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Labourers Collection

Background imageLabourers Collection: Labourers, 1781. Creator: George Stubbs

Labourers, 1781. Creator: George Stubbs
Labourers, 1781

Background imageLabourers Collection: British & Chinese road b'ld'rs [i.e. builders], 11 Mar 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

British & Chinese road b'ld'rs [i.e. builders], 11 Mar 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
British & Chinese road b'ld'rs [i.e. builders], 11 Mar 1919. Canadian railway troops, possibly with Chinese Labour Corps members

Background imageLabourers Collection: Transportation of lumber for the smelting of iron ore, 1910. Creator

Transportation of lumber for the smelting of iron ore, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Transportation of lumber for the smelting of iron ore, 1910. Group of laborers sitting in front of a pile of logs.

Background imageLabourers Collection: Topographer and Laborers Near the Ust'-Kabyrza Ulus, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov

Topographer and Laborers Near the Ust'-Kabyrza Ulus, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Topographer and Laborers Near the Ust'-Kabyrza Ulus, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Background imageLabourers Collection: A Laborer Returning From a Land-Management Expedition on a Raft After His Dismissal...,1913

A Laborer Returning From a Land-Management Expedition on a Raft After His Dismissal...,1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
A Laborer Returning From a Land-ManFrom a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Background imageLabourers Collection: Commencement of the Thames Embankment works near Westminster Bridge, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Commencement of the Thames Embankment works near Westminster Bridge, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Commencement of the Thames Embankment works near Westminster Bridge, 1864. View of '...piles being driven in, and scaffolding of an extensive character being erected to support

Background imageLabourers Collection: A barrack for family workers in Krasnoyarsk, 1890. Creator: Unknown

A barrack for family workers in Krasnoyarsk, 1890. Creator: Unknown
A barrack for family workers in Krasnoyarsk, 1890. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageLabourers Collection: Agricultural Labourers Union at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon-Street...1876. Creator: Unknown

Agricultural Labourers Union at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon-Street...1876. Creator: Unknown
Agricultural Labourers Union at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon-Street, [London]: Delegates signing Petition, 1876. About a thousand persons from different parts of the country were present

Background imageLabourers Collection: Navvy, 1920. Creator: Helmer Osslund

Navvy, 1920. Creator: Helmer Osslund
Navvy, 1920

Background imageLabourers Collection: 'Ploughing in Turkestan; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. Creator: Unknown

'Ploughing in Turkestan; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Ploughing in Turkestan; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imageLabourers Collection: Street Paver, before 1927, 1956 publication. Creator: Eugene Atget

Street Paver, before 1927, 1956 publication. Creator: Eugene Atget
Street Paver, before 1927, 1956 publication

Background imageLabourers Collection: Bridge & Workers (Pont De La Mulatiere), Printed 1856 circa. Creator: Edouard Baldus

Bridge & Workers (Pont De La Mulatiere), Printed 1856 circa. Creator: Edouard Baldus
Bridge & Workers (Pont De La Mulatiere), Printed 1856 circa

Background imageLabourers Collection: The Bahia Railway, Brazil: Paripe Valley - from a photograph by B. Mulock, 1860. Creator: Unknown

The Bahia Railway, Brazil: Paripe Valley - from a photograph by B. Mulock, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Bahia Railway, Brazil: Paripe Valley - from a photograph by B. Mulock, 1860. View of...the heavy works to carry the railway across the valley of Paripe

Background imageLabourers Collection: Workers breaking up rails, 1871-1906. Creator: Pieter de Josselin de Jong

Workers breaking up rails, 1871-1906. Creator: Pieter de Josselin de Jong
Workers breaking up rails, 1871-1906

Background imageLabourers Collection: Workmen in line with a client, 1860-1865. Creator: Anon

Workmen in line with a client, 1860-1865. Creator: Anon
Workmen in line with a client to carry out work on a house, 1860-1865

Background imageLabourers Collection: Building Site in Amsterdam, 1891. Creator: Richard Roland Holst

Building Site in Amsterdam, 1891. Creator: Richard Roland Holst
Building Site in Amsterdam, 1891

Background imageLabourers Collection: Building site in the west of old Amsterdam, 1900. Creator: George Hendrik Breitner

Building site in the west of old Amsterdam, 1900. Creator: George Hendrik Breitner
Building site in the west of old Amsterdam, 1900

Background imageLabourers Collection: Labourers pulling a heavy cart on Jacob van Lennepkade, Amsterdam, 1900

Labourers pulling a heavy cart on Jacob van Lennepkade, Amsterdam, 1900. Creator: George Hendrik Breitner
Labourers pulling a heavy cart on Jacob van Lennepkade, Amsterdam, 1900

Background imageLabourers Collection: Les peperes de la route, 1916. Creator: Georges Leroux

Les peperes de la route, 1916. Creator: Georges Leroux
Les peperes de la route, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916"

Background imageLabourers Collection: The quarry village of El Abra, between 1880 and 1897. Creator: William H. Jackson

The quarry village of El Abra, between 1880 and 1897. Creator: William H. Jackson
The quarry village of El Abra, between 1880 and 1897

Background imageLabourers Collection: Return of the Army Works Corps from the Crimea, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Return of the Army Works Corps from the Crimea, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Return of the Army Works Corps from the Crimea, 1856. Mechanics and labourers at Waterloo Station in London. The Army Works Corps...originated in a suggestion made by Sir Joseph Paxton

Background imageLabourers Collection: Group of laborers, New Orleans or Charleston, South Carolina, between 1920 and 1926

Group of laborers, New Orleans or Charleston, South Carolina, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Group of laborers, New Orleans or Charleston, South Carolina, between 1920 and 1926

Background imageLabourers Collection: People by a Road, 1893. Creator: H. A. Brendekilde

People by a Road, 1893. Creator: H. A. Brendekilde
People by a Road, 1893

Background imageLabourers Collection: 'Une riziere a Madagascar; Iles Africaines de la mer des Indes, 1914. Creator: Unknown

'Une riziere a Madagascar; Iles Africaines de la mer des Indes, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Une riziere a Madagascar; Iles Africaines de la mer des Indes, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Background imageLabourers Collection: At work in the school's brick-yard, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

At work in the school's brick-yard, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
At work in the school's brick-yard, 1904

Background imageLabourers Collection: America First poster, between 1911 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

America First poster, between 1911 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. America First poster, between 1911 and 1920
America First poster, between 1911 and 1920. Uncle Sam shaking a European immigrant by the hand, with text in multiple languages including Italian, Polish, Hebrew, Czech

Background imageLabourers Collection: Convicts returning from work, Richmond penitentiary, 1882. Creator: Unknown

Convicts returning from work, Richmond penitentiary, 1882. Creator: Unknown
Convicts returning from work, Richmond penitentiary, 1882

Background imageLabourers Collection: To Bombay and China on a P&O Steamship, 1886. Creator: Unknown

To Bombay and China on a P&O Steamship, 1886. Creator: Unknown. To Bombay and China on a P&O Steamship, 1886
To Bombay and China on a P&O Steamship, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imageLabourers Collection: Navvies embarking at the Birkenhead Docks, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Navvies embarking at the Birkenhead Docks, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Navvies embarking at the Birkenhead Docks, 1854. Manual labourers leaving Britain for the seat of war in the Crimea....the ranks of the nomadic army of shovellers are continually recruited from

Background imageLabourers Collection: Posters. New York, 1890s-1907. c1901. Creator: Edward Penfield

Posters. New York, 1890s-1907. c1901. Creator: Edward Penfield
Posters. New York, 1890s-1907. c1901. [Publisher: Harper Publications; Place: New York]

Background imageLabourers Collection: Collier's, Industrial Number, May 18, 1901, Price 10 Cents, c1901. Creator: Edward Penfield

Collier's, Industrial Number, May 18, 1901, Price 10 Cents, c1901. Creator: Edward Penfield
Collier's, Industrial Number, May 18, 1901, Price 10 Cents, c1901. [Publisher: Harper Publications; Place: New York]

Background imageLabourers Collection: The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Background imageLabourers Collection: The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Background imageLabourers Collection: The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Background imageLabourers Collection: 'The Manchester Ship Canal, lock gates at Eastham, 1891, 1891. Creator: Charles William Wyllie

'The Manchester Ship Canal, lock gates at Eastham, 1891, 1891. Creator: Charles William Wyllie
'The Manchester Ship Canal, lock gates at Eastham, 1891, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Background imageLabourers Collection: Sketch for the Lobau gallery of the Hotel de Ville in Paris: Works to establish a square, c1890

Sketch for the Lobau gallery of the Hotel de Ville in Paris: Works to establish a square, c1890

Background imageLabourers Collection: Building the avenue de l'Opera, in 1878, 1st and 2nd arrondissements, Paris, 1878. Creator: Unknown

Building the avenue de l'Opera, in 1878, 1st and 2nd arrondissements, Paris, 1878. Creator: Unknown
Building the avenue de l'Opera, in 1878, 1st and 2nd arrondissements, Paris, 1878

Background imageLabourers Collection: Mans work: Sketch for the boy's school in rue Kuss, 13th arrondissement of Paris, 1933

Mans work: Sketch for the boy's school in rue Kuss, 13th arrondissement of Paris, 1933. Creator: Jean Alfred Adler
Mans work: Sketch for the boy's school in rue Kuss, 13th arrondissement of Paris, 1933

Background imageLabourers Collection: Mans work: Sketch for the boy's school in rue Kuss, 13th arrondissement of Paris, 1933

Mans work: Sketch for the boy's school in rue Kuss, 13th arrondissement of Paris, 1933. Creator: Jean Alfred Adler
Mans work: Sketch for the boy's school in rue Kuss, 13th arrondissement of Paris, 1933

Background imageLabourers Collection: Mans work: Sketch for the boy's school in rue Kuss, 13th arrondissement of Paris, 1933

Mans work: Sketch for the boy's school in rue Kuss, 13th arrondissement of Paris, 1933. Creator: Jean Alfred Adler
Mans work: Sketch for the boy's school in rue Kuss, 13th arrondissement of Paris, 1933

Background imageLabourers Collection: Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts Office, Waterloo-Road, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts Office, Waterloo-Road, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts Office, Waterloo-Road, 1854. After the British government requests a Civil Engineering Corps to build the Grand Crimean Central Railway, the London offices of Peto

Background imageLabourers Collection: La Marché Conclu, ca. 1834. Creator: Anon

La Marché Conclu, ca. 1834. Creator: Anon
La Marche Conclu, ca. 1834

Background imageLabourers Collection: Men thrashing, 1800-1900. Creator: Anon

Men thrashing, 1800-1900. Creator: Anon
Men thrashing, 1800-1900

Background imageLabourers Collection: Work: Sketch for the courtyard of the boys school on Avenue Simon-Bolivar, 19th arrondisse

Work: Sketch for the courtyard of the boys school on Avenue Simon-Bolivar, 19th arrondissement of Paris, 1933

Background imageLabourers Collection: Navvies at the North-Western Railway Terminus, Euston-Square, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Navvies at the North-Western Railway Terminus, Euston-Square, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Navvies at the North-Western Railway Terminus, Euston-Square, 1854. Manual labourers leaving London for the seat of war in the Crimea....there are instances of men who have risen from the pick

Background imageLabourers Collection: Philippines, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Philippines, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Philippines, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Philippines, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Philippines, 1912. [Barefoot labourers]

Background imageLabourers Collection: Metro works at the Quai Saint-Michel, c1906. Creator: Henri Dabadie

Metro works at the Quai Saint-Michel, c1906. Creator: Henri Dabadie
Metro works at the Quai Saint-Michel, c1906

Background imageLabourers Collection: Covent Garden Labourers, 1881. Creator: John Thomson

Covent Garden Labourers, 1881. Creator: John Thomson
Covent Garden Labourers, 1881. A work made of woodburytype, plate 3 in the book "street incidents" (1881). (Colorised black and white print)



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