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Background imageWorking Collection: Father Christmas down the Chimney

Father Christmas down the Chimney
Vintage colour lithograph from 1898 showing Father Christmas going down the chimney

Background imageWorking Collection: Father Christmas going up the Chimney

Father Christmas going up the Chimney
Vintage colour lithograph from 1898 showing Father Christmas going up the Chimney

Background imageWorking Collection: Antique illustration of blacksmith

Antique illustration of blacksmith

Background imageWorking Collection: Express train engine London and North-Western Railway - Illustrated News

Express train engine London and North-Western Railway - Illustrated News
" Scanned directly from The Illustrated London News, Saturday December 18, 1852.The magnificent new engines now worked on the London

Background imageWorking Collection: Contrasts

Contrasts
circa 1950: In the forefront a water buffalo stands beside a tilled field, in the background the rear of the Taj Mahal and a small mosque also in the grounds. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageWorking Collection: Viniculture

Viniculture
circa 1950: A farm worker uses a horse drawn plough in a vineyard in Italy. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageWorking Collection: Antique illustration of book production, printing press, typography

Antique illustration of book production, printing press, typography

Background imageWorking Collection: book production, printing press, typography

book production, printing press, typography
Antique illustration of book production, printing press, typography

Background imageWorking Collection: Engraving of man working at a printing machine

Engraving of man working at a printing machine
18th Century Style, The Media, Men, Printing Plate, Painted Image, Printing Out, Antique, Engraved Image, Woodcut, Illustration and Painting, Pencil Drawing, Image Created 18th Century, Print

Background imageWorking Collection: African-American Man Doctor Wearing White Coat And Stethoscope Writing Prescriptions

African-American Man Doctor Wearing White Coat And Stethoscope Writing Prescriptions
UNITED STATES - Circa 1950s: African-American Man Doctor Wearing White Coat And Stethoscope Writing Prescriptions

Background imageWorking Collection: Two nurses and one doctor wearing surgical masks and gowns, looking at one another

Two nurses and one doctor wearing surgical masks and gowns, looking at one another
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Two nurses and one doctor wearing surgical masks and gowns, looking at one another

Background imageWorking Collection: Smiling Man, Service Station Mechanic Is Checking Tire Pressure

Smiling Man, Service Station Mechanic Is Checking Tire Pressure
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Smiling Man, Service Station Mechanic Is Checking Tire Pressure, Wearing Blue Hat And Uniform With Black Bow Tie

Background imageWorking Collection: Man In Office At Adding Machine, Looking At Tape

Man In Office At Adding Machine, Looking At Tape
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s 1940s: Man In Office At Adding Machine, Looking At Tape

Background imageWorking Collection: Utility Worker Man Is Climbing Electric Power Utilities Pole

Utility Worker Man Is Climbing Electric Power Utilities Pole
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Utility Worker Man Is Climbing Electric Power Utilities Pole

Background imageWorking Collection: African-American Couple Buy New Orange Car From A Salesman At Automobile Dealer Showroom

African-American Couple Buy New Orange Car From A Salesman At Automobile Dealer Showroom
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1970s: African-American Couple Buy New Orange Car From A Salesman At Automobile Dealer Showroom

Background imageWorking Collection: Couple Working On Budget At Desk Woman Sitting On Arm Of Chair Man With Pencil Writing On

Couple Working On Budget At Desk Woman Sitting On Arm Of Chair Man With Pencil Writing On
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Couple Working On Budget At Desk Woman Sitting On Arm Of Chair Man With Pencil Writing On Papers Serious Worried Expression Office Business

Background imageWorking Collection: Cotton farmer

Cotton farmer
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: African-American farmer standing in cart filled with cotton drawn by mules, Louisiana. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageWorking Collection: HMS Warspite at Woolwich

HMS Warspite at Woolwich
HMS Warspite, the Marine Societys Training Ship in the River Thames at Woolwich, London. The Marine Society was founded in 1756 because of a shortage of volunteers for the British navy

Background imageWorking Collection: Clerkenwell Prisoners

Clerkenwell Prisoners
Prisoner in the oakum shed at Clerkenwell Prison, London, 1874. Oakum picking involves teasing out old tarred rope to be used for caulking ships

Background imageWorking Collection: Catching birds with a nest antique engraving

Catching birds with a nest antique engraving
A photograph of an original antique print from a copper engravings from Tresor de Fables, Choisies des plus excellens mythologistes. Published by Jacobs in 1734

Background imageWorking Collection: Antique illustration by Randolph Caldecott: Painter

Antique illustration by Randolph Caldecott: Painter

Background imageWorking Collection: Washington Switchboard

Washington Switchboard
A line of switchboard operators at work, Washington DC, USA, circa 1925. (Photo by Harris And Ewing/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageWorking Collection: At Work In A Lumber Yard

At Work In A Lumber Yard
A man at work using a filing saw on wood in a lumber yard circa 1930 s. (Photo by Keystone View/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageWorking Collection: Coldbath Fields Prison

Coldbath Fields Prison
The tailors and shoemakers room at Coldbath Fields Prison (also known as Clerkenwell Gaol) in London, circa 1850. Prisoners not sentenced to hard labour are given the choice between picking oakum or

Background imageWorking Collection: William Hogarth Industry and Idleness Fellow Prentices at their

William Hogarth Industry and Idleness Fellow Prentices at their
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths Industry and Idleness. It intended to illustrate to working children the possible rewards of hard work and diligent application

Background imageWorking Collection: Spinner, by Mathurin Moreau

Spinner, by Mathurin Moreau
Illustration of a Spinner, by Mathurin Moreau

Background imageWorking Collection: Pullman Strike

Pullman Strike
A group of men stand on abandoned railway cars during the Pullman strike in Chicago, July 1984. The strike began when workers at George Pullmans railway car manufacturing company

Background imageWorking Collection: Girl in strap top with long blonde hair tied at back, side view

Girl in strap top with long blonde hair tied at back, side view

Background imageWorking Collection: Woman holding a plastering hawk and spreading plaster on to a wall with a trowel

Woman holding a plastering hawk and spreading plaster on to a wall with a trowel

Background imageWorking Collection: Holding a plastering hawk and spreading plaster onto a wall with a trowel

Holding a plastering hawk and spreading plaster onto a wall with a trowel

Background imageWorking Collection: Illustration of ancient Indian caste system showing Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishya, and Sudras

Illustration of ancient Indian caste system showing Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishya, and Sudras

Background imageWorking Collection: Illustrated map of Bronze Age civilisations across Europe, showing stone circles, settlements

Illustrated map of Bronze Age civilisations across Europe, showing stone circles, settlements, agricultural activity

Background imageWorking Collection: Illustration of cross-section through a coal mine

Illustration of cross-section through a coal mine

Background imageWorking Collection: Illustration of a scene at an open-air market

Illustration of a scene at an open-air market

Background imageWorking Collection: Illustration of a Celtic home showing cooking cauldron hanging on a cross-beam from the wooden

Illustration of a Celtic home showing cooking cauldron hanging on a cross-beam from the wooden frame of the house, walls made from woven branches, thatched roof, people engaged in household jobs

Background imageWorking Collection: Illustration of two Ancient Egyptian fishing boats on the river Nile, side by side

Illustration of two Ancient Egyptian fishing boats on the river Nile, side by side, linked together by net used to scoop up fish

Background imageWorking Collection: Athletic man, chest, front, chest, abdomen

Athletic man, chest, front, chest, abdomen

Background imageWorking Collection: Masculine man without a shirt, wearing a cowboy hat and holding a guitar on a beach

Masculine man without a shirt, wearing a cowboy hat and holding a guitar on a beach

Background imageWorking Collection: Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), Wyandotte Bantam cockerel

Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), Wyandotte Bantam cockerel

Background imageWorking Collection: Mountain paddy, irrigated rice terraces, farmer tilling and plowing the field with a water buffalo

Mountain paddy, irrigated rice terraces, farmer tilling and plowing the field with a water buffalo, Phongsali district and province, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

Background imageWorking Collection: Gothic rose window of the parish church of St John, 14th century, Osnabruck, Lower Saxony, Germany

Gothic rose window of the parish church of St John, 14th century, Osnabruck, Lower Saxony, Germany

Background imageWorking Collection: Old Forge

Old Forge
circa 1857: A blacksmith at work on an anvil outside his forge. William Grundys English Views (Photo by William Grundy/London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageWorking Collection: Man using jackhammer on sidewalk, (B&W)

Man using jackhammer on sidewalk, (B&W)

Background imageWorking Collection: Woman holding books, posing in studio, (Portrait), (B&W)

Woman holding books, posing in studio, (Portrait), (B&W)

Background imageWorking Collection: Milking Time

Milking Time
16th March 1946: 19 year old Daphne Perry milking a cow, on the farm where sheis a relief-worker, in a scheme set up by the Womens Land Army in East Sussex

Background imageWorking Collection: Social Pyramid

Social Pyramid
circa 1890: A cartoon showing groups of people bearing others on their shoulders ending with one man at the top. the words accompanying the layers are

Background imageWorking Collection: Bill Posters

Bill Posters
Illustration of a bill poster in the 19th century. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageWorking Collection: Dressing Rooms

Dressing Rooms
A work by William Hogarth, (1697 - 1764), of a theatre dressing-room, one of his modern moral subjects, circa 1735. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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