Employment Collection (#4)

Girl Workers of London - The Costumiere, theatre and fancy dress. 1898

Girl Workers of London - The Barmaid. 1898

Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, putting cocoa into packets
Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, women putting cocoa into packets. 1893

Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, packing chocolate
Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, women packing chocolate. 1893

Woman gardener on her motor-cycle 1916
Woman jobbing gardener on her motor-cycle with her tools. During the war many women entered the agricultural industry, becoming manual labourors to replace men as they went off to fight. 1916

Female bus conductor in full uniform stepping out of her bus on a snowy London street. circa 1916

Women training to become motor-bus conductresses 1917
Women on a trial trip on a motor-bus as part of their training to become conductresses. The Illustrated London News comments on the war

Line of female ambulance drivers 1918
Female Red Cross ambulance drivers standing in a line in front of their vehicles with their mascot, a great Dane. The Sphere describes Queen Marys specific interest in the role of women in the war

Female royal flying corps driver 1918
Female royal flying corps driver from a painting by Harrington Mann. Date: 1918

Women unloading van outside veterinary hospital 1918
Women photographed unloading a forage van outside a veterinary hospital in London, specialising in the treatment of injured horses

Women farm workers loading a cart, May 1918
Two female farm workers as they load a cart with " roots for cattle", possibly swedes. The Sphere gives an extremely complimentary report of female work on farms describing how " there

Women jam makers at work, May 1918
Women working in the boiler room of a jam factory in England. Jam-making process, output of the factory and the importance of jam to the armys food supply, needing approximately 100

1751 Local Act St Margaret and St John, Westminster
The front page of 1751 Local Act obtained by the joint parishes of St Margaret and St John, Westminster for the better relief and employment of the poor Date: 1751

Arthur James Cook, British trade union leader
Arthur James Cook (1883-1931), General Secretary of the Miners Federation of Great Britain, at the time of the General Strike of 1926. 1926

Photographers advertisement in Germany
An advertisement of a working female photographer in Dresden, Germany. Date: 1900

Women riding on cases of TNT, WW1
Women riding on cases of TNT, packed for despatch to a shell factory, First World War. 1914-1918

Women doing wartime work at a factory, WW1
Women doing wartime work at a factory where margarine is being made to save on butter, WW1. 1914-1918

Poster, You can help to build me a plane, WW2. You can learn quickly and you will be working to win. Ask at any employment exchange for advice and full details. A job is waiting for you. 1940s

Telephone operator, Mayfair Exchange, London
Telephone operator surrounded by wires at the Mayfair Exchange, London, Ocober 1932. 1932

The Pink Note, notice of termination of employment
The Pink Note - notice of termination of employment. 1870

Membership card, Police Association, Chicago, USA
Membership card, A Century of Progress, Police Association, Chicago, USA, made out to Willard F Tafel, and signed on the back by T A Murray, President. Date: 1934

Buy British and speed up the wheels of employment - Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis, reinforced by a speech by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII)

Patriotic poster, Buying British - has put me in a job
Thanks! Buying British - has put me in a job. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis, reinforced by a speech by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII)

Patriotic poster, Buy British - What you & your fellows make
Buy what you & your fellows make - Buy British - for employments sake. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Patriotic poster, Buy British - Look at it from Both Sides
Look at it from Both Sides - One the one hand employment, on the other - moneu to spend. - Buy British and be self-supporting

Patriotic poster Buy British - I want the kind my Daddy Made
" I want the kind my Daddy Made" - make Buy British the watchword of every family and create employment. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Patriotic poster, Buy British - Broadcast this message
Buy British - Broadcast this message to your friends. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis, reinforced by a speech by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII)

Patriotic poster, Buy British - To provide your wages
To provide your wages some must Buy British - Set a good example yourself. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Patriotic poster, Buy British - Watch Unemployment dwindle
Buy British and watch unemployment dwindle. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis, reinforced by a speech by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII)

Patriotic poster, Buy British, British Business
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- How Bills new boots bucked up British Business! Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Patriotic poster, Buy British, Merrie England once again
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Buy British, Merrie England once again! Buy British and put a smile back into British trade

Patriotic poster, Buy British and create employment
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Buy British and create employment. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Which of these do you use and are yours British? Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Patriotic poster, Buy British and make your job secure
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- The safe policy for you, Buy British and make your job secure. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Hop-picking on the road 1858
Hop picking season in Kent, men, women and children from many distant villages and town of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, East End of London

Hop-picking resting 1858
Hop picking season in Kent, men, women and children from many distant villages and towns of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, East End of London

Women packing cigarettes at Copes factory, Liverpool 1891
Women packing cigarettes at Copes factory, Liverpool. Date: 1891

Superman on the Stump - George Bernard Shaw 1910
Front cover of The Graphic, showing George Bernard Shaw taking part in a lively electioneering campaign, in Portsmouth. Date: 1910

Keepeth the Sabbath from polluting 1856
Our only day, the Sabbath is the workingmans chapter. Date: 1856

Pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary Service: Mrs G. Patterson, Miss Rosemary Rees and Mrs Marion Wilberforce. Date: 1940

Study, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler
Study for a painting, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler. A reflection on postwar mass unemployment and social unrest, recalling the 1926 General Strike. late 1920s

Drawing, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler
Preparatory drawing for a painting, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler. A reflection on postwar mass unemployment and social unrest, recalling the 1926 General Strike. late 1920s

Miss Cotter Ludey, Managing Director of a London business
Miss Cotter-Ludey, who started life as a typist, is became managing director of a successful London business with big connections abroad

Sunday morning with hop-pickers 1871
Hop picking season in Kent, men, women and children from many distant villages and town of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, East End of London

Lawyers books, brief and wig in a leather chair. Date: circa 1990s

Recruitment poster, Join the Regular Army, Moving stairway of quick promotion, why Not Now? Designed by Thomas Somerfield. 1919

Stratford-upon-Avon, Mop Fair 1899
Standing for Hire, Stratford-upon-Avon, said to be the largest fair in England, regarded by the agricultural class in the district as the chief holiday of the year

London transport recruiting female bus conductors to replace men called up for national service. 1940

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