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Historical Machinery

Black and white images showcasing historical machinery and tools such as pumps, clocks, and cooling benches, reflecting past industrial design.

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.retusch. Table with retouch mirror.For more info See: Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Nature and Culture. Stockholm. 1942. p. 470.
Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.retusch. Table with retouch mirror.For more info See: Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Nature and Culture. Stockholm. 1942. p. 470.
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Vintage Photograph. A hand setting the time on a clock.A small razor set that can be carried in a woman's handbag approximate size 2" X 1". The razor set is made of plastic. Many new features will be seen in fancy goods and toilet requisites at the "Britain Can Make It" Exhibition to be opened by the King at the Victoria and Albert Museum on September 24th. October 4, 1946. (Photo by United Kingdom Information Office).Image showing various types of shells used during World War One. The shells remain unidentified. Photograph taken on January 18, 1918, and received on January 25, 1918. Caption notes the image's reference number as 2522 and mentions the photographer belonging to the Signal Corps.APARATO DE RADIO DE LA MARCA PHILIPS.Half Model of a Sloop of War.Polychromed mold model (starboard) of a three-master. The skin above the bark wood is closed, 21 painted guns spread over two decks.Radiola Radio Apparatus from G.A. Mountain. Exhibited at the Paris exhibition in 1937.Madrid, 02/14/1990. Presented the Armillary Sphere, which will commemorate the V Centenary of the Discovery of America. In the image, a model of the Armillary Sphere, which will be inaugurated in 1992.Rural mail boxes displayed for sale, San Augustine, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Augustine, Texas , San Augustine CountyTool stand, NK. >>Matchsafe (USA); Manufactured by Whitehead & Hoag Company (United States); metal; Overall: 6.9 x 4 x 1.2 cm (2 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 1/2 in.)Matchsafe (USA); Manufactured by Whitehead & Hoag Company (United States); celluloid, metal; Overall: 7 x 3.8 x 1 cm (2 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 3/8 in.)Model of Composite Ship Camels Bearing a Ship under Construction, anonymous, c. 1697 - c. 1718 demonstration model Polychromed model of a ship on ship's room. The ship model is a block model of a ship under construction, the superstructure is unfinished. The ship has twenty -six gates on a deck, a crowned lion as a cheggelic, a wrung mirror and hollow wulf, fence and side galleries are not completed. The ship is hung in the camels by means of short beams through the guns. The camel on starboard is composed of six connected pieces. Each piece has a waterproof shot in the length, two pumps, two spouts for filling, two roasting pills and two shutters, except for the rear piece, which has two extra pumps and spouts. The port side of ship's chamber is in one piece, but otherwise identical to that of starboard. Italy (possibly) wood (plant material). brass (alloy). ropeold obsolete dirty electric voltmeter device isolated on whitePhoto collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-0382. 1956Electrolux.Bylus Delta.Vintage photograph. Aluminum pots and pans sitting on surfaceAnefo photo collection. Trade fair "The Child" in Julianahal in Utrecht De Beurs. March 17, 1969. UtrechtHalf Model of a 28-Gun Sloop of War.Polychromed mold model (starboard) of a three-master, the skin above the bark wood closed. One and twenty gunposes are divided into two decks. The sheek image is a crowned male bust image. A lion's head on the crane bar. Wrecked mirror, almost flat wulf, fence and side gallery of one floor, with carving; Stir with Round Roerk King (Soetermeer's version). Side in front and behind something ascending, one bark wood and one Reehout. Peaked round trip. Scale 1:40 (Scale by model).MAGNETOFON CON CASETTE.Square Piano 1791-1798 Charles Albrecht German Charles Albrecht, a German immigrant, was one of the earliest known piano makers in this country probably arrived in October of 1785 and is known to have been actively building instruments by 1791 in Philadelphia. More than twenty instruments by Albrecht are known to survive. This example, serial number 24, has a rectangular case with mahogany veneer panels and sist on a stand with four square tapered legs each of which has brass medallions on the upper corners. The nameboard is veneered with light wood decorated around maker's name with painted floral garland. A single handstop is located in the well to the left of the keyboard and is activated to remove the dampers from the strings. Technical description: Rectangular case with mahogany veneer panels separated from contrasting border by geometric inlays, on separate stand with 4 square tapered legs having brass medallions at upper corners; nameboard veneered with light wood decorated arouA specially designed television receiver made by R. N. Fitton Ltd. and priced at £105 including tax, made to fit into the corner of a room, 1949Old sewing machine from the german company PfaffTransmitter exhibit, Transportation Museum of China, Burma, India Theater in World War II, Yunnanyi, Yunnan Province, ChinaOld and Vintage wooden radio equipment detailTime zone clockCollection Dutch Heidematschappij. Tools. undatedPresident Kennedys gift for Konstantinos Karamanlis, Prime Minister of Greece. Silver bowl engraved with the seal of the United States to be presented as a gift to Prime Minister of Greece Konstantine Karamanlis (also referred to as Konstantinos Karamanlis or Constantine Caramanlis). Plaque reads His Excellency Constantine Caramanlis Prime Minister of Greece on the occasion of his visit to the United States from John F. Kennedy President of the United States of America April 1961It is a set of different bicycle screw plates. These are used while fixing or repairing a machine. They are of different threads and sizes, vintage engraved line art illustration. Bicycle Accessories 1900.The Crest / Good Line , Plumbing industry, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States