Ingenuity Collection

Young farm boy, near Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young farm boy. Younger brother trying to make a holster from the leather of an old coat. Oregon, Jackson County, near Medford

British Dummy Gun in Field to Attract the Fire of the Germans, (1919). Creator: Unknown
British Dummy Gun in Field to Attract the Fire of the Germans, (1919). British soldiers with a decoy gun, scene from the First World War, 1914-1919

Machine Gun Mounted On Wheel... (1919). Creator: Unknown
Machine Gun Mounted On Wheel So That Gunner May Easily Swing Round and Follow Enemy Aeroplanes, (1919). British soldiers with anti-aircraft gun mounted on an ingenious piece of makeshift equipment

Tunnel through snow, Hauklid Pass, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Tunnel through snow, Hauklid Pass, 1914. From " Norge - Turistruter I 65 Billeder". [Mittet & Co, Kunstforlag - Kristania, 1914]

Primitive ingenuity, (16th century), 1920s
Primitive ingenuity. The sugar industry was extremely outdated, even though there were one hundred and twenty mills on the Island; annual export only amounted to twenty thousand pounds

The Marly Machine, 18th century. Louis XIV of France had this machine constructed on the banks of the Seine to pump water from the river to his chateaux at Versailles and Marly

Death of Icarus, 18th century engraving
Death of Icaros. According to legend, in order to escape from Crete, Daedalus made wings of wax and feathers for himself and his son

Daedalus and Icaros fitted with their wings. According to legend, in order to escape from Crete, Daedalus made wings of wax and feathers for himself and his son

American vessel Turtle (1776), the first submarine to be used in war, 19th century. Designed by David Bushnell (1742-1824)

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