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19th Century Cotton PickingAfrican-American men, women and children pick cotton in in a cotton field, Savannah, Georgia, circa 1890. Three of the woman have baskets full of cotton balanced ont their heads. Photograph by O
19th Century Cotton PickingAfrican American cotton field workers picking cotton, late 19th Century. A sheet of picked cotton is in the foreground. (Photo by Lightfoot/Getty Images)
Cotton PickingAfrican American men, women and children pick cotton in a cotton field and place it in straw bushel baskets, circa 1890. (Photo by Lightfoot/Getty Images)
Busy Covent Market, LondonEvery morning deliverymen, stockboys, and other workers unload delivery trucks and carts and load the stores of Covent Garden Market with crates and bushels of consumer goods, 1920s
19th Century BreweryA group of men mill about on the corner by a row of beer barrells outside of Robert Smiths Brewery, Philadelphia, 19th Century. Smith s, founded in 1772, was bought by C
Bavarian HarvestTwo farm workers give thanks for a fruitful harvest in Bavaria, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Farm WorkerA mature farm worker posing on a fence next to a haystack, circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Flemish WeaversFlemish weavers working in a shop in Manchester where they have settled, 1363. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Weaving PairTwo fifteenth century textile weavers working on a loom, there is a large spider in a web above them, circa 1450. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Loom WeavingA woman at work on a large loom, late sixteenth century. She is holding the shuttle in her hand and operating the loom with foot pedals. Original artist Crispin de Passe
Loom WorkerA man smoking a pipe while at work on a large loom during the eighteenth century. He is holding the shuttle in his hand and operating the machine with foot pedals
August HarvestHarvesters in August, with a verse from Thomsons Autumn, circa 1880. An engraving by F Bartolozzi after a painting by William Hamilton. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Bleacher At WorkA bleacher at work outside a textile factory, circa 1825. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Bleaching GroundsTextile workers laying out strips of cloth on the bleaching grounds of Monteiths dye works, Glasgow, 1844. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Cocoa HarvestWorkers harvesting cooca at a plantation on the island of Grenada, 1855. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Hard At WorkA black woman and three men work hard in the woods, stripping bark for trees, filling barrels and loading them onto a cart, somewhere in the American South, late 1860s
Linen SpinnersA group of women using spinning-wheels to spin linen yarn, 1783. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Profile of Jane AddamsPortrait of American social worker Jane Addams (1860 - 1935), early 1900s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Irrigation MethodsA frieze depicting Egyptians using the water from the Nile for irrigation, circa 2000 BC. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Construction WorkersTwo construction workers reinforce the metal girders of a high rise building under construction, circa 1925. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Flemish Weaving FamilyA Flemish couple working on a loom while their child turns the wheel, 14th century. From the Book of Trades, Ypres. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Dutch Loom WorkersA group of Dutch women at work on a large loom, circa 1695. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Prospectus CantabrigiaeA view of Cambridge from the west, with labourers bringing in the harvest in the foreground, circa 1700. By Johannes Kip. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Dancing On CocoaWorkers separating the pulp from the bean during the cocoa production process in Trinidad, 1894. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Coffee GrowingA series of illustrations depicting the process for growing and making coffee, from plantation to cup, late 19th century. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Cane HoleingNative workers cane hoeling on a sugar plantation in the West Indies, 1849, their progress is watched by a white supervisor with a whip
Cane CuttersMigrant workers cutting sugar cane on a plantation in Trinidad, circa 1897. After the emancipation of slaves in British colonies, large numbers of workers were imported, especially from Asia
Jamaican Cane CuttersWorkers cutting sugar cane on a plantation in Jamaica, 1897. Illustration by J. Finnemore (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Cocoa MillA cocoa mill in Grenada, 1855. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Planting Sugar Cane in GeorgiaWorkers using horse-driven plows plant rows of sugar cane on a plantation, Georgia, late 1860s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Vaccinating SheepFarm workers hold sheep steady on a treste table as a vet injects the animals with a vaccine, France, circa 1880. Engraving by A. Lancon (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Sugar MillsSugar mills on a sugar cane plantation at St Thomas, Jamaica, 1884. Original publication: The Graphic - pub 22nd November 1884. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Wheelwrights at work, making wheels for a cart (above) and a mill (below), 1823. Engraving published by R. Ackermann, London, 1823. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Brazilian Sugar MillPlantation workers carry sugar cane into a mill for processing, Brazil, 1845. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Sugar MillsTwo types of sugar mill in cross-section, showing the machinery used to extract the juice from sugar cane by crushing, circa 1765. One mill is horse-powered (top), while the other uses a water-wheel
Cotton FactoryTextile workers in a British cotton factory, where processes include carding, drawing and roving. Engraving by J Cart after an original work by T Allom, circa 1840