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Background imageLabour Collection: A statue of Hercules and Cerberus

A statue of Hercules and Cerberus
Hercules is capturing Cerberus and completeing his twelfth labour. This is from the portal of the Michaelertrakt, Hofburg, Vienna

Background imageLabour Collection: Crowd outside the closed East India Dock Gates, Poplar, London, 1897

Crowd outside the closed East India Dock Gates, Poplar, London, 1897

Background imageLabour Collection: Forging the Anchor, 20th century. Artist: Stanhope A Forbes

Forging the Anchor, 20th century. Artist: Stanhope A Forbes
Forging the Anchor, 20th century. From the Art Journal (London)

Background imageLabour Collection: Diamond mining on the Vaal River

Diamond mining on the Vaal River, Free State, South Africa, 19th century

Background imageLabour Collection: Calendar Page for September: Harvesting Grapes: Libra, about 1410. Creator: Unknown

Calendar Page for September: Harvesting Grapes: Libra, about 1410. Creator: Unknown
Calendar Page for September: Harvesting Grapes: Libra, about 1410

Background imageLabour Collection: The Birth of the Virgin; The Nativity of the Virgin; Book of Hours

The Birth of the Virgin; The Nativity of the Virgin; Book of Hours, about 1410

Background imageLabour Collection: The Birth of the Virgin; The Nativity of the Virgin; Book of Hours, 1544. Creator: Unknown

The Birth of the Virgin; The Nativity of the Virgin; Book of Hours, 1544. Creator: Unknown
The Birth of the Virgin; The Nativity of the Virgin; Book of Hours, 1544

Background imageLabour Collection: Farhad makes a staircase to the palace of Shirin, 1600-1699. Creator: Unknown

Farhad makes a staircase to the palace of Shirin, 1600-1699. Creator: Unknown
Farhad makes a staircase to the palace of Shirin, 1600-1699

Background imageLabour Collection: Under the Yoke (Burning the Brushwood), 1893. Creator: Eero Jarnefelt

Under the Yoke (Burning the Brushwood), 1893. Creator: Eero Jarnefelt
Under the Yoke (Burning the Brushwood), 1893

Background imageLabour Collection: Sympathy [Labor] Parade -- [1916], 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Sympathy [Labor] Parade -- [1916], 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Sympathy [Labor] Parade -- [1916], 1916. Shows crowd at a labor sympathy parade in New York City on Dec. 2, 1916

Background imageLabour Collection: M.M. Garland, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

M.M. Garland, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
M.M. Garland, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Mahlon Morris Garland (1856-1920), labor leader, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor, and U. S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1915-1920)

Background imageLabour Collection: Meeting War Labor Board, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Meeting War Labor Board, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Meeting War Labor Board, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageLabour Collection: Patrol / Bayonne strike, (1916?). Creator: Bain News Service

Patrol / Bayonne strike, (1916?). Creator: Bain News Service
Patrol / Bayonne strike, (1916?). Shows police in street during labor action by refinery workers in Bayonne, New Jersey

Background imageLabour Collection: Louis F. Post, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Louis F. Post, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Louis F. Post, 1913. Shows Louis Freeland Post (1849-1928), Assistant Secretary of Labor during President Woodrow Wilson's administration

Background imageLabour Collection: Belgian women in oyster beds, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Belgian women in oyster beds, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgian women in oyster beds, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLabour Collection: Sympathy Labor Parade, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Sympathy Labor Parade, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Sympathy Labor Parade, 1916. Shows a crowd at a labor sympathy parade in New York City on Dec

Background imageLabour Collection: Union Square, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Union Square, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Union Square, 1916. Shows Union Square, New York City

Background imageLabour Collection: Sam'l [i.e. Samuel] Gompers, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sam'l [i.e. Samuel] Gompers, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sam'l [i.e. Samuel] Gompers, 1915

Background imageLabour Collection: Cincinnati Streetcar Strikers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Cincinnati Streetcar Strikers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Cincinnati Streetcar Strikers, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLabour Collection: W.L. Chambers, M.A. Knapp, G.W.W. Hanger, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

W.L. Chambers, M.A. Knapp, G.W.W. Hanger, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
W.L. Chambers, M.A. Knapp, G.W.W. Hanger, 1916. Shows members of the U.S. Board of Mediation and Conciliation for the settlement of disputes between railroads and their employees including Martin A

Background imageLabour Collection: J.J. Ettor speaking to striking barbers

J.J. Ettor speaking to striking barbers, Union Square, N.Y. 1913. Shows labor leader Joseph James Ettor (1886-1948) speaking during the Brooklyn barbers strike of 1913, Union Square, New York City

Background imageLabour Collection: Socialist and labor union demonstration

Socialist and labor union demonstration, Union Square, New York City, 1914

Background imageLabour Collection: Viscount Haldane, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Viscount Haldane, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Viscount Haldane, 1913. Shows Richard Burdon Sanderson Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1856-1928)

Background imageLabour Collection: Leifur Magnusson, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Leifur Magnusson, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Leifur Magnusson, between c1910 and c1915. Shows economist Leifur Magnusson (1882-1960) who worked with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the International Labor Organization

Background imageLabour Collection: 14-yr. old striker, Fola La Follette

14-yr. old striker, Fola La Follette, and Rose Livingston, 1913

Background imageLabour Collection: Union Square, New York. J.J. Ettor speaking to striking barbers

Union Square, New York. J.J. Ettor speaking to striking barbers, 1913

Background imageLabour Collection: The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: workmen loading dromedaries, 1869. Creator: Unknown

The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: workmen loading dromedaries, 1869. Creator: Unknown
The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: workmen loading dromedaries, 1869

Background imageLabour Collection: The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: labourers removing earth, 1869. Creator: Unknown

The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: labourers removing earth, 1869. Creator: Unknown
The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal [in Egypt]: labourers removing earth, 1869

Background imageLabour Collection: W.D. Haywood leads Lowell strike parade, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

W.D. Haywood leads Lowell strike parade, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
W.D. Haywood leads Lowell strike parade, 1912. Shows William Dudley (Big Bill) Haywood, an American labor movement leader, marching with strikers in Lowell, Massachusetts

Background imageLabour Collection: Pennsylvania coal strike - in Atlantic camp showing guns of deputies

Pennsylvania coal strike - in Atlantic camp showing guns of deputies, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLabour Collection: In Superior Camp - Mine strike

In Superior Camp - Mine strike, Pennsylvania, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLabour Collection: London Strike. Police escort for one van

London Strike. Police escort for one van. between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLabour Collection: Strikers crossing London Bridge, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Strikers crossing London Bridge, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers crossing London Bridge, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLabour Collection: James Keir Hardie seated in study, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

James Keir Hardie seated in study, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
James Keir Hardie seated in study, 1914

Background imageLabour Collection: Lord Loeeburn, Lord High Chancellor in 1908

Lord Loeeburn, Lord High Chancellor in 1908, portrait bust, 1912

Background imageLabour Collection: R.B. Haldane, War Sed'y in 1908, portrait bust, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

R.B. Haldane, War Sed'y in 1908, portrait bust, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
R.B. Haldane, War Sed'y in 1908, portrait bust, 1912

Background imageLabour Collection: Farm hands, 1922. Creator: Edmund Blampied

Farm hands, 1922. Creator: Edmund Blampied
Farm hands, 1922. There is an element of drudgery in the expressions and absolute profiles of the farm hands of the title, who are tipping vegetables into a barrel

Background imageLabour Collection: Striking waiters at headquarters, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Striking waiters at headquarters, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Striking waiters at headquarters, 1912

Background imageLabour Collection: Colliery Lasses, British Coal strike, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Colliery Lasses, British Coal strike, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Colliery Lasses, British Coal strike, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLabour Collection: British coal strike - building up reserves for Midland Railway

British coal strike - building up reserves for Midland Railway, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLabour Collection: Strikers leave mills, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Strikers leave mills, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers leave mills, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLabour Collection: Strike Committee at Mill Gate, Passaic

Strike Committee at Mill Gate, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLabour Collection: Holding strikers in check, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Holding strikers in check, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Holding strikers in check, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912

Background imageLabour Collection: British coal strike - Llwynpia

British coal strike - Llwynpia, South Wales. A colliery village. between c1910 and c1915. Shows the town of Llwynypia, Wales

Background imageLabour Collection: British Strike - coal ships tied up at Cardiff

British Strike - coal ships tied up at Cardiff, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLabour Collection: British coal strike - idle dock laborers

British coal strike - idle dock laborers, Cardiff, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageLabour Collection: New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Creator: Unknown

New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Creator: Unknown
New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876

Background imageLabour Collection: Hercules Resting from His Labors, 1567. Creator: Giorgio Ghisi

Hercules Resting from His Labors, 1567. Creator: Giorgio Ghisi
Hercules Resting from His Labors, 1567

Background imageLabour Collection: Mississippi cotton gin at Dahomey, c1898. Creator: Unknown

Mississippi cotton gin at Dahomey, c1898. Creator: Unknown
Mississippi cotton gin at Dahomey, c1898

Background imageLabour Collection: Polly in the peanut patch, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown

Polly in the peanut patch, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Polly in the peanut patch, between 1900 and 1905

Background imageLabour Collection: Cutting sugar cane, Baton Rouge, La. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown

Cutting sugar cane, Baton Rouge, La. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Cutting sugar cane, Baton Rouge, La. between 1900 and 1920

Background imageLabour Collection: The Maternity Ward, Act III, Scene 6; Holberg Gallery

The Maternity Ward, Act III, Scene 6; Holberg Gallery. Scenes from Ludvig Holberg's comedies, 1810

Background imageLabour Collection: The Foundry, after Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel

The Foundry, after Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

Background imageLabour Collection: Labor Mission, between 1910 and 1920

Labor Mission, between 1910 and 1920. Group of men and women

Background imageLabour Collection: British Labor Mission, between 1910 and 1920

British Labor Mission, between 1910 and 1920. Government officials in Washington, D.C

Background imageLabour Collection: Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 15e arrondissement : Le travail

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 15e arrondissement : Le travail, 1884. Allegorical figures: Labour

Background imageLabour Collection: Esquisse pour l'escalier d'honneur de la mairie de Pantin : Le Travail sous l'égide

Esquisse pour l'escalier d'honneur de la mairie de Pantin : Le Travail sous l'égide
Esquisse pour l'escalier d'honneur de la mairie de Pantin : Le Travail sous l'egide de la Republique amene l'abondance et la prosperite (plafond), 1886

Background imageLabour Collection: Souvenir de fête à Paris, c.1881. Creator: Jean-Charles Cazin

Souvenir de fête à Paris, c.1881. Creator: Jean-Charles Cazin
Souvenir de fete a Paris, c.1881. Festival in Paris. Allegorical figures on top of a building in course of construction. Labour hands an olive branch to Virtue as Science looks on

Background imageLabour Collection: Sketch for the chapel of the Sorbonne: Christ in the tomb

Sketch for the chapel of the Sorbonne: Christ in the tomb, between 1870 and 1875. (Esquisse pour la chapelle de la Sorbonne : Le Christ au tombeau)

Background imageLabour Collection: 8 hour day signs, between 1910 and 1917

8 hour day signs, between 1910 and 1917. New York, USA. Stamps promoting realistic working hours. Eight Hour Day - Work; Sleep; Free Time; Nearer to Justice; "Labor Center" N.Y.C

Background imageLabour Collection: Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon

Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Background imageLabour Collection: Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon

Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Background imageLabour Collection: Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon

Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Background imageLabour Collection: Canada - Labor Delegations, British Labor Com

Canada - Labor Delegations, British Labor Com. Garrod, H.W.; Robertson, G.D. Canadian Labor Del.; Gibson, Hugh, of State Dept.; Bowerman, Charles W, M.P.; Gompers, Samuel, President, A.F. of L. 1917

Background imageLabour Collection: British Labor Committees At Union Station

British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917

Background imageLabour Collection: British Labor Committees At Union Station

British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917

Background imageLabour Collection: Sketch for the town hall in Pantin: Allegories of the Canal de l'Ourcq

Sketch for the town hall in Pantin: Allegories of the Canal de l'Ourcq, Labour and Navigation - Rural festival (ceiling and wall panel) , 1886

Background imageLabour Collection: The War Prison, near Toy-Royal, Dartmoor, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The War Prison, near Toy-Royal, Dartmoor, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The War Prison, near Toy-Royal, Dartmoor, [Devon], 1850

Background imageLabour Collection: Peasant Digging, 1863. Creator: Jean Francois Millet

Peasant Digging, 1863. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Peasant Digging, 1863

Background imageLabour Collection: Autumn, 1905. Creator: Anton Hans Karlinsky

Autumn, 1905. Creator: Anton Hans Karlinsky
Autumn, 1905

Background imageLabour Collection: Road which crosses the highway and leads from Coulee city

Road which crosses the highway and leads from Coulee city
Washington, Coulee City, Grant County. Road which crosses the highway and leads from Coulee city. Boom construction town about four years old. Note labor temple on hill

Background imageLabour Collection: Untitled negative showing a portrait of A

Untitled negative showing a portrait of A
[Untitled negative showing a portrait of A. Philip Randolph, labor leader, Washington, D.C. ]

Background imageLabour Collection: Tying carrots in Imperial Valley, near Meloland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tying carrots in Imperial Valley, near Meloland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tying carrots in Imperial Valley. Near Meloland, California

Background imageLabour Collection: Possibly: Large scale agriculture

Possibly: Large scale agriculture
Near Meloland, Imperial Valley. Large scale agriculture. Gang labor, Mexican and white, from the Southwest

Background imageLabour Collection: Large-scale agricultural gang labor

Large-scale agricultural gang labor, Mexicans and whites from the Southwest pull, clean, tie and crate carrots for the eastern market for eleven cents per crate of forty-eight bunches

Background imageLabour Collection: Large scale agriculture, near Meloland, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Large scale agriculture, near Meloland, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Meloland, Imperial Valley. Large scale agriculture. Gang labor, Mexican and white, from the Southwest

Background imageLabour Collection: Migratory field worker pulling carrots

Migratory field worker pulling carrots
[Untitled, possibly related to: Migratory field worker pulling carrots. Imperial Valley, California]

Background imageLabour Collection: Noon, 1860. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille

Noon, 1860. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Noon, 1860

Background imageLabour Collection: Thresher, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille

Thresher, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Thresher, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Background imageLabour Collection: Evening, 1860. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille

Evening, 1860. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Evening, 1860

Background imageLabour Collection: Man Making Faggots, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille

Man Making Faggots, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Man Making Faggots, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Background imageLabour Collection: Woman Crushing Flax, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille

Woman Crushing Flax, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Woman Crushing Flax, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Background imageLabour Collection: Woman Shearing Sheep, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille

Woman Shearing Sheep, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Woman Shearing Sheep, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Background imageLabour Collection: Mower, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille

Mower, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Mower, 1853, after drawing made in 1852



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