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Background imageRolling Collection: British wiring parties in rain, Sept 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

British wiring parties in rain, Sept 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
British wiring parties in rain, Sept 1916. British soldiers taking unbarbed concertina wire to the forward area, near Hamel, September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme in World War I.

Background imageRolling Collection: Workers of the rolling workshop V.U. Baraboshkina, 1915. Creator: Unknown

Workers of the rolling workshop V.U. Baraboshkina, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Workers of the rolling workshop V.U. Baraboshkina, 1915. From a collection of 153 photographs and documents which show groups of students and teachers, local mills

Background imageRolling Collection: Landscape, From Lejre, 1905. Creator: Vilhelm Hammershoi

Landscape, From Lejre, 1905. Creator: Vilhelm Hammershoi
Landscape, From Lejre, 1905

Background imageRolling Collection: Le Régisseur. - Voyons, mademoiselle, faites sonner les RRR... 1856. Creator: Honore Daumier

Le Régisseur. - Voyons, mademoiselle, faites sonner les RRR... 1856. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Regisseur. - Voyons, mademoiselle, faites sonner les RRR... 1856. Le Regisseur - Voyons, mademoiselle, faites sonner les RRR...vibrrrez...vibrrrez...les bons traditions se perdent...de mon temps

Background imageRolling Collection: Tiger Rolling, c1850-1869. Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye

Tiger Rolling, c1850-1869. Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye
Tiger Rolling, c1850-1869. In this amusing scene, the tiger rolls on the ground, rubbing its back in a manner similar to that of domestic cats

Background imageRolling Collection: Hills behind the Moen Cliff, 1847-1851. Creator: Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard

Hills behind the Moen Cliff, 1847-1851. Creator: Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard
Hills behind the Moen Cliff, 1847-1851

Background imageRolling Collection: All about our Lawn-Tennis Club, 1886. Creator: Arthur Hopkins

All about our Lawn-Tennis Club, 1886. Creator: Arthur Hopkins
All about our Lawn-Tennis Club, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imageRolling Collection: 'Helping Gardener'; after Robert Barnes, R.W.S. 1890. Creator: Unknown

'Helping Gardener"; after Robert Barnes, R.W.S. 1890. Creator: Unknown
'Helping Gardener"; after Robert Barnes, R.W.S. 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Background imageRolling Collection: Native Texan farmer on relief, Goodliet, Hardeman County, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Native Texan farmer on relief, Goodliet, Hardeman County, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Native Texan farmer on relief. Goodliet, Hardeman County, Texas. "Tractored out" in late 1937. Now living in town, and on the verge of relief. Wife and two children

Background imageRolling Collection: Man Rolling, n.d. Creator: Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo

Man Rolling, n.d. Creator: Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo
Man Rolling, n.d

Background imageRolling Collection: Member of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op working in the woods... Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Member of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op working in the woods... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Member of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op working in the woods, rolling log to truck with peavey, a hooked and spiked stick used as a lever. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageRolling Collection: Members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op rolling white fir log... Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op rolling white fir log... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op rolling white fir log to lumber truck with peavies. Hooked and spiked sticks used as levers. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageRolling Collection: A Rolling Stone Is Ever Bare of Moss, from Thorntons Pastorals of Virgil, 1821

A Rolling Stone Is Ever Bare of Moss, from Thorntons Pastorals of Virgil, 1821

Background imageRolling Collection: Le Rouleau, 1868. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque

Le Rouleau, 1868. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque
Le Rouleau, 1868

Background imageRolling Collection: Making Tortillas in Salvador, the Smallest Republic in the Western Hemisphere, Central America

Making Tortillas in Salvador, the Smallest Republic in the Western Hemisphere, Central America, c1930s. From the late 19th to mid-20th century, El Salvador endured political and economic instability

Background imageRolling Collection: Kynance Rocks, Cornwall, c1870

Kynance Rocks, Cornwall, c1870. Kynance Cove on the Lizard peninsula in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. From " Picturesque Europe - The British Isles, Vol. I"

Background imageRolling Collection: The Great Vats, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré

The Great Vats, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Great Vats, 1872. Fermentation tanks at Barclay, Perkins and Company brewery in Park Street, Southwark. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Background imageRolling Collection: Burmese Cigar Makers, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Burmese Cigar Makers, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Burmese Cigar Makers, 1900. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd. Rangoon, 1900]

Background imageRolling Collection: Cherry-Garrard Giving His Pony Michael A Roll in the Snow, c1911, (1913)

Cherry-Garrard Giving His Pony Michael A Roll in the Snow, c1911, (1913)
Cherry-Garrard Giving His Pony Michael A Roll in the Snow, 1913. Zoologist Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Background imageRolling Collection: Steel Rolling, c1917

Steel Rolling, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

Background imageRolling Collection: Overview of the audience and the stage during a concert of the Rolling Stones in Barcelona in 1990

Overview of the audience and the stage during a concert of the Rolling Stones in Barcelona in 1990

Background imageRolling Collection: Grievances of London, 1812. Artist: George Cruikshank

Grievances of London, 1812. Artist: George Cruikshank
Grievances of London, 1812. Scene on a busy street corner showing nuisances to passers-by. A woman watering plants from a window on the left knocks a pot on to figures below

Background imageRolling Collection: Rolling steel bars, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Rolling steel bars, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. A two man team roll steel bars by hand

Background imageRolling Collection: Rolling plate at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist

Rolling plate at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Rolling plate at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. This process enables a curve to be created on the steel plate

Background imageRolling Collection: A Hint to the Airman Home on Leave, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson

A Hint to the Airman Home on Leave, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
A Hint to the Airman Home on Leave, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

Background imageRolling Collection: The Road from Arras to Bapaume, 1917. Artist: CRW Nevinson

The Road from Arras to Bapaume, 1917. Artist: CRW Nevinson
The Road from Arras to Bapaume, 1917. Painting held at the Imperial War Museum, London. From The Outline of Art, edited by Sir William Orpen, K.B.E. R.A. R.I.. [George Newnes Limited, London, c1924]

Background imageRolling Collection: The Reindeer, c19th century

The Reindeer, c19th century

Background imageRolling Collection: Making the huge cigars smoked by women, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co

Making the huge cigars smoked by women, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Making the huge cigars smoked by women, Burma, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Background imageRolling Collection: Women working on the Darjeeling Highway, India. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Women working on the Darjeeling Highway, India. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Women working on the Darjeeling Highway, India. Stereoscopic card detail

Background imageRolling Collection: A nomad maid of the mill preparing couscous, Algeria, 1922. Artist: A Bougaut

A nomad maid of the mill preparing couscous, Algeria, 1922. Artist: A Bougaut
A nomad maid of the mill preparing couscous, Algeria, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Background imageRolling Collection: A Burmese woman making cigars, c1900s

A Burmese woman making cigars, c1900s

Background imageRolling Collection: Barbed wire spooling, the defence of Verdun, France, First World War, 1916, (c1920)

Barbed wire spooling, the defence of Verdun, France, First World War, 1916, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918

Background imageRolling Collection: Rolling steel rails, c1880. Artist: Roberts

Rolling steel rails, c1880. Artist: Roberts
Rolling steel rails, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Background imageRolling Collection: Tobacco factory, 1780

Tobacco factory, 1780. 1) Negre qui ejambe le Tabac. 2) Negre qui torque le Tabac. 3) Negre qui le met en rolle. 4) Tabac a la pente

Background imageRolling Collection: Merchant and his clerk at the dockside checking goods at a warehouse, 1823

Merchant and his clerk at the dockside checking goods at a warehouse, 1823. From The Book of English Trades. (London, 1823)

Background imageRolling Collection: Rolling mill and forge powered by hot gases from a furnace, 1629

Rolling mill and forge powered by hot gases from a furnace, 1629. An idea proposed by Giovanni Branca in Le Machine. (Rome, 1629)

Background imageRolling Collection: Dinner time in the first class dining saloon of an Atlantic steamer on a stormy day, c1890

Dinner time in the first class dining saloon of an Atlantic steamer on a stormy day, c1890. From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril & Heroism by F Whymper


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