Occupation Collection (#14)

Ant Expedition
5th May 1948: Worker ants walking along the edge of a piece of bark during a group forage for food. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4559 - The Mysterious Life Of Ants - pub

Shopping By Bicycle
2nd October 1948: For the tenth anniversary of Picture Post, the magazine has sought out the model who posed for their most popular cover, Jane Webb, who has been married three years to David

Milking Greenfly
5th May 1948: Worker ants with a herd of greenfly allowed out to pasture with careful supervision. The ants tend the greenfly in underground cells of the nest

Two Ants
5th May 1948: A worker ant encountering an ant from another nest which he recognises by its slightly different smell, as each nest has a particular scent

Troops In Rhineland
7th March 1936: German soldiers at Coblenz during the re-occupation of the demilitarised Rhineland. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Prussians Parade
A Prussian horse artillery and infantry parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris during the Prussian occupation. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Bomb Damage
circa 1871: Buildings bombarded by the German occupation troops in the Paris Commune, during the Franco-Prussian War. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: Vendor

Bluebell Backstage
November 1955: Jacquie Pring of Torquay tries on costumes backstage as she begins her career as a Bluebell Girl in the famous Paris Lido show in France. (Photo by John Sadovy/BIPs/Getty Images)

Gendarmes
French policemen patrolling the Champs-Elysees in Paris, during a period of unrest between politicians General de Gaulle and Guy Mollet

Newsstand
A soldier in Paris reading Picture Post at a newstand

Paris Traffic
A traffic jam in Paris during a strike by public transport workers, circa 1935. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Election In Front Of State House, PA, 1815
Illustration depicting an election in front of the State House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1815. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Illustration of Republican National Convention, Chicago, IL, 1884
Illustration of delegates celebrating the nomination of James G. Blaine as presidential candidate during the Republican National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, June 1884

Cotton Factory
Textile workers in a British cotton factory, where processes include carding, drawing and roving. Engraving by J Cart after an original work by T Allom, circa 1840

Settlement Camp At Night
Illustration of an American settlers at a prairie camp at night, late 19th century. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Railroad Construction In Old West
Illustration of a crew of men working to construct railroad tracks in the Old West, 1870s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: Boilermaker coppersmith

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: Apple vendor

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: Water carrier

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: Street scene

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: street musician

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: Flood

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: Baker

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: Commissionaire

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: street musician

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: Cobbler

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: Coffee vendor

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: Man with bell

Antique illustration of people and jobs from Paris: fish vendor

Cargo Ship on the Fulton Street Dock
circa 1918: Workers unload crates and barrels on the Fulton Street dock while men in straw boaters inspect a ship, New York City. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Coal Queuing During a Strike
Full-length image of people queuing up to buy coal during a coal strike, possibly New York City. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Getty Images)

Construction Work In NYC
Construction workers on Park Avenue in New York City, USA, circa 1920. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

City Commuters
5th October 1954: City workers crossing London Bridge on their way to work on the third day of a bus strike. (Photo by Derek Berwin/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Rear View
Firmly clutching some chickens under their arms three land army girls turn their backs on the camera. (Photo by A J O Brien/Getty Images)

League of Self-Supporting Women Rally, 21st May 1910
21st May 1910: Men and women attend a rally of the League of Self-Supporting Women, part of the Womens Suffrage Movement in Union Square, New York

Music For All; mixed sex band playing at a rally of the League of Self-Supporting Women
21st May 1910: A mixed sex band playing at a rally of the League of Self-Supporting Women, part of the Womens Suffrage Movement in Union Square, New York

Occupation Of Rome
5th June 1944: US fifth Army tanks roll past the Coliseum at the onset of the US occupation of Rome as townspeople look on, Italy, World War II. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

London Burning after Fire Bombing
Rescue workers silhouetted against the light of burning buildings after a German fire-bombing raid on London, 25th February 1944. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Women Paint Bridge
A group of women war workers painting a railway bridge on the Southern Railway, London, 14th July 1942. (Photo by Harry Shepherd/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Blitz At Liverpool Street
A man watches workers clearing debris at Liverpool Street Station, London after a German air raid, January 1941. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

LNER Spring-Clean
18th January 1931: A London and North-Eastern Railway worker cleans the face of the clock at Kings Cross Railway Station in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Spring Clean
Window cleaners at work at BBC headquarters Bush House in the Strand, London

Window Cleaning
A squad of window cleaners at BBC Bush House, London

Riveting Work during the construction of the Cunard luxury liner Aquitania
circa 1911: Construction workers using hydraulic riveting machinery during the construction of the Cunard luxury liner Aquitania at the Clydebank shipyard owned by John Brown & Company

Brixton Treadmill
Prisoners on a treadmill at Brixton Prison, London, circa 1825. Brixton was one of the first prisons to introduce treadmills in 1821. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Scaffolding
Workers erecting scaffolding in preparation for Sir Winston Churchills funeral at Westminster Abbey, London. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Getty Images)

Balloon Frog
A huge inflatable frog assembled for the annual Thanksgiving parade in Philadelphia

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