Labour Collection (page 25)

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

View of all the Gates in West Chamber, Gatun Locks, Panama Canal

Two policewomen registering for war work
Two Met Police women registering for war work at a labour exchange in London

Argentina - Buenos Aires - Monument to Toil & Labour
Canto al Trabajo - A Hymn/Song/Homage to Toil and Labour (!) - the masterpiece sculpture (commissioned in 1907) by sculptor Rogelio Yrurtia (1879 - 1950) at Buenos Aires, Argentina

Scene outside city wall in Kashgar, western China
Workers in a field outside a city wall in Kashgar, western China

Brickmaking in Kashgar, western China
People making bricks in Kashgar, western China

Water Carriers from Darjeeling, India
Water Carriers (children) Darjeeling, India carrying large cut bamboo stalks carried by straps attached to their foreheads

French forced labourers WWII
Forced labourers leave gare du Nord, Paris, for Germany during World War II

Chatham Prison Riots - The Convicts at Labour
Convicts at labour breaking rocks at St Marys Convict Prison, Chatham. A serious riot broke out here amongst the inmates in early March 1861, which had to be forcibly put down by the military

German labour service
Workers of the German labour service off to work in Germany in the 1930s

German poster campaign for the release of prisoners
German poster campaigning for the release of prisoners of war, depicting German soldiers being subjected to unpleasant working conditions in a labour camp

Duchess of Fife at Church Army Labour Tent opening
The Duchess of Fife (Princess Louise, Princess Royal, 1867-1931), eldest daughter of Edward VII, opening the King Edward VII Labour Tent in Kingsway, Central London, for the Church Army

Duchess of Westminster at Church Army depot
Katherine Caroline Cavendish, Duchess of Westminster (1857-1941), second wife of the 1st Duke of Westminster, opening a Church Army Labour Relief Depot in Artillery Row, Central London

James Keir Hardie address at Trafalgar Square
James Keir Hardie (1856-1915), Scottish Labour leader and politician, addresses a crowd including suffragettes at Trafalgar Square

Love lightens labour by Florence Hardy
Love lightens labour. A young couple walk along the bay. They pull a boat behind them

John Burns at Royal Levee, St Jamess Palace
The Rt Hon John Elliot Burns, Labour politician, dressed for a Royal Levee at St Jamess Palace, Central London

George Lansbury MP (1859-1940)
George Lansbury (1859-1940) was a socialist politician and campaigner for social justice, particularly for the working classes in Londons East End

Sinking an Artesian Well, Union Workhouse, Aylsham, Norfolk
The firm of F.H. Buckingham sinking an artesian well at Aylsham Union workhouse in 1923. The workhouse, designed by William J Donthorn, was erected in 1848-9 at Aylsham

Two men sawing a log, Madhya Pradesh, India
Two native men sawing through a large log in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Woman making mudbricks - Madhya Pradesh - India
Scene in a village Madhya Pradesh Province, India with a woman making waht appear to be mudbricks, although these could be roofing tiles or dung fuel (?). Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Hugh Gaitskell
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (1906 - 1963), British Labour poltician, Chancellor of the Exchequer from October 1950 to October 1951, and leader of the Labour Party from 1955 under his death in 1963

Hugh Gaitskell with his family
Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party Hugh Gaitskell at home in the kitchen of his Hampstead house with his two daughters

Keir Hardie at a suffragette meeting
James Keir Hardie (1856-1915), Scottish Labour leader and politician giving a speech in Trafalgar Square, London

Tom Titt / Will Thorne
William James Thorne, known as Will Thorne. British trade unionist, activist and one of the first Labour Members of Parliament

Tom Titt / Viscount Haldane
Richard Burdon, Viscount Haldane, English statesman, lawyer, judge, Liberal and Labour politician, and philosopher

The General Strike - Labour politicians
Labour leaders during the General Strike: (left to right), Arthur Henderson, Ramsay MacDonald (leader of the opposition) and Mr J. H. Thomas

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

Scenes from Behind the Front Line in Flanders
The pleasures of staying in a French billet after a turn in the trenches

Arthur Greenwood (1880-1954) British Labour politician who served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health during the Labour government of 1924

British labour Battalion having lunch; First World War, 1916
Photograph showing members of a British labour Battalion having their lunch near the Western Front, France, 1916

Ramsay MacDonald leaving Buckingham Palace, 1924
Photograph of (James) Ramsay MacDonald (on left in top hat) being congratulated by members of the Labour Party as he leaves Buckingham Palace after accepting the office of British Prime Minister

Mr. Meagher, MP, in the House of Commons, 1906
Illustration of Mr. Meagher, MP for North Kilkenny, shortly after taking his seat in the House of Commons. He was soon in sole possession of the Irish and Labour Benches

River bed gold sifting on the Turon, Australia
River bed sifting on the Turon river, a sketch from the Turon gold fields, New South Wales. The pump is lowered 12 feet from the surface of the river

Ramsey MacDonald (1866-1937)
Photograph of (James) Ramsey MacDonald, the Scottish Labour Statesman, pictured making a radio broadcast on 7th October 1931

Immigrants arriving at Winnipeg, Canada, 1909
Photograph of crowds of immigrants arriving at the train station in Winnipeg, Canada, 1909. Winnipeg was at that time the chief distributing centre for Western Canada

Arthur Henderson / Nobel
ARTHUR HENDERSON British labour leader and politician

James Keir Hardie / Photo
JAMES KEIR HARDIE British labour leader and politician

Macdonald / Ramsay / 1924 Ph
JAMES RAMSAY MACDONALD British politician (Labour party)

Cotton Plaiting Machine
Plaiting machine, Lancashire

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