; young boy in a swimsuit stands ankle-deep in mud on beach usingcirca 1925: A young boy in a swimsuit stands ankle-deep in mud on beach and uses a rope to attempt to pull a boat ashore. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Gas StrikeBusinesses, pubs and theatres having to use candles and torches during the gas strike. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Getty Images)
Peat briquettes used for fuel in private homes are dried by the citizens themselves, Birr, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Boot ShinerNovember 1907: A man has his boots cleaned by an automatic penny in the slot boot polishing machine. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Zouaves In Bayonet PracticeTwo Zouaves of the Union Army practice the use of bayonets with Ernsts Bayonet Guard as an officer looks on during the Civil War
Diamond MiningIllustration of diamond miners in South Africa used in Harpers Weekly on November 19, 1870. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Battle Of Island Number 10Illustration of a fleet of armoured gunboats used in the bombardment of Island number 10 on the Mississippi River during the American civil war on April 07, 1862
Green scraper with basin full of earth, side view
Four Courts SiegePro-treaty Free State soldiers use British artillery to attack the anti-Treaty Republican army who established their headquarters in the Four Courts in Dublin during the Irish Civil War
Laundry Vancirca 1925: A mobile laundrette operating in Newtown, Honley, provides a shirt and collar dressing service as well as dyeing and dry-cleaning for West Riding and Yorkshire
Street may be used for roller-skating, sign, Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands, Europe
Two antique lasts for manufacturing shoes
Shelf with antique lasts for manufacturing shoes
A row of matches, one match is burned, symbolic image of burnout, exclusion, Germany
Used childrens shoes
Operating Theatrecirca 1900: The operating theatre of a London Hospital (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)
Invincible Cultivator1902: A man operating an Invincible Cultivator. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)
Office SwitchboardSwitchboard operators at work in an office, circa 1905. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Sprung Load BleriotA Bleriot aeroplane, piloted by Adolphe Pegoud, which stops and starts in mid-air by using wire sprung between two posts at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Military MotorsVehicles adapted for military use on display in the Guildhall Yard, City of London. They include searchlight carriers, fire pumps and field kitchens. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Speed ProtestMotorists in Neuilly ridicule the new speed limit order by using a donkey to pull a motor car through the streets, followed by a procession of cars. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Free Stands1909: Some of the crowd attending the Northern games use their cars to get a better view. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Folkestone DocksMarch 1908: A car being lifted aboard a ship at Folkestone docks, using a crane. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Safety ApparatusOctober 1908: Workmen attending a demonstration of Simons safety apparatus, for use in the coal mining industry. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Making A WheelSeptember 1911: A man shrinking a tyre onto the wheel using water to cool it at the London and North Western Railway carriage works. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Motorized Harvest1st September 1907: Workers using motorized reapers for harvesting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
McCorman Reapers1907: Workers using horse-drawn reapers during the harvest. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Cleaning CarriagesAugust 1908: London & South Western Railway carriages are cleaned using industrial vacuum cleaners. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Tyre MakingApril 1909: A Tyre manufacturers in Sheffield. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Cultivator6th October 1932: The Cultivator, an invention by Mr Fishleigh, demonstrates its ability to remove weeds and prepare the soil for sowing at the Duke of Connaughts Estate at Bagshot, Surrey
Snow ClimbDecember 1910: Climbers using ropes and pickaxes to climb a snowy bank in the Alps. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Telegraphy WorkerA man in Britain receives a telegraph message from India, January 1909. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Hello GirlsFemale operators at the switchboard of the Magneto Exchange of the National Telephone Company, USA. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Factory Fodder1st July 1909: Two youths operate the factory machines involved in the blowing process, at the High Grade Hatters Sutton & Torkington Ltd. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Place Your Bets1st June 1908: Bookmakers operating at Brooklands Race Track. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Recording On Papercirca 1909: A pianist recording music onto a punched paper roll, for use on a player-piano, at the premises of the Perforated Music Company in the City Road, London
Signal Box Scene26th October 1907: A signalman operating a signal. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Jones Millcirca 1909: The interior of Jones Cotton Mill in Manchester. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Cotton Millcirca 1909: The harnessing process at Jones Cotton Mill, Manchester. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Rotten RowMay 1910: People riding horses down Rotten Row in London, while pedestrians use the tree lined pavements. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Gold Chain Makingcirca 1909: Girls working in a section of the polishing room, making gold chain at Goods & Sons Birmingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Harvest By Motor1st September 1907: Workers using a motorized tractor take a load back to the rick during the harvest. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Motorized Plough1st September 1907: Workers using a plough pulled by motor. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Making Buttonscirca 1909: Workers in a Birmingham button factory packaging the finished product. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)