Jobs Collection (page 10)

Elderly maid digging in the garden c. 1910

A British Nurse
A British nurse from the early twentieth-century. c. 1910

Printing works in 15th c Engraving of 1849
Printing works in 15th c.. Engraving of 1849

The Chocolatada. Detail. Representation of local jobs and scenes. Ceramics. Proc: SPAIN. Alella

Occupation map of the UK
UK Occupations map 1851 Date: 1851

There are jobs for you, if trained Complete free course in household training : You learn meal planning, cooking, table service, laundry, cleaning and child care

Jobs - get the facts about occupations - free classes for young men and women 16 to 25 yrs. - National Youth Administration of Illinois

A French cafe scene. " Small street jobs"

Changing Role of Women in the UK
The Girls reckon they can do anything without us men now-a-days - But can they? Interesting postcard highlighting the changing role of Women in the UK workplace in the early years of the twentieth

Jobs for fighters - If you need a job, if you need a man, inform the official central agency - The service is free. Poster showing a soldier holding his Honorable Discharge

A Fisherman of 1834 by William Derby
A fisherman of 1834 wearing a nautical, striped top. Date: 1939

Servants fair
Servants-fair, Vasteras, Sweden. Date: 1858

Poster: Simple jobs that girls can do to help win the war. 1940s

JOB SHOP
A Job Finding shop, an early form of employment agency, with the latest vacancies plastered all over the windows in gaudy colours! 1980

Kensitas cigarettes advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes showing a domestic scene where a man, engaged in the masculine task of hanging a picture, is offered a Kensitas cigarette to steady his nerves. Date: 1953

Craftsman at a cabinet makers, Shoreditch, London
An old craftsman finishes off a drawer with a plane, at a Shoreditch cabinet makers. 1940s

Apprentice cabinet maker, Shoreditch, London
An apprentice learning his trade at a cabinet makers in Shoreditch, London. c.1947

Chauffeur livery advertisement by Moss Bros
Advertisement for chauffeurs livery, available from Moss Bros of Covent Garden, London in hard-wearing materials with accessories ready for immediate wear. Date: 1934

French Factory Children
Children doing menial jobs in a French factory Date: 1850

A Fair Cop by George Ranstead
A humorous play on words as a female police officer leads away a naughty little boy. A cartoon illustration on a postcard by George Ranstead

Over the Top by Bernard Hugh
The demobilisation of the army at the end of World War I was a slow process as this picture, from January 1919 confirms. Some units remained to police the Rhineland region

Hanging out the washing
A young housewife takes advantage of a breezy day and hangs out her washing on the line

A Good Turn a day
A good boy scout should always be on the look out to lend a helping hand, from posing as Father Christmas to filling up the bird bath

Gas Council advertisement 1954
Advertisement by the Gas Council stressing that the gas industry makes the best use of the nations coal, allowing busy housewives the luxury of instant hot water with Mr Therms Sink Water-heaters

Eleanor Lansing Thomas, social secretary to US Secretary of
Eleanor Lansing Thomas, social secretary to Mr John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State in 1954 pictured going through press cuttings

Public Kitchen, World War I
Women serving food in a public kitchen during World War I

Grocery rations, World War I
Women making up grocery rations for soldiers during World War I

Womens Volunteer Reserve 1916
Womens Volunteer Reserve driving the Royal Mail during World War I. Here being given engine instruction in November 1916

World War I bomb factory
Women workers welding and making bombs in a bomb factory during World War I

Tram Driver in World War I
Female tram driver in Scotland during World War I

Now that Women are doing Mens Jobs
Festive illustration by George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948) showing a woman dressed up as Father Christmas. The illustration is a festive metaphor for the increase in women taking over mens roles during

Shortage of Labour during WWI
Depicting the problem of manpower shortage on the home front during World War One. A householder finds it impossible to get an odd job man to fix a dripping tap. They re all off fighting the war

Cloth production - Factory Workers
Women factory workers manning a sheet-weaving machine at Patons & Baldwins Factory in Darlington. The company, principally produced knitting wool

British Overseas Airways Stewardesses, 1943
Photograph showing two stewardesses (on right) of the British Overseas Airways, in the stern of a motor-launch, heading out to join a waiting flying-boat, 1943

Women railway porters
Photograph showing two women railway porters in 1915. As World War I progressed, women began to work in traditionally male jobs as part of the war effort

Borax
A romantically styled ad for Borax antiseptic from 1885. Borax was used for a wide variety of household jobs being effective as an anti-bacterial, cleaning, fungicidal and bleaching agent

Girl in the Job Centre
A young woman wearing a belted blouson jacket and smoking a cigarette, doesn t seem interested in looking at the jobs on offer in her local Job Centre

Women workers at a naval ship-building yard
Female workers at a naval ship-building yard in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Polishing a war-ships propellor
A woman ship-yard worker polishing a war-ships propellor in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Women at work in a naval ship-building yard
Women workers handling long steel bars in a naval ship-building yard in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

German Gnomes
German gnomes are busy little fellows, who do many useful jobs as well as enjoying themselves

Scandinavian Demons 1555
In Scandinavia, the demons are well-disposed, and if treated well will do useful jobs about the house, in the mines, and helping travellers

German Iron Foundry / 1900
GERMANY The interior of an iron foundry, with workers going about their various jobs

An Indian Dhobi
An Indian dhobi or washerman. Often Dhobi wallahs will live and work at the laundry and pass their jobs down through the generations

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