Labour Collection (page 26)

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

Tom in the Bedroom
Tom the chimney sweep finds himself in the beautiful and very clean bedroom of Ellie, the Squires daughter, at Harthwood House

Fable / Mountain in Labour
THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOUR When a mountain is heard to utter prodigious groans, multitudes flock to it in expectation of wonders, but all that appears is a mouse

Making a Toy Horse
A girl making toy wooden horses on wheels in a British factory

Crinoline Manufacture
Women in Germany making cage crinolines which are constructed around a wooden frame or template. Judging by the positions they adopt they are not wearing crinolines

Ben Tillett / Vfair 1908
BENJAMIN TILLETT English Labour leader, trades unionist and MP, seen here with JOHN WARD

Labour Party
Photograph showing early members of Labour Party. The first Labour government was formed in January 1924 by J.Ramsay Macdonald (1866-1937 and shown here in the front row, second from left)

Rail Construction 1836
An extensive team of navvies build a retaining wall near Part Street, Camden Town, London

Digging a Rail Cutting
The construction of the Tring Cutting. Railway navvies dig out the earth and rock by hand with the spoil lifted up to the top of the bank by horse- powered winches

Protesting Children
A procession of children demonstrate for an 8-hour working day and an end to child labour. Will the Revolution bring them a workers paradise ?

Woman Giving Birth 17Thc
A woman in a wealthy household gives birth, attended by various womenfolk; her husband proudly points to the baby

Croppers and a Freemer
Two men use teasels used for rooing the cloth. In the foreground a Freemer Boy detaches flocks of wool from recently used teasels

Colombia Scene
Travellers in England, or even those who have passed over the Pyrenees or Alps, can have but a faint idea of the labour and danger of crossing the Andes

Paper Factory Apprentice
A young apprentice and fellow workers at the Drayton Paper Works, Fulham, London

Cold-Bath Fields Prison
The Water-Engine Court, where prisoners at hard labour work for an hour at a stretch

John Burns / Downey
JOHN ELLIOT BURNS English labour leader

Rebuilding Dnieper Dam
Rebuilding the Dnieper Dam, a vital energy resource

Industry / Factories / Brita
Interior of cotton factory: mule spinning, Lancashire, child sweeps inside moving machine

Rhubarb Gathering 1916
Women gathering rhubarb in a field

Child Labour Demo. 1917
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION - March by children demanding an end to child labour and calling for an eight-hour working day

Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, Scottish writer
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852 - 1936), Scottish writer, traveller, radical politician and nationalist

Robot servant polishing shoes
The servant of the future -- a robotic servant polishes a mans shoes while he sits reading in his armchair

Political cartoon on Labours false growths
A political cartoon, commenting on Labours false growths

Workshop of a cartwright
A cartwrights workshop, with the finished product being assembled outside in the street

Herakles and the Hind
The third labour : He chases the Cerynean Hind (it takes him a year !) trying not to injure it because it is sacred to Artemis

Herakles and the Bull
The seventh labour : He captures the fire-breathing Cretan Bull and takes it back to Greece

Herakles and the Mares
The eighth labour : He tames the vicious human-flesh-eating mares of Diomedes, king of the Bitones, giving them Diomedes to eat then taking them to Eurystheus

Herakles and Cerberus
The twelfth labour - he subdues the three-headed dog Cerberus and drags him before king Eurystheus of Tiryns

Robert Ley / Portrait
ROBERT LEY National Socialist politician and head of the German Labour Front (DAF)

Macdonald / Ramsay / Bennet
JAMES RAMSAY MACDONALD British Labour politician with Bennet of Canada at an Imperial Conference

Will Crooks / Postcard
Will Crooks Labour Mp

John Burns / Pen & Pencil
JOHN ELLIOT BURNS English labour leader and book collector

China Labour Hero 1951
Return of the labour hero - he is greeted by members of his family and community

Ploughing Circa 1745
Types of plough used in England

Grinding Corn Ethiopia
An Ethiopian woman uses a saddle quern to grind corn

Luther Translating
MARTIN LUTHER depicted while translating the Bible, during his seclusion at the Wartburg : the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, inspires his labour

Monks Farming
German monks farming

Working Class Boy 1860S
A working boy wears a felt hat, lightweight jacket in a coarse fabric, trousers, boots & a coarse apron

Delivery Boy Costume
Boy carrying a basket: boots, trousers, light coloured shirt style jacket in a coarse fabric, white collar & narrow bowtie, apron, quartered cap. A knife hangs from his belt

Newsboy with Papers
A London newsboy, in red muffler and peaked cap, sells papers on the street

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