Occupations Europe Collection

Carmelite
1904: A Carmelite nun reading in her cell. (Photo by Boyer D Agen/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Gibraltar Blockaded
View of Gibraltar showing soldiers encamped and the British Navy under the command of Admiral Darby attacking the Spanish fleet which are blockading Gibraltar

Poultry For Sale
circa 1909: A game and poultry seller in Leadenhall Market, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Carmelite Nuns
1904: A Carmelite nun lies prostrate in front of a cross while others sit around her. (Photo by Boyer D Agen/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Carmelite Order
1904: Carmelite nuns kneeling together. (Photo by Boyer D Agen/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Petrol Wagon
7th May 1926: Mounted police escort a petrol wagon along St Georges Road, Southwark, London, during the General Strike. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Collecting The Birds
November 1910: Beaters collecting the birds after the Hon. Sir Courtneys pheasant shoot. (Photo by Phillips/Getty Images)

Street Decorations
19th June 1911: Workmen put up decorations at Temple Bar, London, for the Coronation of George V. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sheep Rescue
12th September 1953: Three crofters set out for home with an injured lamb in Strath Gairloch, on the north west coast of the Scottish Highlands

Stonemasons
circa 1765: Stonemasons at work in an illustration from Diderots Encyclopaedia Recueil de Planches sur les Sciences, les Arts Liberaux et les Arts mechaniques Vol 1

The Fleet Prison
1846: Inmates playing ball games in the racket-ground of Fleet Prison, a debtors prison in London. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1846 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

News Boy
circa 1900: A London news boy selling copies of a newspaper. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Balaklava
25th October 1854: The charge of the Light Brigade at the battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Charred Ruins
14th August 1909: Soldiers guard the entrance to ruined buildings in Spain. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

House Building
1925: Houses under construction at Welwyn Garden City. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Among The Goats
circa 1895: A goatherd tends her flock at Sogn, Norway. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Police Torch
1909: A policeman holding his torch, used as a method for the timing of motor cars. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Police Timing Device
1908: A policeman holding an electrical timing device for motor cars, 1908. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Street Barricade
circa 1919: Troops man a Government checkpoint in Berlin during the Spartacist revolution, which followed World War I and Kaiser Wilhelm IIs abdication. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Le Vieux Debauche
Soldiers burst into the house of a debauched old hunchback to arrest his prostitute companion, before shipping her to America

Second Hand Clothes
1877: An old clothes shop in Seven Dials, London. Original Publication: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub. 1877 (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Street Bookstall
circa 1870: A cheap bookstall set up on a Liverpool street. (Photo by J. Burke/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Matchbox Makers
6th March 1871: Matchbox makers at Bow, London. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Milkman
9th February 1889: Milkman with his float, dog and boy. a caption reads, On the milk round with Harry Hanford. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Reporters Gallery
March 1867: Illustrated London News - The Reporters Gallery, House of Commons - pub. 1867 (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

Outraged Public
1872: A housemaid voices her anger at the upcoming Metropolitan police strike in London, enraged that the local constable is leavin of us all to be murdered, let alone burglars

Steam Engine
1851: Barrett and Cos four-horsepower portable steam engine on show at the Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace, Hyde Park in London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Eighth Commandment
11th April 1846: A young child gets a telling off from a master at the Lambeth Ragged School for Boys in London. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub

Bracken Harvest
circa 1906: Farm labourers harvesting bracken on a hill overlooking Lake Windermere at Ambleside in Cumbria. (Photo by Walmsley Brothers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Greek Guerilla
12th September 1903: A Macedonian revolutionary leader and his men during the Balkan rising. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1903 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Corn Harvest
1907: Workers load corn onto a trailer during the harvest at Dennis Bros Farm, Kirton, Lincolnshire. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Volunteers Queue
1926: A queue of voluntary workers at Whitehall during the General Strike. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

French Surgeons
27th February 1909: Surgeons at work in a Paris operating theatre, illustrating the precautions taken to ensure a sterile environment. Original Publication: The Graphic - pub

Metropolitan Police
circa 1890: Members of the Metropolitan Police outside their station. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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