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Tunnel construction, Great Western Railway, South WalesTunnel construction taking place on the Great Western Railway, somewhere in South Wales
GWR workings on a railway line in South WalesNavvies working on a Great Western Railway line embankment, somewhere in South Wales. The navvy hut can be seen in the distance on the left
Illustrated London News 1979, Thatcher and CallaghanFront cover of the Illustrated London News, May 1979 featuring portraits of James Callaghan, Labour leader and incumbent Prime Minister and Tory Party Leader, Margaret Thatcher
Harvest workers, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South WalesHarvest workers in a field above the town of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Alfred Onions, Welsh Labour MPAlfred Onions (1858-1921), Welsh Labour MP for Caerphilly and Treasurer of the South Wales Miners Federation
Ministry of Labour posterPoster for the Ministry of Labour, encouraging people to use the Employment Exchange Service for all agricultural jobs
James Keir HardiePhotograph of James Keir Hardie (1856-1915), Scottish Labour leader and politician
The General Strike - Government leadersGovernment leaders during the General Strike: Ministers and Commissioners. 1. Chief Civil Commissioner: Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, 2. Principal Chief Assistant Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Lowry, 3
The Haunted Lady, PunchThe 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
Nikolai ShvernikNIKOLAI SHVERNIK Russian statesman, trade union leader, realigned labour organisations to subordinate them to the Soviet state
Cerberus & HeraklesThe last Labour of Herakles is to descend to the Underworld and capture the three-headed dog Cerberus; he does this, but returns the dog to Hades who needs him as a watchdog
Lord Sankey 1935Lord John, 1st Viscount Sankey, Lord Chancellor during Ramsay Macdonalds Labour government. Famous for the 1927 Persons case, which asked Are Women Persons ?
Child LabourGirl spinning wool at Fosters mill, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Advertisement for Viota cake mixes, marketed by Stoddart & Hansford Ltd of Islington Green, London. Who's been helping Mother
Man ploughing with gas mask, September 1939Man photographed as he ploughs his field in Surrey. The Sphere notes his gas mask which he hangs from the handle of his plough. Date: 1939
A saddler making a saddle in his leather workshopA saddler in leather apron making a saddle in his workshop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
A weaver weaving fabric on a loom in a cottage. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Basket maker weaving a basket from willow taken from an osier-bed. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810
Ramsay MacDonald leaping into the limelightRamsay MacDonald (1866-1937) British Labour politician, leaping into the limelight over the backs of Bonar Law (Conservative) and Lloyd George (Liberal) when he won the General Election in 1922
Suffragette Isabella Ford. Miss. Isabella Ormston Ford (1855-1924), member of Leeds Trades Council, Labour Party, N.U.W.S.S and at one time (until 1907), the W.S.P.U Date: circa 1909
James GriffithsJames Jim Griffiths, Labour M.P. for Llanelli, Wales from 1936 to 1970. Pictured here before the 1950 election, he had served in the 1945 - 50 Labour Government as Minister for National Insurance
The Labour Party Cabinet under Ramsay MacDonaldThe Labour Party Cabinet under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald Date: 1929
James Keir Hardie and Jean JauresJames Keir Hardie (1856-1915), Scottish Labour leader and politician with Jean Jaures of the French Socialist Part (left)
Thessaloniki, Greece - Street Porter Date: circa 1916
Newsie, ten years old. Going into a moving picture theatre with his papers. Location: Schenectady, New York (State). Date 1910 February
Richard Green, (with hat), 5 year old newsie, Richmond, Va. Willie - -, who said he was 8. (Compare them.) Many of these little newsboys here. Location: Richmond, Virginia. Date 1911 June
Harvest workers near St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South WalesHarvest workers gathering and threshing near St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
Italian Miner - Mineo, Sicily. It is likely he was employed to mine the local calcareous ashlars, used to build many of Mineos public buildings
Conscientious Objectors, World War IConscientious Objectors doing hard labour, breaking rocks in prison during World War I
Kenwood Mixer C1950SA Kenwood mixer
Millbank Prison / AckermanMillbank prison was conceived by Jeremy Bentham whose goal was that prisoners would receive just punishment while developing an appreciation of labour. It was completed in 1821
Herakles and the AmazonsThe ninth labour : In order to obtain the Girdle of Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, he must first vanquish the Amazons themselves
Mary MacarthurMARY MACARTHUR of the Womens Labour League
Philippines - Gaddang or Gaddane tribe with weaponsc.1890s South East Asia - Philippines - member of the Gaddang or Gaddane tribe with weapons
c. 1880s India - woman beggar and childrenc. 1880s India - image from an album of Indian types and trades designed to illustrate India to a British viewer - beggar woman and children
Rubber Plantation - Malaysia - Overseer and Coolies. Date: circa 1910s
c. 1880s India - fakir or holyman, beggarc. 1880s India - image from an album of Indian types and trades designed to illustrate India to a British viewer - fakir or holy man
Trades in Regency England: glass-blowing, colliery and tanning. Workers blowing molten glass into bottles and goblets in a Newcastle factory 67
Trades in Regency England: blacksmith, Jappanner and goats. Blacksmith with hammer and anvil in front of a forge in the Forest of Dean 43, man showing a Japanned or lacquered tray in Pontypool 44
Trades in Regency England. Spinning, reaping flax and Suffolk horses. Woman spinning wool on a wheel outside a cottage in Lavenham 28, boy harvesting hemp for sailcloth in Suffolk 29
The Winding Stream of Politics - elections since 1832An ingenious drawing showing at a glance the alternating results of General Elections from 1832 to 1924, with the ebb and flow of dominance by the main two political parties usefully illustrated by a
Boys and girls taking part in a Communist Youth labour camp in former Yugoslavia. They were working on a river project. Date: 1963
Lady Cynthia and Oswald Mosley, Smethwick, 1926Photograph showing Lady Cynthia and Oswald Mosley campaigning in Smethwick, West Midlands, during elections in 1926. At that time Oswald Mosley was representing the Labour party. Date: 18/12/1926
Labourer Mr Idris Silman takes a break, Tredegar, WalesMr Idris Silman, a manual labourer, takes a short break while digging up the road in Tredegar, South Wales. He sits on the raised pavement with his shovel. The Sunday Times Date: 1988
Frederick Maddison MP - UK PoliticianFrederick Maddison MP (1856-1937) - UK Politician from Burnley. A Labour leader, President of the Trades Union Congress in 1886 - MP for Sheffield Division (1897/1900)
Margaret Bondfield - Labour MP - 1st female cabinet ministerMargaret Grace Bondfield CH PC (1873-1953) was a British Labour politician, trade unionist and womens rights activist. She became the first female cabinet minister
Suffragettes and Dog Cur Hardy. Suffragettes and a dog nicknamed Cur Hardy, a reference to Keir Hardie, the labour Politician and intimate friend of Sylvia Pankhurst. Date: circa 1908
Victorian workshop