Industry Collection

Brochure cover, chocolate box designs
Brochure cover in blue, black and gold, chocolate box designs, Statue Series of box tops, Geo. H. Harrison & Sons, Statue Printing Works, Leeds, and Sentinel House, Southampton Row, London. 1930

Save Power at Work - Help your Fuel Watcher
World War Two public information poster for the Ministry of Food & Power - Save Power at Work. " Hi! Don t leave that machine running idle! And turn off that Blue Pencil Light!" circa 1940s

Russian Patriotic Propaganda Poster - Red Army Day
" The glory of these days will never fall silent." A quote from the march of the Amur Far East partisans of the Russian Civil war era

Brochure cover, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton
Brochure cover design, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, originating boot service in the home. Showing an 18th century scene, with a lady trying on a pair of boots. 20th century

Empire Marketing Board poster - cocoa pod gathering

Brochure illustration, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, showing the Footshape Works where the boots and shoes are made, with addresses of branches below, in London, Bradford, Brighton and Leicester

Baling fleeces, Burrawang, Australia

Tea pickers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Tea pickers resting, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). circa 1890s

Fishwives at work, Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Fishwives at work on the island of Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: circa 1930

View of Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South Wales, with smoking industrial chimneys. Date: 1961

Basket maker in Goa, India
A man making baskets in Goa, India. Date: 1992

Docks at Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
View of the docks at Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, with fish barrels stacked up and boats in the harbour. A group of fishwives can be seen on the right. Date: circa 1930

View of the harbour at Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: 1930s

Man at work in a clothing factory, Hemel Hempstead
Man at work in a clothing factory in Hemel Hempstead, cutting multiple pieces of cloth. Date: 1963

Workman at slate mill, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
A workman expertly splitting a slate at slate mill, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. Date: 1962

Fisherman making and repairing lobster pots
A fisherman making and repairing lobster pots. Date: circa 1930

Slate mine entrance, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
Slate mine entrance with tracks, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. Date: 1962

Slate quarry in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
Slate quarry and building in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. Date: 1961

Workmen at slate mill, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
Men at work in a slate mill, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, splitting the slate into usable pieces. Date: 1962

Slate waste at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
Slate waste piled up at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. Date: 1962

Camp in the Mountains of Iran
A temporary camp in the mountains of Iran, close to oil exploration works undertaken in the early 1920s by British Petroleum

Fireless Locomotives - Llandarcy, Wales

Wax run down at Llandarcy
The wax run-down at the BP crude oil processing plant at Llandarcy, Swansea, Wales. Date: circa 1925

Poster advertising War Savings, encourage people to invest in war bonds to support the ATS (the womens branch of the army, the Auxiliary Territorial Service). 1940s

Wartime salvage poster asking for rags, paper, bones and metal. Waste is wanted for war weapons. This week and every week salvage is essential. 1940s

Recruitment poster, Train to Win, featuring a woman in nurses uniform. Apply to the Employment Exchange, government training schemes with paid allowances. Aimed specifically at women. 1940s

Girofla soap packaging
French Girofla soap packaging with a yellow flower. 20th century

Sheep shearer at work, Burrawang Station, Australia
Sheep shearer at work, Burrawang Station, New South Wales, Australia. circa 1890s

People picking tea, India
People picking tea on a hillside, India. circa 1890s

Porcelain shops, Kyoto, Japan
Porcelain shops on a street in Kyoto, Japan. circa 1890s

People picking tea, Japan. circa 1890s

Women making parasols, Japan. circa 1890s

Women sorting silk worms, Japan. circa 1890s

Workers threshing grain, Japan. circa 1890s

Barrel maker, Japan
Barrel maker at work, Japan. circa 1890s

Barrel makers, Japan
Barrel makers at work, Japan. circa 1890s

Women with spinning wheel, Scotland
Two women and a girl sitting outside the Post Office with a spinning wheel and other equipment, Scotland. late 19th century

Fisherman, Naples, Italy
Fisherman smoking a pipe, Naples, Italy. late 19th century

Shearing sheep, Burrawang, Australia
Shearing sheep, Burrawang, New South Wales, Australia. circa 1890s

Young woman spinning thread, Japan. circa 1890s

Kelp makers huts, South Uist, Scotland
Kelp makers huts, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. late 19th century

Fishing boat, Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar). circa 1890s

Wool sorting and classing, Burrawang, Australia
Wool sorting and classing in a shearing shed, Burrawang, New South Wales, Australia. circa 1890s

Shearing shed, Burrawang Station, Australia
Shearing shed, Burrawang Station, New South Wales, Australia. circa 1890s

Kelp makers hut, South Uist, Scotland

Potters at work, Japan
Potters at work in a yard, Japan. circa 1890s

Prize rams, Burrawang Station, Australia
Prize rams, Burrawang Station, New South Wales, Australia. circa 1890s

Men with fishing boat, India. circa 1890s

View of docks at Palermo, Sicily
A view of the docks at Palermo, capital of Sicily, with an old man sitting by the waterside. Date: 1956

Man at work in Harris Tweed mill
Man at work in a Harris Tweed mill. Date: 1920s

Interior of a slate mill, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
Interior of a slate mill at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. Date: 1962

Slate mill, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
Scene at a slate mill in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, with low buildings, slate debris and tracks. Date: 1962

Fishing boats, India. circa 1890s

Indian weaver

Timber stack on quayside, Istanbul, Turkey

River scene with cargo boats. 20th century

View of a boat, River Thames, London
View of a boat, the Peter Piper, on the River Thames, London. 20th century

Saw Mills, Woolwich Arsenal
View of the saw mills at Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, with tree trunks about to be cut into planks. circa 1905

Indian goldsmith
An Indian goldsmith in a studio photo. circa 1890s

Main factory interior, Woolwich Arsenal
View of the main factory interior at Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, showing the metal turnery branch for the manufacture of fuses. circa 1905

Planks of wood being lifted during transport. 20th century

King George V visiting a sawmill, Western Front, WW1
King George V visiting the sawmill of a forestry company on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Wheelers Shop, Woolwich Arsenal
Interior of the Wheelers Shop, Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, where ammunition wagons, water and tank carts, ambulance wagons, etc, are manufactured. circa 1905

Women sorting coffee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). circa 1890s

Golas (salt makers), India
A group of four Golas (salt makers), India. circa 1890s

Iron and Steel Foundry, Woolwich Arsenal
View of the iron and steel foundry, Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, where shells of all sizes are cast. circa 1905

Cleaning and sorting coffee, India
Workers cleaning and sorting coffee, India. circa 1890s

Main entrance gates, Woolwich Arsenal, SE London
View of the main entrance gates of Woolwich Arsenal in south east London, with a large crowd of people. circa 1905

British Empire Exhibition, Wembley
A Gate of India, inspired by the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley. 1924

Chinese fishermen at work, China. circa 1890

Man and boy sifting tea, China. circa 1890

Trimmers Shop, Iron and Steel Foundry, Woolwich Arsenal
View of the trimmers shop in the iron and steel foundry, Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, for the trimming and grinding of shells of all sizes. circa 1905

A small Letterpress Machine in operation at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: late 1950s

Boats on shore
Two boats pulled up on the shore of a river in an industrial area

BP employee opening the flow valves
A British Petroleum employee opens the flow valves of an oil plant in the Middle East (likely to have been in Iraq or Iran). Date: circa 1925

Operating the Velox Plate-Graining Machine at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: late 1950s

The Beardmore News

Gas Separators - Middle Eastern Oil Field Date: circa 1925

Scottish fisher woman mending fishing nets
A Scottish fisher woman mending fishing nets outside her cottage. 20th century

Derrick Floor of an oil rig, Iran
Derrick Floor of an oil drilling rig, Iran Date: circa 1925

The Shipbuilder, Souvenir Number
Front cover of a Souvenir Number of The Shipbuilder industry journal, focusing on the White Star Line triple-screw cruise liners, Olympic and Titanic. Date: early 20th century

Operating a Vertical Projector
The Head of the offset-deep process Department at the Lund Humphries Printing works, operating a vertical projector. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: late 1950s

Retoucher working on a colour separation positive
A Retoucher working on a colour separation positive at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: late 1950s

Winemaking equipment, Camara de Lobos, Madeira, Portugal
An antique object used in the making of wine, in the showroom of Henriques & Henriques SA, Camara de Lobos, near Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Date: early 21st century

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