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
Vintage Photograph. Teenager in woodworking class
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Training For War Work- Chiswick Polytechnic, Turnham Green, 1941 Mary Devlin, aged 20, is originally from Ireland. Here she can be seen working on the manufacture of a Bren gun part at Chiswick Polytechnic.
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Poll photo collection. The sailing houseboat Siegfried & Erik on the banks of the Seine. Man checks the stove annex stove aboard the ship Siegfried & Erik in Paris. 1950. France, Paris
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2 mechanics at work in garage 1920, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine
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Gardeners. 1930-1940.
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Gusum's use. Button needle manufacturing. Grinding.
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Man monitors the blanching of asparagus rods in a boiler
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Gustavsberg's porcelain factory. Surface treatment of goods.
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Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Children's village Ben Shemen. Young woman learns weaving in the weaving of the children's village ben shemen. January 1, 1948. Ben Shemen, Israel
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French Agriculture - Grassland Conference. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Handmade straw-horse ca. 1930, exact place unknown, Germany, Europe
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Poll photo collection. Israel - Eilat. Man engaged in grinding islation in a company where this stone is processed and processed. January 1, 1963. Eilat, Israel
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Poll photo collection. Reporting EPPO Doeve. Eppo Doeve (right) and the worker of the Decoratelier Beyeren view in the doeve's studio the decorations for the Leocardia play. 1951. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Worker Testing for Impurities in Wheat at Grain Inspection Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, John Vachon for Farm Security Administration, September 1939
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Craftsmen. wood bowls production. 1920.
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The cutter examines each portion of the skin to prevent material errors in the top leather.
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Filter tubes, bags of sampling, nylondes, workers, between flapping, Groningen. July 1967. Balkbrug, Groningen, Between
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Women at work during the First World War, 1918 A young girl fastens wigs onto dolls in a toy factory, probably in the Midlands. There were many juvenile workers employed at this factory, and in other factories across the country.
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Anefo photo collection. Hindelopen furniture factory. January 2, 1946. Friesland, Hindeloopen
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In a British Shipyard- Everyday Life in the Shipbuilding Industry, UK, 1943.
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British Lighthouses For Export -- Grinding a glass prism so that it may fir into the lens framework which fits inside lighthouse lantern.New lighthouses and lighthouse equipment are badly needed all over the world, and orders are coming into Britain in large quantities, British lighthouse equipment is now being manufactured for Yugoslavia, Finland, Norway, China, India and the Dutch East Indies. The ravages of the war years have made the complete replacement of many lighthouses a necessity. This series of photographs taken at Messrs. Chance Bros. of Smethwick, Birmingham, show how the equipment is being made to execute the gulf of over seas orders. October 11, 1946. (Photo by Topical Press).
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Poll photo collection. Moselle: viticulture. Fill bottles at Wijnhandel Richard Separate. 1959. Germany, Kröv, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
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Industry during the First World War- Leicestershire A female worker changing jacquard cards in a lace machine in a Nottingham factory during the First World War.
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Staff carpenters frames for a garage door.
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They Also Fight Who Only Stand and Wait- Part-time War work in Croydon, Surrey, England, 1943 Mrs Dixon (left) and Mrs Cook work on the assembly of a spring in a 'factory' in an empty house in Shirley, near Croydon. The metal chutes help when passing the job on to the next worker. According to the original caption, Mrs Dixon has two sons in the Army and one in the RAF and Mrs Cook is the wife of a Civil Servant.
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Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Natanya. Diamond worker in a workplace. January 1, 1948. Israel, Natanya
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Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)
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The laster , Shoe industry, Shoemaking, Equipment
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Anefo photo collection. Limburg coal mines. Limburg coal mines. November 21, 1945. Limburg
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Gustavsberg's porcelain factory. Modeling of shape for jug.
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Industrial photographer, circa 1950, Freiburg, Germany, Europe
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Poll photo collection. Scotland - The Highlands. Small lease farmers (crofters) in the Scottish highlands; Man behind a loom. 1934. Great Britain
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Care: Neighbor Helps Neighbor. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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The modeler applying the plaster to the wire netting - Manufacturing an automobile, circa 1914
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Misc. - Music - Instruments - Violins. January 31, 1952.
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Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Forest processing, men, trunks, men, agenda. undated
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Guerra mundial 1914-1918. Mujeres francesas trabajando en una fábrica de municiones. Año 1915.
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Elsevier photo collection. Series: Gouda blowjob Manufacture pipes. 1940. Gouda
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Luthier in the 1930s. A man in his workshop makes a violin. Sweden 1930s
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A artist from Linz painting the Limberg Dam, Austria, c1947-1951. Artist: Unknown
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Anefo photo collection. Preparations Government publisher H. M .. April 15, 1948
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Training For War Work- Chiswick Polytechnic, Turnham Green, 1941 Mrs G Norris, from Richmond, works on a drilling machine at Chiswick Polytechnic. Her husband is in the Auxiliary Fire Service and they have two daughters, Marie (aged 11) and Eileen (aged 3 1/2). Before volunteering for war work, Mrs Norris was a window dresser.
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Gustavsberg's porcelain factory. Wilhelm kåge in work.
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Anefo photo collection. Polishing from Caleche and Horse. March 7, 1958. The Hague, South Holland
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Industries - India. August 5, 1953. (Photo by Press Information Bureau Government of India).
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Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943.
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Anefo photo collection. Packing the instruments for the Concertgebouw Orchestra. January 31, 1946