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A collection of historical devices including an alarm clock transmitter, a square piano, an old camera, a birthing table, and a boat motor.

An example of a Sanderson camera Date: 1905
An example of a Sanderson camera Date: 1905
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Anefo photo collection. Transmitter built in an alarm clock. February 21, 1946Square Piano before 1794 Thomas Western Thomas Western moved to New York city early in 1794, moved to Charleston, South Carolina in 1805, and later to Alexandria, Virginia. This instrument bears a label from when he built pianos in London and may have been brought with him when he moved to the United States. Technical description: Rectangular mahogany and mahogany veneer case with inlaid geometric striping, border of lighter veneer on nameboard and cheeks, on integral table stand with 4 turned, reeded legs with casters and brass mounts (the legs may be later); removable panel over opening in bottom below soundboard; heavy diagonal brace across bottom; compass FF-f3 (61 keys), ivory naturals with molded fronts, blackened hardwood slips over softwood accidental blocks; 2 handstops, 1 in well at left of keyboard raising dampers by lifting a strip of wood beneath damper arms, 1 mounted vertically in right keywell wall raising mute (cloth-covered batten) against strings near nut; oblong, mo An example of a Sanderson camera Date: 1905A wooden birthing table with adjustable back and leg supports, an opening in the seat, and a foot stool. Illustration in a text by German obstetrician, Friedrich Benjamin Osiander (1759-1822).Boat motor.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 Test machine steel noses. 1949Engraving depicting a camera used for visiting cards. Dated 19th CenturyFlane butter apparatus type "Johansson".Ved stove. No. 226.Anefo photo collection. Assignment RVD Medisch Historic exhibition Waaggebouw Amsterdam. August 14, 1949. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandThis is a photograph of another Nelson relic, namely his fine mahogany cellorette fitted with four cut glass decanters and sixteen wine glasses, circa 1800. Date: 1800Poll photo collection. Report first Hollandsche Levensverzekerings Bank in Amsterdam. Display cabinet with annual reports. 1932. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandStorage crushing mask. Inv. in 1835.Lock and Key. Dimensions: 9 x 5 1/8 in. (22.9 x 13 cm). Date: 1725-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Lamp 18th century () Spanish or Italian, Venice (Murano). Lamp. Spanish or Italian, Venice (Murano). 18th century (). Glass. GlassVed stove. Nr227.The Electrolux laboratory. Elab L 15 refrigerator.Cane side chair. Culture: British. Dimensions: 52 1/2 x 18 x 14 1/2 in. (133.4 x 45.7 x 36.8 cm). Date: 1690-1710.This English-made side chair was originally part of a set of six that may have belonged to the Reverend Samuel Browne (d. 1749) of Abington, Massachusetts. The chair switched hands and families many times over the next several generations until it was bought by H. Eugene Bolles, whose collection of American furniture was considered the finest of its kind. In 1909, Mrs. Russell Sage purchased the Bolles collection and gifted it to the Museum. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Plate stand.Inorgan and outside means. Part of the mathematic machine Banking stood at the Mathematics Committee on Drottninggatan in StockholmPoll photo collection. Advertising photography. Advertising for Gero-Silver. undatedDouble Zither 18th century () Andreas Giller. Double Zither 501607An old camera in a photo studio, walking floor camera, plate camera, 1881, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unkn...Inkstand. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 1 in. (2.5 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); L. 3 in. (7.6 cm). Date: 1800. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Drain tubes. undatedUtensils for making candles, vintage engraving. Utensils for making candles, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679594Plate stand.Andiron ca. 1780 Attributed to Paul Revere Jr. American. Andiron. American. ca. 1780. Bell metal. Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesSweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Marjorie Lee, Mail Box, c 1937 Mail BoxMachine currying rims, Profile view, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.The Electrolux laboratory. The L2 refrigerator.Stable Lantern. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.1 x 24.5 cm (13 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.). Medium: pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Florence Huston.Metropolitan Water Works Miscellaneous, manhole cover, middle and bottom sections joined together, Mass., ca. 1900-1919 , waterworks, manhole componentsTalmaskin "0" an.Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Cash cupboard, inside. 1965Advert for an AGA cooker, a heat storage stove and cookerAn engraving depicting electric curling tongs. Dated 20th centuryThe Electrolux laboratory. The L75 refrigerator.Odor.Detail picture, rails in rail.V 6099. Thule (depicted name)Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Vintage and aging grain concept of an antique fly fishing reel, rod, flies, and net on top of open creel with rustic wood underneath. Layout in horizontal format.Engraving depicting a lawn mower fitted with a box for collecting the mowings. This was a cylinder machine, but had no roller in front of the cutters. Dated 19th centurySweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Christmas (Parties) - Christmas. January 04, 1948.Pedestal third quarter 18th century French. Pedestal. French. third quarter 18th century. Wood, gilt. Woodwork-FurnitureDrying rack, ranger rack. >>Studio shot of typewriterFilterdetaljer. >>Andrées Camera Use at his North Push in 1897. One front of the camera equipped with OBJ. for stereoscopic images. Camera Tow. at Numa Peterson, Stockholm. The film was delivered by Eastman in England.Electrolux.Kylapparat. Everest.håkansson's 3 cu.ft. Cab.It is the part of the bicycle usually made up of metal or rubber on which the rider places his for to propel the bicycle. It has a threaded bolt type system which is fixed to the pedal rod, vintage engraved line art illustration. Bicycle Accessories 1900.Zweiflammiger Herdkocher aus dem Jahre 1895 / Two-burner stove stove from 1895, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 Electric heater amazing caps. 1917Mangle or clothes wringer for table top use. (ca 1895)Engraving depicting a Swan incandescent globe fitted in a miner's lamp.Bathtub Oven / Badewanne mit Ofen, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Anefo photo collection. Assignment company Prior Henri Polakstraat 15. August 21, 1950Leather cannon of the Swedish artillery, ca 1630, The leather cannon was a 17th century gun consisting of a copper or iron barrel reinforced with iron...Side Drum 18th century Dutch Side drums were the most important instrument in the infantry of European armies. They were used in the field to signal to troops and to provide cadences for marching armies. This drum was worn on a sling to the players side, hence its name. Snares, or cords, strung across the bottom head rattled when the drum was played and gave it a characteristic buzzing sound. This drum survives with two eighteenth century in a brass carrier. There is also a leather sling with a brass hook for carrying the drum. Technical description: Brass shell, tab seam, top and bottom edges rounded over towards interior of the drum. Rope tension with ten leather tugs. Wooden counter hoops painted painted withtriangles of red, white and blue. Ten drilled holes in each rim through which the rope passes. Brass, j-hook snare adjuster mounted vertically, parallel to the shell. Calfskin heads. Two gut snares held opposite the strainer by a leather strap.. Side Drum 501452The choices (depicted - name).The choices (depicted - name)30 HK: C berg'sspump (Neptunbollaget).Vintage Armaturenbrett. Teil des alten Kraftwerks. Vintage Dashboard. Part of old power plant. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/DmitrixMarutax 23233843Steps. Culture: American. Dimensions: 13 x 28 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (33 x 71.8 x 41.9 cm). Date: 1700-1730. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Electrolux.Coca-Cola box.Carriage. >>Attic Black-Figure Siana Cup Fragment. UnknownCollection Dutch Heidematschappij. Circular saw. undatedT107 details of interior design.Aldebaran (depicted name)Made from "Odds and Ends" - Wireless set entered in "Wireless Weekly" competition and shown at radio and electronic exhibition in town hall. May 1, 1933. Gas lighting in the 19th century, gas generating stove, Schilling-Bunte system, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryPropeller with rotatable blades.Vintage Photograph. Hand stirring paint in can.Åsögatan 175. >>Brathaube, Backhaube aus dem Jahre 1895, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. JahrhundertMeeting with Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway, 12:02PM. View of a model of the Norwegian immigrant ship, Restaurationen (Restoration), given as a gift to President John F. Kennedy from Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen. Yellow Oval Room, White House, Washington, D.C. See also MO 79.187, RestaurationenSweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Nähmaschine 1890: Kettenstichmaschine von Bacle, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. JahrhundertBush television receiver in moulded plastic cabinet, made by British Moulded Plastics Ltd.Empty chair in a gas chamber, 1937Tape Recorder Valdemar Poulsen's wire drum model of his Telegraphone. 1920.Popular small kitchen, vintage engraving. Popular small kitchen, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679064Weaponry, two-armed throwing machine in the style of the Greek ballistae, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century modelSweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Stockholm Castle Brand telegraph.Looking Glass 1740-90 American. Looking Glass 4883The shark (depicted - name).The shark (depicted - name)12/31/1927. In the Image, red leather suitcase with beige suede lining and Concha toiletry case, Hermes model.A Singer sewing machine Date: 1851Servingsvagn. >>Chess and backgammon board. Culture: probably Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 19 7/8 × 19 5/8 in. (50.5 × 49.8 cm). Date: probably 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.20th century Union Special electric industrial sewing machineSTRATY WOJENNE MNKSeal China. Seal. China. Jade. Song dynasty (960-1279). SealsSweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Canteens and baskets. >>