Chimneys Collection (#5)

The Last Chance, between c1830 and c1840s. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Last Chance, between c1830 and c1840s

The Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg, 1639. Creator: Cornelis de Man
The Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg, 1639. Other Title(s): A Whale-Oil Factory of the Nordic or Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island at the north end of Spitzbergen (Svalbard)

Farmhouse near Helvoirt, 1814-1816. Creator: Pieter Barbiers
Farmhouse near Helvoirt, 1814-1816

Detroit Rubber Works, Detroit, Mich. c1908. Creator: William H. Jackson
Detroit Rubber Works, Detroit, Mich. c1908

Edison Electric plant [Detroit Edison Company], Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: William H. Jackson
Edison Electric plant [Detroit Edison Company], Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910

Washburn-Crosby Co.'s flour mills, Buffalo, N.Y. c.between 1910 and 1920. Creator: William H. Jackson
Washburn-Crosby Co.'s flour mills, Buffalo, N.Y. c.between 1910 and 1920. "Milwaukee of Buffalo" on cargo ship; "Cornell" on tugboat

Power house, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?). Creator: William H. Jackson
Power house, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?)

Dining room with chimney in Renaissance style, c.1925. Creator: Monogrammist HK
Dining room with chimney in Renaissance style, c.1925

View of the Rossmarkt in Frankfurt am Main, 1745-1775. Creator: Anon
View of the RossMarkt in Frankfurt am Main, 1745-1775. An avenue with chestnut trees and on the right the St. Katharinen-Kirche

Drawings of the new steam engine for nine pumps in Hellevoetsluis, 1802. Creator: Jan Blanken
Drawings of the new steam engine for nine pumps in Hellevoetsluis, South Holland, 1802. Technical drawing of a steam engine: four elevations

Country inn with horse and wagon, 1640-1649. Creator: Isaac van Ostade
Country inn with horse and wagon, 1640-1649

New Aqueduct at Trieste - the Machine Rooms, 1856. Creator: Edmund Evans
New Aqueduct at Trieste - the Machine Rooms, 1856. Of late years, in consequence of the extension of its suburbs and the increase of its population from ten to sixty thousand

View of Port-Marly on the Seine, with the laundry, 1880. Creator: Johan Conrad Greive
View of Port-Marly on the Seine, with the laundry, 1880

Study of a brick house, c.1779-c.1858. Creator: Hendrik van der Burgh
Study of a brick house, c.1779-c.1858

Paper mill, Combined Locks, Wis. between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Paper mill, Combined Locks, Wis. between 1880 and 1899

Landscape with factories in Montluçon, 1861. Creator: George Sand
Landscape with factories in Montlucon, 1861. Industrial scene by French author and activist George Sand (born Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin) who wore men's clothes in public without a permit

Boat on a canal, a house and two windmills, 1801-1873. Creator: George Pieter Westenberg
Boat on a canal, a house and two windmills, 1801-1873

The blacksmith, 1876. Creator: Charles Rochussen
The blacksmith, 1876

Landscape with figures and a bridge near a farmhouse, 1756-1813. Creator: Anthony Andriessen
Landscape with figures and a bridge near a farmhouse, 1756-1813

Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich. (1906?). Creator: Unknown
Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich. (1906?)

Illinois Steel Works, South Chicago, Ill. between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Illinois Steel Works, South Chicago, Ill. between 1900 and 1905

Stork nest on a chimney, c.1880-c.1910. Creator: Anon
Stork nest on a chimney, c.1880-c.1910. Two storks feed their youngsters in the nest with outstretched beaks

Loading cotton into a steamer, Savannah, Ga. c1904. Creator: Unknown
Loading cotton into a steamer, Savannah, Ga. c1904

Interior of dining room with corner chimney, c.1925. Creator: Anon
Interior of dining room with corner chimney, c.1925

Youngstown, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Youngstown, between 1900 and 1905

Rookwood Pottery, Cincinnati, O[hio], between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Rookwood Pottery, Cincinnati, O[hio], between 1900 and 1906

Plant of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Wilmerding, Pa. c1905. Creator: Unknown
Plant of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Wilmerding, Pa. c1905

A Portion of the yard, Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich. (1906?). Creator: Unknown
A Portion of the yard, Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich. (1906?)

Some of the shops, Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich. (1906?). Creator: Unknown
Some of the shops, Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich. (1906?)

Michigan Sugar Co. Saginaw, Mich. c1908. Creator: Unknown
Michigan Sugar Co. Saginaw, Mich. c1908

Chimney of old Confederate Powder Works Mill, Augusta, Ga. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Chimney of old Confederate Powder Works Mill, Augusta, Ga. between 1900 and 1910

View of Amerikavej in Copenhagen, 1881. Creator: Frits Thaulow
View of Amerikavej in Copenhagen, 1881

The Fire at the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Millbank, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Fire at the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Millbank, 1856. The moment the plugs of the Lambeth, Vauxhall, and Southwark Companies mains were drawn

View of the Marble Square with the Ruins of the Uncompleted Frederik's Church, 1835. [Frederik's Church, commonly called the Marble Church, in Frederiksstaden, Copenhagen

C & O canal at 31st Street, Washington, D.C. c.between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
C & O canal at 31st Street, Washington, D.C. c.between 1910 and 1920

Government paper mill, Dalton, Mass. (c1909?). Creator: Unknown
Government paper mill, Dalton, Mass. (c1909?)

Old cabin at Turkey Creek, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Old cabin at Turkey Creek, between 1880 and 1899

Ore dock and harbor, Cleveland, Ohio, c1901. Creator: Unknown
Ore dock and harbor, Cleveland, Ohio, c1901

Sibley Cotton Mills, Augusta, Ga. c1903. Creator: Unknown
Sibley Cotton Mills, Augusta, Ga. c1903

La vie en Campagne; Cette cheminee eventree forme un poste d'observation parfait, 1914. Creator: Unknown
La vie en Campagne; Cette cheminee eventree, dans les Flandres, forme un poste d'observation parfait, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration

Cour d'Usine barricadee, 1915. Creator: Francois Flameng
Cour d'Usine barricadee, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Boyau conduisant a des Batiments d'Usine, 1915. Creator: Francois Flameng
Boyau conduisant a des Batiments d'Usine, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Landing Place near Tintern Abbey, probably c. 1802. Creator: James Ward
Landing Place near Tintern Abbey, probably c. 1802

Mountaineers Cabin And Family of 15, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mountaineers Cabin And Family of 15, 1913
Mountaineers Cabin And Family of 15, 1913

Food Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Food Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
Food Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. USA. Farmer ploughing with a Case tractor

"Stratford Hall, " 786 Great House Road, Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia, c1932. House Architecture: Unknown architect, built 1730s. Other: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee

Blind Alley, Des Moines, IA, 1937. Creator: Unknown
Blind Alley, Des Moines, IA, 1937. "Blind Alley" by James Warwick at the President Theatre...Federal Art Project'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S

Georgetown waterfront, Washington, D.C. between 1913 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Georgetown waterfront, Washington, D.C. between 1913 and 1917. G.W. Cissel Co Flour Mills, Arlington Mills

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