Historical Factory Scenes

Vintage photographs illustrating factory settings with workers engaged in tasks, portraying the day-to-day life and industrial processes from the early to mid-20th century.

Vintage photograph. Homogenization machines are shown in the background at the Bordens New York City plant

Everyday Life at a Ministry of Supply Shell Filling Factory, England, UK, 1941 Female factory workers at work in the cap shop of a Ministry of Supply filling factory, probably at Chorley in Lancashire. The cap sets off the series of explosions which fires the shell. In the centre, the supervisor can be seen, keeping watch on progress.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Vintage Photograph. Workers processing materials in a mid-20th-century factory setting.

Scene from The Illustrated London News foundry showing the plates being curved in readiness to fit the curved cylinders of the printing-machines. The plates would be first put into a powerful press and put through hot and cold presses before finally being testing in the shape at the front of the picture. From a special ILN supplement of 1911 showing in detail the processes through which the paper was produced. Date: 1911

Women's War work during the First World War, Park Royal, London Eight munition girls fill machine gun belts at a workbench at the Inspection Building, Park Royal. Another woman, possibly the supervisor, can be seen standing on the left of the photograph.

Middle East Mail- the Post Office in Wartime, 1940 Post Office workers sort packets destined for the Middle East into mail bags, probably at the King Edward Building, King Edward Street, London, EC1A in 1940. They are held in large wicker baskets before being transferred into the smaller compartments of the sorting 'grid'.

Sumiko Shigematsu, foreman of power sewing machine girls, , Ansel Adams

Vintage photograph. Homogenization machines are shown in the background at the Bordens New York City plant

Orthopedic shop, rizzoli, bologna, emilia romagna, italy, 1910-1920.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Tel Aviv, Drukkerij Dawar. Tel Aviv. Typographs at work behind Linotype Sets machines in the printing company where the DAWAR DAWAR (DAVAR) is printed. January 1, 1964. Israel, Tel Aviv

Anefo photo collection. Sheep festival Ede on the Veluwe, women to the spinning wheel. August 16, 1955. Ede

Image of working women on tile factory.

The limited company Nordic silk cellulose. Sorting viscofolias.

Sten Gun Production in Britain, 1943 Mrs Lushby (left) and colleagues at work in a small 'factory' producing breech blocks from steel bars. This 'factory', previously used as a hen house, was owned by Mr C W (Charles) Packard, an engineer and former haulage contractor, and was probably in Welwyn Garden City. In the foreground, rows of finished 'block pieces' can be seen, ready for the next stage of production.

Parachute production on CVM . Parachute manufacturing on CVM. Staff at work in workshop, interior, 1940s.

Repairing Books For the Services- the work of the Services Central Book Depot, London, England, UK , 1944 A volunteer at the repair depot of the Services Central Book Depot winds rolls of book binding cloth on an improvised frame. These pieces of cloth have been donated, and are cut off ends which are normally wasted during book manufacture.

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Buildings, interior, men, workshops. undated

Tackle chamber (pictured name).The Tackle Chamber (pictured name)

Vintage photograph. Furniture manufacturing at The Derby Company in New York City

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Anefo photo collection. Restoration Gouds Gobelin in Rijksmuseum. August 30, 1949

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Textile Mill in Lille (Craven's Pix). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Italy. puglia. lecce. state tobacco agency. crating of tobacco. 1920.

Anefo photo collection. Carpentry competitions in Rotterdam around the "Silver Schaaf". October 12, 1960. Rotterdam, South Holland

Poll photo collection. REPORTAGE WATSON HOUSE, LONDON. Watson House: The factory of the Gas Light & Coke Company in London. Teaching to gas stoves. 1933. England, London

Various mines, igniters and stumbled wire, Mijnenschool Oranje Nassau Kazerne.

Sparking Plugs For Flying Forts- Production of Spark Plugs For Flying Fortresses, England, UK, 1944 A row of women war workers assemble spark plugs at a factory somewhere in Britain. These plugs are due for use in Flying Fortress aircraft.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. fishing, fish farms, breeding houses, interior, narring t. undated

N.S.W. - Bathurst. January 3, 1950.

10/31/1917. The English woman in the War. Workers Preparing Food Rations for British Soldiers.

Workers labor cutting melee, very small diamonds often used in jewelry accents or clusters, at the cutting plant of Baumgold Brothers, a large diamond cutting firm at 304 East 45th Street, New York, NY, 1950. (Photo by Jewelry Council of America/United States Information Agency/GG Vintage Images)

Poll photo collection. Manufacture of varadine flushing set. Workers in the Leko factory in Utrecht. 1932. Utrecht (city)

Building and living. The craft's propaganda exhibition: Sculptor group. Organizer Stockholm city workshop schools.

Poll photo collection. Reporting Kerko Haarlem. Ironings at Kerko shirts company. August 9, 1954. Haarlem

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Poll photo collection. Manufacture of spectacle glasses. Grinding glasses. 1931

Interior rubber import AB Orion. Mounting rubber rings.

Anefo photo collection. Food factory "Limco". April 17, 1946

Poll photo collection. Reporting Kerko Haarlem. Room with sewing heater at the Kerko shirts company. August 9, 1954. Haarlem

Coronation Progress - In Model Form. The Coronation Coach model, drawn by eight greys, with postilions. Fixing the harness of a model horse is Miss Beatrice Bendelow of Doncaster. Three months before the magnificent original trundles its panoplied way through crowded London, a splendid model of the Queen's Coronation Coach will be on show in the capital at the Ideal Home Exhibition opening at Olympia on March 3. February 25, 1953.

Industry during the First World War Female workers upholstering aircraft components in a factory during the First World War.

Industry during the First World War Female workers upholstering aircraft components in a factory during the First World War.

Large Set Production, on-set of the Film, "Stage Struck", Warner Bros., 1936

Poll photo collection. Reporting Uitgeverij Wolters, Groningen. The hall with cutting and sorting machines. August 1965. Groningen (city)

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa The margarine works. Transforming the products. 1939, Israel, Haifa

The big bed "

Interior from Gustaf LM Ericsson's automobil factory.

Almedahl-Dalsjöfors AB. Lingsnsbleaching.

Calcutta - Consulate Office Building - 1973, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Civilian War Production 1914 - 1918- Women in Industry Women at work in the dope room at an aircraft factory.

Anefo photo collection. Horticultural school "Huize in Lande" Rijswijk. A bee position also belongs to the site. April 1, 1946. Rijswijk, South Holland

08/31/1936. A workshop of Madrid Women Dedicated to ironing the clothes Made for the Republican Soldiers.

Industry during the First World War Female workers at tables where glass used for gas masks is cleaned and where the glass pieces are placed into ovens seen on the right to harden the dope at the Crowndale Works, Camden Town, London, during the First World War.

Sawmill of the 4th K.U.K. Army near Kowel.

Steel Replaces Copper in Ammunition - Cartoucherie National de Valence, Rhone River. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Happy Valley - Laperouse.Unemployed men living quarters. February 15, 1934.

Vintage photograph. British Pottery Industry workers glazing domestic china. The plates are dipped in glaze and then stacked for drying. They wear white caps to protect their heads

Laundry in Wartime- the work of Gleniffer Laundry, Catford, London, England, UK, 1944 At Gleniffer Laundry in Catford, workers load the Hydro Extractor, which removes much of the water from newly-washed items. The original caption states that 'it is the laundry's version of the home mangle'.

Technicians at the Hydrographic Institute of Genoa, August 7, 1947, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.

Vintage Photograph. Wiring Electronic Devices for the Submarine Signal Company.

Textile factory with equipment manufactured by the workshop share company Mechano in Hälsingborg.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Drawed office in Sickla in 1918.

Tarjeta postal de Sant Feliu de Guixols, sección de escojedores de una industria corchotaponera de la fábrica D. R. Pecher. Año 1912.

Poll photo collection. Troon distance Queen Wilhelmina / Inauguration of Queen Juliana. Monday evening. Gala dinner in the Royal Palace on Dam Square. Workers behind the scenes: chefs in the royal kitchen .. September 6, 1948. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

National Physical Laboratory- Science and Technology in Wartime, Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK, 1944 In the Metrology Division of the National Physical Laboratory, scientists test various types of measuring machines which have been sent in by manufacturers, to make sure they are up to NPL standards. According to the original caption, 'many of the machines tested have been designed by the NPL and manufactured by private firms'.

Camden, New Jersey: c. 1944 Music is broadcast through the overhead speakers to raise employee morale and bring relief to workers on repetitive tasks on this assembly line at a RCA Victor plant.

Atelier of the Photo Unit; in Vladimir Wolinsky Russia, Volhynia; Photographer: War Measurement 4.

Work at a Royal Ordnance Shell Filling Factory, January 1942 Women war workers tie bundles of cordite in the Cordite Section of this factory, possibly ROF Bridgend.

Vintage photograph. Weaving a plain Wilton carpet on a broad loom in a British cotton factory

Aircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY,PROCESSING War

Vintage photograph. After milling, the shreds are forced through extruders, emerging in the form of a continuous bar

Anefo photo collection. Children's broadcast to England. She goes to England (3). She slides the loaves in the big oven and remembers that a few months ago no work in the bakery because there was no wheat flour. Now the liberators have brought flower and they will take her to their country to recover. September 1945

Voluntary workers packing some of the 70,000 parcels of food dispatched each week by the Red Cross to the British prisoners of war. Date: 1942

Poll photo collection. Reporting Kerko Haarlem. Packing department at Verhaddenbedrijf Kerko. August 9, 1954. Haarlem

Rörstrand's porcelain factories. Automatic cup forming.

Standard radio factory in Ulvsunda, Stockholm. Mounting of electronics systems. MTM chain for card assembly. At the shooting, a news for SRT. Instead of the drawing that work base was photographed and the diapering was placed in the magnifier which then gave an image on the card itself after which one could easily place the components.

Grapefruit canning plant at Winterhaven, Florida. Many of these employees are migrant workers 19370101

Oxelösund's ironwork A.-b. Maskingglassverket./del of the cutting chamber /.

Teletype machines and switchboard in the message center at Headquarters, 13th Air Force, Leyte, Philippine Islands.

Textile industry, hatter, workforce of a hat maker, 1920s, Germany, Europe

Manufacture of Nobelkrut (Ballistit). TV. A mixing machine for grain crout (eg, mauserkrut), then a sight cut. In the fund a pair of machines for cutting the grains.

Making Costumes For Panto -- The busy scene in the main workroom where they are making costumes for this year's Panto. July 12, 1951.

Anefo photo collection. Post processing Hoofdpartkantoor Amsterdam. December 17, 1985. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

North Africa Pix - Tunis, J. J. Carnaud Company Canning Plant. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Men at ordnance depot seen loading reserve stocks of 50 calibre ammunition belts to be used on all types of operational aircraft and ground installations.

Interior from the factory AB Stockholm's bulb factory on Blekingegatan in Stockholm, 1911.

The yard around the image exhibition company was used mechanical office machines.Sometimes the paper strips were meter-long.Photo from 1957 .. The yard around the image exhibition company used mechanical office machines.Sometimes the paper strips were meter-long.Photo of 1957.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

SAAR Story - Ceramics in the SAAR. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Rörstrand's porcelain factories. Glazing of copper and plates.

Picture Ordered by AB Construction Conclusion. Women in work in the workshop.

Munkfors use in Värmland. The hardworking work. CUTTERS 1930.

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