Working Class Collection (#17)

Tool factory, Germany, 1936. From Germany: The Olympic Year, published by Volk und Reich Verlag. (Berlin, 1936)

Workers contented at having found work, Germany, 1936. From Germany: The Olympic Year, published by Volk und Reich Verlag. (Berlin, 1936)

Ceaseless activity in iron works, Germany, 1936
Ceaseless activity in an ironworks, Germany, 1936. A worker stands back from a blast furnace as he makes iron, part of a move by Hitler to make Nazi Germany self-sufficient in iron

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)

New road under construction, Germany, 1936. Labourers shovel dirt into carts pulled by horses. 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

Adolf Hitler addressing a meeting of factory workers, Germany, 1936
Adolf Hitler addressing a meeting of factory workers, 1936. Thousands gather to hear Hitler (1889-1945) speak outside the Siemens factory

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

Adolf Hitler chatting to road workers, 1936. Hitler addresses workers in their own factories, and chats with farm hands during harvest time

Eugene Victor Debs, American Union leader, addressing a crowd, 20th century. Artist
Eugene Victor Debs, American Union leader, addressing a crowd, 20th century. Debs (1855-1926) was instrumental in the founding of one of the first trade unions in the United States

Riot during a strike by Standard Oil workers, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1915. Artist
Riot during a strike by Standard Oil workers, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1915. Standard Oil employees went on strike on 15 July 1915 over pay and union organisation

Armed troops confronting protesters during an industrial dispute, USA, 1912. Artist
Armed troops confronting protesters during an industrial dispute, USA, 1912. 1912 saw a number of industrial disputes, most notably a strike by immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts

Glendale Land Leaguers Memorial, Skye, Highland, Scotland. This memorial in the village of Glendale commemorates five imprisoned crofters known as the Glendale Martyrs

Teaching boys to read in the Ragged School Union school, Lambeth, London, 1868. The Ragged School Union was a charity founded in 1844 by the social reformer Lord Shaftesbury to establish schools

Dressed As A Common Loafer, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Dressed As A Common Loafer, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

A nice hot dinner, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
A nice hot dinner, 1941. A mother feeds her baby at the dinner table. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Outside a public house, London, c1903 (1903). From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

The Unemployed and Unemployable, c1911, (1911). From Bibbys Annual 1911, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1911]

Constantin Meunier in his Studio, 1905. Artist: M Duyk
Constantin Meunier in his Studio, 1905. From The Studio Volume 35. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1905]

A move in Slumopolis, London, c1901 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Old room in Slumland, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Titanic - Dock, Wharf, Riverside, and General Workers Union statement, 1912. On April 19th, 1912, the Marine Department of the Board of Trade received a letter from the Dock, Wharf, Riverside

Procession of Match-Makers To Westminster, 1892. Artist: William Douglas Almond
Procession of Match-Makers To Westminster, 1892. From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI. by John Cassell. [A. W. Cowan, Cassell & Company Limited, London, Paris, Melbourne, c1890]

Meeting at the Reformers Tree, Hyde Park, c1890. Artist: CR
Meeting at the Reformers Tree, Hyde Park, c1890. The Reform League was established in 1865 to press for manhood suffrage and the ballot in Great Britain. From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI

The Unemployed, c1911, (1912). Artist: John Hassall
The Unemployed, c1911, (1912). From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

Inside Medland Hall homeless shelter, Ratcliff, London, c1900 (1901). The four penny coffin, a homeless shelter which charged its clients different amounts depending on the amenities offered

The Penny Sit-Up, Salvation Army shelter, Blackfriars, London, c1900 (1901). The Penny Sit-Up, one of the first homeless shelters to be created in Blackfriars

Dancing to a street organ, London, c1901 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Ripe for eviction, London, c1901 (1901). A photograph of a street soon to be demolished. From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims

Builders men ready for work, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Gauging wine casks at London Docks, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Tallying wool bales at London Docks, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Eager for work, London, c1900 (1901). Men lining a fence looking to work at the London Docks. From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims

Street melody, London, c1901 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

A happy little group, London, c1901 (1901). A family in a doorway. From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Outside a public house, London, c1903 (1903). From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

One of the cigar manufacturing departments at Salmon and Gluckstein, Ltd, London, c1870s (1903). Salmon & Gluckstein was a British tobacco company

Marking soap for hotels, clubs, etc, Edward Cook and Co Ltd, London, c1903 (1903). Edward Cook and Co registered on 18 October 1898, in the business of soap making for hotels, clubs and households

Drawing retorts by hand, South Metropolitan Gasworks, Peckham, London, 1903 (1903). The South Metropolitan Gas Company was founded in 1829. From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims

Sorting a dust heap at a County Council Depot, London, c1850 (1903). Dust-yards were privately run waste sorting centres, sifting and sorting varying grades of rubbish

Bottle selling outside St Bartholomews Hospital, London, c1903 (1903). From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Kitchen in a single womens lodging house, Spitalfields, London, c1903 (1903). From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Sewermen going below, London, c1903 (1903). The modern London sewerage system was developed during the late 19th century. From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims

Grooming costers donkeys, London, c1903 (1903). View of stables and donkeys for hire to costers (or costermongers), street traders selling fruit and vegetables. From Living London, Vol

A corner of a hot air balloon factory, London, c1903 (1903). From Living London, Vol. III, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

With Jack afloat, St Andrews Waterside Mission, London, c1903 (1903). Reverend CER Robinson established the St Andrews Waterside Church Mission in Gravesend in response to the growing impoverishment

On board a lighter, London, c1900 (1903). A lighterman is a worker who operates a lighter, a type of flat-bottomed barge. The highly skilled men who operated the unpowered lighters moved by oar

Outside a soup kitchen, Grays Yard, Marylebone, London, c1903 (1903). From Living London, Vol. III, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

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