Architectural and Mechanical Designs

Technical drawings and designs related to architecture and machinery, with a historical focus.

Advert for gas and coke appliances including stoves, fireplace and hot water storage. Dated 20th Century

The Klasterskverken.Looker Brokology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.

Drawing, Design for a Mass-Operational House Designed by Hector Guimard, Roof Covering Construction; Architect: Hector Guimard ((French, 1867-1942)); France; pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper; 31.8 x 23 cm (12 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.), irregular

Photo of Part of F91S1. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

The Klasterskverken.Looker Brokology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.

A closed box containing meats packed for shipment overseas. The photograph was taken on January 15, 1919. The box belongs to Arnour & Company based in Chicago and was part of the U.S. Q.M. Corps in October 1918. It contains boneless beef with a gross weight of 125 and a tare of 18.

Advert for gas and coke appliances including stoves, fireplace and hot water storage. Dated 20th Century

Salmon Stocks.Laxå Brukskensology.ur Carl Sahlin's mountain history collection.

An article about the use of magnesium photographic lights and an instantaneous camera shutters. Dated 19th century

Public Comfort Station No. 2: District of Columbia, Vol. 6, no. 12, p. 13 Planning Public Comfort Stations. text. Illustrations. 1915-04. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection

Imperial' porcelain recess pantry sinks. Plate 1036-G.. text. Illustrations, Advertisements, Catalogs. 1877 - 1893. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Plumbing , Equipment and supplies , Catalogs

The Hague, Fuhri, Koenraad, Swart & Zn, HP de, Netherlands, Kate, Herman Frederik Carel ten, Law of Preservation, Love and Rescue, Satire on the encouragement to participate in the (so-called) voluntary 3% loan of 1844 (page 2), Page 2 with articles 3-7 of the 'Law of Preservation, Love and Rescue'. A satire in sixteen pages on the encouragement to participate in the (so-called) voluntary 3% loan issued in March 1844 by Minister FA van Hall. Inside of a double folded sheet printed on all sides., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 385 mm, width 245 mm, Dutch, 1822-02-16 - 1891-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1844 - 1844, paper, papier, letterpress printing, wood engraving, printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1814 - 1858, publisher

The Klasterskverken.Looker Brokology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.

The Hague, Fuhri, Koenraad, Swart & Zn, HP de, Netherlands, Kate, Herman Frederik Carel ten, Increased, Improved and Surpassing Perfection of New Draft of Law of Preservation, Love and Rescue, Reprint of the satire on the exhortation to participate in the (so-called) voluntary 3% loan of 1844 (page 2), Page 2 with articles 3-9 of the 'Enlarged, Love and Rescue'. A slightly adapted reprint of a sixteen-page satire on the exhortation to participate in the (so-called) voluntary 3% loan issued in March 1844 by Minister FA van Hall. Inside of a double folded sheet printed on all sides., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 385 mm, width 245 mm, Dutch, 1822-02-16 - 1891-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1844 - 1844, paper, papier, letterpress printing, wood engraving, printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1814 - 1858, publisher

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.Rid locks of metal damels in contact camera.For more info See: Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Nature and Culture. Stockholm. 1942. p. 223.

Bound Print (France)

Page from The Growth of industrial art, compiled by Benjamin Butterworth, 1892 | Library of Congress

National jeweler. Illustrations. 1921. General Research Division. Jewelry, Jewelry trade

Von Heine, Ueber spontane und..1842

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Consecration of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, 1675, Objects used in a Jewish circumcision, The scrolls of the Torah, verso - stamped, Sheet with two representations. At the top various objects used in a Jewish circumcision. At the bottom an opened Torah scroll, a closed scroll and a Torah scroll with mantle. At the bottom a bookmark or Jad, used when reading the scrolls. The box contains the names of the members of the synagogue, from which the names of the readers can be drawn. At the bottom in the margin an explanation in French., print, book illustration, prints, height 335 mm, width 216 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1725 - 1725, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

Kites which were the subjects of experiment on the port of Lawrence *****. March 7, 1938.

Advertisement for the Swanmaid dishwashing machine from 1964, a completely automatic fuss-free front loading scientific washing and drying machine for crockery and cutlery. 'Keynote of a carefree kitchen...it takes all the drudgery off your hands...' Date: 1964

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 5x5 drawings various sliding doors. undated

Magazine clipping - Houdini's Master Magic Tricks Explained

Mobile Exhibit Introduces American Hand Tools to European Public. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

This portable Light Bath immerses the patient in light from carbon filament lamps. This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical apparatus Date: 1930

Mott's latrines for use in railroad depots, hotels, hospitals, aslums, factories, and other public institutions.. text. Illustrations, Advertisements, Catalogs. 1877 - 1893. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Plumbing , Equipment and supplies , Catalogs

Husqvarna Weapon Factory Chronology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.

Höganäs coal grapes chronology.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.

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Gift to Hitler. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

METODO DE CLARINETE - GRAFICO EXPLICATI. Author: ROMERO ANTONIO. Location: CONSERVATORIO DE MUSICA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Catalog from J.L. Mott Iron Works featuring sinks, issued in 1888, New York. The catalog includes plumbing equipment and supplies, basins, and wood engravings

Gerhard Ludvig Lahde (1765-1833), blackboard for: "Guidance for the farmer to grow Hoer", (1806)

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Map. February 1958

Jan Sobieski's sabers, from: "K Osy" 1881, vol. XXXII, No. 810, p. 12; K Osy (Warsaw; magazine; 1865-1890); 1881 (1881-00-00-1881-00-00);

Husqvarna Weapon Factory Chronology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.

Bound Print (France)

The 'Crandall' typewriter of 1886. Engraving.

Österby mills chronology.ur Carl Sahlin's mountain historical collection.

India Delhi Purana Qila Unpublished image 2. Swaan, Wim. 1968 or earlier Photographic production materials for Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri Photographs of architecture were selected and digitized from these materials. Portraits, ethnographic images, and images of museum objects were excluded. Digital images are arranged geographically, first by country, then by city, then by site complex or monument, with all names in alphabetical order. Location names are derived from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®, Library of Congress subject headings, and scholarly publications. Published images are followed by unpublished images. Versos of prints and slide mounts were not digitized. The information in any handwritten identifications found on these surfaces was incorporated into the metadata for individual images. All digital images are cropped to the edge of the frame and are not color-corrected. Photographic production materials for Cities of Mughul India: De

Illustration depicting a portable machine for printing and numbering railway tickets. Dated 19th century

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.Länerparat for Microfilm or 35 mm film.

Engraving depicting a braille typewriter. Dated 19th century

Hofors ironwork chronology.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.

Counting and tabulating machines used in the 1911 census. Punched cards, where different combinations of holes represented a different fact on the census sheet were then fed into the counting and tabulating machines. Date: April 1st 1911

Which Cards are Turned, Magic & Mesmer

Husqvarna Weapon Factory Chronology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.

An engraving depicting a book of safety matches, which were much safer and more convenient than earlier non-safety matches and a vast improvement on the "Promethean" matches which needed to be dipped into a portable phial of sulphuric acid. Dated 19th century

Burroughs Wellcome & Co Advert: Portable "Tabloid" Medicines

Engraving depicting a message being received on a Morse printing telegraph. Dated 19th century

Josef Chochol: Prutěný nábytek. (Foto Drtikol) Kronika a poznámky (cont'd). Periodicals. 1911 - 1913. General Research Division. Modernism (Art), Czech literature , 20th century, Art, Arts , Czechoslovakia

Burroughs Adding and Registering Machine. From The Business Encyclopaedia and Legal Adviser, published 1907.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Map. February 1958

Big Kopparberg's mountain team. From Carl Sahlin's mountain historical collection.

Buchbindereimaschinen 1890: Maschine zum Schneiden der Kanten, ein Werkzeug zum Glätten des Papiers und eine Walze zum Vergolden des Buches, Goldschni...

Photo collection Government information service. Places of interest, Delta works exhibition. undated

The Peabody-MartiniOriginally published in January 1880 in Scribners Monthly Magazine

Teplitz-Schönau. Ignaz Tussig, Graupnerstraße map edges

Husqvarna Weapon Factory Chronology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.

Höganäs coal grapes chronology.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.

Information panel with eight illustrations about Hinduids and their riding animals, with accompanying texts in Dutch and English; Exhibition Borobudur: art and religion in the old Java. .

Benjamin Franklin's (1706-1790) printing press. Engraving. "Historia biográfica de los Presidentes de los Estados Unidos" (Biographical story of the Presidents of the United States). Published in Barcelona by Montaner y Simón, 1885.

Husqvarna Weapon Factory Chronology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.

"Various tool chests from different branches of service being phased out in favor of standardized chests. This image shows a collection of horseshoe emergency chests. Photograph taken by Lt. Lyon, S.C. on May 24, 1919. Received description on May 20, 1919. Some notes mention quantity (30536bb HORSESHOE EMERG. 054 U.S.Q.M.C 50) and condition (70 have su f 3-10)."

Adolphe Martial Potémont (French, 1828 - 1883). Letter on the Elements of Etching (Lettre sur les éléments de la gravure à l'eau-forte), first sheet, 1864. From Lettre sur les éléments de la gravure à l'eau-forte. Etching.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Course1951. undated

Two groups of trans formers; motor-generators and battery board for control circuits - sub-station.. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. Illustrations. 1904. Rare Book Division. Subways , New York (State) , New York, Railroad facilities , New York (State) , New York

Advert for a Batley Sectional Concrete Garage

The Hague, Fuhri, Koenraad, Swart & Zn, HP de, Netherlands, Kate, Herman Frederik Carel ten, Law of Preservation, Love and Rescue, Satire on the encouragement to participate in the (so-called) voluntary 3% loan of 1844 (page 10), Page 10 with articles 42-46 of the 'Law of Preservation, Love and Rescue'. A satire in sixteen pages on the encouragement to participate in the (so-called) voluntary 3% loan issued in March 1844 by Minister FA van Hall. Inside of a double folded sheet printed on all sides., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 385 mm, width 245 mm, Dutch, 1822-02-16 - 1891-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1844 - 1844, paper, papier, letterpress printing, wood engraving, printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1814 - 1858, publisher

Lavatories for use in steamships, yachts, offices, etc. Plate 1045-G and Plate 1046-G.. text. Illustrations, Advertisements, Catalogs. 1877 - 1893. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Plumbing , Equipment and supplies , Catalogs

Perpetual calendar by Gouauit. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Shelters North Dakota , Fallout shelters, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 Clothing cleaning (Ironing table) / Document number: 256-0294 / Photographer: Labor inspection / number. undated

Advertisement for a Megalethoscope, Invented by Charles Ponti, Charles Ponti, active 1860s, Photostat on white paper, The advertisement is titled, Mégaléthoscope de Charles Ponti, with a picture below, and each part lettered. Above and below, faces of a medal awarded by the London Exposition in 1862 to the inventor, Charles Ponti. Above, a description and key in English., possibly France, 1862-65, appliances & tools, Photostat, Photostat

It's yours to build. text. Advertisements. 1936-05-02. General Research Division. Housing

Los a postcard lottery with representation of the poet and actor Ferdinand Raimund as asch man after a drawing by Josef Löwy, Friedrich Jasper, Printer, Verlag d, Association v, gold, Cross, Unknown, Artist, Josef Löwy -, Lithography Institute

Shelters North Dakota , Fallout shelters, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Husqvarna Weapon Factory Chronology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.

Perpetual calendar by Gouauit. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Husqvarna Weapon Factory Chronology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.

Bible Regal - A small portable organ, which when folded resembles a large bible! Produces a very harsh tone due to the short nature of the pipework. Supposed to have been invented in the mid 16th century by George Voll, an organ-builder of Nuremburg, Germany. Date: 1929

Regulation trumpets, including U.S. army, post horn and coaching horn. Date: 1924

Mott's Patent 'Nonpareil' Basin, 1888, J.L. Mott Iron Works, New York. Publisher, J.L. Mott Iron Works. Subjects include plumbing, equipment and supplies, catalogs, basins (containers), and wood engravings

This Drawing by artist Alexander Leidenfrost is serviced to accompany the special news service story by Don Whitehead and Frank I. Weller for release to PMs of Friday, June 13, on plans for Civilian Defense. In this diagram artist Leydenfrost indicates the sections of a large building in which experts say the Air Raid Hazard is Greatest. July 18, 1941.

Munich, Schurich, Carl Robert, Braun and Fr. Schneider, K., Germany, Reinhardt, C., Munich plates, The puppet theatre, Fifth piece. The mysterious animal, verso - stamped, Sheet with 7 representations of puppet theatre puppets. Below the images text for a puppet theatre performance. Numbered bottom center: No. 62. Numbered top right: 62., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 441 mm, width 351 mm, German, maker, manufacturer, 1843 - 1920, paper, papier, houtgravure, letterpress printing, boekdruk, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, Duits, 1820, printer, drukker

DINNER held by STATLER'S at "ELLICOTT SQUARE, BUFFALO, NY;" (REST;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. 1900. Rare Book Division

Washington D.C., Aerial Photograph.

Detailed view of the Gower-bell telephone, dated 1892. Created by Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison.

office office equipment typewriters typewriter by Merritt 1891 wood engraving by Poyet 19th century,

Husqvarna Weapon Factory Chronology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.

Art - Goût - Beauté, Feuillets de l 'Élégance Féminine, Juin 1929, No. 106, 9th Année, p.5. Text 'L'Heure du Thé' with an image of a modern tea set from Silver, from Lappra. Page from the Modelijdschrift Art-Goût-Beauté (1920-1933).

Petrol rations and oil tankers: an analysis for car owners during the Second World War. A diagrammatic explanation setting out the relative basic petrol allowances for private cars for August, September and October 1941, showing the estimated mileage capacity for cars of varying horsepower. Date: 1941

Husqvarna Weapon Factory Chronology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.

Höganäs coal grapes chronology.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.

Grenspaal between the Batavians and the Cananefaten, François Van Bleyswijck, 1734 print Grenspaal between the residential areas of the Batavians and the Cananefaten, found in Flying near Naaldwijk. At the bottom right next to the border post a bowl: foot size of three feet, Eyder twelve duymen long. At the top right marked: 1: part. Fol. 173. paper etching / engraving boundary-post, boundary-stone Naaldwijk

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Map. February 1958

Barometers for life-boat stations, 1860. 'Public attention has frequently been called to the invaluable use of a barometer for indicating a coming storm. It not unfrequently happens that a notice of a gale is given by a barometer two or three days before it actually takes place. It seems plain that with such powers placed providentially in our hands the calamities now endured by our fishermen and coasters might in many instances be avoided. A good barometer in a public situation would warn them in time what to expect, and they could thus be frequently able to avoid the terrible consequences of

Dvě poznámky o Donatellovi Josef Gočár: Toilettní stolek z moř. dubu. Provedly P.U.D. Pražské Umělecke Dílny. Periodicals. 1911 - 1913. General Research Division. Modernism (Art), Czech literature , 20th century, Art, Arts , Czechoslovakia

Hippodrome souvenir booklet for Hip! Hip! Hooray!. 1915. text. Documents, Programs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theater , New York (State) , New York, Theater , Production and direction, Hubbell, Raymond, 1879-1954. Hip-hip-hooray, Burnside, R. H. (Robert Hubberthorne), 1873-1952. Hip-hip-hooray

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