Manufacturing Collection (page 16)

Woman using a Spinning Jenny, c1880. The Spinning Jenny was invented by James Hargreaves (c1720-1778) in 1764. On his original machine

Plant cafeteria, National Tube Co, Riverside Works, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1923. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXIX. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1923]

Exterior of kiln and mill building, West End Plant, Fisher Body Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1923. Fisher Body was an automobile coachbuilder which became a division of General Motors in 1926

Self-Acting Mule. Sharp & Roberts Principle, by P. MacGregor, Manchester, 1874. Artist: GB Smith
Self-Acting Mule.-Sharp & Roberts Principle, by P. MacGregor, Manchester, 1874. Richard Roberts (1789-1864) was a British patternmaker

Boys of Bradfield College making shell parts, Berkshire, c1916 (1928). From The Wonder Book of Soldiers for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate VI, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate VI, 1747. The industrious prentice out of his time and married to his masters daughter

Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate III, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate III, 1747. The idle prentice at play in the church yard during divine service. The idle apprentice plays hustle-cap with some pickpockets

A Modern Oil Seed Crushing Plant, c1918, (1918). Artist: Gunning King
A Modern Oil Seed Crushing Plant, c1918, (1918). From Bibbys Annual 1918, edited by Joseph Bibby. [The Priory Publishing Press, Liverpool, 1917]

One of the cigar manufacturing departments at Salmon and Gluckstein, Ltd, London, c1870s (1903). Salmon & Gluckstein was a British tobacco company

Marking soap for hotels, clubs, etc, Edward Cook and Co Ltd, London, c1903 (1903). Edward Cook and Co registered on 18 October 1898, in the business of soap making for hotels, clubs and households

A corner of a hot air balloon factory, London, c1903 (1903). From Living London, Vol. III, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Blind basket-makers at work, Tottenham Court Road, London, c1901 (1903). In 1854 The Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind was established by Elizabeth Margaretta Maria Gilbert

A munitions factory, World War I, 1917 (1938). Artist: Horace Walter Nicholls
A munitions factory, World War I, 1917 (1938). Munitions workers with shells in a warehouse at National Shell Filling Factory No 6 at Chilwell, Nottinghamshire

The busy interior of a flourishing silk factory in Japan, 1907. The striking progress of industry in modern Japan. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A

6000-ton forging press, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Benzole recovery plant, 1938. Benzole was a product extracted from coal tar consisting mainly of a mixture of Benzene and Toluene. It was added to petrol and used as a motor fuel

Papermaking in China, AD 105, (c1850). This year is often cited as the year in which papermaking was invented. In that year

Erecting shop, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Erecting shop, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Workers cutting leather for shoes in a factory, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Workers cutting leather for shoes in a factory, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Weaving linen fabric, Montreal, Canada, early 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Weaving linen fabric, Montreal, Canada, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Testing engines in an automobile factory, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Testing engines in an automobile factory, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Sewing room in a large shoe factory, Syracuse, New York, USA, early 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Sewing room in a large shoe factory, Syracuse, New York, USA, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Solar evaporation, salt manufacture, Syracuse, New York, USA, 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Solar evaporation, salt manufacture, Syracuse, New York, USA, 20th century. Collecting, draining and hauling salt. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Making paper from rags, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA, 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Making paper from rags, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA, 20th century. Cut rags after being removed from washing drums. From the late 19th until the mid 20th century Holyoke was the worlds largest

Weighing and sorting raw silk skeins, South Manchester, Connecticut, USA, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Blast furnace, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, early 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Blast furnace, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Sugar beet pulp and juice flowing from tank to tank, Montreal, Canada, early 20th century(?). Stereoscopic card. Detail

General view of a large printing room in a cotton mill, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Doubling frame in a large woollen mill, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, early 20th century(?). Stereoscopic card. Detail

Firing tableware in the Noted Pottery Centre, Trenton, New Jersey, USA, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Lasting machine shaping shoes in shoe factory, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, early 20th century(?). Stereoscopic card. Detail

Artists decorating porcelain ware, Trenton, New Jersey, USA, early 20th century(?). Artist: Keystone View Company
Artists decorating porcelain ware, Trenton, New Jersey, USA, early 20th century(?). Stereoscopic card. Detail

Spinning room, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, late 19th or early 20th century(?). Artist: Keystone View Company
Spinning room, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, late 19th or early 20th century(?). Winding bobbins with woollen yarn for weaving. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The Combing Work, c1750(?). Textile workers combing or carding wool

Steel manufactures of Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1866. Artist: M Jackson
Steel manufactures of Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1866. The Hull, or workshop, of the razor grinder, with the use of the fan. A print from The Illustrated London News, 20 January 1866

Medieval glassworks, c1300 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union

Packing prize butter for the European markets, Hasley, Denmark. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Packing prize butter for the European markets, Hasley, Denmark. Stereoscopic card detail

Wilbur Wright, American aviator, and Leon Bollee, French inventor and car manufacturer, 1908. The pair are photographed outside Bollees factory

Sheet metal workers at a aeroplane factory, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Sheet metal workers at a aeroplane factory, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Paper making machine, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II, Virtue and Co, London, 1866

Crabtrees Card Setting Machine, 1866

Macindoes Self Acting Mule, 1866

Boultons Screw Coining Press, As Used in the Royal Mint, 1866. Artist: Joseph Wilson Lowry
Boultons Screw Coining Press, As Used in the Royal Mint, 1866

Marking Machine, 1866

The Chintz Printing Room, Merton Abbey Mills, London, 1899. Merton Abbey Mills was acquired in 1881 by the artist and textile designer William Morris

The Medal Press, the Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London, early 20th century

Cutting Room, the Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London, early 20th century

Gold Melting House, the Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London, early 20th century

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