Weighs Collection

Fat Lucy Moore
Lucy Moore, the American Fat Girl, weighs 292 kg (46 stone) and is still growing. Where will it end ?

Baby Weighed by Nurse
A nurse weighs a small baby while its mother watches

RMS Titanic - gold stud recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - a late Victorian 18 carat yellow gold round collar or dress stud

USSR Railways, Heavy Freight Locomotive (colour litho)
5991559 USSR Railways, Heavy Freight Locomotive (colour litho) by Micklewright, G.P. (1893-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: USSR Railways, Heavy Freight Locomotive which runs on the 5 ft guage)

Now exhibiting at The Universum (engraving)
608637 Now exhibiting at The Universum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Now exhibiting at The Universum, 369 Oxford Street, London; Miss C Heenan)

CHERRIES FOR SALE
Round and sound, five pence a pound, Duke cherries: a woman weighs out a quantity of cherries from her wheelbarrow for two children, and ignores the attentions of a carter Date: 1795

Fruit Seller fruit saleswoman young woman stands
Fruit Seller, The fruit saleswoman. A young woman stands behind the counter of a store and weighs a bunch of grapes with a scale

An Empty Scale

Vantile Mack, the Infant Lambert, or the Giant Baby!! 7 years old. Weighs 257 pounds! Measures 61 inches around the chest!! 36 inches around the leg!! With his Mother, only 24 years of age

Pyne - Royal Carriage
ROYAL STATE CARRIAGE With all that gilt, the sovereigns coach weighs a ton, no wonder eight horses are required to pull it

Weighing round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - The Netherlands
Weighing round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is famed for its traditional cheese market. circa 1910s

Girl Weighs Herself
A girl in a towel stands on tiptoe in an attempt to weigh as little as possible on her bathroom weighing scales. Date: 1960s

Of them that dyspyse euerlastynge ioye, and settyth thynges transytory before thynges eternall
XJF486434 Of them that dyspyse euerlastynge ioye, and settyth thynges transytory before thynges eternall and euerlastynge

Marcus Furius Camillus arrives in Rome, Italy, print maker: Jan Saenredam, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Claes Jansz. Visscher II, 1593

Japan - Silk Industry - Gathering silkworms from egg paper
Japan - Silk Industry - Gathering the silkworms from the egg paper using a delicate feather brush. Date: circa 1909

Thessaloniki, Greece - Itinerant Meat Seller / Butcher
Thessaloniki, Greece - Itinerant Street Meat Seller with scales and young assistant. Weighing out some fowl. Date: circa 1910s

Sheila Scott on the wing of her Piper Aztec. And the lightweight Akai VT100 video recorder weighs less than 24lb! May 1971. Date: 1971

Sheila Scott And her lightweight Akai VT100 video recorder
Sheila Scott. And her lightweight Akai VT100 video recorder weighs less than 24lb! May 1971. Date: 1971

Public weighbridge used to weigh cattle in a market. Animals are placed weighing platform and attendant in kiosk weighs them using a weighing machine based on the principle of the steelyard

Weight Loss Formula - Mexicain Tea
To lose weight without compromising health - The Mexicain Tea of Doctor Jawas is required. The product is 100% vegetable and available at all Pharmacies. The box costs 9 Francs 50.... 1928

School / Weighing Pupil
School health visitor weighs a pupil Date: 1958

Licensed cockle picker unloading and weighing cockles after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Licensed cockle pickers unloading and weighing cockles after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) adults and young, group standing on hind legs, with researcher using weighing scales, Kalahari Meerkat Project, Kuruman River Reserve, Kalahari Desert, Northern Cape

Weighing cotton, India
Weighing cotton at Bombay for the English Market. A scribe with a parasol look on from above and makes notes

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo - Market traders weighing large sacks of grain in the main Sarajevo Market

Woman Weighing Herself
A woman in a suit weighs herself on a set of weighing scales outside an opticians shop

Conway Tubular Bridge
Conwy railway bridge was built by Robert Louis Stevenson and officially opened in 1849, although completed in 1848. The tube is 412 feet long and weighs 1300 tonnes

Filberts / Cries of London
A woman weighs out a quantity of fine filberts (hazelnuts) from her wheelbarrow

Selling Fish / Brittany
A man weighs fish on some scales set up on the pavement in Brittany, France, while a crowd of potential customers gathers round

Gt Eastern Weighs Anchor
The Great Eastern weighs anchor off Maplin Sands, at the Nore in the Thames Eastuary : a boy plays the fiddle while crew work the capstan to raise the anchor

Kidak home Movie Camera
The Cine-Kodak model K - takes black-and-white, Kodacolor and Telephoto movies ! weighs only 3 lbs 11 1/2 ounces !

Bile Beans Showcard
A lady in her slip weighs herself and is delighted to find that her bedtime treat of Bile Beans (yuk !) is keeping her healthy, happy and slim

Man Lifts Car
An unnamed market porter of Asnieres, France, demonstrates his strength by lifting a car which weighs 450 kilos

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"From Fat Lucy Moore to a Baby Weighed by Nurse: A Journey of Weights" Fat Lucy Moore, the adorable bulldog, steps on the scale with curiosity in her eyes. In a bustling hospital, a nurse carefully weighs a newborn baby, ensuring their healthy growth. On a serene tea plantation in Sri Lanka, workers meticulously weigh tea leaves for the perfect brew. The CS Mackay-Bennett retrieves a gold stud from the RMS Titanic wreckage, its weight heavy with history. Amongst Maria Robinson's precious belongings salvaged from the RMS Titanic are her brooch and locket - each carrying emotional weight. A gold memorial medal belonging to Maria Robinson serves as an enduring symbol of remembrance from the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic. At USSR Railways, a mighty heavy freight locomotive powers through tracks under its colossal weight. The Universum proudly exhibits an engraving depicting weights and measures that have shaped our understanding of science throughout history. "Cherries for Sale. " announces a vibrant market scene where vendors expertly weigh their fresh produce for eager customers. In Alkmaar, Netherlands, round Edam cheeses are weighed with precision before finding their way onto cheese lovers' plates. Curiosity strikes as a young girl steps on her bathroom scale to measure her own weight and embark on her personal health journey. In this diverse collection of moments captured around weights and weighing scales across various contexts – be it historical artifacts or everyday routines – we witness how something as simple as measuring can hold immense significance in different aspects of life. Note.