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Background imageWorker Collection: Salt farm, Noirmoutier-en-l?Ile, Ile de Noirmoutier, Pays de la Loire, France

Salt farm, Noirmoutier-en-l?Ile, Ile de Noirmoutier, Pays de la Loire, France

Background imageWorker Collection: Empire State Building

Empire State Building
Construction workers celebrate the completion of the iron work on the Empire State Building, Manhattan, circa 1930. The building was constructed between 1930 and 1931

Background imageWorker Collection: The Tilden Mansion

The Tilden Mansion
Exterior view of the Tilden Mansion at 14 and 15 Gramercy Park, originally built in the 1840s but massively renovated in 1870, New York, New York, early 1900s

Background imageWorker Collection: Man standing on tail of plane

Man standing on tail of plane
adult, airplane, aviation, back, balance, balancing, classic, day, fly, high angle view, inspect, journey, jumbo, man, one person only, outdoor, plane, runway, safety, service, tail, transportation

Background imageWorker Collection: Miners Changing Shift in the 1, 600 Foot Level

Miners Changing Shift in the 1, 600 Foot Level
Across the Continent - The Frank Leslie Transcontinental Excursion, the party visiting the galleries of the consolidated Virginia Silver Mine, at Virginia City, Nevada

Background imageWorker Collection: Engraving, Corner View of White House

Engraving, Corner View of White House
(Original Caption) 1828-Washington, DC-Engraving depicting corner view of the White House and front garden

Background imageWorker Collection: Poor Laborers Family Visited by Lady

Poor Laborers Family Visited by Lady
(Original Caption) Poverty of the working class in France. Poor laborer's family visited by a rich lady and coachman to distribute alms. Woodcut ca. 1850, by Karl Cirardet

Background imageWorker Collection: Union Pacific Construction Train;Workers

Union Pacific Construction Train;Workers
(Original Caption) Union Pacific Construction Train, 1868. Photograph

Background imageWorker Collection: Chinese Tent Scene, At Night

Chinese Tent Scene, At Night
(Original Caption) The Coming Man. Chinese tent scene, at night, on the California Pacific Railroad, Sacramento Valley, Ca. Woodcut, 1870

Background imageWorker Collection: Miners in Consolidated Virginia Silver Mine

Miners in Consolidated Virginia Silver Mine
Image of silver mine scene in Virginia City, Nevada

Background imageWorker Collection: Workmen on the Brooklyn Bridge

Workmen on the Brooklyn Bridge
Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge: Workmen cutting and tying tension cables

Background imageWorker Collection: Western Terminus Of Railroad Company

Western Terminus Of Railroad Company
(Original Caption) San Francisco: Western terminus of the California Railroad Co. at Presidio and California Streets. Photograph, ca. 1883

Background imageWorker Collection: A Hester Street Shop

A Hester Street Shop

Background imageWorker Collection: Cigar Maker at Work

Cigar Maker at Work
New York, NY: Portrait of a Bohemian cigar maker at work. "Seventeen hours a day, seven days a week, at 13 cents an hour for three workers!" Photograph by Jacob Riis, circa 1890

Background imageWorker Collection: Man Reading Newspaper to Cigar Workers

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

Background imageWorker Collection: Ploughing Corn with No Animal

Ploughing Corn with No Animal
(Original Caption) Savannah, Georgia; A primitive style of ploughing corn. Stereograph photo by O. Pierre Havens, undated

Background imageWorker Collection: Poster Hanger Hanging Posters

Poster Hanger Hanging Posters
(Original Caption) Poster hanger in Chicago. Photographed by Krausz, 1891. BPA 2 #5

Background imageWorker Collection: Wrecking Crew at Work in Railroad Yard

Wrecking Crew at Work in Railroad Yard
(Original Caption) 07/1894-Chicago- The great railway strike of 1894. Miles of burned freight cars in the railroad yards of Chicago

Background imageWorker Collection: Scissor Grinder Carrying His Tools

Scissor Grinder Carrying His Tools
(Original Caption) 1986-New Orleans, LA: Itinerant scissors grinder. His grinding machinery is carried over the shoulder, with an odd metal hat protects his head

Background imageWorker Collection: Telephone Poles Behind Horse Drawn Wagon

Telephone Poles Behind Horse Drawn Wagon
(Original Caption) Telephone poles behind a horse drawn wagon, with six workmen, labeled "The Niagara Falls Power Co." Photograph, 1896

Background imageWorker Collection: African American Railroad Worker

African American Railroad Worker
(Original Caption) 4/43-Negroes are filling increasing numbers of skilled and semi-skilled railroad jobs, but unwillingness to employ negres in many types of railroad jobs persists. (original caption)

Background imageWorker Collection: Mail Order Department Of Burpee Seed

Mail Order Department Of Burpee Seed
(Original Caption) Big business mail order- office of the WA Burpee Seed Company with girls checking out orders in tight quarters

Background imageWorker Collection: Interior Of Automobile Factory Ww I

Interior Of Automobile Factory Ww I
(Original Caption) Kenosha, WI: Interior of automobile factory during World War I- Department of Wheels at Nash Motor Co. Undated photo

Background imageWorker Collection: Telegraph Operator Seated At Desk

Telegraph Operator Seated At Desk
(Original Caption) Photograph, ca. 1900. Telegraph operator at his desk

Background imageWorker Collection: Woman Street Cleaner In World War I

Woman Street Cleaner In World War I
(Original Caption) Berlin, Germany: Female street cleaner in Berlin during World War I. Photograph

Background imageWorker Collection: Group Of People Sitting And Sewing

Group Of People Sitting And Sewing
(Original Caption) Sweat shop in New York's garment center (Lower East Side). Photo early 1900's

Background imageWorker Collection: Woman Swing Shifters Interrupt Work

Woman Swing Shifters Interrupt Work
(Original Caption) Woman swing shifters interrupting their work as welders at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard for chat. World War II photograph

Background imageWorker Collection: Workers, Intercolonial Railway # 136

Workers, Intercolonial Railway # 136
(Original Caption) Canada: No. 136 of the Intercolonial Railway with the "way freight" at the foot of Amos Grade, west of Doaktown, Canada about 1906. Photograph

Background imageWorker Collection: Road Being Resurfaced; Hot Asphalt Mix

Road Being Resurfaced; Hot Asphalt Mix
(Original Caption) TX: A Barber-Greene finisher is shown spreading an asphalt hot mix in the resurfacing of a road in the southeast Texas Gulf Coast area. Undated photograph

Background imageWorker Collection: Workers On Brooklyn Bridge Construction

Workers On Brooklyn Bridge Construction
(Original Caption) New York, NY: Building of the Brooklyn Bridge. Workers shown laying cable

Background imageWorker Collection: Bell Manufacturing

Bell Manufacturing
Pouring the bell metal. A large bell can be cast in the mould in ten minutes

Background imageWorker Collection: Worker Testing Penicillin Cultures

Worker Testing Penicillin Cultures
(Original Caption) Penicillin manufacturer at Charles Pfizer factory testing cultures. Undated photograph

Background imageWorker Collection: Line Of Marching Policemen In Village

Line Of Marching Policemen In Village
(Original Caption) Cornwall, England- A posse of police from Cardiff and its district have been drafted into Cornwall to guard the china clay pits in the St

Background imageWorker Collection: Woman Workers On Strike March/Street

Woman Workers On Strike March/Street
(Original Caption) Photo shows Passaic Mill strikers maching through streets. Ca. 1900s

Background imageWorker Collection: Penicillin Bottles Being Capped

Penicillin Bottles Being Capped
(Original Caption) 5/13/1945: The tiny rubbered-stoppered bottles are fed into the capping machine, one of the final operations in the production of penicillin

Background imageWorker Collection: Miners Work Underground

Miners Work Underground
(Original Caption) Klondike Goldrush. Miners working underground. Gold Hill Y.T. Undated photograph. BPA#2 2209

Background imageWorker Collection: Statuary At Grand Central Station

Statuary At Grand Central Station
(Original Caption) Statuary at Grand Central Station, NYC: Workman lies atop the eleven-foot arm of Mercury. Undated photograph. BPA2 #2344

Background imageWorker Collection: African American Migrant Workers

African American Migrant Workers
(Original Caption) "HANDS WILLING TO WORK." - New members in the migrant army of 350, 000 families. Undated Photograph

Background imageWorker Collection: Workers In Gold Mine

Workers In Gold Mine
(Original Caption) Transvall-Johannesburg, South Africa: Workers in a gold mine 800 feet deep, virtual slaves at work. Undated photograph

Background imageWorker Collection: Kimberley Mine View Of Diamond Mining

Kimberley Mine View Of Diamond Mining
(Original Caption) 1872- Kimberley mine, Ca.1872. Photograph

Background imageWorker Collection: Interior Of Power Plant; Generator Shown

Interior Of Power Plant; Generator Shown
(Original Caption) Power plant: Inside view of electric power room with a large generator, probably supplying electricity to an office building. A group of men are standing around. Photograph, ca

Background imageWorker Collection: Workers On Line To Punch Out Of Work

Workers On Line To Punch Out Of Work
(Original Caption) Detroit, MI: Punchcard check-out of office workers from Chrysler Plant, Detroit, Michigan. 1940's. Photograph

Background imageWorker Collection: Chemical Plant With Adjoining Settlement

Chemical Plant With Adjoining Settlement
(Original Caption) Large scale chemical plant with adjoining worker's settlement, a rather dismal form of human habitation. Photograph, 1940's

Background imageWorker Collection: Coastal Diamond Mine

Coastal Diamond Mine
(Original Caption) This trench on the Atlantic coast of southwest Africa is part of a diamond mining operation

Background imageWorker Collection: Early African Diamond Surface Mines

Early African Diamond Surface Mines
(Original Caption) Photograph of early African diamond surface mines. Undated photograph. De Beers

Background imageWorker Collection: Coil Of Steel Being Raised For Removal

Coil Of Steel Being Raised For Removal
(Original Caption) Lackawanna, NY - Finished coils of galvanized sheet steel are being removed from storage area at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Lackawanna, NY, plant. Undated photograph

Background imageWorker Collection: Two Men W/Wheelbarrows Of Scrap Iron

Two Men W/Wheelbarrows Of Scrap Iron
(Original Caption) Two men with wheelbarrows of scrap iron ready to be junked on the piles behind them. Undated photograph

Background imageWorker Collection: Filling Crucible In A Foundry

Filling Crucible In A Foundry
(Original Caption) Filling crucible in foundry, Dayton, Ohio, ca. 1910

Background imageWorker Collection: Genview Of Working Cash Registers

Genview Of Working Cash Registers
(Original Caption) Essen, Germany-Assembling cash registers in the Krupp plants. The photograph shows a general view of a large manufacturing room filled with tables

Background imageWorker Collection: Man Takes Temperature Of 'Sub-Generator'

Man Takes Temperature Of "Sub-Generator"
(Original Caption) Pittsburgh

Background imageWorker Collection: Engineer on the B & O Railroad

Engineer on the B & O Railroad
(Original Caption) Portrait of an engineer on the B & O Railroad. He is shown in a waist-up view, wearing his typical work clothes. Photograph, 1942

Background imageWorker Collection: Abraham Lincoln Splitting Rails

Abraham Lincoln Splitting Rails
(Original Caption) Undated painting shows Abraham Lincoln, the rail splitter, splitting rails with a hammer and wedge

Background imageWorker Collection: Engraving of Slaves Working in Field

Engraving of Slaves Working in Field
In a cotton field: Black slaves at work in the old South. Engraving from a drawing by Horace Bradley

Background imageWorker Collection: Women Working In Cigar Factory

Women Working In Cigar Factory
(Original Caption) 1877- Home industry in New York's slums- women working in cigar factory sweatshop. Engraving

Background imageWorker Collection: Woman Factory Workers In World War II

Woman Factory Workers In World War II
(Original Caption) Woman factory workers during World War II

Background imageWorker Collection: Bottling Lager In A Beer Factory

Bottling Lager In A Beer Factory
(Original Caption) "Bottling the Lager" in a beer factory. Undated engraving

Background imageWorker Collection: Tyson Small Motor Uses Wood

Tyson Small Motor Uses Wood
(Original Caption) - The Tyson small motor. Shown in a variety of uses. Undated woodcut from "Scientific American."

Background imageWorker Collection: Stover Windmill Barn Cut Out Worker

Stover Windmill Barn Cut Out Worker
(Original Caption) - Western Windmill. Old Reliable "Stover." The best is always the cheapest

Background imageWorker Collection: Illus. Of Iron Clock Shop W/Workers

Illus. Of Iron Clock Shop W/Workers
(Original Caption) Copper engraving by Stradanus of iron clocks. The iron wheel turns evenly, and evenly discloses those times and these

Background imageWorker Collection: Advertisement for Inscriptions

Advertisement for Inscriptions
An advertisement announces inscriptions for engravers on metal

Background imageWorker Collection: R.C.A. Television Assembly Line

R.C.A. Television Assembly Line
(Original Caption) R.C.A. television assembly line

Background imageWorker Collection: Engraving Of Works Of Cable Railway

Engraving Of Works Of Cable Railway
(Original Caption) Operating machinery of Tenth Avenue Cable Railway, New York City--Looking toward the rear. Undated engraving

Background imageWorker Collection: Buttons Factory, Woodcut, 19Th Century

Buttons Factory, Woodcut, 19Th Century
(Original Caption) Buttons-factory. Woodcut, 19th Century

Background imageWorker Collection: The Manufacture Of Book Paper

The Manufacture Of Book Paper
(Original Caption) Papermaking: The manufacture of book paper in a Massachusetts factory. The Engines. Woodcut, 1880

Background imageWorker Collection: Engraving of Men Dyeing Leather Hides in Morocco by A. Jahandier

Engraving of Men Dyeing Leather Hides in Morocco by A. Jahandier
Tanning. Mfg. of Morocco leather: Dyeing of the hides. Wood engraving around 1850

Background imageWorker Collection: Engraving of a Tobacco Farm in Virginia

Engraving of a Tobacco Farm in Virginia
1714-Virginia-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Tobacco Farm in Virginia, 1714. Engraving

Background imageWorker Collection: Workers Pose In 1906 Westclox Factory

Workers Pose In 1906 Westclox Factory
(Original Caption) La Salle, Illinois- In 1889, a group of watchmakers organized what is today the Westclox Division of General Time Corp. in La Salle, Ill

Background imageWorker Collection: Working Girl Addresses Co-Workers/Street

Working Girl Addresses Co-Workers/Street
(Original Caption) English working girl addressing her co-workers. Photograph, ca. 1900s. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Bettmann Archive)

Background imageWorker Collection: Workers Sitting at the Cadillac Plant

Workers Sitting at the Cadillac Plant
(Original Caption) 1902-Detroit, MI: Workers are shown taking a break at the Cadillac automobile plant

Background imageWorker Collection: Unloading Banana Boats In New York

Unloading Banana Boats In New York
(Original Caption) Harbor traffic jam: Unloading banana boats in New York. Photograph, 1905

Background imageWorker Collection: Women Working In Factory At Machines

Women Working In Factory At Machines
(Original Caption) Early employment of women in German metal working plant. Note that lathes are driven by individual motors. Photograph ca. 1905

Background imageWorker Collection: Shoe Repair Shop Exterior and Workers

Shoe Repair Shop Exterior and Workers
(Original Caption) Shoe and Harness repair shop: Albany, Minnesota (1908): The Frank Hofmann shoes harness and electric shoe repairing shop with the workers standing in the front. B/w photograph

Background imageWorker Collection: Interior Of Paper Factory Foundrinier

Interior Of Paper Factory Foundrinier
(Original Caption) ca.1910-Paper factory. Foudrinier machine

Background imageWorker Collection: Hammerstein Inspects Theater Remodeling

Hammerstein Inspects Theater Remodeling
(Original Caption) Oscar Hammerstein (1847-1919) inspects the refurbishing procedures in the lobby of one of his numerous theaters. Ca. 1910

Background imageWorker Collection: Garment Workers In Moe Levy'S Shop

Garment Workers In Moe Levy'S Shop
(Original Caption) Garment workers in Moe Levy's shop in New York. Photograph, 1912

Background imageWorker Collection: The Edgewood Mine Strike of 1912

The Edgewood Mine Strike of 1912
(Original Caption) 1912-Edgewood, MD: A scene from the Edgewood mine strike of 1912 shows men with rifles are shown kneeling and standing

Background imageWorker Collection: Rows Of Women Using Graphotype Machines

Rows Of Women Using Graphotype Machines
(Original Caption) 1913-Graphotype machines in Inquiry Department. Rows of women operate the large machines. A "Think" poster hangs on the back wall

Background imageWorker Collection: People at Garment Workers Strike Rally

People at Garment Workers Strike Rally
(Original Caption) 1913-New York, NY: Photo shows a general view of the crowd at a garment strike rally

Background imageWorker Collection: Silk Strikers Demonstrate in Town

Silk Strikers Demonstrate in Town
(Original Caption) 2/25/1913-Paterson, New Jersey- Silk strikers at Turn Hall

Background imageWorker Collection: Stenographers Spending Lunch Hour in Trinity Church Yard

Stenographers Spending Lunch Hour in Trinity Church Yard

Background imageWorker Collection: Farm Workers Beside Pineapple Stack

Farm Workers Beside Pineapple Stack
A group of farm workers surround harvested pineapples in the middle of a field on Oahu. | Location: Near Waihiawa, Oahu, Hawaii USA

Background imageWorker Collection: Workman Drinks Tea on High Plank

Workman Drinks Tea on High Plank
(Original Caption) London, England- Height has no terrors for this workman, as he drinks his tea astride an unsupported plank high over the Strand in London

Background imageWorker Collection: Striking Workers Surround Ambulance

Striking Workers Surround Ambulance
(Original Caption) 7/22/1915-Bayonne, NJ- RIOTING AT STANDARD OIL COMPANY IN BAYONNE, NJ, DURING THE GREAT STRIKES NOW ON

Background imageWorker Collection: Telegraph Men Seated at Table

Telegraph Men Seated at Table
(Original Caption) 1917: A group of telegraphers are shown seated at a table anxiously awaiting the next incoming message. Four men are shown, three are wearing hats



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