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Background imageLaboring Collection: Logging near Myall Lakes

Logging near Myall Lakes
(Original Caption) Timber cutters at work, Myall Lakes

Background imageLaboring Collection: Ceramic artist working in her workshop with a potters wheel

Ceramic artist working in her workshop with a potters wheel, turning a vase, Geisenhausen, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Background imageLaboring Collection: Salt farm, Noirmoutier-en-l?Ile, Ile de Noirmoutier, Pays de la Loire, France

Salt farm, Noirmoutier-en-l?Ile, Ile de Noirmoutier, Pays de la Loire, France

Background imageLaboring Collection: Miners Sorting Diamonds from Gravel

Miners Sorting Diamonds from Gravel
South Africa-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Workers sorting the gravel for diamonds at Kimberly mine. Undated photo

Background imageLaboring Collection: Miners at Working in South Africa

Miners at Working in South Africa
South Africa-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Workers tipping ground 1200 feet level in Kimberly mine. Undated photo

Background imageLaboring Collection: Nineteenth-Century Print of Slave Labor In Brazil

Nineteenth-Century Print of Slave Labor In Brazil
(Original Caption) Brazil: Ca. 1850- Slave labor in Brazil

Background imageLaboring Collection: Man Working in a Mine

Man Working in a Mine
(Original Caption) A miner at work in the Comstock Mine, Virginia City, Nevada

Background imageLaboring Collection: Chinese Laborer Pressing Grapes

Chinese Laborer Pressing Grapes
(Original Caption) Vintage scene, California. Chinese laborer pressing grapes. Woodcut by P. Frenzeny. Harper's Weekly, 1870's

Background imageLaboring 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 imageLaboring Collection: A Hester Street Shop

A Hester Street Shop

Background imageLaboring Collection: Miners Outside Gold Mine

Miners Outside Gold Mine
(Original Caption) Miners posing at the Republic Gold Mining Company in De Kaap, South Africa. Photo circa 1888

Background imageLaboring Collection: Workers at Gold Mine

Workers at Gold Mine
Native South Africans working at the Grahamstown Gold Mining Company in 1888

Background imageLaboring Collection: Cotton Pickers

Cotton Pickers
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Cotton field with African-American pickers. Photo ca. 1890

Background imageLaboring Collection: Freed Slaves Harvesting Peanuts

Freed Slaves Harvesting Peanuts
(Original Caption) VA-Freed slave peanut pickers, Virginia. Photograph, ca. late 1890's

Background imageLaboring Collection: Hydraulic Mining During the Klondike Gold Rush

Hydraulic Mining During the Klondike Gold Rush
(Original Caption) Klondike gold rush. Hydraulic mining. Undated photo

Background imageLaboring Collection: Miners Pan and Dig for Gold in Alaska

Miners Pan and Dig for Gold in Alaska
Miners came to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush

Background imageLaboring Collection: Lola Boyle the Riveter

Lola Boyle the Riveter
Mrs. Lola Boyle uses a riveter at her job at Brewster Aeronautical Corporation in Newark, New Jersey

Background imageLaboring Collection: Miners Shoveling

Miners Shoveling
(Original Caption) Hydraulic mining in California

Background imageLaboring Collection: Slave Rolling Barrel Aboard Ship

Slave Rolling Barrel Aboard Ship
An enslaved man rolling a barrel abroad a ship. Original Caption reads: West Indies Negro slave rolls barrel of sugar syrup on ship bound for England

Background imageLaboring Collection: Women Manufacturing American Flags

Women Manufacturing American Flags
(Original Caption) Manufacturing U.S. flags. Undated photograph. BPA2# 4864

Background imageLaboring Collection: Miners Work Underground

Miners Work Underground
(Original Caption) Klondike Goldrush. Miners working underground. Gold Hill Y.T. Undated photograph. BPA#2 2209

Background imageLaboring Collection: Peasant Strings Paprika Onto Cord

Peasant Strings Paprika Onto Cord
(Original Caption) Peasant's wife strings paprika onto cord for drying in Sarkoz, Tolna District, Bulgaria. Undated photograph. BPA2# 4840

Background imageLaboring Collection: Women Pounding and Scrubbing Laundry

Women Pounding and Scrubbing Laundry
(Original Caption) Ca. 1880-Tennessee- Laundry in its primitive stage. Two women pounding and washing clothes in wooden trough in the farm district

Background imageLaboring Collection: Railway in Coal Mine

Railway in Coal Mine
(Original Caption) L'Inauguration du chemin de fer du Saint-Gothard. Un train d'ouvriers. The inauguration of railway in the French coalmine of Saint-Gothard. An open railway car

Background imageLaboring Collection: Chinese Gold Mining in California Engraving

Chinese Gold Mining in California Engraving
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Chinese gold mining in California. Undated engraving

Background imageLaboring Collection: Chinese Gold Mining in California Engraving

Chinese Gold Mining in California Engraving
Engraving entitled "Chinese Gold Mining in California, " depicting Chinese American men panning for gold in a California riverbed. Undated engraving

Background imageLaboring Collection: Engraving of Apple Orchard with Pickers

Engraving of Apple Orchard with Pickers
(Original Caption) An apple orchard with pickers. Undated engraving. BPA2# 4346

Background imageLaboring Collection: Chinese Peasants Plowing and Sowing

Chinese Peasants Plowing and Sowing
(Original Caption) Chinese peasant plowing and sowing while his wife pulls plough. Copper engraving, 1811

Background imageLaboring Collection: Men Working on the Face of Jefferson at Mount Rushmore Memorial by Gutzon Borglum

Men Working on the Face of Jefferson at Mount Rushmore Memorial by Gutzon Borglum
Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota: Working on the head of Jefferson: The man in the foreground is on Lincoln's head. Undated photograph, ca. 1940s

Background imageLaboring Collection: Woodcut of a Midwife Assisting a Childbirth

Woodcut of a Midwife Assisting a Childbirth
Another version of the midwife assisting woman in childbirth, shown in spinated position. Woodcut

Background imageLaboring Collection: Lumberjack Chopping Down Tree

Lumberjack Chopping Down Tree
(Original Caption) Lumberjack at work in a Washington forest. Undated photograph. BPA2# 2880

Background imageLaboring 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 imageLaboring Collection: Inside the Tlingit Packing Company

Inside the Tlingit Packing Company
(Original Caption) Thilinket Packing Company. August 2, 1907. Interior Canning Department

Background imageLaboring Collection: Boys Working at Glass Factory

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

Background imageLaboring Collection: Girl Working at a Cotton Mill

Girl Working at a Cotton Mill
A young girl tends the spinning machine at a cotton mill in North Carolina

Background imageLaboring Collection: Girl Servicing Spindles In Factory

Girl Servicing Spindles In Factory
(Original Caption) Young girl servicing spindles in textile factory of 1909. Photograph

Background imageLaboring Collection: Boy Working in Glass Factory

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

Background imageLaboring Collection: Model T Being Assembled in Ford Plant

Model T Being Assembled in Ford Plant
(Original Caption) An assembly line in Ford factory. Dropping the Ford engine into the Model T. Chassis-Highland Park C. Michigan

Background imageLaboring Collection: Construction of the Panama Canal

Construction of the Panama Canal
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLaboring Collection: Ford Motor Company Assembly Line

Ford Motor Company Assembly Line
(Original Caption) 1913-Highland Park, Michigan- History was made as the flywheel magneto, first manufactured part to be built on a moving assembly line

Background imageLaboring Collection: Assembling Model T Automobiles

Assembling Model T Automobiles
Factory workers at the Ford Motor Company plant assemble a Model T automobile

Background imageLaboring Collection: Mechanic Working Under a Convertible

Mechanic Working Under a Convertible
A mechanic lies on his back repairing an early convertible. ca. 1915

Background imageLaboring Collection: Construction of a Ship's Hull

Construction of a Ship's Hull
Shipwrights reinforce a ship's hull with steel at Fougner Yard in Queens, New York, New York, USA

Background imageLaboring 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 imageLaboring Collection: Men Carry Baled Tea

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

Background imageLaboring Collection: Construction of Seawall in Texas

Construction of Seawall in Texas
(Original Caption) Galveston, Texas: Seawall being extended at Galveston, Texas

Background imageLaboring Collection: Russian Aristocrats Working in Bolshevik Russia

Russian Aristocrats Working in Bolshevik Russia
(Original Caption) Ex-aristocrats shown working under guard in the streets

Background imageLaboring Collection: Miners Crushing Salt

Miners Crushing Salt
Miners crushing rock salt in a salt mine 1, 000 feet under ground

Background imageLaboring Collection: Miners Working in Salt Mine

Miners Working in Salt Mine
Miners processing rock salt in a salt mine 1, 000 feet under ground

Background imageLaboring Collection: Workmen Drilling in a Mine

Workmen Drilling in a Mine
(Original Caption) 1925 South Africa, Kimberly Mines - Drilling underground

Background imageLaboring Collection: Rolling Rubber Into Cakes

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

Background imageLaboring Collection: People Hoeing Cotton Field in Alabama

People Hoeing Cotton Field in Alabama
1929-Alabama: View of African Americans hoeing cotton in Alabama. Undated photograph

Background imageLaboring Collection: African Girl Cutting Maize

African Girl Cutting Maize
(Original Caption) Cutting Maize. Cameroons, French Colonial Africa. Undated photograph

Background imageLaboring Collection: WPA Road Construction Workers Widening Streets

WPA Road Construction Workers Widening Streets
(Original Caption) WPA Work Program: Curb stones removed and street widened by making sidewalks narrower. Photograph, ca. 1935

Background imageLaboring Collection: Women Aircraft Factory Workers

Women Aircraft Factory Workers
Women aircraft factory workers, at the Philadelphia Naval Aircraft Factory, file screw heads for Aereron web cap strips on an aircraft wing

Background imageLaboring Collection: Man Working in Factory

Man Working in Factory
An assembly line worker welds an item on the assembly line

Background imageLaboring Collection: Picking Cotton on the Mississippi Delta

Picking Cotton on the Mississippi Delta
(Original Caption) Picture shows people picking cotton on the Mississippi Delta

Background imageLaboring Collection: African Americans Cotton Pickers on Plantation

African Americans Cotton Pickers on Plantation
African American cotton pickers picking cotton near a little cabin which houses some of the workers

Background imageLaboring Collection: Ford Automobile Body Placed on Chassis on Assembly Line

Ford Automobile Body Placed on Chassis on Assembly Line
(Original Caption) 12/8/30-Edgewater, New Jersey- A Ford body about to be placed on its chassis, one of later and important operations in the making of a Ford

Background imageLaboring Collection: Chinese Men Pulling Heavy Loads of Silver Bullion

Chinese Men Pulling Heavy Loads of Silver Bullion
(Original Caption) Shanghai, China: Silver Bullion transport

Background imageLaboring 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 imageLaboring 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 imageLaboring 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 imageLaboring Collection: Woman Polishing Piles of Plates

Woman Polishing Piles of Plates
(Original Caption) 9/7/1936-Washington, DC- Louise Laied (above) has a big job on hand

Background imageLaboring Collection: Woman Making Airplane Engine Parts

Woman Making Airplane Engine Parts
(Original Caption) Buffalo, New York-Woman employee shown making parts for an airplane engine on a horizontal milling machine in a Curtiss-Wright plant. Ca. 1939-1948

Background imageLaboring Collection: Grand Coulee Dam Construction

Grand Coulee Dam Construction
(Original Caption) 1/19/1939- WA: Grand Coulee Dam construction. Pouring concrete. SEE NOTE

Background imageLaboring Collection: Workers at a Tire Manufacturing Plant

Workers at a Tire Manufacturing Plant
(Original Caption) Scene at a tire manufacturing plant. Undated photograph (from the Gendreau Collection)

Background imageLaboring 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 imageLaboring Collection: Rolling Sheets of Aluminum for Aircraft

Rolling Sheets of Aluminum for Aircraft
(Original Caption) Aluminum League of America: Rolling sheets of aluminum for plane fusilage, wings, etc. Undated photograph. BPA2# 2534

Background imageLaboring Collection: Farmer Plowing Field

Farmer Plowing Field
(Original Caption) Plowing in the Ozark Mountains, near Bella Vista, Arkansas

Background imageLaboring Collection: Woman Picking Tomatoes

Woman Picking Tomatoes
(Original Caption) Picking green tomatoes, Ozark Mountains, near Winslow, Arkansas

Background imageLaboring Collection: Punching In at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Punching In at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
(Original Caption) 5/22/1940- Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Navy Yard going into high gear

Background imageLaboring Collection: Tool and Die Plant at River Rouge

Tool and Die Plant at River Rouge
(Original Caption) 6/18/1940-River Rouge, MI: A general view of part of the gigantic tool and die plant in the River Rouge factory of Henry Ford, one of the largest industrial units in the world

Background imageLaboring Collection: Blacks Harvest Peanuts From Ground

Blacks Harvest Peanuts From Ground
(Original Caption) 1941-Rankin County, MS: Negro boys during peanut harvest on farm, Rankin County, Mississippi, 1941. Photograph. ORIGINAL CAPTION

Background imageLaboring Collection: Women Servicing Car in Bathing Suits

Women Servicing Car in Bathing Suits
A man watches nearby as a group of young women in bathing suits service his car at a gas station

Background imageLaboring Collection: Women Factory Workers

Women Factory Workers
Though not dressed for a dance, Naomi Parker, foreground, and Frances Johnson look alright to us. Their clothes are the proper ones for women workers at the Alameda Naval Air station

Background imageLaboring Collection: All This and Overtime, Too

All This and Overtime, Too
Pretty Naomi Parker is as easy to look at as overtime pay on the week's check. And she's a good example of an old contention that glamor is what goes into the clothes, and not the clothes

Background imageLaboring Collection: Women Harvesting Cotton

Women Harvesting Cotton
Two African American women harvest bags of cotton on a farm in Rankin County, Mississippi

Background imageLaboring Collection: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Touring Aircraft Factory

President Franklin D. Roosevelt Touring Aircraft Factory
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt on an inspection tour of the Douglas Aircraft Company's factory in Long Beach, California, USA

Background imageLaboring 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 imageLaboring Collection: Lola Boyle the Riveter

Lola Boyle the Riveter
Mrs. Lola Boyle uses a riveter at her job at Brewster Aeronautical Corporation in Newark, New Jersey

Background imageLaboring Collection: Chinese Construction Workers Building Airfield Using Picks

Chinese Construction Workers Building Airfield Using Picks
(Original Caption) 3/31/1944-China: Lack of modern equipment and machinery isn't stopping the resourseful Chinese from building modern airfields in China

Background imageLaboring Collection: Workman Venting Condenser at Steel Plant

Workman Venting Condenser at Steel Plant
(Original Caption) 1/16/1945-Donora, PA- View of a zinc furnace at the Donora works of the American Steel and Wire Co. a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corp

Background imageLaboring Collection: Workers Inspecting Chrysler Imperials on Assembly Line

Workers Inspecting Chrysler Imperials on Assembly Line
(Original Caption) At the Chrysler Motor Co. cars go down the final inspection line



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