Jack Whinery and his family, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Creator: Russell LeeJack Whinery and his family, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico
Adopted daughter and two grandchildren with Mrs. Ella Watson... charwoman, Washington, D.C, 1942. Creator: Gordon ParksWashington, D.C. Adopted daughter and two grandchildren with Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman
Mrs. Ella Watson, who has been a government charwoman... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon ParksWashington, D.C. Mrs. Ella Watson, who has been a government charwoman for twenty-six years, with three of the five children she supports on her salary of one thousand eighty dollars per year
A family which lives in the Southwest area, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon ParksWashington, D.C. A family which lives in the Southwest area
Grandchild of Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, taking her... nap, Washington, D.C, 1942. Creator: Gordon ParksWashington, D.C. Grandchild of Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, taking her afternoon nap
Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman going home... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon ParksWashington, D.C. Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman going home from work at 2 a.m
Three children waiting in the kitchen while their mother prepares the... Washington, D.C, 1942. Creator: Gordon ParksWashington, D.C. Three children waiting in the kitchen while their mother prepares the evening meal
Gloucester fishermen resting in their bunks after unloading their catch at the... New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon ParksNew York, New York. Gloucester fishermen resting in their bunks after unloading their catch at the Fulton fish market
Nurse in FSA mobile camp unit conducts doctor... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNurse in FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp unit conducts doctor to house trailer where there is a sick child. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon
Shows pickers tents, power unit and shower bath... FSA camp, Merrill, Klamath County, OregonShows pickers tents, power unit and shower bath unit beyond. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp
The camp nurse introduces doctor to mother of sick baby, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeThe camp nurse introduces doctor to mother of sick baby. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp unit
The doctor reassures the mother... the sick baby, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeThe doctor reassures the mother after having seen the sick baby in the trailer. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, at FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp
The doctor reassures the mother after having seen the sick... Merrill, Klamath County, OregonThe doctor reassures the mother after having seen the sick baby in the trailer. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, at FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp
He brought his family to the west in a homemade trailer... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939He brought his family to the west in a homemade trailer from Texas five months ago. Photograph made after supper. Boy sick. Father has work now in potato field. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon
Sick child of young couple who migrated to Oregon... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeSick child of young couple who migrated to Oregon from Amarillo, Texas, five months ago. Their home is now this house trailer
Sick child, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeFather brought his family to the west in a homemade trailer from Texas five months ago. Photograph made after supper. Boy sick. Father has work now in potato field. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon
Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl... FSA, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl three years old. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. New baby expected in December
Family of six in tent after supper, FSA mobile unit, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea LangeFamily of six in tent after supper. Came to potato harvest after father was laid off of WPA (Work Projects Administration) in Boise, Idaho. Oldest child is twelve. Little boy has dysentery
One room per family in rough wooden barracks... near Grants pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939Oregon, Josephine County, near Grants Pass. One room per family in rough wooden barracks on growers property. No running water in camp. Hop ranch
Scene on board a British submarine, World War II, 1945. Creator: UnknownScene on board a British submarine, World War II, 1945. The Attack Team. From " His Majestys Submarines". [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1945]
Engine room of a British submarine, World War II, 1945. Creator: UnknownEngine room of a British submarine, World War II, 1945. The Engine Room is crammed with machinery. These are the Diesels that drive the submarine when she is on the surface
Plan showing how Slaves were transported on board a Slave Ship in the 18th Century (engraving)
Canal Life - Tea Time on a Monkey Boat, 1874. Artist: William Bazett MurrayCanal Life - Tea Time on a Monkey Boat, 1874. A Victorian family having tea in the cramped living quarters on a barge. These boats were used to deliver goods such as coal
Field Lane Lodging House, London, 1847. Artist: WG MasonField Lane Lodging House, London, 1847. View of Field Lane lodging house. The picture is divided into three levels. Basement depicts a figure in rags holding a candle, standing ankle-deep in water
Apocalypse, 1936, (wood engraving)
A plan of the interior of a slave ship, 1808 (1965). A plan of a slave ship prepared by the Wilberforce Committee to give the spectator an idea of the sufferings of the Africans in the middle
A street of flower boats, Canton, China, 1900. Artist: Underwood & UnderwoodA street of flower boats, Canton, China, 1900. Stereoscopic card. Detail
Coal miner working a narrow seam, c1864. The miner is crouching on the floor and, with a pickaxe, is holing out or scuffling out the coal
Early 19th century coal miner working a narrow seam, c1868. The miner, stripped to the waist, is lying on his side and, with a pickaxe, is holing out or scuffling coal
Royal Menagerie, Exeter Change, Strand, London, c1820. Edward Cross kept his menagerie here until Exeter Change was demolished in 1829 and he moved it to the Surrey Gardens, Walworth c1830
Woman and boy drawing a corve containing 3-4 cwt of coal, Bolton, Lancashire, 1848. The woman wears a harness around her waist, passing between her legs and attached to a sledge by a chain
Boy putter drawing a truck containing coal along a 24 inch high seam, Halifax, Yorkshire, 1848Boy putter drawing a truck containing 2 1/4 cwt of coal along a 24 inch high seam, Halifax, Yorkshire, 1848. This illustrates the hardship of conditions underground in the British coal industry in
Boy putters moving coal in a narrow seam, Lancashire, England, 1848. From A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries by Matthias Dunn. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848)
Woman putter dragging a sledge of coal along a narrow seam, South Wales, c1848
Boy pushing a truck loaded with coal from the coal face to the bottom of the pit shaft, c1848. On the right of the picture squats a smaller boy, the trapper
Over London by Rail, 1872. Artist: Adolphe Francois PannemakerOver London by Rail, 1872. Men and women in the back yards of tenements in the East End of London, with a steam locomotive passing over a bridge in the background
Boy putter dragging a sledge of coal along a narrow seam, South Wales, 1848. From A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries by Matthias Dunn. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848)
British emigrants bound for Sydney, Australia, in quarters on the St Vincent. Through HM Colonial Emigration Commissioners
The Cottage. The man warming his hands at the fire is a rural worker. This one room has to provide living and sleeping accommodation for his wife and large family
The Attic from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836. Creator: CherrierThe Attic from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836
