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Roure-Bertrand Fils and the perfume industry in Grasse

A literary life of migration and exile

The rise and transformation of an industrial landmark in Girona

What did the people in the lower orders of society and children read in the 18th and 19th centuries? In the Netherlands, their main reading material was catchpenny prints.

A Swiss seasoning found in many cultures

How the industrial revolution changed writing culture

Risen from the ashes

Learn how two Dutch brothers who wanted to make a lightbulb factory started the multinational concern.

Bolckow Vaughan and the growth of Middlesbrough

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines celebrates its 100th anniversary on 7 October. To honour this jubilees, this blog explores the cultural heritage of KLM found on Europeana. Come fly with us to discover stories and pictures from aviation history.

How industrial agriculture transformed rural life

Eight firms that were 100 years old in 2019

Your favourite GIF-making competition is back

Lewis Hine's photography and child labour reform

A history of women's working lives in Europe

Log driving in Sweden and Finland

How the Petzval lens revolutionised portrait photography

How underground railways developed in major European cities in the 19th century

Europeana’s new season, ‘Europe at Work’, brings stories of our personal working lives together with archive material on industrial and labour-related heritage.

A Dutch Poet Laureate writes in an album amicorum