Historical Manufacturing Processes

Scenes from historical factories with workers engaged in traditional crafts, showcasing tools, machinery, and a rich heritage of manufacturing.

Vintage Photograph. Teenager in woodworking class

Poll photo collection. Factory for plastics in Mishmar Ha'emek. Worker working on grinding a plastic object. January 1, 1964. Israel, Mishmar Ha'emek

Milling of drawers and trocasure wheels for druskbrära.

Anefo photo collection. Masonry competition in the Ahoy Hall. July 3, 1961

A researcher at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory checks the setup of a RJM-2 ramjet model in the test section of the 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel. The 8- by 6 was not only the laboratorys first large supersonic wind tunnel, but it was also the NACAs first facility capable of testing an operating engine at supersonic speeds. The 8- by 6-foot tunnel has been used to study engine inlets, fuel injectors, flameholders, exit nozzles, and controls on ramjet and turbojet propulsion systems. The 8-foot wide and 6-foot tall test section consisted of 1-inch thick steel plates with hatches on the floor and ceiling to facilitate the installation of the test article. The two windows seen on the right wall allowed photographic equipment to be set up. The test section was modified in 1956 to accommodate transonic research. NACA engineers drilled 4,700 holes into the test section walls to reduce transonic pressure disturbances and shock

Modeller at work, Ilva steel mills, March 6, 1937, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.

Poll photo collection. Israel - Eilat. Woman working on grinding islations in a company where this stone is processed and processed. 1 January 1963. Eilat, Israel

Shipbuilding during the First World War A female worker operating a capstan lathe at a shipbuilding yard on Tyneside during the First World War.

Manufacture of concrete grinding. A-concrete, Vislanda

A Modern Bakery- the work of Wonder Bakery, Wood Green, London, England, UK, 1944 A worker at the Wonder Bakery, Wood Green, oversees the automatic tipping device as it empties a large vat of dough into the Dividing and Weighing Machine situated on the floor below. The dough is given plenty of time to prove and ferment in these vats before it is divided.

Nora Tube Factory.

Anefo photo collection. Manufacture Carpet Palace Soestdijk by carpet knuckle Kinheim in Beverwijk. March 31, 1954. Beverwijk

Gustavsberg's porcelain factory. Hand painting in silver of the series Argenta.

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943.

Boat Builders Are Busy On The Thames. Orders From Behind the Iron Curtain - Mr. Jeff Thorns, who is 48 years of age and has 30 years experience in boat building (on right) with his son Mike Thorne, age 22 yrs, true the planking to the gunwhale of a coxswain four, at Messrs George Sims works at Putney.George Sims and Sons, the famous builders of river craft of all kinds, and established since 1864, have secured the largest order for including shells, from behind the Iron Curtain. 22 Shells including Eights, Paris, Double and Singe scullers, have been ordered by the Verimax Rowing Club of Poland. Other boat building firms at Putney and tribute to the craftsmanship of England racing-boat builders. October 09, 1954. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Grandes Figures de L'Independance Americaine. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Millville, New Jersey - Glass bottles. T.C. Wheaton Co. A bottle with the stopper may be seen directly in the lower center of the picture, March 1937, Lewis Hine, 1874 - 1940, was an American photographer, who used his camera as a tool for social reform. US,USA

Rehabilitation soldiers at work in the woodwork place of the military repair resort 'Aardenburg'.

Poll photo collection. Man to a loom. January 1, 1964. Israel

American Southwest: c. 1920 A Navajo man sits at his loom weaving a blanket.

AB DEF's deep printing in Malmö. The copper cylinder under the etching procedure.

Tel Aviv industries. 1925, Israel

Anefo photo collection. Hindelopen furniture factory. January 2, 1946. Friesland, Hindeloopen

Student working in printmaking studio , Students, Printmaking, Massachusetts College of Art

Goddard with his rocket in his workshop at Roswell, NM. October 1935.

Man monitors the blanching of asparagus rods in a boiler

Photo reportage Rijkswerf Willemsoord.Timmerwerkplaats.

In the training workshop of Hoesch AG in Dortmund, here on 6.8.1974, apprentices are trained in various trades, Germany, Europe

Famous Bat - Maker's Shed To Be Demolished Outside The Oval - ***** Killick at work in his shed at the back of his house in Clayton-street, shortly to be demolished. The old shed just outside the Oval a resort of famous cricketers for sixty years or more, is to be demolish shortly to make room for a block of new L.C.C. flats. The shed is owned by Albert Killick the last surviving member of a famous firm of batmakers. Who is collecting up his tools, preparing to move to new business premises. April 9, 1934. (Photo by The Associated Press).

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

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943.

ED NICHOLS (L) & FRED SCHERFF IN MACHINE SHOP AT SANTA BARBARA STREET.

Female manual worker working on a milling machine

Manufacturer Johan Hägglund at the Swedish Company Hägglund & Sons, Örnsköldsvik.

Poll photo collection. Wine company Carmel Mizrachi Wineries in Rishon Le Zion. Worker on a running band with corked wine bottles. January 1, 1960. Israel, Risjon Le Zion

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Men, buildings, interior, workbenches, tools. undated

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company wiring installed on tiers of shelving in Washington, D.C. area, ca. 1925.

Vintage photograph. Man shown manufacturing paint in factory

Elsevier photo collection. Create series clogs. Wood block edited. 1931

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

Anefo photo collection. Leather and textile manufacturer. 1945

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

Poll photo collection. Scotland - The Highlands. Small lease farmers (crofters) in the Scottish highlands; Man behind a loom. 1934. Great Britain

Coronation Weapons Given Their Sparkle by Factory Workers. Mrs. May Fry of Acton polishing swords at the factory, while Mr. Herbert McNab of Fulham, London, foreman sword cutter, cleans some partizans sent from St. James's Palace to be renovated with the new Royal cipher of Queen Elizabeth II. Partizan of this type are carried by the Yeoman of the Guard, Tudor-uniformed Royal bodyguard. A team of craftsmen, and women in a factory at Acton, Middlesex, are now hard at work making 2,000 fine swords for the Coronation. January 24, 1953. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Mid adult man making a baseball bat

Rörstrands porcelain factory.Demonstration of big play.

Vintage Photograph. Ceramic worker moulding on a potters wheel in Wilmington, New York

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

The Thyssen pipe mill, here in Duisburg in 1968, produced large pipes for the international market, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Hindelopen furniture factory. January 2, 1946. Friesland, Hindeloopen

Anefo photo collection. Recovery: Wieringermeer. Droogging of the Wieringermeerpolder. Fishermen with fikes. 1945. Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Jerusalem (Jerusalem), Thorar rollers. Jerusalem. Old man makes boxes for prayer cords (tefellin) behind a full work table. On racks against the wall sticks for book rolls. January 1, 1964. Israel, Jerusalem

Anefo photo collection. Passion games Tegelen. May 13, 1950. Limburg, Tegelen

Rural Industries Bureau -- Here he is using a power saw to cut through a bar of iron. R.T. Boston was an organ builder before he went into the Fleet Air Arm; now he wants to set up as an agricultural engineer on his own. November 28, 1947. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

Poll photo collection. De Telegraaf Zetterij and Drukkerij. The salutor on the Zetterij van Dagblad "De Telegraaf" is to rank the pilot of the opening page between the column lines on "stone". 1949. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Woodworking, trunks, machines, tools, workers, control buttons. undated

The rails in Hallsberg

THOMAS ALVA EDISON In his Workshop. Date: 1847 - 1931

female machine operator in a pencil factory circa 1925

Gusum's use. Button needle manufacturing. The shafts are cut.

Helmer Görl works on an auxiliary engine.

Brewers woman in the heating of the furnace

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

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as teaching material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology 1948-1958. Optische Anstal C. P. Goerz, Berlin.

Poll photo collection. Man mixes paint. 1931

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Woman helping her blacksmith husband in his forge.

Woman gives spare pieces on a sorting band

Poll photo collection. 50-year anniversary Cigar factory Karel I Eindhoven. Man fixes labels to folding chairs. January 1, 1950. Eindhoven

Gold mining industry. Ore processing. The gold powder from the smelting furnace is poured into molds.

Mr. Valling, a Canadian trapper is helping, but a campaign is being prepared that will embrace poison, gas, guns and searchlights. War has been declared on the musk rat and the Government hopes to borrow the services of the Bavarian expert Herr Roithe, whose uncanny ability to trace the pest has brought him world wide fame. A quarter of a million rats are said to be burrowing in the banks or the Severn and ots tributaries and many other parts of the country has been invaded. January 23, 1933. ;M

Fireman Apprentice Pam Grey practices using an arc welder to fuse metal pieces together aboard the destroyer tender USS SAMUEL GOMPERS (AD-37). The ship is underway off the coast of Baja, Mexico. Country: Unknown

French Shoe Factory Boosts Production (ROC, shoe Fact Antun). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reportage Dajeuhkolot (Bandoeng sector). 2nd COMPAGNIE AAT POWER AND DRAYTERS. February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Welsh Folk Musseum - So that the traditional crafts of Eslrd do not die, the Museum has started an apprentice scheme for teaching old crafts. Here the wood-turner, Mr. W.R. Evans (left) is seen instructing Myrddin Price, his 14 years old apprentice, how to use a woodhaving tool. July 12, 1951. (Photo by British Official of Information Photograph).

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943.

Rugles, Eure. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

High angle view of a worker making handmade cigars in a factory, Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, USA

Vintage photograph. Foamex automobile seat toppers molded to size for use and automobiles Upholstery, to give increased riding comfort

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Natanya. Diamond grinder. January 1, 1948. Israel, Natanya

Bicycle repairer, August 8, 1941, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.

1930s BOY WATCHING CRAFTSMAN SHAPING AN OLD SCHOOL WOODEN LACROSSE STICK HANDLES USING DRAWKNIFE WHILE SITTING ON SHAVING HORSE

Poll photo collection. Troon distance Queen Wilhelmina / Inauguration of Queen Juliana. Preparations. Party decorations in the making. August 1948

State Railways, Sj Cement foundry

Anefo photo collection. Fireworks factory in Leiden. April 19, 1948. Leiden, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Clock casting for the National Army Monument Grebbeberg by Eijsbouts in Asten. April 15, 1953. Asten

Photo Shows: Lady Lyttleton using a drill while at work on her bench in the factory.Lady Lyttleton at Work in a Factory.Lady Lyttleton, wife of the Minister of production, is now a "general hand" at a factory which builds all kinds of trailers for the Ministry of Aircraft Production. She works at a bench making fittings used for packing delicate aircraft parts and is known to her workmster as plain "Mrs. Lyttleton." December 06, 1943. (Photo by Associated Press)

1930s TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN WORKERS REMOVING 500 POUND BALE OF COTTON FROM METAL BAND BALING MACHINE AT COTTON GIN LOUISIANA USA

Poll photo collection. Potterij Saxbo. Probably EVA Staer-Nielsen at work on the kopsteel. March 1954. Denmark, Copenhagen

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Huisman Lindberghpost Jeroertuis Utrecht. March 5, 1951. Utrecht

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Syria - Damascus. Making a mosaic. 1950. Damascus, Syria

Manufacture of the shrine that was walled into the base at the founding of the museum building in Gävle in 1939. Tillverkning av det skrin som murades in i sockeln vid grundläggningen av museibyggnaden i Gävle 1939.

1940s GRINNING HARD WORKING BARECHESTED MAN BLACKSMITH CRAFTSMAN STRIKING RED-HOT IRON WITH HAMMER ON STEEL ANVIL IN OLD FORGE

Jewish colonies. K'far Hassidim, blacksmith shop. 1934, Israel

Malmö Sockfabrik, 1929.

Gullaskrufs glassworks, Småland. Window glass blowing in connection with filming on June 12, 1941. The prisoner is well.

CZE, Czech Republic, Prague: CSSR, Country and People. Everyday life in a country under communist rule. Prague 01.05.1981. Metal factory, Europe

Female worker soldering contact point on end of wire, De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan, USA, Arthur S. Siegel, U.S. Office of War Information, October 1942

Women's Factory War work at Slough Training Centre, England, UK, 1941 A woman at Slough Training Centre uses a precision instrument in the fitting shop.

Anefo photo collection. Carel Visser (sculptor). September 24, 1964

Rugles, Eure. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

The British Locomotive Building Industry- the Production of Railway Locomotives, UK, 1945 A draughtsman at work in the drawing office of a large locomotive works, somewhere in Britain.

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