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Background imageWorkforce Collection: Labour Union Poster - Great London Dock Strike

Labour Union Poster - Great London Dock Strike
Labour Union Poster Commemorating the Great London Dock Strike of 1889. This industrial dispute involving dock workers in the Port of London broke out on 14 August 1889

Background imageWorkforce Collection: Rubber Plantation - Malaysia - Overseer and Coolies

Rubber Plantation - Malaysia - Overseer and Coolies. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWorkforce Collection: Chism Ice Cream Factory, Reno, Nevada, USA

Chism Ice Cream Factory, Reno, Nevada, USA
Chism Ice Cream Factory, West Street, Reno, Nevada, USA -- workforce with truck at loading platform. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWorkforce Collection: Two Children in the Mines 1854

Two Children in the Mines 1854
Two young colliers helpers pulling a cart full of heavy coal upwards in the dark mines. Date: 1854

Background imageWorkforce Collection: W. H. Smith and son's despatching newpapers 1900

W. H. Smith and son's despatching newpapers 1900
Early morning despatching newpapers for W. H. Smith. Date: 1900

Background imageWorkforce Collection: With the distressed hop pickers in Kent

With the distressed hop pickers in Kent - a series of drawings by ILN Special Artist Mr H. C. Seppings Wright showing the poor conditions for hop pickers in Kent during bad wet weather

Background imageWorkforce Collection: Valentine makers at work 1880

Valentine makers at work 1880
The process of making Valentines cards which were popularlised in the Victorian period, largely due to advances in industrial printing which made them affordable

Background imageWorkforce Collection: Patriotic poster, Buy British - Watch Unemployment dwindle

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)

Background imageWorkforce Collection: Huntley & Palmers Girls leaving work - Reading, Berkshire

Huntley & Palmers Girls leaving work - Reading, Berkshire Date: 1906

Background imageWorkforce Collection: Women working in Army Remount Depot by Cecil Aldin, WW1

Women working in Army Remount Depot by Cecil Aldin, WW1
Sketch by Cecil Aldin for his painting of women working at one of the Army Remount Depots under his command in Berkshire during the First World War

Background imageWorkforce Collection: Dolly Goes Back to the Land, land girl, WW1

Dolly Goes Back to the Land, land girl, WW1
An attractive young woman posed with a spade on a farm, part of the female agricultural workforce during the First World War - though her outfit does not suggest shes a member of the Womens Land

Background imageWorkforce Collection: Women workers WW1 - procession of homage at Palace

Women workers WW1 - procession of homage at Palace
Nearly three thousand women workers representing practically every organised branch of womens labour during the First World War and wearing the uniforms of their corps and trades

Background imageWorkforce Collection: Demobilisation - pivotal and slip men in Whitehall

Demobilisation - pivotal and slip men in Whitehall
Demobilised men at the Demobilisation Office in Whitehall waiting to get their papers. The group here are captioned as pivotal (the job creators)


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