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Women At Work Collection (page 11)

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Gathering hasen-Qahatika, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Gathering hasen-Qahatika, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Gathering hasen-Qahatika, c1907. Woman using long pole to harvest cactus fruit, Arizona

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Saguaro fruit gatherers-Maricopa, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Saguaro fruit gatherers-Maricopa, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Saguaro fruit gatherers-Maricopa, c1907. Three women, two of them with baskets on their heads, standing by cactus plant, Arizona

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Gathering Seeds-Coast Pomo, c1924. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Gathering Seeds-Coast Pomo, c1924. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Gathering Seeds-Coast Pomo, c1924. Cecilia Joaquin, Pomo woman, full-length portrait, standing, using seed beater to gather seeds into a burden basket

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Wichita mortar, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Wichita mortar, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wichita mortar, c1927. Wichita woman using mortar and pestle

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Achomawi basket-maker, 1923. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Achomawi basket-maker, 1923. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Achomawi basket-maker, 1923

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Preparing cedar bark-Nakoaktok, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Preparing cedar bark-Nakoaktok, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Preparing cedar bark-Nakoaktok, c1914

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: The mealing trough-Hopi, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The mealing trough-Hopi, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The mealing trough-Hopi, c1906. Photo shows four young Hopi Indian women grinding grain

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Havachach weaving (Maricopa Tribe, Arizona), 1907 Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Havachach weaving (Maricopa Tribe, Arizona), 1907 Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Havachach weaving (Maricopa Tribe, Arizona), 1907 Photograph shows a Maricopa woman, three-quarter-length, seated, facing front, weaving a basket

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Gathering saguaro fruit, 1907, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Gathering saguaro fruit, 1907, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Gathering saguaro fruit, 1907, c1907. Two Pina women harvesting saguaro cactus fruit, Arizona, one seated on ground at base of tall cactus, the other standing with basket tray on head

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Gathering hanamh - Papago woman picking cactus fruit with wooden stick, Arizona, c1907

Gathering hanamh - Papago woman picking cactus fruit with wooden stick, Arizona, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Gathering hanamh - Papago woman picking cactus fruit with wooden stick, Arizona, c1907

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Hopi water girls, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Hopi water girls, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hopi water girls, c1906. Five Hopi girls getting water in jugs

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Group of workers harvesting tea, Greek women [Chakva], between 1905 and 1915

Group of workers harvesting tea, Greek women [Chakva], between 1905 and 1915
Group of workers harvesting tea, [Chakva], between 1905 and 1915. Workers, identified by Prokudin-Gorskii as Greeks, pose while harvesting tea from plants spreading over rolling hills near Chakva

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Haying [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Haying [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Haying [Russian Empire], 1909. Farm workers haymaking. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Harvesting tea: Group of Greek women, Caucasus [Chakva], between 1905 and 1915

Harvesting tea: Group of Greek women, Caucasus [Chakva], between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: The International Exhibition - 'Girl of the Parish of Rattvik, in Decarlia

The International Exhibition - "Girl of the Parish of Rattvik, in Decarlia, by the Fireside", by Johan Frederick Hockert, 1862. Engraving of a painting

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: The International Exhibition - 'Nameless and Friendless', by Miss Osborn, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition - "Nameless and Friendless", by Miss Osborn, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - "Nameless and Friendless", by Miss Osborn, 1862. Engraving of a painting....the sad story of a poor orphan girl (still in her mourning dress)

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: 'The Fair Haymaker', by G. E. Hicks, in Morby's Collection, Cornhill, 1862. Creator: W Thomas

"The Fair Haymaker", by G. E. Hicks, in Morby's Collection, Cornhill, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
"The Fair Haymaker", by G. E. Hicks, in Morby's Collection, Cornhill, 1862. Engraving of a painting. The sun has crept round

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Girls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Girls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Girls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Our illustration was taken [at]...the Royal Laboratory Department...near the Plumstead marshes

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: A Transbaikal migrant at work on the banks of the Zeya River, 1909

A Transbaikal migrant at work on the banks of the Zeya River, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov
A Transbaikal migrant at work on the banks of the Zeya River, 1909. Amur Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Cotton manufacture: Platt's self-acting mule, or cottonspinning machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Cotton manufacture: Platt's self-acting mule, or cottonspinning machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Cotton manufacture: Platt's self-acting mule, or cottonspinning machine, 1862. Processing cotton grown in India. These machines are used for the purpose of converting the rovings...into what is

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Recueil des modes de la cour de France, La Crieuse de Balets, after 1674

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, La Crieuse de Balets, after 1674. Creators: Jean-Baptiste Bonnart
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, La Crieuse de Balets, after 1674

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Interior of a Power-Loom factory, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Interior of a Power-Loom factory, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Interior of a Power-Loom factory, 1844. We are persuaded that the annexed engraving will be interesting to our readers, in connection with the great question of " The Factory Bill

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Woman on Veranda, Spinning... 18th century. Creator: Shunsho

Woman on Veranda, Spinning... 18th century. Creator: Shunsho
Woman on Veranda, Spinning; another Pounding Cloth on Rock in Foreground, 18th century

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Operator on the Mayfair Exchange, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Operator on the Mayfair Exchange, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Operator on the Mayfair Exchange, 1932, (1933). Telephone exchange operator in Mayfair, central London. From " The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Hay box cooking, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Hay box cooking, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Hay box cooking, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Economy in fuel led to the adoption of hay-boxes for completing the cooking of partially cooked foods

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: The Gleaners, 1857, (1911). Artist: Jean Francois Millet

The Gleaners, 1857, (1911). Artist: Jean Francois Millet
The Gleaners, 1857. Painting held at the Musee d Orsay, Paris. From A History of Painting Volume VIII by Haldane MacFall [T. C. and E. C. Jack, Lodon & Edinburgh, 1911.]

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Milking the Cows. West Jutland, 1897-1899. Creator: Niels Pedersen Mols

Milking the Cows. West Jutland, 1897-1899. Creator: Niels Pedersen Mols
Milking the Cows. West Jutland, 1897-1899

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Fancy Bazaar recently held in the Townhall, Hadleigh, Suffolk, in aid of the Restoration... 1858

Fancy Bazaar recently held in the Townhall, Hadleigh, Suffolk, in aid of the Restoration... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fancy Bazaar recently held in the Townhall, Hadleigh, Suffolk, in aid of the Restoration of the Interior of Hadleigh Church, 1858

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Fancy Bazaar recently held in the Townhall, Hadleigh, Suffolk, in aid of the Restoration... 1858

Fancy Bazaar recently held in the Townhall, Hadleigh, Suffolk, in aid of the Restoration... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fancy Bazaar recently held in the Townhall, Hadleigh, Suffolk, in aid of the Restoration of the Interior of Hadleigh Church, 1858

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Sketches of Native Life in India - Native Woman, Upper India, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Sketches of Native Life in India - Native Woman, Upper India, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches of Native Life in India - Native Woman, Upper India, 1858. We are indebted to the sketch-book of Mr. Marshall Claxton for the...series of characteristic Sketches of a few of the manners

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Woman in a garden, summer, 1891. Creator: Poul S. Christiansen

Woman in a garden, summer, 1891. Creator: Poul S. Christiansen
Woman in a garden, summer, 1891

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Young women going to the well at midday, Cività d'Antino, 1890. Creator: Henry Lørup

Young women going to the well at midday, Cività d'Antino, 1890. Creator: Henry Lørup
Young women going to the well at midday, Civita d'Antino; Ragazze che vanno al pozzo a mezzogiorno, Civita d'Antino, 1890

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Grandmother with her grandson, 1875. Creator: Kristian Zahrtmann

Grandmother with her grandson, 1875. Creator: Kristian Zahrtmann
Grandmother with her grandson, 1875

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Driving a reindeer herd to milking, high mountains north of Roros, 1875. Creator: Carl Henrik Bogh

Driving a reindeer herd to milking, high mountains north of Roros, 1875. Creator: Carl Henrik Bogh
Driving a reindeer herd to milking, high mountains north of Roros, 1875

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: A housewife at her loom, with her two children, 1859. Creator: Constantin Hansen

A housewife at her loom, with her two children, 1859. Creator: Constantin Hansen
A housewife at her loom, with her two children, 1859

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Mountain Scenery with a River, 1770. Creator: Claude-Joseph Vernet

Mountain Scenery with a River, 1770. Creator: Claude-Joseph Vernet
Mountain Scenery with a River, 1770

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Two young women in a garden, 1880-1889. Creator: Peter Hansen

Two young women in a garden, 1880-1889. Creator: Peter Hansen
Two young women in a garden, 1880-1889

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Flock of sheep, Faksinge Forest near Nysø, 1847-1848. Creator: Carlo Eduardo Dalgas

Flock of sheep, Faksinge Forest near Nysø, 1847-1848. Creator: Carlo Eduardo Dalgas
Flock of sheep, Faksinge Forest near Nyso, 1847-1848

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Wooden box industry - female workers posing with Mrs. Graham, c1910

Wooden box industry - female workers posing with Mrs. Graham, c1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Wooden box industry - female workers posing with Mrs. Graham, c1910

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Girl painting strips with glue to assemble cigar boxes, c1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Girl painting strips with glue to assemble cigar boxes, c1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Girl painting strips with glue to assemble cigar boxes, c1910

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Wooden Box Industry: young woman working at machine, c1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Wooden Box Industry: young woman working at machine, c1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Wooden Box Industry: young woman working at machine, c1910

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Wooden Box Industry: women in work room of box factory, c1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Wooden Box Industry: women in work room of box factory, c1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Wooden Box Industry: women in work room of box factory, c1910

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Wooden box industry - Mrs. Graham inspecting log on machinery with two workmen standing by, c1910

Wooden box industry - Mrs. Graham inspecting log on machinery with two workmen standing by, c1910

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Woman doing bookbinding at Roycroft Shops, E. Aurora, N.Y. 1900. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Woman doing bookbinding at Roycroft Shops, E. Aurora, N.Y. 1900. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Woman doing bookbinding at Roycroft Shops, E. Aurora, N.Y. 1900

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: The Apache Reaper [gathering wheat], c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The Apache Reaper [gathering wheat], c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Apache Reaper [gathering wheat], c1906. Apache woman harvesting wheat with a hand sickle

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: The cornfield, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The cornfield, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The cornfield, c1906. Apache woman hoeing rows of corn with an infant in a cradleboard with large visor on her back

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Installing one of the 4 motors on the transport plane at Willow Run, between 1941 and 1945

Installing one of the 4 motors on the transport plane at Willow Run, between 1941 and 1945. Creator: Howard Hollem
Installing one of the 4 motors on the transport plane at Willow Run. Photo shows the Willow Run manufacturing plant, run by the Ford Motor Company near Ypsilanti, Michigan

Background imageWomen At Work Collection: Girl inspector confers with a worker as she... Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942

Girl inspector confers with a worker as she... Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Girl inspector confers with a worker as she makes a careful check of center wings for C-47 transport planes, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif



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