Packaging Collection

Mephisto Cigars label, printed by F. Heppenheimers sons, New York
PNP382187 Mephisto Cigars label, printed by F. Heppenheimers sons, New York, 1897 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Manufactured bu D)

IBM 5110 and Omnibot 2000 robot, holding a packet of crisps, on display at the Computer History Museum, USA. The IBM (International Business Machines) 5110 was released in 1975 for $14, 000

Home cholesterol test kit
Cholesterol indicator test for use at home. This kit tests a small sample of blood for the presence of high levels of cholesterol. The scale on the disk indicates the level of cholesterol

DNA nucleosome, molecular model
DNA nucleosome. Molecular model of a nucleosome, the fundamental repeating unit used to package DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) inside cell nuclei

Repeating Pattern - Heath Robinson Motorcars
Repeating Pattern - Wiliam Heath Robinson illustrations from How to be a Motorist - pale yellow background. *PLEASE NOTE that the magifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern

Repeating Pattern - Art Deco Woman - black background. *PLEASE NOTE that the magifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Repeating Pattern - Art Deco Women - dark blue background. *PLEASE NOTE that the magifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Repeating Pattern - Tea Cups. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927=28
Players counter card in the shape of the full-length profile of a naval officer. His insignia suggest he is a commander. His left hand is in his pocket

Navy Cut Medium cigarettes, 1924
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes in three, tiered sections. The back section is the tallest and comprises packs of cigarettes

Repeating Pattern - Skeletons (white background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Tall pink spray can

Picture No. 11768763
Retro Floral Collage with blue background Date:

Square tomato. Conceptual image of a tomato that has a cuboid shape. This could represent a tomato that has been genetically modified to form this shape to allow more efficient packaging

Biscuit Tins
A selection of Christmas biscuit tins from Huntley and Palmers for the festive season of 1899

Tinned Pineapple
A can of St Michael brand Pineapple

Borwicks Prize Medal Knife Powder
A tin of knife polish

Production line at E. M. I. factory in Hayes Middlesex where the new Beatles LP Rubber Soul
Production line at E.M.I. factory in Hayes Middlesex where the new Beatles LP Rubber Soul is being manufactured 24th November 1965

Fruits are display for sale at a stall in Islamabad, Pakistan, January 31, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

A resident arranges a pile of banh chung, or rice cakes, ahead of Tet, the traditional Vietnamese Lunar New Year festival, in Tranh Khuc village, outside Hanoi, Vietnam February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Kham

chocolate wrapper. circa 1900. depicting French cavalry grooms attending horses in stables
5306259 chocolate wrapper. circa 1900. depicting French cavalry grooms attending horses in stables; Universal History Archive/UIG

Chromolithograph from a chocolate wrapper. circa 1900. depicting French cavalry
5306258 Chromolithograph from a chocolate wrapper. circa 1900. depicting French cavalry; Universal History Archive/UIG

Shoot for John Lewis Partnership product packaging - tights - circa 1960s. Date: 1960s

Peter Hatch design - Lido bar by The Lovable Company Ltd
Peter Hatch design packaging - Lido bar by The Lovable Company Ltd. - Original packaging late 1960s Date: late 1960s

Peter Hatch design - Jonquil bra by The Lovable Company Ltd
Peter Hatch design packaging - Jonquil bra by The Lovable Company Ltd. - Original packaging late 1960s Date: late 1960s

An engraving depicting an easily opened tin can. The lid was inserted into can until flush with the body of the can
5311409 An engraving depicting an easily opened tin can. The lid was inserted into can until flush with the body of the can

Parfumerie Charlet, 1893. Creator: Anonymous
Parfumerie Charlet, 1893. Private Collection

Eau Sallês. E. Sallês, parfumeur, 1894. Creator: Anonymous
Eau Salles. E. Salles, parfumeur, 1894. Private Collection

Parfumerie Gellé frères, 1894. Creator: Anonymous
Parfumerie Gelle freres, 1894. Private Collection

St. Petersburg Chemical Laboratory: Tooth Elixir, c. 1890. Creator: Anonymous
St. Petersburg Chemical Laboratory: Tooth Elixir, c. 1890. Private Collection

Widow Twankey never looked so sweet! Huddersfield-born actor Keith Noble is aiming to add a bit of sugar and spice to is performances in a Christmas pantomime - by dressing up as a Nuttalls Mintoe

A Stockton supermarket sold two dozen cans of nothing during its first day trading in an exciting new product. It is described as steam from Locomotion Number One but each tin carries the warning

Early Japanese Cigarette Packet - Front and Back (combined) - Mikasa cigarettes specially manuafctured for The Japanese Tobacco Monopoly by A G Cousis & Co. Cairo & Malta

Skin cream for sale in Tianzifang, Shanghai, China

A resident marks his ballot in a poll center during presidential elections in
A resident marks his ballot in a poll center during the presidential election in Port-au-Prince March 20, 2011. Voting in Haitis presidential run-off started slowly in some places on Sunday

Stacks of freshly made corn tortillas are seen at a tortilla a factory in Mexico City, Mexico January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

Toothpaste tubes are seen on the production line at the Unilever factory in Lagos, Nigeria January 18, 2018. Picture taken January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Bag of beans sits on top of soybeans at a Walmart in Beijing
A bag of beans sits on top of soybeans at a Walmart in Beijing, China, September 23, 2019. Picture taken September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

A street vendor takes a packets of vermilion powder kept on sale ahead of Tihar festival, also called Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Kathmandu, Nepal October 22, 2019

A Pakistani man living in Greece wraps a tennis ball in electrical tape before a tape-ball cricket game in a park in the Agioi Anargyroi suburb in Athens, Greece, June 23, 2019

The Perfume Factory A. Ralle & Co. Moscow, 1892. Creator: Anonymous. The Perfume Factory A. Ralle & Co. Moscow, 1892
The Perfume Factory A. Ralle & Co. Moscow, 1892. Private Collection

La Diaphane. Poudre de Riz (Poster), 1896-1898. Creator: Chéret, Jules (1836-1932)
La Diaphane. Poudre de Riz (Poster), 1896-1898. Private Collection

The Perfume Factory A. Ralle & Co. Moscow, 1890. Creator: Anonymous. The Perfume Factory A. Ralle & Co. Moscow, 1890
The Perfume Factory A. Ralle & Co. Moscow, 1890. Private Collection

St. Petersburg Chemical Laboratory: Perfume, c.1890. Creator: Anonymous
St. Petersburg Chemical Laboratory: Perfume, c.1890. Private Collection

St. Petersburg Chemical Laboratory, 1894. Creator: Anonymous
St. Petersburg Chemical Laboratory, 1894. Private Collection

Dans le jardin d'une legation allemande. Explosifs et cultures de microbes; la caissette... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Dans le jardin d'une legation allemande. Explosifs et cultures de microbes; la caissette contenant les huit tubes de virus de la morve, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Dans le jardin d'une legation allemande. Explosifs et cultures de microbes; un des cachets... 1916 Creator: Unknown
Dans le jardin d'une legation allemande. Explosifs et cultures de microbes; un des cachets du consulat allemand de Kronstadt (Brasso) qui scellait l'emballage, 1916

Dans le jardin d'une legation allemande. Explosifs et cultures de microbes; Deuxieme... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Dans le jardin d'une legation allemande. Explosifs et cultures de microbes; Deuxieme enveloppe de la caissette de virus de la morve adressee a "l'attache militaire bulgare

Whitney Warner Publishing Co. Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Whitney Warner Publishing Co. Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1905

Indicator department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?). Creator: Unknown
Indicator department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?)

Egg Packaging, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Egg Packaging, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Egg Packaging, 1915. Labels for sending eggs and empty egg boxes through the post. When Tag is attached from one end the string cancels address not in use; Place Forward Postage Here; Forward

Fry's Pure Concentrated Cocoa, 1891. Creator: Unknown
Fry's Pure Concentrated Cocoa, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Egg box, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Egg box, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Egg box, between 1909 and 1923. Labels for sending eggs and empty egg boxes through the post. When Tag is attached from one end the string cancels address not in use; Place Forward Postage Here;

Parfumerie Savonnerie. Marque de Fabrique. Gellé Frères. Parfumeurs, ca 1867. Creator: Poquet, L. (active ca 1870)
Parfumerie Savonnerie. Marque de Fabrique. Gelle Freres. Parfumeurs, ca 1867. Private Collection

Brick tea packaging, end of 19th century. Creator: Nikolai Apollonovich Charushin
Brick tea packaging, end of 19th century. From a collection of 71 items (photographs and negatives on glass) made in the late 19th century

Brick tea packaging, end of 19th century. Creator: Nikolai Apollonovich Charushin
Brick tea packaging, end of 19th century. From a collection of 71 items (photographs and negatives on glass) made in the late 19th century

Packaging of slab tea, end of 19th century. Creator: Nikolai Apollonovich Charushin
Packaging of slab tea, end of 19th century. From a collection of 71 items (photographs and negatives on glass) made in the late 19th century

Rows of maccheroni dryers in front of a factory in Torre Annunziata. The scene is enlivened by the employees of the pasta factory: some are posing, in the foreground, near the dryers

Shed for processing fish in Norway. In the foreground a woman with a barrow, in the middle ground a pile of fish Norway Aalesund. Date of Photograph:1905 ca

Two women at work in a panettone bakery Italy. Date of Photograph:1970 - 1980

Workers boxing bottles of maraschino liqueur of the Luxardo company of Zara. Croatia Zara, Luxardo company. Date of Photograph:1910-1912 ca

Buitoni pasta factory's warehouse with boxes ready for shipping around the world Sansepolcro. Date of Photograph:08/1929

Feamle workers monitoring the bottling and labeling of maraschino liqueur in the Luxardo company of Zara. Croatia Zara, Luxardo company. Date of Photograph:1910-1912 ca

Female workers labeling bottles of maraschino liqueur of the Luxardo company of Zara. Croatia Zara, Luxardo company. Date of Photograph:1910-1912 ca

Workers working on wooden cases for the wine of the Ricasoli Firidolfi Brolio Farm. Siena Farm Ricasoli Firidolfi. Date of Photograph:1890 ca

Women making straw bottles for maraschino liqueur at the Luxardo company of Zara. Croatia Zara, Luxardo company. Date of Photograph:1910-1912 ca

Female workers at counters of the Luxardo company of Zara, producer of maraschino liqueur. Croatia Zara, Luxardo company. Date of Photograph:1910-1912 ca

Female workers bottling of maraschino liqueur in the Luxardo company of Zara. Croatia Zara, Luxardo company. Date of Photograph:1910-1912 ca

Female workers boxing of bottles of maraschino liqueur of the Luxardo company of Zara. Croatia Zara, Luxardo company. Date of Photograph:1910-1912 ca

Dough packaging in Buitoni pasta factory Sansepolcro. Date of Photograph:08/1929

The preparation of fish near Noli, Province of Savona. The image shows some women preparing fish on drying racks. In the background, men and women are resting in the shade of a mat. Noli

Fairy seated on a Christmas Rose with presents, Cupids, holly and ivy - Pex Nylon Stockings black packaging front

Christmas Fairy and Cupids carrying candles, mistletoe, holly and ivy - Pex Nylon Stockings packaging, blue front

Fairy walking on stars holding an umbella, Cupids at her feet - Pex Nylon Stockings Christmas green packaging front

Cupids carrying candles in the ivy - Pex Nylon Stockings Christmas blue packaging back

Christmas Cupid in a stocking hammock - Pex Nylon Stockings green packaging back

Cupids in a Christmas Tree - Pex Nylon Stockings black packaging back

All's Well Cigarettes by Redford and Co. packet design
All's Well Cigarettes by Redford and Co, London, packet design Date: 1920s

Selection of Wills Tobacco and Cigar Packets
A selection of Wills Tobacco and Cigar Packets, Packaging and Tins Date: 20th century

Selection of Wills Cigarette Packets
A selection of Wills Cigarette Packets Date: 20th century

Selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets
A selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets, Packaging and Tins Date: 20th century

Selection of Player's Cigarette Packets
A selection of Player's Cigarette Packets Date: 20th century

Selection of Ogden's Tobacco Packets, Packaging and Tins
A selection of Ogden's Tobacco Packets, Packaging and Tins Date: 20th century

Selection of Churchman's Cigarette and Tobacco Packets
A selection of Churchman's Cigarette and Tobacco Packets, with a factory scene, preparing leaf for Churchman's Cigarettes Date: 20th century

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Packaging plays a crucial role in our everyday lives, ensuring that products are protected and presented in an appealing manner. From the sleek design of a home cholesterol test kit to the vintage charm of Mephisto Cigars label printed by F. Heppenheimers sons, New York, packaging tells a story. Innovative they are be seen in the form of IBM 5110 and Omnibot 2000 robot boxes, showcasing cutting-edge technology ready to revolutionize our lives. Similarly, DNA nucleosome molecular models come neatly packaged, representing the complex building blocks of life itself. Repeating patterns on tea cups bring elegance and harmony to our morning rituals while Navy Cut cigarettes from 1927-28 evoke nostalgia for a bygone era. The packaging for Navy Cut Medium cigarettes from 1924 hints at refinement and sophistication. Surprising yet captivating repeating patterns featuring skeletons remind us of life's intricate beauty even in its most delicate forms. On the other hand, Heath Robinson Motorcars' repeating pattern showcases whimsical contraptions that ignite curiosity and imagination. The allure of Art Deco is evident through repeating patterns depicting both women and an art deco woman specifically - exuding glamour and timeless style. These designs capture attention with their bold lines and geometric shapes. Lastly, Picture No. 11768763 encapsulates how they are transcend boundaries as it captures a moment frozen in time – inviting us into a world full of possibilities. From preserving freshness to telling stories through visuals or sparking emotions with nostalgic designs; packaging has become an art form that enhances our daily experiences while leaving lasting impressions on us all.