Equipment Collection (page 5)

Ascent of Mont Blanc: M. Bisson's photographic expedition... 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Ascent of Mont Blanc: M. Bisson's photographic expedition leaving the station of the Grands Mulets, 1862. Engraving from a photograph by Auguste-Rosalie Bisson

Observing a solar eclipse on January 1, 1907, near the Cherniaevo Station in the Tian-Shan... 1907
Observing a solar eclipse on January 1, 1907, near the Cherniaevo Station in the Tian-Shan mountains above the Saliuktin mines, Golodnaia (or Golodnaya) Steppe, 1907

Preparations at Cherbourg for the departure of reinforcements for Mexico, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Preparations at Cherbourg for the departure of reinforcements for Mexico, 1862. Engraving from a sketch by M. Lix. From the beginning of July the armaments for the expedition have been carried out

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: naval practice with a 100-pounder, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: naval practice with a 100-pounder, 1862. British sailors firing a cannon. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100 pounders, 1862. In viewing the manner in which the work is carried out in the various branches of the Royal

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862.... to fire a piece of ordnance...by the ordinary method of a man pulling a friction-tube while others are

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: finish-turning a 100-pounder, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: finish-turning a 100-pounder, 1862. The gun, being now completely built up, is carried to a lathe for the purpose of being finish-turned

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. This is the upper floor of a two-storied building upwards of 200ft. in length and 60ft

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the bars previous to coiling, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

The Reinforcements for Canada: shipping horses on board the Calcutta at Woolwich by the... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Reinforcements for Canada: shipping horses on board the Calcutta at Woolwich by the hydraulic crane, 1862. Although there is now every reason to hope - if not, indeed

Army belt flashlight, 1917. Creator: Beacon Electric Works
Flashlight with a metal body, glass lens, and leather strap, to attach the light to a belt. The front of the flashlight has a circular glass bulb

Bully beef can opener, 1914-1918. Creator: Unknown
Bully beef or corned beef is meat made from minced salt-cured brisket of beef in gelatin. The word bully possibly comes from the French " bouilli" (boiled)

Gymnastics, 19th century(?)

The oldest cricket bat known, 1912. The bat, which was presented to Surrey County Cricket Club by a Mr FM Buckland, is inscribed J.C, 1729

Combat boots worn by Andre M. Jones during the Iraq War, 2003
Pair of tan desert combat boots manufactured by Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Co. Boots are 390 DES Hot Weather Combat Boot. Boots have tan shoe laces, with tan rubber sole. Leather and nylon body

Barrel of Gatling gun, c1872. Creator: Unknown
Barrel of Gatling gun, c1872. Diagram detail of the cyclic multi-barrel Gatling gun, an early form of rotary cannon. Invented by Richard Gatling and patented in 1862

Krupps 1000-Pounder Gun, c1872. Creator: Unknown
Krupps 1000-Pounder Gun, c1872. Heavy artillery made of steel and manufactured by the German company founded by Friedrich Krupp

Gold Miners Near Beechworth, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Gold Miners Near Beechworth, 1901. Beechworth in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, saw major growth during the gold rush of the mid-1850s. From " Federated Australia"

Star of the East Gold Mine, Ballarat, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Star of the East Gold Mine, Ballarat, 1901. Ballarat on the Yarrowee River in the Central Highlands of Victoria, was transformed during the Victorian gold rush. From " Federated Australia"

Granite Quarries, Trawool, Victoria, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Granite Quarries, Trawool, Victoria, 1901. Trawool in central Victoria, on the middle reaches of the Goulburn River, first explored by Hume and Hovell in 1824, was later settled as a sheep station

Leather Russacks found in Salt Mines of Hallstatt, Austria. Celtic Iron Age, c6th century BC

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Displacement of the Cable on Board the "Agamemnon", 1858. Storm of 20th June

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Breaking Adrift of the Coal on Board the "Agamemnon", 1858. A storm on 20th June....everything broke adrift, whether secured or not

Apparatus used at the laboratory at the C & NW RR s, 40th Street yards... Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Apparatus used at the laboratory at the C & NW RRs [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad s], 40th Street yards for analysing solutions of metals used in locomotives and the railroad plant

Camp McKibbin, Marshall Hall, (Advanced Party), [Maryland?], 1893. Creator: Unknown
Camp McKibbin, Marshall Hall, (Advanced Party), 1893, 1893

Spur, c. 1936. Creators: Harry Mann Waddell, Eva Fox
Spur, c. 1936

Spade Bit, c. 1937. Creator: Harry Mann Waddell
Spade Bit, c. 1937

Ring Bit, c. 1936. Creator: Harry Mann Waddell
Ring Bit, c. 1936

Possibly: Preparing the ground for the construction of emergency buildings
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Washington, D.C. Preparing the ground for the construction of emergency buildings on Independence Avenue]

Sign on post office door: Farm animals and household equipment... Vader, western Washington, 1939
Sign on post office door: Farm animals and household equipment for sale. Vader, western Washington

Farmers come to town on Saturday afternoon for auction sale... back street in Nyssa, Oregon, 1939
Farmers come to town on Saturday afternoon for auction sale held on back street in Nyssa, Oregon

Corner of Soper kitchen, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Corner of Soper kitchen. They brought separator from Montana. Has been in use fourteen years. Malheur County, Oregon. [Separator - centrifugal device used for separating milk into cream

Interior of a farmhouse near Ridgeley, Tennessee, after the 1937 flood waters... 1937. Creator: Walker Evans
Interior of a farmhouse near Ridgeley, Tennessee, after the 1937 flood waters had subsided

Dr. Nansens Snow-Shoe Expedition across Greenland, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Dr. Nansens Snow-Shoe Expedition across Greenland, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Mountaineers of the Western Himalayas, c1891. Creator: James Grant
Mountaineers of the Western Himalayas, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

Eared Cup (Erbei) with Warming... late Western Han / early Eastern Han
Eared Cup (Erbei) with Warming Stand (Lu), late Western Han/early Eastern Han, 1st century B.C./1st century A.D

Pair of Braziers (Lu) with Eared Cups... late Western Han or early Eastern Han
Pair of Braziers (Lu) with Eared Cups (Erbei), late Western Han or early Eastern Han, 1st century B.C./1st century A.D

Procession of Minamoto no Yoritomo across the Oi River (Minamoto Yoritomo ko Oikawa)
Procession of Minamoto no Yoritomo across the Oi River (Minamoto Yoritomo ko Oikawa gyoretsu zu), 1863. Entourage of the Shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo

Egg Boiler, c. 1939. Creator: Richard Taylor
Egg Boiler, c. 1939

Weighing Scale, c. 1938. Creator: Richard Taylor
Weighing Scale, c. 1938

Flour Sifter, c. 1939. Creator: Richard Taylor
Flour Sifter, c. 1939

Fluter, c. 1940. Creator: John H. Tercuzzi
Fluter, c. 1940

Scales for Weighing Gold, c. 1940. Creator: Robert W. R. Taylor
Scales for Weighing Gold, c. 1940

Saddle Cover, c. 1940. Creator: Arthur P. Reynolds
Saddle Cover, c. 1940

Lead Miners Wooden Bucket, c. 1940. Creators: Arthur Stewart, Paul Poffinbarger
Lead Miners Wooden Bucket, c. 1940

Amana Bakers Hoe, c. 1938. Creator: Arthur Stewart
Amana Bakers Hoe, c. 1938

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