Manufacturer Collection

Singer sewing machine ad, 1890s
Advertisement for the Singer Automatic sewing machine, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Suze Alcoholic Drinks, including Vermouth, Gin, Fruit Liqueur, Cherry brandy and (centre) an Aperitif made from fermented Gentian. Date: circa 1930s

Henry Ford and son Edsel in a 1905 Ford Model F
Henry Ford, the American motor manufacturer, with his son Edsel in a 1905 Ford Model F

Blowing glass in a British factory, 1800s
Workers in a crown-glass factory, Great Britain, early 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, London
The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, London

Poster design, Grimwade Fine Art Pottery, Stoke. Date: circa 1920s

Advert, Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd, Kirkcaldy
Advert for Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd, Manufacturers of Floor Cloth, Linoleum and Cork Carpet, Kirkcaldy, Scotland. 1905

Merrimac Hat Factory, Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA
Merrimac Hat Factory, on the Merrimac River at Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1900s

Glass factory workers in Britain, 1800s
Manufacturing glass at a flint-glass factory, Great Britain, 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Advert / Umbrellas / 1930S
Umbrellas from Parapluie- Revel, Lyons, France - the very best umbrella manufacturer

Advert for English Rose dream corselette, 1952
Advertisement for underwear and foundation garment manufacturer, English Rose featuring a woman wearing a dream corselette, 1952. Date: 1952

General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, USA
General Electric Company buildings at Schenectady, New York State, USA

Arboretum with fountain and Royce statue, Derby
The Arboretum, a public park near the centre of Derby, with a fountain (left) and a statue of Sir Frederick Henry Royce (1863-1933), the English engineer and automobile manufacturer

Adverts, five Scottish businesses
Adverts for R E Walker, Reid & Co Limited, Albany Works, Dunfermline, Inglis & Co, textile manufacturers, Dunfermline, Andrew Reid & Co, Pilmuir Works, Dunfermline, Hay and Robertson

William H Lever
WILLIAM HESKETH LEVER 1ST VISCOUNT LEVER-HULME English soap manufacturer; built (1888-89) model industrial village of Port Sunlight

Scotlands Industrial Souvenir
Don Brothers, Buist and Company Limited - Flax and Jute Spinners and Manufacturers - Scotlands Industrial Souvenir 1905. Date: 1905

James Horlick / Vfair 1909
JAMES HORLICK Malted milk manufacturer Date: 1844 - 1921

An army officer sits astride a Silent Grey Harley Davidson
A photograph of the latest 1916 model of motorcycle by American manufacturer Harley Davidson as tested by the military

Robert Peel(E) / Lawrence
SIR ROBERT PEEL (ELDER) Calico Manufacturer, father of Robert Peel the politician

Joseph Gray and Sons, Surgical Instrument Makers
Original at Sheffield Archives ref. SY233/B4/2

Webley & Scott, gun makers in Birmingham, West Midlands. Their original premises was in Weaman Street, Birmingham, until they moved to a modern factory in West Bromwich in 1958

Stationery, Alfred Beer of Bristol, Ladder Manufacturer. 1891

Poster, Rudge, Britains best bicycle, a product of Raleigh Industries, Nottingham. Date: circa 1950

Press day at the BMC works at Longbridge, Birmingham, West Midlands. Pictured, Patrick Edwards, sitting in the smallest of the BMC cars, leads the parade of new vehicles on show for the first time

Sir Francis Crossley, businessman, philanthropist and MP
Sir Francis Crossley (1817-1872), 1st Baronet of Halifax, British carpet manufacturer, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician. Date: 1860s

George Calver, English instrument maker
George Calver (1834-1927) English scientific instrument maker

Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church, Paisley, Scotland. A gift to the town by Coats, a Thread Manufacturers. Date: 1908

Alexander Jamieson & Co Ltd, Darvel, Scotland
Advert, Alexander Jamieson & Co Ltd, Muslin and Lace Curtains, Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland. 1905

Tompkins upright rotary knitting machine 1875
Tompkins American family company, showing upright rotary knitting machine. Date: 1875

Portrait of George Richards Elkington (1800-1865), 1865. Creator: Samuel West
Portrait of George Richards Elkington (1800-1865), 1865

Portrait of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), 1801-03. Creator: Lemuel Francis Abbott
Portrait of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), 1801-03. Matthew Boulton was one of the leading entrepreneurs and visionaries of the eighteenth century

Linden Gardens, Notting Hill Gate, London - Christmas Card
The gated entrance to Linden Gardens at the junction of High Street Notting Hill Gate, London - Christmas and New Years Greetings Postcard

Advertisement for Bechstein Hall, Brook Street, London
Advertisement for the Bechstein Hall, Brook Street, London, in a building containing a concert hall, practice rooms, offices and showroom, built in 1929 by Bechstein, the German piano manufacturers

Sir David Brown and his Aston Martins
The car manufacturer, Sir David Brown, and his Aston Martins Date: 1970

Aveling and Porter Steam Roller UR1881, built ca 1929, at Ferndown in Dorset. (Aveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steamroller (road roller) manufacturer

Fairey Fulmar G-AIBE at white Waltham, where it was maintained by the Fairey Aviation Company as a company hack. G-AIBE was the first production Fulmar which was retained by the manufacturer

J.s Fry and Sons Cocoa and chocolate works, Bristol 1884
Interior and exterior of British company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry and Sons, Cocoa and chocolate works, Bristol. Date: 1884

Advertisement, George Kent Athletic Clothing
Advertisement, George Kent Shirt Maker, Hosier, Glover & Outfitter, Athletic Clothing Manufacturer, Fenchurch Street, London. 1900

Street scene in Doboj, northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, showing a shop selling pots and pans

Poster, Rudge Cycles, made by Raleigh Industries of Nottingham. With a bowing Sir Walter Raleigh, Elizabethan courtier

Poster, I am a Silver Knight. I am a member of the Circle of Silver Knights, open to owners of Raleigh, Rudge and Humber tricycles. Let us show you the latest models

HENRY FORD (1863-1947). American automobile manufacturer. Photograph, c1919

HENRY FORD (1863-1947). American automobile manufacturer. Ford in 1896 with the first Ford automobile. Oil over a photograph

Stringed instrument maker in his workshop
A stringed instrument manufacturer in his workshop, testing the strings of a double bass

BP Chemicals Petrochemicals Plant, Grangemouth, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Titus Salt / Col Lith
SIR TITUS SALT Manufacturer and philanthropist

Alfred Fernandez Yarrow
Sir ALFRED FERNANDEZ YARROW Inventor and manufacturer, noted for torpedo boats

Scotlands Industrial Souvenir
Hay and Robertson, Linen and Cotton Manufacturers, Dunfermline - Scotlands Industrial Souvenir 1905. Date: 1905

Advert, Gray, Dunn & Co, Biscuit Manufacturers, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Carrongrove Paper Co Ltd, Denny, Scotland
Advert for The Carrongrove Paper Company Ltd, Denny, Scotland. 1905

Leather Dyeing for Making Gloves, Bevington and Sons, 1861-62 (sepia photo
STC221845 Leather Dyeing for Making Gloves, Bevington and Sons, 1861-62 (sepia photo) (see also 232992) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English

Advert, Victoria Cycle Company, Dennistoun, Glasgow
Advert for the Victoria Cycle Company Limited, Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland, manufacturer of motorcycles and bicycles. 1905

Adverts, Robertsons Whisky, William McKinnon & Co
Adverts for Robertsons Whisky, Dundee, and William McKinnon & Co, Aberdeen, Scotland. 1905

Advert, A W Buchan & Co, Stoneware Manufacturers, Portobello
Advert for A W Buchan & Co, Stoneware Manufacturers, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Fisher, Nixon, Howarth & Fisher, trade card (coloured engraving)
731627 Fisher, Nixon, Howarth & Fisher, trade card (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fisher, Nixon, Howarth & Fisher, trade card)

Gowns - A Study, by Lady Beatrice Graham, 1907. Artist: Soldan & Co
Gowns - A Study, by Lady Beatrice Graham, 1907. Printed with Mander Brothers inks. From The British Printer Vol. XX. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1907]

An advertisement for Johnson Matthey & Co. Ltd. Silver nitrate manufacturers

Poster advertising an exhibition of pottery, Sweden
Poster advertising an exhibition of pottery made by the Gustavsberg company in Sweden. 20th century

A kitchen arranged and equipped by Heal & Son, Ltd. of London, 1942. Timber fitted cupboards and dresser. From Decorative Art 1942 - The Studio Year Book, edited by C. G. Holme. [The Studio Ltd

A Day at the Nottingham Lace Manufacturers (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF105808 A Day at the Nottingham Lace Manufacturers (engraving) (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Antwerp Exhibition
A selection of handmade laces are shown by a local manufacturer at the Antwerp Exhibition, (Exposition Internationale Coloniale), Belgium

The Timken-Detroit Axle Co, Detroit, Michigan (photo)
LLE820259 The Timken-Detroit Axle Co, Detroit, Michigan (photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Timken-Detroit Axle Co, Detroit, Michigan)

Comic postcard, letter of complaint from overseas customer - the missing handle which isn't missing. Date: 1916

Walter MacFarlane, Saracen Foundry in Glasgow manufacturer of cast iron clocks, towers, drinking fountains, bandstands, belfries. lamp pillars seat shelters and drinking troughs. Date: 1897

(Hadfields Ltd of Hecla and East Hecla Sheffield, Yorkshire). They began production in 1869 and were privatised in 1967 and specialised in manganese alloys castings

John Barran, Esq. Mayor of Leeds, 1872. Creator: Unknown
John Barran, Esq. Mayor of Leeds, 1872

Aerial View of Kodak Park, home of Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, NY, USA Date: circa 1920s

The spur maker The armourer, 16th century. Engraving
The trades. The spur maker. Facsimile after a drawing and engraving by Jost Amman in the 16th century. Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix

The trades. The tailor, 16th century. Engraving
The trades. The tailor. Facsimile after a drawing and engraving by Jost Amman in the 16th century. Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix

Viktor Sessler Freiherr von Herzinger (1836-1899), Styrian iron industrialist, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Johann Liebieg (born 7 June 1802 in Braunau)
Johann Liebieg (born 7 June 1802 in Braunau, Braunau district, died 16 July 1870 in Smirschitz), from 1868 Johann Freiherr von Liebieg, was a German-Bohemian textile manufacturer and industrialist

Giovanni Battista Tacchi, 1769, 1855, industrialist, silk manufacturer from Roveredo, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Henry Seebohm (1832-59) British Quaker, ornithologist and steel manufacturer in Sheffield, England, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Richard Cobden (1804-1865) the apostle of free trade. English politician, economist and potash producer from Lancashire. Founder of the Anti-Corn Law League in 1838 and campaigner for free trade

You can't defeat the emperor with loyalty talk. Krupp culture, trained men do. Anti-German recruitment poster from the First World War 1914-1918, Toronto, Canada

Eli Whitney (1765-1825), American inventor and manufacturer, born in Westborough, Massachusetts

Richard Cobden 1804 to 1865 English manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Sewing machine by Thimonnier, Barthelemy Thimonnier was the first sewing machine manufacturer, c. 1840, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Ayer's Almanac, the invention of letterpress printing, Ayer was a well-known manufacturer of patent medicines in Lowell, Massachusetts from the mid-nineteenth century

Military figures in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Count von Zeppelin, 8 July 1838, 8 March 1917

Johann Liebieg, born 1802, died 1870, from 1868 Johann Freiherr von Liebieg, was a Bohemian textile manufacturer and industrialist, Historical

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810) and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier (1745-1799) were paper manufacturers from Annonay in Ardeche, France

Ernst Werner Siemens was a German inventor and industrialist, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Richard Cobden, 3 June 1804, 2 April 1865, was an English manufacturer, radical and liberal statesman involved in two major free trade campaigns

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"Unleashing Creativity and Precision: The Art of Manufacturing" Step back in time to the 1890s, where a Singer sewing machine ad showcases the ingenuity and craftsmanship of manufacturers. Witness the intricate details and flawless stitching that revolutionized the world of fashion. Travel to Kirkcaldy, Scotland, with an advert from Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd. Experience their dedication to quality as they bring forth innovative products that enhance our daily lives. Indulge in Suze Alcoholic Drinks, crafted by skilled artisans who blend flavors with expertise. Savor every sip knowing it was meticulously manufactured for your enjoyment. Enter the bustling Clement-Talbot Motor Works in London's engine room. Marvel at the symphony of machinery as skilled workers assemble automobiles that would shape transportation history forever. Journey back to the 1800s when glass blowing thrived in British factories. Witness master craftsmen shaping molten glass into exquisite works of art through their unwavering skill and precision. Amesbury, Massachusetts welcomes you to Merrimac Hat Factory - a hub of creativity where hats are meticulously crafted by expert hands. Admire their attention to detail as each hat becomes a statement piece. Join Henry Ford and his son Edsel on a ride through time in their 1905 Ford Model F. Embrace innovation as this visionary manufacturer paves the way for mass production and affordable automobiles. Transport yourself further into Britain's industrial past, where glass factory workers showcase their dexterity amidst fiery furnaces. Their teamwork brings forth stunning glassware cherished around the globe. Experience elegance redefined with an English Rose dream corselette from 1952 - an epitome of beauty designed by passionate manufacturers who understand women's desires for comfort without compromising style. Discover Joseph Gray and Sons' legacy as surgical instrument makers at Boston Street's Truss Works. Trust these meticulous craftsmen whose instruments save lives while embodying precision and care.