Recycling Collection

Ships figureheads over the gate at Castles Shipbreaking Yard, Westminster, London, 1909
Ships figureheads over the gate at Castles Shipbreaking Yard, Baltic Wharf, Millbank, Westminster, London, March 1909. Entrance to the yard, with wooden figures salvaged from ships decorating the sign

Blouse made from a silk escape map, 1940s. Creator: Unknown
Blouse made from a silk escape map, 1940s. During World War II many materials were unavailable to the public because of government rationing

Store sheds and condensing tanks, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Store sheds and condensing tanks, 1871

Mz 320. Starry sky, 1921. Creator: Kurt Schwitters
Mz 320. Starry sky, 1921. Sternenhimmel

Breaking-up H.M.S. Queen at Rotherhithe, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Breaking-up H.M.S. Queen at Rotherhithe [on the Thames in London], 1871

The New Chapel of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1869. Creator: Unknown
The New Chapel of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1869. This building, erected from the designs of Mr. G. G. Scott, R.A

Building proposed to be erected in the Alexandra-Park, Muswell-Hill, 1864. The directors [of the Alexandra Park Company] have entered into a contract with Messrs

Statue of Sir Isaac Newton, inaugurated last week at Grantham, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Statue of Sir Isaac Newton, inaugurated last week at Grantham, 1858. The statue of the great mathematician and astronomer, from the hand of W. Theed, Esq

The "George Stephenson" locomotive engine built at Hamilton, Canada West, for the Great Western Railway of Canada, 1860. Mr. F.W. Gates, one of the directors; Mr

Sketches in Australia - Aboriginal Mode of the Disposal of the Dead, 1857....the corpse is placed on a platform of wickerwork, attached to poles, and raised to a considerable height above the ground

Camp Meade, Maryland - Misc, Views, 1917

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

Recycling Paper, illustration for The Fulling-block Shell (Kinuta gai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)", Japan, 1821

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

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

House occupied by sharecropper family for seven years. Near Hartwell, Georgia. [Old car seats seving as chairs on the porch]

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

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

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!

Birdseye view of the late Prince Consort's model farm at Windsor, 1862

Finishing shells at Woolwich Arsenal, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Finishing shells at Woolwich Arsenal, 1862

Back into production go these carloads of scrap metal, Allegheny Ludlum Steele Corp. Brackenridge, Pa

The hands of Mr. Venus Alsobrook
Washington, D.C. The hands of Mr. Venus Alsobrook, official salvage collector for the government, wrapping old newspapers he has gathered from different sections of the city

Mr. and Mrs. Venus Alsobrook in front of their home in the southwest section
Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. Venus Alsobrook in front of their home in the southwest section. Mr. Alsobrook is an official salvage collector for the government

Mr. and Mrs. Venue Alsobrook wrapping papers for the government salvage
Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. Venue Alsobrook wrapping papers for the government salvage campaign

Mr. Venus Alsobrook, official salvage collector for the government
Washington, D.C. Mr. Venus Alsobrook, official salvage collector for the government

House in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

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

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

Wagon built on the farm utilizing parts of wrecked Dodge truck. " The team can haul three times as much." Oregon, Kirby (Josephine County)

Parlor Throw, Illinois, c. 1890. Creator: Unknown
Parlor Throw, Illinois, c. 1890

Kosode Made into a Tobari or Fukusa Composed of Six Panels, Japan, mid-Edo period (1716-1789), early 18th century. A kosode is a short-sleeved Japanese garment

Quilted petticoat, 1830s-1840s; repurposed 1890s. Creator: Unknown
This quilted petticoat may have been made from a repurposed wholecloth bedcover or refashioned from a once larger skirt

Thrift rug, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Thrift rug, 1943. Made from vegetable dyed woollen scraps by a member of a Shropshire Institute. Woven rug made from recycled materials during the Second World War

Patchwork quilt, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Patchwork quilt, 1943. Made by a member of a Yorkshire Institute

St. Pancrace Chapel, at Canterbury, c1786. Creator: Unknown
St. Pancrace Chapel, at Canterbury, c1786. View of the ruins of the Chapel of St Pancras, part of St Augustines Abbey, at Canterbury in Kent. The building was constructed c598 to 1164

Trench Warfare in the Argonne, (1919). Creator: Unknown
Trench Warfare in the Argonne, (1919)

Huge figureheads at Castles Ship Breaking Yard, Westminster, London, 1909
Huge figureheads at Castles Ship Breaking Yard, 106 Millbank, Westminster, London, March 1909. Male and female figureheads from ships decorate the gate into the breakers yard

Whitehall Yard, (1881). Creator: Unknown
Whitehall Yard, (1881). Goose-Pie House and Whitehall Yard in Westminster, London, from the street opposite Horse Guards

Recycling scrap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters
Recycling scrap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1965. Edgar Allens of Sheffield used this plant in Rotherham to recycle scrap from their main facility in Sheffield

Making paper from rags, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA, 20th century. Cut rags after being removed from washing drums

The Banquet of the Black Dolls, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Banquet of the Black Dolls - In commemoration of the Reduction of the Duty on Rags, 19th century

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