Timber Collection (#23)

Row W. Trefriw, Wales, from Picturesque Selections, c. 1860

Scaffolding Erected for the Restoration of the Vault in St. Peters Basilica: Overview of the Nave, ca. 1773

The Launch of a Ship, 17th century. Creator: Reinier Zeeman
The Launch of a Ship, 17th century

Chantier de Bois a Bruler, 19th century. Creators: Victor Adam, Benard
Chantier de Bois a Bruler, 19th century

Elephants moving a log, Ceylon, c1890. Artist: Gillot
Elephants moving a log, Ceylon, c1890. Elephants used for their strength in what is now Sri Lanka. Illustration from Iles Andaman et Ceylan, Moeurs et Coutumes

Borgund stave church, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, c1890. Artist: L Boulanger
Borgund stave church, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, c1890. Wooden church, probably built at the end of the 12th century. Illustration from Norvege et Suede, Types et Costumes

Chinese men sawing timber for the Japanese army, Manchuria, Russo-Japanese war, 1904-1905. Artist: Keystone
Chinese men sawing timber for the Japanese army, Manchuria, Russo-Japanese war, 1904-1905. Stereoscopic slide

Laying The Floor of Pedro Miguel Lock, 1912. Artist: Joseph Pennell
Laying The Floor of Pedro Miguel Lock, 1912. A picture showing the construction of the Pedro Miguel Lock on the Panama Canal. From The Studio Volume 57. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1912-13]

Elephants working in a timber yard, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Elephants working in a timber yard, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card

The Wood Cutters, c1880-1882. Artist: Hubert von Herkomer
The Wood Cutters, c1880-1882. A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas, JS Virtue and Co, London, c1880-1882

Carting timber, Victoria, Australia, 1928. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Australia, 2nd series

Red Pine Chute, Canada, c1920s. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Canada 2nd series

Carload of Douglas fir, Canada, c1920s. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Canada 1st series

Breaking up the hospital ship Dreadnought at Chatham dockyard, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, (23 January 1875)

The Elephant at Work, c1900. Elephants used as beasts of burden in India. French advertisement for Liebigs extract of meat

Maruyama, Nagasaki, Japan. Hand-tinted picture postcard. The Maruyama area was the main entertainment area of Nagasaki for centuries. Its historic brothel buildings were built of timber

Village by water, Japan. Hand-tinted picture postcard of wooden buildings on a river or lake

Girls in traditional dress, Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Girls in traditional dress, Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. The former island of Marken is a peninsula, now connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway

Children playing, Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Children playing, Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. The former island of Marken is a peninsula, now connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway

Women in traditional dress, Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Women in traditional dress, Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. The former island of Marken is a peninsula, now connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway

Children on Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Children on Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. The former island of Marken is a peninsula, now connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway

Inhabitants of Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Inhabitants of Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. The former island of Marken is a peninsula, now connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway

Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. The former island of Marken is a peninsula, now connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway. It is well-known for its characteristic wooden houses

Cedar-getting on the Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: JR Ashton
Cedar-getting on the Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran

The First House In Brisbane, Australia, 1886. Artist: Georgius
The First House In Brisbane, Australia, 1886. Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Construction of the boats for William I, Bayeux Tapestry, c1070s, (1870). A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

A steamboat on the Volga, Russia, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

A Russian village on the banks of the Volga, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

Hauling timber, Australia, 1877

In a woodworking factory, Russia, 1950s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow. Russian photographer

Carpenters, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Carpenters, 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828

Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion stacking logs, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

St Austell, 1860. A scene on the Cornwall Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway (GWR) at St Austell, showing one of Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) timber viaducts

Truro, from Trennick Lane, 1860. The Cornwall Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway (GWR), at Truro, showing one of Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) timber viaducts

Wooden trestle bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad, Dale Creek, Wyoming, USA, 1869. At 150 feet in height, the Dale Creek trestle bridge was the highest on the Union Pacific

Trestle Bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad, USA, 1876. A train crossing a wooden trestle bridge in the Sierra Nevada, California

Assyrian relief of the transport of wood by boat for building the palace of Sargon at Dur-Sharzuk, from the Louvres collection

Carpenters at work, surrounded by various tools, c1845. Top: felling a tree and cutting it into planks in a saw-pit

Train crossing a wooden trestle bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad, Wyoming, USA, c1870
Train crossing a wooden trestle bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad, near Sherman, Wyoming, USA, c1870. Incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1862

The Marina of Brest, c1750-1810. Artist: Nicolas Marie Ozanne
The Marina of Brest, c1750-1810

Bringing home the Yule Log, 1883. Father Christmas driving a team of cart horses pulling a timber wagon. Headpiece by Heywood Sumner in The English Illustrated Magazine, London, 1883

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