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Background imageWar Work Collection: Naval Primer Assembly, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Naval Primer Assembly, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Naval Primer Assembly, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageWar Work Collection: National League for Woman's Sevice, between 1917 and 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

National League for Woman's Sevice, between 1917 and 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
National League for Woman's Sevice, between 1917 and 1919. Shows women knitting at a table with a sign inviting women to register for service

Background imageWar Work Collection: Women's Land Army, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Women's Land Army, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Women's Land Army, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageWar Work Collection: Women's Land Army, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Women's Land Army, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Women's Land Army, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageWar Work Collection: Woman's Land Army of Calif. between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Woman's Land Army of Calif. between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Woman's Land Army of Calif. between c1915 and c1920

Background imageWar Work Collection: Woman chimney sweep, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Woman chimney sweep, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Woman chimney sweep, between c1915 and 1918. Shows a woman cleaning a chimney, probably in England during World War I

Background imageWar Work Collection: War 'Hello' girls, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

War "Hello" girls, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
War "Hello" girls, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageWar Work Collection: Red Cross workers, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Red Cross workers, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Red Cross workers, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageWar Work Collection: Nurses on ST. LOUIS, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Nurses on ST. LOUIS, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Nurses on ST. LOUIS, 1915. Shows nurses aboard the American liner the St. Louis. Nurses were accompanying a US Army field hospital being shipped to Europe for operation by the Red Cross during World

Background imageWar Work Collection: Red Cross volunteers? Alice Borden, Helen Campbell, Edith McHieble, Maude

Red Cross volunteers? Alice Borden, Helen Campbell, Edith McHieble, Maude Fisher, Kath. Hoagland, Frances Riker, Marion Penny, Fredericka Bull, Edith Farr, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageWar Work Collection: Paula Windheuser, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Paula Windheuser, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Paula Windheuser, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageWar Work Collection: Women's Motor Corps, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Women's Motor Corps, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Women's Motor Corps, 1917 or 1918. Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929) a U.S. naval officer who served as the commander of the USS Recruit

Background imageWar Work Collection: English women in ship yards, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

English women in ship yards, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
English women in ship yards, between c1915 and 1918. Women at work building navy ships during World War I in England

Background imageWar Work Collection: Julia Kraszewski, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Julia Kraszewski, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Julia Kraszewski, between c1915 and 1918. A woman in uniform. Probably relates to the work of the Polish Falcons based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Background imageWar Work Collection: Frances Lewinski, Julia Kraszewski, Dr. B.M. Zielinski (L. to R.), between c1915 and 1918

Frances Lewinski, Julia Kraszewski, Dr. B.M. Zielinski (L. to R.), between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Frances Lewinski, Julia Kraszewski, Dr. B.M. Zielinski (L. to R.), between c1915 and 1918. Two women with a man in uniform

Background imageWar Work Collection: Farmerette, Los Angeles, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Farmerette, Los Angeles, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farmerette, Los Angeles, between c1915 and 1918. Probably shows a "farmerette" member of the Woman's Land Army of America (later Women's Land Army)

Background imageWar Work Collection: Los Angeles [woman] mail carrier, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Los Angeles [woman] mail carrier, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Los Angeles [woman] mail carrier, between c1915 and c1920. A woman postal worker during World War I in Los Angeles, California

Background imageWar Work Collection: Capt. Baylis & Mary Watkins, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Capt

Capt. Baylis & Mary Watkins, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Capt. Baylis & Mary Watkins, 1917 or 1918
Capt. Baylis & Mary Watkins, 1917 or 1918. Bacteriologist Adelaide Brooks Baylis (d. 1965), captain of the National League of Women's Services Motor Corps in New York

Background imageWar Work Collection: Capt. Adelaide B. Baylis, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Capt. Adelaide B. Baylis, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. Adelaide B. Baylis, 1917 or 1918. Bacteriologist Adelaide Brooks Baylis (d. 1965) who served as a captain in the National League of Women's Services Motor Corps in New York during World War

Background imageWar Work Collection: In a Detroit shop, 26 Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

In a Detroit shop, 26 Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
In a Detroit shop, 26 Dec 1917 (date created or published later). Two women wearing overalls as they work in a factory in Detroit, Michigan during World War I

Background imageWar Work Collection: Examining spruce for planes, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Examining spruce for planes, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Examining spruce for planes, between c1915 and c1920. A man at an airplane factory is seen looking for imperfections in spruce to be used for the construction of airplanes

Background imageWar Work Collection: English women finishing a 9.2 shell, between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

English women finishing a 9.2 shell, between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
English women finishing a 9.2 shell, between c1915 and 1917. Women workers inspecting 9.2 explosive shells in a factory during World War I

Background imageWar Work Collection: English women in shipbuilding yards, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

English women in shipbuilding yards, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
English women in shipbuilding yards, between c1915 and c1920. Women at work building navy ships during World War I in England

Background imageWar Work Collection: English Post women, between c1915 and c1917. Creator: Bain News Service

English Post women, between c1915 and c1917. Creator: Bain News Service
English Post women, between c1915 and c1917. English post women from London carrying mailbags during World War I

Background imageWar Work Collection: Women in brass fitting shop, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Women in brass fitting shop, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Women in brass fitting shop, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Women working in a brass fitting shop in England during World War I

Background imageWar Work Collection: English furnace woman in iron works, between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

English furnace woman in iron works, between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
English furnace woman in iron works, between c1915 and 1917. A woman stoker England in front of a furnace at an ironworks during World War I

Background imageWar Work Collection: Woman blacksmith, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Woman blacksmith, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Woman blacksmith, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. A woman blacksmith in England during World War I

Background imageWar Work Collection: Women working on propeller, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Women working on propeller, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Women working on propeller, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Women working on a propeller in a navy shipbuilding yard in England during World War I

Background imageWar Work Collection: Barnard Canteen, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Barnard Canteen, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Barnard Canteen, 1918 or 1919. Soldiers seated around a table in the Columbia University Gould Boathouse, 115th and Riverside Drive, New York City

Background imageWar Work Collection: [Barnard Canteen], 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

[Barnard Canteen], 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
[Barnard Canteen], 1918 or 1919. Women preparing food in the Columbia University Gould Boathouse, 115th and Riverside Drive, New York City

Background imageWar Work Collection: Pour servir Aussi; Les Franciscaines a la Moisson, 1914. Creator: J Simont

Pour servir Aussi; Les Franciscaines a la Moisson, 1914. Creator: J Simont
Pour servir Aussi; Les Franciscaines a la Moisson, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Background imageWar Work Collection: Matinales; le depart pour l'ambulance au petit jour, 1914. Creator: L Sabattier

Matinales; le depart pour l'ambulance au petit jour, 1914. Creator: L Sabattier
Matinales; le depart pour l'ambulance au petit jour, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Background imageWar Work Collection: Aspects imprevus de la campage Francaise: les indo-chinois aux champs, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Aspects imprevus de la campage Francaise: les indo-chinois aux champs, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Aspects imprevus de la campage Francaise: les indo-chinois aux champs; La moisson du mais-fourrage, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Background imageWar Work Collection: Aspects imprevus de la campage Francaise: les indo-chinois aux champs, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Aspects imprevus de la campage Francaise: les indo-chinois aux champs, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Aspects imprevus de la campage Francaise: les indo-chinois aux champs; L'arrachage mecanique des pommes de terre, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Background imageWar Work Collection: Les ravitailleuses, 1916. Creator: L Sabattier

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

Background imageWar Work Collection: 'Pour nos soldats, s'il vous plait' ; Les Queteuses de la Croix-Rouge, 1916. Creator: L Sabattier

"Pour nos soldats, s'il vous plait" ; Les Queteuses de la Croix-Rouge, 1916. Creator: L Sabattier
"Pour nos soldats, s'il vous plait" ; Les Queteuses de la Croix-Rouge au passage des trains emmenant les Parisiens a la campagne ou a la mer, 1916

Background imageWar Work Collection: Les femmes dans les usines de guerre; Une travailleuse de l'usine de guerre, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Les femmes dans les usines de guerre; Une travailleuse de l'usine de guerre, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les femmes dans les usines de guerre; Une travailleuse de l'usine de guerre, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageWar Work Collection: Les femmes dans les usines de guerre; Une jeune Parisienne travaillant a l'evidement... 1916

Les femmes dans les usines de guerre; Une jeune Parisienne travaillant a l'evidement... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les femmes dans les usines de guerre; Une jeune Parisienne travaillant a l'evidement du corps des projectiles, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageWar Work Collection: Les femmes dans les usines de guerre; Un atelier de femmes dans une usine... 1916. Creator: Unknown

Les femmes dans les usines de guerre; Un atelier de femmes dans une usine... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les femmes dans les usines de guerre; Un atelier de femmes dans une usine de guerre : verification des obus, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageWar Work Collection: 1939 Bedford MWD lorry. Creator: Unknown

1939 Bedford MWD lorry. Creator: Unknown
1939 Bedford MWD lorry

Background imageWar Work Collection: Women aircraft maintenance and repair workers, South Wales, World War II, c1939-c1944 (1946)

Women aircraft maintenance and repair workers, South Wales, World War II, c1939-c1944 (1946). The women of South Wales played a skilled part in the maintenance

Background imageWar Work Collection: Workroom in the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, 1904

Workroom in the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, 1904. Supervised by the Tsarina and the Dowager Empress, dressings and gowns are being produced to be sent to Russians wounded in the Russo-Japanese War

Background imageWar Work Collection: Male munitions workers in Engineering Shop, School of Building, Brixton, London, 1915

Male munitions workers in Engineering Shop, School of Building, Brixton, London, 1915. Men working at benches with belt driven machinery

Background imageWar Work Collection: Female munitions workers, Shoreditch Technical Institute, London, 1915

Female munitions workers, Shoreditch Technical Institute, London, 1915
Female munitions workers, mechanical engineering workshop, Shoreditch Technical Institute, London, 1915

Background imageWar Work Collection: Women munitions workers putting a coat of paint on aerial bombs, World War I, c1914-c1918

Women munitions workers putting a coat of paint on aerial bombs, World War I, c1914-c1918

Background imageWar Work Collection: A group of women receive a lesson in boot repairing, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist

A group of women receive a lesson in boot repairing, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist
A group of women receive a lesson in boot repairing, World War I, c1914-c1918. A cobbler showing women how to repair boots at Scaynes Hill Womens Insititute, Sussex

Background imageWar Work Collection: Women working in a boot repairing factory, Old Kent Road, London, World War I, c1914-c1918

Women working in a boot repairing factory, Old Kent Road, London, World War I, c1914-c1918. Cobbling was traditionally regarded as an occupation only for men

Background imageWar Work Collection: Women of Britain Come into the Factories, c1940

Women of Britain Come into the Factories, c1940. WWII propoganda poster

Background imageWar Work Collection: Boys of Bradfield College making shell parts, Berkshire, c1916 (1928)

Boys of Bradfield College making shell parts, Berkshire, c1916 (1928). From The Wonder Book of Soldiers for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

Background imageWar Work Collection: Boys of Harrow School making splints, crutches and other articles for the wounded, c1916 (1928)

Boys of Harrow School making splints, crutches and other articles for the wounded, c1916 (1928). From The Wonder Book of Soldiers for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

Background imageWar Work Collection: A munitions factory, World War I, 1917 (1938). Artist: Horace Walter Nicholls

A munitions factory, World War I, 1917 (1938). Artist: Horace Walter Nicholls
A munitions factory, World War I, 1917 (1938). Munitions workers with shells in a warehouse at National Shell Filling Factory No 6 at Chilwell, Nottinghamshire

Background imageWar Work Collection: His Majesty inspects the shells at Holmes and Co Ltd, Hull, Yorkshire, World War I, c1914-c1918

His Majesty inspects the shells at Holmes and Co Ltd, Hull, Yorkshire, World War I, c1914-c1918. King George V visiting a munitions works. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Background imageWar Work Collection: Sheet metal workers at a aeroplane factory, World War I, 1914-1918

Sheet metal workers at a aeroplane factory, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Sheet metal workers at a aeroplane factory, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Background imageWar Work Collection: Tsarina Alexandra and Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana of Russia, 1914

Tsarina Alexandra and Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana of Russia, 1914. Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna (1872-1918) with her daughters Olga Nikolaevna (1895-1918) and Tatiana Nikolaievna ()

Background imageWar Work Collection: The clothing of the prisoner of war, Champs-Elysees, Paris, World War I, 1914-1918

The clothing of the prisoner of war, Champs-Elysees, Paris, World War I, 1914-1918. French postcard

Background imageWar Work Collection: Subscriptions office of the newspaper L Action Francaise, Paris, 1917

Subscriptions office of the newspaper L Action Francaise, Paris, 1917. French postcard

Background imageWar Work Collection: Folding machine room, printing works of the L Action Francaise newspaper, Paris, 1917

Folding machine room, printing works of the L Action Francaise newspaper, Paris, 1917. French postcard

Background imageWar Work Collection: Clothing for prisoners of war, Champs-Elysees, Paris, World War I, 1914-1918

Clothing for prisoners of war, Champs-Elysees, Paris, World War I, 1914-1918. French postcard

Background imageWar Work Collection: So France Can Live, Spend a Few Weeks Working in the Fields, 1940-1944

So France Can Live, Spend a Few Weeks Working in the Fields, 1940-1944. Propaganda poster of the Vichy Government

Background imageWar Work Collection: Women manufacturing shell casings in a Russian factory, World War II, 1943

Women manufacturing shell casings in a Russian factory, World War II, 1943

Background imageWar Work Collection: Young girls assembling machine guns in a Russian factory, 1943

Young girls assembling machine guns in a Russian factory, 1943

Background imageWar Work Collection: German state munition factory, World War I, 1917

German state munition factory, World War I, 1917. A woman working at a 125 ton grooving press. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Background imageWar Work Collection: The Krupp gun factory number 1, Essen, Germany, World War I, 1917

The Krupp gun factory number 1, Essen, Germany, World War I, 1917. Krupp supplied the German armys heavy artillery pieces during the First World War. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Background imageWar Work Collection: Steel production, Krupp factory, Essen, Germany, World War I, 1917

Steel production, Krupp factory, Essen, Germany, World War I, 1917. In 1917 and 1918, Krupp produced seven Paris Guns, huge artillery pieces designed to fire shells at Paris from over 80 miles away

Background imageWar Work Collection: Seamstresses of the National Union of Women, Frankfurt am Main, World War I, 1915

Seamstresses of the National Union of Women, Frankfurt am Main, World War I, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Background imageWar Work Collection: Filling shrapnel shells in a British munitions factory, World War I, 1914-1918

Filling shrapnel shells in a British munitions factory, World War I, 1914-1918

Background imageWar Work Collection: Volunteer women drivers in a Wolseley, donated towards the war effort, Cambridge, World War I, 1915

Volunteer women drivers in a Wolseley, donated towards the war effort, Cambridge, World War I, 1915

Background imageWar Work Collection: Volunteer English woman driver washing down her ambulance, Cambridge, World War I, 1915

Volunteer English woman driver washing down her ambulance, Cambridge, World War I, 1915. The ambulance, a converted Wolseley, was donated towards the war effort

Background imageWar Work Collection: Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia with nurses outside a hospital, Russia, 1916

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia with nurses outside a hospital, Russia, 1916. Born Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928) married the future Tsar Alexander III in 1866

Background imageWar Work Collection: The Big Push, 1916. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill

The Big Push, 1916. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
The Big Push, 1916. A munitions worker with a trolley of new shells sending them of for a little trip to the continent (Europe) for use against the Germans

Background imageWar Work Collection: Woman armaments worker, World War II, 1940

Woman armaments worker, World War II, 1940. A woman in a tank factory being instructed in the use of a metal power drill

Background imageWar Work Collection: Womens Land Army lifting a crop, World War II, 1940

Womens Land Army lifting a crop, World War II, 1940. The Womens Land Army was established to meet the demand for agricultural labour caused by the absence of male farm workers on active service

Background imageWar Work Collection: British girls of the Womens Land Army learning to plough with a tractor, World War II, 1939-1945

British girls of the Womens Land Army learning to plough with a tractor, World War II, 1939-1945. The Womens Land Army was established in June 1939 to meet the demand for agricultural labour caused

Background imageWar Work Collection: The War Workers, 1916

The War Workers, 1916. During the 1914-1918 war women in Britain took over the jobs of men sent to the Front. The demand for female suffrage was temporarily silenced by the national crisis

Background imageWar Work Collection: Lets Do It!, poster, Russian, 1944. Artist: I Serebriany

Lets Do It!, poster, Russian, 1944. Artist: I Serebriany
Lets Do It!, poster, Russian, 1944. A female worker lifting a pallet of bricks


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