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Background imageMakeshift Collection: Store sheds and condensing tanks, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Store sheds and condensing tanks, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Store sheds and condensing tanks, 1871. Wreck of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Megaera on Ile Saint-Paul, French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Pressing sugar cane to obtain juice demonstration in the woods of the outskirts of Trinidad, Cuba

Pressing sugar cane to obtain juice demonstration in the woods of the outskirts of Trinidad, Cuba
Pressing sugar cane to obtain juice demonstration in the woods of the outskirts of the Colonial and UNESCO Heritage site of Trinidad, Cuba, 2024. Rum is made from the molasses of sugar cane

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Christmas Eve at the Outposts, Paris, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Christmas Eve at the Outposts, Paris, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Christmas Eve at the Outposts, Paris, 1871. '...Felix Regamey's characteristic Illustration of Reveillon - [scene during the Siege of Paris

Background imageMakeshift Collection: An Exploring Party on the West Coast of New Zealand: floating down the River Teramakau, 1865

An Exploring Party on the West Coast of New Zealand: floating down the River Teramakau, 1865. Creator: Unknown
An Exploring Party on the West Coast of New Zealand: floating down the River Teramakau, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Albert Walker

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Boer and Briton Nursed Together, 1900, (1933). Creator: Horace Walter Nicholls

Boer and Briton Nursed Together, 1900, (1933). Creator: Horace Walter Nicholls
Boer and Briton Nursed Together, 1900, (1933). Red Cross nurses treating wounded of both sides during the Boer War in South Africa

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Russian Poles in war zone, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Russian Poles in war zone, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Poles in war zone, between c1914 and c1915. Russian Polish women standing next to shelter during World War I

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Shelters behind German Lines, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Shelters behind German Lines, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Shelters behind German Lines, 1916 (date created or published later). German soldiers, vehicles and shelters during World War I

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Belgian Refugees, at Bergen-op-zoom, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Belgian Refugees, at Bergen-op-zoom, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgian Refugees, at Bergen-op-zoom, between c1914 and c1915. Belgian refugees and the Bergen Op Zoom refugee camp in the Netherlands during World War I

Background imageMakeshift Collection: The Kew Photoheliograph and Temporary Observatory at Rivabellosa, near Miranda del Ebro, 1860

The Kew Photoheliograph and Temporary Observatory at Rivabellosa, near Miranda del Ebro, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Kew Photoheliograph and Temporary Observatory at Rivabellosa, near Miranda del Ebro, [Spain], 1860. The Kew photoheliograph consists of a tube having the form of a truncated pyramid

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. Creator: Unknown

Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. In the interview which Baron Rodich had, a fortnight ago, at Ragusa [Dubrovnik], with the principal insurgent leaders

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Italian Offensive of the Isonzo; Decking is laid over the boats, 1917. Creator: Unknown

Italian Offensive of the Isonzo; Decking is laid over the boats, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Italian Offensive of the Isonzo; Decking is laid over the boats, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Background imageMakeshift Collection: L'offensive Francaise d'avril-mai 1917; Dans le bois de Roucy (Aisne): la toilette du... 1917

L'offensive Francaise d'avril-mai 1917; Dans le bois de Roucy (Aisne): la toilette du... 1917
L'offensive Francaise d'avril-mai 1917; Dans le bois de Roucy (Aisne): la toilette du soldat, le 15 avril, veille de la l'ataille [?], 1917

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Hut and tepee, probably St. Clair Flats, Mich. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown

Hut and tepee, probably St. Clair Flats, Mich. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Hut and tepee, probably St. Clair Flats, Mich. between 1900 and 1920

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Bridge at Rascon, between 1880 and 1897. Creator: William H. Jackson

Bridge at Rascon, between 1880 and 1897. Creator: William H. Jackson
Bridge at Rascon, between 1880 and 1897

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Forest landscape with lean-to, 1650-1692. Creator: Roelant Roghman

Forest landscape with lean-to, 1650-1692. Creator: Roelant Roghman
Forest landscape with lean-to, 1650-1692

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Les entr'actes de la bataille.-- 'Manon' au Theatre du Front, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Les entr'actes de la bataille.-- "Manon" au Theatre du Front, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les entr'actes de la bataille.-- "Manon" au Theatre du Front. 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageMakeshift Collection: National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920
National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920. USA. Food-growing during the First World War. National Emergency Food Garden Commission - vegetable garden, with building flying the US flag

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Goat team, between 1910 and 1917

Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. African American man with wagon pulled by goats

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Boy Scouts Training Demonstration, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Boy Scouts Training Demonstration, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Boy Scouts Training Demonstration, 1912
Boy Scouts Training Demonstration, 1912. [Improvised stretcher made from two poles and clothing]

Background imageMakeshift Collection: The Camp, at Slobodzie, 1854. Creator: Unknown

The Camp, at Slobodzie, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Camp, at Slobodzie, 1854. Crimean War, soldiers camped near the River Danube. The camp...assumes every day a more permanent and military appearance

Background imageMakeshift Collection: An emergency hospital in 1814, during the French campaign, c1814. Creator: Pierre-Roch Vigneron

An emergency hospital in 1814, during the French campaign, c1814. Creator: Pierre-Roch Vigneron
An emergency hospital in 1814, during the French campaign, c1814

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camps of migrant pea workers. California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99, Kern County, California, 1938

One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Mexican migratory citrus worker's family, near Strathmore, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican migratory citrus worker's family, near Strathmore, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Strathmore, California. Mexican migratory citrus worker's family. Camped here

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona. One of the many cases of Tennessee ex-farmers drifting around, looking for work in cotton

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Date picker's home. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: The home of a family in Oklahoma County, Elm Grove, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The home of a family in Oklahoma County, Elm Grove, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The home of a family in Oklahoma County. Elm Grove, Oklahoma

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Home on 'Scratch Hill, ' outside Atoka, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home on "Scratch Hill, " outside Atoka, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home on "Scratch Hill, " outside Atoka, Oklahoma. "I was offered twenty dollars for that house. I pay six dollars rent a year, and have some chickens and a garden"

Background imageMakeshift Collection: California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California home of Oklahoma drought refugee

Background imageMakeshift Collection: California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California home of Oklahoma drought refugee

Background imageMakeshift Collection: California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California home of Oklahoma drought refugee

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Squatter camp, Patterson, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp, Patterson, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Patterson, California. Squatter camp

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Migrant agricultural workers home, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural workers home, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural workers home. California. [Makeshift shelter built behind an advertising hoarding: Cyanogas - The Real Hopper Control']

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Migratory field worker's home on the edge of a pea field, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Migratory field worker's home on the edge of a pea field, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Migratory field worker's home on the edge of a pea field. The family lived here through the winter. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. Bakersfield, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Drought refugees, camp along the roadside, Imperial County, California, 1937

Drought refugees, camp along the roadside, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp along the roadside. Drought refugees. Imperial County, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Tent housing a family, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tent housing a family, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tent housing a family of four who will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. Imperial County, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Cotton laborer's house, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton laborer's house, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton laborer's house. Louisiana. [Cardboard box: Duble Heder Ice Cream Cones']

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Assembly of God in tent by the roadside, Cache County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Assembly of God in tent by the roadside, Cache County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Assembly of God in tent by the roadside, Cache County, Oklahoma. Twenty- nine attend this church. Eighteen families of displaced laborers and tenants encamp in this group along the highway

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Family camped on U.S. Highway 63, Cache County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family camped on U.S. Highway 63, Cache County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family camped on U.S. Highway 63. Cache County, Oklahoma

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Farm woman beside her barn door, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farm woman beside her barn door, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm woman beside her barn door. Tulare County, California. No more horseshoes!

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Improvised protection for a stream bank, Ridgway, Colorado, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee

Improvised protection for a stream bank, Ridgway, Colorado, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Improvised protection for a stream bank, Ridgway, Colorado. [Old car filled with rocks. Sign: Danger - Bridge Out ]

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group... near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon, 1939

Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group... near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group on growers property, adjoining the bean field. Near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon

Background imageMakeshift Collection: One of the forty potato camps in open field... Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

One of the forty potato camps in open field... Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageMakeshift Collection: One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Young family on ditch bank, waiting to enter... camp (FSA), Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Young family on ditch bank, waiting to enter... camp (FSA), Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Young family on ditch bank, waiting to enter farm family labor camp (FSA - Farm Security Administration). They came from North Dakota, have young baby

Background imageMakeshift Collection: One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Camp of single men, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camp of single men, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of single men. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. Potato pickers

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Outside of potato pickers camp, across from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Outside of potato pickers camp, across from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Outside of potato pickers camp, across from the packing shed. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. [Signs: Stew - Chili - Soup - Pie; Good Coffee 5 cents; Hot Cakes 10 cents; Pie 5 cents; Chili 10

Background imageMakeshift Collection: House in camp of carrot pullers, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

House in camp of carrot pullers, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
House in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Housing of migratory field workers (Mexican)... near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Housing of migratory field workers (Mexican)... near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Housing of migratory field workers (Mexican) across road from Farm Security Administration camp (FSA). Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Home of Mexican family migratory workers, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Home of Mexican family migratory workers, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of Mexican family. Migratory workers. Across the road from the Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest. This field owned by proprietor of ajoining grocery

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Grower provides fourteen such shacks... near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939

Grower provides fourteen such shacks... near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grower provides fourteen such shacks in a row for his hop pickers. Josephine County, Oregon. Near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Camp representative of fourteen in group, near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, 1939

Camp representative of fourteen in group, near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton. Camp representative of fourteen in group. On growers land adjoining the bean field

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Grower provides fourteen such shacks in a row... near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939

Grower provides fourteen such shacks in a row... near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939
Grower provides fourteen such shacks in a row for his hop pickers. Josephine County, Oregon. Near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon

Background imageMakeshift Collection: A row of shelters... for hop pickers... near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939

A row of shelters... for hop pickers... near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon, Josephine County, near Grants Pass. A row of shelters like this for hop pickers families

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Tent interior in a labor contractors camp, showing household equipment, near Westley, CA, 1939

Tent interior in a labor contractors camp, showing household equipment, near Westley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tent interior in a labor contractors camp, showing household equipment. Near Westley, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: The Fairbanks family has moved to three... Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939

The Fairbanks family has moved to three... Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: The Fairbanks family has moved to three different places on the project in one year. Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon]

Background imageMakeshift Collection: The Fairbanks home (FSA), Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The Fairbanks home (FSA), Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Fairbanks home (FSA - Farm Security Administration). Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Camp of single men during potato harvest, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Camp of single men during potato harvest, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of single men during potato harvest. Note packing shed [and goods train] across the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Oklahoma farmer, now living in Cow Hollow, is a FSA borrower, Malheur County, Oregon

Oklahoma farmer, now living in Cow Hollow, is a FSA borrower, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma farmer, now living in Cow Hollow, is a FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower. Seen here signing his chattel mortgage. Malheur County, Oregon. [Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cates

Background imageMakeshift Collection: The Fairbanks family... Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The Fairbanks family... Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Fairbanks family has moved to three different places on the project in one year. Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon. [Note outside toilet at left]

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Fairbanks home, Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Fairbanks home, Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Fairbanks home. Home Management Supervisor of FSA (Farm Security Administration) tries to persuade wife to screen tent. Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Potato pickers camp, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato pickers camp, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato pickers camp. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Hutted Camp with Balaclava Harbor in Distance, 1855-1856. Creator: James Robertson

Hutted Camp with Balaclava Harbor in Distance, 1855-1856. Creator: James Robertson
Hutted Camp with Balaclava Harbor in Distance, 1855-1856

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Abandoned Camp, Falmouth, Virginia, 1862. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell

Abandoned Camp, Falmouth, Virginia, 1862. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell
Abandoned Camp, Falmouth, Virginia, 1862. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Pontoon Bridge Across the Potomac, Berlin, October 1862, 1862. Creator: Alexander Gardner

Pontoon Bridge Across the Potomac, Berlin, October 1862, 1862. Creator: Alexander Gardner
Pontoon Bridge Across the Potomac, Berlin, October 1862, 1862

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Relics of Andersonville Prison, June 1866. Creator: Brady & Co

Relics of Andersonville Prison, June 1866. Creator: Brady & Co
Relics of Andersonville Prison, June 1866

Background imageMakeshift Collection: British troops spend Christmas on the battlefield, First World War, c1916, (c1920)

British troops spend Christmas on the battlefield, First World War, c1916, (c1920). Yule-tide on the Western Front: " Tommy s" Christmas dinner in a shell-hole

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Bell to warn of gas attack, Western Front, First World War, c1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

Bell to warn of gas attack, Western Front, First World War, c1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Bell to warn of gas attack, Western Front, First World War, c1916, (c1920). [Be] Ware Gas! bell from a ruined church used by the French to warn their troops of the approach of a gas attack

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Bush Hut, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, 1901. Creator: Unknown

Bush Hut, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Bush Hut, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, 1901. After European settlement in the region, the range was used as a major source of timber for Melbourne. From " Federated Australia"

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Early gas masks, First World War, 1915, (1935). Creator: Unknown

Early gas masks, First World War, 1915, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Early gas masks, First World War, 1915, (1935). The Introduction of Chemical Warfare: one of the earliest patterns of gas-masks, pads of cotton-wool soaked in a solution of common washing-soda

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Watching A.T.S. girls at work... Army School of Cookery at Aldershot, c1941, (1951)

Watching A.T.S. girls at work... Army School of Cookery at Aldershot, c1941, (1951)
Watching A.T.S. girls at work with a field kitchen during one of her visits to the Army School of Cookery at Aldershot, c1941, (1951)

Background imageMakeshift Collection: 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). 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

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Machine Gun Mounted On Wheel... (1919). Creator: Unknown

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

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Conveying Motor Transport across the Mbaka River, German East Africa, (1919). Creator: Unknown

Conveying Motor Transport across the Mbaka River, German East Africa, (1919). Creator: Unknown
Conveying Motor Transport across the Mbaka River, German East Africa, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: a car is carried across a river on a wooden platform tied to two canoes

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Perkin Warbeck and his Army, 1897. Creator: John Leech

Perkin Warbeck and his Army, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Perkin Warbeck and his Army, 1897. Pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck marches his rag-tag army up and down. (Warbeck (c1474-1499), who claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Improvised bathroom, Shoreditch Technical Institute, London, 1907

Improvised bathroom, Shoreditch Technical Institute, London, 1907. Consisting of a tin bath and jug behind a screen

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Shack made of barrels and tar paper, St Louis, Missouri, USA, Great Depression, 1931

Shack made of barrels and tar paper, St Louis, Missouri, USA, Great Depression, 1931. One of a mile-long row of such makeshift huts on the shore of the Mississippi



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