Historic Factory Scenes

Vintage photographs capturing interiors of various factories, showcasing machinery and workers involved in industrial processes.

Danish department in the tool hall at the World Exhibition of 1867, Léon & Lévy, 1867 stereograph Paris cardboard. paper albumen print world fair, world exhibition. machines; parts of machines; tools and appliances Paris

Photograph showing workers finishing glass in a Tarantum, Pennsylvania glassworks, captured by Underwood & Underwood on gelatin paper in 1903.

Electric Conveyor for cases of oil for export, Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.A.. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1915. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas, Petroleum industry, Conveying systems, Port Arthur (Tex.)

Interior of a Factory. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Interiors

Interior of a lumber mill, possibly at Boston, Mass.. John S. Mitchell (American, born 1845)

Corliss engine, Machinery Hall. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Danish department in the tool hall at the World Exhibition of 1867, Léon & Lévy, 1867 stereograph Paris cardboard. paper albumen print world fair, world exhibition. machines; parts of machines; tools and appliances Paris

Views of Wm. F. Murphy's Sons' stationery establishment, 509 Chestnut St. (opposite Independence Hall,) Philadelphia. Printing department. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.)

Austrian department in the Machinehal at the World Exhibition of 1867, Léon & Lévy, 1867 stereograph Paris cardboard. paper albumen print world fair, world exhibition Paris

Pump, Annex, Machinery Hall. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Knowles Patent Steam Pump. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Exhibitions , New York (State) , New York

Building the new post office. Gems of American scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Post offices , New York (State) , New York, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Interior of Carding department of Harmony Mills, N.Y.. Unknown maker, American

Speeder frames, Atlantic Mills, No. 6 , Textile industry, Textile machinery, Atlantic Mills Lawrence, Mass.

Interior of Electricity Building, Cotton States International Exposition, Atlanta.. Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909)

Machinery Hall, interior. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Creek of the old ..., St Denis onz ..

Interior of the machine hall on the World Exhibition of 1873, Anonymous, 1873 stereograph Vienna cardboard. paper albumen print world fair, world exhibition. machines, engines ~ crafts and industries Vienna

Gallery of work, Netherlands ..

Breech Mechanism Department (Navy Yard), Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 1898. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (D.C.), Naval yards & naval stations, Ordnance industry

Precipitating Vats-extracting Gold from the ore, Robinson Mine, Johannesburg, S.A.-the World's richest Gold District..

Exhibition of machinery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Exhibitions , New York (State) , New York

A stereo albumin photograph showing the Switzerland machine hall at the 1873 World Exhibition in Vienna, depicting industrial machines and hall layout.

Machinery Hall, N. Avenue from E. End. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Interior of a manufacturing paper factory, c. 1860 - in or before 1877 stereograph Europe paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print passenger train. workshop Europe

Worker on a mechanical device in a factory ..

Saw mill for manufactoring boxes to used in crating oil in cans, Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.A.. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1915. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas, Petroleum industry, Sawmills, Box industry, Port Arthur (Tex.)

The largest stationary engine in the world, Columbian Exposition. Stereoscopic views of the World's Columbian Exposition. 8085. 1893. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Chicago (Ill.), Exhibitions , Illinois , Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

Waltham Watch Manufactory. Press room , Factories, Clock & watch industry, Interiors, Waltham Watch Company. Waltham Room Collection

Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. New Jersey Stereoscopic View Co.

Gallery of work, French whole ..

P. R. R. shops Altoona, Pa. interior of locomotive black-smith shop. Views among the Alleghenies. Penna. Railroad. 146. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Allegheny Mountains, Railroad shops & yards, Railroad locomotive industry, Altoona (Pa.)

The Pulping Machine in a Blue Mountain Coffee Mill, Jamaica. The 'Perfec-Stereograph', 7687.. Photographs. 1904. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Jamaica, Coffee industry

M(---illeg.) Room of the Gromet Mill. Fall River, Mass.. Unknown maker, American

Mechanics Institute Fair, San Francisco. Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)

Corliss engine. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Waltham Watch Manufactory. Press room , Factories, Clock & watch industry, Interiors, Waltham Watch Company. Waltham Room Collection

Waltham Watch Manufactory. Finishing room , Factories, Clock & watch industry, Interiors, Waltham Watch Company. Waltham Room Collection

Vienna 1873 ..

Carding room, mechanics mill. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Fall River (Mass.), Interiors, Textile industry, Carding

Trip hammer, steel works , Steel industry, Iron industry, Machinery, Factories, Forging

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, Edward P. Allis Pumping Engine (Engine No. 4), Brighton, Mass., 1900 , waterworks, pumping stations, pumping machinery

Hope pumping engine , Engines, Pumping stations, Water pumps, Waterworks

Cutting Room, Money Printing Department - Washington.. Unknown maker, American

Great soap kettles - capacity 350,000 lbs. each, Swift & Co., Chicago, U.S.A.. Hawley C. White Company

Galerie du Travail, Section Danoise..

Interior of a workshop in La Ciotat, c. 1860 - c. 1880 stereograph At Ciotat paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print workshop-interior At Ciotat

Universal Milling Machine. 1868. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Rhode Island, Providence (R.I.), Machinery, J.R. Brown & Sharpe (Providence, R.I.)

Corliss engine, Machinery Hall. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Slubbing Yarn, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. No.13782. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1905. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas, Cotton industry, Dallas (Tex.)

Corliss engine. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

In the Houtzaagmolen ..

The great thunder and lightning makers, Machinery building, World's Columbian Exposition. Stereoscopic views of the World's Columbian Exposition. 8703. 1893. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Chicago (Ill.), Exhibitions , Illinois , Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

Butchering salmon, interior of a canning establishment, Astoria, Oregon, U.S.A. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon

Spoolers, White Oak Cotton Mills. Greensboro, N.C. 1909. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. North Carolina, Greensboro (N.C.), White Oak Cotton Mills, Cotton industry , North Carolina , Greensboro

Men and printing press, Brattleboro, Vt. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont, Brattleboro (Vt.)

Interior of snow shed, Summit Station, Sierra Nevada Mountains, C.P.R.R. American scenery, no. 663 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Railroads construction & maintenance, Interiors, Snowsheds

Folding room, American Print Works , Textile industry, American Print Works

Openers - first process in manufacturing cotton , Cotton industry, Milling machines, Cotton, Mills

Spinning cotton yarn in the great textile mills, Lawrence, Mass. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Lawrence (Mass.), Interiors, Textile industry, Cotton industry, Spinning

Interior of a Paltrok wood sawmill, possibly the wild farmer in Zaandam, Anonymous, Merkelbach & Co., 1900 - 1902 stereograph Zaanda Publisher: AmsterdamAmsterdam cardboard. paper albumen print interior of industrial structures (regardless of the materials processed or the products made Zaandam

Doubling machine for winding thread into as many ply as desired. Silk industry (reeled silk throwing), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1914. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Silk industry , Connecticut , South Manchester, Textile machinery

Don't like his pants , Child behavior, Grinding, Children

Writing letters to customers. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, Ill. Interior views of Sears Roebuck showing shipping department and clerks writing letters. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Chicago (Ill.), Sears, Roebuck Foundation

Spinning frames, White Oak Cotton Mills. Greensboro, N.C. 1909. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. North Carolina, Greensboro (N.C.), White Oak Cotton Mills, Cotton industry , North Carolina , Greensboro

Hoisted car of coal ready to be dumped, Scranton, Pa. , Coal mining, Hoisting machinery, Coal

Scene in workplace: Smid by fire ..

Warping Room, Cotton Mill, Augusta, Georgia. Warp being wound from spools, cotton mill, Augusta, Georgia. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1892. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Georgia, Augusta (Ga.), Cotton industry , Georgia

Pump Annex Gen. View. Centennial Photographic Co. (American, founded about 1876, dissolved 1890)

Workers at hoisting crane for factory ..

Corliss engine. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Machinery Hall, N. Avenue from E. End. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

This is the Store that Meads' keeps. Christian B. Brubaker (American, born about 1830)

Machine which makes pig iron loading its cooled product into cars , Iron industry, Cast ironwork, Machinery

Group of people in a grading in Bad Salzungen, Hermann Selle (Attributed to), 1868 - 1890 stereograph A grading is an installation for salt extraction. In addition to salt extraction, grading works are also used as spas, because of the (assumed) favorable properties of the salty air, reminiscent of sea air. Bad Salzungenpublisher: London (Possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print corridor bad Salzungen

Miners coming up out of shaft on cage, Scranton, Pa. , Coal miners, Headframes Mining, Coal mining

Machinery Hall, S. Avenue. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Chain shop, Mass. State Prison. American views, people's series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Charlestown (Boston, Mass.)

Cleaning and repairing ladle , Iron industry, Iron & steel workers, Machinery

Sudbury River Conduit, Nov. 6, 1876, Div. I Sec. I, current meter. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Water current meters

Finisher cording, Atlantic Cotton Mills , Textile industry, Textile machinery, Atlantic Mills Lawrence, Mass.

Workers build an object of steel and wood ..

Interior of a general store. Unknown

Gun Shop, Navy Yard, Washignton, D.C., U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1898. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (D.C.), Naval yards & naval stations, Ordnance industry

Bridge construction, working with caissons. Lowering or digging caissons for building a bridge over a river.

Chain shop, Mass. state prison. People's series, American views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Charlestown (Boston, Mass.), Chains, Prisons, Manufacturing industries

Freight depot. The interior of a freight depot in Wallingford. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, New Haven County (Conn.), Freight terminals, Wallingford (Conn.)

Oscillating screen in breaker, Scranton, Pa. , Coal, Coal mining, Machinery

Providence water works , Building construction, Pumping stations

Br-illeg. Machine, Wilkins & Co. Factory. Chase & Bachrach (American, founded about 1865, dissolved 1868)

Interior view of the Selby Lead and Silver smelting works, San Francisco, Ca. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Central Pacific Railroad Company

Lower Sewing Hall. Excelsior Straw Works, Medfield, Mass. D.D. Curtis & Co., Proprietors.. O.M. Perrigo (American, active 1870s)

Interior, Pacific Mills, finisher carding , Textile industry, Pacific Mills

Thomas's fancy loom, Lewiston. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Lewiston (Me.), Textile machinery

Glass manufacture, Tarentum, Pa. - casting and rolling sheets of plate glass 12 1,2 x 21 feet; Underwood & Underwood (American, 1881 - 1940s); about 1900; Gelatin silver print;

Coining press. Sanitary Fair, Phila. 1863. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.)

A large native silk weaving plant, Kiryu, Japan , Silk industry, Factories, Looms, Textile mill workers

Emptying vats, interior of town elevator, Illinois, U.S.A. , Interiors, Grain elevators, Carts & wagons

Start of construction of a new building. Building under demolition at 46-48-50 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 12th arrondissement, Paris. Start of construction of a new building. Building during demolition at 46-48-50 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris (XIIth Arr.). Anonymous photography. Draw on paper with gelato silver bromide. Around 1925-1935.

Corliss engine. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Four forgur to work in a factory ..

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