Automatic Collection

Horn & Hardart Automat, New York City, USA
Horn & Hardart Automat, 57th Street and 6th Avenue, New York City, USA, one of a large chain of cafes and restaurants serving over half a million people per day. Date: circa 1930

New British Sten gun by G. H. Davis
The Sten gun: the new British machine gun, introduced during the Second World War, explained in detail. It is a simplified Tommy-gun that fires almost any type of 9mm ammunition at 550 rounds per

John Moses Browning
JOHN MOSES BROWNING American inventor of automatic pistols, rifles etc : shown with one of his machine guns

Bristol City FC: Champions of Sky Bet League One - Celebrating with the Trophy (03.05.2015)
Bristol City players lift the Sky Bet League one Trophy as they are Crowned champions - Photo mandatory by-line: Joe Meredith/JMP -03/05/2015 - SPORT - Football - Bristol - Ashton Gate - Bristol City

CHINA: COMMUNIST POSTER. Give everything for your country! Chinese Communist Party poster from 1950

Bristol City v Walsall 030515
Bristol City celebrate with the Johnstone Paint Trophy and Sky Bet League One trophy - Photo mandatory by-line: Dougie Allward/JMP -03/05/2015 - SPORT - Football - Bristol - Ashton Gate - Bristol

COLT. 45 AUTOMATIC PISTOL. American advertisement for the Colt. 45 caliber miltary automatic pistol, early 20th century
COLT.45 AUTOMATIC PISTOL. American advertisement for the Colt.45 caliber miltary automatic pistol, early 20th century

Humanoid robot, artwork
Humanoid robot, computer artwork. Computer artwork of a humanoid robot that resembles a human female. The coloured lights represent the electrical energy

Military spy - a camera carrying pigeon
A pigeon as a military spy. A camera small enough to be attached on a bird to capture ariel images, ideal for war time spying. The camera is automatic and takes a photograph at regular intervals

Telephone Exchange 1929
Londons new Automatic Telephone Exchange, showing an engineer testing the new revolutionary system, whereby subscribers were connected without an operator

Bristol City Crowned Champions: Euphoria at Ashton Gate after Winning League One
Bristol City celebrate as they are crowned champions of League One - Photo mandatory by-line: Dougie Allward/JMP -03/05/2015 - SPORT - Football - Bristol - Ashton Gate - Bristol City v Walsall - Sky

Bristol City v Walsall 030515
Bristol Citys Aden Flint holds the Sky Bet League one Trophy - Photo mandatory by-line: Joe Meredith/JMP -03/05/2015 - SPORT - Football - Bristol - Ashton Gate - Bristol City v Walsall - Sky Bet

Automatic Phone Exchange
Automatic telephone exchange of the British Post Office, which at that time managed the telephone network

Bristol City Celebrates Promotion to Sky Bet Championship with Joe Bryan and League One Trophy
Bristol Citys Joe Bryan lifts the Sky Bet League One trophy - Photo mandatory by-line: Joe Meredith/JMP -03/05/2015 - SPORT - Football - Bristol - Ashton Gate - Bristol City v Walsall - Sky Bet

Antique printing press
Antique illustration of printing press typography machine

Cameron Highlanders with Maxim gun, WW1
Two soldiers of the Cameron Highlanders using a Maxim gun during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Honda DN01 680cc Auto

Roberts Self-Acting Mule, c. 1830 (litho)
KW258408 Roberts Self-Acting Mule, c.1830 (litho) by Lowry, Joseph Wilson (1803-79); Private Collection; (add.info.: machine used in factories, for spinning cotton or wool)

First Automatic Telephone Exchange Opened At Holborn, London, England In 1927. From The Story Of 25 Eventful Years In Pictures Published 1935

Advert for Stereoscopic Company, hand-held cameras 1894
Advert for the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, two latest hand-helded cameras: The New Binocular camera, hand camera takes moving objects instantaneously, no need for focussing

A Calculating machine, 1949
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, 1949, reporting on the automatic sequence controlled calculating machine at Manchester University

LUGER AUTOMATIC PISTOL. American advertisement for a Luger automatic pistol, early 20th century

Danish medium Anna Rasmussen
Undated photograph of the Danish medium Anna Rasmussen (1898 - ?), author of automatic scripts

Bristol City's Kieran Agard Celebrates Double Strike with Teammates Luke Ayling, Joe Bryan
Bristol Citys Kieran Agard celebrates his second goal of the game with Bristol Citys Luke Ayling, Bristol Citys Joe Bryan and Bristol Citys Wes Burns - Photo mandatory by-line

Converting a London telephone exchange
Front cover photograph of the stupendous task of converting a London telephone exchange to the new Automatic Principle. Date: October 1926

Pianola
Advertisement for the Pianola, the automatic piano-player from the Orchestrelle Company of Regent Street

An incubator nursery
Nurses attending to sick babies kept alive in a ward of incubators. The incubators pictured are from a design by Paul Altmann and distributed by Messrs Coney and Schenkhein

New dial operated telephone system
Series of three photographs showing a new automatic system of telephoning introduced in Britain in 1911. The movement of a dial operated electrical switches and magnets in the telephone exchange

Heart muscle, confocal light micrograph
Heart muscle. Confocal light micrograph of a section through cardiac (heart) muscle. Cardiac muscle consists of branching elongated muscle cells

Bristol City's Glory: Aaron Wilbraham Lifts Sky Bet League One and JPT Trophies
Bristol Citys Aaron Wilbraham lifts the Sky Bet League One and JPT trophys - Photo mandatory by-line: Joe Meredith/JMP -03/05/2015 - SPORT - Football - Bristol - Ashton Gate - Bristol City v Walsall

Aden Flint Lifts Double: Bristol City's Sky Bet League One and JPT Trophies (May 2015)
Bristol Citys Aden Flint lifts the Sky Bet League One and JPT trophys - Photo mandatory by-line: Joe Meredith/JMP -03/05/2015 - SPORT - Football - Bristol - Ashton Gate - Bristol City v Walsall - Sky

Tourlitis lighthouse, the first automatic offshore lighthouse in Greece, Andros, Cyclades Archipelago, Greece, Europe

A water closet with wooden cabinet, 1850
3359498 A water closet with wooden cabinet, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a water closet with wooden cabinet and flushing mechanism, activated by closing the lid)

Gatling rapid fire gun (1861-1862): various models, 1862 (engraving)
536620 Gatling rapid fire gun (1861-1862): various models, 1862 (engraving); (add.info.: From The Science Record New York, 1862. Engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

An earth closet by Kings, 1850
3359121 An earth closet by Kings, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an earth closet by Kings, which automatically discharged earth into the bucket when the lid is closed)

The Vulcan automatic water sprinkler
5310140 The Vulcan automatic water sprinkler; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Vulcan automatic water sprinkler. In normal circumstances the water was held back by a solder cap but this was)

Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1900): British position at Sherpore, Cabul (Kabul)
530488 Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1900): British position at Sherpore, Cabul (Kabul). Gatling gun bastion making ready to repel attack by the Ghazis, 23 December 1879

Advertisement for a Excelsior Phonograph, 1850
3480060 Advertisement for a Excelsior Phonograph, 1850; (add.info.: Advertisement for a Excelsior Phonograph; Novelty Giant Automatic Phonographs.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Gatling rapid fire gun (1861-62): Camel-mounted model. From The Science Record New York, 1862. Engraving
537711 Gatling rapid fire gun (1861-62): Camel-mounted model. From The Science Record New York, 1862. Engraving; (add.info.: Gatling rapid fire gun (1861-62): Camel-mounted model

Earth closet
5308118 Earth closet.; (add.info.: Earth closet by Kings which automatically discharged earth into the bucket when the lid was closed. From Eardley F. Bailey-Denton A Hand Book of House Sanitation)

Edison's commutator
5311727 Edison's commutator; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Edison's commutator. Thomas Edison (1847-1931) an American inventor and businessman

First model of Hiram Maxim's machine gun. From Der Stein der Weisen, Leipzig, c1895. Engraving
537709 First model of Hiram Maxim's machine gun. From Der Stein der Weisen, Leipzig, c1895. Engraving; (add.info.: First model of Hiram Maxim's machine gun)

Gatling rapid fire gun (1861-62): Various models. From The Science Record New York, 1762. Engraving
537713 Gatling rapid fire gun (1861-62): Various models. From The Science Record New York, 1762. Engraving; (add.info.: Gatling rapid fire gun (1861-62): Various models

'Drawing of Francis Picabia', c1930. Creator: Francis Picabia
'Drawing of Francis Picabia', c1930. Francis Picabia's early works were in the Impressionist style. After 1912 he developed a style of abstract cubism with orphic elements which

Launch of the Inflexible at Portsmouth...Princess Louise Starting the Ship by Electricity...1876. Creator: W. H. O
Launch of the Inflexible at Portsmouth Dockyard: Princess Louise Starting the Ship by Electricity, 1876. Mr. W. B. Robinson

Fisher's Patent Label Manufactury, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Fisher's Patent Label Manufactury, 1857. We have to notice the invention of a new patent label, which, from its being composed of cloth

Post Office Department Cancelling Machine, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Post Office Department Cancelling Machine
Post Office Department Cancelling Machine, 1913

Violano Virtuoso, between 1914 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Violano Virtuoso, between 1914 and 1917
Violano Virtuoso, between 1914 and 1917. It had an electric player violin and a player piano. It played music off of rolls'. Machine that automatically played a violin and a piano

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"From Automats to Automatics: A Journey through Time and Technology" Step into the past at the Horn & Hardart Automat in New York City, USA, where hungry patrons once enjoyed a revolutionary dining experience with automatic food dispensers. Innovation knows no bounds, as seen with the introduction of the New British Sten gun by G. H. Davis. This automatic weapon designed during World War II showcased advancements in firepower. Speaking of firearms, we cannot forget John Moses Browning, a legendary inventor whose genius gave birth to iconic automatic pistols that changed military history forever. Sports enthusiasts recall the intense clash between Bristol City and Walsall on 03/05/15 when both teams displayed their automatic reflexes on the field. During times of political upheaval, propaganda played its part. Witness China's Communist Party poster from 1950 urging citizens to give everything for their country - an automated call for loyalty and sacrifice. Artistic expressions take various forms; one such example is a humanoid robot artwork that blurs the line between man and machine, showcasing our fascination with automation. Even animals have been enlisted in technological endeavors like military espionage. Discover how pigeons were trained as camera-carrying spies during wartime operations - nature's own automatic surveillance system. Transport yourself back to early 20th century America with an advertisement for Colt. 45 caliber military automatic pistol - a symbol of power and precision that became synonymous with American weaponry prowess. As technology progressed rapidly, so did communication systems. Explore the wonders of an Automatic Phone Exchange or step further back into history to witness Telephone Exchange in 1929 - marvels that revolutionized telecommunications worldwide.