Historical Manufacturing Processes

Scenes from historical factories with workers engaged in traditional crafts, showcasing tools, machinery, and a rich heritage of manufacturing.

Vintage Photograph. Teenager in woodworking class

Poll photo collection. In the Holmegaard Glasfabriek. Sharpeners at work at the factory. March 1954. Denmark, Fensmark

Arms recovery / maintenance workshop with a field telephone on the desk.

British Buttons -- Buttons are one of the industries in Britain which have greatly increased lately in range and output. The factories shown here are devoting fifty percent of their output to exports. Buttons are going to Paris, Belgium, Holland and other Western European countries, Scandinavia, Latin-America and many parts of the Empire. Extensive factories will increase production still further. All types of buttons are made and materials used include wood, cassien, plastic, bone and glass. Th

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

Anefo photo collection. Glass blowing Leerdam. January 3, 1947. Leerdam

Light image regarding the manufacture of aluminum and light metal at the end of the 1920s. Man in workshop.

Anefo photo collection. Series Zilversmederij Hooykaas. January 29, 1947

Munkfors use in Värmland. Lancashiret manufacture.

Vintage Photograph. Teenager in woodworking class

catena di controllo dopo la stampa dei dischi, 1961

Rehabilitation- the work of Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, London, England, UK, 1944 Handicrafts or recreational therapy help a patient to recover from an amputated leg. Here a patient builds a model ship.

There are many machines on a farm that need constant maintenance and repair. Apart from the hydro-electric plant, there is the chaff-cutter and farm tools. All these parts are made by Captain Kirby in the workshop which he has built up and equipped himself. September 20, 1951.;There are many machines on a farm that need constant maintenance and repair. Apart from the hydro-electric plant, there is the chaff-cutter and farm tools. All these parts are made by Captain Kirby in the workshop which he

Metal sprayer

Walloon medium at Leufsta use. Demolition in March 1932.

Little smithy. Smith John Dahlgren, born in 1866, smothering a Lie subject under a water wheel drive hammer.

Carpenter Mattson.

Wheel turning to the State Railways, SJ ELLOK.

Work at the limited company Hägglund & Sons, Örnsköldsvik.

View of an apartment building on the Prins Bernhardlaan in Utrecht.

Poll photo collection. Diamond trade, grinders, fair. Cutting the diamond at Van Moppes in Amsterdam. January 1, 1932. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Leather editing. Leather slic. undated. Oisterwijk

Parsonage Farm- Dairy Farming in Devon, England, 1942 A 'cow man' or dairy worker cools milk at Old Parsonage Farm, Dartington. He pours the milk into a container from which it flows through pipes to the cooler.

A worker works on the machine which cuts into squares the metal sheet, which will become money at the British Royal mint. Great Britain, 1939.

Vintage Photograph. Auto painting process includes application of primer, sealer, surfacer and four color coats for the Cadillac Eldorado high luster finish.

Aerial mechanics in work with service of engine cover for aircraft J 22 on F 3, 1949 . Aerial mechanics in work with service of engine cover for aircraft J 22 in hangar on F 3 Östgöta fly fleet, 1949.

In the printing company of the service of hydrography in The Hague, 1956.

Drum ejection machine

Masonry, repair in Dahlstedt's kitchen. Murare, reparation i Dahlstedts kök.

Launching of Sub-Chaser P-5. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Trefileries des Vosges. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Welding of Boggirams for Tram

Anefo photo collection. Glass industry of tetterode. January 22, 1946

Workshop work in Malmö locomotive.

Molding of Space Couch

Anefo photo collection. Straight organs. June 11, 1946

Hovjuvelare K. Andersson in Stockholm. Polishing of ring with polishing steel.

Welding work, unknown place.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tjitjambe at Terise and Soebang. Destroyed hydroelectric power station of Tjitjambe, the Goenoeng Tu. Parts in good heel. November 12, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings basins, probes, CBR measurements. July 1957

Savile Row- Tailoring at Henry Poole and Co., London, England, UK, 1944 A tailor uses his 'goose' (a heavy iron) to press the seams of a pair of trousers in the workroom of Henry Poole and Co. on Savile Row in London.

K.u.k. Automotive workshop in the cellulose factory Villach. Cooler repair and plumber. .

Gustavsberg's porcelain factory. The ears of coffee cups are pressed Mede machine.

Carpentry Emil Dost

Donald Bull from Oldham in Lancashire busy at his carpentry in his uncle's workshop. October 15, 1945. (Photo by The N.Z. Herald).

Munkfors use in Värmland. The cold rolling mill. Right machine in 1930.

Anefo photo collection. Earthenware factory Groeneveldt in Voorschoten. October 21, 1946. Voorschoten, South Holland

National Physical Laboratory- Science and Technology in Wartime, Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK, 1944 A scientist in the Ship Research Department at the National Physical Laboratory examines the data recorded by special equipment during a test on a ship model in the test tank at the laboratory. This data is used to inform further tests and subsequent improvements to the design of the vessel.

Older workers are retrained in metal trades as locksmiths and lathe operators in the Krupp AG workshops in Bochum in 1967, Germany, Europe

Plate cutting in grades. P

Anefo photo collection. Limburg coal mines. Limburg coal mines. November 21, 1945. Limburg

The pre -mounting of washbasins.

Pottery in the Making- the work of J and G Meakin Pottery, Hanley, Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire, England, 1942 Mrs Hilda Adams makes the rough shape for tea pot moulds from local red clay at a pottery, somewhere in Britain.

War Industry in Britain 1939-1945 Shipbuilding: Female welders at work on a merchant ship at Greenock.

Woman working on a loom in a mall, March 8, 1937, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 hand signal shovels. 1922

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943.

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 6x6 model flat sofa security. November 1951

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Tel Aviv. Diamond works. Applying diamond dust on discs. 1939, Israel, Tel Aviv

Sheets it takes 72 hours for 92lb. Copper cathodes to form by electrolytic process. January 01, 1941.

Training For War work at the Chelsea Polytechnic Ministry of Labour Training Centre, London, England, 1941 A trainee in the fitting shop of the Ministry of Labour training centre at Chelsea Polytechnic bends sheet iron as part of her training.

DEU, Germany, Dortmund: Personalities from politics, economy and culture from the 50s Hanover. Hanomag forge ca.1955-6, Europe

Trefileries des Vosges. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

British Craftsmen - The Toolmaker - Leslie Woodward checking the form of a finished form tool with a depth micrometer. He has been doing this work for seven years.The new cutting steels made possible by tungsten, cobalt and other minerals used in modern steelcraft, have made the toolmakers job more important than ever. Toolsteel today is so hard and so durable, and can cut at such high temperatures that tools with a form cut on them to very fine limits can do in one operation work formerly took four or five. September 20, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Gusum's use. Button needle manufacturing. The shafts are cut.

American Expert at Men's Clothing Factory (Vestra), Strasbourg. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Inhibition of spokes in the wheel center. For the drizzle cart.

Male employee working in a printing press factory

Poll photo collection. Travel to Venezuela and the Eastern Caribbean. Shoemaker in the Klooster Scherpenheuvel on Curaçao. 1948. Curaçao

Poll photo collection. In the Zilversmederij Georg Jensen. Silversmiths at work in the forge. March 1954. Denmark, Copenhagen

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Poerwokerto, Tegal and Banjoemas. A corporal paints an image of a factory. December 22, 1947. Banuymas, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Purwokerto, Tegal

In the workshop of a Schumacher as a sole trader on 12.5.1976 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Leather and textile manufacturer. 1945

Anefo photo collection. Leather editing. The leather is stretched. undated. Oisterwijk

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)

Irish Linen -- Weaving an upholstery fabric in linen and wool on an automatic Jacquard loom. Fabrics like this are supplied to most of the world's great liners, and to many of the world's luxury hotels. July 09, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Anefo photo collection. Mill De Blom / De Bloem. Attraction for tourists. Molenaar Schuurman during buttocks. May 14, 1962. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Girl operating automatic cartidge machine for weighing, length gauging and body gauging, Inspection Buildings. Park Royal

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Inplating and bemaling, putting tension, walking elements, workers. April 1958. Gelderland, Tiel

Blacksmith's Apprentice, circa 1910, by Fred Brockett.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Workplace 9E and 15th comp. Veldgenie Palembang. Palembang: In the workshops of the 9th and 15th Compagnie field genius, it is a busy interest every day. Throughout the day, the hammer layers sound, thumping of engines through the streets of Palembang, that the geniste goes back to work. September 30, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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

Boots, Boots, To Go Up and Down in Africa- the Salvage and Repair of Army Boots, Somerset, England, 1943 62 year old George Lambert removes insoles from shoes to be repaired and rebuilt at this shoe factory in Somerset. According to the original caption, George is a local councillor and has worked at this factory for 50 years, following in his father's footsteps.

GDR report on Karl-Marx-Stadt (today: Chemnitz) from 10-15 September 1975 .VEB Germania Karl-Marx-Stadt Anlagenbau, DEU, Germany, Karl, Marx, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Work in Ridderzaal of Round Table Conference. 11 August 1949

Böttcherei, woodworking, 1930

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa The 'Kadar' Ltd. Ceramics. Fashioning of a jar on the potters wheel, close up. 1939, Israel, Haifa

Vintage photograph. New York General Post Office. Examining meter mails.

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa 'Elicana Lewin' stone works. Cutting marble slabs with emery wheel. 1939, Israel, Haifa

To Facilitate Maintenance Of Aircraft At Captured Airstrips In France, 200 Lb. Supply Kits, Or 'Compaks' Were Developed To Furnish Essential Parts And Supplies Needed At The Front. Before A Carton Is Placed In A Compak Box, It Is Waterproofed By Being Di

Citizen personnel work on an electric circular saw machine.

Lyon Expands Silk Production. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Syria - Damascus. Weaving Brocade. 1950. Damascus, Syria

Gustavsberg's porcelain factory. Godshaject.

Poll photo collection. Scotland - The Highlands. Small lease farmers (crofters) in the Scottish highlands; Man behind a loom. 1934. Great Britain

Anefo photo collection. First television broadcast KRO. October 16, 1951

Industry during the First World War- Leicestershire A female worker attaches thread to a lace curtain machine in a Nottingham factory in September 1918.

Anefo photo collection. REPORTAGE Optical industry The Oude Delft ('Olddelft'). March 22, 1946. Delft, South Holland

Interior from 1956 with Teodor Eriksson at the bullet machine and the son Martin glimpse in the doorway.

Anefo photo collection. Manufacture of canopdlers. March 19, 1947

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