Historical Factory Scenes

Vintage photographs illustrating factory settings with workers engaged in tasks, portraying the day-to-day life and industrial processes from the early to mid-20th century.

Vintage photograph. Homogenization machines are shown in the background at the Bordens New York City plant

Manchoukuo's Newest Coal Mines.Produce Ample supply for domestic needs (8).The Manchuria Coal Mining Company operated a clinic for the benefit of its miners. February 01, 1939. (Photo by Japan Photo Library)

Spinning Mill Near Rouen Menibus Co.. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Women's workplaces at Siemens on 22. 11. 1973 during the production of telephone sets in Bocholt, Germany, Europe

Research Reduces Perils of High-altitude Aviation -- In this strange scene, suggesting an old anatomical drawing, pilots of modern airplanes are getting into their high-altitude flying suits - one of may protective devices developed by scientists to enable man to function in an environment where he was never designed to operate. Put on like a coverall, this suit is snuggled close to the body by lacings running all the way down the arms and legs; air tubes, also running down the arms and legs, wh

Poll photo collection. Cork industry in Llagostera (Catalonia region). Workers sort raw benches. undated. Llagostera, Spain

From Arm Chairs To Bombers- War work at Perrings Furniture Showroom, Kingston, Surrey, 1943 Part-time women war workers prepare electrical cables for bomber equipment in a section of Perrings furniture showroom in Kingston. In the background, the supervisors (wearing white coats) can be seen, making sure that the work is being done properly.

In workshops provided by the London Society for Women's Suffrage women are trained in aeroplane construction. They are pictured using acetylene blow-pipes for welding metal parts. Date: 1915

Glazing of the rye code is done by dipping it in a gruel of Finland Kaolin, feldspar, quartz et al. Glass-forming substances dissolved in water.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Fa. Kuypers & Co Valreenkade, group of people in factory. November 24, 1960

The production of electronic devices by female workers at the Siemens company on 23.11.1974 in Kamp-Lintfort, DEU, Germany, Kamp, Europe

Madeleine Farm near PAU. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa Kfar Ata, near Acre. The 'De Hoas' cigar factory. Making cigars. 1939, Israel, Ḳiryat Ata

Milk processing at Westmilch on 20.05.1980 in Bochum, Germany, Europe

reparto rifinitura e inscatolamento, 1969

Women's workplaces at Siemens on 22. 11. 1973 during the production of telephone sets in Bocholt, Germany, Europe

The Great Leap Forward of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and social campaign of the Communist Party of China (CPC), reflected in planning decisions from 1958 to 1961, which aimed to use China's vast population to rapidly transform the country from an agrarian economy into a modern communist society through the process of rapid industrialization, and collectivization. Mao Zedong led the campaign based on the Theory of Productive Forces, and intensified it after being informed of the impending disaster from grain shortages. Chief changes in the lives of rural Chinese included the introduction of a mandatory process of agricultural collectivization, which was introduced incrementally. Private farming was prohibited, and those engaged in it were labeled as counter revolutionaries and persecuted. Restrictions on rural people were enforced through public struggle sessions, and social pressure. The Great Leap ended in catastrophe, resulting in tens of millions of excess

Working in Cherry Canning Plant, Berrien County, Michigan, USA, John Vachon for Farm Security Administration July 1940

Workers Packing Salmon into Cans, Columbia River Packing Association, Astoria, Oregon, USA, Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration, September 1941

Tanning of hides and skins of sable. leningrad 1960

With the springs

Bodo women stitching on sewing machine Assam India NO MR Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Woman gives washed asparagus rods in tubs. Deployment for peeling

Poll photo collection. Israel - Nir Elyahu. Kibbets Nir Elyahu. Kibbeches dwellers busy cleaning and packaging chicken eggs in egg cartons. January 1, 1963. Israel, Nir Elyahu

Anefo photo collection. The brake island in the North Sea. August 6, 1964. North Sea

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943.

Sticky Bomb- the Production of the No 74 Grenade in Britain, 1943 Mrs A Bowker (left) and Mrs Booth-Jones pack sticky bombs, already in their protective casings, into small cases at a factory somewhere in Britain. The handles are packed around the sides of these cases, which are then sent off to a filling factory for the explosives to be added.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Cooperative, maremma, Tuscany 1955.

Laundry in Wartime- the work of Gleniffer Laundry, Catford, London, England, UK, 1944 A worker at Gleniffer Laundry in Catford empties out the contents of a laundry bundle in order to check and mark up the garments before sending them off to be washed.

Poll photo collection. Cork industry in Llagostera (Catalonia region). Workers sort raw benches. undated. Llagostera, Spain

Italy. Lombardy. Milan. fair senigallia. via calatafimi. 1955.

12/31/1936. Madrid Women Working on the Making of Clothes for the Republican Soldiers.

Two Workers handling Beef in Butcher Shop, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Textile industry, woman works in a spinning mill, 1930s, Moenchengladbach, Germany, Europe

Vintage Photograph. Women working in Cigar Factory, Manila, Philippines

Indian carpet weavers seated next to the loom. Dated 1886

Modern Milk Plant (Cooperative Laitiere du Mans). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Metal workers hold factory occupied in belgium, food and drink in the factory hall. June 1, 1967. Belgium

Vintage Photograph. Workers at Men's clothing manufacturing.

Dolls industry. canneto sull'oglio. Italy 1957.

Image of a cook during the preparation of chickens in the kitchen of the restoration car of the Scandinavia deliberately.

Anefo photo collection. B. K. Cooking competition in The Hague. May 13, 1954. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Preparations Flower paragraph Rotterdam. In the Ahoy hall. September 16, 1957. Rotterdam, South Holland

Working in the factory of sundials, Udine, Italy, 70 years

Vintage Photograph. Employees dropping mail sacks from a railway post office onto conveyor belt

Rubber - ECA Imports of Carbon Black Help French Rubber Industry. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Industry during the First World War

The restored weaving factory in Smolensk produced its first products after world war two.

11/04/1981. A coal factory in Seville.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Women workers operating a splitting machine in Messrs. Crossley & Co., Victoria Dye Works, Bradford, November, 1918.

SAAR Story - Ball-Bearing Plant. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Girls Putting the Finishing Touches on Bamboo Baskets, Japan, Stereo Card, Keystone View Company, 1905

Anefo photo collection. Food factory "Limco". April 17, 1946

Industry during the First World War- Flour Mill Millers carry sacks of flour on their backs during the First World War.

Pearls processing, Venice 1920-30.

Gustavsberg's porcelain factory. Washing of plate.

Industry during the First World War A female worker brazing metal tools in a British workshop during the First World War.

Laundry in Wartime- the work of Gleniffer Laundry, Catford, London, England, UK, 1944 A worker at Gleniffer Laundry in Catford places a shirt into a large ironing machine. The top part of the press (clearly visible on the left) will pull down into position and iron the front part of the shirt in one go. According to the original caption, the machine is operated by compressed air and is part of a larger unit 'specially designed for the complete drying and ironing of shirts. The unit, consisting of three machines, is capable of turning out anything from 75 to 100 shirts per hour, with two or three operators'.

Poll photo collection. Wine company Carmel Mizrachi Wineries in Rishon Le Zion. Worker with a protective mask for the face in the champagnelaard busy turning the bottles. January 1, 1960. Israel, Risjon Le Zion

Production of engines, axles and other car manufacturing parts at the Opel plant in Bochum, Germany, 08.07.1975, Europe

ManufacTuring of shopping bags. 1920-1930.

Poll photo collection. Flæskehallen, the meat halls of Copenhagen. Inspection of the meat to the slaughter line of the meat halls in the part where pigs are and processed. March 1954. Denmark, Copenhagen, Kødbyen

costruzione delle "voci" delle fisarmoniche a castelfidardo, 1965

Training at the Volkswagen plant is sought after by apprentices and is considered exemplary 11.05.1979 in Wolfsburg, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Archaeological excavations in the Alblasserdam at Molenaarsgraaf, part of the excavated objects. July 28, 1976. Alblasserdam, South Holland

Car production at the Ford factory on 12.02.1976 in Cologne, Germany, Europe

Steel Replaces Copper in Ammunition - Cartoucherie National de Valence, Rhone River. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel