Workforce Collection

An orchestra plays to some factory workers as they take a break from work, Germany, 1936. From Germany: The Olympic Year, published by Volk und Reich Verlag. (Berlin, 1936)

Women working in a typing pool, 1900

The Labour Service at work, Germany, 1936. Men working at a stream in a muddy field. From Germany: The Olympic Year, published by Volk und Reich Verlag. (Berlin, 1936)

The Labour Service ready for work, Germany, 1936. Uniformed members of the Labour Service line up with their shovels in front of crowds of people

Factory workers with their tools celebrate the traditional Socialist holiday, Germany, 1936. May 1st, the German Workers National Holiday

Industrial relations, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1966. Artist: Michael Walters
Industrial relations, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1966. Photo for a press ad showing a selection of designers and tradesmen in white coats with shop floor workers to the rear

Staff from Schonhuts butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist
Staff from Schonhuts butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Mr George Schonhut, the owner was the grandson of the founder, who relocated from the German city of Obernhof

Factory girls decorating cheap pottery for the foreign markets, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Factory girls decorating cheap pottery for the foreign markets, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Expert workmen creating designs in cloisonne, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Expert workmen creating designs in cloisonne, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Mr Namikawa in the background. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Munitions factory workers, London, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Haua
Munitions factory workers, London, World War I, 1914-1918. Group portrait of workers in a factory producing bombs. The photographers shadow can be seen in the foreground

Opencast mine, Korea, 1900

General Post Office, Lombard Street, London, 1808. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
General Post Office, Lombard Street, London, 1808. This shows the scene in a busy letter sorting office. The dozens of sorters, each with his own dedicated position

Pen grinding room, Hanks, Wells & Cos factory, Birmingham, West Midlands, 1851. More than 50 women sit at individual grindstones finishing metal pen nibs

Strike, 1895. Artist: Mihaly Munkacsy
Strike, 1895

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