Materials Collection (page 9)

Cutting sugar cane (b / w photo)
6009038 Cutting sugar cane (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cutting sugar cane)

Map of the world showing the wine producing countries (litho)
6009036 Map of the world showing the wine producing countries (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of the world showing the wine producing countries)

Primitive wine press (b / w photo)
6009024 Primitive wine press (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Primitive wine press)

Map of the world showing the coffee producing countries (litho)
6009014 Map of the world showing the coffee producing countries (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of the world showing the coffee producing countries)

Interior of a modern dye-house (photo)
6007709 Interior of a modern dye-house (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interior of a modern dye-house)

An American reaping machine (b / w photo)
6009044 An American reaping machine (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An American reaping machine)

Portion of a flax scutching mill and stacks of flax (b / w photo)
6009043 Portion of a flax scutching mill and stacks of flax (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portion of a flax scutching mill and stacks of flax)

Fortes "Puritan Maid", Piccadilly Circus, London (b / w photo)
5991449 Fortes " Puritan Maid", Piccadilly Circus, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fortes " Puritan Maid")

Promotional booklet issued by William Collins & Co, owners of Viyella. c. 1919 (colour litho)
6030303 Promotional booklet issued by William Collins & Co, owners of Viyella. c.1919 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

London Docks: ivory warehouse, 1895 (b / w photo)
1812772 London Docks: ivory warehouse, 1895 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); London Metropolitan Archives

Works at Westminster-Bridge (engraving)
1601949 Works at Westminster-Bridge (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Works at Westminster-Bridge)

Haberdashers, Edward Griffitts, trade card (engraving)
984111 Haberdashers, Edward Griffitts, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Haberdashers, Edward Griffitts)

Professor Beresford Pite, Architect (b / w photo)
3652288 Professor Beresford Pite, Architect (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Professor Beresford Pite, Architect)

Settle, c. 1895 (joined solid oak with a webbing seat and upholstered velvet cushion)
3084448 Settle, c.1895 (joined solid oak with a webbing seat and upholstered velvet cushion) by English School, (19th century); 110x124.5x58.5 cm; The Geffrye Museum of the Home, London

Linen: flax plant (chromolitho)
968641 Linen: flax plant (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Linen: flax plant)

Leather: cattle (chromolitho)
968640 Leather: cattle (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leather: cattle. Liebig card, from a series on materials fo making clothes)

Slate Quarry in Westmorland (engraving)
960541 Slate Quarry in Westmorland (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Slate Quarry in Westmorland)

Dyeing and tanning materials (colour litho)
3648682 Dyeing and tanning materials (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dyeing and tanning materials)

Page from Designs for furniture and decorations for complete home furnishing
3084420 Page from Designs for furniture and decorations for complete home furnishing, 1892 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); 25.2x36.3 cm; The Geffrye Museum of the Home, London

Modes de cette annee 1678 (engraving)
3645363 Modes de cette annee 1678 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modes de cette annee 1678. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1865)

Station a la campagne (engraving)
3645292 Station a la campagne (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Station a la campagne. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1863)

Armchair, with cover, c. 1720 (walnut & textile)
2972942 Armchair, with cover, c.1720 (walnut & textile) by English School, (18th century); The Geffrye Museum of the Home, London

Page from The Architects Compendium (litho)
2809961 Page from The Architects Compendium (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page from The Architects Compendium and Catalogue (Compendium Publishing)

Page from The Architect s, Surveyors and Engineers Compendium 1892 (colour litho)
728229 Page from The Architect s, Surveyors and Engineers Compendium 1892 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page from The Architect s)

Page from The Architect s, Surveyors and Engineers Compendium 1892 (engraving)
728188 Page from The Architect s, Surveyors and Engineers Compendium 1892 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page from The Architect s)

Page from The Architect s, Surveyors and Engineers Compendium 1892 (engraving)
728180 Page from The Architect s, Surveyors and Engineers Compendium 1892 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page from The Architect s)

Page from The Architect s, Surveyors and Engineers Compendium 1892 (colour litho)
728174 Page from The Architect s, Surveyors and Engineers Compendium 1892 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page from The Architect s)

Coral (chromolitho)
735339 Coral (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coral. Liebig card, late 19th century/early 20th century)

Vernacular housing and brickmaking, from Della Architettura
STC255915 Vernacular housing and brickmaking, from Della Architettura, published 1590 (engraving) by Rusconi, Giovanni Antonio (c.1520-87); Private Collection; (add.info)

Mummy with gold crown and grave goods (mixed media)
XBP231875 Mummy with gold crown and grave goods (mixed media) by Scythian, (4th century BC); Private Collection; Photo eBoltin Picture Library; out of copyright

Modern Beauty Culture: Helena Rubinstein, with some of the raw materials of her preparations (b / w photo)
5998107 Modern Beauty Culture: Helena Rubinstein, with some of the raw materials of her preparations (b/w photo) by English Photographer

An orange packing house (b / w photo)
6009033 An orange packing house (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An orange packing house)

Loading bales of tobacco into river boats in Sumatra (b / w photo)
6009028 Loading bales of tobacco into river boats in Sumatra (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Loading bales of tobacco into river boats in Sumatra)

Thousands of feet below the surface in a gold mine (b / w photo)
6009013 Thousands of feet below the surface in a gold mine (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thousands of feet below the surface in a gold mine)

Cocoa plantation (b / w photo)
6009011 Cocoa plantation (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cocoa plantation)

Manufacture of sheet rubber, coagulum ready for the machines (b / w photo)
6009040 Manufacture of sheet rubber, coagulum ready for the machines (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Manufacture of sheet rubber)

Date palm, Western Australia (b / w photo)
6009031 Date palm, Western Australia (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Date palm, Western Australia)

Japanese rolling the leaf by hand (b / w photo)
6009030 Japanese rolling the leaf by hand (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Japanese rolling the leaf by hand)

Phylloxera (b / w photo)
6009029 Phylloxera (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Phylloxera. Illustration for The Raw Materials of Commerce by J Henry Vanstone (Pitman)

Map of the world showing the rice producing countries (litho)
6009018 Map of the world showing the rice producing countries (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of the world showing the rice producing countries)

Map of the world showing the sugar producing countries (litho)
6009017 Map of the world showing the sugar producing countries (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of the world showing the sugar producing countries)

Some stones useful in building (colour litho)
6009005 Some stones useful in building (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Some stones useful in building)

Black sable trapping in Northern China and Saghalien (litho)
6009003 Black sable trapping in Northern China and Saghalien (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Black sable trapping in Northern China and Saghalien)

L Ornement Des Tissus: XIV-XVIIth Century, du XIVe au XVIIe Siecle, XIV-XVIItes Jahrhundert (colour litho)
6016951 L Ornement Des Tissus: XIV-XVIIth Century, du XIVe au XVIIe Siecle, XIV-XVIItes Jahrhundert (colour litho) by French School

L Ornement Des Tissus: Renaissance (colour litho)
6016922 L Ornement Des Tissus: Renaissance (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Renaissance)

L Ornement Des Tissus: I-VIIIth Century, du Ir au VIIIe Siecle, I-VIIItes Jahrhundert (colour litho)
6016905 L Ornement Des Tissus: I-VIIIth Century, du Ir au VIIIe Siecle, I-VIIItes Jahrhundert (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: I-VIIIth Century)

L Ornement Des Tissus: XVIIIth Century, XVIIIe Siecle, XVIIItes Jahrhundert (colour litho)
6016947 L Ornement Des Tissus: XVIIIth Century, XVIIIe Siecle, XVIIItes Jahrhundert (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: XVIIIth Century, XVIIIe Siecle)

The Building of a New Lighthouse at Beachy Head, the Rope Railway, for conveying Men
1593529 The Building of a New Lighthouse at Beachy Head, the Rope Railway, for conveying Men and Materials from the Cliff Top to the Works (b/w photo) by English Photographer

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"Exploring the Enduring Legacy of Materials: From Bakelite Telephones to Gorringes Fashion Fabrics" Delving into the past, we uncover a vintage treasure - a Bakelite telephone that revolutionized communication in its time. Witnessing history unfold, HMS Habbakuk sails alongside HMS Indefatigable in 1946, showcasing the strength and resilience used during wartime. In East Ham, London during World War II, recycling cans became an act of patriotism as they aided the war effort and demonstrated how materials could be repurposed for a greater cause. Hookes Law springs to life through an illustration depicting the elasticity of materials; it reveals how stretching a spring can unlock its potential energy. Step back in time with an enchanting advert from 1932 featuring Gorringes fashion fabrics, highlighting their exquisite quality and timeless appeal. Dive deep into adventure as a German diver fearlessly explores unknown depths using specialized materials designed for underwater exploration. Celebrating Marie Curie's groundbreaking contributions to science, her caricature immortalizes her pioneering work on radioactive materials that forever changed our understanding of physics and medicine. A page from The Architect's Surveyors and Engineers Compendium (1892) showcases intricate engravings detailing various construction techniques utilizing different building materials such as stone, wood, and metal. Discovering innovative solutions for damp-proofing houses unveils how modern technology has advanced over time to protect structures against moisture damage using cutting-edge material applications. Marvel at Clifton Bridge's majestic beauty captured in a stunning photograph; this architectural marvel stands tall thanks to durable construction materials that have stood the test of time. Journey along Kashmir's River Jhelum where tradition meets craftsmanship - witness a woman gracefully paddling a wooden boat crafted from locally sourced timber; showcasing nature's bounty transformed into functional materials.