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British Overseas Airways Stewardesses, 1943Photograph 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 portersPhotograph 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
BoraxA 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 CentreA 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 yardFemale 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 propellorA 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 yardWomen 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 GnomesGerman gnomes are busy little fellows, who do many useful jobs as well as enjoying themselves
Scandinavian Demons 1555In 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 / 1900GERMANY The interior of an iron foundry, with workers going about their various jobs
An Indian DhobiAn Indian dhobi or washerman. Often Dhobi wallahs will live and work at the laundry and pass their jobs down through the generations