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Background imageLaborer Collection: Color Print of Wharf Workers Measuring Whale Oil Content in Barrels

Color Print of Wharf Workers Measuring Whale Oil Content in Barrels
(Original Caption) Whale Fishing in New England. Scene shows wharf workers measuring the quantity of whale oil contained in each barrel

Background imageLaborer Collection: Workers at Kimberley Mine

Workers at Kimberley Mine
Men stand around the cavernous mine shafts at Kimberley Mine in South Africa

Background imageLaborer Collection: Print After a Drawing of an Artillary Park by Leonardo da Vinci

Print After a Drawing of an Artillary Park by Leonardo da Vinci
1872-Greeley, Horace: Incident of Mr. Greeley's Western Tour. An enthusiastic citizen of Hamilton, Ohio, stops Mr. Greeley's carriage and presents his child to be kissed. Drawing

Background imageLaborer Collection: Black Men at Cotton Barn

Black Men at Cotton Barn
(Original Caption) Negro crew in front of barn used for cotton ginning. Photograph by B.W. Kilburn in 1879. Photograph. (Original Caption)

Background imageLaborer Collection: Poster for Haymarket Mass Meeting

Poster for Haymarket Mass Meeting
(Original Caption) Poster advertising a mass-meeting of workers on the evening after the Haymarket Square incedent of May 4th, 1886

Background imageLaborer Collection: Pouring Liquid Iron Into Mould Plate

Pouring Liquid Iron Into Mould Plate
(Original Caption) Iron industry: Pouring liquid iron into the mould casting piano plate. An early industrial shot, 1896

Background imageLaborer Collection: Engraving of Workers in a Paper Factory

Engraving of Workers in a Paper Factory
Paper making during the 19th century. Plating the paper. "Warranted all linen". This interior shows a press employed in 1885

Background imageLaborer Collection: Child Laborer Who Lost Two Fingers in Accident

Child Laborer Who Lost Two Fingers in Accident
(Original Caption) Child labor: Boy laborer crippled by the loss of two fingers in factory accident. Payment of fee of one dollar released employer of any responsibility for mishap

Background imageLaborer Collection: Engraving of a 17th-Century Brewery

Engraving of a 17th-Century Brewery
A brewery establishment of the mid-seventeenth century. Copper engraving showing brewing vat, barrelling and delivery. Undated engraving

Background imageLaborer Collection: Interior of a silk stocking factory

Interior of a silk stocking factory
(Original Caption) Interior of a silk stocking factory. Undated photograph from the Gendreau collection

Background imageLaborer Collection: Elephant Carrying Giant Log Under Trunk

Elephant Carrying Giant Log Under Trunk
(Original Caption) Sri Lanka: View of an elephant being used to carry logs. Undated photograph

Background imageLaborer Collection: Workers Near And On Drill In Nv Ca 1880

Workers Near And On Drill In Nv Ca 1880
(Original Caption) McGill, NV- Churn Drill copper pit, McGill, NV ca. 1880. Depicted in this photo are workers standingon and in fornt of a drill

Background imageLaborer Collection: Printed Advertisement for Coca-Cola

Printed Advertisement for Coca-Cola

Background imageLaborer Collection: Drawing Depicting Egyptian Embalmers, Mummy and Coffin

Drawing Depicting Egyptian Embalmers, Mummy and Coffin
Embalmers bandaging mummy while assistant prepared coffin. Colored wash drawing

Background imageLaborer Collection: 18th-Century Engraving of Iron Casting

18th-Century Engraving of Iron Casting
1763-Casting. Iron. Copper engraving, 1763

Background imageLaborer Collection: Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way Lithograph by Currier & Ives

Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way Lithograph by Currier & Ives
(Original Caption) Across the Continent. "Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way." Undated Currier and Ives lithograph

Background imageLaborer Collection: Removing Large Beer Vat From Brewery

Removing Large Beer Vat From Brewery
A brewery in Washington, DC, switches from brewing beer to making ice cream during Prohibition. Workers roll the giant beer vats out to make room for ice cream production equipment

Background imageLaborer Collection: Boys Working at Glass Factory

Boys Working at Glass Factory
(Original Caption) Child Labor: Young boys working at midnight at Indiana Glassworks

Background imageLaborer Collection: Boy Working in Glass Factory

Boy Working in Glass Factory
(Original Caption) Child Labor: Young boy at work in glass factory

Background imageLaborer Collection: Convicts Working on a Farm

Convicts Working on a Farm
(Original Caption) Convicts working on a farm in Florida. Photograph, ca. 1910

Background imageLaborer Collection: Female Garment Workers

Female Garment Workers
(Original Caption) 8/1912-Somerville, MA: Portrait of two young female garment workers in the Somerville tenement district

Background imageLaborer Collection: Garment Workers on Strike

Garment Workers on Strike
(Original Caption) 1/1913-Photo shows the Garment Workers who are striking, posed on the steps to a building

Background imageLaborer Collection: View Of Lamb Hanging In Slaughterhouse

View Of Lamb Hanging In Slaughterhouse
(Original Caption) 4/7/1919-Chicago, IL: Lamb being made ready for market at the Chicago stockyards

Background imageLaborer Collection: Mexican Field Laborers in Cotton Field

Mexican Field Laborers in Cotton Field
12/1/1919-Texas: Photo shows Mexican field laborers at work on a Texas cotton plantation. These Mexicans were imported for the special work

Background imageLaborer Collection: Men Carry Baled Tea

Men Carry Baled Tea
Men carry bales of tea to the frontier

Background imageLaborer Collection: Workmen in Bement-Miles Machining Company

Workmen in Bement-Miles Machining Company
(Original Caption) 11/30/1920-Philadelphia, PA- Bement-Miles Pond Company, machine manufacturer. Depicted in this photo is a workmen operating a large piece of machinery

Background imageLaborer Collection: Women Riding in Jitney Trucks

Women Riding in Jitney Trucks
Jitney truck carrying women workers to east New York City during a labor strike in 1921

Background imageLaborer Collection: Generator Hoisted By Crane

Generator Hoisted By Crane
A generator hoisted over a ship by a crane in 1924. At the time it was the world's largest generator capable of producing 83, 000 horsepower

Background imageLaborer Collection: Miners Children Reading Newspaper

Miners Children Reading Newspaper
A crowd of boys, sons of miners, gather next to an open-pit mine to read a newspaper

Background imageLaborer Collection: Rolling Rubber Into Cakes

Rolling Rubber Into Cakes
(Original Caption) 2/19/1926-Rolling coagulated rubber into cakes in West Africa

Background imageLaborer Collection: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Visiting a Civilian Conservation Corps Camp

President Franklin D. Roosevelt Visiting a Civilian Conservation Corps Camp

Background imageLaborer Collection: Truck Leaving Brewery at the End of Prohibition

Truck Leaving Brewery at the End of Prohibition
(Original Caption) 1933-End of prohibition: The first truck load of beer to leave New York exits the Jacob Rupperts Brewery. INP photograph, 1933. BPA2# 1044

Background imageLaborer Collection: Franklin D. Roosevelt visiting a CCC Camp

Franklin D. Roosevelt visiting a CCC Camp
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt visits the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Big Meadows in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Background imageLaborer Collection: Striking Milk Workers Break Bottles of Milk

Striking Milk Workers Break Bottles of Milk
(Original Caption) 1/6/1934-WI-FEAR MILK FAMINE AS PICKETERS BAR HIGHWAYS

Background imageLaborer Collection: Boys Cutting Down Trees for New Highway

Boys Cutting Down Trees for New Highway
(Original Caption) Washington, D. C.: Young Men Of America Carry On. A striking view of four young C. C. C. workers clearing path for the Lee Highway in Virginia, near here

Background imageLaborer Collection: Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times, 1936

Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times, 1936
Silent film comedian Charlie Chaplin exagerates movements and actions sitting on gears in the motion picture Modern Times in 1936

Background imageLaborer Collection: Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times

Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times
Silent film comedian Charlie Chaplin exagerates movements and actions sitting on gears in the motion picture Modern Times in 1936

Background imageLaborer Collection: Workers Examining Time Capsule

Workers Examining Time Capsule
Westinghouse Electric workers examine an 800-pound time capsule that will be buried beneath the Westinghouse exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair for 5, 000 years

Background imageLaborer Collection: Men Paving Paris Street

Men Paving Paris Street
(Original Caption) Streetbuilding. Pavers of Paris in a truly backbreaking job of arranging cobblestones in a Paris street. Photograph, ca. 1940

Background imageLaborer Collection: Man Taking Bread Loaves from Oven

Man Taking Bread Loaves from Oven
(Original Caption) Photo shows a man taking loaves of bread from the oven in a bakery. Model: Burton MacDonald. Ca. 1940s-1950s

Background imageLaborer Collection: Woman Works Turret Lathe in Machine Shop

Woman Works Turret Lathe in Machine Shop
(Original Caption) 3/2/1942-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-A huge federal campaign to train women to take the place of men in war industries was swung into action when the U.S

Background imageLaborer Collection: Woman Finishes Cylinder For Plane Engine

Woman Finishes Cylinder For Plane Engine
(Original Caption) 3/13/42-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Because of the shortage of men, due to the war situation

Background imageLaborer Collection: African American Road Workers in Alaska

African American Road Workers in Alaska
(Original Caption) 10/6/42-Alaska: Alaska Highway. A group of Negro road workers march back to camp for chow. This section of the highway is only two days old. (Original Caption)

Background imageLaborer Collection: Man Opening Oil Pipeline Valve

Man Opening Oil Pipeline Valve
(Original Caption) 10/16/1942-New York, NY- America's super aviation fuels must be made from carefully selected crude oils

Background imageLaborer Collection: Young Judy Garland Performing at War Bond Drive

Young Judy Garland Performing at War Bond Drive
(Original Caption) 1944- Philadelphia, PA- Judy Garland entertains civilian employees at the Philadelphia Navy Yard during a War Bond Drive

Background imageLaborer Collection: King Cotton's Cabinet

King Cotton's Cabinet
Ups and downs: This board is a barometer that records the fortunes of King Cotton. As each trade is made, or as a new bid or offer is announced, the price is chalked up on the board

Background imageLaborer Collection: Print Depicting Courtlandt St. New-York

Print Depicting Courtlandt St. New-York
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLaborer Collection: Interior Of Early Automobile Factory

Interior Of Early Automobile Factory
(Original Caption) Factory interior. View of the screwcutting department in a pre-war automobile plant. Undated photograph

Background imageLaborer Collection: Social Security Information Poster

Social Security Information Poster
(Original Caption) Posters such as this were displayed in Post Offices and other buildings throughout the country

Background imageLaborer Collection: Worker Testing Motor

Worker Testing Motor
(Original Caption) Pittsburgh, PA- Testing a 5000 horse power motor in the plant of Westinghouse Elctric before shipping same to destination in large Tennesse power plant. Undated

Background imageLaborer Collection: Worker Hammering on Wind Tunnel

Worker Hammering on Wind Tunnel
(Original Caption) Pittsburgh, PA- 40

Background imageLaborer Collection: Workers Winding 3000-Horsepower Motor

Workers Winding 3000-Horsepower Motor
(Original Caption) Pittsburgh, PA- Through a steel mill motor

Background imageLaborer Collection: Dough Cutting Machine for Baking Bread

Dough Cutting Machine for Baking Bread
(Original Caption) The dough cutters this moulding machine where it si kneaded and shaped into loaves to fit the spotlessly clean baking pans

Background imageLaborer Collection: Low Angle Woman Scrapes Bearing In Class

Low Angle Woman Scrapes Bearing In Class
(Original Caption) New York, New York: A woman scraping a bearing in a vocational school class. She is preparing to work in wartime industry. Ca. 1940-1945

Background imageLaborer Collection: Man Working In Dairy Farm

Man Working In Dairy Farm
(Original Caption) Photo shows a man working in a dairy farm. Model: Howard O. Shedrick Ca. 1940s

Background imageLaborer Collection: Peter the Great and Associates Lithograph After Painting by Daniel Maclise

Peter the Great and Associates Lithograph After Painting by Daniel Maclise
Peter the Great at Deptford, Holland (1697-98). Illustration after a painting byd. Maclise

Background imageLaborer Collection: Women workers at Cornwallis copper mine

Women workers at Cornwallis copper mine
(Original Caption) Women miners are shown here handling and transporting in a Cornwallis Copper Mine, around 1881

Background imageLaborer Collection: Illus;Workers In Electro-Plating Factory

Illus;Workers In Electro-Plating Factory
(Original Caption) "Machinery for Electro-plating." Illustration of men working in a plating plant. Undated

Background imageLaborer Collection: Work On Last Mile On Pacific Railroad

Work On Last Mile On Pacific Railroad
(Original Caption) Work on the last mile of the Pacific Railroad. Mingling of European with Asiatic laborers. Woodcut, 1869

Background imageLaborer Collection: Illustration Men At Amalgamated H.Q

Illustration Men At Amalgamated H.Q
(Original Caption) An illustration of men gathered in the front of a building with a sign reading "Old Home Temperance Rooms." Titled

Background imageLaborer Collection: Illustration of Haymarket Riot in Chicago by T. de Thulstrup

Illustration of Haymarket Riot in Chicago by T. de Thulstrup
(Original Caption) Illustration depicting the Anarchist (Haymarket) Riot on May 4th, 1886 in Chicago. Shows a bomb exploding among the police. Colored wood engraving by T. de Thulstrup after H

Background imageLaborer Collection: Cotton Field With Afro-American Worker

Cotton Field With Afro-American Worker
(Original Caption) Cotton: Southern Industry. Cotton field with Afro-American standing in foreground ca. 1850

Background imageLaborer Collection: Black Migrant Laborer Going South

Black Migrant Laborer Going South
Black migrant laborer on his way south from the old slave states to Louisiana and Texas in search of paying labor. Woodcut ca. 1870

Background imageLaborer Collection: Laborer Carrying Baskets

Laborer Carrying Baskets
(Original Caption) Hong Kong: Portrait of coolie laborer supporting two large baskets suspended from a crossbar. Undated photograph

Background imageLaborer Collection: Women Shown Working Clothing Presses

Women Shown Working Clothing Presses
(Original Caption) 1951-After the garments are made, they are pressed either with gas or electric steam hand irons or in special pressing machines

Background imageLaborer Collection: Unloading Grapes From Freight Car, California

Unloading Grapes From Freight Car, California
Two men are kept busy unloading grapes from a freight car as the wine making industry thrives under the New Deal

Background imageLaborer Collection: Two workers on stilts painting calling

Two workers on stilts painting calling
On their toes while on the job is nothing new for plasterers William Rainey(left) and Garry Washington- instead of bieng up to their neck in work, they're right up to their work by using stilts

Background imageLaborer Collection: Workmen On Aircraft Carrier Independence

Workmen On Aircraft Carrier Independence
Workmen at a Navy shipyard in Brooklyn, New York, prepare the giant aircraft carrier Independence for active service

Background imageLaborer Collection: West Germans Resting from Digging Tunnel

West Germans Resting from Digging Tunnel
Two West Germans take a rest from digging a tunnel nine feet under a border street between West and East Berlin

Background imageLaborer Collection: Barbed Wire Wall in Hong Kong

Barbed Wire Wall in Hong Kong
It's a reverse situation on the China front of the Cold War

Background imageLaborer Collection: Migrant Mexican Workers Picking Strawberries

Migrant Mexican Workers Picking Strawberries
A group of braceros, migrant Mexican workers allowed into the United States for a limited time, harvest a field of strawberries in the Salinas Valley

Background imageLaborer Collection: Prospector Lifting Crystal Rock

Prospector Lifting Crystal Rock
A prospector lifts a 40-pound crystal rock out of the ground. If the yield topaz in this rock is high he could make a small fortune, minus 10 percent, which is paid to the land owner

Background imageLaborer Collection: Steelworkers Blocking Escalators in Protest

Steelworkers Blocking Escalators in Protest
(Original Caption) 11/30/1979-Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania- Angry steelworkers shouting, "jobs yes, welfare no!" block an escalator in the U.S. Steel headquarters by sitting

Background imageLaborer Collection: Digging at the Site of Peking Man

Digging at the Site of Peking Man
(Original Caption) Anthropologists and local workmen dig near the original cave where the "Beijing Man" skull was discovered 50 years ago in the nearby village of Zhoukoudian

Background imageLaborer Collection: Ohio Steelmill's Gates Padlocked

Ohio Steelmill's Gates Padlocked
United Steel's Youngstown mill is shut down despite workers attempts to buy the plant and keep it running

Background imageLaborer Collection: Musee Nat. des Arts et Traditions Populaires, Paris, France

Musee Nat. des Arts et Traditions Populaires, Paris, France
A Farrier shoeing a Horse (oil on canvas) (Photo by Art Images via Getty Images)

Background imageLaborer Collection: Installation of a solar collector

Installation of a solar collector, near Freiburg in Breisgau, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Background imageLaborer Collection: Installation of solar panels near Freiburg im Breisgau

Installation of solar panels near Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Background imageLaborer Collection: Rice harvest, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Rice harvest, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Background imageLaborer Collection: Workers in a rice field, Mai Chau

Workers in a rice field, Mai Chau, a village where ethnic minorities live, Vietnam, Southeast Asia


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