Machinery Collection

St Elizabeth of Hungary Spinning Wool for the Poor, 1901. Elizabeth (1207-1231) was the daughter of Andras II of Hungary. After the death in 1227 of her husband Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia

Las Hilanderas, (The Spinners), 1657, (c1934). Artist: Diego Velasquez
Las Hilanderas, (The Spinners), 1657, (c1934). Traditionally, believed to depict women workers in the tapestry workshop of Santa Isabel, iconography suggests Ovids Fable of Arachne

Diagram of a Jacquard loom, 1838-1845. Creator: Unknown
Diagram of a Jacquard loom, 1838-1845. French text: Explication de la mecanique a la Jacquard. Bascule ou levier aux fourchettes des quelles est enfilee une chaine fixee elle meme a la caisse de la

Printing the Daily Telegraph newspaper, London, c1900 (1903). From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Tour of Inspection in an Arms Factory, 1940s, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Tour of Inspection in an Arms Factory, 1940s, (1945). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine (1880-1977) visiting an engineering works in Bradford, Yorkshire

Linotype & Machinery Ltd. advert, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXI. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

The British Navy, 1837-1897, (early 20th century). Artist: TS Crowther
The British Navy, 1837-1897, (early 20th century). A print from a supplement of The Army and Navy Gazette, (London)

George Cleaver who is trying to develop 177 acres of raw land, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
George Cleaver who is trying to develop 177 acres of raw land. He has five sons. Malheur County, Oregon

Great Eastern on the stocks at Millwall on the Thames, 1857. View from the stern, showing the vessel in John Scott Russells (1808-1882) yard

Shirt pressing at a commercial laundry in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, 1965. Artist
Shirt pressing at a commercial laundry in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, 1965. Female workers using large industrial shirt presses

Hall Braille Stereotyping Machine, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the fitting shop, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the fitting shop, 1864. '...a view of the large building called "the fitting shop." It is here that

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the lathe and tool shop, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the lathe and tool shop, 1864. View representing '...as well as a wood-engraving can render such a subject

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the steam-hammer, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the steam-hammer, 1864. '...night view of that portion of the forging department containing the Nasmyth steam-hammers

The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Loom for Axminster carpet, '...invented by Mr

The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. '...Prize Corn-mowing Machine of the trustees of W

The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Creator: Mallett
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Motive power for steamships. 'The largest marine engines exhibited were those by Messrs

The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen, Prussia, 1862. '...it is only recently that the great stride has been made which causes [Krupp's] to

The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. Motive power for steamships

Flag shop, Navy Yard, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Flag shop, Navy Yard, 1917. Shows women making flags on sewing machines at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York.

Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. '...mechanical model of the eye,...made chiefly for the purpose of demonstrating the complicated

In a Detroit shop, 26 Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
In a Detroit shop, 26 Dec 1917 (date created or published later). Two women wearing overalls as they work in a factory in Detroit, Michigan during World War I.

British engineers repairing bridge, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British engineers repairing bridge, between c1915 and 1918. British engineers fixing a bridge, probably during World War I.

Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs
Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Mrs. Anna Dike, Miss Anne Morgan and French politician Fernand David (1869-1935) inspecting land in France

German field bakery near Ypres, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German field bakery near Ypres, 1914. Men cooking bread in mobile ovens near Ypres, Belgium during World War I.

Machine department, Oka River, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Machine department, Oka River, 1912.

Untitled, 1911. Creator: Kozlov
Untitled, 1911. From a collection of documents and photographs from more than thirty participants of the Russian Civil War in the Kuzbass

Baling machine for hay, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Baling machine for hay, 1915.

Machine pavilion R. Wolf, 1911. Creator: A. A. Antonov
Machine pavilion R. Wolf, 1911. From a collection of photographs documenting the First West Siberian Agricultural, Forestry, and Industrial Trade Exhibition, which took place in Omsk in 1911

Stone crusher, Beloomut, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Stone crusher, Beloomut, 1912. Men standing near a stone cutting machine, river in background. .

The Thames Embankment Works, viewed from King's College, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Thames Embankment Works, viewed from King's College, [London], 1864. '...when the embankment is finished, running as it will from Pimlico to Blackfriars-bridge, and beyond it

Osborn. Auburn (North America). 2 Lanzheronovskaia Street, Odessa. Zadovskaia Street..., 1900-1914. Creator: Unknown
Osborn. Auburn (North America). 2 Lanzheronovskaia Street, Odessa. Zadovskaia Street, Samara. Nikol'skaia Square, Omsk, 1900-1914

S. Kh. Randrup's Factory in Omsk, 1909-1914. Creator: Unknown
S. Kh. Randrup's Factory in Omsk, 1909-1914. This collection includes tsarist-era advertisements and a set of posters from the era of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

West-Siberian Railroad. Main Workshop of the Omsk Station. The Turning Shop, 1892-96. Creator: Unknown
West-Siberian Railroad. Main Workshop of the Omsk Station. The Turning Shop, 1892-1896. From an album of 50 photographs in the Collection of Documentary Materials on the History of the West-Siberian

West Siberian Railroad. Earthworks Constructed with the "New-Era" Machine, 1892-1896. Creator: Unknown
West Siberian Railroad. Earthworks Constructed with the "New-Era" Machine, 1892-1896. From an album of 50 photographs in the Collection of Documentary Materials on the History of

French cripples run a tractor, 17 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French cripples run a tractor, 17 May 1918 (date created or published later). Men operating a tractor, probably on an American Red Cross farm

Minsk:House of teenagers - sewing workshop, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Minsk: House of teenagers - sewing workshop, 1922. In the early part of the Stalin era, the Kremlin established a new administrative territory in the Soviet Far East--the Jewish Autonomous Region--to

Gold dredge, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Gold dredge, 1915.

'Woman with Animals', 1914. Creator: Albert Gleizes
'Woman with Animals', 1914. The seated woman is the wife of Raymond Duchamp-Villon, sculptor who took part in the discussions of the Cubist group at Puteaux.

Joining shop for the production of scabbards at the Zlatoust plant, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Joining shop for the production of scabbards at the Zlatoust plant, 1910.

'Drawing of Francis Picabia', c1930. Creator: Francis Picabia
'Drawing of Francis Picabia', c1930. Francis Picabia's early works were in the Impressionist style. After 1912 he developed a style of abstract cubism with orphic elements which

The Spinners, c1900s. Creator: Lilly Segerdahl
The Spinners, c1900s

Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. A popular illustrated textbook for children

The Atlantic Telegraph Paying-Out Machine, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Atlantic Telegraph Paying-Out Machine, 1858. In the Engraving, which is taken from a photograph by Maull and Polyblank, the paying-out machine is shown in perspective nearest to the observer

Lady Hamilton, by George Romney, in the late exhibition of Old Masters, Burlington House, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Lady Hamilton, by George Romney, in the late exhibition of Old Masters, Burlington House, 1876. That too celebrated female beauty, Emma Lyons, a Welsh servant-girl

Hellard's Patent Victoria Side-Delivery Reaping and Mowing Machine, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Hellard's Patent Victoria Side-Delivery Reaping and Mowing Machine, 1860. Cutting the corn [ie wheat] when it is ripe is one of the most important operations of harvest...the improvements [Mr

Russian Knife-Grinder in Esthonia; The Baltic Provinces of Russia, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Russian Knife-Grinder in Esthonia; The Baltic Provinces of Russia, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

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