Workman Collection

Building Emp State Buil
A dizzy perch 350 yards above street level: A New York workman (Carl Russell) engaged on the worlds tallest bulding (at the time), the Empire State Building

Illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- The building of Saltash Bridge. Date: 1935

No Fear
A curmudgeonly workman, balanced precariously on a chimney, looks at an aircraft during World War I and mutters, " Blowed if I d risk my bloomin neck"

Trades union membership certificate
A trades union membership certificate for the United Operative Plumbers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, with Defence and Defiance as their motto

Man at work, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
A man at work, 150 feet up on the main face of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales

Splitting Slates
A workman uses a hammer and chisel to split slates in the biggest slate quarry in the world at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales

Poster advertising Pollards Storefitters, showing workmen busy with their carpentry. 20th century

WW2 - Recycling cans to aid war effort in East Ham, London
WW2 - Recycling tin cans to aid the war effort in East Ham, London - April, 1940. Date: 1940

Locomotive Maintenance
A maintenance man checking over The White Knight steam locomotive at Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Woman police officer attending an accident where a man appears to have fallen off a ladder. She is speaking into her hand-held radio. Date: circa 1970s

Railway cutting works, discovery of fossilised trees
Railway cutting works on the Manchester to Bolton line, discovery of fossilised trees. Date: 1840s

Workmen repairing part of the walkways on Tower Bridge

VICTORIAs JUBILEE 1887
Victoria depicted with her loyal lion - the workman with his clay pipe and side of beef - and her unicorn - the upper class with its cigars and champagne

Oyster Stall, England
A bowler-hatted oyster seller watches while a workman, with his cap on the side of his head, helps himself to Cleethorpes oysters : probably in Lancashire

A Blast Furnace in Action Date: circa 1920s

Workman & Boss / Doffs Cap
A workman walking in the street with his wife puts his finger to his cap when his employer rides past

A group of working class men and boys, c. 1900. Date: c. 1900
A group of working class men and boys, c.1900. Date: c.1900

RMS Titanic, Samuel Alfred Smith Archive, leather tool bag
RMS TITANIC - THE SAMUEL ALFRED SMITH ARCHIVE: Early 20th century leather tool bag of joiner's woodworking tools owned and used by Samuel Smith

Workman, Burnley, Lancashire, early 1900s

Smiling Workman
A portrait photograph of a happy workman carrying tubed over his shoulder, with a dirt smudged face. Used for advertisement purposes. Date: circa 1939

Men In Conversation
A sketch showing a man speaking with a shop assistant or workman. Date: circa 1901

Chinese workmen at tiffin (a light afternoon snack) - Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Date: circa 1910

Our Bairn, labourer and wife with baby
Our Bairn - a labourer walking home from work with his wife and their baby Date: 19th century

Country Village
A painting of a countryside village scene, where a workman is seated outside a house window with green shutters, along a path which trails up a hill behind. Date: circa 1916

Making a Monkey of Him, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

Cutting and grooving pencils - Pencil Making at Keswick Date: 1854

Photograph of the cleaning of the General Gordon statue. Captioned, The Hero-Cleaning season: General Gordon's statue in Trafalgar Square recently underwent cleansing operations

Men working on Festival of Britain building site, London
Group of men working on the Festival of Britain building site, London. Seen here taking a break to read their favourite newspapers: the Daily Herald, the Daily Worker and the Daily Mirror

Comic postcard, Foreman and workman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boss and workman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Workman nervous about horse Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman and plumber Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plumber and maid in kitchen Date: 20th century

Preparing street decorations for royal wedding
Painters decorate crowns to be used in street decorations for the royal wedding of Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones. Date: 1960

Painting street decorations for royal wedding
Painting decorative crowns - street decorations for a royal wedding, Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones. Date: 1960

Epstein sculpture arriving at London gallery
Sculpture Genesis by Jacob Epstein arrives at a Bond Street gallery on an open truck. Staff consider how to move it. Date: circa 1950s

Christmas decorations go up in Regent Street, London
Illuminated Christmas decorations being erected in Regent Street, London. Date: circa 1960s

Comic postcard, Cold weather conversation Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, water passed by Borough Surveyor, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Two working class men enjoying a break from work with a cup of tea. Date: 1920s

Motto frontispiece in a bound volume of The British Workman, an improving magazine aimed at the industrial classes, advocating temperance and education. Laborare est Orare - To Work is to Worship

Front cover of a bound volume of The British Workman, an improving magazine for the working classes founded by Thomas Bywater Smithies in 1855, committed to encouraging temperance, protestantism

Cartoon, The Bill-Sticker (Gladstone and Irish Land Bill)
Cartoon, The Bill-Sticker -- a satirical comment on Gladstone as Liberal Prime Minister, choosing to prioritise the Irish Land Bill over other planned legislation. Date: 1881

Cartoon, A Frozen-Out Party (Gladstone and Liberals)
Cartoon, A Frozen-Out Party -- a satirical comment on the Liberal Party (Gladstone, Bright and others), currently out of power, standing around in Downing Street like workmen

Cartoon, A Block on the Line (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, A Block on the Line -- a satirical comment on a delay in the progress of electoral reform, with rival political parties offering to sort it out

Workman assembling a gas meter as part of the manufacturing process. Date: 1864

Electro-plating workshop in the Oudry factory, Paris. Date: circa 1870

Art Metal Steel Office Equipment, Jamestown, New York, USA - photographs of the manufacturing process in the factory. (1 of 4) Date: 1926

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