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Background imageBoss Collection: Cartoon, Laugh It Off Annual

Cartoon, Laugh It Off Annual
Cartoon in the Laugh It Off Annual -- Demobbed! and glad to be back on the old job, sir! An employee returned from the war sits in his office with a young woman on each knee

Background imageBoss Collection: Porters and their boss at Haydar Pasa Quay

Porters and their boss at Haydar Pasa Quay, transporting a very large and probably very heavy, block of stone, suspended on two long wooden poles

Background imageBoss Collection: WM TWEED

WM TWEED
WILLIAM MARCY TWEED known as BOSS TWEED American politician and swindler: the cartoon which enabled the Spanish police to identify and arrest him

Background imageBoss Collection: Butchers and others outside their work premises, USA

Butchers and others outside their work premises, USA
Butchers and colleagues outside their work premises, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBoss Collection: Blacksmiths outside their foundry or forge, USA

Blacksmiths outside their foundry or forge, USA
Three blacksmiths and two other men outside a foundry or forge, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBoss Collection: The Blue Mouse adapted by Roy Horniman

The Blue Mouse adapted by Roy Horniman from the German of Alexander Engel & Julian Horst. First produced in Brighton, 27th April and at the Criterion 12th May 1914

Background imageBoss Collection: Cloisters of Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex

Cloisters of Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex. circa 1966

Background imageBoss Collection: Watneys Happy Families - Mr Combe

Watneys Happy Families - Mr Combe, the Manager. circa 1930

Background imageBoss Collection: Business Notes Illustrated - Balancing his Books

Business Notes Illustrated - Balancing his Books
Business Notes Illustrated - " Balancing his books!". Date: 1904

Background imageBoss Collection: A group of Algerian Ca盧

A group of Algerian Ca盧; on horses. Ca盧 are civil servants, usually men from wealthy families. circa 1910s

Background imageBoss Collection: The Bosses of Southwark Cathedral, London

The Bosses of Southwark Cathedral, London - removed from the 15th century timber roof. The centre piece in the third row depicts the Devil swallowing Judas Iscariot! Date: circa 1909

Background imageBoss Collection: Student at Trinity College, Cambridge University

Student at Trinity College, Cambridge University
Student tidying up his bed in his room at Trinity College, Cambridge University. Date: 1967

Background imageBoss Collection: Music cover, Le Caid, Polka of the Bedouins by Pasdeloup

Music cover, Le Caid, Polka of the Bedouins by Pasdeloup
Music cover, Le Caid, Polka of the Bedouins, written for piano by H Pasdeloup, from the comic opera by Ambroise Thomas. circa 1850s

Background imageBoss Collection: W Barratt, founder of W Barratt & Co Ltd

W Barratt, founder of W Barratt & Co Ltd, shoe manufacturers. mid-20th century

Background imageBoss Collection: WM Tweed - McCabe - Lights

WM Tweed - McCabe - Lights
William Marcy Tweed (1823 - 1878) known as Boss Tweed American politician and swindler

Background imageBoss Collection: French Theatre -- Farce Du Cuvier

French Theatre -- Farce Du Cuvier
Farce Nouvelle Tres Bonne et Fort Joyeuse Du Cuvier -- The Farce of the Chest. Jaquinots wife, who is clearly The Boss. Date: 16th century

Background imageBoss Collection: Cartoon, A dry telegram, WW1

Cartoon, A dry telegram, WW1
Cartoon, A dry telegram, showing a chef (a spy) writing to his boss, that after eight days the boxes of rubbish have contained nothing of diplomatic interest. Date: 1915

Background imageBoss Collection: Women Workers Lady Clerk WW1

Women Workers Lady Clerk WW1. Young women in the office and the boss is quite pleased to see some remarkable figures. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBoss Collection: Suffragette Womens Rights Cross Husband

Suffragette Womens Rights Cross Husband. Husband, backed into a corner, says, I ll be cross Arabella, I ll be cross!! Tho you have your womens rights I m the Boss

Background imageBoss Collection: Young woman in Mustang at Custom Car Show

Young woman in Mustang at Custom Car Show
Young woman in a Boss Mustang 302 at the Custom Car Show, held by the Hayle Surf Cruisers Club, Cornwall

Background imageBoss Collection: Japan - Woman ( boss at the tea house !) in garden with fan

Japan - Woman ( boss at the tea house !) in garden with fan
Japan Woman ( boss at the tea house !) in garden with fan Date: circa 1905

Background imageBoss Collection: Skagway, Alaska - Grave of J R Soapy Smith II

Skagway, Alaska - Grave of J R Soapy Smith II
Skagway, Alaska - Grave of Jefferson Randolph Soapy Smith II (1860-1898) - con artist, saloon and gambling house proprietor, gangster and crime boss. Date: circa 1930

Background imageBoss Collection: Co, Boss! Co, Boss

Co, Boss! Co, Boss!. Illustration shows President Taft wearing a large hat, offering corn stalk labeled Excuse, Apology, Explanation, Defense

Background imageBoss Collection: 1: 00 AM Pin boys working in Subway Bowling Alleys, 65 South

1: 00 AM Pin boys working in Subway Bowling Alleys, 65 South
1:00 AM Pin boys working in Subway Bowling Alleys, 65 South

Background imageBoss Collection: Let Boss Platt beware - Father Knickerbocker is in training

Let Boss Platt beware - Father Knickerbocker is in training for this Sandow Act. Father Knickerbocker breaking out of chains. Date 1897 June 9

Background imageBoss Collection: The boss bear trainer

The boss bear trainer. Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as a hurdy-gurdy player grinding an organ labeled Party Harmony among a group of bears labeled Elkins, Parsons, Dick, Platt, Penrose

Background imageBoss Collection: Richard Boss Crokers horses, Dublin, Ireland

Richard Boss Crokers horses, Dublin, Ireland
Horses belonging to Richard Boss Croker, an Irishman who emigrated to America as his family fled the potato famine, and worked successively as barman

Background imageBoss Collection: Poster advertising Redfords Celebrated Tobaccos

Poster advertising Redfords Celebrated Tobaccos, based in Clerkenwell, London. circa late 19th century

Background imageBoss Collection: Female factory workers and their male boss

Female factory workers and their male boss
A group of female factory workers pose for a photo with their male boss at Burroughs & Sturgess, Frederick Street, Derby. Date: 1930s

Background imageBoss Collection: Bonang Players - Bali

Bonang Players - Bali
The Bonang is a musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan (percussion orchestra). It is a collection of small gongs (sometimes called kettles or pots)

Background imageBoss Collection: Clerk Appointed

Clerk Appointed
A young man is appointed as clerk, filling the post of his deceased father. Date: 1870

Background imageBoss Collection: Miners with colliery official, South Wales

Miners with colliery official, South Wales
Two miners with a colliery official at a mine in South Wales

Background imageBoss Collection: Three visitors, Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Three visitors, Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Three visitors, including Mr Vickerman (the boss) at the Margaret pithead, Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Background imageBoss Collection: Men at Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Men at Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A group of men at Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. They are standing near the aerial ropeway connected to the Margaret shaft, which opened in 1911

Background imageBoss Collection: Boss Croker

Boss Croker
Richard Boss Croker, Sr. (1843 - 1922) - American politician. As head of the Tammany Hall (the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics)

Background imageBoss Collection: Interior, St Martins Church, Landshut, Bavaria, Germany

Interior, St Martins Church, Landshut, Bavaria, Germany
Gothic interior of the medieval St Martins Church in Landshut, Lower Bavaria, Germany. Building began in 1389 and took over 100 years -- the tower alone took 55 years to build

Background imageBoss Collection: Selection and packing of dates at Nefta, Tunisia

Selection and packing of dates at Nefta, Tunisia
The sorting / selection and packing into cases of dates at Nefta, Tunisia

Background imageBoss Collection: Irregular Galata Fireman and their Chief

Irregular Galata Fireman and their Chief
Irregular Galata Fireman and their Boss, Kemer Alty at Constantinople. Date: 1910s

Background imageBoss Collection: Carpet Sellers - Constantinople, Turkey

Carpet Sellers - Constantinople, Turkey
Carpet Selling in the Constantinople Bazaar from an open stall

Background imageBoss Collection: The Monarch 120 Call Connect System

The Monarch 120 Call Connect System
A secretary or receptionist uses a new electronic post office telecommunications device/switchboard unit. A promotional photograph for the Monarch 120 Call Connect System

Background imageBoss Collection: The Bosses visit the factory floor

The Bosses visit the factory floor
Four clearly rather important men (company directors?) visit, or possibly inspect, a printing works. The job at hand at the time of this photograph was the production of wrappers for Penguin

Background imageBoss Collection: Tiny Town carpenters constructing a shop

Tiny Town carpenters constructing a shop
A group of Tiny Town carpenters constructing a shop, part of a Tiny Town exhibition at Olympia, West London

Background imageBoss Collection: Letter to Thomas Henry Ismay

Letter to Thomas Henry Ismay
A letter to Thomas Henry Ismay from twenty of his colleagues and employees on White Star Works headed paper, dated Bootle, 6 February 1899

Background imageBoss Collection: Izmir, Turkey - Thread tanning works

Izmir, Turkey - Thread tanning works
A wool-dyeing factory for the carpet trade at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey. The company boss is pictures with a couple of his foreign clients

Background imageBoss Collection: Dictating a Letter

Dictating a Letter
A secretary ensures her next pay rise by assuming an elevated position on the desk of her boss to take a letter. She rests her feet upon his legs

Background imageBoss Collection: Arab Carpentry Shop, Cairo, Egypt

Arab Carpentry Shop, Cairo, Egypt, making screens, furniture, bookstands and Mother-of-pearl inlay

Background imageBoss Collection: Jack Gibson

Jack Gibson, boss of Harrison Gibson furnishers in Ilford

Background imageBoss Collection: A Man and his Secretary

A Man and his Secretary
A secretary in danger from her boss while she takes dictation



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