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Laborers Collection

Background imageLaborers Collection: The parable of the laborers in the vineyard

The parable of the laborers in the vineyard: The payment of the denarius. ca. 1500. Second Series cloth. Manufacturing in Brussels, possibly in the workshops of Pieter van Aelst

Background imageLaborers Collection: Trade union. Manifest published by the World Congress in London

Trade union. Manifest published by the World Congress in London
Trade union. Emerged from the development of the Industrial Revolution in the late nineteenth century in Great Britain. Manifest published by the World Congress in London. 1896

Background imageLaborers Collection: Trades in Regency England. Brick making, butter churning

Trades in Regency England. Brick making, butter churning and rabbit warren. Brickmaker with bricks, hod, kiln and wheelbarrow in Woolpit 31, woman churning butter in an urn in Bury dairy 32

Background imageLaborers Collection: French womens costumes of the 15th century

French womens costumes of the 15th century. Poetess Christine de Pizan writing in her room A, women in hennin headdresses B, D, and woman in tall headdress hawking on horseback C

Background imageLaborers Collection: Road painters carrying broken white line stencil, Sept 1939

Road painters carrying broken white line stencil, Sept 1939
Road painters carrying the " blackout stencil" which enabled workmen to paint broken white lines down the centre of roads with ease, in order to reduce accidents when driving in blackouts

Background imageLaborers Collection: Womens Land Army volunteers in training, September 1939

Womens Land Army volunteers in training, September 1939
Volunteers for the Womens Land Army learning basic agricultural skills, courtesy of the East Sussex Agricultural College. The Sphere comments on the health benefits of country life. 1939

Background imageLaborers Collection: Women building the elevated railway in Tokyo, October 1904

Women building the elevated railway in Tokyo, October 1904
Female labourors as they carry bricks for use in the construction of the elevated railway, Tokyo. The caption describes how women working in manual labour was not uncommon in Japan. Date: 1904

Background imageLaborers Collection: Female land army workers resting after a full day 1918

Female land army workers resting after a full day 1918
Women in Theydon, Essex, resting, socialising and reading in their club room after a days training for land army work. The Womens Land Army was established in 1917 to replace male workers in

Background imageLaborers Collection: Women farm workers loading a cart, May 1918

Women farm workers loading a cart, May 1918
Two female farm workers as they load a cart with " roots for cattle", possibly swedes. The Sphere gives an extremely complimentary report of female work on farms describing how " there

Background imageLaborers Collection: Woman harvesting apples as old man watches 1918

Woman harvesting apples as old man watches 1918
Old man watches, " not altogether unmixed with disapproval", as women harvest apples in an English garden. The Sphere comments on the mixed reaction of the old man

Background imageLaborers Collection: Industrial Revolution. London. Interior of an English factor

Industrial Revolution. London. Interior of an English factory. Late 18th century. Nineteenth-century

Background imageLaborers Collection: Workers strike in Jumet (Belgium) on 26 March 1886. Strikers

Workers strike in Jumet (Belgium) on 26 March 1886. Strikers destroying an smelter in the H. Bandoux glass factory. Engraving

Background imageLaborers Collection: Farmers plowing and sowing. Late 15th century. Italy

Farmers plowing and sowing. Late 15th century. Italy
Farmers plowing and sowing. Miniature of Grimani Breviary. Late 15th century. Saint Marks Library. Venice. Italy

Background imageLaborers Collection: Steel Industry. 19th century. Oven. Modeling a steel block

Steel Industry. 19th century. Oven. Modeling a steel block. Colored engraving, 1874

Background imageLaborers Collection: Spanish industry. Factory. Interior. 1958

Spanish industry. Factory. Interior. 1958
Spanish industry, 1958. Factory of a components for motorcycles. Metal sheet department. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Background imageLaborers Collection: Meeting held on May 1890 in Barcelona. The civil governor gr

Meeting held on May 1890 in Barcelona. The civil governor gr
Labor movement. Meeting held on May 1890 in Barcelona. The civil governor greets the demonstrators after requesting the reduction of working hours. Catalonia. Spain. Colored engraving

Background imageLaborers Collection: Workshop handmade candles

Workshop handmade candles. Engraving of the eighteenth century in the Encyclopedie Diderot et d Alembert. Colored

Background imageLaborers Collection: The Mint House. Workers in the smelting of gold pastes. Colo

The Mint House. Workers in the smelting of gold pastes. Colored engraving from 1872. Spain

Background imageLaborers Collection: Tunnel in London. Workers going to their jobs. Colored engra

Tunnel in London. Workers going to their jobs. Colored engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1870

Background imageLaborers Collection: Romanesque art. 12th Century. Stonemason and farmer

Romanesque art. 12th Century. Stonemason and farmer. Detail of a capital of the Cathedral of Girona. Catalonia. Spain

Background imageLaborers Collection: Farmers field work. Miniature. Ripoll Bible (also known as

Farmers field work. Miniature. Ripoll Bible (also known as Farfa Bible). 11th century. Fol. 6 r. Vatican Apostolic Library. Italy

Background imageLaborers Collection: Construction of a castle in a medieval village. England

Construction of a castle in a medieval village. England
England. Construction of a castle in a medieval village. 15th century. Cantherbury Psalter. National Library. Paris. France

Background imageLaborers Collection: Farmers. 17th century. Catalonia. Spain

Farmers. 17th century. Catalonia. Spain
Farmers. Life of St. Isidore the Laborer and his wife Santa Mari?a de la Cabeza. Composition of the 17th century tiles that adorned a chapel in the village church of Saint Antoninus

Background imageLaborers Collection: Laborers, Plain of Esdraelon, Holy Land, (i. e. Plain of Jez

Laborers, Plain of Esdraelon, Holy Land, (i. e. Plain of Jez
Laborers, Plain of Esdraelon, Holy Land, (i.e. Plain of Jezreel, Israel). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageLaborers Collection: Composite photograph of child laborers made from cotton mill

Composite photograph of child laborers made from cotton mill children. Date 1913

Background imageLaborers Collection: Day-laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss

Day-laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss. Date 1939 Nov



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