Labour Collection (page 24)

Orbis Pictus, Farming
Two pages from the 17th century publication Orbis Pictus on husbandry, with a selection of agricultural scenes. Date: 1658

Chinese labourers at Boulogne, France, WW1
A parade of Chinese labourers at Boulogne, northern France, during the First World War. Date: August 1917

Ramsay MacDonald, British Labour Prime Minister
James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937), the first British Labour Prime Minister. circa 1930s

Hercules strikes Cacus, and view of Rome
Page of text with marginal drawings. At the top in the left margin is a picture of Rome. In front of the city stand two men, one of whom is wearing armour. There are birds flying over their heads

Robots as the farm workers of the future
Robots depicted as the farm workers of the future. Date: 1896

Telephone exchange Date: 19th century

50 Weeks and 14 Days
Fifty weeks hard labour... Fourteen days swank ! Date: 1920s

Child labour in a printing shop
Printers devil in France using child labour 1841

Child labour in a tailor
Tailors apprentice, France 1841

Child labour in carpenters shop
Carpenters apprentice, France 1841

Work Conditions
Management and labour negotiate during the South Wales lock-out Date: 1875

Kitchen and inmates, Portland Prison, Dorset
A kitchen or cook-house at Portland Prison, Dorset. Inmates in arrow-patterned uniforms stand in front of a row of large steam-heated cooking coppers

Dormitory blocks, Salvation Army Colony, Hadleigh, Essex
Dormitory blocks at the Salvation Armys labour colony at Hadleigh in Essex. Founded in 1891 as a farming colony, the centre is still in existence today as a Salvation Army employment training centre

Navvies building a new railway line, UK
Navvies building a new railway line at an unidentified location in the UK. A station building can be seen in the top right

Street repairs in Dublin, Ireland
Three men busy doing street repairs in Dublin, Ireland. The man on the left is laying a paving slab. There are some rather ornate advertisements on the hoarding behind them, one for a family chemist

Road repairs during World War Two
A group of American service personnel, together with a few civilians, watch a man doing road repairs during World War Two

The Bridge Builders
The title page of Rudyard Kiplings short story The Bridge Builders, as it first appeared in the Illustrated London News Christmas issue, 1893

GWR navvies at Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, South Wales
A group of Great Western Railway navvies straightening the track at Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, South Wales

GWR locomotive, Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Four railway workers with a Great Western Railway locomotive, Amesbury, at Treffgarne, Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Haulier and horse in a South Wales mine
A haulier guides a horse, pulling a loaded dram (truck) along an underground track in a South Wales mine

Harold Wilson housing campaign
Harold Wilson, as leader of the Opposition in September 1963 pictured opening the five thousandth flat to be built in the borough of St. Pancras since 1945

The Coming of Labour
Front cover illustration alluding to the growing strength of the Labour Party following the passing of the Franchise Bill

Ramsay Macdonald becomes Britains first Labour Prime Minist
Front cover of The Illustrated London News showing J. Ramsay Macdonald, Britains first Labour Prime Minister being congratulated on leaving Buckingham Palace where he accepted office

Churchill leaving Downing Street after 1945 election defeat
Front cover of the ILN featuring Winston Churchill leaving Downing Street for Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation to the King after his election defeat of 1945

Threshing at New Moat, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
People threshing at harvest time in the parish of New Moat, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Date: early 1920s

A reaper by J. Absolon
A Worcestershire reaper, by J. Absolon, from the beauties of England and Wales

Moving slate waste, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A workman moving slate waste at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Workman with tram, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A workman pushing a tram loaded with large slabs of slate, at the Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Carving a block, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
A pattern maker carving a block in the machine shop at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales. The gear wheel is a wooden pattern to be cast later in the foundry

Workman pushing slate quarry tram, North Wales
A workman pushing a slate quarry tram with a large block of slate resting on top of it, somewhere in North Wales. These small trams can carry up to half a ton of raw slate

Stoking furnace, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
A foundryman stoking the foundry furnace at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales

Two women emptying a coal truck at a mine in South Wales

Fitters Shop, Portland Prison, Dorset
The fitters workshop at Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Cell Interior, Portland Prison, Dorset
The interior and meagre contents of a cell at Portland Prison, Dorset. The inmates bedding is rolled up on the left. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed

Prison Gates, Portland Prison, Dorset
Uniformed officers stand at the entrance to Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Interior of RC Church, Portland Prison, Dorset
The interior of the Roman Catholic church at Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Machine stone cutting, Portland Prison, Dorset
A machine with toothed blades and a rotating saw cutting up stone. Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Hollesley Bay Labour Colony Farm, Suffolk
Part of the Hollesley Bay Labour Colony Farm, Suffolk, set up in 1906 for the unemployed of London. Each worker was given a house and a piece of land upon which to become self-sufficient

River frontage of Bridewell Prison, London
The river frontage of Bridewell Prison, London, showing its granaries. Bridewell was established in a former palace of Henry VIII on a bank of the River Fleet

Matchbox making at home, East End of London
A woman with her three children engaged in making matchboxes at their home in the East End of London. The work, which involved pasting and assembling the boxes, was notoriously badly paid

Richard Oastler, factory reformer
Richard Oastler (1789-1861) was a labour reformer and abolitionist, born in Leeds, Yorkshire. He fought for the rights of working children in the Factory Act of 1847

Labour yard, Bethnal Green Employment Association
A labour yard operated in the late 1860s by the Bethnal Green Employment Association in East London to provide work for the unemployed

County Poor Farm, Arcadia, Nova Scotia, Canada
A county poor farm at Arcadia, Nova Scotia in Canada. Poor farms provided accommodation for the able-bodied poor who were given board and lodging in return for their labour on the farm

Work House, Blackwells Island, New York, USA
The workhouse on Blackwells Island, New York, USA. The workhouse provided a punitive regime for petty offenders who were required to labour during their stay

Will Crooks, Labour MP
Will Crooks (1852-1921) was a socialist politician who grew up in the Poplar district of East London where his family spent some time in a workhouse

Salvation Army Labour Colony at Hadleigh, Essex
Entrance to the Salvation Armys labour colony at Hadleigh in Essex. Uniformed officers stand on duty. Founded in 1891 as a farming colony

1844 poor relief work ticket
A ticket issued in 1844 by a Relieving Officer for the parish of St Mary, Islington, north London, directing the bearer to the stone yard on Wharf Road, City Basin

Hydraulic drills at work on Culebra Cut, Panama Canal

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