Occupations Collection (page 2)

Inflatable Dinghy
circa 1928: A hunter in an inflatable dinghy takes aim with a shotgun. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Police Training
circa 1930: German policemen practising their ju-jitsu training. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Wing Structure
circa 1930: Students at an Airplane Design course initiated by New York University studying the section of a wing. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Engine Room
circa 1930: Members of the crew in the engine room of a British submarine. In the foreground the stoker is examining the inside of one of the crank pits with a torch

Sound Operator
circa 1930: A technician at work on the new recording equipment at Twickenham Studios, London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

German Airforce
circa 1915: A German Airman demonstrates the greater range of fire achieved by mounting his gun on a swivel upon a rotating ring. On the right, German hangars damaged after a British raid

Russian Pilots
circa 1930: Pilots and personnel of the Russian airforce. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Parachute Packing
circa 1930: Airforce cadets are taught the vital skill of correctly folding and packing their parachutes, as part of their groundwork syllabus at the RAF College at Cranwell

Ostrich Pull
circa 1930: A driver in a racing sulky pulled by an ostrich getting a ticket from a traffic cop for driving faster than 50mph down a Los Angeles boulevard

Oil For Sale
circa 1930: Oil seller on a street in Tripoli. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Hatry In The News
1930: Outside Charing Cross station an Evening News newspaper vendor carries a poster saying A Talk With Hatry, referring to financier Clarence Charles Hatry

Wordsmiths
circa 1930: Caption writers at the General Photographic Agency busy at their desks, supported by reference books and a pack of cigarettes. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Big Cat Show
circa 1930: Three big cats pose for their trainer in a Munich zoo. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Doll Factory
1928: A woman sewing dolls heads on to cloth bodies. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Chemistry Lab
circa 1930: Researchers working in a chemistry laboratory. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Manpower
circa 1930: A group of men hauling a girder up into a skyscraper they are building high above New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Rather You Than Me
circa 1930: A construction worker crouches over the end of a girder high above the streets of New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Grape Picking
circa 1927: A young Swiss girl picking grapes in a vineyard in Locarno, in southern Switzerland. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Packing Soap
1929: Packing bars of soap at Lever Brothers Port Sunlight factory, Cheshire. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Making Soap
1929: A soap shredding machine at Lever Brothers Port Sunlight factory, Cheshire. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Maid At Work
1927: Luise Horner, an Austrian working as a maid in England, prepares afternoon tea. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Giddy Music
circa 1930: Harmonica playing steel workers perched on a girder on the 22nd storey of the Murray Hill building, New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Office Of The Future
circa 1930: The office of the future complete with flying chairs, at the Berlin Office Equipment Show. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Blum Blum Bros
circa 1930: Acrobats the Blum Blum Brothers juggling in the street, one balanced on the others head. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Cadets And Gun
circa 1930: West Point cadets operating a twelve-inch gun at Fort Wright, Fishers Island, Connecticut. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Contortionist
circa 1927: A female contortionist ties herself in knots. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Bulletproof Vest
circa 1930: A policeman models a new bulletproof waistcoat made of linked metal plates. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

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

Lift Boy
circa 1930: A lift operator waiting for passengers. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Eldorado Group
circa 1930: A group of women and four transvestites at the bar of the Eldorado nightclub in Berlins Schoneberg district. The Eldorado was a popular night spot for gay people

Cheerful At Work
circa 1930: Four smiling bushmen saw down a kauri tree. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Exercise Class
July 1929: An open air class at Crouch End High School, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Bards Burial Place
5th August 1939: Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, where William Shakespeare and his family lie buried. Original Publication: Picture Post - 181 - Town That Lives On Shakespeare - pub

Newborn Triplets
November 1927: Newly-born triplets at the General Lying In hospital being admired by a nurse. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Healing Hug
circa 1930: A little girl with a bandaged head gets a cuddle from nurse at University College Hospital, London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

A Fond Farewell
circa 1927: A soldier kissing his child goodbye before leaving for India. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Rustic
September 1926: A farm worker relaxes with a pipe and young companions on a tobacco farm at Church Crookham near Fleet. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Dairymans Guild
July 1925: The Dairymans Guild complete with float and bottles. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Water Cart
1877: A water cart in London. Original Publication: From Street Life in London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub. 1877 (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Greek Monks
A group of monks from the island of Mount Athos, where each monastery is governed by a group of elders. A representative from each monastery is a member of the Holy Community

Making Music
circa 1927: A man working on a machine which assembles all parts of a gramophone case in one operation. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Leap Year Babies
circa 1928: Five babies, all born on 29th February, being cared for by nurses at Queen Charlottes Hospital. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Welding Class
15th January 1930: Three men watching another conduct a welding demonstration in an Acton factory. They are all wearing safety goggles. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Renovating Spire
September 1928: Steeplejacks at work on the renovation of the spire of All Souls Church, Langham Place, London. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images)

New Gallery Cinema
1929: The New Gallery Cinema, complete with doorman, on Regent Street, London, showing Movietone Follies of 1929. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Tale Of A Goose
1st December 1884: A man argues with a trader over the quality of her geese in this series of cartoons for Christmas. Original Publication: The Illustrated London News - New Christmas Number - pub

Pig Headed
December 1886: A pig evades the militia to escape into the cottage from which its owners have just been evicted. Original Publication

Summer Picnic
circa 1870: A group of Japanese women enjoy a picnic outdoors on the Kamogawa in Kyoto, southern Honshu. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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