Occupations Collection

Fleming At Desk
24th March 1958: Ian Fleming, British author and creator of James Bond, at his desk in his study. (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images)

Sailors demonstrating flag semaphore system

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), the Russian composer. (Photo by Henry Guttmann Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Model Aeroplanes
Members of the RAF at the Model Aeroplane Club at play. (Photo by Crouch/Getty Images)

Hyde Park Sheep
16th March 1938: Hyde Parks own shepherd taking his sheep along the Serpentine pathway to new grazing ground elsewhere in the park. His dog has taken to the water to stop the sheep from swimming off

Circus Clown
circa 1930: Lulu the clown wearing a traditional costume and make up. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Cotton Pickers
circa 1930: Two cotton pickers standing by a heap of cotton at the G A Starr Plantation in Greensboro, South Carolina. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Page Boys
Page boys at Hotel Cecil prepare for an inspection. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Flower Sellers
June 1929: Flower sellers in Piccadilly Circus, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Market Stalls
circa 1902: Stall holders shelter under umbrellas from the sun, at Cherbourg market. (Photo by F J Mortimer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Miners By Sasha
1930: Using his newly developed Sashalight, photographer Sasha has taken this picture of coal miners in the emergency cage

Paint Pourers
circa 1930: Decorators pouring paint into a mixing pot, whilst working on the Madagascar section of the Exhibition International, Paris. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Chorus Girls Line
30th October 1928: Members of Jacksons Dancing Girls in standing in line on stage. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Elegant Restaurant
circa 1930: A waiter on duty at Hectors Devonshire Restaurant in London. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Babies In Prams
1930: An employee of Agnes Parrs nursery home in Streatham, south London, with young charges in prams. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A Chorus Line
2nd July 1928: Alfred Jacksons Dancing Girls perform their high kicks on the stage at the Alhambra. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

RAF Bomber
British troops in front of a Vickers Vernon bomber during manoeuvres in Egypt. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

RAF Musical Flying
circa 1927: A formation of planes flying over an RAF band at Northolt Aerodrome. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

RAF Band
circa 1928: Members of an RAF band boarding the Montnairn, before setting sail for a three month tour of Canada. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Reserve Manoeuvres
8th October 1938: Student pilots of the University of London Reserve Airforce running to their planes during a training exercise

Daring Steeplejack
20th November 1925: An American construction worker walking blindfolded on a construction girder twenty stories high in New York City. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sidewalk Art Stall
An artist in New York reading while a crowd examines her work. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Traffic Offence
London motorists in an MG M-type receive a ticket from a traffic policeman on the corner of Wardour Street. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Fingerprints
1930: Studying fingerprints at a crime school for Berlin police. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Young Hopefuls
circa 1930: A male teacher takes a class of young girl dancers. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Breadwinner
circa 1930: A high caste Balinese girl from Bangli in the Dutch East Indies working hard at a loom while the family menfolk laze nearby. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Face Massage
1930: A beauty therapist giving a facial massage to a client. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Control Board
circa 1930: A control board where a land circuit and the circuit from the radio transmitter join in ship-to-shore phone links. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Chorus Girls
circa 1930: A line of chorus girls in the cabaret at the Piccadilly Hotel, London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Easter Lilies
circa 1930: Peddlers on Union Square, New York selling easter lilies from Bermuda for the Easter festival. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

High Above New York - Don t Look Down
circa 1930: Two men working on top of a skyscraper high above New York streets. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Over And Out
circa 1930: A member of the New York Metropolitan police using a radio-telephone link for communicating with the citys police radio cars. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Animal Dentist
circa 1930: Sally the chimp pays a visit to the dentist for a check up. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Liquid Soap
1929: A vat of liquid being stirred at the Lever Brothers soap factory, Port Sunlight, Cheshire. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Cabaret Ensemble
circa 1930: Cabaret dancers rehearse in full costume. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Basket Place
circa 1930: An Egyptian basket seller displays his wares. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Shoemaker
circa 1930: An Egyptian shoe maker plies his trade in the marketplace. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Donkey Check Up
circa 1910: A vet listens to a donkeys breathing with a stethoscope. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Basket-Making
circa 1930: A blind peasant making baskets in Syria. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Egg Packing
circa 1930: A farm worker packs eggs. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Bus Conductor
circa 1926: A bus conductor standing on the step of a London bus. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Music Makers
circa 1926: Pupils from the Great Northern Polytechnic learn to construct musical instruments. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Violin Makers
circa 1926: A pupil at the Great Northern Polytechnic fine tunes the violin he is making, as one of the teachers watches over him. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Under The Bonnet
circa 1926: A woman police officer being taught the basics of motor mechanics. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Coal Miners
circa 1930: A group of coal miners emerge from the pit shaft into daylight. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Making Up Client
circa 1930: A beautician applying make-up to a clients face in accordance with the Andree Method. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Applying Make-Up
circa 1928: A make-up artiste applying make-up to a film actress face. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

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