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'Miners of the Hartz; From Alsace to the Hartz, 1875. Creator: UnknownMiners of the Hartz; From Alsace to the Hartz, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin
Scene of the Late Fatal Explosion of Fireworks at Lambeth, 1858. Creator: UnknownScene of the Late Fatal Explosion of Fireworks at Lambeth, 1858. A large order caused extra work, and filled the factory brimful of dangerous missiles...after the men had left
The Foundry, after Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel, c1880-83. Creators: Adolph Menzel, W Manfield'The Foundry, after Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]
P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & EwingP.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. USA. Women operating Union Special sewing machines
P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & EwingP.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. USA. Older woman working in a factory
P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & EwingP.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. USA. Women operating sewing machines
P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & EwingP.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. USA
Supply Personnel, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Supply Personnel, between 1910 and 1920Supply Personnel, between 1910 and 1920. Women office workers, USA. Note electric fans. Sign reads: Deposit file papers from executive section here
Enlisted Officers Personnel, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & EwingEnlisted Officers Personnel, between 1910 and 1920. Women office workers, USA. Note electric fans
Training Division, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Training Division, between 1910 and 1920Training Division, between 1910 and 1920. Women office workers, USA. Note electric fans. Notice reads: Instructions for Care and Maintenance, Globe Automatic Sprinkler Company'
Procurement Personnel, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Procurement Personnel, between 1910 and 1920Procurement Personnel, between 1910 and 1920. Women office workers, USA. Note electric fans
8 hour day signs, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. 8 hour day signs, between 1910 and 19178 hour day signs, between 1910 and 1917. New York, USA. Stamps promoting realistic working hours. Eight Hour Day - Work; Sleep; Free Time; Nearer to Justice; "Labor Center" N.Y.C
Government Printing office - Views, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Government Printing office - Views, 1912Government Printing office - Views, 1912. Workers in US government office
Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeStreet meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO)
Weighers and warehousemens union headquarters, Oakland, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeWeighers and warehousemens union headquarters. Oakland, California. ['Berkeley Unfair to Organized Labor']
The day after election, Oakland, California, November 12, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeThe day after election. Oakland, California. November 12, 1936. [Weighers and warehousemens union headquarters]
Street meeting at night...outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeStreet meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO)
Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeBillboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California. National advertising campaign sponsored by National Association of Manufacturers
Girls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Creator: UnknownGirls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Our illustration was taken [at]...the Royal Laboratory Department...near the Plumstead marshes
Woman and a boy working in a coal mine, Bolton, Lancashire, 1848. A woman and boy underground in a coal mine moving a basket containing 3-4 cwt of coal
Night street meeting of cotton strikers near end of defeated strike. Kern County, California, 1939Kern County, California. Night street meeting of cotton strikers near end of defeated strike. Strikers received seventy-five cents per 100 pounds; demanded one dollar
Four firms being picketed, 42nd Street, New York City, New York, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNew York City. Four firms on 42nd Street in block east of Fifth Avenue were being picketed in this manner on this afternoon
Firms being picketed, 42nd Street, New York City, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNew York City. Four firms on 42nd Street in block east of Fifth Avenue were being picketed in this manner on this afternoon
Civil engineers at Silverwood Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1954. Artist: Michael WaltersCivil engineers at Silverwood Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1954. Civil engineers excavating a pit during the refurbishment of Silverwood Colliery in December of 1954
Lord Shaftesbury, British Conservative statesman and philanthropist, late 19th century. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885)
The rag and bone man of Paris, 1892. Artist: Henri MeyerThe rag and bone man of Paris, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 27th August 1892
The City Rises, 1911. Artist: Umberto BoccioniThe City Rises, 1911. Against the Milanese urban background of smoking chimneys, scaffolding, a streetcar, and a locomotive, enormous draft horses tug at their harnesses
Coal miner working a narrow seam, c1864. The miner is crouching on the floor and, with a pickaxe, is holing out or scuffling out the coal
Early 19th century coal miner working a narrow seam, c1868. The miner, stripped to the waist, is lying on his side and, with a pickaxe, is holing out or scuffling coal
Mount Potosi, Bolivia, c1788. In 1545 one of the worlds richest silver deposits was discovered at Mount (Cerro) Potosi in what is now Bolivia
Tapping a blast furnace and casting iron into pigs, c1900. From The Marvels of Metals by FM Holmes. (London, c1900)
Charging the retorts at the Beckton gasworks, London, 1878. Beckton Gasworks was owned and operated by The Chartered Gaslight and Coke Company
Lord Shaftesbury, English statesman, moral philosopher, philanthropist and factory reformer, c1880Earl of Shaftesbury, English statesman, moral philosopher, philanthropist and factory reformer, c1880. Anthony Ashley Cooper
Zulu boys working at De Beers diamond mines, Kimberley, South Africa, c1885. In 1887 and 1888 Cecil Rhodes amalgamated the diamond mines around Kimberley, which included De Beers
Basuto miners in De Beers diamond mines, Kimberley, South Africa, c1885. In 1887 and 1888 Cecil Rhodes amalgamated the diamond mines around Kimberley, which included De Beers, into Consolidated Mines