Historical Industrial Work

Black and white engravings depicting various industrial processes from the 19th century, including mining, construction, and soap making.

Construction of the new bridge : dredging trench for the new cast iron casing. Date: 1855
Construction of the new bridge : dredging trench for the new cast iron casing. Date: 1855
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Completion of Pacific Railroad, meeting of locotives of the Union and Pacific lines, the engineers shake hands, wood engraving, 1869
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Sowing seed broadcast using a sowing sheet to hold the grain. Woodcut 1762.
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Claude Marshall, Log Hauling, 1935 1942 Log-Hauling
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Noreg, traditional wheat thresher, Egypt 19th Century. Old XIX century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880
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Metallurgy. The oundry of metals. Engraving. Later colouration.
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Treten der Weintrauben in einem Weingut in Frankreich im Jahre 1870, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. J...
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Weighing of the Blocks of Stone, Egypt, 1880. Artist: R Brandamour
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Engraving depicting a fireman of the Flying Scotsman shovelling coal into the furnace. Dated 19th century
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Blacksmith.
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Rock Salt: Miners at work in salt mine, Wieliczka, Galicia, Poland, 20th century. Artist: Unknown
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Wheelwright at work, wooden cartwheels are tyred with iron, 1908, China, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Asia
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Slave labour on a cotton plantation in the southern states of America, 1860. Artist: Unknown.
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Engraving depicting potato planting in Scotland. A ploughman and his team making drills (a,b); workers filling dung carts (f,g); steward (h); emptying dung which women (m,n,o,p) spread. Two teams of women plant sets (r,s), which a second ploughman and team (u) cover up. Dated 19th Century
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Which side of the fence are you on McCormick, I want machines that every test has proved to be the very best.. Which side of the fence are you on McCormick, I want machines that every test has proved to be the very best.
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Candee rubbers - The lumberman is a worthy lad, a might useful life lives he ; so give him the best that's to be had ; give him the rubbers stamped 'Candee.' , Men, Rubber footwear, 19th Century American Trade Cards
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Gold mining prospectors in California USA
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China: Derrick used in drilling for deep substratum brine to produce salt, Sichuan Province. From 'The Annals of Salt Law of Sichuan Province' (after a Song Dynasty drawing)
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Laborer, China - Costumes & Occupations
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Mechanical Horse Brake, Farm Machinery
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Engraving depicting a pulley-system being used to lift a barrel. Dated 18th Century
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Jumbo objects to be being put in irons. - Pine State Java.. Jumbo objects to be being put in irons. - Pine State Java.
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Under the Yoke, Burning of the Brushwood, Wage-Slaves, Fire-Slaughter, 1893, Painting by Eero Jaernefelt, Historic, Digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time
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Guess not Jumbo, no job for dis chile bindin behind dat machine, binds every bunch. The light running Plano Harvester & Binder.. Guess not Jumbo, no job for dis chile bindin behind dat machine, binds every bunch. The light running Plano Harvester & Binder.
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Frank Eiseman, Lumberjacks Sawing a Log, 1939 Lumberjacks Sawing a Log
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Bridge-Builder, Occupations
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Williams & Clark Co's high grade bone fertilizers are the best and have the right smell to make the crops grow.. Williams & Clark Co's high grade bone fertilizers are the best and have the right smell to make the crops grow.
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Feering All-Steel Twine Binder, Farm Machinery
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Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton. "I reckon dis yere's strong 'nuff suah.". Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton. "I reckon dis yere's strong 'nuff suah."
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Merchant's Gargling Oil is the oldest and best liniment now in use throughout the United States and foreign countries. It is put up in white wrapper for human, and yellow for animal flesh. , Men, Horses, Horseshoes, Patent medicines, Oils & fats, 19th Century American Trade Cards
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Salt boilers