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Dockers Collection

Background imageDockers Collection: Cid Officers as Dockers

Cid Officers as Dockers
C.I.D officers cunningly disguised as dockers during investigations into drug smugglers at Limehouse Docks, London. One man (r) has a hook for a hand!

Background imageDockers Collection: Royal Engineers unloading ships at Surrey Docks, London, 194

Royal Engineers unloading ships at Surrey Docks, London, 194
Drawing showing Royal Engineers and men of the Pioneer Corps, under Government orders, busily unloading ships in Surrey Docks, London, August 1945

Background imageDockers Collection: Cid Officers Sunday Best

Cid Officers Sunday Best
C.I.D officers (who can be seen in disguise as dockers in the other picture in this set) sit proudly in their Sunday best, no longer sporting fake hands and eye-patches!

Background imageDockers Collection: The Great Docks Strike of 1912 - Scene at Grays, Essex

The Great Docks Strike of 1912 - Scene at Grays, Essex
The Great Docks (Docker s) Strike of 1912 - Scene at a Demonstration at Grays, Essex

Background imageDockers 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

Background imageDockers Collection: Riots in Jamaica, 1938

Riots in Jamaica, 1938
Riots in Jamaica in 1938 over a pay dispute. Photograph shows a suspected blackleg, accused of intended strike-breaking in the docks, being man-handled by other workers. Date: 1938

Background imageDockers Collection: London aerial view of West India Dock in the 1920s

London aerial view of West India Dock in the 1920s

Background imageDockers Collection: London aerial view of Victoria Dock in the 1920s

London aerial view of Victoria Dock in the 1920s

Background imageDockers Collection: Unloading a banana boat in New Orleans, early 1900s

Unloading a banana boat in New Orleans, early 1900s

Background imageDockers Collection: Liverpool dockers, probably 1930s

Liverpool dockers, probably 1930s

Background imageDockers Collection: Morning Star gala

Morning Star gala
Retired Dockers Union leader Jack Dash (on the right) and communist activist Peter Kerrigan (on the left)

Background imageDockers Collection: Ernest Bevin with Ramsay Macdonald at the time he supported the dockers claims for a

Ernest Bevin with Ramsay Macdonald at the time he supported the dockers claims for a minimum wage at the transport workers court of inquiry. Date: 1920

Background imageDockers Collection: Unloading bananas from steamship 1891

Unloading bananas from steamship 1891
Fruit steamships were solely used for tropical fruits, such as bananas, cocoa-nuts, oranges, pineapples and other fruits. 1891

Background imageDockers Collection: Unloading a cargo of bananas from Jamaica to Bristol

Unloading a cargo of bananas from Jamaica to Bristol. 1902

Background imageDockers Collection: Unloading fresh oranges 1900

Unloading fresh oranges 1900
Dockers unloading oranges at London Bridge, Wharf in the orange season. Packed in boxes or chests, containing 1, 000 oranges each. Oranges coming from Malta, Sicily, Spain and Portugal and Florida

Background imageDockers Collection: Liverpool General transport Strike 1911

Liverpool General transport Strike 1911
Most of the summer of 1911, dockers, railway workers and sailors, as well as people from other trades went on strike, paralysing Liverpools commerce. Transforming trade unionism and Merseyside

Background imageDockers Collection: Dockers unload sugar at the West India Docks, London

Dockers unload sugar at the West India Docks, London Date: 1889

Background imageDockers Collection: The West India Docks, London - Opening of a new Dry Dock

The West India Docks, London - Opening of a new Dry Dock Date: 1878

Background imageDockers Collection: West India Import Dock, Poplar, London

West India Import Dock, Poplar, London Date: circa 1830s

Background imageDockers Collection: East and West India Dock, London - Arrival of John Bowes

East and West India Dock, London - Arrival of John Bowes
East and West India Dock, London - Arrival of the John Bowes screw steamer into the Collier Dock. Date: 1852

Background imageDockers Collection: East India Import and Export Docks, London

East India Import and Export Docks, London Date: circa 1850

Background imageDockers Collection: Borneo, Indonesia - dock for canoes to Pontianak

Borneo, Indonesia - dock for canoes to Pontianak
Borneo, Indonesia - dock for canoes heading to Pontianak, the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDockers Collection: Cruise ship in dock

Cruise ship in dock
Painting of a dockyard scene with dockers unloading baggage from a cruise liner.Date: 1930

Background imageDockers Collection: Striking dockers attacking transport, London

Striking dockers attacking transport, London
Striking dockers attacking transport during the London Dock Strike. All vans loaded with goods were attacked and prevented from passing in any direction. 1911

Background imageDockers Collection: Striking dockers attacking horse-drawn van, London

Striking dockers attacking horse-drawn van, London
Striking dockers attacking a horse-drawn van during the London Dock Strike. All vans loaded with goods were attacked and prevented from passing in any direction. 1911

Background imageDockers Collection: Street scene during the London Dock Strike

Street scene during the London Dock Strike

Background imageDockers Collection: Strikers obstructing transport during London Dock Strike

Strikers obstructing transport during London Dock Strike

Background imageDockers Collection: Obstructive crowd of men during dock strike, London

Obstructive crowd of men during dock strike, London
An obstructive crowd of dockers at the Tower of London during the dock strike, preventing a loaded horse-drawn cart from passing in any direction. 1911

Background imageDockers Collection: Dore / Dockers in Alley

Dore / Dockers in Alley
Dockers handling barrels and other goods in a narrow alley between warehouses. Date: 1870

Background imageDockers Collection: Volunteers working on the docks at Dover during the General

Volunteers working on the docks at Dover during the General
The Cambridge volunteers, the light blue brigade, attired in berets, pull-overs, flannel bags and voluminous plus-fours, worked efficiently as porters and dockers during the General Strike

Background imageDockers Collection: Cook Islands - Rarotonga Island - Pacific Ocean

Cook Islands - Rarotonga Island - Pacific Ocean. The US Steamship Company of New Zealand Wharf with railway tracks leading out onto the jetty for easy unloading and moving of cargoes

Background imageDockers Collection: Belgium - Antwerp - Working Dock Horses

Belgium - Antwerp - Working Dock Horses
Belgium - Antwerp - working horses on the dock. Here this horse team transport a set of barrels along the cobbled quayside streets

Background imageDockers Collection: Limehouse Reach

Limehouse Reach
Dockers take a break by the river

Background imageDockers Collection: Landing Oranges at Fresh Wharf, London Bridge, 1874

Landing Oranges at Fresh Wharf, London Bridge, 1874
Engraving showing the belly of a cargo ship, being unloaded of oranges at Fresh Wharf, London

Background imageDockers Collection: The School Childrens Strike, 1889

The School Childrens Strike, 1889
Engraving showing a school childrens strike of 1889, which started in the East End of London in imitation of the Dockers strike that year

Background imageDockers Collection: Dockers Strike

Dockers Strike
Dockers declare la greve a l outrance - an all-out strike to the finish

Background imageDockers Collection: Dore / Warehouse by River

Dore / Warehouse by River
Dockers handling barrels and bales in a warehouse from which, if they raise their eyes, they can see a distant prospect of St Paul s

Background imageDockers Collection: Dore / Dockers and Bale

Dore / Dockers and Bale
Dockers manhandle a huge bale of goods into a warehouse

Background imageDockers Collection: The Dock at Danzig

The Dock at Danzig
A view of the Docks at Danzig

Background imageDockers Collection: Liner in Harbour

Liner in Harbour
A liner in harbour, dockers handling goods

Background imageDockers Collection: Dock / London (Dore)

Dock / London (Dore)
A chaotic scene of ships, dockers and warehouses


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