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)

Steel Worker Constructs the Frame of the Empire State Building
(Original Caption) 9/29/30-New York: Flirting with danger is just routine work for the steel workers arranging the steel frame for the Empire State Building

Workers Trimming Great Green Wall on Ladder
Workers stand on a tall ladder to trim the Great Green Wall, a 36-foot tall yew hedge encircling Oakley Hall. The hedge was planted in 1720 by the first Earl of Bathurst

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

Harlem Eaterie
circa 1930: A high class lunch room in Harlem, New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Onlookers Watching Cook in Window
Pedestrians on Broadway look through a restaurant window to watch a cook prepare a pot of spaghetti. New York City, 1937

Sailors demonstrating flag semaphore system

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

Lonely Copper
August 1929: A London policeman finds himself without any traffic to direct on a rainy night on the River Thames Embankment between Chelsea and Westminster. (Photo by Fox Photos/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)

Whalers on Beach with Slain Whale
(Original Caption) Long Island, New York: Whalers cutting "blanket pieces" from small whale

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

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

Men Utilizing Factory Machinery
(Original Caption) France: Grinding establishment, 18th century. From French encyclopedia

Laying Down Railroad Tracks
Photo shows the start of laying down railroad. undated photograph

Early Coal Mine Site Using Dual Methods
(Original Caption) England: A Pit Head. British coal mine in the beginning of the 19th century. Painting by an artist of the British School, ca. 1820

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

Bank Employee Distributing Bags of Money to Wealthy Client
(Original Caption) New York: Paying out a ton of gold in the old Clearing House on Broadway. Banking Scene In The 1860's

George Northrop Posing as Gold Miner
(Original Caption) George W. Northrup from Minnesota posing with the tools of a gold miner, even down to the bag of gold. Daguerrotype photo, ca. 1860. BPA2# 2208

People Working in Munitions Factory
(Original Caption) Munitions factory in Watertown, Massachusetts, during the Civil War

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

Workers Celebration Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad
Railroad workers celebrate at the driving of the Golden Spike Ceremony in Utah on May 10

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

Making Apple Whiskey at a Still in Rockland County, New York Woodcut

Bank Employees and Messengers at Clearing House
(Original Caption) New York City: The New York Clearing House - 10 O'Clock, A.M. Bank Clerks And Messengers Effecting Clearances And Exchanges

Woodcut Depicting a Yankee Peddler Selling His Goods
(Original Caption) The yankee peddlar [sic] driving with wagon right into the barn

Soapmaking
Saponification of fat by lime

Engraving of John Tyndall and W.H. Preece Speaking into Phonograph
(Original Caption) 1878-The phonograph: Speaking to professor Tyndall and Mr. W. H. Preece speaking into the phonograph. Engraving, 1878

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)

Large Team of Horses Pulling Thresher
It takes a team of thirty horses to pull a thresher through a wheat field in Oregon

Lillian Russel In Comic Opera Role
American singer and actress Lillian Russell wears a large hat and swirling dress while receiving champagne from a waiter

Interior of Early Bank with Customers
(Original Caption) USA: A Paying Teller's Desk At The Bank, ca. 1880

Interior of Russian Pharmacy
(Original Caption) 1885-A Russian pharmacy in Nerchinsko. Photograph by A.K. Kutznetov. Note the elaborate woodwork on top of the cabinets expressing Russian folk motifs

Shaft of Kimberly Mine
(Original Caption) Africa: Central Company's shaft at the Kimberly Mine. Photograph, 1888

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

Bankers Counting Money
(Original Caption) Safe deposits: Counting the cash in the subtreasury vaults in New York City, 1888

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

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

New York Police Captain Sitting at Desk
New York, NY: Photo of a a police captain seated at his desk. Ca.1890

Railroad Workers
(Original Caption) The men who built the railroads. Pick and shovel crew near Webster Springs, West Virginia. Photograph, ca. 1890

Miner Panning For Gold
(Original Caption) CA: A prospector pans for gold in Northern California. Hand tinted photograph, circa 1890

Prospector Panning for Gold in California
(Original Caption) Original Caption - Goldminer panning in Northern California. Photograph taken in 1890

Yukon Gold Mine
Miners use sluices to mine gold on "Gold Hill" near Dawson in the Yukon Territories | Location: Near Dawson, Canada

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

Woman Filling Toothpaste Tubes
Woman filling toothpast tubes in a French factory in 1890s

Young Women Exposing Prints at Kodak Factory
(Original Caption) New York: Kodak Girls "Do The Rest

Man Reading Newspaper to Cigar Workers
(Original Caption) Reader, hired to read to workers in a cigar factory. Undated photograph. BPA2# 5035 GENDREAU COLLECTION

Portrait of Horsewhip Factory Workers
(Original Caption) Outside view of small scale factory workshops engaged in making horsewhips with work crew standing in front

Chicago Postman
(Original Caption) 1891-Chicago, IL: Letter carrier in Chicago, 1891. Photograph by Krausz. BPA2# 2936

Doctor Holding Bag and Umbrella
(Original Caption) 1891-Chicago, IL: The doctor in Chicago, "A Disciple of Aesculape." Photograph by Trausz, 1891

Gas Company Employee Shoveling Dirt
1891-Gas company employee with a dirt-filled shovel. Photo, 1891

Alexander Berkmann Pointing a Gun at Henry Frick
Anarchist Alexander Berkmann attempts to assassinate steel factory owner Henry Frick during the Homestead strike in 1892

Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi and his associates pose in front of his law offices in South Africa

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

Gold Miners Weighing Gold
(Original Caption) Alaska- Gold mining weighing winter clear-up of gold. Undated photograph

Gold Prospector with Pack Mule and Dog
(Original Caption) Klondiker going after the golden prospect. Photograph by J.R.Peden & Co. BPA2# 2216

Group Of Pick And Shovel Miners
Miners came to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush

Milliners Working in Silk Hat Factory
(Original Caption) Factory for silk hats. All work done manually by women. France ca. 1900. BPA2# 2795

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

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

Woman Running Lathe In Factory
(Original Caption) A woman running a lathe in a factory during World War I. Photograph

Perfumer Smelling Samples Of Perfume
(Original Caption) The taste of smell. Expert perfumer smells samples from newly made rosewater. Valley of the roses. Bulgaria. Undated photograph. BPA2# 3627

Early Version of a Vacuum Cleaner
(Original Caption) Beginning of the vacuum cleaner. Movable gadget as wheeled up to house for a cleaning job, ca. 1900, photograph. BPA 2 #5184

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

Chinese Laborers During the Construction of the Rail Road
(Original Caption) Montana: Chinese laborers during building of Northern Pacific Railroad. 1, 500 Chinese helped to complete the job

Lucky Strike Cigarette Advertisement Featuring Grading Leaf by Peter Hurd
A 1944 advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes features a detail of Grading Leaf by Peter Hurd

Merchant Weighing Native's Furs
(Original Caption) Weighing Furs On A Steelyard

Young Woman Using Early Sewing Machine
(Original Caption) The first practical Singer sewing machine, 1851

19th-Century Print of Men Casting Iron
IRON CASTING IN THE 19TH CENTURY. COLORED DRAWING. COLOR SLIDE

Interior of Pantmaker's Workshop
(Original Caption) Interior of a pantmaker's workshop on New York City's Lower East Side, Ludlow Street. The total income of the entire family, working morning until night, is $8.00 per week

Woodblock Print of Japanese Female Pearl Divers
(Original Caption) Japanese pearl divers swimming in the bay. Mid-19th century anonymous Japanese woodcut

Boiler Used to Vulcanize Rubber
(Original Caption) Boiler used to vulcanize rubber by way of moist steam. Woodcut, ca. 1880

Women at Work During Civil War
(Original Caption) Confederacy: Home industry during the Civil War. "Making clothes for the boys in the Army"

Women Working in Factory
(Original Caption) Young ladies working in a textile factory

Soda Fountain and Ice Cream Parlor in the Middle West

Boston Police Force
Boston's new police forces mobilize in preparation for the May Day riots

Miners Shoveling
(Original Caption) Hydraulic mining in California

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

Children Helping Mother Assemble Artificial Flowers
(Original Caption) Child Labor: Young children help mother in assembling of artificial flowers, New York tenement district

General Elecric Robot Spinning Hula Hoop
(Original Caption) Schenectady, NY: Developed by the General Electric engineering lab

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