Historical Production Techniques

Illustrations depicting traditional methods like water mills and paper making, showcasing craftsmanship in various historical settings.

The interior of a water mill in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760
The interior of a water mill in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760
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Sawyers cutting timber with a large two-man saw in a lumber yard. Another man stands in a saw pit below pulling the saw down. Woodblock engraving from The Book of English Trades, or Library of Useful Arts, F.C.& J. Rivington, London, 1821.
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Blacksmiths working on an anvil, horse shoes are hanging on a rail in the window.
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Distillery, c. 1900 French lithograph
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Builds solid scaffolding!
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An engraving depicting the roasting of cocoa beans at Fry's Chocolate factory, Bristol. Dated 19th century
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Engraving depicting a reversible hoist for raising leather buckets from mine shaft. Man in hut, O), opens and shuts water race by levers, C), D), to stop and start water wheel with double row of buckets facing opposite ways. Dated 16th century
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Paper making in China 100AD.
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Cheese making: removing a cheese from the press. From 'Graphic Illustrations of Animals and Their Utility to Man', London, c1850.
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Manufacture of needles.
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Carpenters at work, surrounded by various tools. Top: Felling tree and cutting into planks in saw-pit. Hand-coloured wood engraving c1845.
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Textiles: several Indian workers spinning, and working at a loom. Stipple engraving.
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Bell and cannon maker, iron foundry. Tradesman series by Jost Amman, 16th cent. Germany.
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Kneading clays for Sevres porcelain. Engraving, Paris, c1870.
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Carpenter at work, Jean Baptiste Madou, 1825 - 1835 print Brussels paper folk costume, regional costume. carpenter. sawing (industrial process)
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people, professions, sewer with patent sewing machine, wood engraving, Great Britain, 1853,
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Engraving depicting a stamping mill powered by an undershot water wheel. Dated 16th century
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Flashing out or forming a circular sheet of crown glass. London glass foundry. 1890
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Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) French silk-weaver and inventor showing his loom to Lazare Carnot (1753-1823) at Lyon (1801). Punched cards on which pattern encoded are at right of loom
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Cheese making, The drying and salting of the cheese loaves, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe
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Boiler Newcomen, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.
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'Jim, it's the boss of the diggins.' Adams & Westlake improved wire gauze, non-explosive oil stove. , Moles Animals, Animals in human situations, Stoves, 19th Century American Trade Cards
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Illustration depicting typesetters working at The Times. Dated 19th century
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Smelting of copper, 1683. Artist: Unknown
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Blast furnace for smelting iron ore. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.
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Chain of dippers (wooden buckets), powered by a water wheel being used to raise water from a mine. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut
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Textile industry, The processing of cotton around 1840, Warping and winding, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original.
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De Re Metallica Plate 3: The Shaft, Mining - De Re Metallic
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US silk production. Hooking warp threads through the harness to form pattern. 1885.
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Illustration showing builders lifting and manoeuvring large stones on a building site. England 1836
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Coins; Das Müntz Wesen; Verschiede Beywerke Zu Auszierung Leather Rissen und Plans (...). A coin production process in an interior with Rocaille frame with horns of excessive. A man with a coin press works in the foreground. Numbered in the Lower margin AA.
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Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw in a saw-pit. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810.
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Distiller, China - Costumes & Occupations
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using a bench vice in the manufacture of steel instruments. London, Illustration ca 1897
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A depiction of the various stages of metal processing in Medieval Germany Date: 1556
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1869, Gun making, Gun industry, Gunsmiths, Gun factory of Dreisse in Liege, Liege, Belgium, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date unknown, Europe
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Illustration depicting the construction of the Tower of Babel. Bricks are being fired in two kilns and in the foreground masons are working on blocks of stone. Dated 18th century
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Female worker blowing glass to form artificiaql pearls; Glassworks in Paris, France 1870
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Tinsmith, Occupations
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'A Biscuit Oven filled with Seggars s. AA are the flues', c1917. Artist: Unknown.
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Fine cutting of rough diamonds, work, interior view, economy, trade, tool, worker, sitting, Amsterdam, Netherlands, historical illustration from 1897
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Pork packing house in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1873. Scene shows butchering of hogs, cutting them into hams, and removing the feet and heads. Meat is sent for further processing on shoots to the factory floor below. Poster of the Cincinnati Pork Packers' Association, 1873.
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American Machine Co. , People, Laundry, Appliances, 19th Century American Trade Cards
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Standing farmer's warehouse with rake.
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Lithograph print of Pork packing in a packing house in Cincinnati : 'killing', 'cutting', 'rendering' and 'salting'.
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Blacksmith, China - Costumes & Occupations
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Rolling cigars in a London tobacco factory. The very high rate of duty on imported cigars meant that more and more were made in Britain. Wood engraving, London, 1841.