Exploitation Collection

Das Kapital, also called Capital (1867)
Karl Marx (1818-1883). German philosopher, political theorist, and socialist revolutionary. Das Kapital, also called Capital (1867). A Critique of Political Economy (1867)

Industrial Revolution. England. Mining. Nineteenth-century engraving

The Haunted Lady, Punch
The Haunted Lady, or The Ghost in the Looking-Glass. A lady admires her new dress, but the mirror reveals the sacrifice made: the death of the wretched seamstress

Ivan Markoff, a Russian cossack giant, early 20th century
Ivan Markoff, who was famous as a Russian cossack giant in the early 20th century. Markoff is seen in London where the caption says he was being fitted for a new suit. He was reputed to be 9ft tall

Roan Antelope Copper Mine, Luanshya, Zambia, Africa. The deposits were discovered in 1902, but their full extent was not understood until 1926. Date: circa 1930s

Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats, or, the new Litter of hungry Grunters Sucking John Bull's Old Sow to death, by James Gillray

Cartoon, John Bull among the Lilliputians -- a satirical political comment on relationships between Great Britain and other countries, with suggestions of exploitation. Date: 1847

Political poster, Chinese Labour -- a commentary on British gold mining activities in the Transvaal, South Africa. circa 1906

The Sweaters Furnace or the Real Curse of Labour: an unscrupulous boss works blood, sweat and tears from his employees in the textile industry Date: 1888

Diamond mines workers 1887
Various scenes showing the mistreatment of black workers in the diamond mines of South Africa. Date: 1887

Diorama. Extraction of salt. Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland
Mining history. Diorama. Extraction of salt. Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland. In use since the 18th century. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany

France. Women working inside of a coal mine. Drawing color
France. Women working inside of a coal mine. The moulineuses.Drawing color. 19th century

Cartoon, Two precautions are better than one, WW1
Cartoon, Two precautions are better than one. A rich and fashionable young woman goes out with two escorts, a rich Swedish man and a rich Dutchman

Depiction of a woman in Juvenalian Rome
Depiction of a woman according to the writing of the famous satirist, Juvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis). Juvenal did not have a high opinion of women and particularly felt Roman women had no morals

Spain. Barruelo Mines. 19th century. Engraving. Colored
Spain. Barruelo Mines, Palencia province. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1880. Colored

English miner and transport of coal mined
Industrial Revolution. Nineteenth century. English miner and transport of coal mined. Engraving after a watercolor (1814) by George Walker. Colored

Industrial Revolution. Enclousure. Process that ended the ancient system of arable farming in open fields. It changed into fenced land entitled for one or more owners

Edward Morel in Prison
French-born E.D. Morel, Congo activist against colonial exploitation, in Pentonville prison for anti- war activities, is visited by the ghost of Jaures Date: 1917

Central America - Gold Mining - Lantern Slide series
Gold Mining in Central America - A coloured lantern slide of two small white buildings in a hilly landscape, with trees and various foliage in the foreground.. Slide from Box 270B. Date: circa 1900

Destruction of rainforest: preparation for oil-palm plantation which replaces rainforest in a river-valley, (Elaeis guineensis). Sabah, Borneo; Malaysia; June

German inventions for war on land by G. H. Davis
The ingenuity of German scientists applied to the war on land. Illustrating the German armys exploitation of scientific and technical inventions during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Tippoo Tib (1837-1905)
Photograph of Tippoo Tib, then Chief of the Manyema, c.1887. His real name was Hamid ibn Mohammed and he was an African-Arab adventurer and warrior, who controlled a large section of Central Africa

A Burmese Oilfield - showing a vast forest of wooden drilling rigs. Date: circa 1910s

Wind-tunnel model of Nord N600 from Air Bus Compraison de Configurations (Exploitation des essays a

United States (19th c. ). Oil exploitation in
" United States (19th c.). Oil exploitation in Pennsylvania. Picture from " L Illustration". Engraving."

Java Textiles Factory
Young girls working in a textiles factory, Java, Dutch East Indies, guarded by foremen. Date: 1930s

Rent, Profit and Interest, supported by two miners
A propaganda cartoon by W E Jones, made for his father to use while campaigning for support for the Miners Union. It shows three plump gentlemen representing Rent, Profit and Interest

Production and Plunder, campaigning statistics
A slide entitled Production & Plunder, used for a lecture about the South Wales Miners Federation. Statistics are listed, comparing the royalties on the use of coal on the luxury steamer

Tembi Pumping Station
A new BP oil pumping station was erected in the early 1920s on the left bank of the Tembi River in Iran to separate it from the main power station for the oil fields on the other bank

Stanley and Tippoo Tib leaving Matadi, 1887
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre right on horse) and Tippoo Tib (1837-1905) (right of Stanley, with sword) leaving Matadi, on the Congo river, 1887

Tippoo Tibs Ivory Store at Stanley Falls, Lualaba River, c
Photograph of Tippoo Tibs Ivory Store at Stanley Falls on the Lualaba River, c.1887. Stanley Falls are now known as the Boyoma Falls and are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Advertising Christmas
Children carrying boards like sandwichmen advertise the coming of Christmas

Solicitor cheating a couple
An elderly couple are cheated by a solicitor

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